CN115265054A

CN115265054A - Refrigerator with a door

Info

Publication number: CN115265054A
Application number: CN202210830626.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曲晓雷; 蒋文静; 陶海波; 杨大海; 江朔; 李厚敏
Original assignee: Hisense Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-15
Filing date: 2022-07-15
Publication date: 2022-11-01

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body and a sterilization assembly, wherein the refrigerator body comprises a refrigerator body and a refrigerator door; the box body is provided with a refrigeration compartment with an opening at the front side; the sterilization component is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the sterilization assembly comprises a supporting piece, a sliding block, a sterilization unit, a power unit and a rotating unit. The supporting piece is fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigeration chamber, the power unit is connected to the supporting piece, and the power unit drives the sliding block to vertically slide so as to drive the sterilization unit to vertically slide. The rotation unit drives the sterilization unit and rotates around the axis of vertical direction, use through the cooperation of power pack and rotation unit, so that the sterilization unit can remove in vertical direction, and can rotate around the axis of vertical direction, so as to disinfect to the indoor different angle positions of different height and horizontal direction between the refrigeration, thereby improve the scope of disinfecting, and make the position that reaches that the medium that disinfects can be quick need disinfect, quick disinfect, improve the efficiency of disinfecting, the effect of disinfecting improves.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical Field

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

Background

A refrigerator is a device for storing articles at a low temperature, and the storage process of food is influenced by the action of microorganisms, which accelerates the decay of food, and generates peculiar smell and toxic substances. The sterilization is carried out in the food storage process, which is beneficial to inhibiting the activity of microorganisms, prolonging the food preservation period and improving the food quality.

Currently, sterilization techniques carried on a refrigerator include radical sterilization, positive and negative ion sterilization, light sterilization, silver ion sterilization, and the like. Achieving a germicidal effect requires that the germicidal substance or energy come into direct contact with the microorganisms. In a refrigerator, a module with a sterilization function is usually fixed in a specific area, and two modes of contact between sterilization substances and microorganisms are provided, wherein one mode is that planktonic bacteria in the air are brought to the sterilization function module through gas flow in the refrigerator to realize a sterilization effect, the mode is generally called as passive sterilization, only can be effective on the planktonic bacteria, and has a poor sterilization effect on surface bacteria attached to food or inner partition plates of the refrigerator and the interiors of shelf drawers; the other method is to transport the generated sterilizing substances to all parts of the refrigerator through an active diffusion or blowing mode to realize sterilization, and the mode is often called active sterilization and has a sterilizing effect on both planktonic bacteria and surface bacteria. Although the active sterilization can improve the sterilization effect and the sterilization range, the mode is easily blocked by the food stored in the shelves of the refrigerator, the sterilization process cannot well take each corner of the refrigerator into consideration, and the refrigerator has sterilization dead corners, so that a plurality of areas in the refrigerator cannot achieve the sterilization effect.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator with a sterilization assembly, wherein the sterilization assembly can move in the refrigerator, so that the sterilization range and efficiency are enhanced, and the sterilization effect is improved.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including a cabinet and a sterilizing assembly; the box body is provided with a refrigeration chamber with an opening at the front side; the sterilization component is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the sterilization assembly comprises a supporting piece fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigeration compartment, a sliding block capable of sliding relative to the supporting piece, a sterilization unit connected to the sliding block, a power unit for driving the sliding block to move and a rotating unit for driving the sterilization unit to rotate; the power unit is connected to the supporting piece and used for driving the sliding piece to move vertically; a sterilization port for outputting a sterilization medium is arranged on the circumferential side surface of the sterilization unit in the horizontal direction; the rotating unit drives the sterilizing unit to rotate around the axis in the vertical direction.

In some embodiments of the present application, a plurality of shelves are disposed within the refrigeration compartment; the shelves are arranged in the refrigerating chamber at intervals along the vertical direction so as to divide the refrigerating chamber into a plurality of accommodating cavities; the sterilization assembly is located in front of the shelf, and the sliding block moves vertically to drive the sterilization unit to slide between the containing cavity at the top and the containing cavity at the bottom.

