CN111141087B

CN111141087B - Refrigerator

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Publication number: CN111141087B
Application number: CN201911282917.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩甲栋; 蒋孝奎; 王宁; 吴光瑞; 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
Priority date: 2019-12-13
Filing date: 2019-12-13
Publication date: 2022-05-20
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-13
Also published as: WO2021114716A1; CN111141087A

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator which comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a bottle seat assembly, wherein the door body can be used for opening or closing the refrigerator body in an operable mode, the bottle seat assembly is arranged on the door body and comprises a first reinforcing part and a second reinforcing part which are fixedly arranged relative to the door body, a first fixing seat fixedly connected to the first reinforcing part, a second fixing seat fixedly connected to the second reinforcing part and a bottle seat connected to the first fixing seat and the second fixing seat in a turnover mode around a horizontal axis, and the bottle seat is provided with a containing cavity used for containing articles. The bottle seat of the refrigerator is more firmly and reliably installed.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, more and more foods need to be stored, so the requirement on the capacity of the refrigerator is higher and higher. The French side-by-side combination refrigerator comprises a side-by-side combination door and a drawer door, wherein a relatively large gap is formed between a door liner of the drawer door and a drawer aiming at the drawer door, so that space waste is caused, and the total capacity of the refrigerator is relatively small under the condition that the external volume of the refrigerator is fixed. In order to solve the problems, technicians are provided with bottle seats on the door body, but the bottle seats are not reliable enough to be installed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator, and the bottle seat of the refrigerator is more reliably installed.

In order to achieve one of the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, which includes a refrigerator body, a door operable to open or close the refrigerator body, and a bottle seat assembly disposed on the door, wherein the bottle seat assembly includes a first reinforcement and a second reinforcement both fixedly disposed with respect to the door, a first fixing seat fixedly connected to the first reinforcement, a second fixing seat fixedly connected to the second reinforcement, and a bottle seat connected to the first fixing seat and the second fixing seat in a manner of being rotatable around a horizontal axis, and the bottle seat has a receiving cavity for receiving articles.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the first reinforcing member and the second reinforcing member are symmetrically arranged in structure.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, at least one claw is disposed on one of the first reinforcing member and the first fixing seat, and a mating portion that is mated with the claw is disposed on the other of the first reinforcing member and the first fixing seat.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, one of the first fixing seat and the first reinforcing member is provided with a mounting groove, and the other of the first fixing seat and the first reinforcing member is provided with a mounting portion adapted to the mounting groove.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the claw is provided on one of a side wall of the mounting groove and the mounting portion, and the attachment portion is provided on the other of the side wall of the mounting groove and the mounting portion.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the clamping jaw is disposed on the mounting portion, the mating portion is disposed on a side wall of the mounting groove, and a mating direction of the clamping jaw and the mating portion is perpendicular to a mating direction of the mounting portion and the mounting groove.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the first fixing seat and the second fixing seat are symmetrically arranged.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the first fixing base is detachably connected to the first reinforcing member, a first shaft is disposed at one end of the bottle base, a first hole which is coupled to the first shaft is disposed on the first fixing base so that the bottle base can be rotated, the first hole includes a first lower portion and a first upper portion which has a larger hole diameter than the first lower portion, the first shaft has a first outer peripheral portion which is coupled to the first lower portion, a second outer peripheral portion which is coupled to the first upper portion, and a connecting portion which connects the first outer peripheral portion and the second outer peripheral portion, a central angle of the first outer peripheral portion is larger than a central angle of the first lower portion, a first stopping edge is disposed adjacent to the first lower portion, and when the bottle base is turned to a certain angle, the connecting portion abuts against the first stopping edge.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the first fixing seat includes a body and a spring piece disposed on the body, the first upper portion is formed by the spring piece, the first lower portion is formed by the body, the spring piece has a wrench portion for operation, and when the wrench portion is pressed, the bottle holder can be detached from the first fixing seat.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the center of the first axis is disposed at the front side of the geometric gravity center of the bottle seat, and when the bottle seat is released, the bottle seat can automatically return to the horizontal state

