CN110887289A

CN110887289A - Door body and refrigerator with same

Info

Publication number: CN110887289A
Application number: CN201911174366.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋孝奎; 吴光瑞; 王宁; 何文华
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Refrigeration Electric Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-26
Filing date: 2019-11-26
Publication date: 2020-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-26
Also published as: WO2021104048A1; AU2020390925A1; CN110887289B; AU2020390925B2

Abstract

A door body for a refrigerator and the refrigerator with the door body. The door body includes interior door, outer door, at least one coupling assembling and bottle seat. The inner door is arranged at the position corresponding to the front opening of the box body, the inner door is provided with an inner door opening extending along the front-back direction, and the inner door is used for opening or partially closing the front opening. The outer door is arranged at the position, corresponding to the inner door opening, of the front side of the inner door and used for opening or closing the inner door opening. The refrigerator with the door body can reduce the leakage of cold energy. The inner surface of the outer door is a plane, so that the outer door has a better appearance and is convenient for production and processing of the outer door. The at least one connecting assembly is fixed on the inner surface of the outer door and protrudes out of the inner surface of the outer door. The bottle seat is fixed on the at least one connecting component. The outer door and the connecting assembly of the door body can be produced respectively, and the assembly is completed, so that the production efficiency is improved.

Description

Door body and refrigerator with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a door body and a refrigerator with the same.

Background

With the development of social economy and the improvement of living standard of people, the refrigerator also becomes an indispensable household appliance in daily life of people.

The door body of most of the existing refrigerators only comprises a door main body for opening and closing the storage chamber, and the door body easily causes the cold quantity leakage of the storage chamber. A few refrigerator door bodies are of a door-in-door structure, the refrigerator door body is provided with an inner door for opening or partially closing a front opening of a storage compartment and an outer door for opening or closing an opening on the inner door, and when a user can take or store articles only through the opening on the inner door, the outer door can be opened only, so that cold quantity leakage is avoided.

In order to facilitate storage and taking and placing of articles, a bottle seat is fixed on the inner surface of an outer door of a refrigerator with a door-in-door structure, however, in order to fix the bottle seat, the inner surface of the outer door needs to be provided with a door liner protruding inwards, and the door body is not attractive and low in production efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention has been made to provide a door body and a refrigerator having the same, which overcome or at least partially solve the above problems.

The invention aims to provide a door body which has a door-in-door structure and is high in production efficiency, and the inner surface of an outer door is a plane.

A further object of the invention is to make the door structure more stable.

The invention further aims to provide a refrigerator with the door body.

The invention firstly provides a door body for a refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body which limits a storage compartment with a front opening, and the door body comprises: the inner door is arranged at the front side of the box body and corresponds to the forward opening, the inner door is provided with an inner door opening extending along the front-back direction, and the inner door is used for opening or partially closing the forward opening; the outer door is arranged at the position, corresponding to the inner door opening, of the front side of the inner door and used for opening or closing the inner door opening, and the inner surface of the outer door is a plane; at least one connecting assembly fixed on the inner surface of the outer door and protruding out of the inner surface of the outer door; a bottle mount secured to the at least one connection assembly.

Optionally, the outer door includes an outer shell and an inner shell assembly located at the rear side of the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the outer shell and the inner shell assembly define a foaming space, a surface of the inner shell assembly close to the inner door is an inner surface of the outer door, a fixing opening is opened in an area of the inner shell assembly corresponding to each of the connecting assemblies, and each of the connecting assemblies includes: the fixing frame is provided with a fixing part arranged in the foaming space and a protruding part which is connected with the fixing part and protrudes out of the corresponding fixing port.

Optionally, a positioning protrusion is formed on a region of the inner shell assembly, which is close to the surface of the foaming space and corresponds to the fixing portion, and the fixing portion includes: and the positioning structure is matched with the corresponding positioning bulge and used for positioning the fixing part.

Optionally, each of the connection assemblies further comprises: the holder is fixed on the fixing frame, and a fixing bulge is formed on the outer surface of the holder; and the bottle seat and the area corresponding to the fixed bulge are formed with fixed grooves, and the fixed bulge is clamped in the corresponding fixed groove.

Optionally, the holder defines an accommodation cavity, and the protrusion is disposed in the accommodation cavity; and the bulge is provided with a clamping groove, and a buckle arranged on the clamping groove is formed in the wall surface of the accommodating cavity and the area corresponding to the clamping groove.

