CN110986454A

CN110986454A - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN110986454A
Application number: CN201911319122.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 于颢; 刘超; 姜秉; 张华伟
Original assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-17
Filing date: 2017-03-17
Publication date: 2020-04-10
Also published as: CN106940107B; CN106940107A

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, comprising: the inner side of the outer box shell is provided with a slot with an opening at the upper end along the circumferential direction; the lower surface of the opening frame is provided with a convex rib which protrudes downwards, and the convex rib is inserted into the slot and is tightly matched with the slot. According to the refrigerator provided by the invention, the slot with the upper end opened is arranged on the inner side of the outer box shell, the convex rib protruding downwards is arranged on the lower surface of the opening frame, and the convex rib is inserted into the slot, so that the opening frame and the outer box shell are fastened and installed, namely, the outer box shell and the opening frame are matched internally, so that the opening frame and the outer box shell do not need to be externally wrapped, the structure is simple, the appearance is attractive, the appearance defect caused by the fact that the wrapping edge of the opening frame of the existing refrigerator is white due to the top of the outer box shell is overcome, the appearance attractiveness of a refrigerator product is improved, and the image and the competitiveness of the refrigerator product are.

Description

Refrigerator

The application is a divisional application of Chinese patent application with application date of 2017, 3 and 17 months, application number of 201710161996.8 and invention name of refrigerator.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

At present, in the industry of refrigerators, a refrigerator opening frame and an outer box shell are both designed to be covered with edge at the lower part, however, after the plastic opening frame is foamed, due to the stress action of foaming materials, the opening frame is often whitened by the outer box shell, so that appearance defects are generated, and the appearance attractiveness of refrigerator products is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art.

Therefore, the invention aims to provide a refrigerator.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator including: the inner side of the outer box is provided with a slot with an opening at the upper end along the circumferential direction; and the lower surface of the opening frame is provided with a convex rib protruding downwards, and the convex rib is inserted into the slot and is in clamping fit with the slot.

According to the refrigerator provided by the technical scheme, the slot with the upper end opened is formed in the inner side of the outer box shell, the convex rib protruding downwards is formed in the lower surface of the opening frame, the opening frame and the outer box shell are fastened and installed by inserting the convex rib into the slot, namely the outer box shell and the opening frame of the refrigerator are matched internally, so that the opening frame and the outer box shell do not need to be externally wrapped, the structure is simple, the appearance is attractive, the appearance defect caused by the fact that the wrapping position of the opening frame of the existing refrigerator is white due to the fact that the outer box shell is covered is solved, the appearance attractiveness of a refrigerator product is improved, the novel appearance design is novel, the traditional refrigerator is distinguished obviously, and the image and the competitiveness of the product are improved effectively.

In addition, the freezer provided by the technical scheme of the invention also has the following additional technical characteristics:

in the above technical solution, the slot is an annular slot, and the rib is an annular rib adapted to the annular slot.

The slot design on with outer housing is annular slot, and protruding muscle design on the mouth frame is for the annular protruding muscle with annular slot looks adaptation, inserts and the chucking through annular protruding muscle in annular slot, realizes the firm installation of mouthful frame on outer case shell, further guarantees the steadiness of mouthful frame installation on outer case shell.

In the above technical scheme, the slot is a U-shaped slot, the upper edge of the outer case has a flange bent inwards, and the flange defines the slot.

Set up the turn-ups of inside buckling at the last border of outer box shell, this slot is injectd to the turn-ups on, specifically speaking, the turn-ups is buckled downwards earlier, the slot of this U-shaped is injectd to the turn-ups of upwards buckling again, of course, also can be directly at the slot of this U-shaped of turn-ups shaping in the course of working of outer box shell, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, the shaping is convenient, thereby through the slot structure of design in outer box shell inside, realize the firm installation of mouthful frame and outer container shell, and need not to design outer surrounding structure on outer box shell and mouthful frame, the outward appearance defect that the department of borduring of having solved current freezer mouthful frame was white by outer container shell top and caused.

