CN112747523A

CN112747523A - Refrigerator with a door

Info

Publication number: CN112747523A
Application number: CN201911052391.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴国峰; 周兆涛; 杨发林
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: 2019-10-31
Filing date: 2019-10-31
Publication date: 2021-05-04

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a bottle seat device, wherein the door body is used for opening or closing the refrigerator body, the bottle seat device is arranged on the inner side of the door body, the bottle seat device comprises a bottle seat defining a containing cavity and a connecting mechanism for connecting the bottle seat to the door body, the containing cavity is provided with an opening for taking and placing articles, the bottle seat can be moved between a first state and a second state in an operation mode, the bottle seat is closer to the door body in the first state, the bottle seat is far away from the door body in the second state, and in the process of converting the bottle seat from the first state to the second state, the bottle seat moves downwards for a certain distance and also moves towards the direction far away from the door body. The refrigerator enables articles in the bottle seat to be taken and placed more conveniently, and the storage capacity of the refrigerator is increased.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

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

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, more and more foods need to be stored, so the requirement on the capacity of the refrigerator is higher and higher. Not only is the capacity of the refrigerator expanded, but also the stored food needs to be partitioned. In order to solve the problem, designers have set bottle seats on the door body.

Chinese patent application CN108302858A published in 2018, 7 and 20 discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a door liner and a bottle seat arranged at the rear side of the door liner, wherein the door liner is provided with a pair of baffles at two sides in the transverse direction and a plurality of clamping portions oppositely arranged in the baffles, the clamping portions at the same side of the door liner are arranged along the vertical direction at intervals, a pair of clamping portions at two sides of the door liner and correspondingly arranged are in a group, the bottle seat is provided with mounting grooves oppositely arranged at two sides, and the pair of mounting grooves oppositely arranged can be selectively clamped at any one group of clamping portions so as to adjust the height of the bottle seat. Although above-mentioned scheme can adjust the height of bottle seat, nevertheless need to dismantle the whole door liner of following of bottle seat, install corresponding high department as required again, so can influence the position of below bottle seat like this, or influence the height that article were placed to below bottle seat to the usage space of below bottle seat has been wasted. Moreover, the height of the large refrigerator is usually set at 1900mm, and if the bottle seat is arranged at a higher position close to the upper end, a short housewife can hardly reach the articles in the bottle seat at the uppermost end of the door body, and can not observe the articles stored in the bottle seat, so that the articles are very inconvenient to take and place.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator, which enables articles in a bottle seat to be taken and placed more conveniently and increases the storage capacity of the refrigerator.

In order to achieve one of the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, which includes a refrigerator body, a door body for opening or closing the refrigerator body, and a bottle holder device disposed inside the door body, wherein the bottle holder device includes a bottle holder defining a storage cavity and a connecting mechanism for connecting the bottle holder to the door body, the storage cavity has an opening for taking and placing articles, wherein,

