CN1766508A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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CN1766508A
CN1766508A CNA2005101069147A CN200510106914A CN1766508A CN 1766508 A CN1766508 A CN 1766508A CN A2005101069147 A CNA2005101069147 A CN A2005101069147A CN 200510106914 A CN200510106914 A CN 200510106914A CN 1766508 A CN1766508 A CN 1766508A
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吴承桓
郑敬翰
金相吾
李明烈
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025Drawers
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/04Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by conveyors

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A refrigerator includes a body; a compartment within the body; a container within the compartment, the container being moveable along a first direction; an electrical device, the electrical device moving along with the container in the first direction when the container moves along the first direction; and a conductor for providing an electrical signal to the electrical device, the conductor being extendable and retractable in the first direction when the electrical device moves along the first direction.

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Refrigerator
The application requires the priority of 10-2004-0091365 that submits in the korean patent application 10-2004-0085688 that submitted on October 26th, 2004, on November 10th, 2004 and the 10-2005-0049831 that submitted on June 10th, 2005, and its content is incorporated into that this is for reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, especially relate to a kind of main body with refrigerator and be installed in door or with respect to the refrigerator main body mechanism that is electrically connected of the electric component on the refrigerator parts movably.
Background technology
Traditional refrigerator is divided into three types usually, and promptly the refrigerating chamber type is installed on top, the refrigerating chamber type is installed in type and bottom side by side.Install in the refrigerating chamber type refrigerator on top, refrigerating chamber is arranged on the top of refrigerator and the bottom that refrigerating chamber is arranged on refrigerator.In parallel refrigerator, refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber are arranged in the left part and the right part of refrigerator.Install in the refrigerating chamber type refrigerator in the bottom, refrigerating chamber is arranged on the bottom of refrigerator and the top that refrigerating chamber is arranged on refrigerator.
Usually be arranged on the refrigerator doors such as electric components such as display floater, ice and water dispensers.Electric component is electrically connected with refrigerator main body by cable.Cable is by being arranged on the power supply supply electric power in the refrigerator main body or sending signal from the controller of refrigerator, and vice-versa.The door of refrigerator is connected by hinge usually with main body, and for the electric component on refrigerator doors and the main body is electrically connected, cable passes hinge and arranges.
Simultaneously, when door only by rotating around hinge when opening because the user must go down on one's knees and bend the body and hand is stretched into the refrigerating chamber inside that is installed in the refrigerator bottom, when the user uses the refrigerating chamber that is installed in the refrigerator bottom, can not feel quite oneself.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, it can solve the one or more problems that caused by the limitation of correlation technique and defective basically.
An object of the present invention is to provide the mechanism that a kind of refrigerator and a kind of device that is used for promoting the chamber are electrically connected with main body, wherein make things convenient for for the user when unlatching, this refrigerator can promote the chamber that is arranged on the refrigerator bottom.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of refrigerator with such mechanism, this mechanism can not use under the situation of hinge, the main body of refrigerator is electrically connected with electric component on being installed in the door that is connected with main body, or be installed in respect to main body movably the electric component on the refrigerator parts be electrically connected.
Another object of the present invention is to prevent that cable that electric component is electrically connected with main body from damaging owing to the motion of door or other parts of refrigerator.
Other advantage, purpose and a characteristics part of the present invention will be set forth in explanation subsequently, and remainder will more obviously maybe can be known by the practice of invention in examination subsequently for those of ordinary skills.Purpose of the present invention and other advantage can realize and acquisition by the concrete structure of pointing out in written specification, claims and the accompanying drawing.
For realizing these purposes and other advantages and according to purpose of the present invention, here do and specialize and briefly description, a kind of refrigerator is provided, it is included in the main body that wherein has the chamber and is used to open and the door of close chamber, with respect to main body electric component movably, and the lead that electric component is electrically connected with main body, wherein lead can and shrink along the direction of motion elongation of electric component.
Electric component can move forward or backward with respect to main body.Refrigerator also can comprise a container that is arranged in the chamber, and wherein electric component comprises the lifting device of hoisting container.
In one embodiment, cable can comprise first section joint and according to the motion of electric component with respect to first section joint, second section joint movably.First section joint and second section root section be according to the motion of electric component, can be electrically connected to each other or electricity disconnects.First section joint and second section energy-conservation reaching along the longitudinal direction of the lead length that shortens cable stacked on top of each other.First section joint is movably along the longitudinal direction of cable with respect to second section joint, thus lengthening or shorten the length of lead.First section joint can comprise that first terminals and second section joint can comprise second terminals, and wherein when door is opened first and second terminals can be electrically connected, and first and second terminals can the electricity disconnection when door is closed.
