CN211313782U - A kind of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a refrigerator relates to refrigeration technology field, for providing a structure simplification, manufacturing convenient hinge. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body and a door body, wherein a storage chamber is formed in the refrigerator body, the door body is arranged at an opening of the storage chamber and is rotatably connected with the refrigerator body through a hinge, and the hinge comprises: the fixed section is connected with the box body through a connecting piece; the hinge section is connected with the fixed section and is of an integral structure, the hinge section is of a cylindrical structure, and the hinge section is rotatably connected with the door body. The utility model discloses the refrigerator simplifies the structure, reduce cost on guarantee refrigerator working property's basis.

Description

A kind of refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigeration technology field especially relates to a refrigerator.

Background

The door body and the refrigerator body of the refrigerator are connected through a hinge structure, and the hinge structure in the prior art generally comprises a hinge shaft and a hinge plate, wherein the hinge shaft and the hinge plate are two separated independent parts and are assembled together through welding or riveting.

The technical problem that current hinge structure exists is: the number of parts is large, the structure is not simplified enough, the processing technology is complex, and particularly for a small refrigerator, the structure of the small refrigerator is obviously complicated, and the manufacturing cost is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the utility model provides a refrigerator, the main objective provides a structure is simplified, and manufacturing is convenient hinge.

In order to achieve the above object, on the one hand, the embodiments of the present invention adopt the following technical solutions:

a refrigerator including a cabinet having a storage chamber formed therein and a door provided at an opening of the storage chamber, the door being rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge, the hinge comprising:

the fixed section is connected with the box body through a connecting piece;

the hinge section is connected with the fixed section and is of an integral structure, the hinge section is of a cylindrical structure, and the hinge section is rotatably connected with the door body.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a refrigerator, because the fixed section of being connected with the box and the articulated section of being connected with the door body rotation are integrative structure, compare the articulated shaft and the articulated slab of phase separation among the prior art, omit the process steps of adopting welding mode or riveting mode to connect articulated shaft and articulated slab, and the structure is simpler, and manufacturing is convenient; meanwhile, the hinge section is of a cylindrical structure, so that the door body can be directly and rotatably connected with the hinge section without sleeving a shaft sleeve outside the hinge section, the structure of the hinge is further simplified, the number of parts is reduced, and the assembly process steps are reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG. 1 at A;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a hinge according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top view of a hinge according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flow chart of a manufacturing process of a hinge according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the raw material used to manufacture the hinge according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure shown in FIG. 6 after bending;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the structure shown in FIG. 7 after being flattened;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure shown in fig. 8 after punching.

Detailed Description

The following describes the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a refrigerator, refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2, this refrigerator includes that inside is formed with the box 1 of storeroom and sets up the door body 2 at the opening part of storeroom, door body 2 passes through hinge 3 and rotates with box 1 to be connected, refer to fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, hinge 3 includes canned paragraph 31 and articulated section 34, canned paragraph 31 passes through connecting piece 4 and is connected with box 1, articulated section 34 is connected with canned paragraph 31 and is a body structure, articulated section 34 is cylindric structure, articulated section 34 rotates with door body 2 to be connected.

Because canned paragraph 31 is a body structure with articulated section 34, during concrete installation hinge, only need adopt connecting piece 4 to install canned paragraph 31 on box 1, articulated section 34 with the door body 2 be connected can, compare two phase separations of prior art, independent articulated slab and articulated shaft, need not to adopt welding mode or riveting mode again to connect articulated slab and articulated shaft, just so reduced manufacturing process step, and the simple structure of this hinge, manufacturing process is also simple, and then reduce manufacturing cost, especially for small-size refrigerator, the structure is simplified, cost reduction's effect can be more obvious. Meanwhile, the hinge section 34 is of a cylindrical structure, so that the hinge section 34 can be directly connected with the door body 2 in a rotating mode, and a shaft sleeve or a structure connected with the door body 2 in a rotating mode is not required to be sleeved outside the hinge section 34, so that the structure of the hinge is further simplified, and the manufacturing cost is also reduced.

In order to improve the connection strength between the fixing section 31 and the box body 1, referring to fig. 3, the fixing section 31 is of a flat plate-shaped structure, so that the fixing section 31 of the flat plate-shaped structure can have a larger abutting area with the box body 1, and further, when the fixing section 31 is connected with the box body 1, the connection strength between the fixing section 31 and the box body 1 can be ensured by the connecting piece 4, and the rotation stability between the door body 2 and the box body 1 is improved.

Referring to fig. 3, the plane of the fixed segment 31 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the hinge segment 34, and a bent segment 33 is formed between the fixed segment 31 and the hinge segment 34. Illustratively, the bending angle of the bending section 33 is 90 °. Therefore, the processing is convenient, and the stability of the rotation of the door body 2 around the hinge section 34 can be ensured.

Because the fixed section 31 is the tabular structure, and articulated section 34 is cylindric structure, for the structural strength of guarantee whole hinge, improve shock resistance, fixed section 31 is connected with the section of bending 33 through changeover portion 32. The transition section 32 can gradually change the cross-sectional shape of the fixed section 31 to the cross-sectional shape of the bending section 33, so as to prevent the hinge from easily cracking between the fixed section 31 and the bending section. In some embodiments, the transition section 32 gradually changes in cross-section from circular to rectangular.

