Refrigerator with a door
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of cold storage and freezing devices, in particular to a refrigerator.
Background
Some refrigerators have a drawer type storage device in a freezing compartment of a lower portion of a cabinet. Because the drawer is located the lower most portion of refrigerator, in the use, need bend over to get the thing, cause very big inconvenience to old person or the inconvenient user of bending over.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which a drawer is simultaneously lifted and lowered during drawing.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a drawer extension and retraction mechanism which is simple in construction and easy to maintain.
In particular, the present invention provides a refrigerator comprising:
the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a storage compartment and a door, wherein at least one storage compartment is defined in the refrigerator body;
the drawer body is accommodated in the storage chamber;
a front panel disposed at a front side of the drawer body, connected to the cabinet, and configured to move forward/backward with respect to the cabinet; and
and the linkage assembly is configured to form linkage connection between the drawer body and the front panel, so that the drawer body moves forwards out of the storage compartment and is pushed by the linkage assembly to be lifted upwards when the front panel moves forwards, and the drawer body moves backwards into the storage compartment and falls back downwards by means of gravity when the front panel moves backwards.
Optionally, the linkage assembly comprises:
the lifting mechanism is movably arranged at the bottom of the drawer body and is configured to be heightened when the front panel moves forwards so as to push the drawer body to be lifted upwards and be shortened when the front panel moves backwards so as to enable the drawer body to fall back downwards by virtue of gravity; and
and the transmission mechanism is connected with the front panel and the lifting mechanism and is configured to convert the front-back movement of the front panel into the height change of the lifting mechanism.
Optionally, the lifting mechanism is a scissor-type structure, and comprises a first rotating rod, a second rotating rod and a rotating shaft;
the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod are in cross connection through a rotating shaft and can rotate around the rotating shaft in a vertical plane; wherein
The transmission mechanism is configured to convert the front-back movement of the front panel into the rotation of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod in a vertical plane to realize the height change of the lifting mechanism.
Optionally, a first slide rail extending in the front-rear direction is arranged on the bottom wall of the box body;
the transmission mechanism includes: one end of the first transmission rod is fixed with the front panel, the other end of the first transmission rod penetrates through the first sliding rail, and when the front panel moves forwards/backwards, the first transmission rod is driven to slide forwards and backwards in the first sliding rail.
Optionally, the first transmission rod is formed with a rack portion;
the transmission mechanism further includes:
a second transmission rod arranged along the left-right direction and having a gear portion and a threaded portion at both sides of the gear portion, the gear portion of the second transmission rod engaging with the rack portion in the front-rear direction; and
two third transmission rods, each of which is configured to be arranged in the front-rear direction and has a gear portion and screw portions at both sides of the gear portion in a partial row, the gear portions of the two third transmission rods being engaged with the screw portions of the second transmission rods in the left-right direction, respectively; wherein
Each third transmission rod is correspondingly provided with a lifting mechanism; the first ends of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod are respectively movably connected with the drawer body, the second ends of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod are respectively provided with a nut, and the nuts of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod are respectively rotatably connected with the thread parts of different sides of the third transmission rod.
Optionally, the drawer body is respectively formed with sliding grooves extending in the front-rear direction at the left and right sides of the bottom of the drawer body;
the first ends of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod are arranged in the sliding groove to realize movable connection of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod with the drawer body.
Optionally, at least one side wall of the box body is provided with a second slide rail extending along the front-back direction;
the refrigerator further includes: and one end of the at least one sliding rod is fixed with the front panel, the other end of the at least one sliding rod penetrates through the second sliding rail, and when the front panel moves back and forth, the sliding rod is driven to slide back and forth in the second sliding rail.
Optionally, the front panel is provided with a limiting part on the rear surface thereof;
the front surface of the drawer body is correspondingly provided with a limiting part;
the limiting part of the drawer body is matched with the limiting part of the front panel and movably arranged along the vertical direction, so that the left and right shaking of the drawer body in the upward lifting and downward falling process is reduced.
Optionally, the limiting part of the front panel is a limiting protrusion extending in the up-down direction;
the limiting part of the drawer body is a limiting groove which extends along the up-down direction;
the limiting groove wraps the limiting protrusion and slides up and down along the limiting protrusion.
