CN114812085B

CN114812085B - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Info

Publication number: CN114812085B
Application number: CN202110083997.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕鹏; 张�浩; 王海娟; 刘站站; 宋向鹏; 赵坤坤
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: 2021-01-21
Filing date: 2021-01-21
Publication date: 2023-10-24
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-21
Also published as: CN114812085A

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, which is provided with a refrigerator body and two door bodies. The box includes the storing room, and two door bodies are including setting up the vertical beam on the door body. The storage device is arranged in the storage compartment, and a backward concave yielding concave part is formed at the front side of the storage device so as to avoid the vertical beam when the door body is closed. Therefore, the size of the storage device in the depth direction can be designed to be larger, so that the storage space of the storage device is larger, and a user can conveniently and fully utilize the storage space.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

The invention relates to a refrigeration and freezing device, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

At present, one of the side-by-side door bodies of the side-by-side door refrigerator in the market is provided with a vertical beam for sealing a gap between the two door bodies to avoid leakage of cold air.

The improvement of the side-by-side refrigerator in the prior art mainly focuses on the vertical beam, for example, the door body can be smoothly closed by designing a better guiding mechanism, but no more attention is paid to the aspects of the storage space of the refrigerator and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator to make a storage space of a storage device larger.

Another object of the present invention is to facilitate the opening and closing of a storage device by a human hand.

In particular, the present invention provides a refrigerator including:

the box body is provided with a storage compartment, and two door bodies are arranged on the front side of the box body in a split mode and used for opening and closing the storage compartment, and the opening end of one door body is provided with a rotatable vertical beam so as to seal a gap between the two door bodies when the two door bodies are closed; and

the storage device is arranged in the storage compartment, and the front side of the storage device is provided with a backward concave yielding concave part so as to avoid the vertical beam when the door body is closed.

Optionally, the storage device comprises two handle parts formed by extending forwards from the top edge of the front wall of the storage device and bending downwards, and the two handle parts are respectively positioned at two lateral sides of the abdication concave part.

Optionally, a connection plate movably disposed between the two handle portions is configured to: when the two door bodies are opened, the two door bodies are in an extending state connected between the two handle parts; and when the two door bodies are closed, the door bodies move to a retracted state to avoid the vertical beams.

Optionally, the lateral end of the connection plate is rotatably mounted on a handle portion, and the refrigerator further comprises an elastic element for applying force to the connection plate to urge the connection plate toward the extended state, and the connection plate is rotated backward to the retracted state against the elastic force of the elastic element under the pushing of the vertical beam during the closing of the two door bodies.

Optionally, the elastic element is a torsion spring mounted at the pivot axis of the connection plate.

Optionally, the web is configured such that its front surface is coplanar with the front surface of the handle portion when in the extended state.

Optionally, the end face rear part of the opening end of the connecting plate is provided with a limiting part protruding outwards, and the front part of the lateral side end of the handle part opposite to the opening end of the connecting plate is provided with a stopping part protruding outwards, so that the limiting part is clung to the rear side of the stopping part under the action of the elastic pretightening force of the elastic element when the connecting plate is in the protruding state.

Alternatively, the handle portion with the connection plate is located on the same side of the refrigerator as the door body without the vertical beam.

Optionally, the front wall of the storage device is inclined forward from top to bottom as a whole.

Optionally, the storage device is a drawer.

The refrigerator of the invention is provided with a refrigerator body and two door bodies. The box includes the storing room, and two door bodies are including setting up the vertical beam on the door body.

The storage device is arranged in the storage compartment, and a backward concave yielding concave part is formed at the front side of the storage device so as to avoid the vertical beam when the door body is closed. Therefore, the size of the storage device in the depth direction can be designed to be larger, so that the storage space of the storage device is larger, and a user can conveniently and fully utilize the storage space.