Refrigerator can also comprise first track and second track, and the both is used for the motion of steering gate.Lead can comprise the first section joint that is fixed in first track and be fixed in second section joint of second track.First and second sections root sections are electrically connected to each other according to the motion of door and electricity disconnects.First section joint can be arranged in inside cause first track protection of first track, and it can have and exposes to first track outside with first terminals that can be connected with second section joint.Second section joint can be arranged on the outer surface of second track, prevents second section joint by first rail damage, and it can have second terminals that expose in the second track inboard being connected with first section joint.This refrigerator can also comprise the over cap that is fixed at least one track, is used to cover and protect a part of lead that exposes to the track outside.
Refrigerator according to a further aspect of the invention can also comprise the lead guiding piece, and according to its extending in a longitudinal direction and contraction of motion of electric component, wherein lead can fix by the lead guiding piece.Cable guide can comprise can be along the longitudinal direction of lead guiding piece first and second guiding pieces stacked on top of each other.Lead can comprise the first section joint that is fixed in first guiding piece and be fixed in second section joint of second guiding piece, and wherein first and second sections root sections can be electrically connected to each other and disconnect according to the motion of electric component.
Perhaps, can comprise can be along elongation of its longitudinal direction and the flexible coil portion of shrinking by its elasticity for lead.Refrigerator can also comprise the auxiliary conductor guiding piece, and wherein cable can pass the auxiliary conductor guiding piece and arranges to prevent that lead from becoming slack.Lead can pass track and arrange.The auxiliary conductor guiding piece can be arranged at least one track.Perhaps, the auxiliary conductor guiding piece can be arranged in the lead guiding piece.
Perhaps, refrigerator can also comprise the connection cover that can fold, and wherein lead can pass folding connection cover and arranges.Folding connection cover can comprise a plurality of hollow section joints that are one another in series and connect by pivot.The maximum angle that can be formed in when folding connection cover launches fully between the Duan Jie of two vicinities can be limited, becomes slack so that prevent folding connection cover.
Folding connection cover can comprise first end that is fixed in main body and be fixed in second end of door.Perhaps, refrigerator can also comprise the support that is fixed in door, is individually fixed in first and second tracks of support and main body, is used for the motion of steering gate, and wherein connection cover can have first end that is fixed in support and second end that is fixed in main body.
Should be appreciated that the present invention's generality explanation and detailed description hereinafter above is exemplary and illustrative, is intended to explain for claimed invention provides further.
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Accompanying drawing provides further to be understood of the present invention, incorporates and form the application's a part into.Accompanying drawing illustrates the specific embodiment shown in the present invention, and with illustrating in order to illustrate principle of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the perspective view of refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 1 bottom, is used to illustrate the lead bindiny mechanism according to first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 shows the perspective view that is installed in the lifting device on the refrigerator doors shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 A to 4C at length shows lead junctor composition shown in Figure 2 respectively;
Fig. 5 shows the partial exploded view according to the lead fixed track thereon of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 1 bottom, is used to illustrate the distortion according to the lead bindiny mechanism of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 1 bottom, is used to illustrate when door is opened, according to the lead bindiny mechanism of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 8 show cable according to second embodiment of the invention pass wherein track and the exploded view of relief cable guiding piece;
Fig. 9 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 7 bottom, is used to illustrate when door is closed, according to the lead bindiny mechanism of second embodiment of the invention;
Figure 10 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 1 bottom, is used to illustrate the distortion according to second embodiment of the invention;
Figure 11 shows the perspective view according to the refrigerator of third embodiment of the invention;
Figure 12 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 11, is used to illustrate when door is opened, according to the lead bindiny mechanism of third embodiment of the invention;
Figure 13 shows the schematic cross section of refrigerator shown in Figure 11, is used to illustrate when door is closed, according to the cable bindiny mechanism of third embodiment of the invention;
Figure 14 shows shown in Figure 11 to 13 perspective view according to the connection cover Duan Jie of third embodiment of the invention; And
Figure 15 A and 15B show the view of connection cover when elongation and contraction respectively.
The specific embodiment
To describe preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail below, example of the present invention be shown in the accompanying drawing.As much as possible, for same or analogous parts, use identical Reference numeral among all these figure.