Referring to fig. 5, in a specific processing process of the hinge 3 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the specific processing steps are as follows:

step S1: as shown in fig. 6, a cylindrical steel material is selected as a raw material for manufacturing the hinge.

Illustratively, a cylindrical steel material may be used. The compressive strength of the cylindrical steel is not limited herein, and any value is within the scope of the present application.

The diameter and the length of the cylindrical steel can be selected according to the size of the actual refrigerator.

Step S2: as shown in fig. 7, one end of the cylindrical steel material is bent to form a hinge section 34 and a bent section 33 connected to the hinge section 34.

Illustratively, the length of the hinge section 34 is 15mm to 25mm, and the bend angle is 90 degrees, or close to 90 degrees.

Step S3: as shown in fig. 8, the other end of the cylindrical steel material is flattened to form a fixing section 31. It should be noted that: when the patting process is specifically performed, the formed fixed section 31 and the bent section 33 are transited to form a transition section 32.

Step S4: as shown in fig. 9, a mounting hole 35 is punched in the fixing segment 31.

From the step S1 to the step S4, it is known that the hinge has a simple manufacturing process and a low manufacturing cost, and when the hinge is specifically installed, only the fixing section 31 needs to be installed on the box body by using a connecting piece, so that the installation operation is simple. Especially, compared with the small refrigerator with smaller size, the small refrigerator has simplified structure and lower cost, thereby occupying larger competitiveness.

In some embodiments, the connecting member 4 is a threaded connecting member such as a bolt, and referring to fig. 3 and 4, the fixing section 31 is provided with a mounting hole 35 for mounting the connecting member. In order to increase the connection strength of the hinge and the box body, the mounting hole 35 may be plural, and the plural mounting holes 35 are arranged along the extending direction of the fixing section 31.

In order to improve the appearance of the refrigerator, the mounting hole 35 is a counter bore, so that the phenomenon that the top of the connecting member 4 such as a bolt is exposed is prevented.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the hinge 3 is installed at the top of the box body 1 and the door body 2, the top of the door body 2 is provided with an insertion hole 21 for inserting the hinge section 34, and the top of the box body 1 is provided with a connection hole 11 for installing the connection member 4. With hinge 3 setting at the top of box 1 and door body 2, in some embodiments, in order to prevent from the refrigerator the place ahead front view during the refrigerator, very obvious hinge 3 of seeing, the top of door body 2 can be higher than box 1 top, can form the extension that is used for sheltering from hinge 3 in the top of the door of door body 2 seals like this, adopts the extension to shelter from hinge 3, and then improves the pleasing to the eye degree of appearance of refrigerator.

Because connecting piece 4 generally adopts screw thread connecting pieces such as joint strength is big, easy dismounting's bolt, so, the connecting hole 11 that this application embodiment provided is the screw hole. Of course, the connecting member may be a pin, and the connecting hole 11 is a hole with a smooth inner wall.

In some embodiments, for a small refrigerator, a user may interchange the opening directions of the door body according to his/her own taste, and referring to fig. 1, the two ends of the door body 2 along the width direction thereof are both provided with the insertion holes 21, and the two ends of the refrigerator body 1 along the width direction thereof are both provided with the connection holes 11. The advantages achieved by the design are as follows: because the two ends of the door body and the two ends of the box body are respectively provided with the inserting holes and the connecting holes correspondingly, if the hinge 3 is arranged at the first ends of the door body and the box body, the door body is opened along the first rotating direction, and a user needs to open the door body along the second rotating direction (the first rotating direction is opposite to the second rotating direction). Therefore, the embodiment shown in fig. 1 is adopted, the hinge is convenient to disassemble and assemble, and the user experience can be obviously improved.

It should be noted that: the hinge is not only suitable for small refrigerators with small sizes, but also suitable for refrigerators with large sizes.

Referring to fig. 2, when the hinge is applied to a small refrigerator, the insertion hole 21 is generally close to the outer edge of the door 2, which ensures that the door 2 does not exceed the outer edge of the refrigerator body 1 when the hinge is opened, but the connection hole is far away from the edge of the refrigerator body in order to ensure the connection strength of the hinge and the refrigerator body.

In the description herein, particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (8)

1. A refrigerator, comprising a cabinet having a storage chamber formed therein and a door body provided at an opening of the storage chamber, the door body being rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge, the hinge comprising:

the fixed section is connected with the box body through a connecting piece;

the hinge section is connected with the fixed section and is of an integral structure, the hinge section is of a cylindrical structure, and the hinge section is rotatably connected with the door body.

2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixed section is a flat plate structure, the plane of the fixed section is perpendicular to the axial direction of the hinge section, and a bent section is formed between the fixed section and the hinge section.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the fixing section is connected to the bending section through a transition section.

4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing section is formed with a mounting hole for mounting the connector, and the mounting hole is a counter bore.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mounting hole is plural, and the plural mounting holes are arranged along an extending direction of the fixing section.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the hinge is installed at the top of the refrigerator body and the door body, the top of the door body is provided with an insertion hole into which the hinge section is inserted, and the top of the refrigerator body is provided with a connection hole for installing the connection member.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the insertion holes are formed at both ends of the door body in the width direction, and the connection holes are formed at both ends of the refrigerator body in the width direction.

8. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the hinge is steel.

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