Optionally, the storage compartment comprises a freezing compartment arranged at the lower part of the box body;
the drawer body is accommodated in the freezing chamber.
According to the refrigerator, the front panel is arranged on the front side of the drawer body, the front panel is connected with the refrigerator body and is configured to move forwards/backwards relative to the refrigerator body, and the linkage assembly is arranged to form linkage connection between the drawer body and the front panel, so that the drawer body moves forwards out of the storage compartment and is pushed by the linkage assembly to lift upwards when the front panel moves forwards, and the drawer body moves backwards into the storage compartment and falls downwards by means of gravity when the front panel moves backwards, and therefore a user does not need to bend down when storing and taking articles in the drawer body. Meanwhile, the refrigerator provided by the invention realizes the lifting of the drawer body in the drawing process by utilizing the linkage assembly, and the falling of the drawer body depends on the action of the gravity of the refrigerator, so that the refrigerator is simple in structure, easy to assemble and easy to maintain.
Furthermore, the lifting mechanism of the refrigerator is of a scissor-fork type structure, the transmission mechanism is configured to convert the front-back movement of the front panel into the rotation of the first rotating rod and the second rotating rod in a vertical plane so as to realize the height change of the lifting mechanism, and the lifting mechanism is ingenious in design and stable in structure.
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 side view of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a drawer body and a front panel of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, which are coupled to a cabinet.
Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is another perspective view illustrating the drawer body and the front panel of the refrigerator shown in fig. 2 being coupled to the cabinet.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a drawer body of the refrigerator shown in fig. 2.
Detailed Description
In the following description, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. is an orientation based on the refrigerator 100 itself as a reference, and "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right" is a direction as indicated in fig. 2.
Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of a refrigerator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the drawer body 200 and the front panel 300 of the refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention being coupled to the cabinet 110. The refrigerator 100 of the embodiment of the present invention generally includes: the refrigerator body 110, the door body and the linkage assembly. A storage compartment is defined inside the cabinet 110 of the refrigerator 100. The quantity and the structure of storing compartment can dispose according to the demand. For example, fig. 1 shows a case where a first storage compartment, a second storage compartment and a third storage compartment are sequentially disposed from top to bottom, wherein the first storage compartment is a rotary-opening-type door 114 disposed on a front surface of a cabinet 110 for closing the first storage compartment; the second and third storage compartments are provided with a first drawer 115 and a second drawer 116, which are provided in the storage compartments so as to be drawable. The storage chamber can be configured into a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber, a temperature changing chamber or a fresh-keeping chamber according to different purposes. Each storage compartment may be divided into a plurality of storage regions by a partition plate. The refrigerator 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a typical french refrigerator, and the three compartments sequentially disposed up and down are a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a freezing compartment, respectively. Handles may be provided on each door panel of the refrigerator 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, so that a user can open and close the storage compartment of the refrigerator 100.
The second drawer 116 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a drawer body 200 and a front panel 300. The drawer body 200 is accommodated in the freezing compartment at the lower portion of the cabinet 110. In fig. 2, the cabinet 110 corresponding to the lower freezing compartment is shown, i.e., the top wall 111 is actually a shelf between the lower freezing compartment and the upper freezing compartment, for convenience of illustrating the structure of the linkage assembly. The front panel 300 is disposed at a front side of the drawer body 200, is connected to the cabinet 110, and is configured to move forward/backward with respect to the cabinet 110. The linkage assembly is configured to form a linkage connection between the drawer body 200 and the front panel 300 such that the drawer body 200 moves forward out of the storage compartment and is pushed by the linkage assembly to rise upward when the front panel 300 moves forward, and the drawer body 200 moves rearward into the storage compartment and falls back downward by gravity when the front panel 300 moves rearward. According to the refrigerator 100 of the embodiment of the invention, the front panel 300 is arranged at the front side of the drawer body 200, the front panel 300 is connected with the box body 110 and is configured to move forwards/backwards relative to the box body 110, and the linkage component is arranged to form linkage connection between the drawer body 200 and the front panel 300, so that the drawer body 200 moves forwards out of the storage compartment and is pushed by the linkage component to lift upwards when the front panel 300 moves forwards, and the drawer body 200 moves backwards into the storage compartment and falls downwards by means of gravity when the front panel 300 moves backwards, so that a user does not need to bend when accessing articles in the drawer body 200. Meanwhile, the inventor of the present application proposes that the drawer body 200 is lifted in the drawing process by using the linkage assembly, and the drawer body 200 falls back by the action of gravity, so that the refrigerator 100 has a simple structure, is easy to assemble and maintain, and greatly reduces the abrasion of the linkage assembly.
