CN115164499A - Vertical beam assembly for refrigerator door body and refrigerator - Google Patents

Vertical beam assembly for refrigerator door body and refrigerator Download PDF

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CN115164499A
CN115164499A CN202110361375.0A CN202110361375A CN115164499A CN 115164499 A CN115164499 A CN 115164499A CN 202110361375 A CN202110361375 A CN 202110361375A CN 115164499 A CN115164499 A CN 115164499A
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吕鹏
张�浩
王海娟
刘站站
赵坤坤
宋向鹏
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Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F25D11/02—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cooling compartments at different temperatures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B40/00—Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers

Abstract

The invention provides a vertical beam component for a refrigerator door body and a refrigerator, wherein the vertical beam component comprises: a vertical beam main body; the hinge assembly is used for rotatably connecting the vertical beam main body to the door body and comprises a rotating shaft piece arranged inside the vertical beam main body, one end of the rotating shaft piece is provided with a limiting hole, and a first limiting part is arranged in the limiting hole; the end cover is telescopically arranged at the top end of the vertical beam main body and stretches out a limiting column to the limiting hole, the limiting column is provided with a second limiting part, and the limiting column moves up and down along with the end cover along the limiting hole, so that the first limiting part and the second limiting part are matched to form a limiting state and are separated from the matching to form a rotating state. According to the scheme, the end cover and the hinge assembly are provided with the limiting columns and the limiting holes, and the vertical beam assembly is arranged to form a limiting state and a rotating state, so that the vertical beam assembly is prevented from changing at the turning position after the refrigerator door body is opened, and the normal opening and closing of the refrigerator door body are further ensured.

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Vertical beam assembly for refrigerator door body and refrigerator
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door body and a refrigerator.
Background
In the prior art, refrigerators using the side-by-side combination door body assembly are more and more, but after the refrigerator door body is opened, the position of a vertical beam assembly installed on the side-by-side combination door body assembly is changed due to mistaken touch of a user or other reasons, so that a guide mechanism of the vertical beam assembly cannot be smoothly butted with a guide device on a refrigerator inner container, and the refrigerator door body cannot be normally closed. In addition, because the position of erecting the roof beam subassembly has changed, the user closes the refrigerator door body this moment, not only can't normally close the refrigerator door body, leads to erecting the roof beam subassembly moreover and taking place to collide with the refrigerator easily to cause the damage to the refrigerator. In this case, the user needs to readjust the position of the vertical beam assembly to the correct position to smoothly close the door of the refrigerator, which obviously seriously affects the user experience.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door and a refrigerator that overcomes or at least partially solves the above problems.
A further object of the present invention is to enable the vertical beam assembly to have a limit state and a rotation state corresponding to the open/close state of the refrigerator door, so as to prevent the position of the vertical beam assembly from changing after the refrigerator door is opened, thereby ensuring the normal open/close of the refrigerator door.
It is another further object of the present invention to improve the thermal insulation of the vertical beam assembly.
In particular, the present invention provides a vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door body, comprising: a vertical beam main body; the hinge assembly is used for rotatably connecting the vertical beam main body to the door body and comprises a rotating shaft piece arranged inside the vertical beam main body, one end of the rotating shaft piece is provided with a limiting hole, and a first limiting part is arranged in the limiting hole; the end cover is telescopically arranged at the top end of the vertical beam main body and extends out of a limiting column to the limiting hole, the limiting column is provided with a second limiting part, and the limiting column moves up and down along with the end cover along the limiting hole, so that the first limiting part and the second limiting part are matched to form a limiting state and are separated from the matching to form a rotating state.
Further, the rotation shaft member includes: the first shaft part is arranged inside the vertical beam main body along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam main body, and the limiting hole is arranged at the top end of the first shaft part; the first limiting part is arranged on the peripheral wall of the limiting hole, the second limiting part is arranged on the peripheral direction of the limiting column, and the second limiting part is matched with the second limiting part in height when the end cover is in an extending state, so that a limiting state is formed.