In the above technical solution, the flange includes a support edge formed by horizontally extending the upper edge of the inner side groove wall of the slot inward, and the lower surface of the mouth frame is supported on the support edge.

The supporting edge extending horizontally inwards is designed on the upper edge of the inner side groove wall of the slot, so that the lower surface of the opening frame is supported on the supporting edge, the supporting strength of the outer case shell to the opening frame is improved, and the structural strength of the opening frame and the outer case shell in a matched mode is guaranteed.

Preferably, the inner side groove wall of the slot can be designed to be bent, so that the position, close to the opening, on the inner side groove wall is far away from the outer side groove wall, the position, close to the bottom of the slot, is far away from the outer side groove wall, and the middle position is close to the outer side groove wall.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the opening frame is rectangular, the corner of the opening frame is provided with a positioning inclined rib protruding downwards, the inner side of the outer case is provided with an inclined slot corresponding to the positioning inclined rib, and the positioning inclined rib is inserted into the inclined slot.

The angle part of the opening frame is provided with a positioning inclined rib which protrudes downwards, the inner side of the outer box shell is provided with an inclined slot corresponding to the positioning inclined rib, and the positioning inclined rib is inserted into the inclined slot, so that the positioning installation of the opening frame on the outer box shell is realized, and the stability of the assembly of the opening frame on the outer box shell is further improved.

In the above technical solution, the four corners of the mouth frame are respectively provided with one positioning diagonal rib, and the positioning diagonal ribs of the two opposite corners are oppositely arranged.

The four corners of the opening frame are respectively provided with a positioning inclined rib, and the four positioning inclined ribs are respectively matched with the four inclined slots in a clamping manner, so that the stability of the assembly of the opening frame on the outer box shell is further improved; the positioning inclined ribs at the two opposite corners are oppositely arranged, so that the four positioning inclined ribs can be conveniently and smoothly inserted into the inclined slots, and the positioning inclined ribs and the inclined slots can be conveniently processed; of course, the central lines of the two positioning tilted ribs at the two opposite corners can also not be located on the same straight line, that is, the central lines of the two positioning tilted ribs have a certain included angle, and the above purpose can be achieved as well.

In the above technical scheme, the positioning inclined rib and the convex rib are connected into a whole.

The positioning inclined ribs and the convex ribs on the opening frame are connected into a whole, so that the structural strength of the opening frame is effectively ensured; of course, the positioning inclined ribs and the convex ribs on the opening frame can be arranged separately, and the purpose can be achieved.

In any of the above technical solutions, the outer side wall of the outer case is provided with a mounting groove for mounting the hinge, the mounting groove penetrates through the upper end face of the outer case along the height direction, and the opening frame is provided with a notch opposite to the mounting groove.

The outer side wall of the outer box shell is provided with a mounting groove for mounting the hinge, namely the hinge is not directly mounted on the outer box shell with a smooth outer surface, but the position on the outer box shell where the hinge is mounted is designed to be concave, so that the thickness of the hinge protruding out of the outer surface of the outer box shell is reduced, the space occupied by the back of the refrigerator due to the hinge is integrally reduced, the space utilization rate is improved, the product loading amount is increased, and the single body transportation cost of the product is reduced; compared with the design that the hinge at the rear side of the refrigerator far exceeds the box body, the refrigerator in the technical scheme has novel appearance design, is obviously different from the traditional refrigerator, and effectively improves the image and competitiveness of the product; the mounting groove runs through the up end of outer box along the direction of height of outer box, offers on the mouth frame with the mounting groove just right breach, avoids the assembly of hinge to take place to interfere with mouthful frame structure to guarantee the smooth installation of hinge.

In the above technical scheme, the mounting groove penetrates through the side wall of the outer case along the thickness direction, the hinge is mounted in the mounting groove through the hinge plate, and the back of the upper part of the hinge plate is supported at the notch.

