CN117781542A - Refrigerator and mounting method thereof - Google Patents

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CN117781542A
CN117781542A CN202211153113.6A CN202211153113A CN117781542A CN 117781542 A CN117781542 A CN 117781542A CN 202211153113 A CN202211153113 A CN 202211153113A CN 117781542 A CN117781542 A CN 117781542A
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姜明亮
徐忠良
崔文杰
李秋双
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Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd
Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
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The invention provides a refrigerator and a mounting method of the refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises a compressor bin, a control box is arranged on the inner side of the side wall of the compressor bin, a connecting part and a clamping part are arranged on the control box towards the side wall of the compressor bin, and a containing part which is mutually clamped and positioned with the clamping part and a fixing part which is fixed with the connecting part are arranged on the side wall of the compressor bin. The invention solves the problem that in the prior art, when the control box is installed on the side wall of the compressor bin, the connecting part of the control box is often deviated from the fixing part on the side wall of the compressor bin due to the weight of the control box, so that the installation is difficult.

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Refrigerator and mounting method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration, in particular to a refrigerator and a mounting method of the refrigerator.
Background
The refrigerator is used as refrigerating equipment for preserving or storing food materials, and solves the problem of food fresh-keeping. Refrigerators have been taken into many families as a general household appliance for a long time. It is known that the control box of the current refrigerator is formed on the top or back of the refrigerator by embedding a foaming layer of the refrigerator. Therefore, the distance between the control box and the compressor wiring is relatively long, thereby increasing the manufacturing cost.
At present, some refrigerators have a control box provided in a compressor compartment as a separate component, but when the control box is mounted to a side wall of the compressor compartment, a connection portion of the control box is often offset from a fixing portion on the side wall of the compressor compartment due to the weight of the control box itself, thereby causing difficulty in mounting.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a refrigerator and a mounting method thereof, which are used for solving the problem that in the prior art, when a control box is mounted on the side wall of a compressor bin, the connecting part of the control box is often deviated from the fixing part on the side wall of the compressor bin due to the weight of the control box, so that the mounting is difficult.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, including a compressor compartment, wherein a control box is disposed on an inner side of a side wall of the compressor compartment, a connection portion and a clamping portion are disposed on the control box and toward the side wall of the compressor compartment, and a receiving portion and a fixing portion are disposed on the side wall of the compressor compartment, the receiving portion and the fixing portion are mutually clamped and located with the clamping portion.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator further includes a cabinet, and the compressor compartment is formed at a rear side of a lower section of the cabinet.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the side wall of the compressor compartment includes a left and right side wall body and a straight flange formed on an end surface of the left and right side wall body at one end of the rear side of the case, the straight flange being disposed away from the inside of the compressor compartment, the straight flange being disposed as the fixing portion, and the receiving portion being disposed on the side wall body.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the clamping portion includes at least one claw, the accommodating portion is a clamping groove provided on the sidewall body, and the claw is matched with the clamping groove and is clamped in the clamping groove.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the control box includes a bottom plate disposed along an inner sidewall of the sidewall body, and a housing covering the bottom plate, the housing is connected to the bottom plate to form a receiving space, and the claw is disposed on a side of the bottom plate facing the sidewall body.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom plate is provided with a clamping rib facing the shell along the periphery thereof, the end surface of the shell facing the bottom plate is provided with a waterproof clamping groove, and the clamping rib is clamped in the waterproof clamping groove.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the housing is provided with a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the connection portion includes a mounting rib vertically provided on a rear side wall of the rectangular parallelepiped shape in an up-down direction and at least two connection bars connected to the mounting rib, the connection bars being provided toward the bottom plate and fixedly connected to the straight flange.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting strip is provided with a screw hole, and the straight flange is provided with a fixed connecting hole matched with the screw hole.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, a first side wall of the rectangular parallelepiped housing located below is provided with a notch for communicating the inside and the outside of the housing, the control box includes a sinking type wire slot disposed around the notch and outside the first side wall, and a drain hole is provided on a bottom wall of the sinking type wire slot.