Further, a notch for abdicating the first limiting part is arranged on the circumference of the limiting column, and the notch is configured to enable the first limiting part to have a certain rotating space; the first limiting part is disengaged from the second limiting part when the end cover is in the retraction state and rotates in the rotating space, so that the rotating state is formed.
Furthermore, the lower surface of the end cover is also provided with a guide post, the vertical beam main body is also provided with a positioning block below the end cover, the positioning block is provided with a positioning hole, and the guide post extends into the positioning hole and moves up and down along the positioning hole so as to guide the end cover to move up and down along the axis direction of the positioning hole.
Furthermore, the guide post is sleeved with a first spring, one end of the first spring is abutted to the lower surface of the end cover, and the other end of the first spring is abutted to the upper surface of the positioning block so as to apply upward elastic force to the end cover.
Furthermore, the lower end surface of the first shaft part is a cam surface, and a positioning column extends downwards from the center of the lower end surface of the first shaft part; the pivot spare still includes: the second shaft part is slidably sleeved on the positioning column along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam main body, and the upper end surface of the second shaft part is a cam surface matched with the lower end surface of the first shaft part; the hinge assembly further includes: the second spring is arranged below the second shaft part and used for jacking the second shaft part so as to apply upward elastic force to the second shaft part; and a fixing portion extending from the first shaft portion, installed on the door body, to rotatably connect the vertical beam body to the door body.
Further, still pack in the perpendicular roof beam main part and have insulation material to pivot spare and spacing post all set up in the perpendicular roof beam main part one side that is close to the door body, offer the position for insulation material, in order to improve the thermal insulation performance of perpendicular roof beam main part.
Further, be provided with at least one buckle on the lateral wall of erecting the roof beam main part, correspond on the end cover and be provided with at least one joint portion, every joint portion cooperatees with every buckle to inject the maximum extension length that the end cover stretches out perpendicular roof beam main part.
Further, still be provided with the direction arch on the end cover to the protruding one end of keeping away from the door body of direction is an inclined plane, so that when the protruding guide of direction erects the roof beam main part and overturns, drives the end cover and stretches out and draws back.
The present invention also provides a refrigerator including: any one of the vertical beam assemblies for the refrigerator door body.
According to the vertical beam assembly for the refrigerator door body and the refrigerator, the end cover at the top end of the vertical beam assembly is provided with the limiting column, the rotating shaft part in the hinge assembly is provided with the limiting hole, and the limiting column is arranged to move up and down along the limiting hole to respectively form a locking state and a rotating state, so that the turning position of the vertical beam assembly is limited, the vertical beam assembly is prevented from changing at the turning position after the refrigerator door body is opened, and the normal opening and closing of the refrigerator door body are further guaranteed.
Furthermore, according to the vertical beam assembly for the refrigerator door body and the refrigerator, the first limiting part arranged on the first shaft part is matched with the second limiting part arranged on the limiting part in height in the state that the end cover extends out, so that the first limiting part and the second limiting part form interference, the vertical beam assembly is limited not to rotate relative to the door body, the vertical beam assembly is ensured to be in a state close to the door body in the state that the refrigerator door body is opened, and the normal closing of the refrigerator door body is further ensured.
Further, according to the vertical beam assembly for the refrigerator door body and the refrigerator, the notch for abdicating the first limiting part is arranged on the limiting column, and the notch is configured to enable the first limiting part to have a certain rotating space, so that the first shaft part can rotate relative to the limiting column, and the normal overturning of the vertical beam assembly is guaranteed.
