CN111750603B

CN111750603B - Refrigerating and freezing device

Info

Publication number: CN111750603B
Application number: CN201910254942.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王文椿; 张�浩; 夏恩品; 纪璇
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: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2019-03-29
Publication date: 2022-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 2039-03-29
Also published as: CN111750603A

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerating and freezing device, comprising: a door body, a door body storage space is arranged on the rear side of the door body; a bottle seat is arranged in the door body storage space; and two rotating mechanisms are arranged in the bottle body two sides of the seat, and connect the bottle seat and the door body, so that the bottle seat has a first position in the storage space of the door body, and the bottle seat has the first position The second position of the rear and lower side of the bottle seat; the rotating mechanism keeps the bottle seat in translation during the movement from the first position to the second position, and makes each point on the bottle seat relative to the bottle seat. The corresponding point on the door body rotates. The bottle seat can be lowered, which is convenient for the user to take the items in the bottle seat, and the bottle seat maintains translation during the movement process to prevent the items from being overturned.

Description

Refrigerating and freezing device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerating and freezing device.

Background

With the development of social economy and the improvement of living standard of people, the refrigerating and freezing device also becomes an indispensable household appliance in daily life of people. The door liner of the door body of the existing refrigeration and freezing device encloses a door body storage space to improve the space utilization rate and enable a user to store more articles. However, refrigerators are now being made increasingly taller. The user, especially children and women are difficult for reaching the bottle seat of refrigerator cold-storage door topmost layer when using, not only cause the customer to experience and feel to descend, also cause the utilization degree in refrigerator space to hang down simultaneously. Although, there are some proposals, such as one in which the bottle holder is rotated and tilted in the direction of the user in situ. The other drawer type bottle seat can be pulled out in parallel, or a section of movement track of the bottle seat rotating and inclining towards the user direction is added after the bottle seat is pulled out. The bottle seat in the prior art can not reduce the height of the bottle seat in the vertical direction no matter the bottle seat is drawn out or rotated, and a user with a lower height can not comfortably use the bottle seat. Moreover, the rotation scheme can cause the bottom surface of the bottle seat to incline, and the articles in the bottle seat can be toppled out due to careless operation.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, an invention has been developed to provide a refrigeration freezer that overcomes or at least partially solves the above problems.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigeration and freezing apparatus that facilitates access by a user to the contents of a bottle holder.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide such a refrigerator freezer that is variable in height when the bottle holder is in use.

It is a further object of the present invention to maintain the bottle base of such a refrigeration freezer horizontal as it is raised and lowered.

Specifically, the present invention provides a refrigerating and freezing apparatus comprising:

the rear side of the door body is provided with a door body storage space;

the bottle seat is arranged in the door body storage space; and

the two rotating mechanisms are arranged on two sides of the bottle seat and are connected with the bottle seat and the door body, so that the bottle seat is provided with a first position located in a storage space of the door body and a second position located at the rear lower side of the first position; the rotating mechanism enables the bottle seat to keep translational motion in the process of moving from the first position to the second position, and enables each point on the bottle seat to rotate relative to a corresponding point on the door body.

Optionally, each of the rotating mechanisms includes a first connecting rod, one end of the first connecting rod is hinged to the door body, and the other end of the first connecting rod is hinged to the bottle seat.

Optionally, each rotating mechanism further comprises a second connecting rod arranged in parallel with the first connecting rod, one end of the second connecting rod is hinged to the door body, and the other end of the second connecting rod is hinged to the bottle seat; and each rotating mechanism, the door body and the bottle seat form a planar linkage mechanism in a parallelogram shape.

Optionally, one end of the first connecting rod, which is mounted on the door body, is located above and in front of one end of the second connecting rod, which is mounted on the door body; and is

When the bottle seat is at the first position, the upper end of the first connecting rod is above the lower end or above the front of the first connecting rod.

Optionally, wherein each of the rotation mechanisms further comprises:

and the limiting pad is arranged between the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod so as to limit the rotating angle of the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod relative to the door body, thereby limiting the second position.

