CN117928161A - Hinge device and refrigerator with same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a hinge device and a refrigerator with the hinge device, wherein a rotating shaft is arranged on one of a fixed hinge piece and a movable hinge piece, a guide groove matched with the rotating shaft is arranged on the other one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece, and a guide mechanism is arranged between the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece; meanwhile, the rotating shaft is guided to move along the guide groove through the guide mechanism, so that the movable hinge piece moves stably and controllably in the translation process according to the preset movement track.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a hinge device and a refrigerator with the hinge device.
Background
At present, most door bodies of refrigeration devices rotate by taking a hinge shaft as a circle center to realize the opening and closing of the door bodies and the box body, and a specific hinge mechanism is described with reference to fig. 1. In addition, because the door seal is also arranged between the door body and the box body, when the door body moves, if the gap between the door body and the box body is too small, the door seal always rubs with the box body; because most of the door seals are made of elastic materials, the door bodies cannot rotate continuously as the door bodies collide, and the door seals are damaged due to long-term friction, so that the sealing and heat-preserving functions are lost.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a hinge device and a refrigerator with the hinge device, which are used for solving the problems.
In order to achieve one of the above objects, the present invention provides a hinge device including a fixed hinge member fixedly connected to a cabinet in a refrigerator, and a movable hinge member connected to a door in the refrigerator; one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other one is provided with a guide groove matched with the rotating shaft; the hinge device further comprises a guide mechanism arranged between the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece, and the guide mechanism guides the rotating shaft to move along the guide groove to drive the movable hinge piece to translate according to a preset motion track in the process that the movable hinge piece rotates and is opened relative to the fixed hinge piece.
As a further improvement of the invention, the rotating shaft is arranged on the movable hinge piece, and the guide groove is arranged on the fixed hinge piece; the guide mechanism comprises a fixed part fixedly connected to the fixed hinge piece and parallel to the guide groove, and a moving part fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft and matched with the fixed part, wherein the moving part is abutted to the fixed part and moves along the fixed part in the process that the movable hinge piece is opened in a rotating way relative to the fixed hinge piece.
As a further improvement of the invention, the guide groove is an arc-shaped groove, and the fixed part is a first gear section concentrically arranged with the arc-shaped groove; the moving part is a gear sleeved on the rotating shaft and meshed with the first gear section.
As a further improvement of the invention, the guide groove is an arc groove, the fixed part is an arc section concentrically arranged with the arc groove, and the moving part is a moving block protruding towards and propped against the fixed part.
As a further improvement of the invention, the end part of the moving block, which is abutted against the fixed part, is arc-shaped and is matched with the fixed part.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the movable hinge member has a pivoting end rotatably connected to the fixed hinge member in such a manner that a direction from a center of the movable hinge member toward the pivoting end is a first direction and a direction perpendicular to the first direction and away from the fixed hinge member is a second direction; the living hinge member translates in a second direction during rotational opening of the living hinge member relative to the fixed hinge member.
As a further development of the invention, the living hinge element translates in the first direction while translating in the second direction.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the guide groove extends obliquely in both the first direction and the second direction.
As a further improvement of the invention, the guide groove is a through groove penetrating through the fixed hinge part, and the movable hinge part further comprises a clamping cap penetrating through the guide groove and fixedly connected with the rotating shaft.
As a further improvement of the present invention, a spacer is provided between the moving part and the fixed hinge member.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerator having a cabinet and a door, wherein the refrigerator further has a hinge device according to any one of the above-mentioned aspects.
As a further improvement of the invention, the movable hinge piece is provided with a rotating shaft, the fixed hinge piece is provided with a guide groove, the rotating shaft is a hollow shaft, the hollow shaft is provided with a radial through opening, the door body is provided with a mounting groove, a protruding block is arranged in the mounting groove, and when the door body is sleeved on the rotating shaft, the protruding block is embedded into the opening.
The invention provides a hinge device, which is characterized in that a rotating shaft is arranged on one of a fixed hinge piece and a movable hinge piece, a guide groove matched with the rotating shaft is arranged on the other one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece, and a guide mechanism is arranged between the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece, wherein the guide mechanism guides the rotating shaft to move along the guide groove in the rotating and opening process of the movable hinge piece relative to the fixed hinge piece, so that the movable hinge piece is driven to translate according to a preset motion track, the distance between a door body and a box body is changed, and the problem that a door body or a door seal collides with the box body when the door body rotates in the conventional fixed hinge shaft is solved. Meanwhile, the rotating shaft is guided to move along the guide groove through the guide mechanism, so that the movable hinge piece moves stably and controllably in the translation process according to the preset movement track.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art hinge assembly;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a hinge device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the hinge assembly of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the hinge assembly of FIG. 2 from another perspective;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the hinge assembly of FIG. 2 with the living hinge member in a home position;
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the hinge assembly of fig. 2 with the living hinge member in the end position.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the invention and structural, methodological, or functional modifications of these embodiments that may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art are included within the scope of the invention.