Furthermore, according to the vertical beam assembly for the refrigerator door body and the refrigerator, the rotating shaft piece and the limiting column are arranged on one side, close to the refrigerator door body, of the vertical beam main body, so that more spaces are formed in the vertical beam main body and used for filling heat-insulating materials, and the heat-insulating performance of the vertical beam assembly is improved.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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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 in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of region A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of an end cap for use in a vertical beam assembly of a refrigerator door body according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a first shaft portion in a vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door body according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an installation configuration of an end cap and first shaft portion according to one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another angular mounting arrangement of the end cap and the first shaft portion according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another angled configuration of a vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to one embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of another angle configuration of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of an inner container in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a partially enlarged view of the region B in fig. 10.
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The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 11. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present embodiment, it is to be understood that the terms "lateral", "longitudinal", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships that are based on the orientation in a normal use state of the refrigerator as a reference, and can be determined with reference to the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, for example, "front" indicating an orientation refers to a side of the refrigerator that faces a user during normal use. This is merely to facilitate description of the invention and to simplify the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a vertical beam assembly 20 for a refrigerator door according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the area a in fig. 1.
In fig. 1, a front side plate of the vertical beam main body 200 is hidden in order to better show the structure inside the vertical beam main body 200.
The present embodiment first provides a vertical beam assembly 20 for a refrigerator door body, where the vertical beam assembly 20 may generally include: a mullion body 200, a hinge assembly 300, and an end cap 400.
The hinge assembly 300 is used for rotatably connecting the vertical beam main body 200 to the door body 100, and the hinge assembly 300 includes a rotating shaft 310 arranged inside the vertical beam main body 200, one end of the rotating shaft 310 is provided with a limiting hole 321, and a first limiting part 322 is arranged in the limiting hole 321; the end cover 400 is telescopically arranged at the top end of the vertical beam main body 200, and extends out of a limit column 410 towards the limit hole 321, the limit column 410 is provided with a second limit part 411, and the limit column 410 moves up and down along with the end cover 400 along the limit hole 321, so that the first limit part 322 is matched with the second limit part 411 to form a limit state and is separated from the limit state to form a rotation state.
In the embodiment, the end cap 400 of the vertical beam assembly 20 is provided with a limit post 410, and the rotating shaft 310 of the hinge assembly 300 is provided with a limit hole 321. The first position-limiting portion 322 and the second position-limiting portion 411 are respectively disposed on the position-limiting hole 321 and the position-limiting post 410. When spacing post 410 reciprocated along spacing hole 321 along end cover 400, can form the spacing state and the rotating state with the switching state looks adaptation of the door body 100 to prescribe a limit to the upset position of erecting roof beam subassembly 20, avoid erecting roof beam subassembly 20 and change at the upset position after the door body 100 was opened again, ensure that to erect roof beam subassembly 20 and be in correct upset position, so that the normal switching of the door body 100.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of an end cap 400 in a vertical beam assembly 20 for a refrigerator door according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the first shaft portion 320 in the vertical beam assembly 20 for a refrigerator door body according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the end cap 400 and the first shaft portion 320 according to one embodiment of the invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another angular mounting arrangement of the end cap 400 and the first shaft portion 320 according to one embodiment of the invention.
The shaft member 310 may include: the first shaft portion 320 is disposed inside the vertical beam body 200 along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam body 200, and the stopper hole 321 is disposed at the top end of the first shaft portion 320. The first position-limiting portion 322 is disposed on the peripheral wall of the position-limiting hole 321, the second position-limiting portion 411 is disposed on the circumferential direction of the position-limiting column 410, and the first position-limiting portion 322 is highly matched with the second position-limiting portion 411 when the end cap 400 is in the extended state, so as to form a position-limiting state.
In some preferred embodiments, a first limiting portion 322 is disposed on the peripheral wall of the limiting hole 321, and a second limiting portion 411 is disposed on the circumference of the limiting column 410. The heights of the first limiting part 322 and the second limiting part 411 are consistent when the end cover 400 is in the extending state, so that interference is formed when the end cover 400 is in the extending state (namely the door body 100 is in the fully-opened state), the rotation of the limiting column 410 relative to the first shaft part 320 is limited, the vertical beam assembly 20 is ensured to be always attached to the door body 100 in the opening state of the door body 100, and the normal closing of the door body 100 is further ensured.
