CN116147257A

CN116147257A - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Info

Publication number: CN116147257A
Application number: CN202211658831.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王文明; 刘伟; 吕本阳; 李鹏辉; 梁星
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-22
Filing date: 2022-12-22
Publication date: 2023-05-23

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, comprising: a box body, in which a storage compartment is defined; the two door bodies are respectively and pivotally connected to two sides of the box body through hinge shafts and are used for opening or closing the storage compartment; the two sealing parts are respectively arranged on the two door bodies and are used for sealing gaps between the two door bodies; and two retracting assemblies respectively connected with the two sealing pieces and configured to pull the two sealing pieces in opposite directions during the opening process of the two door bodies so that the two sealing pieces are separated from each other. The refrigerator storage compartment has the advantages that the vertical beam can be omitted, the sealing performance of the refrigerator storage compartment is improved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of refrigeration and freezing devices, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

At present, a vertical beam is usually arranged in a storage compartment of a side-by-side refrigerator, and a gap between a left door body and a right door body is plugged by using the vertical beam so as to maintain the sealing state of the storage compartment. However, the vertical beam is difficult to install, noise is generated during the reverse rotation, the vertical beam is easy to clamp, and the design form of the clamping groove of the vertical beam seriously influences the attractiveness of the refrigerator. In addition, deformation of the vertical beam or inconsistent thickness of the internal foam may bring about condensation to different degrees, and although the conventional method can compensate for the condensation problem by increasing the turn-on rate of the vertical beam heating wire, this definitely causes energy loss, and thus needs to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a side-by-side combination refrigerator without a vertical beam.

A further object of the invention is to improve the sealing effect of the seal.

In particular, the present invention provides a refrigerator including:

a box body, in which a storage compartment is defined;

the two door bodies are respectively connected with two sides of the box body in a pivotable manner through hinge shafts and are used for opening or closing the storage compartment;

the two sealing parts are respectively arranged on the two door bodies and are used for sealing gaps between the two door bodies; and

and two retracting assemblies respectively connected with the two sealing members and configured to pull the two sealing members towards opposite directions during the opening process of the two door bodies so that the two sealing members are separated from each other.

Optionally, the sealing member includes fixed strip and sealing strip, and the fixed strip sets up the inboard at the door body, and the sealing strip sets up the inboard at the fixed strip, soft connection between sealing strip and the fixed strip.

Optionally, the cross section of the sealing strip is fan-shaped, and the sealing strip is provided with a first side and a second side, wherein the first side extends along the depth direction of the box body, one side, adjacent to the fixing strip, of the sealing strip is in soft connection with the fixing strip, and the second side extends from the soft connection part towards an area formed by the fixing strip and the first side.

Optionally, the included angle between the first side edge and the second side edge is 30-80 degrees.

Optionally, the first side of one sealing strip is provided with the magnetism piece of inhaling, and the first side of another sealing strip is provided with draws the magnetic sheet, and when two door bodies are in the closed state, magnetism piece and draw the mutual actuation of magnetic sheet for the first side of two sealing pieces laminating each other.

Optionally, the first side of two sealing strips deviates from the side of soft junction and all is provided with the overlap angle, when piece and the attraction piece actuation of attracting are put in place to magnetism, two overlap angles butt each other.

Optionally, the winding and pulling assembly comprises a spring and a pull rope, the spring is arranged between the sealing strip and the fixing strip, two ends of the spring are respectively and fixedly connected with the sealing strip and the fixing strip, one end of the pull rope is wound on the hinge shaft of the box body, and the other end of the pull rope penetrates through the spring and is fixed to the sealing strip.

Optionally, the sealing strip is provided with a reinforcing sheet, and one end of the spring adjacent to the sealing strip is fixed on the reinforcing sheet.

Optionally, the spring is disposed at an end of the sealing strip that is spaced greater from the fixing strip.

Optionally, the sealing member further comprises a door seal body, wherein the door seal body is fixed on the inner side of the door body, and the fixing strip is fixed on the door seal body.

According to the refrigerator, the sealing pieces are respectively arranged on the two door bodies, each sealing piece is connected with the folding and pulling assembly, and when the door bodies are in the closed state, the two sealing pieces are attached to each other, so that a gap between the two door bodies can be plugged. During the opening of the door, the retraction assembly is able to pull the two seals in opposite directions, thereby separating the two seals from one another. Like this, utilize two sealing members to carry out the shutoff to the gap of the door body, can cancel setting and the installation of vertical beam, be favorable to improving user's use experience.