Optionally, the at least one connecting assembly comprises a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly arranged along the transverse direction, the first connecting assembly and the second connecting assembly are used for jointly fixing the bottle seat, and the fixing protrusion of the first connecting assembly is arranged on the outer surface, facing the second connecting assembly, of the holder of the first connecting assembly; the fixed bulge of the second connecting assembly is arranged on the outer surface, facing the first connecting assembly, of the retainer of the second connecting assembly.

Optionally, a first holder threaded hole is formed in the holder of the first connecting assembly, a first holder threaded hole is opened in a region corresponding to the first holder threaded hole in the holder of the first connecting assembly, a second holder threaded hole is formed in the holder of the second connecting assembly, a second holder threaded hole is opened in a region corresponding to the second holder threaded hole in the holder of the second connecting assembly, and the door body further includes: the first connecting screw is used for connecting the first holder threaded hole and the first fixing frame threaded hole; and the second connecting screw is used for connecting the second retainer threaded hole and the second fixing frame threaded hole.

Optionally, the inner shell assembly comprises: the surface of the metal plate close to the inner door is the inner surface of the outer door; the annular plastic part is fixed on the surface of the metal plate, which is away from the inner door; and each fixing port comprises a metal plate fixing port arranged on the metal plate and a plastic part fixing port arranged on the annular plastic part.

Optionally, the door body is pivotally arranged on one lateral side of the box body; and the side wall of the bottle seat, which is positioned at the other transverse side of the box body, is an arc-shaped side wall so as to avoid collision with the inner door when the outer door pivots.

The present invention also provides a refrigerator including: a cabinet defining a storage compartment therein having a forward opening; the door body according to any one of the above claims.

The invention provides a door body for a refrigerator and the refrigerator with the door body. The door body includes interior door, outer door, at least one coupling assembling and bottle seat. The inner door is arranged at the position corresponding to the front opening of the box body, the inner door is provided with an inner door opening extending along the front-back direction, and the inner door is used for opening or partially closing the front opening. The outer door is arranged at the position, corresponding to the inner door opening, of the front side of the inner door and used for opening or closing the inner door opening. The refrigerator with the door body can reduce the leakage of cold energy. The inner surface of the outer door is a plane, so that the outer door has a better appearance and is convenient for production and processing of the outer door. The at least one connecting assembly is fixed on the inner surface of the outer door and protrudes out of the inner surface of the outer door. The bottle seat is fixed on the at least one connecting component. The existing door body with an inner door and an outer door is generally provided with a door liner on the inner surface of the outer door, the structure of the door body is complex, and the production efficiency is not high. The outer door and the connecting assembly of the door body can be produced respectively, and the door body can be assembled after being produced, so that the production efficiency is improved.

Further, the outer door includes the shell and is located the shell rear side and the inner shell subassembly of being connected with the shell, and the foaming space is injectd with the inner shell subassembly to the shell, and the surface that the inner shell subassembly is close to the inner door is outer door internal surface, and the fixed mouthful has been seted up with the region that every coupling assembling corresponds to the inner shell subassembly, and every coupling assembling includes the mount, and the mount has the fixed part that sets up in the foaming space and is connected and protrusion in the bulge of the fixed mouthful that corresponds with the fixed part. This arrangement makes the connecting assembly more firmly fixed to the outer door, so that the door body structure is more stable.

The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail hereinafter, by way of illustration and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a door body according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the inner shell assembly, the connecting assembly, and the bottle holder of the door body according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of the area a shown in fig. 3.

Detailed Description

The present embodiment first provides a door 200 for a refrigerator 10, the refrigerator 10 including a body 100 defining a storage compartment 110 having a front opening.

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a refrigerator 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is an exploded view of a door body 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 3 is an exploded view of the inner shell assembly 223, the connecting assembly 300, and the bottle holder 400 of the door body 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of the area a shown in fig. 3.

The door body 200 includes an inner door 210, an outer door 220, at least one connecting assembly 300, and a bottle holder 400. The inner door 210 is disposed at a position corresponding to the front opening of the cabinet 100, the inner door 210 is provided with an inner door opening 211 extending along a front-back direction (i.e., a direction from a side of the inner door 210 departing from the storage compartment 110 to a side close to the storage compartment 110, i.e., a direction of the inner door opening 211 is along the front-back direction when the inner door 210 partially closes the front opening), and the inner door 210 is used for opening or partially closing the front opening (because the inner door 210 has the inner door opening 211, the inner door 210 can only partially close the front opening).