The circumference of the position-limiting column 410 is provided with a notch for avoiding the first position-limiting part 322, and the notch is configured to make the first position-limiting part 322 have a certain rotation space; the first position-limiting portion 322 is disengaged from the second position-limiting portion 411 when the end cap 400 is in the retracted state, and rotates in the rotating space, thereby forming a rotating state.
In the solution of the present embodiment, a notch for abdicating the first limiting portion 322 is provided in the circumferential direction of the limiting portion, and the notch is configured to allow the first limiting portion 322 to have a certain rotation space. When the end cover 400 is in the retraction state (i.e., when the door body 100 is in the closing state), the first limiting portion 322 is disengaged from the second limiting portion 411, and the first limiting portion 322 can rotate in the rotating space formed by the notch of the limiting portion, thereby ensuring that the vertical beam assembly 20 can normally rotate.
The lower surface of the end cap 400 is further provided with a guide post 420, the vertical beam main body 200 is further provided with a positioning block 430 below the end cap 400, the positioning block 430 is provided with a positioning hole, and the guide post 420 extends into the positioning hole and moves up and down along the positioning hole to guide the end cap 400 to move up and down along the axis direction of the positioning hole.
As shown in fig. 2, in the embodiment, the vertical beam main body 200 is further provided with a positioning block 430 below the end cover 400, and the positioning block 430 may be generally formed by extending from a side wall of the vertical beam main body 200 to the inside of the vertical beam main body 200.
According to the scheme of the embodiment, the guide column 420 is arranged on the lower surface of the end cover 400, the positioning hole matched with the guide column 420 is formed in the positioning block 430, the guide column 420 can stretch into the positioning hole to move up and down along the positioning hole, and the end cover 400 is guided to move up and down along the axis direction of the positioning hole, so that positioning is provided for the end cover 400, and the stretching smoothness of the end cover 400 is improved.
In other embodiments, a plurality of guide posts 420 may be further disposed on the lower surface of the end cover 400 for guiding the extension and retraction of the end cover 400, so that not only the positioning accuracy of the end cover 400 is improved, but also the extension and retraction smoothness of the end cover 400 is further improved.
The guide post 420 is sleeved with a first spring 421, one end of the first spring 421 abuts against the lower surface of the end cover 400, and the other end of the first spring 421 abuts against the upper surface of the positioning block 430, so as to apply upward elastic force to the end cover 400.
In the solution of this embodiment, the guiding column 420 is sleeved with a first spring 421, and one end of the first spring 421 abuts against the lower surface of the end cover 400, and the other end of the first spring 421 abuts against the upper surface of the positioning block 430. The first spring 421 applies an upward elastic force to the end cover 400, so that the end cover 400 is always in an extended state under the condition that the end cover 400 is not subjected to an external force (i.e., the door body 100 is not closed, and the end cover 400 is not extruded from the refrigerator 10), and therefore the vertical beam assembly 20 is in a limiting state, the turning position of the vertical beam assembly relative to the door body 100 cannot be changed, and normal closing of the door body 100 is further guaranteed.
The lower end surface of the first shaft 320 is a cam surface, and a positioning column 323 extends downward from the center of the lower end surface of the first shaft 320.
The shaft member 310 further includes: the second shaft portion 330 is slidably sleeved on the positioning post 323 along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam main body 200, and an upper end surface of the second shaft portion 330 is a cam surface matched with a lower end surface of the first shaft portion 320.
The hinge assembly 300 further includes: a second spring 331 disposed below the second shaft portion 330 for supporting the second shaft portion 330 to apply an upward elastic force to the second shaft portion 330; and a fixing part 340 extended from the first shaft part 320 and mounted on the door body 100 to rotatably connect the vertical beam body 200 to the door body 100.