The mounting groove penetrates through the side wall of the outer box shell along the thickness direction of the outer box shell, namely the mounting groove is designed into a through groove penetrating through the side wall of the outer box shell, so that the thickness of the hinge protruding out of the outer surface of the outer box shell is further reduced, and the mounting groove is more convenient to form; in order to ensure the stability of the assembly of the hinge on the outer box shell, the hinge is fixed in the mounting groove of the outer box shell through the hinge plate, and the back of the upper part of the hinge plate is supported at the notch on the opening frame.

In the technical scheme, the number of the mounting grooves is two, and the two mounting grooves are symmetrically arranged on the rear side wall of the outer box shell.

Two mounting grooves are symmetrically formed in the rear side wall of the outer box shell, the outer box shell and the outer box cover are hinged through hinges respectively mounted in the two mounting grooves, and the stability of the outer box cover in opening and closing is effectively guaranteed.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

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

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of the cooler of fig. 1;

fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of a partial structure of the cooler of fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of portion A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion B of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion C of FIG. 3;

fig. 7 is a schematic view, partially in section, of the freezer shown in fig. 3 after the outer case and mouth frame are assembled.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 7 is:

1 refrigerator, 10 outer box shell, 101 slots, 102 supporting edges, 103 inclined slots, 104 mounting slots, 11 opening frames, 111 convex ribs, 112 positioning inclined ribs, 113 gaps, 12 hinges, 13 hinge plates and 14 outer box cover.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A refrigerator according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 7.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of one aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerator 1 including: an outer case 10 and a mouth frame 11.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 to 7, the inner side of the outer case 10 is provided with a slot 101 having an upper end opened along the circumferential direction thereof; the lower surface of the mouth frame 11 is provided with a downwardly protruding rib 111, and the rib 111 is inserted into the slot 101 and is tightly fitted with the slot 101.

According to the refrigerator 1 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the slot 101 with an opening at the upper end is arranged on the inner side of the outer case 10, the convex rib 111 protruding downwards is arranged on the lower surface of the opening frame 11, the fastening installation of the opening frame 11 and the outer case 10 is realized by inserting the convex rib 111 into the slot 101, namely, the outer case 10 and the opening frame 11 of the refrigerator 1 are matched internally, so that the opening frame 11 and the outer case 10 do not need to be externally wrapped, the structure is simple, the appearance is attractive, the appearance defect caused by the fact that the wrapping part of the opening frame 11 of the existing refrigerator 1 is pushed white by the outer case 10 is solved, the appearance attractiveness of the refrigerator 1 product is improved, the novel appearance design is realized, the design is novel, the traditional refrigerator 1 is obviously distinguished, and the image and the competitiveness of the product are effectively.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the slot 101 is an annular slot, and the rib 111 is an annular rib adapted to the annular slot.

The slot 101 on the outer case 10 is designed to be the annular slot 101, the convex rib 111 on the opening frame 11 is designed to be the annular convex rib 111 matched with the annular slot 101, and the annular convex rib 111 is inserted into and clamped in the annular slot 101, so that the stable installation of the opening frame 11 on the outer case 10 is realized, and the stability of the installation of the opening frame 11 on the outer case 10 is further ensured.

In some embodiments of the invention, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, the slot 101 is a U-shaped slot, and the upper edge of the outer case 10 has a flange bent inward to define the slot 101.

Set up the turn-ups of inside buckling at the last border of outer box shell 10, this slot 101 is injectd on the turn-ups, specifically speaking, the turn-ups is downward buckled earlier, upwards buckle again and injects the slot 101 of this U-shaped, of course, also can be directly at the slot 101 of this U-shaped of turn-ups shaping in the course of working of outer box shell 10, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, the shaping is convenient, thereby through the slot 101 structure of design in outer box shell 10 inside, realize the firm installation of mouthful frame 11 with outer box shell 10, and need not to design outer surrounding structure on outer box shell 10 and mouthful frame 11, the outward appearance defect that the department of borduring of having solved 1 mouthful frame 11 of current freezer is white and is caused by outer box shell 10 top.

Further, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, the burring includes a support edge 102 formed by horizontally extending inward the upper edge of the inner groove wall of the slot 101, and the lower surface of the mouth frame 11 is supported on the support edge 102.