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the door body includes a door lining, a door panel, and a foam material located between the door lining and the door panel, a portion of the first reinforcing member is fixed in the foam material in a foaming manner, and a portion of the first reinforcing member extends out of the door lining to be coupled with the first fixing seat.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the technical scheme provided by the invention, as the door body is provided with the first reinforcing part and the second reinforcing part, and the first fixing seat and the second fixing seat are respectively fixed on the first reinforcing part and the second reinforcing part, the bottle seat can be connected to the first fixing seat and the second fixing seat in a turnover manner, so that the bottle seat is more firmly and reliably installed.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a door and bottle holder assembly of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial schematic view at A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a first reinforcement member of the refrigerator of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the first reinforcement member of FIG. 3 in another orientation;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first fixing base in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the first fixing base shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the bottle holder of the refrigerator of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial schematic view at B of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view of the bottle holder of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of the bottle holder of FIG. 7;

fig. 11 is a partially enlarged schematic view at C in fig. 10.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "bottom", "inner" and "outer" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are generally referred to in a normal use state of the refrigerator, and do not indicate that the indicated positions or elements must have specific orientations.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the present invention discloses a refrigerator including a cabinet and a door 10 operable to open or close the cabinet. The box has defined the storing compartment, and wherein the quantity and the structural style of storing compartment can be disposed according to different demands. The storage compartment typically includes a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. In this preferred embodiment, the door 10 is a pulling door, and the door 10 is slidably mounted on the box body through a slide rail. Of course, the door 10 may also be a rotating door, that is, the door 10 is rotatably disposed on the box via a hinge.

The refrigerator further comprises a bottle seat assembly arranged on the door body 10, the bottle seat assembly comprises a first reinforcing part 14 and a second reinforcing part 16 which are fixedly arranged relative to the door body 10, a first fixing seat 18 fixedly connected to the first reinforcing part 14, a second fixing seat 20 fixedly connected to the second reinforcing part 16, and a bottle seat 22 connected to the first fixing seat 18 and the second fixing seat 20 in a turnover mode around a horizontal axis, and the bottle seat 22 is provided with a containing cavity used for containing articles. When the bottle holder 22 is in the release state without being operated, the opening of the bottle holder 22 for taking and placing articles faces upward, and the bottle holder 22 is in the horizontal state. When the bottle holder 22 is operated, the bottle holder 22 can be inclined at a certain angle relative to the door body 10 around the horizontal axis, so that the articles can be more conveniently taken and placed.

Because the door body 10 is provided with the first reinforcing part 14 and the second reinforcing part 16, the first fixing seat 18 and the second fixing seat 20 are respectively fixed on the first reinforcing part 14 and the second reinforcing part 16, so that the bottle seat 22 can be connected to the first fixing seat 18 and the second fixing seat 20 in a turnover manner, and the bottle seat 22 is more firmly and reliably mounted.

Preferably, the first and second stiffeners 14, 16 are symmetrically configured. So set up for be convenient for design and manufacturing, the cost is lower. Of course, the first reinforcement 14 and the second reinforcement 16 may also be arranged asymmetrically. In addition, the first fixing seat 18 and the second fixing seat 20 are symmetrically arranged. Likewise, the first and

second holders

18, 20 may be configured asymmetrically. The first reinforcing member 14 and the first fixing seat 18 are only described in detail below, and the second reinforcing member 16 and the second fixing seat 20 are not expanded in detail.