It will be appreciated that terms such as "upper," "lower," "outer," "inner," and the like, as used herein, refer to spatially relative positions and are used for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. The term spatially relative position may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures.
Referring to fig. 2 to 6, the present invention provides a hinge device 100, wherein the hinge device 100 includes a fixed hinge member 1 fixedly connected to a refrigerator body in a refrigerator, and a movable hinge member 2 connected to a door in the refrigerator; one of the fixed hinge part 1 and the movable hinge part 2 is provided with a rotating shaft 3, and the other is provided with a guide groove 4 matched with the rotating shaft 3; the hinge device 100 further comprises a guiding mechanism 5 disposed between the fixed hinge member 1 and the movable hinge member 2, wherein the guiding mechanism 5 guides the rotating shaft 3 to move along the guiding groove 4 during the rotation and opening process of the movable hinge member 2 relative to the fixed hinge member 1, so as to drive the movable hinge member 2 to translate according to a preset motion track. According to the hinge device, through the cooperation of the rotating shaft 3 and the guide groove 4, when the movable hinge piece 2 rotates and is opened relative to the fixed hinge piece 1, the distance between the movable hinge piece 2 and the fixed hinge piece 1 is changed, so that the problem in the opening process of the door body is solved, the distance between the door body and the box body is changed, and the problem that the door body or the door seal collides with the box body when the door body rotates in the conventional hinge device with the fixed hinge shaft is solved; meanwhile, the rotating shaft 3 is guided to move along the guide groove 4 through the guide mechanism 5, so that the movable hinge part 2 moves stably and controllably in the process of translating according to a preset movement track.
It is to be understood that the hinge device 100 is not limited to be applied to a refrigerator body and a door body of a refrigerator, and any device that needs to open and close the door body may be applied to the hinge device 100 of the present invention.
Further, the rotating shaft 3 is arranged on the movable hinge element 2, and the guide groove 4 is arranged on the fixed hinge element 1; through the cooperation of pivot 3 and guide slot 4, when making living hinge 2 rotatory opening relative to fixed hinge 1, the distance between living hinge 2 and the fixed hinge 1 produces the change to at the problem of the door body in-process of opening, change the clearance between door body and the box, solved current fixed hinge axle and the door body or door seal and the problem that the box bumps when the door body rotates.
Still further, the guiding mechanism 5 includes a fixing portion 51 fixedly connected to the fixed hinge member 1 and parallel to the guiding slot 4, and a moving portion 52 fixedly disposed on the rotating shaft 3 and matched with the fixing portion 51, in the process that the movable hinge member 2 rotates and opens relative to the fixed hinge member 1, the moving portion 52 abuts against the fixing portion 51 and moves along the fixing portion 51, and through the tight fit between the moving portion 52 and the fixing portion 51, the movable hinge member 2 translates according to a preset motion track, and stability and reliability of the movable hinge member 2 in the translation process are ensured.
It should be understood that, in the present invention, the fixing portion 51 is parallel to the guide groove 4, which means that the distance between the corresponding points of the fixing portion 51 and the guide groove 4 is consistent, and includes not only the case that the guide groove 4 is a linear groove, but also the case that the fixing portion 51 is parallel to the linear groove; also included is a case where the guide groove 4 is an arc groove, and the fixing portion 51 is parallel to the arc groove when the arc of the arc groove coincides with the fixing portion 51. Also, it will be appreciated that the moving portion 52 can cooperate with the fixed portion 51 regardless of the specific form of the fixed portion 51, and ensure that the moving portion 52 abuts against the fixed portion 51 and moves along the fixed portion 51 during the rotation of the living hinge 2 relative to the fixed hinge 1.
In one embodiment, the guiding groove 4 is an arc groove, and the fixing portion 51 is a first gear segment concentrically arranged with the arc groove; the moving part 52 is a gear sleeved on the rotating shaft 3 and meshed with the first gear section. Through the cooperation of the first gear section and the gear, the movable hinge part 2 translates according to a preset motion track in the process of rotating and opening the movable hinge part 2 relative to the fixed hinge part 1, and meanwhile stability and reliability of the movable hinge part 2 in the translation process are guaranteed.