In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention also provides an installation method of the refrigerator as described above, comprising the steps of:
the control box of the refrigerator is matched with the accommodating part through the clamping part to be positioned on the side wall of the compressor bin;
the connecting part is fixedly connected with the side wall of the compressor bin through a fastener, and the control box is further fixed on the side wall of the compressor bin.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
through set up joint portion in the control box towards the one side of compressor storehouse lateral wall, when installing the control box on the compressor storehouse lateral wall, can carry out the card through joint portion and holding portion earlier and hold the location, then be connected to connecting portion on the fixed part on the compressor storehouse lateral wall, avoided because the weight of control box itself, the connecting portion of control box takes place the skew with the fixed part on the compressor storehouse lateral wall when leading to the installation, and produces the problem of installation difficulty.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the control box of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view of the control box of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of the control box of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the control box of FIG. 2 with the bottom plate removed;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of the bottom plate structure of the control box in fig. 2.
The above description of the drawings includes the following reference numerals:
1. a compressor bin;
2. a control box; 21. a bottom plate; 211. clamping the rib; 22. a housing; 221. a waterproof clamping groove; 222. installing ribs; 223. a connecting strip; 2231. screw holes; 224. a first sidewall; 2241. a notch; 225. sinking type wire slot; 2251. a drain hole;
3. a case; 4. a sidewall body; 41. straight flanging; 5. a claw; 6. and a heat dissipation plate.
Detailed Description
It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other. The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.
It is noted that all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs unless otherwise indicated.
In the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" are used generally with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or with respect to the component itself in the vertical, upright or gravitational direction; also, for ease of understanding and description, "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the profile of each component itself, but the above-mentioned orientation terms are not intended to limit the present invention.
In order to solve the problem in the prior art, when the control box is mounted on the side wall of the compressor bin, the connecting part of the control box is often deviated from the fixing part on the side wall of the compressor bin due to the weight of the control box, so that the mounting is difficult.
As shown in fig. 1-6, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, including a compressor bin 1, wherein a control box 2 is disposed on an inner side of a side wall of the compressor bin 1, a connection portion and a clamping portion are disposed on a side wall of the control box 2 facing the compressor bin, and a receiving portion and a fixing portion are disposed on a side wall of the compressor bin, the receiving portion and the fixing portion are mutually clamped and positioned with respect to each other.
Through the above arrangement, when the control box 2 is arranged on the inner side of the side wall of the compressor bin 1, the clamping and positioning can be performed with the accommodating part through the clamping part, and then the connecting part is connected to the fixing part on the side wall of the compressor bin, so that the control box 2 is mounted on the inner side of the side wall of the compressor bin 1.
It will be appreciated that since the control box 2 can be pre-positioned first during installation, it will not be deflected when it is mounted to the side wall of the compressor compartment 1 and the control box 2 will not be held by hand during installation, reducing the difficulty of installation.
Illustratively, the refrigerator in this embodiment further includes a case 3, the compressor compartment 1 is formed at a rear side of a lower section of the case 3, and a compartment wall of the compressor compartment 1 is connected to the case 3 to form the compressor compartment 1.
As shown in fig. 1, the side wall of the compressor compartment 1 includes a left side wall body 4 and a right side wall body, and a straight flange 41, where the straight flange 41 is formed on an end surface of the left side wall body 4 and the right side wall body located at one end of the rear side of the box 3, and the straight flange 41 is set away from the inside of the compressor compartment 1.
Preferably, in the process of installing the control box 2, the straight flange 41 may be set as the fixing portion, and when so set, the connection portion of the control box may be directly connected to the straight flange 41, so that a screw hole formed in the side wall body 4 of the compressor compartment may be avoided to connect the control box 2, thereby making the processing process of the fixing portion relatively simple.
Further, the accommodating portion is disposed on the side wall body 4, and is used for being clamped and positioned with the clamping portion of the control box 2.
The clamping portion comprises at least one clamping jaw 5, the accommodating portion is arranged to be a clamping groove matched with the clamping jaw 5, the clamping groove is located on the side wall body 4, and the clamping jaw 5 can be clamped in the clamping groove. It can be appreciated that the claw 5 is clamped in the clamping groove, on one hand, the control box 2 can be pre-positioned, on the other hand, the claw 5 can also support the weight of the control box 2, and in the process of installation, the claw is not required to hold the control box 2 by hands, so that an operator is relatively labor-saving in the process of installing the control box 2.
It will be appreciated that a single point arrangement of one jaw 5 will tend to deflect when it is snapped into the snap-in groove, and therefore, during installation, the operator still needs to calibrate the position of the control box 2 and then attach the connection to the predetermined location on the straight flange 41. Therefore, the number of the claws 5 may be set to 2 or more, and the engaging grooves may be provided at positions on the side wall body 4 opposed to the respective claws 5. So arranged, when these claws 5 are all clamped in the clamping grooves, the position of the control box 2 on the side wall of the compressor bin is relatively fixed, and an operator can connect the control box 2 to the side wall of the compressor bin 1 without recalibrating the position.
