CN1145771C

CN1145771C - Mounting arrangement for door handle

Info

Publication number: CN1145771C
Application number: CNB988112949A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M・马利斯; M·马利斯
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 1997-11-19
Filing date: 1998-05-20
Publication date: 2004-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 2018-05-20
Also published as: CN1279758A; TR200001420T2; ES2205514T3; EP1032795A1; CN1322932A; EP1103771B1; WO1999026031A1; EP1103771A2; BR9814665A; DE19751310A1; EP1103771A3; EP1032795B1; DE59809230D1; ES2460726T3; TR200100910T2; CN1147693C

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for mounting a door handle (45) on a heat insulating door (10) of a refrigerator or a freezer. There is an outer covering on said door. The door handle (45) is fixed on the outer covering of the door at at least two fixing points by means of fixing elements. At least one of the fixing points (II), the fixing element (20) is introduced into an area (14) cut out of the outer covering (13) of the door in such a way that it is foam-tight, and is maintained on the outer covering (13) of the door with a positive fit, perpendicular thereto.

Description

Mounting arrangement for door handle

The present invention relates to a kind of fastening devices of the door handle on the insulated door of cooling or freezing equipment, described equipment has a door shell, is fixed on by means of tightening member on this door shell at two fixed point handles at least.

Door with regard to cooling or freezing equipment, well-known is that door handle is fixed on the body by means of the rearmounted part (Hinterlegteil) that is placed on heat insulation side, and a fastening door handle uses is threaded the necessary support of load for acting on the door is provided because usually be not suitable for owing to thickness is little giving by the panel as door shell of the less steel plate institute moulding of thickness.Though solved the fastening problem of door handle on the door body owing to used rearmounted part with feeling quite pleased at least, but the problem of using rearmounted part to bring is: all not only be positioned on its correct position till the bubbling process of these rearmounted parts in the door body, and door shell must keep sealing to counting the in one's duty heat-barrier material of liquid initial set.No matter be rearmounted part for the sealing of door shell or it is fixed on the door shell, all produced additional, hinder worker's consumption of the production procedure of door, can this worker's consumption depend on the replacing that carry out the door holder retaining, all with double scale worker's consumption taking place, and has therefore improved the processing and manufacturing cost of door by way of parenthesis for each door.

Task of the present invention is to improve the fastening devices of the door handle of the above-mentioned type with simple structural measure, to avoid present shortcoming.

By the solution of this task of the present invention is to make tightening member at least in a containing seat that places door shell on the restraint location and have some medium spares, just can make tightening member be fixed on the door shell and guarantees liquid seal with these parts.

By structure according to tightening member of the present invention, this tightening member should be fixed on to liquid seal on the door shell that for example constitutes by the thin-walled steel plate in the single course of work, and will correctly remain on this door shell with regard to the position at the fixture that need not add during the bubbling process.Therefore not only significantly reduce worker's consumption of making the cooling device door by a kind of like this measure, and obviously quickened this process.In addition, tightening member correct position ground and liquid seal when being fixed on the door shell, the association influence of at least farthest having avoided processing and manufacturing personnel individual's the conscientious degree of work to be produced.

If according to another preferred form of implementation regulation of the present invention; make tightening member be fixed on the heat insulation side of door shell; and has a seal lip; the sealing lip when tightening member is in tightening state hermetically around the containing seat that surrounds in the door shell; load onto just dressed to eh nines not of tightening member so, and in process, be protected and avoid damaging unintentionally.In addition, securing member also especially easily whole plane ground cover by door handle.

If according to a kind of preferred implementing form regulation of the present invention, the medium spare that tightening member is fixed on the door shell is made of at least two stop protrusion, these stop protrusion can with the edge acting in conjunction of containing seat, just can especially simply guarantee correct position when being fixed on the door shell so to tightening member and to liquid seal.

By another kind of preferred implementing form regulation of the present invention, the stop protrusion of tightening member or the mode of bayonet coupling can be meshed with the edge of containing seat.

Adopt a kind of like this security measure that is used for tightening member, this tightening member just by unique handle correct position and to liquid seal be fixed on the door shell.

If by another favourable technical scheme regulation of the present invention, with the protuberance of edge designs in its open surface, stretching out of the ingear containing seat of stop protrusion of tightening member, so stop protrusion just can be simple especially and also the edge that meets destination and containing seat mesh.