In the embodiment, the lower end surface of the first shaft portion 320 and the upper end surface of the second shaft portion 330 below the first shaft portion 320 are cam surfaces that are engaged with each other. When the first shaft 320 rotates relative to the vertical beam body 200, it also slides relative to the second shaft 330 along the cam surface, and drives the second shaft 330 to move up and down along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam body 200.
In the embodiment, the second spring 331 is disposed below the second shaft portion 330, and applies an upward elastic force to the second shaft portion 330, so that the second shaft portion 330 can move upward, thereby facilitating the sliding of the first shaft portion 320 relative to the second shaft portion 330 along the cam surface, and further facilitating the rotation of the first shaft portion 320 relative to the vertical beam main body 200.
In the embodiment, the second shaft portion 330 is sleeved on the positioning post 323 extending from the lower end surface of the first shaft portion 320, so that the second shaft portion 330 is positioned, and the cam surface of the second shaft portion 330 is ensured to be matched with the cam surface of the first shaft portion 320.
In the embodiment, the first shaft portion 320 extends in the transverse direction to form a fixing portion 340, which passes through the vertical beam main body 200 and is mounted on the door body 100, so that the vertical beam main body 200 can rotate relative to the door body 100.
After the door body 100 of the refrigerator 10 is opened, the second shaft portion 330 can provide an assisting force for the first shaft portion 320 to rotate relatively under the elastic force of the second spring 331, so that the vertical beam main body 200 is closer to the door body 100. When the door 100 of the refrigerator 10 is closed, the second shaft 330 can provide an assisting force for rotating the first shaft 320 relatively under the elastic force of the second spring 331 under the condition that the cam surfaces of the second shaft 330 and the first shaft 320 are not completely matched, so that the vertical beam main body 200 is closer to the refrigerator body of the refrigerator 10.
The vertical beam main body 200 is filled with heat insulation materials, and the rotating shaft piece 310 and the limiting column 410 are arranged on one side, close to the door body 100, of the vertical beam main body 200, and provide abdication for the heat insulation materials, so that the heat insulation performance of the vertical beam main body 200 is improved.
In the embodiment, the heat insulating material is filled in the vertical beam main body 200, so that the heat insulating effect of the vertical beam main body 200 is improved.
Further, according to the scheme of the embodiment, the rotating shaft piece 310 and the limiting column 410 are arranged on one side, close to the door body 100, of the vertical beam main body 200, so that the space occupied by the rotating shaft piece 310 and the limiting column 410 in the vertical beam main body 200 is reduced, and the way of the heat insulation material is provided. More spaces can be formed in the vertical beam main body 200 for filling heat insulation materials, so that the heat insulation performance of the vertical beam is further improved, and the middle structure of the vertical beam main body 200 is simpler and more attractive.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of another angle of the vertical beam assembly 20 for a refrigerator door according to an embodiment of the present invention.
At least one buckle 210 is arranged on the side wall of the vertical beam main body 200, at least one clamping portion 440 is correspondingly arranged on the end cover 400, and each clamping portion 440 is matched with the buckle 210 so as to limit the maximum extension length of the end cover 400 extending out of the vertical beam main body 200.
In the solution of this embodiment, two buckles 210 are oppositely disposed on the side wall of the vertical beam main body 200, and two clamping portions 440 are correspondingly disposed on the end cover 400. After the end cover 400 extends out of the vertical beam main body 200 to a certain length, the two buckles 210 are respectively abutted against the two clamping portions 440, so that the maximum extension length of the end cover 400 extending out of the vertical beam main body 200 is limited, and adverse effects on the overturning of the vertical beam assembly 20 and the opening and closing of the door body 100 due to the fact that the length of the end cover 400 extending out of the vertical beam main body 200 is too large are avoided.
