CN210918520U

CN210918520U - Household appliance and handle assembly thereof

Info

Publication number: CN210918520U
Application number: CN201921240943.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李铎
Original assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-01
Filing date: 2019-08-01
Publication date: 2020-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-01

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a household appliance and a handle component thereof, wherein the handle component comprises a handle body and a fixed connecting piece, and an elastic connecting piece is fixedly arranged on the handle body; the fixed connecting piece is fixedly arranged on the shell of the household appliance and is connected with the elastic connecting piece; the elastic connecting piece is provided with a connecting port and a slot communicated with the connecting port, the size of the slot is gradually reduced in the direction towards the connecting port, and the fixed connecting piece is arranged on the connecting port in a clamping mode through the slot. The utility model discloses handle assembly only needs two parts both can realize the installation, and installation component is small in quantity, installation procedure is few and simple, can improve handle assembly's production efficiency, reduces cost of labor and manufacturing cost, the later stage maintenance of being convenient for simultaneously.

Description

Household appliance and handle assembly thereof

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of domestic appliance, especially, relate to domestic appliance and handle subassembly thereof.

Background

At present, household electrical appliances such as refrigerators with a handle are generally provided with bolt reinforcing iron inside a door shell, and the handle is fastened on the bolt reinforcing iron through the combination of bolts and screws. The existing household appliance has the disadvantages of more exposed handle installation parts, complex installation operation and low production efficiency; the installation of small parts and the installation of line bodies require more workers, the material cost is increased due to more parts, and the manufacturing cost is high; the handle and the door body are kept in a connection state by adopting screw pressure and static friction force, and the screw is in a risk of loosening or falling off due to frequent door opening and closing along with the prolonging of service time, so that the handle falling risk is high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses the main technical problem who solves provides a domestic appliance handle subassembly that installation procedure is few, installation component is less.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme be: the handle assembly of the household appliance comprises a handle body and a fixed connection joint, wherein an elastic connecting piece is fixedly arranged on the handle body; the fixed connecting piece is fixedly arranged on the shell of the household appliance and is connected with the elastic connecting piece;

the elastic connecting piece is provided with a connecting port and a slot communicated with the connecting port, the size of the slot is gradually reduced in the direction towards the connecting port, and the fixed connecting piece is arranged on the connecting port in a clamping mode through the slot.

Preferably, the inner surface of the port includes an inner convex surface that projects toward the slot.

More preferably, the interior surface of the port is an arcuate interior surface.

Furthermore, the arc-shaped inner surface is two arc-shaped structures which are symmetrically arranged, the center of each arc-shaped structure is positioned on one side of the connecting port, and the inner convex surface is arranged between the two arc-shaped structures.

Preferably, the fixed connecting piece comprises a stopping part and a connecting part, the connecting part is fixedly connected to the shell and clamped on the connecting port; the cross section of the connecting part is the same as that of the connecting port, and the connecting part is in interference fit with the connecting port.

Preferably, a cavity with an opening is formed at two ends of the handle body, the elastic connecting piece is connected to the inner surface of the opening end of the cavity, and the connecting port is communicated with the cavity.

More preferably, the resilient connecting member is integrally formed with the inner surface of the open end of the cavity or is connected thereto by welding.

More preferably, the size of the space formed by the groove and the inner surface of the cavity in the direction away from the connecting port is larger than that of the stopping part.

Preferably, the fixed connecting piece further comprises a fixed part, the fixed part is positioned on the shell, and the connecting part is connected between the stopping part and the fixed part; the stopping part and the fixing part are respectively positioned at two sides of the elastic connecting piece and are both positioned in the cavity.

Preferably, the elastic connecting piece is an elastic steel plate.

Specifically, a groove is formed between the connecting portion and the fixing portion.

Preferably, the width of the groove is 0.4mm to 0.6mm greater than the thickness of the elastic steel plate.