Further, in the refrigerator, the two handle parts of the storage device are respectively positioned at two lateral sides of the yielding concave part, so that the yielding of the vertical beam is not influenced. And a connecting plate is arranged between the two handle parts, and after the two door bodies are opened, the connecting plate is connected between the two handle parts, so that a user can hold the connecting plate conveniently, and the storage device can be opened and closed by hands conveniently. When the door body is closed, the connecting plate moves to a retracted state so as to avoid the vertical beam, and the normal closing of the door body is not affected.

Further, in the refrigerator of the present invention, one end of the connection plate in the transverse direction is rotatably installed at one handle portion, and the connection plate is rotated backward to a retracted state against the elastic force of the elastic member under the pushing of the vertical beam in the closing process of the two door bodies. In the door opening process, the connecting plate automatically pops up to an extending state under the elastic action of the elastic element, so that the connecting plate is connected between the two handle parts.

The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail hereinafter by way of example and not by way of limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts or portions. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the refrigerator door shown in FIG. 1 when opened;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the refrigerator door shown in FIG. 1 when closed;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the storage device with the connection plate in the storage device ejected;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the storage device with the connection plate retracted;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 6;

fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the front wall of one embodiment of the present invention as a whole being inclined forward from top to bottom.

Detailed Description

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 8. Where the terms "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "transverse", etc., are used to describe and simplify the description of embodiments of the present invention, they are merely used in order to describe or simplify the present invention, and do not denote or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator cabinet; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the refrigerator door shown in FIG. 1 when opened; fig. 3 is a schematic view of the refrigerator door shown in fig. 1 when closed.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator including a cabinet 10, two doors 20, and a storage device 30. The case 10 includes a storage compartment 12, two door bodies 20 are provided at the front side of the case 10 in a split manner for opening and closing the storage compartment 12, and a rotatable vertical beam 22 is provided at an opening end of one of the door bodies 20 to seal a gap therebetween when the two door bodies 20 are closed. The storage device 30 is disposed in the storage compartment 12, and has a rearwardly recessed relief recess 32 formed in the front side thereof to allow the vertical beam 22 to be retracted when the door 20 is closed.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the backward concave yielding concave part is designed on the front side of the storage device, so that the yielding concave part avoids the vertical beam when the door body is closed. Therefore, the size of the storage device in the depth direction can be designed to be larger, so that the storage space of the storage device is larger, a user can conveniently and fully utilize the storage space, and the utilization efficiency of the storage compartment is improved.

In some embodiments, the storage device 30 includes two handle portions 33 that extend forward from the top edge of the front wall 37 thereof and then bend downward. The two handle portions 33 are located on both lateral sides, i.e., left and right sides, of the relief recess 32, respectively. The two handle portions 33 are integrally formed on the front wall of the storage device 30 and separated by the yielding recess 32 so as not to affect the yielding of the vertical beam. In addition, the handle portion 33 is formed by an integral molding method, so that the overall structure of the storage device 30 is simpler and more stable, and the reliability is stronger.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2-7, the refrigerator includes a connection plate 34. The connection plate 34 is movably disposed between the two handle portions 33. The connection plate 34 is configured to: when the two door bodies 20 are opened, they are in an extended state connected between the two handle portions 33. And, when the two door bodies 20 are closed, they are moved to the retracted state to avoid the vertical beams 22. Therefore, when the door body is opened, the connecting plate 34 connects the two handle parts 33 into a whole, so that the user can conveniently hold the door body, and the storage device can be conveniently opened and closed by hands. When the door body is closed, the connecting plate is in a retracted state so as to avoid the vertical beam, and the normal closing of the door body is not affected.

In some embodiments, one lateral end of the connection plate 34 is rotatably mounted to one handle 33, and the refrigerator 40 further includes an elastic member 35 for applying force to the connection plate 34 to urge it toward the extended state, so that the connection plate 34 is rotated backward to the retracted state against the elastic force of the elastic member 35 under the pushing of the vertical beam 22 during the closing of the two door bodies 20. In the door opening process, the connection plate automatically pops up to an extended state under the elastic force of the elastic element 35, so that the connection plate is connected between the two handle parts, thereby facilitating the user to rapidly open/close the storage device 30.