According to another kind of preferred implementing form of the present invention, regulation makes protuberance be outstanding to thermal insulation place of door step-likely.

This step sigmoid by protuberance just makes tightening member can flatly be fixed to the visible plane of door shell.

According to another kind of preferred implementing form regulation of the present invention, containing seat has at least one keeper, and this keeper makes the tightening member shape guarantee to prevent rotation on its permanent position with connecting.

Therefore guaranteed in simple mode, tightening member is intentionally left from its correct permanent position, location during process, thereby even tightening member has been subjected to unintentionally interference effect and also remain on correct final position, its location and locate during whole process.

If by the favourable technical scheme of another kind of the present invention, the tightening member that regulation has heat-barrier material has the holding tank that can fill, consider that so especially the trip bolt of having packed into is used for fixing door handle, so just make tightening member guarantee antitorque especially commentaries on classics on door shell.

If according to another kind of preferred implementing form of the present invention, regulation makes at least one tightening member have a stop containing seat, a retainer on the door handle connects ground with regard to shape and inserts in this stop containing seat, has so just realized a kind of solidly especially, implements very simple again fixing simultaneously.

If according to last a kind of preferred implementing form of the present invention, the regulation containing seat makes similar criss-cross hole, and blocking element that is designed to retainer and is essentially T shape just can shape be connected in this cruciform vent and realizes locking, so door handle just can be simple especially and also shape be fixed on the tightening member with connecting.

The embodiment that goes out according to a reduced representation in the accompanying drawings in the following description narrates the present invention.

Be illustrated as:

Fig. 1 represent cooling device door overlook section, have the shell door handle and just locate to be fixed on the door shell two permanent positions, the permanent position that wherein is positioned at a center has a tightening member.

Fig. 2 has represented the profile of overlooking that the part of cooling device door amplifies, and this cooling device door has the tightening member that is fixed on the door shell in heat insulation side.

Fig. 3 has represented to be in unlocking with the space lateral view, mutually the door shell under the disassembled state and the amplifier section of tightening member.

Fig. 4 has represented to be in door shell and tightening member under the blocking with the sectional side view part.

Fig. 5 has represented to be in door shell and tightening member under the blocking with the front elevation drawing part.

By Figure 1 shows that a refrigerator doors 10, it has an interior lining panel 11 of being made by the moulding of flakelike powder plastics chipless, isolation layer 12 and one and interior lining panel 11 are coupled to a body and as the outer casing of shell 13, this outer casing connects to the parts of a dimensionally stable with interior lining panel 11 by the humidification of isolation layer 12.On shell 13, fix one and made archwise, below with the door handle that is described in detail, it is fixed in two permanent position I and II place, wherein permanent position I is defined in being on the sidewall of vertical stretching, extension when packing the position into when refrigerator doors 10 is in of shell 13, permanent position II then stipulates roughly the central authorities at the width of door 10, at the place, front of the door that is formed by shell 13.Especially as shown in Figure 3, make shell 13 by steel plate smear metal moulding dispose one for this purpose and be containing seat 14 circular, that be designed to hole shape substantially, and two at least almost mutually subtend arrange, just stretch in the hole surface of this containing seat at the ledge 15 that forms one on the shell, these ledges are step-likely to be given prominence to by crooked towards isolation layer 12 directions.Arranged positioning convex and the stop protrusion that is used as positioner 16 and is positioned at subtend mutually adjacent to outstanding ledge 15, these projectioies stretch in the hole surface of containing seat 14 as ledge 15, but opposite with these ledges plane that makes.Containing seat 14 is used to fasten one and is fixed on tightening member 20 on the door shell 13 in heat insulation side, and makes it to be easy to approaching.This tightening member has first plate-like section part 21, it has comprised circular, a common marginal portion that is used as elastic packing lip 22 that forms, and has and be used for being fastened on tightening member 20 on the door shell and be arranged in a stop protrusion 23 on the circuit orbit of center Z.The cross-sectional design of these stop protrusion is not

