CN109084512B

CN109084512B - Adjustable door shelf assembly and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN109084512B
Application number: CN201810897748.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许付松; 王仁华; 张秋菊; 韩立利
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-08
Filing date: 2018-08-08
Publication date: 2021-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-08
Also published as: CN109084512A

Abstract

The invention discloses an adjustable door shelf component and a refrigerator, wherein the door shelf component comprises a shelf body and a movable shelf; the shelf body can vertically slide along the inner side surface of the door body; the shelf body is also provided with a height adjusting knob, the height adjusting knob rotates to have an upper sliding unlocking position and a lower sliding unlocking position, and when the height adjusting knob is positioned at the upper sliding unlocking position, the shelf body only limits the downward sliding of the door body through the height adjusting knob; when the door shelf assembly is located at the sliding unlocking position, the shelf body is unlocked from the downward sliding locking between the door body, so that the height of the door shelf assembly is adjusted. Above-mentioned door shelf subassembly cooperatees through setting up the regulation hole on height adjusting knob and the shelf body, through height adjusting knob's rotation, realizes direction of height's regulation, easy operation, and the structure is reliable.

Description

Adjustable door shelf assembly and refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigerators, in particular to an adjustable door shelf assembly and a refrigerator.

Background

In the prior art, as shown in fig. 1, a door shelf of a refrigerator is integrated, the position of the door shelf is fixed and unchanged, or the position of the door shelf can be adjusted only by dismounting, so that the storage space has certain limitation. The door shelf of integral type can not adapt to the placing of the article of different volumes, and the inside space utilization of refrigerator is low, and the size of door shelf also can not be adjusted moreover, and a lot of bulky food can not be placed down. For example, if a beverage having a relatively large volume is desired to be placed in the door shelf, the beverage or food cannot be placed due to the width limitation of the door shelf and the height limitation between the door shelves, which causes inconvenience in use for a user.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the technical problem, the invention aims to provide the door shelf assembly and the refrigerator, which are simple in structure, convenient to operate and adjustable in height.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

an adjustable door shelf component is arranged on a refrigerator door body, and a plurality of vertically arranged adjusting holes are formed in the inner side surface of the door body; the door shelf assembly comprises a shelf body and a movable shelf; the shelf body can vertically slide along the inner side surface of the door body; the shelf body is also provided with a height adjusting knob which is inserted in the adjusting hole, the height adjusting knob rotates to have an up-down sliding unlocking locking position and a down-sliding unlocking position, and when the height adjusting knob is located at the up-sliding unlocking position, the height adjusting knob can slide upwards from the upper side of the adjusting hole to the outer side of the adjusting hole; the shelf body only limits the downward sliding of the door body through the height adjusting knob; when the height adjusting knob is located at the sliding unlocking position, the height adjusting knob can slide downwards to the outer side of the adjusting hole from the lower side of the adjusting hole, so that the height of the door shelf component is adjusted. The shelf body is unlocked from sliding downwards and locked with the door body so as to adjust the height of the door shelf component.

In one embodiment, a plurality of vertically arranged adjusting holes are formed in the inner side surface of the door body; the height adjusting knob is arranged in a mounting hole formed in the side wall of the shelf body; the height adjusting knob comprises a knob body, an adjusting body and a resetting piece; the knob body is arranged on the inner side of the shelf body, the adjusting body is rotatably arranged in the mounting hole, a first end of the adjusting body is connected with the knob body, and a second end of the adjusting body is provided with a guide inclined plane and is inserted into the adjusting hole; the adjusting body can slide out to be separated from the adjusting hole through the guide inclined plane; the reset piece is used for resetting the adjusting body; when the guide inclined plane rotates to the upper side, the height adjusting knob is located at the lower sliding locking upper sliding unlocking position; when the guide inclined plane rotates to the lower side, the height adjusting knob is located at the sliding-down unlocking position.

In one embodiment, the reset piece is a reset spring, the adjusting body is provided with a stop ring near the second end, the reset spring is sleeved on the adjusting body, one end of the reset spring is abutted to the stop ring, and the other end of the reset spring is abutted to the outer side wall of the shelf body.

In one embodiment, the shelf body vertically slides along the inner side surface of the door body through a guide structure.

In one embodiment, the guide structure comprises a guide rib vertically arranged on the door body and a guide groove arranged on the shelf body; the guide rib is provided with a through hole, a spring is arranged in the through hole, two ends of the spring are respectively connected with a ball body, and the outer side part of the ball body is abutted to the inner wall of the guide groove through the through hole.

In one embodiment, the movable shelf is further comprised, and the movable shelf can be transversely stretched and contracted along the shelf body through a stretching mechanism.

