CN114383361A

CN114383361A - A kind of refrigerator

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Publication number: CN114383361A
Application number: CN202011111756.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 严苍元
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-16
Filing date: 2020-10-16
Publication date: 2022-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-10-16
Also published as: CN114383361B

Abstract

The application discloses a refrigerator relates to the technical field of refrigeration. Not only can prevent that left casing and right casing from being close to one side of a body and keeping away from each other when the installation centre sill cover board, improve assembly efficiency, can also effectively prevent the clearance between two door bodies and leak cold, improve the thermal insulation performance of refrigerator. The refrigerator of the embodiment of the application, including the centre sill, the centre sill sets up the opening part at the storeroom along vertical direction, this centre sill includes first left casing, first right casing and centre sill cover, wherein the mutual lock of first left casing and first right casing forms the adiabatic chamber of front side opening, the opening part in adiabatic chamber is located to centre sill cover, the heat insulating intracavity is filled with the heat-insulating material, first left casing and first right casing pass through first connection structure and connect, first connection structure is close to the opening setting in adiabatic chamber, and it has above-mentioned heat-insulating material to fill between first connection structure and the centre sill cover. The method and the device can be used for improving the performance of the refrigerator.

Description

A kind of refrigerator

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of refrigeration, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, the requirements on the volume of the refrigerator and the diversity of products are higher and higher. For a cross door refrigerator, in order to prevent a gap between two door bodies from leaking cold after the door bodies of the refrigerator are closed, a middle beam is generally arranged in a storage chamber, and the two door bodies are contacted with the middle beam after being closed. The middle beam is internally provided with a heat insulation cavity which is filled with heat insulation materials, so that the middle beam can prevent the gap between the two door bodies from leaking cold, and the heat insulation performance of the refrigerator is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a conventional center sill 01 generally includes a left housing 011, a right housing 012, a center sill cover (not shown) and a heat insulating material 014, wherein the left housing 011 and the right housing 012 are engaged with each other in the left-right direction to form a heat insulating chamber 013, the heat insulating chamber 013 is opened toward a door body, the heat insulating chamber 013 is filled with the heat insulating material 014, and the center sill cover is engaged with a mouth portion of the heat insulating chamber 013. In order to prevent the side of the left shell 011 and the side of the right shell 012 close to the door from being away from each other when the center sill cover plate is installed, the side of the left shell 011 and the side of the right shell 012 close to the door in the prior art are clamped by a plurality of clamping structures 015 arranged at intervals along the vertical direction. The structure has the disadvantages that the clamping structure 015 occupies a part of space of the heat insulation cavity 013 close to one side of the door body, so that the heat insulation material 014 cannot be arranged in the part of space, the position close to the door body is also a key position of cold and hot junction, and the heat insulation effect of the heat insulation material is far greater than that of a heat insulation layer far away from the door body, so that the effect of preventing cold leakage of a gap between the two door bodies is not obvious.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, not only can prevent that left casing and right casing from being close to one side of a body and keeping away from each other when the roof beam apron in the installation, improves assembly efficiency, can also effectively prevent that the clearance between two door bodies from leaking cold, improves the thermal insulation performance of refrigerator.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator including: a case in which a storage chamber is formed; a center sill provided at an opening of the storage compartment in a vertical direction to divide the opening of the storage compartment into a left opening and a right opening; the left door body and the right door body are respectively hinged with the box body, the left door body is used for opening or closing the left opening, and the right door body is used for opening or closing the right opening; the middle beam comprises a first left shell, a first right shell and a middle beam cover plate, the first left shell and the first right shell are buckled with each other to form a heat insulation cavity with a front opening, the middle beam cover plate is arranged at an opening of the heat insulation cavity in a covering mode, heat insulation materials are filled in the heat insulation cavity, the first left shell and the first right shell are connected through a first connecting structure, the first connecting structure is arranged close to the opening of the heat insulation cavity, and the heat insulation materials are filled between the first connecting structure and the middle beam cover plate.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, including the centre sill, the centre sill sets up the opening part at the storeroom along vertical direction, this centre sill includes first left casing, first right casing and centre sill apron, wherein the mutual lock of first left casing and first right casing forms the adiabatic chamber of front side opening, the opening part in adiabatic chamber is located to centre sill apron lid, the heat insulating intracavity is filled with the heat-insulating material, first left casing and first right casing pass through first connection structure and connect, first connection structure is close to the opening setting in adiabatic chamber, and it has above-mentioned heat-insulating material to fill between first connection structure and the centre sill apron. This application embodiment removes original first connection structure to the direction of keeping away from the door body, lets out all positions of adiabatic chamber opening part and is used for filling the heat preservation, and this position also is the key position of cold and hot intersection, and this position is whole to be used for filling the clearance that prevents between two door bodies that the heat preservation can be better and leaks coldly. From this, this application not only can prevent that first left casing and first right casing from being close to one side of a body and keeping away from each other when the installation centre sill cover board, can also prevent effectively that the clearance between two door bodies from leaking cold, improves the thermal insulation performance of refrigerator.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art beam;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at I;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the refrigerator of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a side view of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a side view of a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of an integrated center sill and vertical partition in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a front view of an integrated center sill and vertical partition in a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a side view of an integrated center sill and vertical partition of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view B-B of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view D-D of FIG. 9;

fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view E-E of fig. 9.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, 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 application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Referring to fig. 4, 5 and 6, an embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator having an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape. The appearance of the refrigerator is defined by a storage chamber 1 defining a storage space and a plurality of door bodies 2 arranged in the storage chamber 1, wherein each door body 2 comprises a door body outer shell 21 positioned at the outer side of the storage chamber 1, a door body inner container 22 positioned at the inner side of the lower storage chamber 1, an upper end cover 23, a lower end cover 24 and heat insulation materials positioned among the door body outer shell 21, the door body inner container 22, the upper end cover 23 and the lower end cover 24; generally, the thermal insulation material is filled with a foam material.

The storage chamber 1 is a box having an opening, and the storage chamber 1 is vertically partitioned into a lower freezing chamber 1B and an upper refrigerating chamber 1A. Each of the partitioned spaces may have an independent storage space. In detail, the freezing chamber 1B is limited at the lower side of the storage chamber 1, the opening of the freezing chamber 1B is provided with a center sill 3 along the vertical direction, the center sill 3 divides the opening of the freezing chamber 1B into a left opening and a right opening, the opening of the freezing chamber 1B is respectively hinged with a left door body 21B and a right door body 22B, the left door body 21B is used for opening or closing the left opening, and the right door body 22B is used for opening or closing the right opening. The space defined above the freezing chamber 1B is partitioned into left and right sides to define the refrigerating chamber 1A, respectively. The refrigerating compartment 1A can be selectively opened or closed by left and right refrigerating compartment door bodies 21A and 22A pivotably mounted on the refrigerating compartment 1A.

Referring to fig. 8 and 10, the center sill 3 includes a first left housing 31, a first right housing 32, and a center sill cover (not shown), wherein the first left housing 31 and the first right housing 32 are fastened to each other to form a front-side open heat insulation cavity 34, the center sill cover is disposed at an opening of the heat insulation cavity 34, the heat insulation cavity 34 is filled with a heat insulation material 35, the first left housing 31 and the first right housing 32 are connected by a first connecting structure 33, the first connecting structure 33 is disposed near the opening of the heat insulation cavity 34, and the heat insulation material 35 is filled between the first connecting structure 33 and the center sill cover. According to the embodiment of the application, the original first connecting structure 33 is moved towards the direction far away from the door bodies, all positions at the opening of the heat insulation cavity 34 are made available for filling the heat insulation material 35, the positions are also critical positions of cold and heat intersection, and the positions are all used for filling gaps between the two door bodies, which can be better for filling the heat insulation material 35, and the gaps leak cold. From this, this application not only can prevent that one side that first left casing 31 and first right casing 32 are close to the door body from keeping away from each other when the installation centre sill cover board, can also prevent effectively that the clearance between two door bodies from leaking cold, improves the thermal insulation performance of refrigerator. The center sill 3 may be provided in the freezer compartment 1B or the refrigerator compartment 1A. The heat insulation material 35 can be heat insulation cotton or an EPS heat insulation board, the price of the heat insulation cotton is lower, and the heat insulation performance of the EPS heat insulation board is better.

Referring to fig. 5 and 7, in some embodiments, the refrigerator further includes a vertical barrier 4, the vertical barrier 4 corresponding to a position of the center sill 3 for partitioning the freezing chamber 1B into left and right compartments. When a user opens one of the compartments to take and put food, the other compartment is sealed, so that cold energy in only one compartment can be lost, and the other compartment can continuously keep constant temperature, thereby being beneficial to the storage of the food.