The upper edge of the inner side groove wall of the slot 101 is provided with a supporting edge 102 which extends horizontally inwards, so that the lower surface of the opening frame 11 is supported on the supporting edge 102, the supporting strength of the outer case 10 on the opening frame 11 is improved, and the matching structural strength of the opening frame 11 and the outer case 10 is ensured.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the inner slot wall of the slot 101 may be designed to be bent, such that a position on the inner slot wall close to the opening is farther from the outer slot wall, a position close to the bottom of the slot 101 is farther from the outer slot wall, and the middle position is closer to the outer slot wall, such a bent design not only facilitates smooth insertion of the rib 111 on the mouth frame 11, but also ensures that the rib 111 is tightly engaged with the inner slot wall of the slot 101 after being inserted into the slot 101, thereby improving the assembly stability.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, 4 and 6, the opening frame 11 is rectangular, a positioning tilted rib 112 protruding downward is provided at a corner of the opening frame 11, a tilted insertion groove 103 corresponding to the positioning tilted rib 112 is provided at an inner side of the outer case 10, and the positioning tilted rib 112 is inserted into the tilted insertion groove 103.

A positioning inclined rib 112 protruding downwards is designed at the corner of the opening frame 11, an inclined insertion groove 103 corresponding to the corner is designed on the inner side of the outer box shell 10, and the positioning inclined rib 112 is inserted into the inclined insertion groove 103, so that the positioning and installation of the opening frame 11 on the outer box shell 10 are realized, and the assembling stability of the opening frame 11 on the outer box shell 10 is further improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the four corners of the mouth frame 11 are respectively provided with a positioning tilted rib 112, and the positioning tilted ribs 112 of the two opposite corners are oppositely arranged.

The four corners of the opening frame 11 are respectively provided with a positioning inclined rib 112, and the four positioning inclined ribs 112 are respectively in clamping fit with the four inclined slots 103, so that the assembly stability of the opening frame 11 on the outer box shell 10 is further improved; the positioning inclined ribs 112 at the two opposite corners are oppositely arranged, so that the four positioning inclined ribs 112 can be conveniently and smoothly inserted into the inclined slots 103, and the positioning inclined ribs 112 and the inclined slots 103 can be conveniently processed; of course, the center lines of the two positioning tilted ribs 112 at the two opposite corners may not be located on the same straight line, that is, the center lines of the two positioning tilted ribs 112 have a certain included angle therebetween, which can also achieve the above-mentioned object.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the positioning tilted rib 112 is integrally connected with the convex rib 111.

The positioning inclined ribs 112 on the opening frame 11 are connected with the convex ribs 111 into a whole, so that the structural strength of the opening frame 11 is effectively ensured; of course, the positioning inclined rib 112 and the convex rib 111 of the mouth frame 11 may be provided separately, and the above object can be achieved similarly.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, an installation groove 104 for installing the hinge 12 is formed on an outer side wall of the outer case 10, the installation groove 104 penetrates through an upper end surface of the outer case 10 along a height direction, and a notch 113 opposite to the installation groove 104 is formed on the opening frame 11.

The outer side wall of the outer box shell 10 is provided with a mounting groove 104 for mounting the hinge 12, namely the hinge 12 is not directly mounted on the outer box shell 10 with a smooth outer surface, but the position of the outer box shell 10 for mounting the hinge 12 is designed to be concave, so that the thickness of the hinge 12 protruding out of the outer surface of the outer box shell 10 is reduced, the space occupied by the hinge 12 on the back of the refrigerator 1 is integrally reduced, the space utilization rate is improved, the product loading amount is increased, and the single body transportation cost of the product is reduced; the mounting groove 104 penetrates through the upper end face of the outer case 10 along the height direction of the outer case 10, and the opening frame 11 is provided with a notch 113 which is right opposite to the mounting groove 104, so that the assembly of the hinge 12 is prevented from interfering with the structure of the opening frame 11, and the smooth installation of the hinge 12 is ensured.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the mounting groove 104 penetrates through the sidewall of the outer case 10 in the thickness direction, the hinge 12 is mounted in the mounting groove 104 by the hinge plate 13, and the upper back of the hinge plate 13 is supported at the notch 113.