In particular, the elastic element 35 is a torsion spring mounted at the pivot axis of the connection plate 34, the structure being very simple.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the web 34 is configured such that its front surface is coplanar with the front surface of the handle portion 33 when in the extended state. This design increases the visual integrity of the two handle portions 33 and the web 34.

Further, the end surface rear portion of the opening end of the connecting plate 34 has a limiting portion 332 protruding outwards, and the front portion of the lateral side end of the handle portion 33 opposite to the opening end of the connecting plate 34 has a stopping portion 342 protruding outwards, so that when the connecting plate 34 is in the protruding state, the limiting portion 332 is tightly attached to the rear side of the stopping portion 342 under the elastic pre-tightening force of the elastic element 35, so that the position of the connecting plate 34 is more stable, and the opening end of the connecting plate 34 can be prevented from being separated from the area between the two handle portions 33 forwards.

In some embodiments, the handle portion 33 with the attachment plate 34 attached thereto is located on the same lateral side of the refrigerator 40 as the door body 20 without the vertical beam 22 attached thereto. For example, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the vertical beam 22 is positioned on the left door body, and the connection plate 34 is mounted on the right handle portion 33. Thus, in the door closing process, the distance between the contact point of the vertical beam and the connecting plate and the pivot shaft of the connecting plate is longer, i.e. the force arm is longer, which is beneficial to pushing the connecting plate to rotate backwards more easily, i.e. the user saves more effort when opening/closing the door body 20 of the refrigerator 40.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the front wall 37 of the storage device 30 is generally sloped forward from top to bottom, increasing storage space even further forward of the bottom of the storage device without affecting the top of the front wall of the storage device to form the handle portion 33.

The storage device 30 may take a variety of forms. For example, as shown in fig. 1-3, the storage device 30 is a drawer. For example, and not as shown, the storage device 30 is a rack. Of course, the storage device may also be other structural forms such as a storage box, and will not be described herein.

By now it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described herein in detail, many other variations or modifications of the invention consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly ascertained or inferred from the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be understood and deemed to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

the box body is provided with a storage compartment;

the two door bodies are arranged at the front side of the box body in a split mode and used for opening and closing the storage compartment, and a rotatable vertical beam is arranged at the opening end of one door body so as to seal a gap between the two door bodies when the two door bodies are closed; and

the storage device is arranged in the storage compartment, and a backward concave yielding concave part is formed at the front side of the storage device so as to avoid the vertical beam when the door body is closed;

the storage device comprises two handle parts which are formed by extending forwards from the top edge of the front wall and bending downwards, and the two handle parts are respectively positioned at the two lateral sides of the abdication concave part;

a connection plate movably disposed between the two handle portions and configured to:

when the two door bodies are opened, the two door bodies are in an extending state connected between the two handle parts; and is also provided with

And when the two door bodies are closed, the door bodies move to a retracted state so as to avoid the vertical beams.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,

the refrigerator further comprises an elastic element for applying force to the connecting plate to drive the connecting plate to move towards the extending state, and the connecting plate is pushed by the vertical beams to rotate backwards to the retracting state against the elastic force of the elastic element in the closing process of the two door bodies.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein,

the elastic element is a torsion spring arranged at the pivot shaft of the connecting plate.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein,

the web is configured such that its front surface is coplanar with the front surface of the handle portion when in the extended state.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein,

the rear part of the end face of the opening end of the connecting plate is provided with a limiting part which protrudes outwards; and is also provided with

The front part of the transverse side end of the handle part opposite to the opening end of the connecting plate is provided with a stop part protruding outwards, so that the limit part is clung to the rear side of the stop part under the action of the elastic pretightening force of the torsion spring when the connecting plate is in the protruding state.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein,

the handle portion mounted with the connection plate and the door body not mounted with the vertical beam are located at the same side of the refrigerator in the transverse direction.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,

the front wall of the storage device is inclined forward from top to bottom as a whole.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein,

the storage device is a drawer.