CN116105449A - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator, comprising: the box body (1) is provided with a taking and placing opening (11); the door body (2) is rotatably connected to the box body (1) around a preset axis (O) so as to open or close the taking and placing opening (11); the door body (2) comprises a first side wall (21) and a second side wall (22) which are oppositely arranged, the first side wall (21) is far away from the box body (1) relative to the second side wall (22), the distance between a preset axis (O) and the first side wall (21) is D, and the thickness of the door body (2) is B, wherein D= (1/4-1/3) B.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular, to a refrigerator.

Background

The door body is one of important components in the refrigerator system and is mainly used for opening or closing the taking and placing opening so as to realize the functions of wind shielding, food storage and the like in a closed state, and a touch and display device can be arranged at the same time.

Normally the door body and the refrigerator are fixed together by means of a hinge, and the door body can perform a circular rotation movement around the hinge axis. In some cases, the refrigerator is placed at a corner, and it is necessary to keep the refrigerator at a certain distance from the wall to ensure that the door body can be opened and the angle thereof is greater than 90 °. To save the space of the house, the embedded refrigerator is one of the main development trends in the future. However, for the built-in refrigerator, the refrigerator door cannot be opened well if the conventional hinge mechanism is adopted.

Disclosure of Invention

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a refrigerator capable of reducing a problem that an installation space is limited to a door opening.

The present disclosure provides a refrigerator, including:

the box body is provided with a taking and placing port; and

the door body is rotatably connected with the box body around a preset axis so as to open or close the taking and placing port; the door body comprises a first side wall and a second side wall which are oppositely arranged, the first side wall is far away from the box body relative to the second side wall, the distance between the preset axis and the first side wall is D, the thickness of the door body is B, and D= (1/4-1/3) B.

In some embodiments, the door body further comprises a third side wall, wherein the third side wall is connected between the first side wall and the second side wall and is positioned on one side close to the preset axis, and the distance between the preset axis and the third side wall is E, D is less than or equal to E and less than or equal to 1.3D.

In some embodiments, the door body further includes a third sidewall connected between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and located at a side near the preset axis, and a rounded corner is disposed between the first sidewall and the third sidewall.

In some embodiments, the radius of the fillet is R, r= (1/6-1/5) B.

In some embodiments, a gap A is formed between the box body and the door body, and D is less than or equal to A and less than or equal to 1.3D.

In some embodiments, the door body further includes a third sidewall, the third sidewall is connected between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and is located at a side close to the preset axis, the third sidewall and the first sidewall intersect to form a first edge, and a first movement track of the first edge in the rotation process of the door body is located at an inner side of the extension surface of the side surface of the box body.

In some embodiments, the distance between the first motion track and the extension surface decreases and then increases with the increase of the opening angle of the door body; and/or the distance between the first movement track and the box body is reduced along with the increase of the opening angle of the door body.

In some embodiments, the first motion track is circular arc-shaped and tangent to the extension surface, and the tangent point is a first point of the first motion track, where the first point is located on the first edge when the door body is opened to a preset angle, and the preset angle is less than 90 °.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator further includes: at least two hinges are arranged at two ends of the door body along a preset axis, and the hinges are configured to connect the door body and the box body.

In some embodiments, the hinge includes a mounting plate coupled to an end surface of the case, the mounting plate protruding beyond a side surface of the case and covering at least a portion of the end surface of the door, and a hinge shaft coupled to the mounting plate and inserted into a hinge hole on the end surface of the door.

In some embodiments, two door bodies are provided, and the two door bodies can be opened and closed relatively to jointly close the access opening in a closed state, and each door body is connected with the box body through two hinges.

