CN111928570B

CN111928570B - Storage device and refrigerator using same

Info

Publication number: CN111928570B
Application number: CN201910395859.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李登强; 费斌; 程学丽; 尚亚洲
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: 2019-05-13
Filing date: 2019-05-13
Publication date: 2022-03-25
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-13
Also published as: CN111928570A

Abstract

The invention provides a storage device and a refrigerator, wherein the storage device comprises: tray and storing box, tray and storing box sliding connection still include: a locking mechanism connected to one of the tray and the storage box; the locking hook is fixedly connected with the other one of the tray and the storage box; the two ends of the elastic element are respectively fixedly connected with the tray and the storage box; the storage box can drive the lock hook to be connected with or separated from the locking mechanism by sliding relative to the tray so as to realize that the locking mechanism is changed between a locking state and an unlocking state; in a locking state, the locking hook is connected with the locking mechanism to limit the storage box to move relative to the tray, and the elastic element stores elastic force; in an unlocking state, the lock hook is separated from the locking mechanism, and the elastic element releases elastic force to drive the tray to separate from the storage box and slide. The storage device can be automatically popped out, and is convenient to use.

Description

Storage device and refrigerator using same

Technical Field

The invention relates to household appliances, in particular to a storage device and a refrigerator using the same.

Background

At present, most of storage boxes in refrigerators are directly placed on racks and need to be pulled out manually when in use. When placing more article in the storing box, especially when the user has in hand to be deposited article, often need to spend great strength just can pull out the storing box, and the use is comparatively inconvenient and wastes time and energy, and user experience feels relatively poor.

Disclosure of Invention

One object of the present invention is to provide a storage device which is convenient for taking articles.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which is convenient to take articles.

The present invention provides a storage device, including: tray and storing box, the tray with storing box sliding connection, its characterized in that still includes: a locking mechanism fixedly connected with one of the tray and the storage box; the locking hook is fixedly connected with the other one of the tray and the storage box; the two ends of the elastic element are respectively fixedly connected with the tray and the storage box; the storage box can drive the lock hook to be connected with or separated from the locking mechanism by sliding relative to the tray so as to change the locking mechanism between a locking state and an unlocking state; in a locking state, the locking hook is connected with the locking mechanism to limit the storage box to move relative to the tray, and the elastic element stores elastic force; in an unlocking state, the lock hook is separated from the locking mechanism, and the elastic element releases elastic force to drive the tray to separate from the storage box and slide.

Preferably, the locking mechanism includes a lock tongue slidably connected to one of the tray and the storage box, and a lock ring pivotally connected to one of the tray and the storage box, the lock tongue is disposed on a path along which the tray and the storage box slide relative to each other, the lock tongue includes a guide groove and a locking portion disposed in the guide groove, and the lock ring moves along the guide groove to engage with or disengage from the lock ring to achieve the switching between the locking state and the unlocking state of the locking mechanism.

Preferably, the locking tongue further includes a guide protrusion for guiding the locking ring to rotate, the guide protrusion is spaced apart from the locking portion and disposed in the guide groove, the locking portion has a recess, and a protruding end of the guide protrusion is offset from a center of the recess in a preset direction.

Preferably, the locking mechanism further comprises a claw connected with or separated from the lock hook, the claw is connected with the lock tongue, the lock tongue moves to drive the claw to move, the claw is in a locking state, the claw is closed and easy to connect with the lock hook, and the claw is opened to be separated from the lock hook in an unlocking state.

Preferably, locking mechanical system still includes lock seat and spring, the lock seat with the tray with in the storing box a fixed connection, be equipped with on the lock seat and hold the chamber, the spring bolt stretch into hold the chamber and with lock seat sliding connection, the spring set up in hold in the chamber and provide the elastic force that the spring bolt removed, the spring bolt removes the drive the jack catch inserts or stretches out hold in the chamber with closed or open.

Preferably, the lock bolt is provided with a limiting lug, the lock base is provided with a limiting groove, and the limiting lug extends into the limiting groove and moves along the extending direction of the limiting groove.

Preferably, the storage box further comprises a one-way speed reducing mechanism, the one-way speed reducing mechanism is arranged between the tray and the storage device, and the one-way speed reducing mechanism provides resistance for the separated movement of the storage box and the tray.

Preferably, the one-way speed reducing mechanism comprises a one-way damping gear and a rack which are meshed with each other, the one-way damping gear is fixedly connected with one of the tray and the storage box, and the rack is fixedly connected with the other of the tray and the storage box.

The invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises a refrigerator body, wherein a storage space is limited in the refrigerator body, the refrigerator also comprises the storage device, and the storage device is fixedly connected with the refrigerator body.

The invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises a refrigerator body and a rack fixedly connected with the refrigerator body, and the refrigerator also comprises the storage device, wherein the storage device is detachably connected with the rack.

According to the storage device provided by the invention, the locking mechanism and the elastic element are arranged between the tray and the storage box, and the relative sliding of the storage box and the tray can drive the locking mechanism to be converted between the locking state and the unlocking state, so that a user only needs to touch the storage box lightly, and the storage box can be automatically popped out under the action of the elastic element, and the storage device is convenient to use, time-saving and labor-saving.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a storage device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a storage box of the storage device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a locking mechanism of the storage device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the locking mechanism of the storage device of FIG. 1 in an unlocked state;

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of the locking mechanism of FIG. 4 in an unlocked state;

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of the locking mechanism of the storage device of FIG. 1 in a locked position;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the storage device 100 includes a storage box 110 and a tray 120, a pair of parallel guide grooves is disposed on the tray 120, a pair of parallel guide rails is disposed at the bottom of the storage box 110, and the tray 120 and the storage box 110 are slidably connected through the guide grooves and the guide rails. The storage box 110 is provided with soft materials for storing fragile articles such as eggs, and the storage box 110 can be divided into two or more storage spaces for storing different articles. Further, a timer is installed on the storage box 110 for recording the storage time of the articles.

The storage device 100 further comprises a locking mechanism 130, a locking hook 111 and an elastic element 140, wherein the locking mechanism 130 and the locking hook 111 are both installed between the tray 120 and the storage box 110, the locking mechanism 130 is installed on the tray 120, the locking hook 111 is fixedly connected with the storage box 110, and two ends of the elastic element 140 are respectively connected with the storage box 110 and the tray 120. Of course, it is possible that the locking mechanism 130 is installed on the storage box 110 and the latch hook 111 is installed on the tray 120. The storage box 110 slides relative to the tray 120 to drive the latch hook 111 to move, and the latch hook 111 abuts against the locking mechanism 130 to drive the locking mechanism 130 to change between the locking state and the unlocking state. In the locking state, the locking hook 111 is connected with the locking mechanism 130 to limit the storage box 110 to move relative to the tray 120, and at the moment, the elastic element 140 stores energy; in the unlocked state, the latch hook 111 is disengaged from the locking mechanism 130, the elastic element 140 releases the elastic force, the storage box 110 is driven to slide relative to the tray 120, and the storage box 110 is opened. Specifically, the elastic member 140 is a coil spring. The locking mechanism 130 and the elastic element 140 for driving are arranged on the tray 120, so that the storage box 110 can be automatically ejected, a user does not need to manually pull out the storage box 110, and the operation is quick and labor-saving.

Further, referring to fig. 2 to 6, the locking mechanism 130 includes a locking tongue 131 and a locking ring 132, the locking tongue 131 is slidably mounted on the tray 120, specifically, the locking tongue 131 moves along the moving direction of the storage box 110, when the storage box 110 moves relative to the tray 120, the locking hook 111 is driven to move, the locking hook 111 abuts against the locking tongue 131 to drive the locking tongue 131 to move relative to the tray 120, that is, the locking tongue 131 is disposed on the path where the tray 120 and the storage box 110 slide relative to each other, so that when the storage box 110 moves relative to the tray 120, the locking tongue 131 can be driven to move. The latch tongue 131 includes a guide groove 1312 and a locking part 1311 provided to the guide groove 1312. One end of the locking ring 132 is received in the guide slot 1312 and the other end is pivoted relative to the tray 120 with its pivot axis perpendicular to the plane of the two guide slots. The locking tongue 131 slides relative to the tray 120 to pivot the locking ring 132, and one end of the locking ring 132 moves along the guide groove 1312 to be engaged with or disengaged from the locking part 1311. When the lock ring 132 is engaged with the lock portion 1311, the lock mechanism 130 is in a locked state, and when the lock ring 132 is disengaged from the lock portion 1311, the lock mechanism 130 is in an unlocked state.

Specifically, guide channel 1312 has first section 1314, second section 1315 and third section 1316 connecting first section 1314 and second section 1315, first section 1314 extends along the sliding direction of locking bolt 131, the included angle between second section 1315 and first section 1314 is an acute angle, and third section 1316 is V-shaped. The lock portion 1311 is configured to be raised with respect to the guide groove 1312, and an outer edge of the lock portion 1311 is an inner groove edge of the guide groove 1312. The latch bolt 131 further includes a guide protrusion 1313, the guide protrusion 1313 and the locking part 1311 are spaced apart from each other in the guide groove 1312, and a third section 1316 of the guide groove 1312 is located between the guide protrusion 1313 and the locking part 1311. The locking portion 1311 is provided with a recess to be fitted with the locking ring, and a protruding end of the guide protrusion 1313 is directed to the locking portion 1311 and is deviated from the center of the recess in a preset direction to ensure movement of the locking ring 132 in the preset direction, improving reliability of the locking mechanism. Specifically, the projecting end of the guide projection 1313 is offset to the first section 1314 side.