the bottle seat can be moved between a first state and a second state in an operation mode, the bottle seat is closer to the door body in the first state, the bottle seat is far away from the door body in the second state, and in the process of switching the bottle seat from the first state to the second state, the bottle seat moves downwards for a certain distance and simultaneously moves for a certain distance towards the direction far away from the door body.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the bottle holder is movable in a translational manner relative to the door body, and the direction of the opening is always unchanged in the process of switching between the first state and the second state.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting mechanism, the bottle holder and the door body together constitute a parallel four-bar linkage.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting mechanism includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod parallel to the first connecting rod and having the same length, two ends of the first connecting rod are respectively rotatably connected to the bottle holder and the door body, and two ends of the second connecting rod are also respectively rotatably connected to the bottle holder and the door body.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting mechanism further includes a mounting member fixedly disposed with respect to the bottle seat, and the first link and the second link are both rotatably connected to the mounting member.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the bottle seat device further includes a tray disposed below the bottle seat for supporting the bottle seat, and the tray is fixedly connected to the mounting member.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the door body is provided with a long hole extending in a vertical direction, when the bottle seat is in the first state, the mounting member extends into the long hole, and the first link and the second link are in a vertical state.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the mounting member includes a mounting portion, the mounting portion is a U-shaped member extending along a longitudinal direction, the U-shaped member defines a U-shaped receiving cavity, the first link and the second link are mounted in the U-shaped receiving cavity, and when the bottle holder is in the first state, an extending direction of the first link and the second link is parallel to an extending direction of the mounting portion.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting mechanism further includes a connecting member fixedly disposed on the door body, and the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are both rotatably connected to the connecting member.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the door body includes a door lining facing the inside of the cabinet, the door lining is provided with a support member, the support member extends toward the inside of the door body, and the connecting member is detachably provided on the support member.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator further includes a locking structure for locking the bottle holder in the first state.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the locking structure includes a coupling member, a positioning portion selectively coupled to or decoupled from the coupling member, and an elastic member urging the coupling member to maintain the coupling with the positioning portion.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator further includes a limiting structure, and the limiting structure is used for limiting the bottle seat in the second state.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: when articles need to be taken and placed, the bottle seat is operated to move from the first state to the second state, the bottle seat is always connected with the door body through the connecting mechanism in the moving process from the first state to the second state, and the bottle seat moves downwards for a certain distance and also moves for a certain distance in the direction away from the door body. The bottle seat is adjusted downwards, articles are conveniently taken and placed, and meanwhile the bottle seat moves a certain distance in the direction away from the door body, so that the bottle seat cannot interfere with the bottle seat below and the articles stored in the bottle seat below. Therefore, the invention realizes that the articles in the bottle seat are convenient to take and place, and simultaneously does not influence the storage space of other bottle seats on the door body, thereby further increasing the storage capacity of the refrigerator.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a door and a bottle holder device of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. The bottle seat is in a first state;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a door and a bottle holder device of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. The bottle seat is in a second state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bottle holder changing from the first state to the second state;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view at A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial schematic view at B in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the door and bottle mount assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is another exploded perspective view of the bottle holder assembly of FIG. 6;

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

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the bottle mount apparatus of FIG. 7 in yet another orientation;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the door and bottle mount assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view E-E of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view F-F of FIG. 10;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged partial schematic view at G of FIG. 12;

fig. 15 is a partially enlarged schematic view at H in fig. 13.

Detailed Description

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

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

As shown in fig. 1 to 15, the present invention discloses a refrigerator, which includes a refrigerator body, a door body for opening or closing the refrigerator body, and a bottle holder device 14 disposed inside the door body. The box has defined the storing compartment, and wherein the quantity and the structural style of storing compartment can be disposed according to different demands. The storage compartment typically includes a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. The door body generally includes a door lining 12 facing the inside of the cabinet and a door panel exposed to the outside of the cabinet. The bottle mount apparatus 14 includes a bottle mount 16 defining a receiving cavity for receiving an article and having an opening for accessing the article, and a connecting mechanism 18 for connecting the bottle mount 16 to the door. The bottle holder 16 is generally provided like a rectangular parallelepiped with its opening facing upward. Specifically, the bottle seat 16 includes a bottle bottom, a first side portion 22, a second side portion 24, a third side portion 26, and a fourth side portion 28 that all extend from the bottle bottom to the same side of the bottle bottom, the first side portion 22 and the third side portion 26 are disposed oppositely, the second side portion 24 and the fourth side portion 28 are disposed oppositely, and further, the first side portion 22, the second side portion 24, the third side portion 26, and the fourth side portion 28 are sequentially connected to each other, so that the bottle bottom, the first side portion 22, the second side portion 24, the third side portion 26, and the fourth side portion 28 form a containing cavity with an opening. Of course, the bottle base 16 may be provided with other structures or shapes as long as the bottle base 16 can form a receiving cavity for receiving articles and has an opening for taking and placing articles.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the bottle seat 16 can be moved between a first state and a second state, in the first state, the bottle seat 16 is closer to the door, in the second state, the bottle seat 16 is far away from the door, and in the transition process of the bottle seat 16 from the first state to the second state, the bottle seat 16 moves a certain distance downward and also moves a certain distance in a direction far away from the door. In addition, the bottle holder 16 is always connected to the door body by the connecting mechanism 18 throughout the movement of the bottle holder 16 from the first state to the second state. In addition, in order to increase the stability of the bottle holder 16 during the switching between the two states, a pair of connecting mechanisms 18 may be provided, and the pair of connecting mechanisms 18 are respectively provided at both ends of the bottle holder 16 in the width direction of the door body. In this embodiment, only one of the attachment mechanisms 18 is provided at one end thereof, as will be described in detail below.