With reference to figure 1, the door 12 and 13 that refrigerator according to the present invention comprises main body 10, is arranged at the chamber in the main body 10 and is used to open and close this chamber.The chamber comprises the refrigerating chamber (not shown) that for example is arranged on main body 10 tops and is arranged on the refrigerating chamber 11 of main body 10 bottoms.Perhaps, possible is that refrigerating chamber is positioned at the bottom of main body 10, and refrigerating chamber is positioned at the top of main body 10.Horizontal partition wall 14 is divided into refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber 11 with the inner space of main body 10.The mechanical component chamber 17 that is used to hold compressor, condenser etc. is arranged on the bottom of main body 10, specifically is the rear portion that is arranged on refrigerating chamber 11 as shown in Figure 2.
One opposite house 12 links to each other with main body 10 by hinge.Door 12, is used for opening and closing cold room around the hinge rotation with respect to main body 10.Door 13 is arranged on the bottom of main body 10, is used to open and be closed in the refrigerating chamber 11 of main body 10 bottoms.Door 13 reaches forward backward with respect to main body 10 and moves, and door 12 rotates around hinge.Therefore, do not need hinge or pivot that door 13 is connected to main body 10.
A plurality of tracks 40 are arranged between main body 10 and the door 13, are used for the slip of steering gate 13 smoothly, as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2.Track 40 is arranged in the both sides of door 13, and comprises first track 41 that is fixed in main body 10 and second track 42 that is fixed to door 13 rear portions.Perhaps, as shown in figure 12, can be provided with support 25, the second tracks 42 that fixedly secure with door 13 rear portions and can be fixed to support 25.
By sliding, first track 41 can move with respect to second track 42, and vice versa.For first and second tracks 41 and 42 are slided smoothly, a plurality of balls or roller can be arranged between first and second tracks 41 and 42.First track 41 can be arranged on second track 42, and vice versa.Perhaps, as shown in Figure 5, track 41 can insert in second track 42, and vice versa.And track 40 can comprise three or more than three track connected to one another.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, at least one container that is used for hoarding food therein 20 is arranged on refrigerating chamber 11 in refrigerating chamber 11 bottoms, and as shown in Figure 1, and at least one drawer 15 is arranged on the container 20 in the refrigerating chamber 11.Container 20 moves along with the motion of door 13 reaches forward backward with respect to main body 10, and drawer 15 can be independent of the motion of door 13 and move.For user's convenience, when door 13 complete openings, container 20 can automatically rise.In one embodiment, shown in Fig. 2 and 3, refrigerator is provided with lifting device 30.Lifting device is fixed to door 13 rear surface, and container 20 is placed on the lifting device 30 and by lifting device 30 and supports.
Fig. 3 at length shows the structure of lifting device 30.The detailed structure of lifting device 30 is described below with reference to Fig. 3.With reference to figure 3, lifting device 30 comprises the lifter 31 of laying container 20 on it, a pair of lifting track 32 of door 13 and the driver element that is used for automatically promoting lifter 31 of being fixed in, and wherein promotes the lifter motion that track 32 is used to guide lifter 31.
For example, lifter 31 has " L " shape bending.The vertical portion of lifter 31 links to each other with a pair of lifting track 32 that is fixed to door 13 back sides vertically, and the horizontal part of lifter 31 is supporting the container of laying thereon 20.When door 13 is opened, lifter 31 by driver element along promoting track 32 upwards and move down.
Driver element comprises that at least one links to each other to come the driving shaft 36 of turning arm 37 with respect to door 13 rotatable arms 37, motor 34, the gear assembly 35 that links to each other with the axle of motor 34 and with gear assembly 35 and cantilever 37.In the illustrated embodiment, two arms 37 are arranged in basifacial both sides, door 13 backs.Motor 34 is fixed to door 13 back sides, and is arranged between two arms 37.Motor 34 is controlled by the controller (not shown) of refrigerator, or controls by being independent of the submaster controller (not shown) that controller is used for operating electrical machines 34.
The bottom surface of lifter 31 is supported in the end that roller 37a is arranged on arm 37.When arm 37 rotated by motor 34, roller 37a reached forward on the bottom surface of lifter 31 backward and rolls.As shown in Figure 3, inclined-plane projection 31a is set on the bottom of lifter 31, and when lifter 31 was promoted fully, roller 37a rolled and crosses projection 31a.Therefore, because roller 37a supports by projection 31a,, can prevent that also the lifter 31 that promotes fully from falling downwards even therefore when motor 34 stops.