Optionally, a first damper is arranged between each first connecting rod and the door body.

Optionally, the refrigerating and freezing device is provided with a plurality of bottle seats arranged along the vertical direction, and the bottle seats are integrally formed or connected into a whole.

Optionally, the refrigerating and freezing device further comprises a rebounder assembly, which comprises a rebounder female head and a rebounder male head, which are matched with each other, wherein one of the rebounder female head and the rebounder male head is arranged on the bottle seat, and the other is arranged on the door body, so that the bottle seat is fixed when the bottle seat is located at the first position.

Optionally, the bottle base comprises a bottom wall, two side walls and a bottle base cover;

the bottle seat cover is rotatably arranged at the rear parts of the top ends of the two side walls, and a second damper is arranged between the bottle seat cover and the two side walls;

the bottom of the rear side of the bottle seat is also provided with a handle.

In the refrigerating and freezing device, the bottle seat can be lowered due to the rotating mechanism, so that a user can conveniently take the articles in the bottle seat, such as lowering the bottle seat at the topmost part of the refrigerator from an initial position to a final position comfortably reached by the user. And the bottom surface of the bottle seat is kept horizontal in the descending process, so that articles in the bottle seat can be prevented from falling, and the articles can be further prevented from falling off and injuring users. In addition, the upper bottle seat does not occupy the space of the lower bottle seat in the descending process, and does not interfere with objects stored in the lower bottle seat. The invention can make the bottle seat arranged at a higher position, and improve the space utilization rate of the refrigerator. The bottle seat at the top of the refrigerator can be lifted in the design stage, and the space utilization degree of the door body part of the refrigerator is improved.

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 schematic structural view of a door body in a refrigerating and freezing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a bottle seat is in a first position;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a bottle mount of a refrigerated freezer in a second position according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial block diagram of the structure shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic partial block diagram of the structure shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a bottle holder of a refrigeration freezer in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another perspective of the bottle holder of FIG. 5.

Detailed Description

In the present embodiment, a refrigeration and freezing apparatus is provided, and fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a door body in the refrigeration and freezing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, and referring to fig. 2 to 6, a direction in the present invention is defined as a front-back direction of the door body. The refrigerating and freezing device comprises a box body, a storage chamber is limited in the box body, and the refrigerating and freezing device is also provided with a door body 200 for opening and closing the storage chamber.

The storage compartment may include a refrigeration compartment, a freezing compartment, and a temperature-changing compartment, and as is well known to those skilled in the art, the temperature in the refrigeration compartment is typically between 2 ℃ and 10 ℃, preferably between 4 ℃ and 7 ℃. The temperature in the freezer compartment is typically in the range of-22 ℃ to-14 ℃. The temperature of the variable temperature 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, and a plurality of storage compartments of the refrigerating and freezing apparatus of the present embodiment may share one door 200.

The refrigeration system is configured to provide cooling energy to the storage compartment. In some embodiments, the refrigeration system may be a refrigeration cycle system composed of a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, an evaporator, and the like. The evaporator is configured to provide cooling directly or indirectly to the storage compartment. Since the refrigeration system of a refrigeration and freezing apparatus is known per se to those skilled in the art, it will not be described herein.

One side of the door body 200 of the refrigeration and freezing device facing the storage compartment is provided with a door liner 210, namely the rear part of the door body 200 is provided with the door liner, the door liner 210 encloses a door body storage space 211, and the inner sides of two side frames 212 of the door liner 210 are provided with support plates 220 at opposite positions respectively. Further, the two supporting plates 220 and the connecting structure therebetween may constitute a supporting base, which is mounted on a boss provided on the door liner 210.