In some embodiments of the present application, the support is a support bar extending in a vertical direction; one surface of the supporting rod is fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigerating chamber, one surface of the supporting rod facing the refrigerating chamber is provided with a sliding groove, and at least part of the sliding block extends into the sliding groove; the sliding block is limited in the sliding groove and can move vertically along the sliding groove.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sterilization unit is at least partially located outside the sliding groove, so that the sterilization opening of the sterilization unit and the support rod can be maintained to be misaligned during the rotation of the sterilization unit.

In some embodiments of the present application, the power unit includes a belt vertically wound around the support rod, and a power motor for driving the belt to rotate; the belt is at least partially arranged in the sliding groove in a penetrating mode, and the sliding block is fixed to the part, located in the sliding groove, of the belt.

In some embodiments of the present application, two opposite side walls of the sliding groove are provided with a limiting groove; the opposite two sides of the sliding block are provided with protruding wing parts; the wing part extends into the limiting groove and is limited in the limiting groove along the left-right direction, and the movement of the sliding block in the left-right direction is limited.

In some embodiments of the present application, the power unit includes a screw rod vertically and rotatably connected to the support rod, and a power motor for driving the screw rod to rotate; the screw rod is in threaded connection with the sliding block so as to drive the sliding block to move vertically.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sterilization assembly further includes a shield vertically disposed, the shield being fixed to the support and surrounding the chute; the sterilization unit is located in the enclosing range in the protective cover, and sterilization media can penetrate through the protective cover.

In some embodiments of this application, the rotation unit is the rotation motor, the rotation motor is fixed on the slider, just the rotation motor passes through the pivot and connects the unit that disinfects, in order to drive the unit that disinfects rotates.

In some embodiments of the present application, the sterilization assembly is provided with two sterilization assemblies, and the two sterilization assemblies are respectively fixed on one left and right side walls of the refrigeration compartment.

According to the technical scheme, the invention at least has the following advantages and positive effects:

according to the invention, the supporting pieces are fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigeration compartment, the power unit is connected to the supporting pieces, and the power unit drives the sliding blocks to vertically slide, so that the sterilization unit is driven to vertically slide. The rotation unit drives the sterilization unit and rotates around the axis of vertical direction, use through the cooperation of power pack and rotation unit, so that the sterilization unit can remove in vertical direction, and can rotate around the axis of vertical direction, so as to disinfect to the indoor different angle positions of different height and horizontal direction between the refrigeration, thereby improve the scope of disinfecting, and make the position that reaches that the medium that disinfects can be quick need disinfect, quick disinfect, improve the efficiency of disinfecting, the effect of disinfecting improves.

Drawings

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

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the sterilization assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention, wherein the protection cover is not shown.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a supporting member of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a support member of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a slider of a first embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the slider of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly of the present invention attached to the support member.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the connection between the sterilization unit and the slider of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a sterilization assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a supporting member of the sterilization assembly according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing the connection between the sterilizing unit and the slider in the second embodiment of the sterilizing module of the present invention.

The reference numerals are explained below: 10. a box body; 110. a refrigeration compartment; 120. layering; 130. an accommodating cavity; 20. a box door; 30. a sterilization assembly; 310. a support member; 311. a chute; 312. a limiting groove; 320. a slider; 321. a wing portion; 330. a sterilization unit; 340. a power unit; 341. a belt; 342. a power motor; 343. a roller wheel; 344. a screw rod; 350. a rotating shaft; 360. a shield.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the invention are described in detail below in the specification. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of other embodiments and that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention and the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular orientation, and thus are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, 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, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Currently, sterilization techniques carried on refrigerators include radical sterilization, positive/negative ion sterilization, light sterilization, silver ion sterilization, and the like. Achieving a germicidal effect requires that the germicidal substance or energy come into direct contact with the microorganisms. In a refrigerator, a module with a sterilization function is usually fixed in a specific area, and two modes of contact between sterilization substances and microorganisms are provided, wherein one mode is that planktonic bacteria in the air are brought to the sterilization function module through gas flow in the refrigerator to realize a sterilization effect, the mode is generally called as passive sterilization, only can be effective on the planktonic bacteria, and has a poor sterilization effect on surface bacteria attached to food or inner partition plates of the refrigerator and the interiors of shelf drawers; the other method is to transport the generated sterilizing material to all parts of the refrigerator through active diffusion or blowing to realize sterilization, which is often called active sterilization and has the effect of killing both planktonic bacteria and surface bacteria. Although the active sterilization can improve the sterilization effect and the sterilization range, the mode is easily blocked by the food stored in the shelves of the refrigerator, the sterilization process cannot well take each corner of the refrigerator into consideration, and the refrigerator has sterilization dead corners, so that a plurality of areas in the refrigerator cannot achieve the sterilization effect.