Have upper sensor 38a at lifting track 32 tops, have lower sensor 38b in lifting track 32 bottoms.Upper sensor 38a and lower sensor 38b detect lifter 31 respectively and are in top or the bottom that promotes track 32, and signal is issued controller.After receiving signal, controller stops motor 34.Therefore, lifter 31 range of movement are limited, and this can prevent that lifter 31 breaks away from from promoting track 32.Perhaps, can upper limit switch (not shown) be set at lifting track 32 tops and the limit switch (not shown) be set in lifting track 32 bottoms.The power supply that upper limit switch and limit switch are sent into motor 34 by cut-out can directly stop motor 34.
In one embodiment, lifter 31 just automatically promotes or is promoting automatically after through one period scheduled time behind door 13 complete openings at door 13 1 complete openings, thereby and the lifter 31 that promotes fully automatically move down when closing once promotion slightly when door.Perhaps, can control lifting device 30 by pressing control button, the control button (not shown) can be set on door 12 or 13 in order to make the user.
When control button is pressed or behind door 13 complete openings during through the scheduled time, motor 34 is started working.Then, gear assembly 35 turns round so that rotating driveshaft 36 by motor 34.When driving shaft 36 rotation, arm 37 begins rotation, and the roller 37a of arm 37 ends begins to rise, and rolls on the bottom of lifter 37 simultaneously.Therefore the lifter 31 same containers 20 that are placed in together on the lifter 31 begin to rise together.When lifter 31 promoted fully, upper sensor 38a detected lifter 31 and signal is issued controller.Behind the reception channel signal, controller stops the lifter motion that motor 34 stops lifter 31.At this moment, in the side interlock of the roller 37a of arm 37 ends and inclined-plane projection 31a and by its support.Therefore, can effectively prevent arm 37 counter motion and since gravity lifter 31 along with container 20 moves downward.
Simultaneously, after food being taken out by container 20 or new food put into container 20, the user presses control button or slightly promotes 13 towards the main body 10 of refrigerator.Then, its axle of motor 34 reverse rotations, so lifter 31 and container 20 move down together.In the situation that lifter 31 and container 20 are fallen fully, lower sensor 38b and controller stop to move downward of lifter 31.Then, the user can put into refrigerating chamber 11 with container 20 by promoting door 13 towards main body 10.
As mentioned above, along with door 13 should be powered by the power supply in the refrigerator main body 10 16 (as shown in Figure 2) with respect to the lifting device 30 that refrigerator main body 10 moves.Perhaps, possible other electric component such as display floater or touch pad etc. that is arranged on the door 13 needs electric power.And also possible is can be arranged on the door 13 such as other electric components that sends signal of need communicating by letter with controller such as sensors.Like this, just need make by the lead of for example cable or holding wire with respect to main body 10 movably electric component link to each other with controller with at least one power supply 16 in the main body 10.
One embodiment of the present of invention are provided with respect to main body 10 lead 100 that is electrically connected of the power supply 16 in electric component and the main body 10 or controller movably.Lead 100 comprises the wiring of at least one power cable, signal cable and other type.In order to prevent that lead 100 is loose and by other parts damages of refrigerator, when electric component moves or during with door 13 moving on first direction along first direction, lead 100 is extending and shrink on first direction.In the illustrated embodiment, first direction is a horizontal direction.Yet the present invention also can be applicable to can be at the lead of vertical direction or elongation of other direction and contraction.The various embodiment and the distortion thereof of lead 100 are shown in Fig. 2 and 4A to 15B.Will be with reference to all embodiment and the distortion thereof of describing lead 100 corresponding to the accompanying drawing of each embodiment and distortion thereof in detail.
In Fig. 2 and 4A to 5, at length show first embodiment of lead 100.Shown in above-mentioned figure, comprise first section joint 110 and with respect to first section joint 110, second section joint 120 movably according to the lead 100 of first embodiment.According to the motion of electric component, 110 and second sections joints 120 of first section joint can be electrically connected and disconnect mutually.First section the joint 110 and second sections the joint 120 both comprise electrode cable and negative pole cable respectively.
First section joint 110 have first end that links to each other with power supply 16 in main body 10 and with the first end second opposed end.Second section joint 120 have first end that links to each other with electric component such as lifting device 30 and with the first end second opposed end.Second end of second end of first section joint 110 and second section joint 120 is connected to each other when door 13 is opened, and disconnects each other when door is closed.Thus, shown in Fig. 4 A to 4C, in the illustrated embodiment, first terminals 111 are arranged on second end of first section joint 110, and second terminals 121 are arranged on second end of second section joint 120.