The refrigerating and freezing apparatus further has two rotating mechanisms 300 and a bottle holder 400 respectively provided on the supporting plate 220. The two rotation mechanisms 300 are disposed at two sides of the bottle holder 400, and connect the bottle holder 400 and the door 200, so that the bottle holder 400 has a first position located in the storage space 211 of the door, and the bottle holder 400 has a second position located at the rear lower side of the first position. The rotating mechanism 300 keeps the bottle holder 400 in translation during the process of moving from the first position to the second position, and each point on the bottle holder 400 rotates relative to a corresponding point on the door body 200.

For example, each of the rotating mechanisms 300 has a first support plate hinge point hinged to the inner side of the support plate 220 and a first link 321 extending from the first support plate hinge point. The two sidewalls 410 of the bottle holder 400 are respectively hinged to the first links 321, and are configured such that the entirety of the bottle holder 400 rotates along with the first links 321 by the rotation of the rotating mechanism 300. The vial seat 400 may remain translatable. The bottle holder 400 may be moved backwards and downwards, lowering the height of the bottle holder 400 to facilitate the user's access to the contents of the bottle holder 400. Moreover, the refrigerating and freezing device may include one bottle holder 400 or a plurality of bottle holders 400, and if the refrigerating and freezing device includes one bottle holder 400, the user may not be hindered by the door liner 210 when taking the articles in the bottle holder 400, and if the refrigerating and freezing device has a plurality of bottle holders 400, the user may not be hindered by the door liner 210 and the other bottle holders 400 when taking the articles in the bottle holder 400, thereby facilitating the user to take the articles. Moreover, when the bottle holder 400 is at the first position, the bottle holder 400 is located in the door body storage space 211, so that when the door is closed, a user does not need to reserve a part of space in the storage compartment for the bottle holder 400, and the space utilization rate is improved. In addition, the rotating mechanism 300 has a simple structure, and the first position and the second position can be changed by the hinge point and the first connecting rod 321.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in order to maintain the reliability of the translation of the bottle holder, and prevent the bottle holder from only relying on its own weight or other complex structure to maintain the translation when using a single link, the first link 321 is hinged to the first sidewall hinge point with the sidewall 410 of the bottle holder 400. The supporting plate 220 may further be provided with a second supporting plate hinge point, and each rotating mechanism 300 further includes a second connecting rod 322 extending from the second supporting plate hinge point, and the second connecting rod 322 is hinged to the second side wall hinge point with the side wall 410 of the bottle holder 400. And each rotating mechanism 300, the door body 200 and the bottle holder 400 form a planar linkage mechanism in a parallelogram shape. Further, a third link parallel to the first link 321 may also be added to increase the stability of the planar linkage in the form of a parallelogram.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the second link 322 is disposed below the first link 321, that is, one end of the first link 321 mounted to the door body 200 is located at the front upper side of one end of the second link 322 mounted to the door body 200, and the first support plate hinge point is closer to the main body portion of the door body 200 than the second support plate hinge point. Further, when the bottle holder 400 is in the first position, the upper end of the first link 321 is positioned directly above or forward above or rearward above the lower end thereof. Preferably, the upper end of the first link 321 is directly above the lower end thereof when the bottle holder 400 is in the first position. When the bottle holder 400 is at the first position, the projections of the first connecting rod 321 and the second connecting rod 322 on the sidewall are located in the area where the sidewall of the bottle holder is located, i.e. the projections do not protrude the size of the area where the sidewall is located, such an arrangement manner can avoid the interference between the connecting rod of the bottle holder 400 and other components of the refrigeration and freezing device, and can enable the bottle holder 400 to realize the change of the position.