Furthermore, the locking mechanism 130 further comprises a claw 133 connected with or separated from the locking hook 111, the claw 133 is connected with the locking tongue 131, the locking tongue 131 moves relative to the tray 120 to drive the claw 133 to move, and in a locking state, the claw 133 closes and clamps the locking hook 111 to be connected with the locking hook 111 to limit the storage box 110 to move relative to the tray 120; in the unlocked state, the jaws 133 open the coil spring to release the elastic force, thereby driving the storage box 110 to move. Specifically, the latch 133 includes a pair of latches, and a protrusion is disposed on the latch, and when the latch 133 is closed, the protrusion on the latch cooperates with the latch 111 to limit the movement of the latch 111. The latch 133 may be fixedly connected to the latch bolt 131 to be opened or closed by its own elastic force, or may be pivotally connected to the latch bolt 131 to provide an elastic force by a torsion spring.

The locking mechanism 130 further comprises a lock holder 134 and a spring 135, the lock holder 134 is fixedly connected with the tray 120, the lock holder 134 has a receiving cavity, the locking tongue 131 is slidably mounted in the receiving cavity, and the locking ring 132 is pivotally mounted inside the receiving cavity. The spring 135 is disposed between the wall of the accommodating cavity and the latch 131 to provide an elastic force for the movement of the latch 131. The locking tongue 131 is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, so that the locking mechanism 130 with a smaller volume can be obtained, and the whole structure is more compact.

The process of opening and closing the storage box will be described in detail below. Referring to fig. 5, in the unlocked state, the end of the locking ring 132 is at the bottom of the first section 1314, and the pawl 133 is disengaged from the catch 111. At this time, a pushing force is applied to the storage box 110, the storage box 110 moves toward a closing direction with respect to the tray 120, that is, the storage box 110 moves towards one side close to the locking mechanism 130 to drive the locking hook 111 to move, the locking hook 111 abuts against the locking tongue 131 and drives the locking tongue 131 to move towards the closing direction, the locking tongue 131 moves to drive the locking ring 132 to rotate along the first rotating direction as shown in fig. 5, one end of the locking ring 132 moves along the first section 1314, the spring 135 stores elastic force, the claws 133 slowly close to clamp the locking hook in the process that the locking tongue 131 moves towards the accommodating cavity, the storage box 110 is released, the spring 135 releases the elastic force to drive the locking tongue 131 to move towards the opening direction, the locking ring 132 moves along the third section 1316 to be matched with the locking part 1311 until the locking ring 132 is clamped in the recess of the locking part 1311, as shown in fig. 6, when the locking mechanism 130 is switched to the locking state, the pawl 133 protrudes into the accommodating chamber, and the accommodating chamber presses the pawl 133 to clamp the latch hook 111.

The pushing force is applied to the storage box 110 again, the locking tongue 131 moves towards the closing direction, the spring 135 stores energy, the guide protrusion 1313 presses the locking ring 132 to limit the locking ring 132 to rotate continuously along the first rotation direction, the locking ring 132 moves along the third section 1316 until the second section 1315 is separated from the locking section 1311, the storage box 110 is released, the spring 135 releases the elastic force to drive the locking tongue 131 to move towards the opening direction, the locking ring 132 moves continuously along the second section 1315 to the initial position, the locking mechanism 130 is changed from the locking state to the unlocking state shown in fig. 5, at this time, the claw 133 extends out of the accommodating cavity, the claw 133 releases the elastic force to be in the opening state, the claw is separated from the locking hook, the storage box pops outwards under the action of the elastic element, so that a user can touch the storage box 110 lightly, the storage box 110 can be opened automatically, and the operation is simple.

Furthermore, the lock tongue 131 is provided with a limiting projection, the lock base 134 is provided with a matched limiting groove connected with the limiting projection, the extending direction of the limiting groove is parallel to the extending direction of the guide groove, and the limiting projection extends into the limiting groove and moves along the limiting groove, so that the movement of the lock tongue 131 is more reliable.