In one embodiment, first section joint 110 is fixed in main body 10 and can not moves with respect to main body 10, and second section joint 120 is fixed to electric component or door 13 such as lifting device 30.Although first section joint 110 can not move with respect to main body 10, second section joint 120 can reach forward backward with respect to main body 10 along with the motion of the motion of electric component or door 13 and move.Second section joint 120 can be fixed to door 13 or fixedly secure rigid support on door 13.
When door 13 is closed refrigerating chamber 11,110 and second sections joints of first section joint, the 120 next longitudinal lengths that shorten lead 100 stacked on top of each other.At this moment, shown in Fig. 4 C, first terminals 111 and second terminals 121 disconnect each other.Therefore, when door 13 was closed, the electric power of power supply 16 can not be sent into the electric component such as lifting device 30 grades in the main body 10.
On the other hand, when door 13 moves forward when opening refrigerating chamber 11 with respect to main body 10, first and second terminals 111 and 121 are close to each other, and the longitudinal length of lead 100 is elongated simultaneously.At last, shown in Fig. 4 B, first and second terminals 111 and 121 are electrically connected to each other, and when door 13 complete openings, the length maximum of lead 100.Therefore, when door 13 is opened, the electric power of power supply 16 in main body 10 can be sent into electric component such as lifting device 30 grades.
Perhaps, as shown in Figure 5,110 and second sections joints 120 of first section joint are fixed to first track 41 and second track 42 respectively.Because second track 42 moves with respect to first track 41 along with the motion of door 13, therefore second section joint 120 moves with respect to first section joint 110 along with the motion of door 13 equally.
First track 41 can be cylindricality, hollow square cylindricality for example shown in Figure 5.In order to protect 110, the first sections joints 110 of first section joint can be arranged in the inside of first track 41 by first track 41.For not because gravity and slacken, first section joint 110 can be firmly-fixed to the inner surface of first track 41.As shown in Figure 5, when first section joint 110 was arranged in first track 41, first terminals 111 in first track, 41 ends were arranged on the outer surface of first track 41.Because first terminals 111 are exposed to the outside of first track 41, therefore first terminals 111 can contact with second section joint 120.
First track 41 can insert second track 42 along the longitudinal direction of second track 42, and in order to prevent that second section joint 120 from being damaged by first track 41, second section joint 120 is arranged in the outside of second track 42.For not lax, second section joint 120 can be securely fixed on the outer surface of second track 42.When second section joint 120 was arranged on the outer surface of second track 42, second terminals 121 were arranged on the inner surface of second track 42 towards first track 41.Therefore, can contact with first terminals 111 on first track, 41 outer surfaces at second terminals 121 on second track, 42 inner surfaces.
As mentioned above, second section of lead 100 joint 120 is arranged in the outside of second track 42, and first section joint 110 is arranged in the inside of first track 41.In order to protect the second section joint 120 that exposes, an over cap 50 is set as shown in Figure 5.Over cap 50 is fixed to the outer surface of second track, and second section joint 120 is arranged between second track 42 and the over cap 50.
Perhaps, second track 42 can be square post, and second section inside that joint 120 can be arranged in second track 41.In this case, first track 41 can insert second track 42, and first section outside that joint 110 can be arranged in first track 41.And over cap 50 can be fixed to first track 41.As mentioned above, in order to protect a part of lead 100 that exposes to the track 41 and 42 outsides, over cap 50 can be fixed to any one in first track 41 and second track 42.
In operation, when door 13 was closed shown in Fig. 4 C, first and second tracks 41 and 42 were stacked on top of each other.At this moment, first and second terminals 111 and 121 that are fixed to first track 41 and second track 42 respectively disconnect each other, so the electric power of power supply 16 can not be supplied to for example electric component of lifting device 30 in the main body 10.
On the contrary, when door 13 is opened, first and second tracks 41 and 42 elongations.Therefore, first and second terminals 111 and 121 that are fixed to first track 41 and second track 42 respectively are connected to each other.Therefore, the electric power of power supply 16 can not be supplied to for example electric component of lifting device 30 in the main body 10.
Therefore, in first embodiment, track 41 and 42 not only played guiding container 20 track effect but also play the effect of lead guiding piece.