Based on the technical scheme, the method has the following beneficial effects:

according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the proper distance is set between the preset axis and the first side wall, which is equivalent to the reduction of the distance between the preset axis and the first ridge, in the door body opening process, the motion track of the first ridge is an arc taking the preset axis as the center of a circle and OL1 as the radius, and the first motion track of the first ridge is always located on the inner side of the extension surface of the side wall of the box body due to the reduction of the distance between OL 1. Therefore, when the refrigerator is embedded in the wall body, the reserved space of the side face of the refrigerator body along the first direction can be reduced, and the door body can be opened better.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure and do not constitute an undue limitation on the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of some embodiments of a refrigerator of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of some embodiments of a door in a refrigerator of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the dimensional relationships of some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic view showing states of a door body in different positions during an opening process of a related art refrigerator;

fig. 5 is a schematic view showing states of the refrigerator according to the present disclosure in different positions during the opening of the door.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. a case; 11. a taking and placing port; 12. a sidewall;

2. a door body; 21. a first sidewall; 22. a second sidewall; 23. a third sidewall; 24. a fourth sidewall; 25. round corners; 26. a top wall; 27. a bottom wall;

3. a hinge; 31. a mounting plate; 32. a hinge shaft;

l1, a first ridge; l2, a second ridge; a1, a first point; n, extension surface; x, a first direction; y, the second direction; z, third direction.

It should be understood that the dimensions of the various elements shown in the figures are not drawn to actual scale. Further, the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar members.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The description of the exemplary embodiments is merely illustrative, and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. The present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of parts and steps, the composition of materials, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments should be construed as exemplary only and not limiting unless otherwise specifically stated.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, as used in this disclosure, do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises" and the like means that elements preceding the word encompass the elements recited after the word, and not exclude the possibility of also encompassing other elements. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, which may also be changed when the absolute position of the object to be described is changed.

Referring to the coordinate system of fig. 1, the first direction x is the width direction of the case 1, the second direction y is the depth direction of the case 1, the third direction z is the height direction of the case 1, the second direction y is perpendicular to the first direction x, and the third direction z is perpendicular to the first direction x and the second direction y. The side surfaces of the case 1 are surfaces perpendicular to the first direction x, the top and bottom surfaces are surfaces perpendicular to the third direction z, and the front and rear surfaces are surfaces perpendicular to the second direction y.

In this disclosure, when a particular device is described as being located between a first device and a second device, there may or may not be an intervening device between the particular device and either the first device or the second device. When it is described that a particular device is connected to other devices, the particular device may be directly connected to the other devices without intervening devices, or may be directly connected to the other devices without intervening devices.

All terms (including technical or scientific terms) used in this disclosure have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs, unless specifically defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, the techniques, methods, and apparatus should be considered part of the specification.

The present disclosure provides a refrigerator, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, which includes a cabinet 1 and a door 2 in some embodiments. Wherein, the box body 1 is provided with a taking and placing port 11; the door body 2 is rotatably connected to the box body 1 around a preset axis O to open or close the access opening 11; the door body 2 comprises a first side wall 21 and a second side wall 22 which are oppositely arranged, the first side wall 21 is far away from the box body 1 relative to the second side wall 22, the distance between a preset axis O and the first side wall 21 is D, and the thickness of the door body 2 is B, wherein D= (1/4-1/3) is B.

Wherein, the article can be stored in the box body 1 or taken out from the box body 1 through the taking-out and putting-in opening 11. The door body 2 has a fixed rotation axis, and in a closed state, the access opening 11 is closed. The door body 2 has a first side wall 21 and a second side wall 22 disposed opposite to each other in the second direction y, and a third side wall 23 and a fourth side wall 24 disposed opposite to each other in the first direction x, the first side wall 21 being located on a side away from the cabinet 1, the second side wall 22 being located on a side close to the cabinet 1, the third side wall 23 being connected between the first side wall 21 and the second side wall 22 and being located on an outer side, i.e., on a side close to the preset axis O, and the fourth side wall 24 being connected between the first side wall 21 and the second side wall 22 and being located on a side away from the preset axis O.

The third sidewall 23 intersects the first sidewall 21 to form a first ridge L1, and the third sidewall 23 intersects the second sidewall 22 to form a second ridge L2. The first movement track of the first ridge line L1 in the process of opening or closing the door body 2 is positioned at the inner side of the extension surface N of the side wall of the box body 1, and the second movement track of the second ridge line L2 in the process of opening or closing the door body 2 is positioned at the inner side of the extension surface N of the side wall of the box body 1.

