CN112781309B

CN112781309B - Refrigerator door body, installation method thereof and refrigerator with refrigerator door body

Info

Publication number: CN112781309B
Application number: CN201911089508.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张宗廷; 刘敏; 李高杰; 吕冲
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: 2019-11-08
Filing date: 2019-11-08
Publication date: 2022-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-08
Also published as: CN112781309A

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator door body, an installation method thereof and a refrigerator with the refrigerator door body, wherein the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, the refrigerator door body and a control panel, the refrigerator door body comprises a door body, a decoration strip assembly and a lampshade, the decoration strip assembly and the lampshade are installed on the door body in the height direction, and the lampshade is fixed between the door body and the decoration strip cover plate in the height direction of the door body; the installation method of the refrigerator door body comprises the following steps: mounting the decoration strip assembly at one end of the door body along the height direction of the door body, and mounting the lampshade on the door body along the front-back direction vertical to the door body; according to the invention, the lampshade is designed at the front end of the door body, so that light rays are emitted forwards, and the damage to the adjacent door body decorative strips is reduced; in addition, the lamp shade is finally assembled to the door body, so that the structure of the lamp shade can be fully cleaned before the door body is finally assembled, and the illumination decoration effect of the illumination structure is prevented from being influenced by dust and impurities.

Description

Refrigerator door body, installation method thereof and refrigerator with refrigerator door body

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator door body, an installation method of the refrigerator door body and a refrigerator with the refrigerator door body.

Background

At night or when ambient light is dark, it is difficult for a user to find the door handle of the refrigerator, and for this reason, some refrigerators have a lighting device so that the user can find the position of the refrigerator door without turning on the light when using the refrigerator at night. In the prior art, due to the limitation of the refrigerator structure, the existing illuminating lamp is generally arranged at the bottom of the refrigeration door body and emits light towards the outer side of the end face, and the appearance of the front end of the door body is not decorated by light, so that the overall appearance of the refrigerator door body is monotonous visually; light can reflect light when the light irradiates the door body decorative strip, so that the visual experience of a user is poor; meanwhile, the door body decorative strip is irradiated by light for a long time, the irradiation resistance requirement on the door body decorative strip can be improved, and the cost of the refrigerator is increased.

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide an improved refrigerator door and a method for installing the same to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator door body with a light source and capable of emitting light forwards, an installation method of the refrigerator door body and a refrigerator with the refrigerator door body.

In order to achieve the purpose of the invention, the invention provides a refrigerator door body which comprises a door body and a decoration strip assembly fixed at least one end of the door body in the height direction of the door body, wherein the door body is provided with a shell, the decoration strip assembly comprises a decoration strip cover plate and a light source arranged on the inner side of the decoration strip cover plate, the door body further comprises a lampshade matched with the light source, and the lampshade is fixed between the shell and the decoration strip cover plate in the height direction of the door body.

Preferably, the door body is further provided with an end cover matched with the shell, one end of the lampshade in the height direction is fixedly connected with the end cover and abuts against the shell, and the other end of the lampshade is matched and fixed with the trim cover plate.

Preferably, the trim cover plate is provided with a cover plate body, the lampshade is provided with a light-emitting part located in front of the trim cover plate, a first limiting part extending inwards from one end, adjacent to the cover plate body, of the light-emitting part, and a second limiting part extending inwards from the other end, far away from the cover plate body, of the light-emitting part, and the cover plate body and the first limiting part, and the second limiting part and the end cover are connected with each other through buckle structures respectively.

Preferably, the buckle structure is a convex part and a mounting groove structure which are mutually matched along the height direction of the door body.

Preferably, the end cover is provided with a fixing part which is arranged opposite to the cover plate body along the height direction of the door body, and the second limiting part of the lampshade and the adjacent position of the shell are fixed on the fixing part and are mutually butted along the height direction of the door body.

Preferably, the housing has a front shell covering the front side of the fixing portion, an extending portion extending inward from one end of the lampshade adjacent to the front shell, the fixing portion is provided with a matching block for abutting against the abutting portion of the extending portion and the adjacent abutting portion, the matching block has a matching surface matched with the second limiting portion, the abutting portion has an abutting surface abutting against the housing, and the distance between the abutting surface and the matching surface is the thickness of the extending portion of the housing.

Preferably, the fixed part includes the orientation the antetheca that the lamp shade set up, with the relative back wall that sets up of lamp shade, connect antetheca and back wall and with the relative connection wall that sets up of apron body, the end cover still include with the lid of fixed part back wall interconnect closes the portion, the lid close the portion with the apron body is located the coplanar and the butt the apron body.