Figure 6 illustrates distortion according to the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 6, in distortion, be provided with the lead guiding piece 60 that is independent of track 41 and 42 according to the refrigerator of first embodiment.According to the motion of the electric component of for example lifting device 30 or door 13, lead guiding piece 60 is extending and shrink along its longitudinal direction.
Lead guiding piece 60 comprises first guiding piece 61 that is fixed to refrigerator main body 10 and directly is fixed to door 13 or is firmly-fixed to second guiding piece 62 on the supporter of door on 13.When inserting second guiding piece 62 or opposite by the longitudinal direction along second guiding piece 62, and when door 13 closed, first guiding piece 61 and second guiding piece 62 were stacked.Therefore, according to the motion of electric component or door 13, by the relative motion of first and second guiding pieces 61 and 62, lead guiding piece 60 can and shrink along its longitudinal direction elongation.Therefore these mechanisms and first and second tracks 41 and 42 very similar will omit the more detailed description about lead guiding piece 60 structures.
As shown in Figure 6, in the distortion of first embodiment of the invention, lead 100 also comprises the first section joint 110 that is fixed to first guiding piece 61 and is fixed to second section joint 120 of second guiding piece 62.According to the motion of for example electric component of lifting device 30 or the motion of door 13, first and second sections joints 110 and 120 are electrically connected or disconnection.In one embodiment, first and second sections joints 110 and 120 have terminals in its end respectively.
In addition, first section joint 110 can be arranged in first guiding piece, 61 inside, and second section joint 120 can be arranged in the outside of second guiding piece 62, and be perhaps opposite.For the exposed portions serve of guardwire 100, over cap (Fig. 6 is not shown) can be fixed on first and second sections at least one that save in 110 and 120.Parts shown in these mechanisms and the above-mentioned Fig. 4 A to 8 are very similar, therefore will omit the more detailed description about lead guiding piece 60 and lead 100 structures.
In the distortion of first embodiment of the invention, door 13 reaches forward backward so that opening and close the motion of refrigerating chamber 11 guide smoothly by first and second tracks 41 and 42 with respect to main body 10, and first and second sections saved 110 and 120 stable relative motions and guided by first and second guiding pieces 61 and 62.Certainly, when door 13 was opened, first and second sections joints 110 and 120 were connected to each other, and when door 13 was closed, they disconnected.Simultaneously, cable guide 60 can comprise three or more than three guiding piece connected to one another.
Fig. 7 to 9 shows second embodiment of lead 100, and this embodiment will be described in detail belows.Comprise by its elasticity, and the flexible coil portion 130 of shrinking extending according to the lead 100 of second embodiment along its longitudinal direction.
When lead 100 was subjected to tension force, in order to add the aggregate level length of long lead 100, coil portion 130 can be along its longitudinal direction elongation.On the other hand, when removing tension force, in order to shorten the aggregate level length of lead 100, the coil portion 130 of elongation can shrink along its longitudinal direction.First end of lead 100 is fixed to power supply 16 or the controller in main body 100, and second end of lead 100 is fixed to for example electric component of lifting device 30.When door 13 was opened, lead 100 was subjected to pulling force, so the total length of lead 100 is owing to coil portion 130 elongations maximize.On the other hand, when door 13 was closed, the pulling force that lead 100 is subjected to was cancelled, so the total length of lead 100 minimizes by its elastic shrinkage owing to coil portion 130.
Coil portion 130 can form on the total length of the maximum of lead 100.Yet in this case, when shrinking, lead 100 may be owing to gravity relaxes.Therefore, lead 100 is owing to gravity relaxes in order to prevent to shrink, and coil portion 130 can become the part of lead 100.In addition, can be provided with that auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 prevents that lead 100 from relaxing owing to gravity and owing to other parts of refrigerator damage.Auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 can be in a tubular form, and as shown in Figure 8, lead 100, especially coil portion 130 can be arranged in the auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 or pass auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 and arrange.
Auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 is arranged along door 13 travel directions.As shown in Figure 9, the minimum length of auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 is set for and is satisfied such condition, that is, for the coil portion that prevents to shrink 130 owing to gravity relaxes, auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 can hold the coil portion 130 that shrinks fully therein fully.And the maximum length of auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 can be set for and satisfy such condition,, as shown in Figure 9, when door 13 is closed fully, can prevent that auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 from bumping against main body 10 that is.
Auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 is arranged in track 41 and 42, specifically is as being arranged in second track 42 in Fig. 7 and 8 illustrated embodiments.Auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 directly is fixed to door 13 or is firmly secured on door other parts on 13.Perhaps, auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 directly is fixed to second track 42.Therefore, auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 is along with the motion of second track 42 and door 13 is movably with respect to the main body 10 and first track 41.