As shown in fig. 1-2, the control box 2 includes a bottom plate 21 disposed along an inner sidewall of the sidewall body 4, and a housing 22 covering the bottom plate, where the housing 22 is connected with the bottom plate 21 to form a containing space, and generally, the containing space may be used to install a circuit board, and the circuit board installed in the containing space is typically an integrated circuit board, and the circuit board may provide an electric power source for a refrigerator on one hand, and may also provide an indication signal for a weak electric system of the refrigerator on the other hand. The claw 5 is arranged on the side of the bottom plate 21 facing the side wall body 4.
Further, the bottom plate 21 is provided with a clamping rib 211 facing the housing along the periphery thereof, the end surface of the housing 22 facing the bottom plate is provided with a waterproof clamping groove 221, and the clamping rib 211 is clamped in the waterproof clamping groove 221.
The clamping ribs 211 are clamped in the waterproof clamping grooves 221, so that the housing 22 and the bottom plate 21 can be connected to form a containing space for mounting the circuit board, and the clamping ribs 211 and the waterproof clamping grooves 221 can be clamped to prevent external moisture from entering the control box 2.
Of course, some waterproof notches may be provided on the side wall of the waterproof clamping groove 221 located outside the housing 22, and when water exists in the waterproof clamping groove 221, water can be drained through the waterproof notches.
Preferably, the casing 22 is configured in a cuboid shape, and correspondingly, the shape of the bottom plate 21 is also matched with that of the casing 22 in a cuboid shape, and the connecting part comprises a mounting rib 222 vertically arranged on the rear side wall of the casing 22 in a cuboid shape along the up-down direction and at least two connecting strips 223 connected with the mounting rib 222, and the connecting strips 223 are arranged towards the bottom plate 21 and are fixedly connected with the straight flange 41, so that the control box 2 is fixed with the side wall of the compressor bin 1.
In some embodiments, a heat dissipating plate 6 may be disposed on a side of the rectangular parallelepiped housing 22 away from the bottom plate 21, where the heat dissipating plate 6 mainly serves to remove heat from the control box 2, so as to avoid damage to a circuit board mounted in the control box 2 due to excessive temperature inside the control box 2.
It will be appreciated that the connecting strips 223 connected to the mounting ribs 222 serve to connect the control box 2 to the straight flange 41 of the compressor compartment 1, and when two connecting strips 223 are provided, the fixed relationship between the control box 2 and the compressor compartment 1 can be relatively stable, and of course, the number of the connecting strips 223 can be more than two, so that the control box 2 and the side wall of the compressor compartment 1 can be stably connected.
The connecting strip 223 is provided with a screw hole 2231, the straight flange 41 is provided with a fixing connection hole matched with the screw hole, in general, a screw can be inserted into the screw hole and the fixing connection hole, and then the straight flange 41 and the connecting strip 223 are fixedly connected together by matching a nut with the screw, and of course, other fasteners can be used to fix the connecting strip 223 and the straight flange 41 together.
The first side wall 224 of the casing 22 located below is provided with a gap 2241 for communicating the inside and the outside of the casing, the gap 2241 can be used for connecting wires on a circuit board in the casing 22 to pass through the gap 2241, and water vapor inside the casing 22 can be collected into water drops and then flow out of the gap 2241, and the gap 2241 is arranged on the first side wall 224 of the casing 22 located below, so that under the action of gravity, the water in the control box 2 can be discharged to the maximum.
Further, the control box 2 further includes a submerged wire slot 225 disposed outside the first side wall 224 around the gap 2241, and the submerged wire slot 225 can accommodate wires passing through the gap 2241, which leave the submerged wire slot 225 toward the upper end of the side wall of the accommodating groove, so that the wires have the lowest point in the submerged wire slot 225. The moisture in the control box 2 may drop into the drop-down wire chase 225 along the gap 2241 or drop along the wire at the lowest point within the drop-down wire chase 225, thereby allowing the moisture in the control box 2 to be effectively drained. A drain hole 2251 is also provided in the bottom wall of the submerged slot 225 to further drain the water therein to the outside.