Preferably, the depth of the groove is greater than or equal to 2.5mm, so that the restraint force in the front-back direction after the handle body and the fixed connecting piece are assembled is ensured.

The utility model discloses still include second technical scheme, a domestic appliance, including domestic appliance's casing to and foretell handle subassembly, the handle subassembly sets up on domestic appliance's casing.

The utility model has the advantages that: be different from prior art's condition, the utility model discloses handle subassembly only needs two parts both can realize the installation, and installation component is small in quantity, installation procedure is few and simple, can improve handle subassembly's production efficiency, reduces cost of labor and manufacturing cost, the later stage maintenance of being convenient for simultaneously.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a handle assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a rear view schematically illustrating a handle assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the handle assembly taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure at the position B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a partial enlarged structure at the position D in FIG. 3;

fig. 6 is a perspective structure diagram of the fixing connector according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and effects of the present invention clearer and clearer, the following description of the present invention will refer to the accompanying drawings and illustrate embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a handle assembly of a household appliance, which includes a handle body 1 and a fixed connector 3, wherein an elastic connector 2 is fixedly disposed on the handle body 1; the fixed connecting piece 3 is fixedly arranged on a shell (not shown) of the household appliance and is connected with the elastic connecting piece 2;

as shown in fig. 4, a connection port 22 and a slot 21 communicating with the connection port 22 are formed on the elastic connection member 2, the size of the slot 21 is gradually reduced in a direction toward the connection port 22, and as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the fixed connection member 3 is mounted and clamped on the connection port 22 through the slot 21.

The core technical content of the present invention is that, by providing the elastic connecting member 2 on the handle body 1, the elastic connecting member 2 has an elastic effect, so that the fixing connecting member 3 can be clamped into the connector 22 through the slot 21, and can be clamped into the connector 22. So that the handle body 1 can be fixed to the housing of the electric home appliance. The handle subassembly of this embodiment only needs two parts both can realize the installation, and installation component is small in quantity, installation procedure is few, and the installation procedure is simple, can improve handle subassembly's production efficiency, reduces cost of labor and cost of generation, the later stage maintenance of being convenient for simultaneously.

Preferably, the inner surface of the connection port 22 includes an inner convex surface 23, the inner convex surface 23 projecting toward the slot 21. In this embodiment, interior convex surface 23 sets up towards fluting 21, can avoid fixed connector 3 at connector 22 internal rotation, can realize the restraint of a degree of freedom of handle body 1 and fixed connector 3, when pulling handle body 1 simultaneously, gives the handle effort, can make effort balanced between the interior convex surface 23 on fixed connector 3 and the connector 22, has improved the use reliability of handle subassembly.

Preferably, the inner surface of the connecting port 22 is an arc-shaped inner surface, so that the pressure resistance of the connecting port 22 is high, and the service life of the handle assembly is prolonged; if adopt square internal surface, the withstand voltage ability in the corner of square internal surface is less, when pulling handle body 1 for a long time, easily causes the damage in square internal surface corner, reduces the life of handle subassembly.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the arc-shaped inner surface is two arc-shaped structures 24 symmetrically arranged, the centers of the arc-shaped structures 24 are located at one side of the connection port 22, and the inner convex surface 23 is arranged between the two arc-shaped structures 24, in this embodiment, the centers of the two arc-shaped structures 24 are not overlapped, so that the inner surface of the connection port 22 forms a heart-shaped structure with a notch; in other embodiments, the centers of the two arc structures 24 may also coincide, that is, the inner surface of the connection port 22 is a circular structure having a notch and an inner protrusion, which may also achieve the effect of the heart-shaped structure having a notch in this embodiment; if a square or other type of pattern is adopted, local uneven stress is easily caused. In this embodiment, the arc structure 24 that two symmetries set up can realize that handle