Perhaps, the distortion of second embodiment as shown in figure 10, the lead 100 with coil portion 130 can be independent of track 40 and be arranged in the cable guide 60 or pass cable guide 60 and arrange.In addition, auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 can be arranged in the cable guide 60, and the lead 100 with coil portion 130 can be arranged in the auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 or passes auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 and arrange.Perhaps, although not shown in the drawings, under the situation of no auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 or cable guide 60, the lead 100 with coil portion 130 can directly be arranged in track 41 and 42 or pass track 41 and 42 arrange.And possible is, the lead 100 with coil portion 130 can arrange independently, rather than is arranged in in track 40, cable guide 60 or the auxiliary conductor guiding piece 70 any one.
Figure 11 to 15B shows the 3rd embodiment according to lead 100 of the present invention.With reference to above-mentioned figure, according to the lead 100 of third embodiment of the invention, according to folding or launch such as the motion of lifting device 30 electric components such as grade or the motion of door 13.In other words, when door 13 was closed or opened, lead 100 can shrink and extend in a longitudinal direction.In this embodiment, in refrigerator, be provided with lead 100 and pass wherein a plurality of connection covers 80.
Folding connection cover 80 surrounds lead 100, runs into by other parts damages of refrigerator and by the user so that prevent lead 100.In addition, shown in Figure 12 and 13, when door 13 was opened or closed, connection cover 80 made lead 100 folding and expansion.And when door 13 was opened, connection cover 80 prevented that lead 100 is owing to gravity relaxes.Connection cover 80 comprises a plurality of section joints 81 that are one another in series and connect by pivot 87.Figure 14 at length shows the section joint 81 of connection cover.Therefore will describe present embodiment in detail with reference to Figure 14.
As shown in figure 14, section joint 81 the square prism shapes of connection cover 80 with hollow.Longitudinal direction along section joint 81 is provided with a passage in section joint 81, and this passage of lead 100 sections of passing joint 81 is arranged.Section joint 81 has pair of flanges 84 at its two ends.At the same end of section joint 81, two flanges 84 separate each other and toward each other.From the space between the flange 84 of lead 100 sections of being passed in joint 81 ends that the passage of section joint 81 is stretched.On each flange 84, be provided with a hole 85, be used to make pivot 87 (being shown in Figure 15 A and 15B) to pass.
Say that more specifically at the stacked state of the flange 84 of approximating two sections joint 81, a plurality of sections joint 81 arranged in series are installed the hole 85 that pivot 87 passes the section joint 81 of two vicinities simultaneously.Therefore, section joint 81 is connected to each other.Because each section joint 81 can be round each pivot 87 rotation, therefore, as Figure 12 and 13 and 15A and 15B shown in, a plurality of connection covers 80 are folding and launch.Wherein, shown in Figure 15 A and 15B, section joint of connection cover 80 round pivot in the clockwise direction with counter clockwise direction in a direction on the situation of rotating, near another section joint of the connection cover 80 of this section joint and shared same pivot can round pivot in the clockwise direction with counter clockwise direction in another direction on rotate.
In addition, can be limited in the maximum interior angle that forms between two adjacent segment joints 81.It prevents that the connection cover 80 that surrounds lead 100 when door 13 complete openings from relaxing.In one embodiment, in order to be limited in two maximum angles between the adjacent segment joint 81, on flange 84 or section joint 81, can be provided with projection or extension (both are not shown in the drawings).Therefore, shown in Figure 15 A, even door 13 complete openings, connection cover 80 can not fully launch.Yet when door 13 complete openings, connection cover 80 also can launch fully.
First end of connection cover 80 is fixed to the main body 10 of refrigerator, and second end of connection cover 80 directly is fixed to door 13.Perhaps, second end of this connection cover 80 is fixed on the parts that fixedly secure and can move with door with door 13.Specifically, shown in Figure 12 and 13, the support 25 that is fixedly secured to door 13 can be set, track 42 is fixed on the support 25, and second end of connection cover 80 can be fixed to support 25.
As mentioned above, refrigerator according to the present invention has the following advantages.
Refrigerator according to the present invention is provided with lifting device, when this lifting device is opened when door, the container in the refrigerator bottom compartment is raise.Therefore, the user needn't go down on one's knees and bend the body and just food can be taken out from container or food is put into container.Therefore use very much according to refrigerator of the present invention and convenient the use.