It is to be understood that the moving part 52 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 3 in an assembling relationship that the moving part 52 is sleeved on one end of the rotating shaft 3, and the moving part 52 and the rotating shaft 3 can synchronously move. It should be understood that the matching relationship between the moving part 52 and the rotating shaft 3 is not limited thereto, and the moving part 52 and the rotating shaft 3 may be connected by integrally forming or other fixed connection.
In another embodiment, the guiding slot 4 is a chute, the fixing portion 51 is a rack with the same inclination direction as the chute, and the moving portion 52 is a gear sleeved on the rotating shaft 3 and meshed with the rack. In the process of rotating and opening the movable hinge part 2 relative to the fixed hinge part 1, through the cooperation of the rack and the gear, the movable hinge part 2 translates according to a preset motion track in the process of rotating and opening the movable hinge part 2 relative to the fixed hinge part 1, and meanwhile stability and reliability of the movable hinge part 2 in the translation process are ensured.
In another embodiment, the guiding groove 4 is an arc groove, the fixing portion 51 is an arc segment concentrically disposed with the arc groove, and the moving portion 52 is a moving block protruding toward the fixing portion 51 and abutting against the fixing portion 51. In the process of rotating and opening the movable hinge part 2 relative to the fixed hinge part 1, the movable hinge part 2 translates according to a preset motion track through the cooperation of the arc-shaped section and the moving block in the process of rotating and opening the movable hinge part 2 relative to the fixed hinge part 1, and meanwhile stability and reliability of the movable hinge part 2 in the translation process are ensured.
Further, the end portion of the moving block abutting against the fixed portion 51 is in an arc shape matched with the fixed portion 51, so that stability and reliability in translation of the movable hinge 2 according to a preset motion track are further ensured in the process that the movable hinge 2 rotates and opens relative to the fixed hinge 1.
In the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the movable hinge 2 has a pivoting end rotatably connected to the fixed hinge 1, and the direction from the center of the movable hinge 2 toward the pivoting end is a first direction, and the direction perpendicular to the first direction and away from the fixed hinge 1 is a second direction, so that the movable hinge 2 translates along the second direction during the rotation and opening of the movable hinge 2 relative to the fixed hinge 1, and the distance between the movable hinge and the fixed hinge 1 becomes larger during the rotation and opening of the movable hinge 2 relative to the fixed hinge 1, so that the gap between the door and the box becomes larger gradually during the opening of the door, and the problem of collision between the door and the door is avoided.
Further, the movable hinge 2 translates along the first direction while translating along the second direction, so that in the process that the movable hinge 2 rotates and opens relative to the fixed hinge 1, the movable hinge 2 moves away from the fixed hinge 1 from the first direction and the second direction at the same time, the distance between the movable hinge 2 and the fixed hinge 1 becomes larger in the first direction and the second direction, the opening of the door body is increased, and the phenomenon that the door body shields the interference of a storage compartment in the box body or a storage shelf/drawer in the box body and other door bodies cannot be opened is avoided, so that a user can conveniently take and put articles.
Still further, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the guiding groove 4 extends obliquely along the first direction and the second direction simultaneously, and the movable hinge 2 moves away from the fixed hinge 1 simultaneously along the first direction and the second direction simultaneously by the cooperation of the rotating shaft 3 and the guiding groove 4 during the rotation and opening of the movable hinge 2 relative to the fixed hinge 1.
In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the guiding groove 4 is a through groove penetrating through the fixed hinge member 1, the movable hinge member 2 further includes a clamping cap 6 penetrating through the guiding groove 4 and fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 3, and the rotating shaft 3 moves along the guiding groove 4 through the movement of the clamping cap 6 in the rotating shaft 3 and the limitation of the clamping cap 6 and the moving part 52.
Further, a spacer is disposed between the moving part 52 and the fixed hinge member 1, so that abrasion of the moving part 52 during movement of the movable hinge member 2 is reduced, and the position accuracy and the operation reliability of the hinge device 100 are improved.
The invention also provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body and a door body, wherein the refrigerator is further provided with a hinge device 100 for opening and closing the door body, and the specific structure of the hinge device 100 is as described above and is not repeated herein. It is understood that other structures in the refrigerator are well known in the art.