The outer door 220 is disposed at a position corresponding to the inner door opening 211 at the front side of the inner door 210, and opens or closes the inner door opening 211. The refrigerator 10 having the door 200 can reduce the leakage of the cooling capacity, and the refrigerator 10 having the door 200 is also generally called a door-in-door refrigerator.

The outer door inner surface 221 is a plane, so that the outer door 220 has a better appearance and the manufacturing process of the outer door 220 is facilitated.

The at least one connection assembly 300 is secured to the outer door inner surface 221 and protrudes from the outer door inner surface 221. The bottle holder 400 is fixed to the at least one connecting assembly 300. The existing door body with an inner door and an outer door is generally provided with a door liner on the inner surface of the outer door, the structure of the door body is complex, and the production efficiency is not high. The outer door 220 and the connecting assembly 300 of the door body 200 can be produced respectively and assembled after production, so that the production efficiency is improved.

The outer door 220 may include an outer case 222 and an inner case assembly 223 positioned at a rear side of the outer case 222 and coupled to the outer case 222, and dividing the outer door 220 into the outer case 222 and the inner case assembly 223 may facilitate the production of the outer door 220 and improve the production efficiency.

The outer case 222 and the inner case assembly 223 define a foaming space 224, and the foaming space 224 may be filled with a foaming material, thereby enhancing the insulation effect of the refrigerator 10. The surface of the inner shell assembly 223 adjacent the inner door 210 is the outer door inner surface 221.

The inner shell assembly 223 has a fixing port 225 corresponding to each connecting assembly 300, and each connecting assembly 300 includes a fixing frame 310, and the fixing frame 310 has a fixing portion 311 disposed in the foaming space 224 and a protruding portion 312 connected to the fixing portion 311 and protruding out of the corresponding fixing port 225. This arrangement allows the coupling assembly 300 to be more firmly fixed to the outer door 220, so that the door body 200 is more structurally stable.

A region of the inner shell member 223 near the surface of the foaming space 224 corresponding to the fixing portion 311 is formed with a positioning projection (not shown in the drawings, specifically, the positioning projection may extend toward the inside of the foaming space 224).

The fixing portion 311 may include a positioning structure 313, and the positioning structure 313 is adapted to a corresponding positioning protrusion for positioning the fixing portion 311. The positioning structure 313 and the positioning protrusion facilitate the alignment of the mounting position of the fixing frame 310 during the mounting of the fixing frame 310, thereby improving the production efficiency.

Each of the coupling assemblies 300 may further include a holder 320, the holder 320 is fixed to the holder 310, a fixing protrusion 321 is formed on an outer surface of the holder 320, and the coupling assembly 300 is configured to include the holder 310 and the holder 320 to facilitate removal and maintenance of a portion of the structure (the holder 320) of the coupling assembly.

Fixing grooves 410 are formed in the areas of the bottle holder 400 corresponding to the fixing protrusions 321, and the fixing protrusions 321 are engaged with the corresponding fixing grooves 410.

The fixing of the bottle holder 400 and the connecting assembly 300 by the fixing protrusions 321 and the corresponding fixing grooves 410 is simple in structure, low in cost and firm in fixing.

Holder 320 may define a receiving cavity 322, and protrusion 312 is disposed in receiving cavity 322. And the protrusion 312 is opened with a locking groove 314, and a region of the wall surface of the accommodating cavity 322 corresponding to the locking groove 314 is formed with a locking buckle (not shown in the figure because it is in the accommodating cavity 322).

The mode of fixing the holder 320 and the fixing frame 310 through the cooperation of the clamping groove 314 and the buckle has simple structure, low cost and firm fixation.

The at least one connecting assembly 300 may include a first connecting assembly 330 and a second connecting assembly 340 arranged in a transverse direction, the first connecting assembly 330 and the second connecting assembly 340 for jointly fixing the bottle holder 400.

The first connecting assembly 330 and the second connecting assembly 340 arranged in this way fix the bottle holder 400 together, so that the fixing effect of the bottle holder 400 is more firm.

The fixing protrusion 321 of the first connecting assembly 330 is disposed on the outer surface of the holder 320 of the first connecting assembly 330 facing the second connecting assembly 340, which not only facilitates fixing the bottle holder 400, but also improves the aesthetic property of the door 200.

The fixing protrusion 321 of the second connecting assembly 340 is disposed on the outer surface of the holder 320 of the second connecting assembly 340 facing the first connecting assembly 330, which not only facilitates fixing the bottle holder 400, but also improves the aesthetic property of the door 200.

