CN112413986B - Closing suction weakening mechanism of refrigerator turnover beam - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent home furnishing, and discloses a closing suction weakening mechanism of a refrigerator turning beam. According to the invention, the magnetic force weakening mechanism is arranged, so that after the vertical beam is fixed by the vertical beam fixing mechanism, when the block pushes the block, the block synchronously pushes the push rod, the copper sleeve overcomes the elastic force of the elastic sheet to move to one side under the action of the push rod, so that the copper sleeve wraps most of the magnetic attraction strips, and the copper is a poor conductor of the magnetism, so that the magnetic force of the magnetic attraction strips is greatly weakened, the movable block moves to the right side under the action of the pull rope when the door panel is closed, the block and the block automatically reset under the action of negative pressure of an inner cavity of a right door and the action of the second spring, and the reset speed of the elastic sheet is slower under the action of a smaller suction hole of the inner cavity of the vertical beam, so that the magnetic attraction in the vertical beam is always positioned in the copper sleeve when the right door is closed, and the magnetic attraction force of the vertical beam is slowed down when the door is closed.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent home furnishing, in particular to a closing suction weakening mechanism of a refrigerator turnover beam.
Background
The refrigerator is a household appliance keeping low temperature, and keeps constant low temperature and cold state for food or other articles to avoid putrefaction through keeping low temperature in the period of equipment such as a compressor, and the like.
To this kind of method of opening door of the image pair door, usually through the upset of upset roof beam, thereby make the refrigerator door of both sides carry out the closure under the effect of magnetic force, nevertheless because upset roof beam when using, can appear the maloperation and lead to it to trun into transversely when the open mode, thereby lead to upset roof beam and refrigerator inner chamber guide end to bump when closing, cause refrigerator and upset roof beam working life impaired, and when strengthening sealedly to the side by side combination door of refrigerator through upset roof beam, because the unable effective control of refrigerator magnetic attraction, thereby lead to the magnetic attraction of side by side combination door too big, make when closing the refrigerator door, under the effect of too big magnetic attraction, the side by side combination door is closed fast, thereby make the refrigerator vibration, and produce great noise, influence people's daily life.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the existing refrigerator turnover beam in the use process in the background technology, the invention provides a closing suction weakening mechanism of the refrigerator turnover beam, which has the advantages of vertical beam fixation and magnetic suction weakening and solves the technical problems in the background technology.
The invention provides the following technical scheme: a closing suction weakening mechanism of a refrigerator turning beam comprises a machine body, wherein a left door is movably arranged on the left side of the upper end of the machine body, a right door is movably arranged on the right side of the upper end of the machine body, the inner side of the left end of the right door is movably connected with a vertical beam, the inner cavity of the vertical beam is fixedly provided with a magnetic strip, the inner cavity of the middle part of the right door is movably sleeved with a movable block, the left side of the movable block is movably connected with the inner cavity of the right door through a first spring, the middle part of the right end of the right door is fixedly provided with an auxiliary rod, the auxiliary rod is eccentrically arranged near the outer side, the right end of the movable block is movably connected with the right side wall of the machine body through a pull rope, the middle part of the left end of the right door is movably sleeved with a clamping block, and the rear end of the clamping block and the left end of the movable block are provided with a cavity, the right side of the middle part of the vertical beam is movably sleeved with a stop block positioned at the front end of the clamping block, and the stop block is movably connected with the inner cavity of the vertical beam through a second spring.
Preferably, the inner chamber movable mounting of founding the roof beam has the shell fragment that is located magnetism and inhales the strip right side, the middle part swing joint of magnetism and shell fragment has the copper sheathing, the left end fixedly connected with push rod of dog, and the other end of push rod and the middle part contact on copper sheathing right side.
Preferably, the inner side of the vertical beam is provided with an air hole for communicating the inner cavity of the refrigerator with the inner cavity of the vertical beam, the air hole is a one-way hole which extends from the outer side to the inner cavity of the vertical beam, and the aperture of the air hole is smaller.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the invention has the advantages that through the arrangement of the vertical beam fixing mechanism, after the left door and the right door of the refrigerator are opened, one end of the right door rotates a certain range relative to the refrigerator body, part of the pull rope which is steered by the auxiliary rod is released, so that the movable block moves to one side under the action of the tension of the first spring, the air pressure in the cavity of the right door moves to the lower end of the clamping block, the clamping block gradually extends outwards, the moving range of the movable block is enlarged according to the increase of the rotating range of the right door, the vertical beam is gradually turned to be vertical under the action of the guide end of the vertical beam after the right door rotates a certain angle, the clamping block is gradually butted with the clamping block along with the outward extension under the action of the activity of the movable block, the clamping block is always positioned between the vertical beam and the right door under the action of the second spring, and the position of the vertical beam is fixed, the condition that the vertical beam is collided with the guide end of the vertical beam due to misoperation is avoided.