The mounting groove 104 penetrates through the side wall of the outer case 10 in the thickness direction of the outer case 10, that is, the mounting groove 104 is designed as a through groove penetrating through the side wall of the outer case 10, so that the thickness of the hinge 12 protruding out of the outer surface of the outer case 10 is further reduced, and the mounting groove 104 is more convenient to form; to ensure the stability of the hinge 12 assembled on the outer cabinet 10, the hinge 12 is fixed in the mounting groove 104 of the outer cabinet 10 by the hinge plate 13, and the upper back of the hinge plate 13 is supported at the notch 113 of the opening frame 11.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the number of the mounting grooves 104 is two, and the two mounting grooves 104 are symmetrically provided on the rear sidewall of the outer case 10.

Two mounting grooves 104 are symmetrically arranged on the rear side wall of the outer box shell 10, the outer box shell 10 and the outer box cover 14 are hinged through hinges 12 respectively mounted in the two mounting grooves 104, and the stability of the outer box cover 14 during opening and closing is effectively guaranteed.

In summary, in the freezer provided by the embodiment of the invention, the slots are arranged on the inner side of the outer box shell, and the convex ribs corresponding to the slots are arranged on the lower surface of the opening frame, so that the outer box shell and the opening frame are internally matched, no outer covering edge is arranged on the outer box shell and the opening frame, and the appearance defect caused by the fact that the covering edge of the opening frame of the existing freezer is covered by the outer box shell is overcome; the hinge of the back of the outer box shell is designed to be concave, and the thickness of the hinge protruding out of the outer surface of the outer box shell is reduced, so that the space occupied by the hinge of the back is integrally reduced, the space utilization rate is improved, the product loading amount is increased, and the single body transportation cost of the product is reduced; in addition, above-mentioned brand-new freezer outward appearance, the modern design obviously distinguishes traditional freezer, has effectively promoted the image and the competitiveness of product.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified or indicated, the terms "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, e.g., "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, an integral connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present specification, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or unit must have a specific direction, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

the inner side of the outer box is provided with a slot with an opening at the upper end along the circumferential direction; and

the lower surface of the opening frame is provided with a convex rib protruding downwards, and the convex rib is inserted into the slot and is tightly matched with the slot;

and the outer box cover is hinged with the outer box shell.

2. The cooler of claim 1,

the slot is an annular slot, and the convex rib is an annular convex rib matched with the annular slot.

3. The cooler of claim 1,

the slot is the U-shaped groove, the last border of outer box has the turn-ups of inside buckling, the turn-ups is injectd the slot.

4. The cooler of claim 3,

the flanging comprises a supporting edge formed by horizontally extending the upper edge of the inner side groove wall of the slot inwards, and the lower surface of the opening frame is supported on the supporting edge.

5. The cooler of claim 1,

the mouth frame is the rectangle, the bight of mouth frame is equipped with downward convex location diagonal muscle, the inboard of outer casing be equipped with the oblique slot that the diagonal muscle of location corresponds, the diagonal muscle of location inserts in the oblique slot.

6. The cooler of claim 5,

four corners of the opening frame are respectively provided with one positioning inclined rib, and the positioning inclined ribs of the two opposite corners are oppositely arranged.

7. The cooler of claim 5,

the positioning inclined ribs and the convex ribs are connected into a whole.

8. The refrigerator of any one of claims 1 to 7,

the outer box is characterized in that a mounting groove for mounting a hinge is formed in the outer side wall of the outer box, the mounting groove penetrates through the upper end face of the outer box along the height direction, and a notch opposite to the mounting groove is formed in the opening frame.

9. The cooler of claim 8,

the mounting groove penetrates through the side wall of the outer box shell along the thickness direction, the hinge is mounted in the mounting groove through the hinge plate, and the back of the upper portion of the hinge plate is supported at the notch.

10. The cooler of claim 8,

the quantity of mounting groove is two, two the mounting groove symmetry sets up on the back lateral wall of outer casing.