Preferably, the trim assembly further comprises a mounting bracket fixed on the trim cover plate; the light source is fixed in on the mounting bracket to have the circuit board and set up orientation on the circuit board a plurality of light emitting component of apron body, the mounting bracket still is equipped with the reflection configuration who is used for guiding light emitting component's light to the lamp shade.

Preferably, the trim cover further includes a handle portion formed to protrude from the cover body toward the light source side.

Preferably, the light source is a surface light source facing the lamp housing, and the handle part has a plurality of claws spaced along the length direction thereof for fixing the surface light source.

The invention also provides an installation method of the refrigerator door body, which comprises the following steps: the decoration strip assembly is arranged at one end of the door body along the height direction of the door body, and the lampshade is arranged on the door body along the front-back direction vertical to the door body, so that one end of the lampshade in the height direction of the door body is fixed on the decoration strip cover plate, the other end of the lampshade is fixed on the door body, and the lampshade and the shell are aligned along the height direction of the door body.

In order to achieve the purpose of the invention, the invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises a refrigerator body, a refrigerator door body and a control board, wherein the light source is electrically connected with the control board.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the invention, the lampshade is fixed between the shell and the trim cover plate in the height direction of the door body, so that light rays are emitted forwards, and can not be directly radiated to the trim of the adjacent door body, thereby reducing the damage to the trim of the adjacent door body; in addition, the lampshade is finally assembled to the door body, so that the lampshade structure can be fully cleaned before the door body is finally assembled, the cleanliness of the lighting structure is ensured, and the lighting decoration effect of the light source is prevented from being influenced by dust and impurities.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator door according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a part of components of a first embodiment of the refrigerator door body in the invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of portion B of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of portion C of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of each part of a first embodiment of the refrigerator door body in the invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of portion D of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of portion E of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of portion F of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator door end cover according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of portion G of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a mounting bracket of a first embodiment of the refrigerator door body in the invention;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of portion H of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of a portion of components of a second embodiment of the refrigerator door according to the present invention;

fig. 16 is an enlarged schematic view of a' portion in fig. 15.

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 to 14, a first preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to a refrigerator door 1, wherein the refrigerator door 1 is suitable for a refrigerator, and the refrigerator further includes a refrigerator body 2, a refrigerator door 1 and a control panel (not shown).

The refrigerator door body 1 comprises a door body 10, a decoration strip assembly 20 fixed at least one end of the door body 10 and a lampshade 30 fixed between the door body 10 and the decoration strip assembly 20 in the height direction. In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the molding assembly 20 is fixed to one end of the door body 10, and for convenience of description, the molding assembly 20 is disposed at the top of the door body 10, but may be disposed at the bottom of the door body 10. The design that lamp shade 30 exposes at refrigerator door 1 front side has effectively avoided the user vision that lamp shade 30 design produced when on the terminal surface at door body bottom or top to experience poor, adjacent door body trim reflection light, radiate adjacent door body trim and cause the damage scheduling problem to adjacent door body trim, promotes user vision and experiences to make the refrigerator door possess the dual function of holding concurrently illumination and decoration.

Specifically, the door body 10 has a housing 110 and an end cap 120 connected to at least one end of the housing 110, and the molding assembly 20 is fixed to the end cap 120.

Referring to fig. 3, the molding assembly 20 includes a molding cover 210, a light source 220 located inside the molding cover 210, and a mounting bracket 230 to fix the light source 220.

The molding cover 210 includes a cover body 211 and a handle 212 formed to protrude from the cover body 211 toward the light source 220. The cover plate body 211 is fixed to the end cap 120 by a snap structure and/or a bolt structure. This embodiment assembles into a modular structure with light source 220, mounting bracket 230 and trim apron 210, assembles this structure to end cover 120 on, then installs the lamp shade again, can simplify the installation of the refrigerator door body step, improves manufacturing efficiency, makes things convenient for the change of a body part simultaneously, avoids the structure proud surplus of handle portion for door body trim subassembly has increased the effect of decorative lighting when keeping the handle function.

Of course, the handle portion 212 may not be disposed on the trim cover 210, and a certain position guiding function may also be provided for a consumer through the arrangement of the light source 220 and the lamp shade 30, so that the refrigerator door and the refrigerator of the present invention are more beautiful.