Referring to fig. 6, in other embodiments, the refrigerator includes only the center sill 3, and the freezing chamber 1B is an integral compartment, whereby the storage space of the freezing chamber 1B is larger.

Since the length of the center sill 3 is longer, generally about 1.5 meters, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 7 to 9, the first connecting structures 33 are in multiple groups, and the multiple groups of first connecting structures 33 are arranged along the length direction of the center sill 3, it should be noted that the length direction of the center sill 3 is the direction C in fig. 8.

There are various possible structures of the first connection structure 33, and referring to fig. 10, in some embodiments, the first connection structure 33 includes a first bolt 331 and a first nut 332, the first bolt 331 horizontally passes through the first left and

right housings

31 and 32 and is fastened by the first nut 332, and the heat insulating material 35 is filled between the first bolt 331 and the middle sill cover. This embodiment is more reliable in connection.

In other embodiments, the first connecting structure 33 may also be a clamping structure, the clamping structure includes a clamping jaw disposed on the first left housing 31 and a clamping groove disposed on the first right housing 32, the clamping jaw and the clamping groove are adapted to each other, and after the first left housing 31 and the first right housing 32 are fastened, the clamping jaw is clamped into the clamping groove. This embodiment is more convenient to disassemble and assemble.

With reference to fig. 10, in some embodiments, the first left shell 31 is provided with a first through hole 311, the first right shell 32 is provided with a second through hole 322, the first through hole 311 and the second through hole 322 are coaxially disposed, the first bolt 331 passes through the first through hole 311 and the second through hole 322 and is fastened by the first nut 332, the first left shell 31 is provided with a first countersunk hole 312 for accommodating a bolt head of the first bolt 331, and the first right shell 32 is provided with a second countersunk hole 322 for accommodating the first nut 332, so that the bolt head of the first bolt 331 and the first nut 332 can be hidden, and the center sill 3 is more beautiful.

To facilitate the fastening of the first left shell 31 and the first right shell 32, with reference to fig. 10, in some embodiments, the first left shell 31 protrudes to a direction close to the first right shell 32 to form a first protrusion 313, and the first through hole 311 is disposed on the first protrusion 313; the first right housing 32 protrudes towards the direction close to the first left housing 31 to form a second protrusion 323, the second through hole 322 is disposed on the second protrusion 323, the first protrusion 313 and the second protrusion 323 are both cylinders, and a positioning structure is disposed between the first protrusion 313 and the second protrusion 323, the positioning structure is used for enabling the axes of the first through hole 311 and the second through hole 322 to be located on the same horizontal line, so as to facilitate the buckling of the first left housing 31 and the first right housing 32.

With continued reference to fig. 10, in some embodiments, the positioning structure includes a positioning ring 314 and a positioning protrusion 324, the positioning ring 314 is disposed on a wall surface of the first protrusion 313 facing the second protrusion 323, and the positioning ring 314 is disposed coaxially with the first through hole 311; the positioning protrusion 324 is engaged with the positioning ring 314, and the positioning protrusion 324 is disposed on the second protrusion 323 and is disposed coaxially with the second protrusion 323.

When the embodiment further including the vertical partition is adopted, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 9 and 11, the vertical partition 4 includes a second left housing 41 and a second right housing 42 that are fastened to each other, the first left housing 31 is integrally formed with the second left housing 41, the first right housing 32 is integrally formed with the second right housing 42, and the second left housing 41 and the second right housing 42 are connected by the second connecting structure 43. Thereby, the number of parts is less, the assembly is more convenient, and the connection of the second left case 41 and the second right case 42 is more reliable.

There are various possible configurations of the second coupling structure 43, and referring to fig. 11, in some embodiments, the second coupling structure 43 includes a second bolt 431 and a second nut 432, and the second bolt 431 passes through the second left case 41 and the second right case 42 in a horizontal direction and is fastened by the second nut 431. This embodiment is more reliable in connection. In other embodiments, the second connecting structure 43 may also be a snap structure. This embodiment is more convenient to disassemble and assemble.

In some embodiments, a positioning structure is also provided between the second left housing 41 and the second right housing 42, and the positioning structure is the same as the positioning structure between the first left housing 31 and the first right housing 32.