The holder 320 of the first connection assembly 330 is formed with a first holder screw hole, and a first holder screw hole is formed in a region of the holder 310 of the first connection assembly 330 corresponding to the first holder screw hole.

The holder 320 of the second connecting assembly 340 is formed with a second holder threaded hole, and a second holder threaded hole is opened in a region of the fixing frame 310 of the second connecting assembly 340 corresponding to the second holder threaded hole.

The door body 200 may further include a first connection screw for connecting the first holder screw hole and the first holder screw hole, and a second connection screw 240 for connecting the second holder screw hole and the second holder screw hole.

The first and second connection screws 240 and 240 are used to fix the holder 320 and the fixing frame 310, so that the connection is firm and the disassembly and maintenance are convenient.

Inner shell assembly 223 may include a metal plate 227 and an annular plastic member 228.

The surface of the metal plate 227 adjacent to the inner door 210 is an outer door inner surface 221, and the metal plate 227 may be made of a stainless steel material to improve the touch feeling and prevent deformation.

An annular plastic member 228 is secured to the surface of the metal plate 227 facing away from the inner door 210, the annular plastic member 228 facilitating securing the inner shell assembly 223 to the outer shell 222.

And each fixing port 225 includes a metal plate fixing port opened in the metal plate 227 and a plastic member fixing port opened in the annular plastic member 228, and the positioning protrusion may be formed in the annular plastic member 228. The annular plastic member 228 is easy to manufacture, and thus, the positioning protrusion is formed on the annular plastic member 228.

The door body 200 is pivotally disposed at one lateral side of the cabinet 100 in a manner that the door body is pivoted to facilitate the user's operation, and the sidewall 420 of the bottle holder 400 at the other lateral side of the cabinet 100 is an arc-shaped sidewall to avoid collision with the inner door 210 when the outer door 220 is pivoted.

The embodiment also provides a refrigerator 10, and the refrigerator 10 comprises a refrigerator body 100 and any door body 200. The cabinet 100 defines a storage compartment 110 with a forward opening therein.

The storage compartment 110 may include a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a temperature-changing compartment, and as is well known to those skilled in the art, the temperature in the refrigerating compartment is generally between 2 ℃ and 10 ℃, preferably between 4 ℃ and 7 ℃. The temperature in the freezer compartment is typically in the range of-22 deg.C to-14 deg.C. The temperature-changing chamber can be adjusted to-18 ℃ to 8 ℃ at will. The optimum storage temperatures for different types of items are different and the locations suitable for storage are different, for example, fruit and vegetable foods are suitable for storage in the cold storage compartment and meat foods are suitable for storage in the cold storage compartment. The door 200 may be a refrigerating compartment door for opening and closing a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment door for opening and closing a freezing compartment, or a variable temperature compartment door for opening and closing a variable temperature compartment.

In some embodiments, the storage compartment 110 may be a refrigerating compartment, and the refrigerating compartment door of the refrigerating compartment may be a left-right door body, wherein the door 200 may be one of the left-right door bodies, for example, a right door body.

The refrigeration system is configured to provide cooling to storage compartment 110. The refrigeration system may be a refrigeration cycle system composed of a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, an evaporator, etc., or may be a semiconductor refrigeration system, and the refrigeration principle of the refrigerator 10 is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein.

In the present embodiment, a door 200 for a refrigerator 10 and the refrigerator 10 having the same, the refrigerator 10 includes a body 100 defining a storage compartment 110 having a front opening. The door body 200 includes an inner door 210, an outer door 220, at least one connecting assembly 300, and a bottle holder 400. The inner door 210 is disposed at a position corresponding to the front opening of the cabinet 100, the inner door 210 is provided with an inner door opening 211 extending in the front-rear direction, and the inner door 210 is used for opening or partially closing the front opening. The outer door 220 is disposed at a position corresponding to the inner door opening 211 at the front side of the inner door 210, and opens or closes the inner door opening 211. The refrigerator 10 having the door body 200 can reduce the leakage of cooling capacity, and the refrigerator 10 having the door body 20 is also generally called a door-in-door refrigerator. The outer door inner surface 221 is a plane, so that the outer door 220 has a better appearance and the manufacturing process of the outer door 220 is facilitated.