Further, the first side edges of the two sealing strips of the refrigerator are respectively provided with the magnetic attraction piece and the magnetic attraction piece, when the two door bodies are in a closed state, the magnetic attraction piece and the magnetic attraction piece are attracted with each other, so that the first side edges of the two sealing pieces are tightly attached, the sealing effect on the door bodies is improved, the good sealing performance of the storage compartment is ensured, and the energy loss of the refrigerator is reduced.

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

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the figures. In the drawings:

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic state diagram of two seals when closed according to one embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic state diagram of two seals when open according to one embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals: 10. a refrigerator; 110. a case; 120. a door body; 130. a hinge shaft; 200. a seal; 210. a fixing strip; 220. a sealing strip; 221. a magnetic attraction piece; 222. a magnetic sheet; 223. a reinforcing sheet; 224. the corners are lapped; 230. a door seal body; 300. a retraction assembly; 310. a spring; 320. and (5) pulling the rope.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, 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.

The present invention provides a refrigerator 10, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the refrigerator 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a schematic state diagram of two seals 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention when closed, and fig. 3 is a schematic state diagram of two seals 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention when open.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the refrigerator 10 may include a cabinet 110, two door bodies 120, two sealing members 200, and two drawing assemblies 300, wherein a storage compartment is defined inside the cabinet 110, and the two door bodies 120 are pivotally connected to both sides of the cabinet 110 by hinge shafts 130, respectively, for opening or closing the storage compartment. The two sealing members 200 are respectively disposed at the two door bodies 120 for sealing a gap between the two door bodies 120. The two retracting assemblies 300 are respectively connected to the two sealing members 200, and are configured to pull the two sealing members 200 in opposite directions during the opening of the two door bodies 120 such that the two sealing members 200 are separated from each other.

In the refrigerator 10 according to the embodiment of the invention, the two door bodies 120 are respectively provided with the sealing members 200, each sealing member 200 is connected with the folding and pulling assembly 300, and when the door bodies 120 are in the closed state, the two sealing members 200 are attached to each other, so that a gap between the two door bodies 120 can be plugged. During the opening of the door 120, the retraction assembly 300 can pull the two seals 200 in opposite directions, thereby separating the two seals 200 from each other. Thus, the two sealing elements 200 are utilized to seal the gap of the door body 120, so that the setting and the installation of the vertical beam can be canceled, and the use experience of a user can be improved.

The sealing member 200 may include a fixing bar 210 and a sealing bar 220, the fixing bar 210 is disposed at the inner side of the door body 120, the sealing bar 220 is disposed at the inner side of the fixing bar 210, and the sealing bar 220 is flexibly connected with the fixing bar 210. When the door 120 is in a closed state, the two sealing strips 220 are attached to each other at the adjacent sides, so that the gap between the two door 120 is blocked, and the cold in the storage compartment is prevented from flowing out from the gap. During the opening of the door 120, the sides of the two sealing bars 220 adjacent to each other are separated from each other, thereby ensuring that the door 120 can be smoothly opened. Since the two sealing strips 220 need to be repeatedly attached to or detached from each other during frequent opening and closing of the door 120, the sealing strips 220 are flexibly connected with the fixing strips 210, which is beneficial to improving the smoothness of the movement of the sealing strips 220.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sealing strip 220 has a cross section of a fan shape and has a first side extending in the depth direction of the case 110, one side adjacent to the fixing strip 210 being in soft connection with the fixing strip 210, and a second side extending from the soft connection toward a region where the fixing strip 210 is sandwiched with the first side. By designing the sealing strips 220 to be fan-shaped, the sealing effect of the sealing strips 220 can be improved, and after the two sealing strips 220 are mutually extruded and deformed, the gap of the door body 120 can be still ensured to be effectively blocked.

The angle between the first side edge and the second side edge may be 30 ° to 80 °, such as 45 °, 60 °, 75 °, etc. By reserving a sufficient angle between the first side and the second side, a more reliable fit of the two seals 200 can be ensured.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the first side of one sealing strip 220 is provided with a magnetic attraction piece 221, and the first side of the other sealing strip 220 is provided with a magnetic attraction piece 222, and when the two door bodies 120 are in the closed state, the magnetic attraction piece 221 and the magnetic attraction piece 222 attract each other, so that the first sides of the two sealing members 200 are attached to each other. Through set up magnetism piece 221 and draw magnetic sheet 222 respectively at two first sides, when two door bodies 120 are in the closed condition, magnetism piece 221 and draw magnetic sheet 222 inter attraction to drive two sealing strips 220 and closely laminate, be favorable to improving sealed effect, prevent to appear sealed not tight problem between two sealing strips 220.