Referring to fig. 4 and 6, a retaining portion 2115 for limiting the mounting bracket 230 protrudes inward from a side of the handle portion 212 away from the cover body 211, a protruding portion 2121 protrudes from an end of the mounting bracket 230 adjacent to the cover body 211 toward the lamp cover 30, and a notch 2114 matched with the protruding portion 2121 is formed on the cover body 211. Mounting bracket 230 is secured to trim cover 210 by way of retaining portion 2115, protrusion 2121, and notch 2114.

Referring to fig. 7, one end of the lamp housing 30 in the height direction is fixedly connected to the end cap 120 and abuts against the housing 110, and the other end is fixedly engaged with the trim cover 210.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 and 5, the lampshade 30 has a light-emitting portion 301 located in front of the trim cover plate 210, a first limiting portion 302 extending inward from one end of the light-emitting portion 301 adjacent to the cover plate body 211, and a second limiting portion 303 extending inward from the other end of the light-emitting portion 301 away from the cover plate body 211, and the cover plate body 211 and the first limiting portion 302, and the second limiting portion 303 and the end cover 120 are connected to each other by a snap structure.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6 and 8, the trim cover 210 further includes a limiting structure 2112 extending from the front position of the cover body 211 toward the light exit portion 301 of the lampshade 30, and a protrusion 2111 adjacent to the limiting structure 2112. The retaining structure 2112 has a notch 2114 formed in the inwardly projecting vertical wall for engaging the protrusion 2121, and the protrusion 2121 of the mounting bracket 230 engages the notch 2114 to fixedly connect the cover body 211 and the mounting bracket 230. The first limiting part 302 is provided with an installation groove 3021 structure matched with the convex part 2111. The convex portion 2111 and the mounting groove 3021 form the fastening structure for fixedly connecting the cover plate body 211 and the first limiting portion 302. The first limiting portion 302 extends into the limiting cavity between the limiting structure 2112 and the cover plate body 211 at the same time, so as to limit the relative movement of the lampshade 30 and the molding strip assembly 20 in the height direction.

The end cover 120 is located at one end of the outer shell 110, the end cover 120 is provided with a fixing portion 121 and a covering portion 122, the fixing portion 121 and the covering portion 122 are opposite to the cover plate body 211 along the height direction of the door body 1, the fixing portion 121 is connected with the fixing portion 121, the second limiting portion 303 of the lampshade 30 is fixed on the fixing portion 121, and the positions adjacent to the outer shell 110 are in butt joint with each other along the height direction of the door body 1.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, 10 and 12, the housing 110 has a front case 111 covering a front side of the fixing portion 121, and an extension portion 112 extending inward from an end of the front case 111 adjacent to the lamp housing 30. The fixing portion 121 is provided with an abutting portion 1211 for abutting against the extending portion 112 and a fitting block 1213 provided adjacent to the abutting portion 1211. The engagement block 1213 has an engagement surface 1214 that engages with the second position-limiting portion 303. The abutting portion 1211 has an abutting surface 1212 abutting against the housing 110, and a distance between the abutting surface 1212 and the mating surface 1214 is a thickness of the extending portion 112 of the housing 110, so as to ensure that a seamless abutting joint can be achieved at a position where the housing 110 and the lamp housing 30 are adjacent. The design of the second limiting part 303 on the lampshade 30 and the matching block 1213 on the fixing part 121 enables the lampshade 30 to be finally assembled to the door body 1 along the front-back direction, so that the lampshade structure can be fully cleaned before the door body is finally assembled, the cleanliness of the lighting structure is ensured, and the lighting decoration effect of the lighting structure is prevented from being influenced by dust and impurities.

Referring to fig. 11, the fixing portion 121 includes a front wall 123 disposed toward the lamp housing 30, a rear wall 124 disposed opposite to the lamp housing 30, and a connection wall 125 connecting the front wall 123 and the rear wall 124 and disposed opposite to the cover body 211. The fixing portion 121 and the covering portion 122 are connected through the rear wall 124, and the covering portion 122 and the cover body 211 are located on the same plane and abut against the cover body 211. The design of the fixing portion 121 and the covering portion 122 makes the molding assembly 20 compact and can be easily fixed on the end cap 120.