The linkage assembly of the embodiment of the invention comprises: elevating system and drive mechanism. The lifting mechanism is movably disposed at the bottom of the drawer body 200, and is configured to be heightened when the front panel 300 moves forward to push the drawer body 200 to be lifted upward, and shortened when the front panel 300 moves backward to make the drawer body 200 fall back downward by gravity. The driving mechanism is connected to the front panel 300 and the elevating mechanism, and configured to convert the front-and-back movement of the front panel 300 into a height change of the elevating mechanism. The lifting mechanism of the refrigerator 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a scissor-fork structure, and the transmission mechanism is configured to convert the front-back movement of the front panel 300 into the rotation of the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 in the vertical plane, so as to implement the height change of the lifting mechanism.
In some embodiments, the lifting mechanism is a scissor-fork structure, comprising a first rotating lever 801, a second rotating lever 802, and a rotating shaft 804; the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 are cross-connected via a rotating shaft 804 and can rotate in a vertical plane around the rotating shaft 804; wherein the transmission mechanism is configured to convert the front-to-back movement of the front panel 300 into the rotation of the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 in the vertical plane to realize the height change of the elevating mechanism. The scissor-fork type lifting mechanism is firm and durable, long in service life, flexible in movement and almost noiseless.
Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 2, in which the fineness of a part of the parts of fig. 3 is slightly different from that of fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is another perspective view illustrating the drawer body 200 and the front panel 300 of the refrigerator 100 shown in fig. 2 being coupled to the cabinet 110. The case 110 includes a top wall 111, a bottom wall 113, and two side walls 112. A first slide rail 130 extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the bottom wall 113 of the case 110. The transmission mechanism includes: a first transmission lever 500, a second transmission lever 600 and two third transmission levers 700.
One end of the first transmission rod 500 is fixed to the front panel 300, and the other end is inserted into the first slide rail 130, and a rack portion 501 is formed on the first transmission rod 500, wherein when the front panel 300 moves forward/backward, the first transmission rod 500 is driven to slide back and forth in the first slide rail 130. The first driving lever 500 can provide a connection between the front panel 300 and the cabinet 110 to allow the front panel 300 to move forward and backward with respect to the cabinet 110, and can serve as a basis for a driving mechanism.
The second transmission lever 600 is disposed in the left-right direction, and includes a main body 601, a gear portion 602, and a threaded portion 603 on both sides of the gear portion 602, and the gear portion 602 of the second transmission lever 600 meshes with the rack portion 501 in the front-rear direction. The first sliding rail 130 is disposed at the center of the bottom wall 113 of the case 110 in consideration of the function of the gear portion 602 of the second transmission lever 600 and the stability and the beauty of the entire linkage assembly, and also the gear portion 602 of the second transmission lever 600 is disposed at the center of the body portion 601, and the screw portion 603 of the second transmission lever 600 is disposed only near both ends thereof in consideration of the function of the screw portion 603 of the second transmission lever 600, thereby avoiding unnecessary processes.
Each of the third transmission levers 700 is configured to be disposed in a front-rear direction and has a gear portion 701 and a screw portion 702 at both sides of the gear portion 701, and the gear portions 701 of the two third transmission levers 700 are left-right meshed with the screw portions 603 of the second transmission lever 600, respectively. The second driving lever 600 provides a power conversion between the first driving lever 500 and the third driving lever 700, and converts the forward and backward movement of the first driving lever 500 into a rotation thereof, and further into a rotation of the third driving lever 700.