In addition, lead provided by the invention can be according to extending and shrink such as the motion of electric components such as lifting device or the motion of door.Thus, move even electric component or door reach forward backward with respect to main body, the present invention also can make lead be electrically connected with refrigerator main body with electric component or door.
And even when the length of door complete opening, cable is maximum, the lead of first to the 3rd embodiment also can be prevented from becoming slack according to the present invention.Therefore, prevent that lead is by other parts damages of refrigerator.
At last, the lead of first to the 3rd embodiment can be by the track, (assisting) lead guiding piece and the over cap that are used for steering gate motion according to the present invention, or connection cover surrounds.Therefore, protect lead safely, and can protect the user not shocked by electricity.
Those of ordinary skills obviously can carry out various modifications and variation to the present invention.Therefore various modifications and variations of the present invention are contained by the appended content that gets claims and equivalent thereof.

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1. refrigerator comprises:
Main body;
Chamber in main body;
Container in the chamber, this container can move along first direction;
Electric component, when container when first direction moves, this electric component moves upward in first party with this container; And
Lead is used for providing the signal of telecommunication to electric component, when this electric component when first direction moves, this lead can extend on first direction and shrink.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, this first direction are horizontal direction.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein lead comprises:
First section joint; With
Second section joint, when electric component when first direction moves, this second section joint can move upward in first party with respect to first section joint.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein according to the motion of electric component on first direction, first section joint can be connected or the electricity disconnection with second section economize on electricity.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein first section joint comprises first terminals, second section joint comprises second terminals, when container when first party is moved upwards up to the outside of chamber, first terminals are electrically connected to second terminals, when container on the first direction when move the chamber, first terminals and second terminals electricity disconnect.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein first and second sections joints can be overlapped on first direction, so that shorten the length of lead.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3 also comprises the first lead guiding piece and the second lead guiding piece, and this first section joint is positioned on this first lead guiding piece, and this second section joint is positioned on this second lead guiding piece.
8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein first section joint is positioned on one of the inboard of the first lead guiding piece and outside, when this first section joint is positioned at this first lead guiding piece inboard, this second section joint is positioned at the outside of this second lead guiding piece, when this first section joint was positioned at the outside of this first lead guiding piece, this second section joint was positioned at the inboard of this second lead guiding piece.
9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein first section joint comprises first terminals, second section joint comprises second terminals, when container when first party is moved upwards up to the outside of chamber, first terminals are electrically connected to second terminals, when container on the first direction when move the chamber, first terminals and second terminals electricity disconnect.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein first terminals are positioned on one of the inboard of the first lead guiding piece and outside, and are opposite with first section joint, and second terminals are positioned on one of the inboard of the second lead guiding piece and outside, and are opposite with second section joint.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 also comprises the over cap at least one that is fixed in the first and second lead guiding pieces, is used to cover and protect a part of lead that exposes to the first and second lead guiding pieces outside.
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first lead guiding piece and the second lead guiding piece also are used to guide the motion of container on first direction.
13. refrigerator as claimed in claim 7 also comprises first track and second track that are used to guide the motion of container on first direction.
14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:
The first lead guiding piece; With
The second lead guiding piece, when electric component when first direction moves, this second lead guiding piece can move up in first party with respect to the first lead guiding piece.
15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein this lead comprises flexible coil portion.
16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 15 also is included in first and second leads auxiliary conductor guiding piece in one of them at least, wherein this lead passes this auxiliary conductor guiding piece and relaxes preventing.
17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 also comprises folding connection cover, this lead passes this folding connection cover.
18. refrigerator as claimed in claim 17, wherein when electric component leaves this chamber on first direction, this folding connection cover launches, when this electric component on the first direction during towards this chamber, this folding connection cover is folding.
19. refrigerator as claimed in claim 17, wherein this folding connection cover comprises a plurality of hollow section joints that are one another in series and connect by pivot.
20. refrigerator as claimed in claim 19, wherein when folding connection cover fully launches, the maximum angle that can be formed between the Duan Jie of two vicinities is limited, so that prevent that folding connection cover is lax.
21. a refrigerator comprises:
Main body;
Chamber in main body;
Be connected to the door of main body, be used to close and open this chamber;
With the mobile electric component of door; And
Lead is used for providing the signal of telecommunication to electric component, and when door was mobile, this lead can extend and shrink in a longitudinal direction.
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