When articles need to be taken and placed, the bottle seat 16 is operated to enable the bottle seat 16 to move from the first state to the second state, in the moving process from the first state to the second state, the bottle seat 16 is always connected with the door body through the connecting mechanism 18, and the bottle seat 16 moves downwards for a certain distance and also moves for a certain distance in the direction away from the door body. The bottle seat 16 is adjusted downwards, articles are conveniently taken and placed, and meanwhile, the bottle seat 16 moves a certain distance in the direction far away from the door body, so that the bottle seat 16 cannot interfere with the bottle seat 16 below and the articles stored in the bottle seat 16 below.

In the present embodiment, when the bottle holder 16 needs to be adjusted from the first state to the second state, the bottle holder 16 can be moved from the first state to the second state by pulling the bottle holder 16 obliquely downward in a direction away from the door body. After the article is taken and placed, the bottle holder 16 can be returned to the first state from the second state by pushing the bottle holder 16 obliquely upward toward the door body. Therefore, the bottle seat 16 does not need to be detached in the whole adjusting process, and the adjustment is labor-saving and convenient. In addition, since the connecting mechanism 18 is disposed at the end of the bottle base 16, it is further ensured that the bottle base 16 does not interfere with other bottle bases 16 below or with the articles stored in the bottle base 16 during the switching process between the two states of the bottle base 16.

Further, the bottle holder 16 is movable in a translational manner relative to the door body, and the opening direction is always unchanged in the switching process between the first state and the second state. That is, during the movement of the bottle holder 16 in the first state and the second state, the angle of the bottle holder 16 with respect to the door body is not changed, but a certain displacement is generated in both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction perpendicular to the door body.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the connecting mechanism 18, the bottle holder 16 and the door body together form a parallel four-bar linkage. The connecting mechanism 18 includes a first connecting rod 30 and a second connecting rod 32 parallel to the first connecting rod 30 and having the same length, two ends of the first connecting rod 30 are respectively rotatably connected to the bottle holder 16 and the door body, and two ends of the second connecting rod 32 are also respectively rotatably connected to the bottle holder 16 and the door body.

For ease of installation, the linkage 18 further includes a mounting member 34 fixedly disposed relative to the bottle mount 16, and the first link 30 and the second link 32 are each pivotally connected to the mounting member 34. The mounting member 34 is manufactured separately from the bottle base 16, typically, the bottle base 16 is a plastic member for added strength and stability, and the mounting member 34 is a metal member, and the mounting member 34 is fixedly connected to the bottle base 16 by bolts. In addition, the weight of the bottle seat device is reduced. The mounting member 34 is typically an aluminum alloy member, although other materials may be used for the mounting member 34. Specifically, the first side 22 of the bottle holder 16 is provided with a recess 36 adjacent the end, the mounting member 34 is located in the recess 36, and the mounting member 34 does not extend above and below the bottle holder 16. preferably, the mounting member 34 is located above and below the bottle holder 16.

Further, in order to increase the stability of the bottle seat device 14, the bottle seat device 14 further includes a tray 35 disposed below the bottle seat 16 for supporting the bottle seat 16, and the tray 35 is fixedly connected to the mounting member 34. The tray 35 includes a support portion 37 that supports the bottle holder in the vertical direction and a first abutting portion 39 that abuts against one side portion of the bottle holder 16, specifically, the first abutting portion 39 abuts against the first side portion 22 of the bottle holder 16, and the first side portion 22 is a rear side portion farther from the user. The mounting member 34 includes a mounting portion 43 and a connecting portion 45, the first link 30 and the second link 32 are both rotatably connected to the mounting portion 43, and the connecting portion 45 is fixedly connected to the tray 35. Specifically, the connecting portion 45 is fixedly connected to the first abutting portion 39 of the tray 35, and the bottle seat 16 and the connecting portion 45 are located on two opposite sides of the first abutting portion 39. The connecting portion 45 may be welded to the first abutting portion 39, but other fixing methods such as riveting, bolting, etc. may be adopted between the connecting portion 45 and the first abutting portion 39.

