CN109708411B

CN109708411B - Flexible partition drawer and refrigerator with same

Info

Publication number: CN109708411B
Application number: CN201810875481.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张健; 王宁; 位冬; 聂俊; 丁晓
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-03
Filing date: 2018-08-03
Publication date: 2020-12-04
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-03
Also published as: CN109708411A

Abstract

The invention discloses a flexible dividing drawer and a refrigerator with the same, wherein the related drawer comprises a drawer body with a containing cavity, the flexible dividing drawer also comprises at least one dividing piece which is arranged in the containing cavity in a left-right moving mode and used for dividing the containing cavity, and two sliding rods which are respectively fixed outside the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body and used for guiding the dividing piece to move, sliding pieces which slide along the length directions of the sliding rods are arranged on the sliding rods, protruding parts which protrude out of the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body and are connected and fixed to the sliding pieces are respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of the dividing piece, and the sliding pieces can rotate and be adjusted on the sliding rods before the protruding parts are connected and fixed to the sliding pieces; the invention can reduce the requirement of the manufacturing precision of each component of the flexible split drawer based on the matching structure of the sliding piece and the sliding rod.

Description

Flexible partition drawer and refrigerator with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of refrigerator design, in particular to a flexible dividing drawer and a refrigerator with the same.

Background

The refrigerator is usually provided with drawers for storing articles, and in order to fully utilize the storage space in the drawers, in the existing design, some refrigerator drawers are additionally provided with a partition part for further dividing the drawers into a plurality of areas. However, the partition parts in the existing drawer are usually fixedly connected with the drawer body, so that the user cannot adjust the distribution ratio of each area according to the actual requirement. In addition, in the existing drawer design with the dividing pieces, the inside of the drawer usually comprises the dividing pieces in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction, and in the actual use process of the refrigerator, based on the use habits of users, the inner side dividing area of the drawer cannot be effectively utilized; and the drawer divided in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction at the same time cannot adapt to the storage of some articles with larger length.

In view of the above, there is a need for an improved drawer structure to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve at least one technical problem in the prior art, and in order to achieve the aim, the invention provides a flexible split drawer and a refrigerator with the same.

The utility model provides a drawer is cut apart to flexibility, is including being formed with the drawer body who accepts the chamber, the drawer is cut apart to flexibility still include at least one remove the left right setting in accept the intracavity be used for cutting apart the piece and two of accepting the chamber are fixed in respectively drawer body front, back lateral wall are external right cut apart the piece and remove the slide bar that leads, be provided with the edge on the slide bar length direction gliding slider, the preceding, back both ends of cutting apart the piece have the salient respectively stretch out drawer body front, back lateral wall are external in order to connect fixed to the protruding portion of slider protruding portion connect fixed to before the slider, the slider is in it is adjustable to rotate on the slide bar.

Further, the sliding part comprises a sliding part for the sliding rod to pass through and a fixing part which is arranged at the lower side of the sliding part and is fixedly connected with the protruding part.

Further, the protruding portion is provided with a bar-shaped rod which is consistent with the length direction of the sliding rod outside the drawer body, and the fixing portion is provided with a slot for inserting and fixing the bar-shaped rod.

Furthermore, the protruding portion is provided with a connecting rod penetrating through the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body to connect the dividing piece and the bar-shaped rod, and the sliding piece is provided with a buckling portion for buckling the connecting rod after the bar-shaped rod is inserted into the slot at one end, inserted into the slot, of the bar-shaped rod.

Further, the sliding part comprises two lugs fixedly arranged at intervals, and the two lugs are respectively provided with a sliding hole for the sliding rod to pass through.

Further, the cross sections of the sliding hole and the sliding rod are circular.

Furthermore, the partition piece comprises a partition plate and a frame which is arranged around the edge of the partition plate and fixedly connected with the partition plate, and the front end and the rear end of the frame of the partition plate are respectively integrally formed with the protruding parts on the corresponding sides.

Further, a holding part for moving the divider in the left-right direction is fixed to the frame at an upper middle position of the partition plate.

Furthermore, two dividing pieces are arranged in the containing cavity in parallel.

The invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises a refrigerator body, wherein the flexible partition drawer is arranged in the refrigerator body.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: based on the structure of the flexible segmented drawer, a user can adjust the position of the segmented piece according to actual use requirements to realize reasonable distribution of each area of the drawer accommodating cavity; in addition, in the scene that the flexible split drawer is particularly applied to the refrigerator, because the accommodating cavity is only provided with the split parts moving in the left and right directions, a user can better utilize the inner space of the drawer accommodating cavity; and the requirement on the manufacturing precision of each component of the flexible split drawer can be reduced based on the matching structure of the sliding piece and the sliding rod.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flexible segmented drawer according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1 with the drawer body removed;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the segments;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the assembly process of the segments;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a flexible split drawer with the split member assembled to the slide;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion a of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 5 with the drawer body removed;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of portion b of FIG. 7;

figure 9 shows a schematic view of the engagement of the protruding portion of the partition with the sliding member.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to various embodiments shown in the drawings, and reference is made to fig. 1 to 9, which are preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the flexible split drawer according to the present invention includes a drawer body 1 having a receiving cavity 10, at least one split member 2 installed in the receiving cavity 10 to be moved in a left-right direction to split the receiving cavity 10, and two slide bars 3 fixed to the outside of a front wall 11 and a rear wall 12 of the drawer body 1 to guide the movement of the split member 2.

As shown in fig. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, the slide rod 3 is slidably provided with a sliding member 4 sliding along the longitudinal direction of the slide rod 3; the front and rear ends of the partition member 2 are provided with protruding portions 25 protruding from the front wall 11 and the rear wall 12 of the drawer body 1, respectively. The partition 2 is fixedly connected to the slide 4 by means of projections 25 at the front and rear ends. Due to the fixed connection between the protruding portion 25 and the slide 4, the partition 2 is slidably fitted on the slide 3, so that the partition 2 can move in the length direction of the slide 3.

As a preferred form of the invention, and with reference to figure 8, the slider 4 is rotationally adjustable on the slider bar 3 before the projecting portion 25 is fixedly connected to the slider 4. With this configuration, the requirement for manufacturing accuracy of each member of the flexible split drawer can be reduced. In other words, when the separating member 2 is fixedly connected to the sliding member 4, if there is a certain deviation in the size of the separating member 2, the sliding member 4 can rotate around the sliding rod 3 by a certain angle to accommodate the deviation without causing distortion between the relevant structures when the separating member 2 and the sliding member 4 are fixedly connected, thereby ensuring that the separating member 4 can smoothly slide on the sliding rod 3 after assembly.

In this embodiment, two dividing members 2 are disposed in parallel in the accommodating cavity 10, and the two dividing members 2 can divide the accommodating cavity 10 into three storage areas with adjustable space. In this drawer is cut apart to concrete flexibility's use, two are cut apart piece 2 and can also laminate to two lateral walls of the left and right sides of drawer body 1 respectively to it forms a continuous large-capacity accommodating space to make the chamber 10 of acceping in the drawer body 1.

Referring to fig. 1, the front wall 11 and the rear wall 12 of the drawer body 1 of the present invention are respectively formed with sliding grooves which are engaged with the corresponding side protrusions 25 to allow the divider 2 to move in the left-right direction. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the sliding grooves include a first sliding groove 110 disposed on the front sidewall 11 and a second sliding groove 120 disposed on the rear sidewall 12.

In the present invention, the first sliding slot 110 and the second sliding slot 120 respectively penetrate through the front sidewall 11 and the rear sidewall 12 of the drawer body 1 to connect the accommodating cavity 10 to the outside of the drawer body 1.

The process of fitting the projecting portion 25 of the partition 2 to the slide 4 is: the protruding parts 25 at the front and rear ends of the dividing member 2 respectively pass through the sliding grooves on the front wall 11 and the rear wall 12 of the drawer body 1 from the inside of the containing cavity 10, and then are connected and fixed with the sliding parts 4 at the corresponding sides outside the drawer body 1. When the dividing piece 2 needs to be detached from the drawer body 1 for cleaning, the operation is carried out in the opposite direction of the assembling process, and the assembling mode of the dividing piece 2 and the sliding piece 4 in the flexible dividing drawer greatly simplifies the assembling process and is convenient for a user to operate.