The magnetic attraction sheet 221 may be made of a magnet, and the attraction sheet 222 may be made of an iron sheet. For example, in fig. 2 and 3, the magnetic sheet 221 is disposed at the first side of the left sealing strip 220, and the magnetic sheet 222 is disposed at the first side of the right sealing strip 220. Of course, the magnetic sheet 221 may be disposed at the first side of the right-side weather strip 220, and the magnetic sheet 222 may be disposed at the first side of the left-side weather strip 220.

The first sides of the two sealing strips 220 are respectively provided with a lap angle 224 at one side away from the soft connection part, and when the magnetic attraction piece 221 and the magnetic attraction piece 222 are attracted in place, the two lap angles 224 are mutually abutted. The two overlap corners 224 may be sheet structures that arch toward each other, and when the two sealing strips 220 are attached to each other, the two overlap corners 224 are attached to each other, so that a double sealing effect can be achieved, and good sealing performance of the storage compartment is effectively ensured.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings, the two overlap corners 224 are located at the rear side of the first side of the sealing strip 220, so that the sealing property of the storage compartment is not affected even if the two sealing strips 220 are not tightly adhered to each other after the two door bodies 120 are closed. Because the two overlap corners 224 can be attached to each other, the cold in the storage compartment cannot enter the gap between the two sealing members 200, and the problem of cold leakage cannot occur.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the retraction assembly 300 may include a spring 310 and a pulling cord 320, the spring 310 being disposed between the sealing strip 220 and the fixing strip 210, both ends of which are fixedly connected to the sealing strip 220 and the fixing strip 210, respectively, one end of the pulling cord 320 being wound around the hinge shaft 130 of the case 110, and the other end being fixed to the sealing strip 220 through the spring 310.

In the process of opening the door 120, the hinge shaft 130 of the case 110 is rotated to wind up the pulling string 320, and since the other end of the pulling string 320 is fixed to the sealing strips 220, the pulling string 320 pulls the sealing strips 220 to rotate, thereby compressing the springs 310, and the two sealing strips 220 are rotated and opened around the soft joint of the front ends. The user is closing the in-process of door 120, thereby the hinge pin 130 of box 110 reverse rotation release stay cord 320, thereby spring 310 resumes deformation gradually, promotes two sealing strips 220 and rotates in opposite directions around the soft junction of front end, makes two sealing strips 220 draw close gradually and extrude laminating together, and under the effect of spring 310 elastic force, two sealing strips 220 can be further extruded and laminated, is favorable to improving sealed effect.

It can be appreciated that, since the sealing strip 220 in the present embodiment is designed to be fan-shaped, when the spring 310 is disposed between the sealing strip 220 and the fixing strip 210, the inclination angle of the spring 310 is smaller, and the spring 310 can be compressed or relaxed along the field during the process of opening and closing the door 120. If the sealing strip 220 is designed to be a strip extending along the depth direction of the case 110, when the spring 310 is disposed between the sealing strip 220 and the fixing strip 210, the spring 310 is inclined to one side by a larger angle, which may cause unsmooth compression or relaxation of the spring 310 during opening and closing of the door 120, and thus, jamming may occur easily.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the spring 310 may be disposed at an end of the sealing strip 220 that is spaced apart from the fixing strip 210. Thus, in the process of opening the door 120, the force can be saved, and the separation of the two sealing members 200 is easier, which is beneficial to improving the use experience of the user.

The sealing strip 220, the fixing strip 210 and the overlap corner 224 may be integrally formed, and all made of rubber material, and the soft connection between the sealing strip 220 and the fixing strip 210 may be made of a thin rubber sheet. The plasticity of the rubber is good, and the two sealing strips 220 can be well attached together after being extruded and deformed.

The sealing strip 220 may be provided with a reinforcing sheet 223, and the spring 310 is fixed to the reinforcing sheet 223 adjacent to one end of the sealing strip 220. The reinforcing sheet 223 may be a hard plastic sheet, and is fixed at the second side of the sealing strip 220 in an adhesive manner, and the connecting part between the spring 310 and the sealing strip 220 can be prevented from being broken by the arranged reinforcing sheet 223, so that the stability of the structure is improved, and the service life of the sealing strip 220 is prolonged.

The seal 200 may further include a door seal body 230, the door seal body 230 being fixed to the inner side of the door body 120, and the fixing strip 210 being fixed to the door seal body 230. The fixing strip 210 can be stably coupled to the door body 120 by the door seal body 230, preventing the fixing strip 210 from falling off the door body 120.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings of the present invention, the interior of the case 110 is defined with two storage compartments arranged up and down, and a set of side-by-side doors is provided at the front side of each storage compartment, wherein the storage compartment located above may be used as a refrigerating compartment, and the storage compartment located below may be used as a freezing compartment. In practical application, the number, function, layout mode and the like of the storage compartments can be configured according to requirements, and the invention is not limited to this.