Further, connecting portion 45 is the U type, is equipped with the holding tank 47 that holds connecting portion 45 on the first portion 39 that supports to support, and at least part connecting portion 45 is held in holding tank 47 to the welding, thereby makes the structure more firm. Similarly, the tray 35 is made of an aluminum alloy to reduce the weight of the entire bottle holder assembly 14, but other materials may be used for the tray 35. To make the structure more compact, the length of the supporting portion 37 is greater than the length of the first abutting portion 39, that is, a gap is formed between the first abutting portion 39 and the end of the supporting portion 37 in the longitudinal extension direction of the supporting portion 37, and the mounting portion 43 is located at the gap.

The tray 35 also includes a gripping portion 49, and when the user pulls the bottle holder assembly 14, the gripping portion 49 provides for gripping to facilitate pulling the bottle holder assembly 14. Preferably, the grip portion 14 is provided in an arc shape. The tray 35 further includes a second abutting portion 51 facing the first abutting portion 39, the second abutting portion 51 is lower in height than the first abutting portion 39, and the second abutting portion 51 is connected to the holding portion 49. In addition, the supporting portion 37 is further provided with a protruding portion 53 extending upward, the bottle base 16 is provided with a limiting portion 55, and when the bottle base 16 is mounted on the tray 35, the limiting portion 55 is matched with the protruding portion 53, so as to limit the bottle base 16.

The door body is provided with a long hole 38 extending along the vertical direction, when the bottle seat 16 is in the first state, the mounting part 34 extends into the long hole 38, and the first connecting rod 30 and the second connecting rod 32 are both in the vertical state. That is, when the bottle holder 16 is in the first state, the mounting portion 43, the first link 30, and the second link 32 are all housed in the door liner 12, so that the door body is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also does not interfere with the contents of the other bottle holders 16 below the bottle holder 16.

Preferably, the mounting portion 43 is a U-shaped member extending along a longitudinal direction, the U-shaped member defines a U-shaped receiving cavity, the first link 30 and the second link 32 are mounted in the U-shaped receiving cavity, and when the bottle holder 16 is in the first state, an extending direction of the first link 30 and the second link 32 is parallel to an extending direction of the mounting portion 43. The mounting portion 43 includes a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall extending from two ends of the bottom wall to the same side of the bottom wall, the bottom wall is abutted against the bottle holder 16, and the first connecting rod 30 and the second connecting rod 32 are both rotatably connected to one of the first side wall and the second side wall. When the bottle holder 16 is in the second state, the first link 30 and the second link 32 are perpendicular to the extending direction of the mounting portion 43, that is, the first link 30 and the second link 32 are in the horizontal state.

The connecting mechanism 18 further includes a connecting member 40 fixedly disposed on the door body, and the first connecting rod 30 and the second connecting rod 32 are both rotatably connected to the connecting member 40. The attachment 40 is detachably attached to the door liner 12, and specifically, the attachment 40 is detachably attached to the door liner 12 by bolts. The door liner 12 is further provided with a support member 41 extending toward the inside of the door liner 12, and the connecting member 40 is detachably provided to the support member 41. In the height direction of the refrigerator, a plurality of mounting holes 42 are provided at intervals on the support 41 for mounting the connector 40 or other bottle holders 16. Preferably, the connecting member 40 is also provided as a U-shaped member, with the U-shaped opening of the connecting member 40 facing the U-shaped opening of the mounting member 34.