In this embodiment, the mounting bracket 230 is further provided with a screw fixing portion 233 for connecting the trim cover 210, and the trim cover 210 protrudes toward the mounting bracket 230 with a screw mounting portion 213 matching with the screw fixing portion 233, so as to ensure that the mounting bracket 230 and the trim cover 210 are firmly fixed without deviation.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the mounting bracket 230 includes a mounting portion 231 for mounting and fixing the light source 220 and a reflecting structure 232 for guiding the light of the light source 220 to the lamp housing 30. Specifically, the protruding part 2121 is disposed on the reflective structure 232. The design of the mounting bracket 230 enables the light guided out from the light source 220 to be firstly projected onto the reflection structure 232, and then guided out from the light-out part 301 of the lampshade 30 after being reflected and refracted by the reflection structure 232, so that the light projected out from the lampshade 30 is softer, the problem that the light of the light source 220 is directly guided out from the lampshade 30 to expose the light-emitting element is solved, and good visual experience is provided for users.

Preferably, the mounting portion 231 is disposed opposite to the cover body 211 and is embedded in the fixing portion 121.

Referring to fig. 9, the light source 220 includes a circuit board 221 and a plurality of light emitting elements 222 disposed on the circuit board 221 and facing the cover body 211, and the light source 220 is electrically connected to the control board. The mounting portion 231 has a light shielding plate 2311 limited on one side of the circuit board 221 away from the light emitting element 222 and a limiting strip 2312 limited on one side of the light emitting element 222, and the limiting strip 2312 and the light emitting element 222 are arranged in a staggered manner to ensure that light emitted by the light emitting element 222 can be guided out through the reflection structure 232 and cannot be shielded by the limiting strip 2312.

Further, as shown in fig. 9 and 14, a plurality of buckles 2313 for limiting the circuit board 221 are vertically arranged on one side of the light shielding plate 2311 close to the lamp shade 30, and a plurality of grooves 2211 matched with the buckles 2313 are formed in the side wall of the circuit board 221.

Preferably, the reflection structure 232 is disposed adjacent to the handle portion 212 and located inside the handle portion 212, specifically, extends from the mounting portion 231 toward the cover body 211 and the lampshade 30 in an inclined or curved manner, in this embodiment, the reflection structure 232 extends toward the light-emitting portion 301 of the lampshade 30 at a side of the limiting structure 2112 toward the housing 110, so that light emitted by the light-emitting element 222 can be substantially reflected and refracted by the reflection structure 232 to the light-emitting portion 301 and guided out without being irradiated onto the limiting structure 2112.

Further, the light source 220 and the lampshade 30 are arranged in a staggered mode in the height direction of the door body 1, and the reflecting structure 232 and the lampshade 30 are arranged oppositely in the horizontal direction, so that light rays of the light source 220 are enabled to enter the reflecting structure 232 basically and are projected out through reflection and refraction, the light rays cannot directly irradiate the lampshade 30, and the uniformity of the light rays guided out is guaranteed.

The invention also provides an installation method of the refrigerator door body, which comprises the following steps: the trim assembly 20 is mounted at one end of the door body 10 along the height direction of the door body 1, and then the lamp shade 30 is mounted on the door body 10 along the front-rear direction perpendicular to the door body 1, so that one end of the lamp shade 30 in the height direction of the door body 1 is fixed on the trim cover plate 210, and the other end is fixed on the door body 10 and is aligned with the housing 110 along the height direction of the door body 1. The "alignment" here mainly means that the lampshade 30 is exposed at the front side of the refrigerator door 1 like the outer shell 110, and only needs to be partially aligned with the outer shell 110, and the shape of the lampshade 30 may be the same as that of the outer shell 110, that is, the outer surface is located on the same plane as that of the outer shell 110, and may also be configured into a certain shape, such as an arc shape or other curved line or zigzag shape, to improve the visual perception.

Fig. 15 to fig. 16 show a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, in this embodiment, since the structures of the door body 10 and the lampshade 30 in the refrigerator door 1 and the connection relationship between the door body and the molding assembly 20 are the same as those in the first embodiment, in order to avoid redundancy, the present embodiment only deals with the structure of the molding assembly 20 different from the first embodiment.

Referring to fig. 15 and 16, in the present embodiment, the molding assembly 20 includes a molding cover 210 and a light source 220 located inside the molding cover 210. The molding cover 210 includes a cover body 211 and a handle 212 formed to protrude from the cover body 211 toward the light source 220. This embodiment assembles area source 221, handle portion 212 and apron body 211 into a modular structure, assembles this modular structure on end cover 120, simplifies the installation of the refrigerator door body, improves manufacturing efficiency, makes things convenient for the change of a body part simultaneously, avoids the structure excrescence of handle portion for door body trim subassembly has increased the effect of decorating the illumination when keeping the handle function.