A scissor lift mechanism is provided for each third drive link 700. The first ends of the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 are respectively movably connected with the drawer body 200, the second ends are respectively formed with a nut 803, and the nuts 803 of the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 are respectively rotatably connected with the screw thread portions 702 of the third rotating rod 700 at different sides. The rotation of the third transmission rod 700 is converted into a height change of the lifting mechanism through the cooperation of the nut 803 and the threaded portion 702, specifically, the rotation of the third transmission rod 700 is converted into the rotation of the first rotation rod 801 and the second rotation rod 802, so that the included angle between the first rotation rod 801 and the second rotation rod 802 is changed, and the height of the lifting mechanism is also adjusted.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the drawer body 200 of the refrigerator 100 shown in fig. 2. The drawer body 200 includes a front panel 201, a rear panel 202, a bottom panel 205, a left side panel 203, and a right side panel 204. In a preferred embodiment, the drawer body 200 is formed at left and right sides of the bottom thereof with slide grooves 250 extending in the front-rear direction, respectively. The first ends of the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 are disposed in the sliding groove 250 to realize the movable connection between the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 and the drawer body 200. The sliding groove 250 may be formed on the bottom plate 205, or may be formed to extend downward from the bottom of the left and right side plates 203 and 204. The movable structure of the chute 250 matched with the scissor-type lifting mechanism is simple to assemble and easy to maintain.
When the user pulls the drawer 116 outward, the first driving lever 500 connected to the front panel 300 starts to move outward along with the outward movement of the front panel 300, so that the gear portion 602 of the second driving lever 600 connected thereto starts to rotate, and at the same time, the entire second driving lever 600 starts to rotate, and the threaded portion 603 of the second driving lever 600 drives the third driving levers 700 engaged therewith to rotate. The nuts 803 of the first and second rotating levers 801 and 802 located on the third transmission lever 700 move in opposite directions (directions approaching the gear portion 701 of the third transmission lever 700) according to the rotation of the third transmission lever 700; in the moving process of the nut 803, the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 act to drive the drawer body 200 to move forward, and simultaneously, an included angle between the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 changes, the first end moves back and forth in the sliding groove 250 in the opposite direction (close to the center of the sliding groove 250), and the drawer body 200 is lifted upwards as a whole. When a user pushes the drawer 116 inward, the drawer body 200 moves backward along with the inward movement of the front panel 300, the first driving lever 500 connected to the front panel 300 starts to move inward, the gear portion 602 of the second driving lever 600 connected thereto starts to rotate, and at the same time, the entire second driving lever 600 starts to rotate, and the screw portion 603 of the second driving lever 600 drives the third driving levers 700 engaged therewith to start to rotate. The nuts 803 of the first rotating lever 801 and the second rotating lever 802 located on the third driving lever 700 move in opposite directions (directions away from the gear portion 701 of the third driving lever 700) with the rotation of the third driving lever 700; in the process that the nut 803 moves, the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 move, the included angle between the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 changes, the first end moves back and forth in the sliding groove 250 in the opposite direction (close to the two ends of the sliding groove 250), the heights of the first rotating rod 801 and the second rotating rod 802 become shorter, and the drawer body 200 falls back down by the self gravity. Thus, the lifting and falling of the drawer body 200 is completed in the forward and backward drawing process of the drawer body 200.
In some embodiments, a second slide rail 120 extending in a front-to-rear direction is disposed on at least one side wall 112 of the case 110. The refrigerator 100 further includes: one end of the at least one sliding rod 400 is fixed to the front panel 300, and the other end of the at least one sliding rod 400 is inserted into the second sliding rail 120, wherein when the front panel 300 moves back and forth, the sliding rod 400 is driven to slide back and forth in the second sliding rail 120. In the preferred embodiment, the second slide rails 120 are respectively disposed on the two side walls 112 of the box body 110, and the two slide bars 400 are respectively fixed to the front panel 300, so that the front panel 300 can be stably moved forward and backward.
In some embodiments, the front panel 300 is provided at a rear surface thereof with a stopper 310; the drawer body 200 is correspondingly provided with a limiting part 210 on the front surface; the limiting part 210 of the drawer body 200 is matched with the limiting part 310 of the front panel 300 and movably arranged along the up-down direction, so that the left-right shaking of the drawer body 200 in the processes of upward lifting and downward falling is reduced. Preferably, the limiting portion 310 of the front panel 300 is a limiting protrusion extending in the up-down direction; the limiting part 210 of the drawer body 200 is a limiting groove which is arranged on the front end plate 201 in an up-and-down extending manner; the limiting groove wraps the limiting protrusion and slides up and down along the limiting protrusion. The arrangement of the limiting structure can ensure that the drawer body 200 does not shake as much as possible in the lifting and falling processes.
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.