For convenience of description and understanding, a state of the refrigerator when it is used in an upright position is referred to, and a direction facing a user is a front direction and a direction facing away from the user is a rear direction. The width direction of the refrigerator is the left-right direction.

Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a refrigerator for storing articles at a low temperature. The refrigerator includes a cabinet 10, a door 20 rotatably covering the cabinet 10, a refrigerating assembly disposed in the cabinet 10, and a sterilizing assembly 30 disposed in the cabinet 10.

The cabinet 10 is formed with a refrigerating compartment 110 having an open front side, and articles are stored in the refrigerating compartment 110 at a low temperature. The refrigerating compartment 110 includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a temperature-changing compartment. In some embodiments, the refrigerated compartment 110 includes any one or two of a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment, and a warming compartment. The detailed structure of the box 10 refers to the structure of the box in the related art, and is not described in detail herein.

A door 20 is provided on the front side of the cabinet 10 to open or close the cooling compartment 110 of the cabinet 10, and articles are taken into or out of the cooling compartment 110. The door 20 includes a freezing door and a refrigerating door, the freezing door covers the front side of the freezing chamber, and the refrigerating door covers the front side of the refrigerating chamber. In this embodiment, the door 20 is rotatably coupled to the cabinet 10. In some embodiments, door 20 is a drawer door, and door 20 slidably covers the front side of cabinet 10. The specific structure of the box door refers to the structure of the box door in the related art, and is not described herein again.

A plurality of shelves 120 are arranged in the refrigerating compartment 110, and the shelves 120 are vertically arranged in the refrigerating compartment 110 at intervals so as to divide the refrigerating compartment 110 into a plurality of accommodating cavities 130. The provision of the shelves 120 increases the storage capacity of the refrigerated compartment 110.

The cooling assembly is used for releasing heat in the refrigerator to the external environment to provide cooling energy to the cooling compartment 110 and maintain a low-temperature environment in the cooling compartment 110. The refrigeration assembly comprises a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a capillary tube and the like. The specific structure and connection relationship of the refrigeration assembly refer to refrigeration assemblies in the related art, and are not described herein.

The sterilization assembly 30 is disposed in the refrigerating compartment 110 for sterilizing the refrigerating compartment 110. In this embodiment, the sterilization assembly 30 is disposed in a refrigerating chamber, and in some embodiments, the sterilization assembly 30 is disposed in a freezing chamber or a temperature-changing chamber.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the sterilization assembly of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention, wherein the protection cover is not shown. Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 3.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the sterilization assembly 30 includes a support member 310 fixed on left and right sidewalls of the refrigeration compartment 110, a sliding block 320 capable of sliding relative to the support member, a sterilization unit 330 connected to the sliding block 320, a power unit 340 for driving the sliding block 320 to move, and a rotation unit (not shown) for driving the sterilization unit 330 to rotate.

The sterilization unit 330 is provided with a sterilization port for outputting a sterilization medium on a circumferential side surface in a horizontal direction to discharge the sterilization medium through the sterilization port. In this embodiment, the sterilization medium is an optical medium, and the sterilization light is emitted to the outside through the sterilization opening, thereby sterilizing the food in the refrigeration compartment 110.