The present invention also provides a refrigerator including a cabinet (not shown) and a flexible division drawer according to the present invention.

Based on the structure of the flexible partition drawer, a user can adjust the position of the partition piece 2 according to actual use requirements to realize reasonable distribution of each area of the drawer accommodating cavity 10; in addition, in a scenario that the flexible split drawer is specifically applied to a refrigerator, since only the split piece 2 moving in the left-right direction is arranged in the accommodating cavity 10, a user can better utilize the inner space of the accommodating cavity 10; the sliding groove arranged on the drawer body 1 for the partition piece 2 to move can be used as a channel for the refrigeration air inside the box body to enter the drawer to accommodate the cavity 10, so that the storage of articles inside the drawer to accommodate the cavity 10 is facilitated.

The flexible segmented drawer of the present invention is described in more detail with reference to the following:

in the specific use process of the flexible split drawer, the sliding rod 3 has the function of a reinforcing rod and is used for sharing the pressure borne by the drawer body 1 when articles are stored in the drawer body 1, so that the deformation of the drawer body 1 when a heavy object is borne can be effectively reduced, and the damage probability of the drawer body 1 is reduced.

In this embodiment, three fixing protrusions 30 for fixing the sliding rod 3 are respectively disposed at intervals outside the front side wall 11 and the rear side wall 12 of the drawer body 1 along the length direction of the sliding rod 3. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, outside the front sidewall 11, a first fixing protrusion 301, a second fixing protrusion 302, and a third fixing protrusion 303 are sequentially disposed at left, middle, and right positions of the front sidewall 11, and respectively fix left, middle, and right ends of the sliding rod 3. Based on the arrangement of the three fixing protrusions 30, the sliding rod 3 can better play a role of a reinforcing rod, and the independent operation of the two cutting parts 2 cannot be influenced.

In the present invention, the slider 4 includes a sliding portion 41 through which the slider 3 passes and a fixing portion 42 provided below the sliding portion 41 and connected to the protruding portion 25.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the protruding portion 25 has a bar-shaped rod 251 outside the drawer body 1, the bar-shaped rod being aligned with the length direction of the sliding rod 3; as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the fixing portion 42 is formed with an insertion groove 420 into which the bar-shaped rod 251 is inserted and fixed.

Further, as shown in fig. 6 and 8, the protruding portion 25 in this embodiment further has a connecting rod 252 passing through the sliding groove to connect the dividing member 2 and the bar-shaped rod 251, and the slider 4 is provided with a locking portion 43 at an end into which the bar-shaped rod 251 is inserted. As shown in fig. 9, after the bar-shaped rod 251 is inserted into the slot 420, the locking portion 43 locks the connecting rod 252, thereby locking the positional relationship between the partition 2 and the slider 4. In a specific implementation, the locking portion 43 includes a pair of locking pieces (not shown) disposed opposite to each other, a space for the connecting rod 252 to be inserted and fixed is formed in the locking pieces, and a protrusion (not shown) for preventing the connecting rod 252 from being separated from the slider 4 is formed at a head portion of the locking pieces.

Referring to fig. 9, the sliding portion 41 in this embodiment includes two lugs, namely a first lug 411 and a second lug 412, which are fixedly arranged at intervals, and the first lug 411 and the second lug 412 are both formed with a sliding hole (not labeled) for the sliding rod 3 to pass through. The arrangement of the two lugs ensures a stable sliding of the slider 4 on the slider 3.

In a specific implementation process, the sliding holes in the lugs and the cross section of the sliding rod 3 are circular in order to enable the sliding piece 4 to rotate around the sliding rod 3 before assembly.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, the dividing member 2 includes a partition plate 20 and a frame surrounding the edge of the partition plate 20 and fixedly connected to the partition plate 20. Wherein the partition plate 20 has a rectangular shape.