For a conventional refrigerator, as shown in fig. 4, the distance between the preset axis O ' and the first side wall 21 is larger, generally larger than 1/3*B, and in the opening process of the door body 2, the motion track of the first ridge line L1 is an arc with the preset axis O ' as the center and the O ' L1 as the radius, and when the door body 2 is located in a certain angle range in the opening process of the door body 2, the first ridge line L1 exceeds the extension surface N of the side wall of the box body 1. When the refrigerator is mounted in an embedded manner, in order to ensure that the door body 2 is smoothly opened to 90 ° or more than 90 °, a certain distance between the side wall and the wall of the refrigerator is required.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the refrigerator disclosed herein moves the preset axis O outwards by a distance X along the second direction y relative to the preset axis O' in the prior art, which is equivalent to reducing the distance between the preset axis O and the first ridge L1, and in the opening process of the door body 2, the movement track of the first ridge L1 is an arc with the preset axis O as the center and the OL1 as the radius, and the first movement track of the first ridge L1 is beneficial to be always located at the inner side of the extension surface N of the side wall of the refrigerator body 1 due to the reduction of the distance between the OL 1. The closer the distance between the preset axis O and the first side wall 21, the smaller the degree of interference with the side of the case when the door 2 is opened and closed. Therefore, when the refrigerator is embedded in the wall body, the reserved space of the side face of the refrigerator body 1 along the first direction x can be reduced, the door body 2 can be opened better, and the door body 2 can be opened to 90 degrees or more smoothly.

In addition, by setting the upper limit value of the D value, the door body 2 can be prevented from exceeding the extension surface N in the opening process, so that the door body 2 can be opened better; by setting the lower limit value of the value D, the door body 2 can be prevented from being insufficient in strength at the hinge position due to the too small distance between the hinge axis O and the first side wall 21, and the structural reliability of the refrigerator can be improved.

In addition, after the hinge axis O moves outward in the second direction y, the larger the distance between the second ridgeline L2 and the case 1 during rotation of the door body 2, and thus the less likely the case 1 will collide.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the door body 2 further includes a third sidewall 23, where the third sidewall 23 is connected between the first sidewall 21 and the second sidewall 22 and is located on a side close to the preset axis O, and a distance between the preset axis O and the third sidewall 23 is E, D is less than or equal to E is less than or equal to 1.3D.

In the embodiment, by setting the lower limit value of E, the phenomenon that the door body 2 is insufficient in strength at the hinge position due to the fact that the distance between the hinge axis O and the third side wall 23 is too small can be prevented, and the structural reliability of the refrigerator is improved; by setting the upper limit value of E so as to avoid that the value of D is reduced, a larger value of E still causes a larger distance of OL1, so that a smaller distance between OL1 can be kept, the door body 2 is prevented from exceeding the extension plane N in the opening process, and the door body 2 can be opened better.

In some embodiments, the door body 2 further includes a third sidewall 23, the third sidewall 23 is connected between the first sidewall 21 and the second sidewall 22, and is located on a side close to the preset axis O, and a rounded corner 25 is disposed between the first sidewall 21 and the third sidewall 23.

In the case where the rounded corners 25 are provided between the first side wall 21 and the third side wall 23, the first ridge line L1 is a virtual line. Further, a rounded corner 25 may be provided between the fourth side wall 24 and the first side wall 21, and a rounded corner 25 may be provided between the second side wall 22 and the fourth side wall 24.

This embodiment can further avoid exceeding extension face N at the in-process first ridgeline L1 that door body 2 opened through setting up fillet 25, sets up the fillet 25 moreover and can reduce the requirement to predetermineeing the outside removal distance of axis O along second direction y, through setting up fillet 25 and with D design in suitable within range, can guarantee well that door body 2 opens smoothly, is favorable to the embedded installation of refrigerator.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the radius of the rounded corners 25 is R, where r= (1/6-1/5) B.