body

1 and 3 degree of freedom of fixed connection spare retrain, and the arc structure 24 symmetry in both sides sets up simultaneously for the atress is even, improves the life of handle subassembly.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the handle body 1 is provided at both ends thereof with handle seats 11, each handle seat 11 is provided with an elastic connecting member 2, the handle seat 11 is formed with a cavity 12 having an opening, the elastic connecting member 2 is connected to an inner surface of the opening of the cavity 12, and the connection port 22 is communicated with the cavity 12. In other embodiments, the handle body 1 may not be provided with the handle seat 11, two ends of the handle body 1 face the same side, both ends are provided with the cavity 12 with the opening, and the elastic connecting piece 2 is connected to the inner surface of the opening end of the cavity 12; in other embodiments, the elastic connector 2 may be provided only at one end of the handle body 1. Through setting up elastic connection element 2 in the cavity 12 of handle body 1 or handle seat 11 for when handle body 1 is fixed in household appliance's casing through

elastic connection element

2 and 3 blocks of fixed connection element, in close contact with between handle body 1 and the casing avoids elastic connection element 2 and fixed connection element 3 to expose the effect that causes easy collection dirt outside, and on the other hand can improve elastic connection element 2 and fixed connection element 3's life.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the elastic connection member 2 is disposed on the inner surface of the open end of the cavity 12 by welding. In other embodiments, the elastic connector 2 may be integrally formed with the handle holder 11 or the handle body 1, such that the elastic connector 2 is disposed on the inner surface of the opening end of the cavity 12 of the handle holder 11 or the inner surface of the opening end of the handle body 1.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, 5 and 6, the fixed connector 3 includes a fixed portion 31, a stopping portion 33 and a connecting portion 32, the fixed portion 31 is located on the housing, and the connecting portion 32 is connected between the stopping portion 33 and the fixed portion 31; the cross-sectional shape of the connecting portion 32 is the same as that of the connecting port 22, a groove 34 is formed between the connecting portion 32 and the fixing portion 31, the fixing portion 31 is used for abdicating to fit the side wall of the handle holder between the opening end of the handle holder and the elastic connecting piece 3, preferably, the width of the groove 34 is 0.4mm to 0.6mm larger than the thickness of the elastic connecting piece 2, and the depth of the groove 34 is 2.5mm in the embodiment. As shown in fig. 1 and 5, the size of the space formed by the slot 21 in the cavity 12 and the inner surface of the cavity 12 in the direction away from the connection port 22 is larger than the size of the stopping portion 33, so as to facilitate the assembly of the handle body 1 and the fixed connecting piece 3. During assembly, the connecting portion 32 is mounted and clamped on the connecting port 22 through the slot 21, and the fixing portion 31, the stopping portion 33 and the connecting portion 32 are all located in the cavity 12 of the handle base 11, so that the connecting portion 32 and the connecting port 22 are in interference fit. In other embodiments, no side plate or only a part of the side plates may be disposed on the side of the handle base 11 opposite to the slot 21 of the elastic connecting member 2, that is, only three side plates are disposed in the cavity 12 where the elastic connecting member 2 is located, and the elastic connecting member 2 may be disposed in the cavity 12, and the size of the space formed by the slot 21 and the inner surface of the cavity 12 in the direction away from the connection port 22 may not be limited. In this embodiment, the fixing portion 31 and the stopping portion 33 form a constraint with one degree of freedom with the elastic connecting member 2.

In other embodiments, the elastic connecting element 2 may not be disposed inside the cavity 12, the elastic connecting element 2 is disposed outside the end of the handle body 1, the fixing element 3 may not include the fixing portion 31, and includes the stopping portion 33 and the connecting portion 32, the shape of the connecting portion 32 matches with the connecting port 22, the connecting portion 32 is connected to the housing, the connecting portion 32 is mounted and clamped on the connecting port 22 by the slot 21, and the elastic connecting element 2 is clamped on the connecting portion 32 between the housing and the stopping portion 33, so that the connecting portion 32 and the connecting port 22 are in interference fit.

Preferably, the elastic connecting member 2 in this embodiment is an elastic steel plate.