isometric limit

24,25 angle steel shape, wherein be fixed on the front of plate-like part 21 than minor face 24, and longer sides 25 positive spaced apart with its medial surface and part 21, thereby having formed a containing seat that is similar to groove 26 that height is h, this containing seat corresponds essentially to the material thickness of ledge 15.Nestling up each stop protrusion 23 has a location containing seat 27, and they are with respect to axis of symmetry symmetric arrangement, and generates by the unlimited vacancy in border on the sector 28 that fuses with stop protrusion.Between these stop protrusion 23, the part 21 that makes dish type have one from its center Z and be symmetrical in it mass axis S2 and S3 arrange make similar cross recessed hole 30, it has not isometric limit, hole 31 and 32, wherein long limit, hole 31 is symmetrical in mass axis S3 and arranges, arranges and be symmetrical in mass axis S2 than short limit, hole 32.Similar cross recessed hole 30 one make similar tubulose, link within the all-in-one-piece Connection Elements 33 and then plate-like part 21 with plate-like section part 21 and continue to extend, the partial-length regulation of and then being occupied by similar cross recessed hole 30 in the inner chamber of Connection Element 33 has one to hold position 34.Connection Element 33 have in its outside that deviates from inner chamber radially from then on stretch, with the wall 35 that uniform 90 ° of angular separation are arranged, constituted holding tank 36 each other by its angular separation.Limit this holding tank 36 and link with Connection Element 33 that all-in-one-piece walls 35 are same to connect to one with free-ended second dish type section part 37 that is arranged on link component 33.This part 37 has a reel shape step 38 in its outside, the positioning convex 39 that a circumference is arranged in the inside of step, make an end face side of under machining state, pressing to section part 37 by this projection 39 by a unshowned capping 39 that makes the band that is similar to film hinge, links up with step 38, and guarantee therefore just to have stoped the heat-barrier material 12 that counts liquid original component to enter in the fastening position 34 to liquid seal.

Be located at the restraint location II of door on 10 fronts in order to form, the tightening member of being made by the plastics spray 20 just is fixed on the medial surface of sensing isolation layer 12 of door shell 13 (especially referring to Fig. 2) with its plate-like section part 21 so.The stop protrusion 23 that is located in the free space that keeps between the ledge 15 in first step assembling is to be used for fastening (referring to Fig. 3, having the direction of arrow that first marks).On arrow 1 direction, press to the inboard of door shell and then on the direction of arrow 2, rotate for the final elastic force that fixedly makes tightening member 22 overcome elastic packing lip 22, make freely, stretch into the end of each ledge 15 of 14 li of containing seats and the storing apparatus that is similar to groove 26 of stop protrusion 23 like this and be in engagement.Securing member 20 engages into the convex keeper 16 that connects ledge on direction of rotation in correct final position, the location on the door shell 13 and serves as a mark in the holding tank 27 of location, and wherein this engaging-in process has also been lived with regard to the locking position that makes tightening member 20 simultaneously.Make the inboard that the elastic packing lip 22 of element 20 is pressed to door shell 13 keep liquid seal by tightening member 22 with the practiced this fastening process of bayonet coupling, thereby make the heat-barrier material 12 in the liquid initial component that counts between interior lining panel 11 and shell 13 not spill via the visible surface of containing seat 14 to door shell 13.Be fixed on 20 of tightening members on the door shell 13 under tightening state with the outside of stop protrusion 23 flatly below shell 13 locking couple together.Here this smooth connection is by realizing to the ledge 15 of isolation layer 12 direction bendings.When in the cavity that forms by interior lining panel 11 and shell 13, carrying out foaming process, by means of positioning convex 39 liquid seals press to section part 37 end faces capping 40 enter 30 li in similar cross recessed hole with regard to having stoped heat-barrier material 12 to surmount through holding position 34, and stop and to fix a similar arc door handle there, this heat-barrier material 12 is owing to enter into holding tank and be used to for 36 li make tightening member 20 can have subsidiary tension on door shell 13 and stablize.As previously mentioned, regulation has two permanent position I and II on the refrigerator doors 10 in order door handle 45 is fixed on, be that screw element in the door shell of packing into that is not shown specifically by constitutes at the permanent position I that stipulates on the sidewall of door 10 wherein, permanent position II then generates by tightening member 20.For the door handle 45 of similar arcuate formations is fixed on the permanent position II that is made of tightening member 20, its front of bending end freely of this handle is provided with the blocking element 46 of a T formation type, and is handle to be fixed on a through hole (see figure 1) that is not shown specifically is arranged on II place, the permanent position handle.For making door handle 45 be fixed on II place, permanent position, make door handle 45 and its blocking element 46 30 the insides, similar criss-cross hole of packing into along the direction of arrow as shown in Figure 1 in first installation step, the degree of depth of packing into is limited on the lateral surface of door shell 13 by the positive backstop at place, free camber member end.The size of the degree of depth of packing into is to determine like this, T shape blocking element 46 is positioned at holds within the position 34.For making blocking element 46 locking on tightening member 20, handle is passed on the direction of arrow 4, until the free arcuate end of door handle 45 that is disposed at permanent position I is till backstop on the sidewall of door 10 is lived.Between blocking element 46 and tightening member 20, forming a shape connection that both also plays use on this position perpendicular to this position perpendicular to the front of door, the part of the blocking element that forms by the T crossbeam is positioned at and holds position 34 herein, and be close to towards the horizontally extending boundary wall that limits limit, hole 31, another part of blocking element then is positioned within the limit, hole 31.For door handle being located in the horizontal direction will have to pack into permanent position 1 but an also unshowned herein trip bolt.