In this embodiment, the radius value of the fillet 25 is set within a proper range, and compared with the prior art, the radius value is increased, so that the door body 2 can be well ensured to be smoothly opened, and the embedded installation of the refrigerator is facilitated. The larger the radius value of the round corner 25 is, the smaller the interference degree between the door body 2 and the side face of the refrigerator is when the door body is opened or closed, and meanwhile, the radius value of the round corner 25 cannot be set too large in consideration of appearance requirements and practical situations.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3, a gap A, D.ltoreq.A.ltoreq.1.3D is provided between the case 1 and the door 2.

After the preset axis O moves outwards along the second direction y, the distance between the second ridge L2 and the case 1 will also increase correspondingly during the rotation of the door 2, so that, for better sealing, the preset axis O and the door 2 can be moved integrally towards the direction close to the case 1 on the basis of the prior art, so as to reduce the gap a, which is beneficial to reducing the thickness dimension of the refrigerator along the second direction y.

In the embodiment, the lower limit value of the gap A is set, so that the interference between the second ridge line L2 and the box body 1 in the movement process of the door body 2 can be prevented, and the door body 2 can be ensured to be opened smoothly; by setting the upper limit value of the gap A, the sealing component is arranged between the box body 1 and the door body 2, and the sealing effect between the box body 1 and the door body 2 is improved.

In some embodiments, the door body 2 further includes a third side wall 23, the third side wall 23 is connected between the first side wall 21 and the second side wall 22, and is located at a side close to the preset axis O, the third side wall 23 intersects with the first side wall 21 to form a first ridge L1, and a first movement track a of the first ridge L1 during rotation of the door body 2 is located inside an extension plane N of a side surface of the box body 1.

This embodiment can reduce restrictions on the installation space of the refrigerator, and can smoothly open the door 2 even when the side wall of the cabinet 1 is attached to the wall or the gap is good.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, from the closed state of the door body 2, the distance between the first movement track a of the first ridge L1 and the extension surface N decreases and then increases with the increase of the opening angle of the door body 2; and/or the distance between the first movement track a and the case 1 decreases with the increase of the opening angle of the door 2.

In some embodiments, the projection in the horizontal plane, the first movement track a is circular arc and tangent to the extension plane N, and the tangent point is a first point a1 of the first movement track a, where the first point a1 is located on the first ridge L1 when the door body 2 is opened to a preset angle, and the preset angle is smaller than 90 °. At tangency, the perpendicular to the first point a1 to the preset axis O is parallel to the first direction x.

The embodiment can be tangent to the extension surface N when the door body 2 rotates to enable the first ridge line L1 to be located at the outermost side, so that the first ridge line L1 can be prevented from exceeding the extension surface N in the rotation process of the door body 2, smooth opening of the door body 2 is ensured, and the values of E and D can be increased as much as possible on the basis, so that the strength of the door body 2 at the hinge position is improved. In addition, in the case where the door body 2 is closed, it is also advantageous to make the third side wall 23 of the door body 2 flush with the side wall of the case 1.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the refrigerator further includes: at least two hinges 3, the door body 2 is provided with hinges 3 along both ends of the preset axis O, the hinges 3 being configured to connect the door body 2 and the case 1. By providing the hinges 3 at the top and bottom ends of the door body 2, the door body 2 can be stably rotated about the preset axis O. The hinge 3 is provided at a position of the case 1 close to the outside in the first direction x.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the hinge 3 includes a mounting plate 31 and a hinge shaft 32, the mounting plate 31 is connected to an end surface of the case 1, the mounting plate 31 protrudes beyond a side surface of the case 1 and covers at least a part of the end surface of the door body 2, and the hinge shaft 32 is connected to the mounting plate 31 and is inserted into a hinge hole on the end surface of the door body 2. Specifically, the mounting plate 31 may have a rectangular structure, one end of the mounting plate 31 is fixed to the top wall or the bottom wall of the case 1, and the other end of the mounting plate 31 is covered on the top wall 26 or the bottom wall 27 of the door 2.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, two door bodies 2 are provided, and the two door bodies 2 can be opened and closed relatively to jointly close the access opening 11 in a closed state, and each door body 2 is connected with the box body 1 through two hinges 3. The respective hinges 3 of the two doors 2 are located at both ends of the cabinet 1 in the first direction x. Alternatively, the door body 2 may be provided with one.