In order to connect the second left shell 41 and the second right shell 42 more reliably, referring to fig. 12, the second left shell 41 is provided with an opening, the edge of the opening extends towards the second right shell 42 to form a flange 422, a ring groove 412 is formed at the position of the second right shell 42 corresponding to the flange 422, and at least a portion of the flange 422 is inserted into the ring groove 412 in a matching manner. Thus, since the opening is provided, the weight of the vertical partition plate 4 can be reduced, and since at least a portion of the burring 422 is fitted into the insertion ring groove 412, the connection of the second left case 41 and the second right case 42 can be made more reliable.

In some embodiments, an annular protrusion 423 is disposed on a surface of the flange 422 close to the second right housing 42, a position of the second left housing 41 corresponding to the opening protrudes in a direction close to the second right housing 42, an annular groove 412 matching with the annular protrusion 423 is disposed on an outer edge of the protrusion, and after the second left housing 41 and the second right housing 42 are fastened, the annular protrusion 423 is inserted into the annular groove 412.

In other embodiments, the outer edge of the protrusion is provided with an annular groove matching with the flange 422, and after the second left shell 41 and the second right shell 42 are fastened, the flange 422 is directly inserted into the annular groove.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

a case in which a storage chamber is formed;

a center sill provided at an opening of the storage compartment in a vertical direction to divide the opening of the storage compartment into a left opening and a right opening;

the left door body and the right door body are respectively hinged with the box body, the left door body is used for opening or closing the left opening, and the right door body is used for opening or closing the right opening; the middle beam is characterized by comprising a first left shell, a first right shell and a middle beam cover plate, wherein the first left shell and the first right shell are buckled with each other to form a heat insulation cavity with a front opening, the middle beam cover plate is arranged at an opening of the heat insulation cavity in a covering mode, heat insulation materials are filled in the heat insulation cavity, the first left shell and the first right shell are connected through a first connecting structure, the first connecting structure is arranged close to the opening of the heat insulation cavity, and the heat insulation materials are filled between the first connecting structure and the middle beam cover plate.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the first connecting structures are a plurality of groups, and the plurality of groups of the first connecting structures are arranged along a length direction of the center sill.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first connection structure includes a first bolt and a first nut, the first bolt passes through the first left and right cases in a horizontal direction and is fastened by the first nut, and the heat insulating material is filled between the first bolt and the center sill cover.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3,

the bolt head fixing structure comprises a first left shell, a first right shell and a first bolt, wherein the first left shell is provided with a first through hole, the first right shell is provided with a second through hole, the first through hole and the second through hole are coaxially arranged, the first bolt penetrates through the first through hole and the second through hole and is fastened through a first nut, the first left shell is provided with a first counter sink hole used for containing a bolt head of the bolt, and the first right shell is provided with a second counter sink hole used for containing the first nut.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the first left case is formed to be protruded in a direction approaching the first right case to form a first protrusion, and the first through hole is provided on the first protrusion; the first right shell protrudes towards the direction close to the first left shell to form a second protrusion, and the second through hole is formed in the second protrusion; the first bulge and the second bulge are both cylinders, a positioning structure is arranged between the first bulge and the second bulge, and the positioning structure is used for enabling the axes of the first through hole and the second through hole to be located on the same horizontal line.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein the positioning structure comprises:

the positioning ring is arranged on the wall surface of the first protrusion facing the second protrusion, and is coaxially arranged with the first through hole;

and the positioning bulge is matched with the positioning bulge, arranged on the second bulge and coaxially arranged with the second bulge.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising a vertical partition corresponding to the center sill in position for dividing the storage compartment into left and right compartments.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the vertical partition comprises a second left housing and a second right housing that are fastened to each other, the first left housing is integrally formed with the second left housing, the first right housing is integrally formed with the second right housing, and the second left housing and the second right housing are connected by a second connecting structure.

9. The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein the second connecting structure includes a second bolt and a second nut, the second bolt passing through the second left and right casings in a horizontal direction and being fastened by the second nut.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 9,

be equipped with the opening on the second left side casing, open-ended border orientation the second right side casing extends and forms the turn-ups, the second right side casing with the position that the turn-ups corresponds is formed with the annular, turn-ups at least some cooperation is inserted in the annular.