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the supporting plate 220 protrudes from the side frame 212 of the door liner 210, and the first supporting plate hinge point and the second supporting plate hinge point are disposed in the area where the supporting plate 220 protrudes from the side frame 212 of the door liner 210, so that when the bottle holder 400 is located at the second position, more parts of the bottle holder 400 can extend out of the door body storage space 211, which is convenient for a user to take. In other embodiments of the present invention, the door body 200 may not have the supporting plate 220, and the first connecting rod 321 and the second connecting rod 322 are directly hinged to the two side frames 212 of the door liner 210.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the rotating mechanism 300 further includes a limiting pad 350 disposed between the first link 321 and the second link 322 to limit a rotating angle of the first link 321 and the second link 322 relative to the door body 200, so as to limit the second position. Specifically, a limiting pad 350 may be disposed on a side of the first connecting rod 321 facing the second connecting rod 322, and is used for abutting against the second connecting rod 322 when the bottle holder 400 translates to a certain extent, so as to prevent the bottle holder 400 from translating further.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the rotating mechanism 300 may further include a first damper 360, the first damper 360 is disposed at the hinge point of the first support plates of the two rotating mechanisms 300, or the first damper 360 is disposed at the hinge point of the second support plate, so as to buffer the moving process of the bottle holder 400, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first damper 360 may be a one-way damper only used for slowing down the process of changing the bottle holder 400 from the first position to the second position, even if there is a buffer in the descending process of the bottle holder 400, so as to avoid the situation that the bottle holder 400 descends due to gravity and thus affects the user experience. The first damper 360 is a device for providing resistance to movement and reducing energy of movement, and since the damper itself is well known to those skilled in the art, it will not be described herein.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the bottle holder 400 may include a rear panel 420 and a front wall, the rear panel 420 is connected to the two sidewalls 410 of the bottle holder 400, and when the bottle holder 400 is in the first position, the rear panel 420 is away from the main body portion of the door body 200, and the handle 430 is disposed at the bottom of the rear panel 420, protrudes from the rear panel 420, and has a groove 431 above the rear panel 420 for being easily grasped by a user. Further, the bottle holder 400 may further include a top wall and a bottle holder cover 440, the bottle holder cover 440 is rotatably mounted at the rear portion of the top ends of the two sidewalls 410, and a second damper is disposed between the bottle holder cover 440 and the two sidewalls. The second damper can be a damping block, a mounting hole is formed in the side wall of the bottle seat, and the damping block is arranged in the mounting hole. The mounting hole may have a damping section and at least two retaining grooves. The damping block may be provided with a pointed tip. When the bottle seat cover 440 is closed, the top of the damping block is positioned in the first limit groove, and the top of the damping block plays a damping role in the damping section in the opening and closing process. When the bottle cap is opened to the maximum angle, the top of the damping block is clamped in the second limiting groove, so that the bottle cap 440 is not easy to close.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerating and freezing device may further include a rebounder assembly for fixing the bottle seat 400 when the bottle seat 400 is located at the first position, the rebounder assembly includes a rebounder female head 510 and a rebounder male head 520, the rebounder male head 520 may be disposed on the front wall of the bottle seat 400, the rebounder female head 510 is disposed on the door body 200 at a position opposite to the rebounder male head 520, when the user needs to close the door body 200, the bottle seat 400 is adjusted to the first position, and then the bottle seat 400 is pressed, so that the rebounder female head 510 engages with the main rebounder male head 520, so that the bottle seat 400 is maintained at the first position, when the user needs to take the articles in the bottle seat 400, the rebounder female head 510 can release the rebounder male head 520 only by pressing the bottle seat 400, since the rebounder assembly itself is well known by those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein again.