2. According to the invention, the magnetic force weakening mechanism is arranged, so that after the vertical beam is fixed by the vertical beam fixing mechanism, when the block pushes the block, the block synchronously pushes the push rod, the copper sleeve overcomes the elastic force of the elastic sheet to move to one side under the action of the push rod, so that the copper sleeve wraps most of the magnetic attraction strips, and the copper is a poor conductor of the magnetism, so that the magnetic force of the magnetic attraction strips is greatly weakened, the movable block moves to the right side under the action of the pull rope when the door panel is closed, the block and the block automatically reset under the action of negative pressure of an inner cavity of a right door and the action of the second spring, and the reset speed of the elastic sheet is slower under the action of a smaller suction hole of the inner cavity of the vertical beam, so that the magnetic attraction in the vertical beam is always positioned in the copper sleeve when the right door is closed, and the magnetic attraction force of the vertical beam is slowed down when the door is closed.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a structural stringer of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the point A in FIG. 1.
In the figure: 1. a body; 2. a left door; 3. a right door; 4. erecting a beam; 5. magnetically attracting the strip; 6. a movable block; 7. a first spring; 8. an auxiliary lever; 9. pulling a rope; 10. a spring plate; 11. a clamping block; 12. a stopper; 13. a second spring; 14. a copper sleeve; 15. a push rod; 16. and (4) air holes.
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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. 1-4, a closed suction weakening mechanism for a refrigerator turning beam comprises a machine body 1, a left door 2 is movably mounted on the left side of the upper end of the machine body 1, a right door 3 is movably mounted on the right side of the upper end of the machine body 1, a vertical beam 4 is movably connected to the inner side of the left end of the right door 3, a magnetic suction strip 5 is fixedly mounted in the inner cavity of the vertical beam 4, a movable block 6 is movably sleeved in the inner cavity of the middle part of the right door 3, the left side of the movable block 6 is movably connected with the inner cavity of the right door 3 through a first spring 7, an auxiliary rod 8 is fixedly mounted in the middle part of the right end of the right door 3, the auxiliary rod 8 is eccentrically mounted closer to the outer side, the right end of the movable block 6 is movably connected with the right side wall of the machine body 1 through a pull rope 9, a clamping block 11 is movably sleeved in the middle part of the left end of the right door 3, a cavity is formed in the rear end of the clamping block 11 and the left end of the movable block 6, a stop 12 positioned at the front end of the clamping block 11 is movably sleeved in the right side of the middle part of the vertical beam 4, the stop block 12 is movably connected with the inner cavity of the upright beam 4 through the second spring 13, so that when the right door 3 is opened, the upright beam 4 automatically turns to be vertical under the action of the guide end of the turnover beam firstly, and when the right door 3 is opened gradually, the pull rope 9 is gradually released under the action of the auxiliary rod 8, so that the movable block 6 moves leftwards under the action of the elastic force of the first spring 7, the gas in the cavity in the middle of the right door 3 is extruded to move leftwards, the clamping block 11 is pushed outwards under the action of air pressure, the upright beam 4 is opened at the right door 3 and is separated from the guide end of the turnover beam, the clamping block 11 is convenient for the butt joint of the stop block 12, the opening amplitude of the right door 3 is gradually increased, the clamping block 11 pushes the stop block 12 to extrude the second spring 13, the position of the clamping block 11 is fixed between the upright beam 4 and the right door 3, and the position of the upright beam 4 is limited when the right door 3 is opened, the condition that the upright beam 4 collides with the guide end of the turnover beam when the right door 3 is closed is avoided from being turned over by misoperation.
Wherein, the inner cavity of the vertical beam 4 is movably provided with an elastic sheet 10 positioned on the right side of the magnetic strip 5, the middle parts of the magnetic strip 5 and the elastic sheet 10 are movably connected with a copper sleeve 14, the left end of the stop 12 is fixedly connected with a push rod 15, and the other end of the push rod 15 is contacted with the middle part on the right side of the copper sleeve 14, so that when the vertical beam 4 is fixed, and the stop 12 is pushed by the fixture block 11 to overcome the elastic force of the second spring 13 to move, the push rod 15 positioned on the other side of the stop 12 pushes the copper sleeve 14 to overcome the elastic force of the elastic sheet 10 to move while synchronously moving, so that the copper sleeve 14 wraps most of the magnetic strip 5, because copper is a poor conductor of magnetism, when the right door 3 is opened, the magnetic force of the magnetic strip 5 in the vertical beam 4 is weakened under the effect of the copper sleeve 14, thereby when the refrigerator door is closed, the magnetic attraction force of the right door 3 and the left door 2 of the refrigerator can be in a smaller state, and the vibration caused by the overlarge attraction force can be avoided, a situation occurs in which loud noise is generated.
Wherein, the inboard of founding roof beam 4 is seted up with the gas pocket 16 of refrigerator inner chamber and the intercommunication of the 4 inner chambers of founding roof beam, gas pocket 16 is the one-way hole of the 4 inner chambers of the roof beam of standing by the extroversion, and the aperture of gas pocket 16 is less, make when closing the refrigerator, inhale the air to between copper sheathing 14 and the magnetic strip 5 through the less gas pocket 16 of aperture, make atmospheric pressure growth rate between the two comparatively slow, thereby make under atmospheric pressure's effect, the speed of copper sheathing 14 automatic re-setting is comparatively slow, make after right door 3 closes, when young is closed left door 2, the magnetic force of magnetic strip 5 can keep less state in the certain time.