In order after changing the door holder retaining, also to force necessary replacing to door handle 45, as long as the trip bolt on door 10 sidewalls is unclamped, and pass this door handle 45, thereby the T crossbeam of blocking element 46 is positioned within the limit, hole 32 of upright position in face of the direction of arrow 4 always.Can take off in face of the direction of arrow 3 indications door handle 45 from refrigerator doors in this position.After changing, be exactly that door handle 10 only changes 180 ° with its end facing to permanent position I, door handle 45 just retightens on refrigerator doors 10 in foregoing mode, and the blocking element 46 on the tightening member 20 is just met facing to realizing locking by arrow 4 represented directions.The positive end face towards permanent position II of similar arc door handle 45 has just covered employed containing seat 14 fully under current stationary state.

With regard to the sealing lip 22 of moulding together, another kind of selection scheme is a sealing ring separately, and for example O type circle or this class be as potted component, so in the locking process of tightening member 20 these sealing rings just by from this heat insulation side pressure to door shell 13.

Claims

1. insulated door, as cooling device door or freezing appliance doors, has a door shell, a door handle is arranged on this shell, it is fixed on two permanent positions by means of tightening member at least, it is characterized in that, the tightening member (20) on a permanent position (II) is encased in containing seat (a 14) lining of door shell (13) and medium spare is housed at least, with this medium spare tightening member (20) is fixed on the door shell (13), guarantees liquid seal.

2. by the described insulated door of claim 1, it is characterized in that, tightening member (20) is fixed on door shell (13) in the isolation layer side and goes up and be provided with seal (14), and the sealing part has surrounded the containing seat (14) of door shell (13) lining hermetically under the fastening state of tightening member (20).

3. by the described insulated door of claim 1, it is characterized in that formed seal by at least two stop protrusion (23) tightening member (20) is fixed on the door shell (13), stop protrusion (23) may concur with the edge of containing seat (14).

4. by the described insulated door of claim 3, it is characterized in that the mode that the stop protrusion (23) of tightening member (20) can bayonet coupling and the edge of containing seat (14) are in engagement.

5. by claim 3 or 4 described insulated doors, it is characterized in that, become to protrude into the ledge (15) of its hole surface with the edge designs of the ingear containing seat of stop protrusion (23) (14).

6. by the described insulated door of claim 5, it is characterized in that it is outstanding that ledge (15) is step-like heat insulation layer to door (10) (12) direction.

7. by the described insulated door of claim 1, it is characterized in that containing seat (14) has at least one keeper (16), this keeper makes tightening member (20) shape on its permanent position connect ground prevention rotation.

8. by the described insulated door of claim 1, it is characterized in that tightening member (20) has holding tank (36), they can be filled with heat-barrier material.

9. by the described insulated door of claim 1, it is characterized in that a stop received block is arranged on the fastener (20), the retainer shape of being furnished with on the door handle (45) is inserted in this stop received block with connecting.

10. by the described insulated door of claim 9, it is characterized in that, containing seat makes similar criss-cross hole (30), and the latching member that one of them makes retainer, be essentially T shape can plug-in mounting hand-hole (30) lining, and can shape connects ground and go up locking at tightening member (20).