In the embodiment, the direction of the slot 21 of the elastic connecting piece 2 is vertical downward, the elastic connecting piece 2 can be in interference fit with the fixed connecting piece 3 from top to bottom, wherein the inner convex surface 23 is over against the slot 21, and the constraint of the freedom degree of the handle body 1 and the fixed connecting piece 3 in the vertical direction can be realized; the two arc-shaped structures 24 which are symmetrically arranged can realize the restriction of the freedom degrees of the handle body 1 and the fixed connecting piece 3 in the left and right directions; the fixing portion 31 and the stopping portion 33 can realize the constraint of the degree of freedom of the handle body 1 and the fixed connecting piece 3 in the front-back direction, so that the constraint of the degree of freedom of the handle body 1 and the fixed connecting piece 3 can be realized, and the use reliability is improved.

In the present embodiment, the side of the handle assembly fixed to the housing of the electrical appliance is schematically shown in the front view, and "vertically downward" refers to the ground, and "left and right" refers to the left and right directions of the handle body 1, and "front and back" refers to the front and back directions of the plane of the housing contacted by the handle assembly.

In other embodiments, the slot 21 of the elastic connector 2 can also be from left to right, from bottom to top, or from right to left, and can achieve the interference fit between the handle body 1 and the fixed connector 3.

The above is only the embodiment of the present invention, not the limitation of the patent scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that are used in the specification and the attached drawings or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A handle assembly for a household appliance, the handle assembly comprising:

the handle comprises a handle body (1), wherein an elastic connecting piece (2) is fixedly arranged on the handle body (1);

the fixed connecting piece (3) is fixedly arranged on the shell of the household appliance and is connected with the elastic connecting piece (2);

wherein, a connecting port (22) and a slot (21) communicated with the connecting port (22) are formed on the elastic connecting piece (2), the size of the slot (21) is gradually reduced towards the connecting port (22), and the fixed connecting piece (3) is arranged on the connecting port (22) in a clamping way through the slot (21).

2. Handle assembly according to claim 1, the inner surface of the connection port (22) comprising an inner convex surface (23), the inner convex surface (23) protruding towards the slot (21).

3. The handle assembly of claim 2, the interior surface of the attachment port (22) being an arcuate interior surface.

4. The handle assembly according to claim 3, wherein the inner arcuate surface is formed by two symmetrically arranged arcuate structures (24), the centers of the arcuate structures (24) are located on one side of the connection port (22), and the inner convex surface (23) is arranged between the two arcuate structures (24).

5. Handle assembly according to claim 1, the fixed connection member (3) comprising a stop portion (33) and a connection portion (32), the connection portion (32) being fixedly connected to the housing, being clipped to the connection port (22); the cross-sectional shape of the connecting part (32) is the same as that of the connecting port (22), and the connecting part (32) is in interference fit with the connecting port (22).

6. Handle assembly according to claim 5, the end of the handle body (1) being formed with a cavity (12) having an opening, the elastic connector (2) being connected to the inner surface of the open end of the cavity (12), the connection port (22) communicating with the cavity (12).

7. Handle assembly according to claim 6, the fixed attachment (3) further comprising a fixing portion (31), the fixing portion (31) being located on the housing, the connecting portion (32) being connected between the stop portion (33) and the fixing portion (31); the stopping part (33) and the fixing part (31) are respectively positioned at two sides of the elastic connecting piece (2) and are both positioned in the cavity (12).

8. Handle assembly according to claim 7, the resilient connecting piece (2) being a resilient steel plate.

9. The handle assembly according to claim 8, wherein a groove (34) is formed between the connecting portion (32) and the fixing portion (31), and a width of the groove (34) is 0.4mm to 0.6mm greater than a thickness of the elastic steel plate.

10. A domestic appliance comprising a housing of the domestic appliance, and a handle assembly as claimed in any of claims 1 to 9 provided on the housing of the domestic appliance.