In some embodiments, only one latch 210 and one catch 440 may be provided on the mullion assembly 20. In other embodiments, only a plurality of clips 210 and a plurality of snap-in portions 440 may be disposed on the vertical beam assembly 20. The number and the positions of the fasteners 210 and the fasteners 440 can be set according to actual requirements.
The end cover 400 is further provided with a guide protrusion 450, and one end of the guide protrusion 450, which is far away from the door body 100, is an inclined surface, so that when the guide protrusion 450 guides the vertical beam main body 200 to turn over, the end cover 400 is driven to stretch.
In the embodiment, the end cap 400 is provided with the guide protrusion 450, so that the vertical beam assembly 20 is guided to turn over by the guide protrusion 450, and the vertical beam assembly 20 can turn over relative to the door body 100 in the opening and closing process of the door body 100.
In some preferred embodiments, an end of the guide protrusion 450 away from the door 100 (i.e., an end of the guide protrusion 450 facing the inside of the refrigerator 10 when the door 100 is ready to be closed) is an inclined surface, so that when the door 100 is closed, the inclined surface of the end cover 400 interferes with the inner container 120 of the refrigerator 10. The end cap 400 slides along the direction of the inclined surface under the action of the door body 100 and the extrusion of the bottom wall of the inner container 120, and then drives the end cap 400 to move downwards along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam main body 200.
In the scheme of this embodiment, the end cover 400 is arranged to be correspondingly retracted under the extrusion of the inner container 120 of the refrigerator 10, so as to drive the limiting column 410 to move downwards, so that the staggered positions of the first limiting part 322 and the second limiting part 411 form a rotating state, and the normal rotation of the vertical beam assembly 20 is ensured.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a schematic view of another angle structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of an inner container in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 11 is a partially enlarged view of the region B in fig. 10.
According to the scheme of the embodiment, the refrigerator 10 is further provided, and the refrigerator 10 comprises any one of the vertical beam assemblies 20 for the refrigerator door body.
As shown in fig. 8 to 9, the refrigerator 10 of the present embodiment is configured with two storage compartments 110 distributed in sequence from top to bottom, two door bodies 100 opposite to each other from left to right are respectively installed at openings of the two storage compartments 110, wherein the door bodies 100 located at the left side of the refrigerator 10 are respectively installed with vertical beam assemblies 20. In fig. 9, the door body 100 on the right side of the refrigerator 10 is hidden in order to better illustrate the mating structure of the vertical beam assembly 20 and the door body 100.
As shown in fig. 9, the door 100 of the upper storage compartment 110 is in a closed state, and the vertical beam assembly 20 is in a parallel state with respect to the door 100 (i.e., the vertical beam assembly 20 is away from the door 100). The door body 100 of the storage compartment 110 located below is in an open state, and the vertical beam assembly 20 is in a vertical state relative to the door body 100 (i.e., the vertical beam assembly 20 is close to the door body 100).
As shown in fig. 10 to 11, the top wall of the inner container 120 of the storage compartment 110 is further provided with a guide groove 121 corresponding to the guide projection 450 of the end cap 400, so as to cooperate with the guide projection 450 to guide the vertical beam assembly 20 to turn relative to the door body 100.
When the door body 100 is ready to be closed, the guide protrusion 450 can be smoothly inserted into the guide groove 121 only when the vertical beam assembly 20 is located at a position close to the door body 100 and vertical to the door body 100; when the vertical beam assembly 20 is in a position parallel to the door body 100, the guide projection 450 cannot be inserted into the guide groove 121, so that the refrigerator 10 cannot be normally closed.
Therefore, according to the scheme of this embodiment, the vertical beam assembly 20 is in the limit state after the door body 100 is opened, so that the vertical beam assembly 20 cannot be turned over relative to the door body 100 to reach a position parallel to the door body 100, and therefore when the door body 100 is closed, the guide protrusion 450 can be smoothly inserted into the guide groove 121 on the inner container 120, and normal closing of the door body 100 is ensured.