Specifically, the bezel has end members at the front and rear ends, i.e., a first end member 21 and a second end member 22 as shown. In this embodiment, the first end piece 21 and the second end piece 22 are integrally formed with the respective side projections 25; as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first end piece 21, the second end piece 22 and the corresponding side protrusions 25 are integrally formed by injection molding. The end member and the protruding portion 25 are integrally formed, so that the assembly process of the partition member 2 can be simplified, and the assembly efficiency of the flexible partition drawer can be improved.

The frame of the present embodiment further includes side members located on both upper and lower sides of the partition plate 20, i.e., an upper member 23 and an upper member 24 in the drawing, and both the upper member 23 and the upper member 24 are formed by an extrusion process. Because the shapes of the upper side part 23 and the upper side part 24 are regular, the extrusion process can realize quick batch manufacturing, and the production efficiency is effectively improved.

The first end member 21 and the second end member 22 in this embodiment are fastened to both ends of the upper member 23 and the upper member 24 by screws 27, and the structure is simple and easy to implement. The first end member 21, the second end member 22, the upper member 23, and the upper member 24 are each formed with a recess (not shown) for the partition plate 20 to be inserted and fixed therein, for preferably fixing the partition plate 20.

In order to facilitate the user to adjust the position of the partition plate 20 inside the housing chamber, a grip 26 for moving the partition 2 left and right is fixed to the middle position of the upper member 24 in this embodiment.

It is understood that the left and right directions referred to in the present invention are the same as the longitudinal direction of the sliding rod 3, and the description of the front, rear, etc. referring to the directions can refer to the directions in which the flexible division drawer is pushed and pulled inside the refrigerator.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A flexible split drawer comprises a drawer body with a containing cavity, and is characterized in that, the flexible dividing drawer also comprises at least one dividing piece which is arranged in the containing cavity in a left-right moving mode and used for dividing the containing cavity, and two sliding rods which are respectively fixed outside the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body and used for guiding the movement of the dividing piece, three fixing bulges for fixing the sliding rod are respectively arranged outside the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body at intervals along the length direction of the sliding rod, the sliding rod is provided with a sliding part which slides along the length direction of the sliding rod, the front end and the rear end of the dividing part are respectively provided with a protruding part which protrudes out of the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body so as to be connected and fixed to the sliding part, the sliding member is rotationally adjustable on the sliding bar before the protruding portion is fixedly connected to the sliding member; the sliding part comprises a sliding part for the sliding rod to pass through and a fixing part which is arranged at the lower side of the sliding part and is fixedly connected with the protruding part; the protruding part is provided with a strip-shaped rod which is consistent with the length direction of the sliding rod outside the drawer body, and the fixed part is provided with a slot for inserting and fixing the strip-shaped rod; the protruding part is also provided with a connecting rod which penetrates through the front side wall and the rear side wall of the drawer body to connect the dividing part with the bar-shaped rod, and the sliding part is provided with a buckling part which buckles the connecting rod after the bar-shaped rod is inserted into the slot at the inserted end of the bar-shaped rod; the clamping part comprises a pair of clamping sheets which are oppositely arranged up and down, a space for the connecting rod to be embedded and fixed is formed in each clamping sheet, and a bulge for preventing the connecting rod from being separated from the sliding part is formed at the head part of each clamping sheet.

2. The flexible segmented drawer according to claim 1, wherein the sliding portion comprises two lugs fixedly arranged at intervals, and each of the two lugs is formed with a sliding hole for the sliding rod to pass through.

3. The flexible sectional drawer according to claim 2, wherein the slide hole and the slide bar are circular in cross section.

4. The flexible split drawer of claim 1, wherein the split member comprises a partition plate and a rim surrounding an edge of the partition plate and fixedly connected to the partition plate, and the rim is integrally formed with the protruding portion on the corresponding side at each of the front and rear ends of the partition plate.

5. The flexible split drawer according to claim 4, wherein a holding part for moving the split member left and right is fixed to the frame at a position intermediate the upper side of the partition plate.

6. The flexible split drawer according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein two of said split pieces are disposed in parallel in said receiving cavity.

7. A refrigerator comprising a cabinet, wherein a flexible split drawer according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is provided in the cabinet.