The light sterilization is blue light sterilization or ultraviolet sterilization. The bactericidal effect of blue light (wavelength of about 405 nm) is related to endogenous porphyrins and the like in microbial cells. After absorbing blue light, the porphyrin compound can be excited to a higher energy state, and in the process of returning to the ground state, porphyrin molecules react with oxygen molecules, oxides and the like to generate singlet oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anions and other active oxygen. These active oxygen species can cause oxidative damage to microbial cell membranes, DNA, etc., thereby causing inactivation thereof. Active oxygen such as hydroxyl free radical and hydrogen peroxide can be generated in the ultraviolet irradiation process, so that DNA, protein, cell membranes and the like are induced to generate oxidative damage, and finally microorganisms are inactivated. In addition, under the action of UVC, pyrimidine and purine bases in DNA undergo chemical reaction to form products such as Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers (CPDs) and 6-4 photoproducts (6-4 PP), and the products interfere normal RNA transcription and DNA replication, and finally cause cell death.

The supporting member 310 is fixed to left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment 110, the power unit 340 is connected to the supporting member 310, and the power unit 340 drives the slider 320 to slide in the vertical direction, thereby driving the sterilization unit 330 to slide in the vertical direction. The rotation unit drives the sterilization unit 330 and rotates around the axis of vertical direction, use through power unit 340 and rotation unit's cooperation, so that the sterilization unit 330 can remove on vertical direction, and can rotate around vertical direction's axis, so as to disinfect to the different angular position of indoor not co-altitude and horizontal direction in the refrigeration 110, so as to improve the scope of disinfecting, and make the position that reaches that the medium that disinfects can be quick need disinfect, quick disinfection, the efficiency of disinfecting is improved, the effect of disinfecting is improved.

Light travels along a straight line, and light is easily blocked by opaque objects (food, etc.) during the use of the light sterilization technology in a refrigerator. In this embodiment, through the removal and the rotation of subassembly 30 that disinfects to can effectually avoid the object to the blockking of the light that disinfects, make the refrigerator have better bactericidal effect.

The sterilization assembly 30 is located in front of the shelf 120, and the slider 320 moves vertically to drive the sterilization unit 330 to slide between the uppermost accommodating chamber 130 and the lowermost accommodating chamber 130. The sterilization assembly 30 is arranged to avoid interference of the shelves 120 and effectively sterilize the food in the shelves 120.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a supporting member of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a support member of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly in accordance with the present invention.

Referring to fig. 2 to 6, the supporting member 310 is a supporting rod extending in a vertical direction, and one surface of the supporting rod is fixed and attached to the left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment 110. The sliding groove 311 is opened on one side of the supporting rod facing the refrigerating compartment 110, and the sliding groove 311 extends vertically. The slide groove 311 extends vertically, and the slide groove 311 opens toward the refrigerating compartment 110.

Two opposite side walls of the sliding groove 311 are provided with limit grooves 312; specifically, the limiting groove 312 is opened on two side walls of the sliding groove 311 spaced front and back, and the limiting groove 312 extends vertically. The sliding groove 311 and the stopper groove 312 penetrate at least one end of the support rod in the vertical direction. In this embodiment, the sliding slot 311 and the limiting slot 312 penetrate the upper and lower ends of the supporting rod.

Referring to fig. 2 to 6 again, the power unit 340 includes a belt 341 vertically wound around the support rod, and a power motor 342 for driving the belt 341 to rotate; the belt 341 is at least partially inserted into the sliding slot 311, so that the belt 341 can move in the sliding slot 311. The slider 320 is fixed to the belt 341 to be movable with the belt 341.

The upper end and the lower end of the supporting rod are provided with a roller 343, the belt 341 winds the roller 343, and the power motor 342 is in transmission connection with the roller 343 to drive the belt 341 to move. The power motor 342 and the roller 343 are connected to the side wall or the support bar of the refrigerating compartment 110.

In some embodiments, the supporting member 310 is two structures spaced apart in the vertical direction, and the upper and lower ends of the belt 341 are wound around the supporting member 310.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a slider of a first embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention. Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the slider of the first embodiment of the sterilization assembly of the present invention attached to the support member.