The outer door 220 may include an outer case 222 and an inner case assembly 223 positioned at a rear side of the outer case 222 and coupled to the outer case 222, and dividing the outer door 220 into the outer case 222 and the inner case assembly 223 may facilitate the production of the outer door 220 and improve the production efficiency. The outer case 222 and the inner case assembly 223 define a foaming space 224, and the foaming space 224 may be filled with a foaming material, thereby enhancing the insulation effect of the refrigerator 10. The surface of the inner shell assembly 223 adjacent the inner door 210 is the outer door inner surface 221. The inner shell assembly 223 has a fixing port 225 corresponding to each connecting assembly 300, and each connecting assembly 300 includes a fixing frame 310, and the fixing frame 310 has a fixing portion 311 disposed in the foaming space 224 and a protruding portion 312 connected to the fixing portion 311 and protruding out of the corresponding fixing port 225. This arrangement allows the coupling assembly 300 to be more firmly fixed to the outer door 220, so that the door body 200 is more structurally stable.

Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims

1. A door for a refrigerator including a cabinet defining a storage compartment having a forward opening, the door comprising:

the inner door is arranged at the front side of the box body and corresponds to the forward opening, the inner door is provided with an inner door opening extending along the front-back direction, and the inner door is used for opening or partially closing the forward opening;

the outer door is arranged at the position, corresponding to the inner door opening, of the front side of the inner door and used for opening or closing the inner door opening, and the inner surface of the outer door is a plane;

at least one connecting assembly fixed on the inner surface of the outer door and protruding out of the inner surface of the outer door;

a bottle mount secured to the at least one connection assembly.

2. The door body according to claim 1, wherein the outer door includes an outer shell and an inner shell assembly located at a rear side of the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the outer shell and the inner shell assembly define a foaming space, a surface of the inner shell assembly adjacent to the inner door is an inner surface of the outer door, a fixing port is opened in a region of the inner shell assembly corresponding to each of the connection assemblies, and each of the connection assemblies includes:

the fixing frame is provided with a fixing part arranged in the foaming space and a protruding part which is connected with the fixing part and protrudes out of the corresponding fixing port.

3. The door body according to claim 2, wherein a positioning projection is formed on a surface of the inner shell assembly adjacent to the foaming space in a region corresponding to the fixing portion, and the fixing portion includes:

and the positioning structure is matched with the corresponding positioning bulge and used for positioning the fixing part.

4. The door body of claim 2, wherein each of the connection assemblies further comprises:

the holder is fixed on the fixing frame, and a fixing bulge is formed on the outer surface of the holder; and is

The bottle seat is provided with a fixing groove in the area corresponding to the fixing bulge, and the fixing bulge is clamped in the corresponding fixing groove.

5. The door body according to claim 4,

the holder defines an accommodating cavity, and the protruding part is arranged in the accommodating cavity; and is

The bulge is provided with a clamping groove, and a buckle arranged in the clamping groove is formed in the wall surface of the accommodating cavity and the area corresponding to the clamping groove.

6. The door body according to claim 5, wherein the at least one connecting assembly includes a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly arranged in a transverse direction, the first connecting assembly and the second connecting assembly being configured to jointly secure the bottle holder, and wherein the first connecting assembly and the second connecting assembly are configured to jointly secure the bottle holder

The fixing bulge of the first connecting component is arranged on the outer surface, facing the second connecting component, of the retainer of the first connecting component;

the fixed bulge of the second connecting assembly is arranged on the outer surface, facing the first connecting assembly, of the retainer of the second connecting assembly.

7. The door body according to claim 6, wherein a first holder screw hole is formed in the holder of the first connecting assembly, a first holder screw hole is formed in a region of the holder of the first connecting assembly corresponding to the first holder screw hole, a second holder screw hole is formed in the holder of the second connecting assembly, a second holder screw hole is formed in a region of the holder of the second connecting assembly corresponding to the second holder screw hole, and the door body further includes:

the first connecting screw is used for connecting the first holder threaded hole and the first fixing frame threaded hole;

and the second connecting screw is used for connecting the second retainer threaded hole and the second fixing frame threaded hole.

8. The door body of claim 2, wherein the inner shell assembly includes:

the surface of the metal plate close to the inner door is the inner surface of the outer door;

the annular plastic part is fixed on the surface of the metal plate, which is away from the inner door; and is

Each fixed port comprises a metal plate fixed port arranged on the metal plate and a plastic piece fixed port arranged on the annular plastic piece.

9. The door body according to claim 1,

the door body is pivotally arranged on one transverse side of the box body; and is

The bottle seat is positioned on the side wall of the other transverse side of the box body and is an arc-shaped side wall so as to avoid collision with the inner door when the outer door pivots.

10. A refrigerator, comprising:

a cabinet defining a storage compartment therein having a forward opening;

the door body according to any one of claims 1 to 9.