In order to make the opening and closing of the door body 120 smoother, the pull-up assemblies 300 may be disposed at the upper and lower ends of the door body 120, for the pull-up assemblies 300 above, the pull ropes 320 may be wound on the upper hinge shaft 130, for the pull-up assemblies 300 below, the pull ropes 320 may be wound on the lower hinge shaft 130, and when winding, the winding directions of the upper and lower pull ropes 320 should be the same, and the rotation direction of opening the door body 120 is taken as the winding direction of the pull ropes 320.

It will be appreciated that air has a much lower thermal conductivity than foam, and it serves to better insulate against heat transfer. The prior method is to isolate heat conduction through foam in the vertical beam, but the foam structure is irregular, and the foam thickness is inconsistent, so that the sealing requirement is difficult to meet. The invention designs a brand new side-by-side combination refrigerator 10 based on the mutual coordination of magnetic force and elastic force, and can effectively ensure good sealing performance of the storage compartment on the premise of canceling the vertical beam, thereby remarkably improving the use experience of users.

According to any one of the optional embodiments or the combination of multiple optional embodiments, the following beneficial effects can be achieved according to the embodiment of the invention:

Further, in the refrigerator 10 of the embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic attraction pieces 221 and the magnetic attraction pieces 222 are respectively disposed on the first sides of the two sealing strips 220, and when the two door bodies 120 are in the closed state, the magnetic attraction pieces 221 and the magnetic attraction pieces 222 are attracted to each other, so that the first sides of the two sealing members 200 can be tightly attached, which is beneficial to improving the sealing effect on the door bodies 120, ensuring good tightness of the storage compartment, and reducing the energy loss of the refrigerator 10.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless specifically stated otherwise, terms used to indicate orientation or positional relationship in the embodiments of the present invention are based on the actual use state of the refrigerator 10, and these terms are merely for convenience in describing and understanding the technical solution of the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device or component to be referred to must have a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like should be construed broadly, as they may be fixed, removable, or integral, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand the specific meaning of the terms described above in the present invention as the case may be.

In the description of the present embodiment, a description referring to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

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

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

a box body, in which a storage compartment is defined;

the two door bodies are respectively and pivotally connected to two sides of the box body through hinge shafts and are used for opening or closing the storage compartment;

and the two retracting assemblies are respectively connected with the two sealing pieces and are configured to pull the two sealing pieces towards opposite directions in the opening process of the two door bodies so that the two sealing pieces are separated from each other.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein,

the sealing element comprises a fixing strip and a sealing strip, wherein the fixing strip is arranged on the inner side of the door body, the sealing strip is arranged on the inner side of the fixing strip, and the sealing strip is in soft connection with the fixing strip.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein,

the cross section of sealing strip is fan-shaped, and it has first side and second side, first side border the depth direction of box extends, its one side that is adjacent the fixed strip with the fixed strip is soft to be connected, the second side is followed soft junction is towards the fixed strip with the region that the first side presss from both sides becomes extends.

4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein,

the included angle between the first side edge and the second side edge is 30-80 degrees.

5. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein,

one sealing strip first side is provided with the magnetism piece of inhaling, and another sealing strip first side is provided with draws the magnetic sheet, when two the door body is in the closed condition, magnetism inhale the piece with draw the magnetic sheet to inhale the actuation each other, make two first side of sealing member laminating each other.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein,

and the two sides of the first side of the sealing strips, which are away from the soft connection part, are respectively provided with a lap angle, and when the magnetic attraction piece and the magnetic attraction piece are attracted in place, the two lap angles are mutually abutted.

7. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein,

the folding and pulling assembly comprises a spring and a pulling rope, the spring is arranged between the sealing strip and the fixing strip, two ends of the spring are respectively fixedly connected with the sealing strip and the fixing strip, one end of the pulling rope is wound on the hinge shaft of the box body, and the other end of the pulling rope penetrates through the spring to be fixed to the sealing strip.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein,

the sealing strip is provided with a reinforcing sheet, and one end of the spring, which is adjacent to the sealing strip, is fixed on the reinforcing sheet.

9. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein,

the spring is arranged at one end of the sealing strip, which is larger than the fixing strip.

10. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein,

the sealing piece further comprises a door seal main body, wherein the door seal main body is fixed on the inner side of the door body, and the fixing strip is fixed on the door seal main body.