Further, a rotating shaft 3 is arranged on the movable hinge part 2, a guide groove 4 is arranged on the fixed hinge part 1, the rotating shaft 3 is a hollow shaft, an opening 31 penetrating radially is arranged on the hollow shaft, a mounting groove is formed in the door body, a protruding block is arranged in the mounting groove, when the door body is sleeved on the rotating shaft 3, the protruding block is embedded into the opening 31, and the movable hinge part 2 is mounted on the door body of the refrigerator through the matching of the protruding block and the opening 31 on the rotating shaft 3.
In addition, it will be appreciated that the fixed hinge member 1 of the hinge device 100 of the present invention may be provided with a plurality of mounting holes, and the fixed hinge member 1 may be fixedly coupled to the case by means of screws mounted in the mounting holes.
According to the invention, through the cooperation of the rotating shaft 3 and the guide groove 4, when the movable hinge part 2 rotates and opens relative to the fixed hinge part 1, the distance between the movable hinge part 2 and the fixed hinge part 1 changes, so that the problem in the opening process of the door body is solved, the distance between the door body and the box body is changed, and the problem that the door body or the door seal collides with the box body when the door body rotates in the prior fixed hinge shaft is solved; meanwhile, the rotating shaft 3 is guided to move along the guide groove 4 through the guide mechanism 5, so that the movable hinge part 2 moves stably and controllably in the process of translating according to a preset movement track.
It should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is for clarity only, and that the skilled artisan should recognize that the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.
The above list of detailed descriptions is only specific to practical embodiments of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A hinge device comprising a fixed hinge member for fixedly connecting with a cabinet in a refrigerator, a movable hinge member for connecting with a door in a refrigerator; the hinge is characterized in that one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a guide groove matched with the rotating shaft; the hinge device further comprises a guide mechanism arranged between the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece, and the guide mechanism guides the rotating shaft to move along the guide groove to drive the movable hinge piece to translate according to a preset motion track in the process that the movable hinge piece rotates and is opened relative to the fixed hinge piece.
2. The hinge device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation shaft is provided on the movable hinge member, and the guide groove is provided on the fixed hinge member; the guide mechanism comprises a fixed part fixedly connected to the fixed hinge piece and parallel to the guide groove, and a moving part fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft and matched with the fixed part, wherein the moving part is abutted to the fixed part and moves along the fixed part in the process that the movable hinge piece is opened in a rotating way relative to the fixed hinge piece.
3. The hinge device according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove is an arc-shaped groove, and the fixed portion is a first gear segment disposed concentrically with the arc-shaped groove; the moving part is a gear sleeved on the rotating shaft and meshed with the first gear section.
4. The hinge device according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove is a chute, the fixed portion is a rack having the same inclination direction as the chute, and the moving portion is a gear which is fitted over the rotation shaft and engaged with the rack.
5. The hinge device according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove is an arc groove, the fixed portion is an arc segment disposed concentrically with the arc groove, and the moving portion is a moving block protruding toward and abutting against the fixed portion.
6. The hinge device according to claim 5, wherein an end portion of the moving block abutting against the fixed portion is arc-shaped to fit the fixed portion.
7. A hinge device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the living hinge member has a pivoting end rotatably connected to the fixed hinge member in such a manner that a direction from a center of the living hinge member toward the pivoting end is a first direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction and away from the fixed hinge member is a second direction; the living hinge member translates in a second direction during rotational opening of the living hinge member relative to the fixed hinge member.
8. The hinge assembly of claim 7, wherein the living hinge member translates in the first direction while translating in the second direction.
9. The hinge device according to claim 7, wherein the guide groove extends obliquely in both the first direction and the second direction.
10. The hinge device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the guide groove is a through groove penetrating the fixed hinge member, and the movable hinge member further comprises a locking cap penetrating the guide groove and fixedly connected to the rotation shaft.
11. A hinge device according to claim 2, wherein a spacer is provided between the moving part and the fixed hinge member.
12. A refrigerator having a cabinet and a door, characterized in that the refrigerator further has a hinge device according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
13. The refrigerator of claim 12, wherein the movable hinge member is provided with a rotating shaft, the fixed hinge member is provided with a guide groove, the rotating shaft is a hollow shaft, the hollow shaft is provided with an opening penetrating radially, the door body is provided with a mounting groove, a protruding block is arranged in the mounting groove, and the protruding block is embedded into the opening when the door body is sleeved on the rotating shaft.
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