Referring to fig. 2 to 8, the sliding block 320 at least partially extends into the sliding slot 311; the sliding block 320 is limited in the sliding slot 311 and can move vertically along the sliding slot 311. The sliding block 320 is partially located in the sliding slot 311 along the horizontal direction, and partially extends out of the sliding slot 311. The portion of the slider 320 extending into the sliding slot 311 is fixedly connected to the belt 341, and both sidewalls of the slider 320 in the front-rear direction abut against both sidewalls of the sliding slot 311 spaced in the front-rear direction, thereby restricting the movement of the slider 320 in the front-rear direction. The sterilizing unit 330 is connected to a portion of the slider 320 outside the slide slot 311.

In this embodiment, the opposite sides of the slider 320 are formed with protruding wings 321; the wing 321 extends into and is limited in the limiting groove 312 along the left-right direction, and the slider 320 moves in the left-right direction, so that the slider 320 is limited to be pulled out of the sliding groove 311 in the horizontal direction.

The sliding groove 311 and the limiting groove 312 penetrate through at least one end of the support rod in the vertical direction, so that the sliding block 320 can be arranged on the support rod in a penetrating manner from the end of the support rod.

When the sterilization operation is not started, the initial position of the slider 320 is located at the top end or the bottom end of the chute 311, and the final position of the slider 320 is located at the other end of the chute 311.

Referring to fig. 2 to 9, the sterilization unit 330 is at least partially disposed outside the sliding slot 311, so that the sterilization opening supporting rod of the sterilization unit 330 can be maintained to be dislocated during the rotation of the sterilization unit 330, thereby preventing the supporting member 310 from shielding the sterilization opening.

In this embodiment, the rotating unit is a rotating motor, the rotating motor is fixed on the sliding block 320, and the rotating motor is connected to the sterilizing unit 330 through a rotating shaft 350 to drive the sterilizing unit 330 to rotate. In some embodiments, the rotation shaft 350 is fixedly coupled to the slider 320, and the sterilization unit 330 is fixedly coupled to the rotation motor.

The sterilization mode of the sterilization unit 330 is free radical sterilization, positive and negative ion sterilization, light sterilization, silver ion sterilization, or the like.

In this embodiment, the rotation angle of the sterilization unit 330 is 180 degrees, the rotation speed is 180 degrees/minute, a sterilization cycle is completed after the front direction is turned, and then the reverse direction is turned from the rear direction to the front direction, the sterilization area is a space formed by the inner container wall, the shelf or the drawer, and after rotating for a certain time (about 1 to 10 minutes), the rotation is stopped, and the sterilization of the area is completed. In some embodiments, the rotation angle of the sterilization unit 330 is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3 again, the sterilization assembly 30 further includes a protective cover 360 disposed along the vertical direction, wherein the protective cover 360 is fixed on the supporting member 310 and surrounds the sliding groove 311; the sterilization unit 330 is located within an enclosed area within the shield 360, and the sterilization medium can pass through the shield 360.

The protection cover 360 can effectively avoid the corresponding structure on the sterilization assembly 30 from contacting with the outside, and avoid the sterilization assembly 30 from being mistakenly contacted when food stored in the refrigerator or food is stored and taken by a user in the working process, so that the sterilization assembly 30 is effectively protected. The protective cover 360 is matched with the sterilization unit 330 of the sterilization assembly 30, and when the sterilization unit 330 adopts ion sterilization, electrolytic water sterilization, ozone sterilization and metal ion sterilization, the protective cover 360 can adopt a mesh structure, which is beneficial to the overflow of sterilization substances or the entrance of external air. When the light sterilization technology is adopted, a transparent material with high light transmittance can be adopted, so that the weakening effect on light rays is reduced.