The above-mentioned embodiment of this disclosure is through carrying out reasonable design to the position of predetermineeing axis O to set up suitable fillet radius value, practical with hinge 3 cooperation, can realize the embedded installation of refrigerator. Further, the thickness of the door body 2 can be reduced, which is beneficial to realizing smooth opening of the door body 2. On the one hand, the appearance of the door body 2 and on the other hand, the door body 2 and the hinge 3 can be ensured to have enough strength and rigidity. On the premise of not affecting the refrigerating performance of the refrigerator, the extension surface N of the side surface of the refrigerator body 1 can be not exceeded by each point on the first ridge line L1 and the second ridge line L2, zero embedding and flat embedding of the refrigerator can be realized, the zero embedding is that the refrigerator door body 2 is flush with the wall body, and the flat embedding is that the door body 2 exceeds the wall body, but the refrigerator body 1 is flush with the wall body.

Based on the various embodiments of the disclosure described above, features of one embodiment may be beneficially combined with one or more other embodiments without explicit negation or conflict.

Although some specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail by way of example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments may be modified and equivalents substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.

Claims (11)

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

the box body (1) is provided with a taking and placing opening (11); and

the door body (2) is rotatably connected with the box body (1) around a preset axis (O) so as to open or close the taking and placing opening (11); the door body (2) comprises a first side wall (21) and a second side wall (22) which are oppositely arranged, the first side wall (21) is far away from the box body (1) relative to the second side wall (22), the distance between the preset axis (O) and the first side wall (21) is D, and the thickness of the door body (2) is B, wherein D= (1/4-1/3) B.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door body (2) further comprises a third side wall (23), the third side wall (23) being connected between the first side wall (21) and the second side wall (22) and being located on a side close to the preset axis (O), a distance between the preset axis (O) and the third side wall (23) being E, D being E being 1.3D.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door body (2) further comprises a third side wall (23), the third side wall (23) being connected between the first side wall (21) and the second side wall (22) and being located on a side close to the preset axis (O), a rounded corner (25) being provided between the first side wall (21) and the third side wall (23).

4. A refrigerator according to claim 3, characterized in that the radius of the rounded corners (25) is R, wherein r= (1/6-1/5) B.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a gap A is formed between the refrigerator body (1) and the door body (2), and D is not smaller than A and not larger than 1.3D.

6. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the door body (2) further comprises a third side wall (23), the third side wall (23) is connected between the first side wall (21) and the second side wall (22) and is located at a side close to the preset axis (O), the third side wall (23) and the first side wall (21) intersect to form a first ridge line (L1), and a first movement track (a) of the first ridge line (L1) during rotation of the door body (2) is located at an inner side of an extension surface (N) of a side surface of the refrigerator body (1).

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein,

the distance between the first motion track (A) and the extension surface (N) is firstly reduced and then increased along with the increase of the opening angle of the door body (2); and/or

The distance between the first movement track (A) and the box body (1) is reduced along with the increase of the opening angle of the door body (2).

8. The refrigerator according to claim 6, characterized in that said first movement trajectory (a) is circular arc-shaped and tangential to said extension plane (N), the point of tangency being a first point (a 1) of said first movement trajectory (a), said first point (a 1) being located on said first ridge (L1) with said door body (2) open to a preset angle, said preset angle being less than 90 °.

9. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: the door comprises at least two hinges (3), wherein the hinges (3) are arranged at two ends of the door body (2) along the preset axis (O), and the hinges (3) are configured to connect the door body (2) and the box body (1).

10. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the hinge (3) includes a mounting plate (31) and a hinge shaft (32), the mounting plate (31) is connected to an end surface of the cabinet (1), the mounting plate (31) extends beyond a side surface of the cabinet (1) and covers at least a part of the end surface of the door body (2), and the hinge shaft (32) is connected to the mounting plate (31) and is inserted into a hinge hole on the end surface of the door body (2).

11. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein two door bodies (2) are provided, and the two door bodies (2) are relatively openable and closable to jointly close the access opening (11) in a closed state, and each door body (2) is connected to the case (1) through two hinges (3).

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