The using method of the invention is as follows: the refrigerator is placed in a proper place in a room, and can be normally used at the same point;
opening the door: when articles are put into or taken out of the refrigerator, the left door 2 is opened firstly, then the right door 3 is opened, under the action of the guide end of the inner cavity of the refrigerator body 1, the vertical beam 4 is automatically turned to be vertical from the horizontal direction, the right door 3 is gradually opened, the pull rope 9 connecting the right end of the movable block 6 and the left side of the refrigerator body 1 is gradually released under the action of the steering of the auxiliary rod 8, so that under the action of the first spring 7, the movable block 6 moves to the left side in the cavity of the inner cavity of the right door 3 and the air pressure in the cavity moves to the left, the clamping block 11 positioned in the middle of the inner cavity of the left side of the right door 3 extends outwards and is butted with the clamping block 12, under the action of the second spring 13, the clamping block 11 is just positioned at the right end of the vertical beam 4 and gradually moves to the direction of the vertical beam 4, and simultaneously under the action of the clamping block 11 extruding the clamping block 12 and the second spring 13, the clamping block 12 moves towards the inner cavity of the vertical beam 4, the copper sleeve 14 overcomes the elasticity of the elastic sheet 10 and moves towards the direction of the magnetic attraction strip 5 through the push rod 15, meanwhile, air in the inner cavity of the vertical beam 4 quickly moves towards the right side of the copper sleeve 14, the magnetic attraction strip 5 is sleeved in the middle of the copper sleeve 14, and the magnetic attraction strip 5 is conducted through the copper sleeve 14 made of copper, so that the magnetism of the magnetic attraction strip 5 is weakened;
closing: when the refrigerator is closed, under the action of the pulling force of the pull rope 9 and the steering of the auxiliary rod 8, the movable block 6 moves rightwards against the elastic force of the first spring 7, and the air pressure on the rear end of the fixture block 11 is recovered, so that the fixture block 11 is retracted under the action of the elastic force of the second spring 13 and the negative pressure suction force of the middle cavity of the right door 3, and the upper end and the lower end of the upright beam 4 are released when coming into contact with the guide end of the inner cavity of the machine body 1, so that the upright beam 4 can be perfectly butted with the guide end of the inner cavity of the machine body 1, and when the fixture block 11 is reset, the stopper 12 drives the push rod 15 to synchronously reset under the action of the elastic force of the second spring 13, and because the push rod 15 is only in contact with the copper sleeve 14, the copper sleeve 14 cannot automatically reset along with the stopper 12, and under the action of the inward air delivery of the elastic force of the elastic sheet 10 and the air hole 16, the copper sleeve 14 slowly moves rightwards, so that when the right door 3 is just completely closed, the outside magnetic attraction of strip 5 is inhaled to magnetism is less to keep one end time, thereby make when left door 2 and right door 3 close, the initial magnetic attraction of strip 5 is inhaled to magnetism is less all the time, thereby avoids appearing because the too big refrigerator vibration that leads to of strip 5 magnetic attraction of inhaling magnetism, noise emission scheduling problem.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides a closed suction of refrigerator upset roof beam weakens mechanism, includes organism (1), the left side movable mounting of organism (1) upper end has left door (2), the right side movable mounting of organism (1) upper end has right door (3), the inboard swing joint of right side door (3) left end has upright roof beam (4), the inner chamber fixed mounting who founds roof beam (4) has magnetism to inhale strip (5), its characterized in that: the inner cavity of the middle part of the right door (3) is movably sleeved with a movable block (6), the left side of the movable block (6) is movably connected with the inner cavity of the right door (3) through a first spring (7), the middle part of the right end of the right door (3) is fixedly provided with an auxiliary rod (8), the auxiliary rod (8) is eccentrically installed relatively close to the outer side, the right end of the movable block (6) is movably connected with the right side wall of the machine body (1) through a pull rope (9), the middle part of the left end of the right door (3) is movably sleeved with a clamping block (11), the rear end of the clamping block (11) and the left end of the movable block (6) are provided with a cavity, the right side of the middle part of the vertical beam (4) is movably sleeved with a stop block (12) positioned at the front end of the clamping block (11), the stop block (12) is movably connected with the inner cavity of the vertical beam (4) through a second spring (13), the inner cavity of the vertical beam (4) is movably installed with a spring sheet (10) positioned on the right side of the magnetic attraction strip (5), the middle parts of the magnetic suction strips (5) and the elastic pieces (10) are movably connected with a copper sleeve (14), the left end of the stop block (12) is fixedly connected with a push rod (15), and the other end of the push rod (15) is in contact with the middle part of the right side of the copper sleeve (14).
2. The closing suction weakening mechanism for the refrigerator turning beam as claimed in claim 1, wherein: an air hole (16) for communicating the inner cavity of the refrigerator with the inner cavity of the vertical beam (4) is formed in the inner side of the vertical beam (4), and the air hole (16) is a one-way hole in the inner cavity of the vertical beam (4) from outside.
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