In one embodiment, the telescopic mechanism comprises a moving guide rail arranged on the inner wall of the shelf body, and the movable shelf is movably mounted on the shelf body through the moving guide rail.

In one embodiment, the moving rail is a snap-in sliding rail or a chain sliding rail.

In one embodiment, the top ends of the two side walls of the shelf body are provided with support plates, and the side walls of the movable shelf slide close to the lower side surfaces of the support plates.

In one embodiment, the front end of the supporting plate is provided with a limiting block, and the top end of the side wall of the movable shelf is inserted between the limiting block and the inner side wall of the shelf body; the side wall of the movable shelf is correspondingly provided with a guide block, and the movable shelf can be prevented from falling off from the shelf body through the guide block and the limiting block.

In one embodiment, the guide block is a wedge-shaped block and is provided with a guide inclined plane and a plane, and the guide inclined plane is arranged on one side close to the rear end of the movable shelf; the plane sets up at the offside on direction inclined plane for it is spacing with stopper butt.

The invention also comprises a refrigerator comprising the door shelf component.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages and positive effects that:

above-mentioned door shelf subassembly with adjustable cooperate through setting up the regulation hole on height adjusting knob and the shelf body, through height adjusting knob's rotation, can make it insert or roll-off regulation hole under the effect of external force to realize direction of height's regulation, its structure is reliable, easy and simple to handle.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art door shelf assembly;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of an adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front structural view of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial view of the guide ribs of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a right side cross-sectional view of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged, fragmentary, cross-sectional view of the guide ribs of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the shelf body and the movable shelf of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of the assembled structure of the shelf body and the mobile shelf of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a front cross-sectional view of an adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial view of the height adjustment knob of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a removable shelf structure of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged partial view of the shelf of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the shelf body construction of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged partial view of the shelf body of the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention;

description of reference numerals:

a door body 100; a guide rib 110; a through-hole 111; a spring 112; a sphere 113; an adjustment aperture 120;

a shelf body 200; a mounting hole 210; a guide groove 230; the first support rib 231; the second support ribs 232; a moving guide 240; a support plate 250; a stop block 260; a first stopper surface 261; a second limiting surface 270;

a movable shelf 300; a guide block 310; a guide slope 311; a flat surface 312;

a height adjustment knob 400; a knob body 410; an adjustment body 420; a guide slope 421; a stop ring 422; a return spring 430.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but which can be embodied in many different forms and varied in the manner defined and covered by the claims.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the adjustable door shelf assembly of the present invention is mounted to a door body 100 of a refrigerator. The door shelf assembly includes a shelf body 200. The shelf body 200 can vertically slide along the inner side surface of the door body 100 to adjust the height of the door shelf assembly. As shown in fig. 7-10, the inner side of the door body 100 is provided with a plurality of vertically arranged adjusting holes 120. The shelf body 200 is provided with a height adjustment knob 400. The height adjusting knob 400 can rotate on the shelf body 200, the height adjusting knob 400 is inserted into the adjusting hole 120, and the rotating position thereof includes an upper sliding unlocking position and a lower sliding unlocking position. When the height adjustment knob 400 is located at the slide-up unlocking position, the height adjustment knob 400 can slide upward from the upper side of the adjustment hole 120 to the outside of the adjustment hole 120. The shelf body 200 only limits the downward sliding of the door body 100 through the height adjusting knob 400, and the shelf body 200 can slide upwards along the door body 100 to increase the height of the shelf component; when the height adjusting knob 400 is located at the sliding-down unlocking position, the height adjusting knob 400 can slide downwards to the outer side of the adjusting hole 120 from the lower side of the adjusting hole 120, the shelf body 200 is unlocked by sliding downwards with the door body 100, the shelf body 200 can slide downwards along the door body 100, and the height of the shelf assembly is reduced.

Foretell adjustable door shelf subassembly through setting up height adjusting knob 400, cooperatees with regulation hole 120 on the shelf body 200, through the rotation of height adjusting knob 400, can realize the regulation of direction of height under the effect of external force, easy operation, the structure is reliable.