The storage device 100 further includes a one-way reduction mechanism 150, the one-way reduction mechanism 150 is disposed between the tray 120 and the storage box 110, and when the storage box 110 moves in the opening direction relative to the tray 120, the one-way reduction mechanism 150 provides resistance to slow down the movement of the storage box 110 in the opening direction, so as to prevent damage to the articles stored in the storage box 110. Specifically, the one-way reduction mechanism 150 includes a one-way damping gear 151 and a rack 152 engaged with each other, wherein the one-way damping gear 151 is fixedly connected to one of the tray 120 and the storage box 110, and the rack 152 is fixedly connected to the other of the tray 120 and the storage box 110. The one-way damping gear 151 and the rack gear 152 are accommodated between the storage box 110 and the tray 120, and a separate space is not required to make the structure compact.

The invention also provides a refrigerator 200, the refrigerator 200 is provided with a box body 210, a storage space is limited in the refrigerator 200, the storage device 100 is arranged on the refrigerator 200, and the tray 120 is directly and fixedly connected with the box body 210.

The present invention also provides another refrigerator 200, the refrigerator 200 has a cabinet 210 and a rack 220 mounted in the cabinet 210 together with the cabinet 210, the rack 220 is detachably mounted on the cabinet 210, and can also be fixedly connected to the cabinet 210 or integrally manufactured with the cabinet. The storage device 100 is placed on the rack 220. Specifically, the tray 120 is provided with the hook 160, the hook 160 is connected to the rack 220 to limit the movement of the tray 120, and the storage device is detachably mounted on any one of the racks 220, so that the user can reasonably use the storage space in the refrigerator 200 and conveniently detach and clean the storage box.

Although the description is given in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments described herein may be combined as a whole to form other embodiments as would be understood by 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 storage device, comprising: tray and storing box, the tray with storing box sliding connection, its characterized in that still includes:

a locking mechanism coupled to one of the tray and the storage box;

the locking hook is fixedly connected with the other one of the tray and the storage box;

the two ends of the elastic element are respectively fixedly connected with the tray and the storage box;

the storage box can drive the lock hook to be connected with or separated from the locking mechanism by sliding relative to the tray so as to realize that the locking mechanism is changed between a locking state and an unlocking state;

in a locking state, the locking hook is connected with the locking mechanism to limit the storage box to move relative to the tray, and the elastic element stores elastic force; in an unlocking state, the lock hook is separated from the locking mechanism, and the elastic element releases elastic force to drive the tray to slide away from the storage box;

the locking mechanism comprises a lock tongue and a lock ring, the lock tongue is in sliding connection with one of the tray and the storage box, the lock ring is in pivoting connection with one of the tray and the storage box, the lock tongue is arranged on a relative sliding path of the tray and the storage box, the lock tongue comprises a guide groove and a locking part arranged in the guide groove, and the lock ring moves along the guide groove to be matched with or separated from the locking part so as to realize the conversion between a locking state and an unlocking state of the locking mechanism.

2. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch further includes a guide protrusion for guiding the locking ring to rotate, the guide protrusion being spaced apart from the locking portion and being disposed in the guide groove, the locking portion having a recess, a protruding end of the guide protrusion being offset from a center of the recess in a predetermined direction.

3. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locking mechanism further comprises a pawl connected to or disconnected from said latch hook, said pawl being connected to said latch tongue, said latch tongue moving to move said pawl, a locked state, said pawl being closed to connect to said latch hook, and an unlocked state, said pawl being open to disconnect from said latch hook.

4. The storage device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a lock seat and a spring, the lock seat is fixedly connected with one of the tray and the storage box, a containing cavity is arranged on the lock seat, the lock tongue extends into the containing cavity and is slidably connected with the lock seat, the spring is arranged in the containing cavity and provides an elastic force for the movement of the lock tongue, and the movement of the lock tongue drives the claw to be inserted into or extend out of the containing cavity so as to be closed or opened.

5. A storage device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the latch bolt is provided with a limiting projection, the lock holder is provided with a limiting groove, and the limiting projection extends into the limiting groove and moves along the extending direction of the limiting groove.

6. The storage device of claim 1, further comprising a one-way reduction mechanism disposed between the tray and the storage device, the one-way reduction mechanism providing resistance to movement of the storage box and the tray away from each other.

7. The storage device of claim 6, wherein said one-way reduction mechanism includes an intermeshing one-way damping gear fixedly coupled to one of said tray and said storage box and a rack fixedly coupled to the other of said tray and said storage box.

8. A refrigerator, comprising a box body, wherein a storage space is defined in the box body, and the refrigerator is characterized by further comprising the storage device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, which is arranged in the storage space, and the tray is fixedly connected with the box body.

9. A refrigerator comprising a cabinet and a rack mounted in the cabinet, wherein the refrigerator further comprises the storage apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the storage apparatus being detachably connected to the rack.