In this embodiment, two sterilization assemblies 30 are provided, and the two sterilization assemblies 30 are respectively fixed on one left and right side walls of the refrigeration compartment 110. The arrangement of two sterilization assemblies 30 further improves the sterilization area and efficiency. In some embodiments, the sterilization assembly 30 is provided as one, with a single sterilization assembly 30 secured to the left and right sidewalls of the refrigerated compartment 110.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a sterilization assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a supporting member of a second embodiment of the sterilization assembly according to the present invention. Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing the connection between the sterilizing unit and the slider in the second embodiment of the sterilizing module of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 10 to 12, in the present embodiment, the sterilization assembly 30 includes a support member 310 fixed to left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment 110, a slider 320 capable of sliding with respect to the support member 310, a sterilization unit 330 connected to the slider 320, a power unit 340 for driving the slider 320 to move, and a rotation unit (not shown) for driving the sterilization unit 330 to rotate.

The structure of the sterilization unit 330 refers to the structure of the sterilization unit in the first embodiment, and is not described herein.

In this embodiment, the supporting member 310 is fixed to the left and right side walls of the refrigerating compartment 110, the power unit 340 is connected to the supporting member 310, and the power unit 340 drives the sliding block 320 to slide vertically, so as to drive the sterilization unit 330 to slide vertically. The rotation unit drives the unit 330 that disinfects and rotates around the axis of vertical direction, cooperation through power pack 340 and rotation unit is used, so that the unit 330 that disinfects can remove on vertical direction, and can rotate around the axis of vertical direction, thereby can disinfect to the different angular position of different height and horizontal direction in the room 110 between the refrigeration, thereby improve the scope of disinfecting, and make the position that reaches that the medium that disinfects can be quick need disinfect, quick disinfect, the efficiency of disinfecting is improved, the effect of disinfecting is improved.

The support member 310 is a support rod extending in a vertical direction, and one surface of the support rod is fixed and attached to left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment 110. The support rod is provided with a chute 311 towards one side of the refrigerating compartment 110, and the chute 311 extends vertically. The slide groove 311 extends vertically, and the slide groove 311 opens toward the refrigerating compartment 110.

The power unit 340 comprises a screw rod 344 which is vertically and rotatably connected to the support rod, and a power motor 342 which is used for driving the screw rod 344 to rotate; the screw 344 is screwed to the slider 320 to drive the slider 320 to move vertically.

The sliding block 320 at least partially extends into the sliding slot 311; the sliding block 320 is limited in the sliding slot 311 and can move vertically along the sliding slot 311. The sliding block 320 is partially located in the sliding slot 311 along the horizontal direction, and partially extends out of the sliding slot 311. The slider 320 is screwed on the screw rod 344, so that the slider 320 is driven to move vertically by the rotation of the screw rod 344.

In this embodiment, the structure of the rotating unit in the first embodiment is referred to for the rotating unit, and is not described herein.

In this embodiment, the sterilization assembly 30 is also provided with the protective cover 360 of the first embodiment.

Based on the above description, the present application also provides a control method of a refrigerator:

s10: after the sterilization mode is started, whether the slider 320 is at the initial position is monitored; if the slider 320 is at the initial position, the sterilizing unit is controlled to rotate. If the slider 320 is not at the initial position, the power unit 340 controls the sterilization unit 330 to rotate after moving the slider to the initial position.

It should be noted that the sterilization mode enabling condition may be that the user closes the door 20, or that the user manually opens the door by pressing a button, which may be disposed on the display screen of the door 20 and disposed beside the sterilization assembly in the refrigeration compartment 110.

S20: after the sterilizing unit 330 rotates back and forth for a preset period, the sterilizing unit 330 is controlled to stop rotating, so that the slider 320 moves from the initial position to the final position, and after the slider 320 moves from one accommodating chamber 130 to a preset position in the adjacent accommodating chamber 130, the sterilizing unit 330 is controlled to rotate.

In this embodiment, the rotation angle of the sterilization unit 330 is 180 degrees, the rotation speed is 180 degrees/minute, a sterilization cycle is completed after the front direction is turned, and then the reverse direction is turned from the rear direction to the front direction, the sterilization area is a space formed by the inner container wall, the shelf or the drawer, and after rotating for a certain time (about 1 to 10 minutes), the rotation is stopped, and the sterilization of the area is completed.