At least one claw 24 is arranged on one of the first reinforcing part 14 and the first fixing seat 18, and a matching part 26 matched and connected with the claw 24 is arranged on the other one of the first reinforcing part 14 and the first fixing seat 18. In the preferred embodiment, the two claws 24 are provided, and correspondingly, the two mating parts 26 mating with the claws 24 are also provided, and the two mating parts 26 correspond to the relative positions of the claws 24. Of course, other numbers of jaws 24 and mating portions 26 may be provided.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, two claws 24 are disposed on the first reinforcing member 14, and two mating portions 26 respectively mating with the two claws 24 are disposed on the first fixing seat 18. Of course, it is also possible to provide two claws 24 on the first holder 18 and two mating portions 26 on the first stiffener 14. In addition, one of the claws 24 may be disposed on the first fixing seat 18, the other claw 24 may be disposed on the first reinforcing member 14, and one of the mating portions 26 may be disposed on the first reinforcing member 14, and the other mating portion 26 may be disposed on the first fixing seat 18. That is, the first reinforcing member 14 is provided with the engaging portion 26 as well as the engaging portion 24, and the first fixing seat 18 is provided with the engaging portion 26 engaged with the engaging portion 24 of the first reinforcing member 14 as well as the engaging portion 24 engaged with the engaging portion 26 of the first reinforcing member 14. Specifically, the mating portion 26 is a slot adapted to the latch 24.

In order to facilitate the installation between the first fixing seat 18 and the first reinforcing member 14, one of the first fixing seat 18 and the first reinforcing member 14 is provided with an installation groove 28, and the other of the first fixing seat 18 and the first reinforcing member 14 is provided with an installation portion 30 matched with the installation groove 28. The first holder 18 is mounted to the first stiffener 14 by aligning the mounting portion 30 with the mounting slot 28 and advancing the mounting portion a distance until the jaws 24 engage the slots. The mounting slot 28 guides the mounting between the first holder 18 and the first stiffener 14.

The latch 24 is provided on one of a side wall of the mounting groove 28 and the mounting portion 30, and the mating portion 26 is provided on the other of the side wall of the mounting groove 28 and the mounting portion 30. The arrangement is such that the structure of the first fixing seat 18 and the first reinforcing member 14 is simpler and more compact. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment, the mounting groove 28 is disposed on the first fixing seat 18, the mounting portion 30 is disposed on the first reinforcing member 14, the claw 24 is disposed on the mounting portion 30, and the mating portion 26 is disposed on a side wall of the mounting groove 28. The two claws 24 are arranged on the same vertical line, so that the fixation between the first fixing seat 18 and the first reinforcing part 14 is firmer and more reliable. The mating direction of the claws 24 and the mating portions 26 is perpendicular to the mating direction of the mounting portions 30 and the mounting grooves 28. That is, the jaws 24 protrude outward from the mounting portions 30 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the mounting grooves 28 are pushed toward the mounting portions 30.

The first reinforcement 14 is fixed in the door body 10 by foaming, and the door body 10 includes a door lining 34, a door panel 36, and a foaming material located between the door lining 34 and the door panel 36. Part of the first reinforcing member 14 is foamed and fixed in the foaming material, and part of the first reinforcing member 14 extends out of the door liner 34 to be matched with the first fixing seat 18. Specifically, the door liner 34 is provided with a through hole 31, and the mounting portion 30 provided with the claws 24 extends from the rear side of the door liner 34 through the through hole 31 to the outside of the door liner 34. The arrangement is such that the first reinforcing member 14 is very firmly fixed to the door body 10, thereby making the installation of the bottle holder 22 more firm and reliable. Preferably, the through-hole 31 is provided as a square long hole extending in the vertical direction. In order to facilitate the insertion of the mounting portion 30 of the first reinforcing member 14 through the elongated hole, the mounting portion 30 is provided with a certain inclination angle in the advancing direction toward the oblong hole.

The mounting portion 30 is further provided with a plurality of reinforcing ribs 32, and the plurality of reinforcing ribs 32 are crossed. The ribs 32 and jaws 24 are located on opposite sides of the mounting portion 30. The first reinforcing member 14 further has a curved surface portion 33, the inner side of the door liner 34 has a rounded corner, and the curved surface portion 33 is fitted to the rounded corner of the inner side of the door liner 34, thereby not only facilitating the positioning of the first reinforcing member 14, but also making the fixing of the first reinforcing member 14 more stable. The first reinforcing member 14 further has a grid-like structure 15 located in the foaming material, so that the contact area between the first reinforcing member 14 and the foaming material is increased, and after the foaming material is cured, the first reinforcing member 14 and the door body 10 are fixed more tightly and firmly. In order to increase the strength of the first reinforcing member 14, the outer periphery of the grid-shaped structure 15 is further provided with an outer frame 35, two ends of the outer frame 35 extend to the curved surface portion 33, and the grid-shaped structure 15 extends to the outer frame 35 and the curved surface portion 33. The mounting portion 30 and the lattice-like structure 15 are located on both sides of the curved surface portion 33.