Specifically, referring to fig. 9 and 10, two mounting holes 210 are respectively formed in opposite side walls of the shelf body 200, two height adjusting knobs 400 are respectively mounted in the mounting holes 210, and correspondingly, a plurality of vertically arranged adjusting holes 120 are formed in the inner side surface of the door body 100 and used for being matched with the height adjusting knobs 400. Specifically, the height adjustment knob 400 includes a knob body 410, an adjustment body 420, and a reset piece. The knob body 410 is provided at the inner side of the shelf body 200 for operating a rotating motion. The adjusting body 420 has a circular contour, the adjusting body 420 is rotatably installed in the installation hole 210, a first end of the adjusting body 420 is connected with the knob body 410, and a second end thereof has a guiding slope and is inserted into the adjusting hole 120. The fixing manner of the knob body 410 and the adjusting body 420 is not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present invention, and for example, the knob body 410 may be fixedly connected by gluing. The adjusting body 420 can slide out of the adjusting hole 120 through the guide slope; the reset member is used for resetting the adjustment body 420. When the position of the shelf body 200 needs to be adjusted upwards along the height direction, the height adjusting knob 400 is adjusted to enable the guide inclined plane to rotate to the upper side, the height adjusting knob 400 is located at the upper sliding unlocking position, and at the moment, the shelf body 200 can slide upwards along the guide structure under the action of an upward external force; when needs shelf body 200 moves down, height control knob 400 is adjusted when making the direction inclined plane rotatory to the downside, press clockwise or anticlockwise rotation knob body 180 promptly, make the direction inclined plane downward, height control knob 400 is located gliding unblock position, can make shelf body 200 slide down along guide structure under the effect of decurrent external force this moment, realize the regulation of shelf subassembly direction of height, after height control is suitable, rotate height control knob 400 once more and make it be located upward gliding unblock position, the inclined plane that leads is promptly up, accomplish height control.

In this embodiment, the reset member is a reset spring 430, in order to prevent the reset spring 430 from falling off, a stop ring 422 is disposed at a position of the adjusting body 420 close to the second end, the reset spring 430 is sleeved on the adjusting body 420, one end of the reset spring abuts against the stop ring 422, and the other end of the reset spring abuts against the outer side wall of the shelf body 200. The stop ring 422 is preferably integrally formed with the adjustment body 420.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the shelf body 200 is vertically slid along the inner side of the door body 100 by a guide structure. Specifically, the guide structure includes two guide ribs 110 vertically disposed on the door body 100, and guide grooves 230 disposed at both sides of the shelf body 200. As shown in fig. 8, the guide groove 230 includes a first support rib 231 and a second support rib 232, the first support rib 231 is parallel to the second support rib 232, the width of the guide groove 230 is not less than the width of the guide rib 110 of the door body 100, and it is ensured that the shelf body 200 can be reliably adjusted along the height direction of the guide rib 110. As shown in fig. 6, the guide rib 110 is provided with a through hole 111, a spring 112 is disposed in the through hole 111, two ends of the spring 112 are respectively connected with a ball 113, and the outer portion of the ball 113 abuts against the inner wall of the guide groove 230 through the through hole 111. In the sliding process, the spring 112 and the ball 113 in the guide rib 110 can limit the shelf body 200, so that the height of the door shelf can be conveniently adjusted.

Further, in order to realize the width adjustment of the shelf, the shelf assembly further comprises a movable shelf 300, the movable shelf 300 can be extended and retracted transversely along the shelf body 200 through a telescopic mechanism to adjust the width of the door shelf assembly, as shown in fig. 2, two limit states of the movable shelf 300 are shown, wherein a is the maximum width, and b is the minimum width. The door shelf component realizes that the movable shelf 300 slides along the horizontal direction through the telescopic mechanism to adjust the width of the door shelf, and the inner space of the door shelf is correspondingly enlarged, so that more food can be stored.

Specifically, the telescopic mechanism includes a moving rail 240 provided on an inner wall of the shelf body 200, and the movable shelf 300 is movably mounted on the shelf body 200 through the moving rail 240. The moving rail 240 is preferably a snap-in sliding rail or a chain sliding rail, i.e., the sliding connection between the movable shelf 300 and the moving rail 240 of the shelf body 200 can be realized by a snap or a chain. For the specific implementation of the sliding connection between the movable shelf 300 and the moving guide 240, the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited, and those skilled in the art can refer to the prior art.

For the fixing manner between the moving rail 240 of the shelf body 200 and the shelf body 200, the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited, and for example, the moving rail 240 may be fixed on the inner wall of the shelf body 200 by screws or bolts, or the moving rail 240 may be fixed on the inner wall of the shelf body 200 by welding.