The refrigerator also includes a locking structure for locking the bottle holder 16 in the first state. So that the bottle holder 16 can be stably maintained in the first state when the bottle holder 16 is not adjusted. Further, the locking structure includes a coupling member 42, a positioning portion 46 selectively coupled to or decoupled from the coupling member 42, and an elastic member 44 urging the coupling member 42 to maintain the coupling with the positioning portion 46. The fitting 42 may be provided in a ball shape or a column shape, and the positioning portion 46 is a positioning hole 46. The locking structure may be disposed between the door and the bottle mount device 14, or the locking structure may be disposed on the connecting mechanism. Such as between the mounting member 34 and the first link 30, or between the mounting member 34 and the second link 32, or between the connecting member 40 and the first link 30, or between the connecting member 40 and the second link 32. In this embodiment, the locking structure is disposed between the connecting member 40 and the first link 30. Specifically, the coupling member 42 and the elastic member 44 are disposed on the coupling member 40, and the positioning hole 46 is disposed on the first link 30. In addition, the positioning hole 46 may be disposed on the second link 32. Of course, the coupling member 42 and the elastic member 44 may be disposed on the first link 30 or the second link 32, and the positioning hole 46 may be disposed on the coupling member 40, accordingly.

The locking structure further comprises a mounting seat 59 fixedly arranged on the connecting piece 40, the connecting piece 42 is linearly movably arranged on the mounting seat 59, one end of the elastic piece 44 abuts against the mounting seat 59, and the other end of the elastic piece 44 abuts against the connecting piece 42. The mounting seat 59 is clamped to the connecting member 40, and other connecting methods such as riveting, bolting and the like can be adopted between the mounting seat 59 and the connecting member 40. Specifically, the connecting member 40 is provided with a clamping hole 61, and the mounting base 59 is provided with a clamping portion 63 clamped with the clamping hole 61. When the bottle holder assembly is in the free state, the resilient member 44 urges the engaging member 42 into engagement with the positioning hole 46, thereby maintaining the bottle holder 16 in the first state. When the bottle holder 16 is pulled obliquely downward, the coupling member 42 overcomes the elastic force of the elastic member 44 to disengage from the positioning hole 46, thereby pulling the bottle holder 16 to the second state.

The refrigerator further includes a limiting structure for limiting the bottle holder 16 to the second state. Specifically, the limiting structure is disposed on the connecting member 40. The limiting structure includes a first stopper 65 limiting the first link 30 and a second stopper 67 limiting the second link 32. Of course, the limiting structure may not be disposed on the connecting member 40, but may be disposed on the door directly.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments 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 refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body for opening or closing the refrigerator body, and a bottle seat device arranged on the inner side of the door body, wherein the bottle seat device comprises a bottle seat defining a containing cavity and a connecting mechanism for connecting the bottle seat to the door body, the containing cavity is provided with an opening for taking and placing articles, and the refrigerator is characterized in that,

2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottle holder is translatable relative to the door body, and a direction of the opening is always unchanged during a transition process between the first state and the second state.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the connecting mechanism, the bottle holder and the door body together constitute a parallel four-bar linkage.

4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connecting mechanism includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod parallel to the first connecting rod and having the same length, two ends of the first connecting rod are respectively and rotatably connected to the bottle holder and the door, and two ends of the second connecting rod are also respectively and rotatably connected to the bottle holder and the door.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein the connecting mechanism further comprises a mounting member fixedly disposed relative to the bottle holder, and wherein the first and second links are each rotatably coupled to the mounting member.

6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bottle holder device further comprises a tray disposed below the bottle holder for supporting the bottle holder, the tray being fixedly connected to the mounting member.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the door body is provided with a long hole extending in a vertical direction, when the bottle holder is in the first state, the mounting member extends into the long hole, and the first link and the second link are in a vertical state.

8. The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein the mounting member includes a mounting portion, the mounting portion is a U-shaped member extending along a longitudinal direction, the U-shaped member defines a U-shaped receiving cavity, the first and second links are mounted in the U-shaped receiving cavity, and an extending direction of the first and second links is parallel to an extending direction of the mounting portion when the bottle holder is in the first state.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the connecting mechanism further comprises a connecting piece fixedly arranged on the door body, and the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are rotatably connected to the connecting piece.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the door body includes a door liner facing the inside of the cabinet, the door liner is provided with a support member, the support member extends toward the inside of the door body, and the connecting member is detachably provided to the support member.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a locking structure for locking the bottle holder in the first state.

12. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, wherein the locking structure comprises a coupling member, a position fixing portion selectively coupled to or decoupled from the coupling member, and an elastic member urging the coupling member to maintain the coupling with the position fixing portion.

13. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a limiting structure for limiting the bottle holder to the second state.