In addition, the bottle seat 22 can be stopped when being turned over to a certain angle, and when the bottle seat 22 is released, the bottle seat 22 can automatically return to the horizontal state.

Referring to fig. 7 to 11, the first fixing base 18 is detachably connected to the first reinforcement member 14, a first shaft 38 is disposed at one end of the bottle base 22, and a second shaft 40 is disposed at the other end of the bottle base 22 and is coupled to the second fixing base 20. The second shaft 40 is identical to the first shaft 38. The first fixing seat 18 is provided with a first hole 42 matched with the first shaft 38 so that the bottle seat 22 can be rotated, the first hole 42 comprises a first lower part 44 and a first upper part 46 with a larger hole diameter than the first lower part 44, the first shaft 38 is provided with a first outer peripheral part 46 matched with the first lower part 44, a second outer peripheral part 48 matched with the first upper part 46 and a connecting part 50 connecting the first outer peripheral part 46 and the second outer peripheral part 48, the central angle of the first outer peripheral part 46 is larger than that of the first lower part 44, a first stopping edge 52 is arranged adjacent to the first lower part 44, and when the bottle seat 22 is turned to a certain angle, the connecting part 50 abuts against the first stopping edge 52.

The central angle of the first outer peripheral portion 46 is substantially 150 degrees, and the central angle of the second outer peripheral portion 48 is substantially 210 degrees. The first and second outer

peripheral portions

46, 48 are concentric.

The center of the first axis 38 of the bottle holder 22 is located forward of the geometric center of gravity of the bottle holder 22, such that the bottle holder 22 will automatically turn to the original horizontal position under the action of gravity after the bottle holder 22 is rotated to a certain angle and released. The front side herein means a side closer to the cabinet, that is, a side farther from the door body 10.

The door liner 34 has a projection 54 projecting toward the cabinet, and the bottle holder 22 is partially supported by the projection 54 in the vertical direction when the bottle holder 22 is in the horizontal state.

The first fixing seat 18 includes a body 56 and a spring 58 disposed on the body 56, the first upper portion 46 is formed by the spring 58, the spring 58 is away from the first stopping edge 52, the first lower portion 44 is formed by the body 56, the spring 58 has a wrench portion 60 for operation, and when the wrench portion 60 is pressed, the bottle seat 22 can be detached from the first fixing seat 18. The elastic sheet 58 is deformable relative to the body 56 in a pressing manner, and when the elastic sheet 58 is not pressed, the elastic sheet 58 can automatically return to an initial state, so that the first shaft 38 is matched with the first hole 42.

When the bottle holder 22 is mounted, the first shaft 38 applies pressure to the elastic piece 58 along with the advance of the bottle holder 22, and when the first shaft 38 is advanced to the first lower portion 44 of the first hole 42, the first shaft 38 does not press the elastic piece 58 any more, and the elastic piece 58 automatically returns to the initial state, so that the first shaft 38 is stopped from being removed, and the bottle holder 22 and the first fixing seat 18 are mounted together. In the process of pushing the bottle seat 22 from above, the bottle seat 22 can be mounted on the first fixing seat 18 and the second fixing seat 20 at the same time, and the operation is very convenient.

In addition, when the bottle seat 22 is disassembled, the spring piece 58 is deformed by pressing the wrench part 60, and the bottle seat 22 can be disassembled without stopping the first shaft 38.