In order to achieve the object of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention also provides an installation method of the refrigerator as described above, the installation method comprising the steps of:
the control box 2 of the refrigerator is matched with the accommodating part through the clamping part to be positioned on the side wall of the compressor bin 1;
the connecting part is fixedly connected with the side wall of the compressor bin 1 through a fastener, and then the control box 2 is fixed on the side wall of the compressor bin 1.
In some embodiments, the clamping part is a claw 5 arranged on one side of the control box 2 facing the side wall of the compressor bin 1, the accommodating part is a clamping groove arranged on the side wall body 4, the claw 5 is clamped in the clamping groove when in installation, and then the connecting part of the control box is fixedly connected with the side wall of the compressor bin 1 through a fastener, so that the control box 2 is fixed on the side wall of the compressor bin 1.
In summary, the following technical effects are achieved by the embodiments of the present invention:
through set up joint portion in the control box 2 towards the one side of compressor storehouse 1 lateral wall, when installing control box 2 on the compressor storehouse 1 lateral wall, can carry out the card through joint portion and holding portion earlier and hold the location, then be connected connecting portion to on the fixed part on the compressor storehouse lateral wall, avoided because control box 2 self weight, the connecting portion of control box 2 takes place the skew with the fixed part on the compressor storehouse 1 lateral wall when leading to the installation, and produces the problem of installation difficulty.
It will be apparent that the embodiments described above are merely some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments in accordance with the present application. As used herein, the singular is also intended to include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and furthermore, it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification are taken to specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that embodiments of the present application described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.
The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The refrigerator comprises a compressor bin (1), and is characterized in that a control box (2) is arranged on the inner side of the side wall of the compressor bin (1), a connecting portion and a clamping portion are arranged on the side wall of the control box (2) towards the compressor bin, and a containing portion and a fixing portion are arranged on the side wall of the compressor bin, the containing portion and the fixing portion are mutually clamped and positioned with the clamping portion, and the fixing portion is fixed with the connecting portion.
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a cabinet (3), wherein the compressor compartment (1) is formed at a rear side of a lower section of the cabinet (3).
3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the side wall of the compressor compartment (1) comprises a left side wall body (4) and a right side wall body (41) which are arranged left and right, the straight flange (41) is formed on the end face of the left side wall body (4) and the right side wall body (4) which are arranged left and right and are positioned at one end of the rear side of the refrigerator body (3), the straight flange (41) is arranged away from the inside of the compressor compartment (1), the straight flange (41) is arranged as the fixing part, and the accommodating part is arranged on the side wall body (4).
4. A refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the clamping portion comprises at least one claw (5), the accommodating portion is a clamping groove arranged on the side wall body (4), and the claw (5) is matched with the clamping groove and clamped in the clamping groove.
5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the control box (2) comprises a bottom plate (21) arranged along the inner side wall of the side wall body (4) and a shell (22) covered on the bottom plate, the shell (22) is connected with the bottom plate (21) to form a containing space, and the clamping jaw (5) is arranged on one surface of the bottom plate (21) facing the side wall body (4).
6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the bottom plate (21) is provided with a clamping rib (211) facing the shell along the periphery thereof, the end face of the shell (22) facing the bottom plate is provided with a waterproof clamping groove (221), and the clamping rib (211) is clamped in the waterproof clamping groove (221).
7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the housing (22) is provided in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the connection portion includes a mounting rib (222) vertically provided on a rear side wall of the rectangular parallelepiped shape of the housing (22) in an up-down direction and at least two connection bars (223) connected to the mounting rib (222), the connection bars (223) being provided toward the bottom plate and fixedly connected to the straight flange (41).
8. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the connecting strip (223) is provided with a screw hole (2231), and the straight flange (41) is provided with a fixing connecting hole matched with the screw hole.
9. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein a first side wall (224) of the rectangular parallelepiped housing (22) located below is provided with a gap (2241) for communicating the inside and outside of the housing (22), the control box (2) includes a sinking type wire groove (225) provided outside the first side wall (224) around the gap (2241), and a drain hole (2251) is provided on a bottom wall of the sinking type wire groove (225).
10. A method of installing a refrigerator as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising the steps of:
the control box (2) of the refrigerator is matched with the accommodating part through the clamping part to be positioned on the side wall of the compressor bin (1);
the connecting part is fixedly connected with the side wall of the compressor bin (1) through a fastener, and then the control box (2) is fixed on the side wall of the compressor bin (1).
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