The scheme of this embodiment is injectd through the upset state to erecting roof beam subassembly 20 for the upset position of erecting roof beam subassembly 20 can't change after door body 100 is opened, thereby has guaranteed the normal of door body 100 of refrigerator 10 and has closed, has avoided erecting roof beam subassembly 20 and refrigerator 10 to take place to collide with and cause the damage, and has further improved user's use and has experienced.
Further, the scheme of this embodiment sets up in the edge of erecting roof beam main part 200 through pivot spare 310 and spacing post 410 to it can be used for filling insulation material to have more spaces in the perpendicular roof beam main part 200, and then has improved the thermal insulation performance of erecting roof beam subassembly 20.
Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

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1. A vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door comprising:
a vertical beam main body;
the hinge assembly is used for rotatably connecting the vertical beam main body to the door body and comprises a rotating shaft piece arranged inside the vertical beam main body, one end of the rotating shaft piece is provided with a limiting hole, and a first limiting part is arranged in the limiting hole;
the end cover is telescopically arranged at the top end of the vertical beam main body and extends out of a limiting column towards the limiting hole, the limiting column is provided with a second limiting part, and the limiting column moves up and down along with the end cover along the limiting hole, so that the first limiting part is matched with the second limiting part to form a limiting state and is separated from the second limiting part to form a rotating state.
2. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 1,
the pivot spare includes:
the first shaft part is arranged in the vertical beam main body along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam main body, and the limiting hole is arranged at the top end of the first shaft part; wherein
The first limiting part is arranged on the peripheral wall of the limiting hole, the second limiting part is arranged on the circumferential direction of the limiting column, and the first limiting part is matched with the second limiting part in height when the end cover is in a protruding state, so that the limiting state is formed.
3. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 2,
the circumference of the limiting column is provided with a notch used for yielding the first limiting part, and the notch is configured to enable the first limiting part to have a certain rotating space;
the first limiting part is disengaged from the second limiting part when the end cover is in the retraction state and rotates in the rotating space, so that the rotating state is formed.
4. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 1,
the lower surface of the end cover is further provided with a guide post, a positioning block is further arranged below the end cover on the vertical beam main body, a positioning hole is formed in the positioning block, and the guide post extends into the positioning hole and moves up and down along the positioning hole to guide the end cover to move up and down along the axis direction of the positioning hole.
5. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 4,
the guide post is sleeved with a first spring, one end of the first spring is abutted to the lower surface of the end cover, and the other end of the first spring is abutted to the upper surface of the positioning block so as to apply upward elastic force to the end cover.
6. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 2,
the lower end surface of the first shaft part is a cam surface, and a positioning column extends downwards from the center of the lower end surface of the first shaft part;
the pivot spare still includes:
the second shaft part is slidably sleeved on the positioning column along the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam main body, and the upper end surface of the second shaft part is a cam surface matched with the lower end surface of the first shaft part;
the hinge assembly further includes:
the second spring is arranged below the second shaft part and used for jacking the second shaft part so as to apply upward elastic force to the second shaft part; and
and the fixing part extends out of the first shaft part and is arranged on the door body so as to rotatably connect the vertical beam main body to the door body.
7. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 1,
it has insulation material still to fill in the perpendicular roof beam main part, and pivot spare with spacing post all set up in perpendicular roof beam main part is close to one side of the door body, for insulation material provides the abdication, in order to improve the thermal insulation performance of perpendicular roof beam main part.
8. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 1,
the side wall of the vertical beam main body is provided with at least one buckle, the end cover is correspondingly provided with at least one clamping portion, and each clamping portion is matched with each buckle to limit the maximum extension length of the end cover extending out of the vertical beam main body.
9. The vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to claim 1,
the end cover is further provided with a guide protrusion, and one end, far away from the door body, of the guide protrusion is an inclined plane, so that the guide protrusion guides the vertical beam main body to overturn and drives the end cover to stretch.
10. A refrigerator, comprising:
the vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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