Specifically, the light source 220 is a surface light source 221 facing the lamp housing 30, and the grip portion 212 has a plurality of claws 2122 spaced apart along a length direction thereof to fix the surface light source 221. The light source 220 is designed into the surface light source 221, and light emitted by the surface light source 221 is projected out through the light-transmitting lampshade 30 at the front end of the refrigerator door body 1, so that the problem that the light source with a circuit board exposes a light-emitting element is solved, and the problem that the light source directly irradiates reflected light generated by adjacent door body decorative strips is avoided.

In this embodiment, the claws 2122 are pairs of fixing structures symmetrically arranged along the width direction of the surface light source 221, and the claws 2122 are symmetrically arranged along the width direction of the surface light source 221, so that the surface light source 221 can be effectively prevented from moving relative to the handle portion 212.

In summary, in the invention, the lampshade 30 is fixed between the shell 110 and the trim cover plate 210 in the height direction of the door body 1, so that light rays are emitted forwards, and cannot be directly radiated to adjacent door body trim strips, thereby reducing the damage to the adjacent door body trim strips; in addition, the lampshade 30 is finally assembled to the door body 1, so that the lampshade structure can be fully cleaned before final assembly, the cleanliness of the lighting structure is ensured, and the lighting decoration effect of the lighting structure is prevented from being influenced by dust and impurities.

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 door body comprises a door body and a decoration strip assembly fixed at least one end of the door body in the height direction of the door body, wherein the door body is provided with a shell; the door body is also provided with an end cover matched with the shell, one end of the lampshade in the height direction is fixedly connected with the end cover and is abutted against the shell, and the other end of the lampshade is matched and fixed with the trim cover plate; the decorative strip cover plate is provided with a cover plate body, the lampshade is provided with a light emitting part positioned in front of the decorative strip cover plate, a first limiting part extending inwards from one end, adjacent to the cover plate body, of the light emitting part, and a second limiting part extending inwards from the other end, far away from the cover plate body, of the light emitting part, and the cover plate body and the first limiting part, and the second limiting part and the end cover are connected with each other through buckling structures respectively; the decoration strip assembly also comprises a mounting rack fixed on the decoration strip cover plate; the light source is fixed in on the mounting bracket to have the circuit board and set up orientation on the circuit board a plurality of light emitting component of apron body, the mounting bracket still is equipped with the reflection configuration who is used for leading light emitting component's light to the lamp shade.

2. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein: the buckle structure is a convex part and a mounting groove structure which are mutually matched along the height direction of the door body.

3. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein the end cap is provided with a fixing portion opposite to the cover plate body in the height direction of the door, and the second limiting portion of the lampshade and the housing are fixed at positions adjacent to each other on the fixing portion and are butted with each other in the height direction of the door.

4. The refrigerator door according to claim 3, wherein: the shell has cover in the preceding shell of fixed part front side, certainly preceding shell is adjacent the extension of the one end inside extension of lamp shade, the fixed part is equipped with and is used for the butt the cooperation piece that butt portion and the adjacent butt portion of extension set up, cooperation piece have with spacing matched with fitting surface of portion of second, butt portion has the butt face that offsets with the shell, the distance between butt face and the fitting surface does the thickness of the extension of shell.

5. The refrigerator door according to claim 3, wherein the fixing portion includes a front wall disposed toward the lamp cover, a rear wall disposed opposite to the lamp cover, and a connecting wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall and disposed opposite to the cover plate body, and the end cover further includes a covering portion interconnected with the rear wall of the fixing portion, the covering portion being in the same plane as the cover plate body and abutting against the cover plate body.

6. The refrigerator door according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the molding cover further comprises a handle portion formed to protrude from the cover body toward the light source side.

7. The refrigerator door of claim 6, wherein the light source is a surface light source facing the lamp cover, and the handle portion has a plurality of claws spaced apart along a length direction thereof to fix the surface light source.

8. A method for mounting a door body of a refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the molding assembly is mounted to one end of the door body in a height direction of the door body, and the lamp housing is mounted to the door body in a front-rear direction perpendicular to the door body such that one end of the lamp housing in the height direction of the door body is fixed to the molding cover plate and the other end is fixed to the door body and aligned with the outer case in the height direction of the door body.

9. A refrigerator, characterized in that, the refrigerator includes the refrigerator body, according to any one of claims 1-7 the refrigerator door body and the control panel, the light source is electrically connected to the control panel.