As shown in FIG. 7, the top ends of both side walls of the shelf body 200 are provided with the support plates 250, and the side walls of the movable shelf 300 slide close to the lower side surfaces of the support plates 250; the support plate 250 prevents the movable shelf 300 from being tilted upward while ensuring the appearance. As shown in fig. 13 and 14, the front end of the support plate 250 has a stopper 260, and the top end of the sidewall of the movable shelf 300 is inserted between the stopper 260 and the inner sidewall of the shelf body 200. As shown in fig. 11 and 12, the guide blocks 310 are correspondingly disposed on the sidewalls of the movable shelf 300, and the movable shelf 300 can be prevented from falling off the shelf body 200 by the guide blocks 310 and the stoppers 260. The one side that stopper 260 and guide block 310 are relative is first spacing face 261, and shelf body 200 is provided with the spacing face 270 of second, and the shelf 300 of activity is at the spacing face of first spacing 261 and the spacing face 270 of second between concertina movement.

Specifically, the guide block 310 is a wedge block in appearance, having a guide ramp and a flat surface 312. The guide slope is provided at one side near the rear end of the movable shelf 300, and the guide slope facilitates the installation of the movable shelf 300 on the shelf body 200. The plane 312 is disposed at the opposite side of the guiding inclined plane, and is used for being abutted against the limiting block 260 for limiting, so as to play a limiting role.

The invention further comprises a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator door body 100, and the door shelf component is arranged on the door body 100.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An adjustable door shelf component is arranged on a refrigerator door body, and a plurality of vertically arranged adjusting holes are formed in the inner side surface of the door body; the door shelf assembly is characterized by comprising a shelf body, wherein a height adjusting knob is arranged on the shelf body and is inserted into the adjusting hole, the height adjusting knob rotates to have an upper sliding unlocking position and a lower sliding unlocking position, and when the height adjusting knob is located at the upper sliding unlocking position, the height adjusting knob can slide upwards from the upper side of the adjusting hole to the outer side of the adjusting hole; when the height adjusting knob is located at the sliding unlocking position, the height adjusting knob can slide downwards to the outer side of the adjusting hole from the lower side of the adjusting hole, so that the height of the door shelf component is adjusted.

2. The adjustable door shelf assembly of claim 1, wherein the height adjustment knob is mounted within a mounting hole in a side wall of the shelf body, the height adjustment knob including a knob body, an adjustment body, and a reset member; the knob body is arranged on the inner side of the shelf body, the adjusting body is rotatably arranged in the mounting hole, a first end of the adjusting body is connected with the knob body, and a second end of the adjusting body is provided with a guide inclined plane and is inserted into the adjusting hole; the adjusting body can slide out of the adjusting hole through the guide inclined plane; the reset piece is used for resetting the adjusting body; when the guide inclined plane rotates to the upper side, the height adjusting knob is located at the upper sliding unlocking position; when the guide inclined plane rotates to the lower side, the height adjusting knob is located at the sliding-down unlocking position.

3. The adjustable door shelf assembly of claim 2, wherein the reset member is a reset spring, the adjusting body is provided with a stop ring near the second end, the reset spring is sleeved on the adjusting body, one end of the reset spring abuts against the stop ring, and the other end of the reset spring abuts against the outer side wall of the shelf body.

4. The adjustable door shelf assembly of claim 1 wherein the shelf body slides vertically along the inside face of the door body via a guide structure.

5. The adjustable door shelf assembly of claim 4, wherein the guide structure comprises guide ribs vertically arranged on the door body, guide grooves arranged on the shelf body; the guide rib is provided with a through hole, a spring is arranged in the through hole, two ends of the spring are respectively connected with a ball body, and the outer side part of the ball body is abutted to the inner wall of the guide groove through the through hole.

6. An adjustable door shelf assembly as defined in claim 1 further comprising a mobile shelf that is laterally retractable along the shelf body by a retraction mechanism.

7. An adjustable door shelf assembly as defined in claim 6 wherein the telescoping mechanism includes a travel rail disposed on an inner wall of the shelf body, the shelf being movably mounted on the shelf body by the travel rail.

8. An adjustable door shelf assembly as defined in claim 7, wherein the moving track is a snap-in sliding track or a chain sliding track.

9. An adjustable door shelf assembly as defined in any one of claims 6 to 8 in which support plates are provided at the top ends of the two side walls of the shelf body, the side walls of the shelf being slidable adjacent the underside of the support plates.

10. The adjustable door shelf assembly of claim 9 wherein the support plate has a stop at a front end thereof, and wherein the top end of the side wall of the shelf is inserted between the stop and the inner side wall of the shelf body; the side wall of the movable shelf is correspondingly provided with a guide block, and the movable shelf can be prevented from falling off from the shelf body through the guide block and the limiting block.

11. The adjustable door shelf assembly of claim 10 wherein said guide block is a wedge-shaped block having a guide ramp and a flat surface, said guide ramp being disposed on a side adjacent a rear end of said shelf; the plane sets up at the offside on direction inclined plane for it is spacing with stopper butt.

12. A refrigerator comprising a door shelf assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11.