In addition, female head 510 of bounce-back device can set up on the antetheca of bottle seat 400, and public head 520 of bounce-back device sets up in the position department relative with female head 510 of bounce-back device on door body 200, and female head 510 of bounce-back device and public head 520 of bounce-back device set up in lower position to the user presses, in addition, cold-stored freezer also can be through fixed bottle seat 400 of other modes such as buckle.

When the user need take article in the bottle seat 400, open a body 200, press on the bottle seat 400 again with bounce-back device subassembly relative position department, so that bounce-back device female head 510 releases bounce-back device male head 520, then hold handle 430, make the connecting rod rotatory, along with the rotation of connecting rod, bottle seat 400 stretches out a body storing space 211 gradually, get into the second position, and the height of bottle seat 400 can change, so that the user takes article, when translating to certain angle, because spacing pad 350's effect, can avoid further translation of bottle seat 400. When the user takes the article, the user holds the handle 430 to move the bottle holder 400, the bottle holder 400 enters the first position through the rotation of the connecting rod and is located in the door body storage space 211, and then presses the bottle holder 400, so that the male head 520 of the rebound device is fixed in the female head 510 of the rebound device, and the bottle holder 400 is kept at the first position, and the door body 200 is convenient to close. In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, a motor may be provided, and an output shaft of the motor may be connected to one end of the first link 321, which is mounted on the door body, so as to control the movement of the bottle holder 400 through a control switch.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerating and freezing device has a plurality of bottle holders 400 arranged in a vertical direction, and the plurality of bottle holders 400 are integrally formed or connected, that is, one bottle holder 400 is lengthened in a height direction to become two or more connected bottle holders 400. Each bottle holder 400 is mounted to the door body by two rotating mechanisms 300, or only one bottle holder 400 is mounted to the door body by two rotating mechanisms 300. The location of the rebounder component is in front of the lowest bottle seat 400 of the whole conjoined bottle seat or in front of the lower position of the whole conjoined bottle seat. The bottle holder 400 is disposed at the top of the door body, so that it is first convenient for a user to store small articles in a classified manner, because the top space is not suitable for enlarging articles or large bottles. In this embodiment, by lengthening the bottle holder 400, the user can reach the bottle holder 400 at a lower position and then lower the bottle holder by squeezing the rebound assembly. As in any embodiment, the downward movement of the bottle seat in the descending process does not affect the use of the bottle seat at the next layer, and the bottom surface of the bottle seat is kept horizontal in the whole descending process in order to ensure that the articles in the bottle seat are not toppled.

Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while various exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications which are consistent with the principles of this invention may be determined or derived directly 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 refrigeration and freezing device, comprising:

The door body, the rear side of which is provided with a door body storage space;

a bottle holder, disposed in the door body storage space; and

Two rotating mechanisms are arranged on both sides of the bottle base, and connect the bottle base and the door body, so that the bottle base has a first position in the door body storage space, and all the The bottle holder has a second position at the rear lower side of the first position; the rotation mechanism keeps the bottle holder in translation during the movement from the first position to the second position, and makes Each point on the bottle seat rotates relative to a corresponding point on the door body; each of the rotating mechanisms, the door body and the bottle seat form a parallelogram plane linkage mechanism, and each rotating mechanism include:

a first connecting rod, one end is hinged to the door body, and the other end is hinged to the bottle seat;

a second connecting rod, one end is hinged to the door body, the other end is hinged to the bottle seat, and is arranged in parallel with the first connecting rod;

A limit pad is arranged between the first link and the second link, and is located on at least one of the first link and the second link to limit the first link and the second link The rotation angle of the second link relative to the door body limits the second position.

2. The refrigerating and freezing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

One end of the first link mounted on the door body is located above and in front of the end of the second link mounted on the door body; and

When the bottle seat is in the first position, the upper end of the first link is located directly above, front or rear above the lower end of the first link.

3. The refrigeration and freezing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

A first damper is provided between each of the first connecting rods and the door body.

4. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1, wherein

The refrigerating and freezing device has a plurality of the bottle bases arranged in the vertical direction, and the plurality of the bottle bases are integrally formed or connected as a whole.

5. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

A rebounder assembly, which includes a rebounder female head and a rebounder male head that cooperate with each other, wherein one of the rebounder female head and the rebounder male head is arranged on the bottle base, and the other is arranged on the door on the body, so that when the bottle seat is in the first position, the bottle seat is fixed.

6. The refrigerating and freezing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bottle base comprises a bottom wall, two side walls and a bottle base cover;

The bottle seat cover is rotatably mounted on the top rear of the two side walls, and a second damper is arranged between the bottle seat cover and the two side walls;

The bottom of the rear side of the bottle base is also provided with a handle.