S30: the power unit 340 drives the sliding block 320 and the sterilization unit 330 to sequentially move to the corresponding accommodating cavities 130, so as to sterilize the corresponding accommodating cavities 130.

S40: after the sterilization of all the accommodating chambers 130 is completed, the slider 320 moves to the initial position.

In the present invention, the supporting member 310 is fixed to the left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment 110, the power unit 340 is connected to the supporting member 310, and the power unit 340 drives the sliding block 320 to slide in the vertical direction, thereby driving the sterilization unit 330 to slide in the vertical direction. The rotation unit drives the unit 330 that disinfects and rotates around the axis of vertical direction, cooperation through power pack 340 and rotation unit is used, so that the unit 330 that disinfects can remove on vertical direction, and can rotate around the axis of vertical direction, thereby can disinfect to the different angular position of different height and horizontal direction in the room 110 between the refrigeration, thereby improve the scope of disinfecting, and make the position that reaches that the medium that disinfects can be quick need disinfect, quick disinfect, the efficiency of disinfecting is improved, the effect of disinfecting is improved.

Meanwhile, the sterilizing assembly 30 is disposed between the side walls of the refrigerating compartment 110. The sterilization assembly 30 is visually visible, and a user can directly observe the operation of the sterilization assembly 30, thereby improving the user's experience.

While the present invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

a box body which is provided with a refrigeration compartment with an opening on the front side;

the sterilization component is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the sterilization assembly comprises a supporting piece fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigeration compartment, a sliding block capable of sliding relative to the supporting piece, a sterilization unit connected to the sliding block, a power unit for driving the sliding block to move and a rotating unit for driving the sterilization unit to rotate; the power unit is connected to the supporting piece and is used for driving the sliding piece to move vertically; a sterilization port for outputting a sterilization medium is arranged on the circumferential side surface of the sterilization unit in the horizontal direction; the rotating unit drives the sterilizing unit to rotate around the axis in the vertical direction.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of shelves are provided in the refrigerating compartment; the shelves are arranged in the refrigerating chamber at intervals along the vertical direction so as to divide the refrigerating chamber into a plurality of accommodating cavities; the sterilization assembly is located in front of the shelf, and the sliding block moves vertically to drive the sterilization unit to slide between the containing cavity at the top and the containing cavity at the bottom.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the supporter is a support rod extending in a vertical direction; one side of the support rod is fixed on the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigeration chamber, one side of the support rod facing the refrigeration chamber is provided with a sliding groove, and at least part of the sliding block extends into the sliding groove; the sliding block is limited in the sliding groove and can move vertically along the sliding groove.

4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the sterilizing unit is at least partially located outside the sliding groove so that the sterilizing opening of the sterilizing unit and the supporting bar can be maintained in a misaligned state during rotation of the sterilizing unit.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power unit comprises a belt vertically wound around the support rod, and a power motor for driving the belt to rotate; the belt is at least partially arranged in the sliding groove in a penetrating mode, and the sliding block is fixed to the part, located in the sliding groove, of the belt.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein two opposite side walls of the sliding groove are provided with limiting grooves; the opposite two sides of the sliding block are provided with convex wing parts; the wing part extends into the limiting groove and is limited in the limiting groove along the left-right direction, and the movement of the sliding block in the left-right direction is limited.

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power unit comprises a screw rod vertically and rotatably connected to the support rod, and a power motor for driving the screw rod to rotate; the screw rod is in threaded connection with the sliding block so as to drive the sliding block to move vertically.

8. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the sterilization assembly further comprises a shield vertically disposed, the shield being fixed to the support and surrounding the chute; the sterilization unit is located in the enclosing range in the protective cover, and a sterilization medium can penetrate through the protective cover.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating unit is a rotating motor fixed to the slider, and the rotating motor is connected to the sterilizing unit through a rotating shaft to drive the sterilizing unit to rotate.

10. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein there are two sterilization assemblies, and the two sterilization assemblies are fixed to one left and right side walls of the refrigerating compartment, respectively.