Preferably, the first fixing seat 18 is provided with a guide groove 62, the elastic sheet 58 is inclined at a certain angle from the bottom of the guide groove 62 to extend, when the bottle seat 22 is installed, the first shaft 38 of the bottle seat 22 is placed in the guide groove 62, similarly, the second shaft 40 of the bottle seat 22 is also placed in the guide groove on the second fixing seat 20 and slides down along the guide groove 62 from top to bottom, in the sliding down process, the elastic sheet 58 is extruded to the inner side direction of the first fixing seat 18 by the first shaft 38, after the first shaft 38 is installed on the first lower part 44, the elastic sheet 58 rebounds to form a limit for the first shaft 38, and at this time, the bottle seat 22 is supported by the first shaft 38, the second shaft 40 and the protruding part 54 together.

When articles are stored, the bottle holder 22 is turned over towards the box body, when the bottle holder is rotated by a certain angle, the connecting part 50 of the first shaft 38 contacts with the first stopping edge 52 on the fixing seat to form a limit, and the bottle holder 22 cannot continue to rotate towards the box body, which is the maximum turning angle of the bottle holder 22. Typically, the maximum angle at which the bottle holder 22 is inverted is designed to be approximately 30 degrees, although other angles are possible. After the articles are taken and put, the bottle seat 22 is released, and the bottle seat 22 can automatically turn to the initial horizontal state under the action of gravity.

It should be understood that although the specification describes embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity purposes only, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the specification as a whole may be appropriately combined to form other embodiments as will be apparent to 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 refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a bottle seat assembly, wherein the door body can be operated to open or close the refrigerator body, the bottle seat assembly is arranged on the door body,

the bottle seat assembly comprises a first reinforcing part and a second reinforcing part which are fixedly arranged relative to the door body, a first fixing seat fixedly connected with the first reinforcing part, a second fixing seat fixedly connected with the second reinforcing part, and a bottle seat which is connected with the first fixing seat and the second fixing seat in a turnable manner around a horizontal axis, wherein the bottle seat is provided with a containing cavity for containing articles, at least one clamping jaw is arranged on one of the first reinforcing part and the first fixing seat, a matching and connecting part matched and connected with the clamping jaw is arranged on the other one of the first reinforcing part and the first fixing seat, a mounting groove is arranged on one of the first fixing seat and the first reinforcing part, a mounting part matched and connected with the mounting groove is arranged on the other one of the first fixing seat and the first reinforcing part, and the matching and connecting direction of the clamping jaw and the matching and connecting part is vertical to the matching and connecting direction of the mounting part and the mounting groove, work as the installation department for during the mounting groove slides to preset position, the jack catch with join in marriage connecting portion and join in marriage and connect, in order to restrict the installation department with relative slip between the mounting groove, the door body includes door lining, door plant and is located the foaming material between door lining and the door plant, first reinforcement has the latticed structure that is located the foaming material, latticed structure's periphery still is equipped with the frame, just latticed structure extends to the frame.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the first reinforcement and the second reinforcement are symmetrically configured.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the jaw is provided on a side wall of the mounting groove, and the fitting part is provided on the mounting part.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the claw is provided at the mounting portion, and the fitting portion is provided at a side wall of the mounting groove.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second holders are symmetrically configured.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the first fixing holder is detachably coupled to the first reinforcement, a first shaft is arranged at one end of the bottle seat, a first hole matched and connected with the first shaft is arranged on the first fixed seat so that the bottle seat can be rotated, the first aperture includes a first lower portion and a first upper portion having a larger aperture than the first lower portion, the first shaft has a first outer peripheral portion fitted to the first lower portion, a second outer peripheral portion fitted to the first upper portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first outer peripheral portion and the second outer peripheral portion, a central angle of the first outer peripheral portion is larger than a central angle of the first lower portion, a first stopper edge is provided adjacent to the first lower portion, when the bottle seat is turned over to a certain angle, the connecting part is abutted against the first stopping edge.

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein the center of the first shaft is disposed at a front side of a geometric center of gravity of the bottle holder, and the bottle holder is automatically returned to a horizontal state when the bottle holder is released.

8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cellular structure is foamed and fixed in the foaming material, and a portion of the first reinforcement extends out of the door liner to be coupled with the first fixing seat.