CN212109156U

CN212109156U - Refrigerator with a door

Info

Publication number: CN212109156U
Application number: CN202020656999.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 顾东亮; 刘兆雷; 唐义亭; 周思健; 何伟; 王路鹏
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-24
Filing date: 2020-04-24
Publication date: 2020-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses a refrigerator, refrigerator is including cold-stored wind channel and freezing wind channel, refrigerator still includes: the air supply duct is connected with the refrigerating duct and the freezing duct; the air door is arranged in the air supply duct; the air door cover is arranged in the air supply air channel and located on one side of the air door facing the cold storage air channel, and the air door cover is provided with an air outlet. The utility model provides a wind channel subassembly and refrigerator has solved the technical problem that wind channel subassembly structure is complicated among the prior art.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a domestic refrigeration plant field especially relates to a refrigerator.

Background

In the existing air-cooled refrigerator, a plurality of compartments are generally arranged, and the compartments are respectively provided with different temperature zones so as to meet the storage requirements of different foods. The refrigerator is characterized in that an evaporator and a fan are usually arranged in a freezing chamber, an air channel is arranged between the freezing chamber and other chambers, the cold energy of the evaporator is transmitted to the other chambers through the rotation of the fan and the transmission of the air channel, and different chambers of the refrigerator reach set temperatures through the control of an electric air door and a temperature sensor.

However, in the air duct of the above type, the position fixing and sealing structure of the electric air door is complex, which affects the production efficiency, and meanwhile, when the electric air door is opened and closed, the air door needs a large space in the rotating process, which results in the increase of the volume of the cold storage or freezing air duct, and further causes the reduction of the available volume of the refrigerator, and reduces the product competitiveness.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a refrigerator aims at solving the big technical problem of air door occupation space in the current refrigerator.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, the refrigerator includes cold-stored wind channel and freezing wind channel, the refrigerator further includes:

a foamed layer;

the air supply duct is arranged on the foaming layer and is connected with the refrigerating duct and the freezing duct;

the air door is arranged in the air supply duct;

the air door cover is arranged in the air supply air channel and located on one side of the air door facing the cold storage air channel, and the air door cover is provided with an air outlet.

Optionally, the air supply duct includes the body and covers the lid of body, the body orientation one side of lid is provided with the wind groove, a side of wind groove is provided with the air intake, another side of wind groove is provided with the opening, the air door lid sets up the opening part, the air door sets up in the wind groove.

Optionally, the body and the cover body are clamped through a clamping structure.

Optionally, the clamping structure includes a clamping head, the clamping head is disposed on a surface of the cover body facing to one side of the body, and the clamping head is clamped into the air duct.

Optionally, the engaging structure includes a groove and a protrusion, the groove is disposed on a surface of the body facing to one side of the cover, the protrusion is disposed on a surface of the cover facing to one side of the body, and the protrusion is engaged with the groove.

Optionally, the engaging structure includes a concave portion and a convex portion, the concave portion is disposed on a surface of the body facing to one side of the cover, the convex portion is disposed on a surface of the cover facing to one side of the body, and the convex portion is engaged with the concave portion.

Optionally, the engaging structure further includes a protruding head, the protruding head is disposed at an edge of a side surface of the cover body facing the body, and the protruding head abuts against a side surface of the body.

Optionally, the surface of the cover body facing one side of the body is provided with a convex rib, and the convex rib abuts against one side of the air door, which is deviated from the air door cover.

Optionally, the surface of the cover body facing one side of the body is provided with an accommodating groove, and one end of the air door cover is arranged in the accommodating groove.

Optionally, the material of the air supply duct and the air door cover is foam.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides an among the technical scheme, through setting up the air supply wind channel on refrigerator foaming layer, will freeze the wind channel and be connected with cold-stored wind channel, can carry the walk-in to the cold wind of freezer, can conveniently adjust the temperature of the different casees of refrigerator, moreover, set up the air door in the air supply wind channel, reduced the volume in cold-stored or freezing wind channel, improved the available volume of refrigerator, in addition, utilize the air door lid that sets up, can make things convenient for the maintenance of air door, change. In addition, the mold of the air supply duct of the refrigerator has the advantages of low development cost investment, low part cost, simple assembly and high reliability.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a structure of an air supply duct portion in an embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a first schematic structural view of the cover body part of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic structural view of the cover body of FIG. 2 with the cover body removed;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the body portion of FIG. 2;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a fastening structure in an embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				100	Cold storage air duct	200	Freezing air duct
300	Air supply duct	310	Body
				320	Cover body	330	Air duct
340	Air inlet	350	Opening of the container
				400	Air door	500	Air door cover
600	Air outlet	900	Accommodating tank
				710	Chuck head	720	Groove
730	Bump	740	Concave part
				750	Projecting part	760	Raised head
800	Convex rib

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope protected by the embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, descriptions related to "first", "second", and the like in the embodiments of the present invention are only for descriptive purposes 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 at least one such feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "fixed" and the like are to be understood in a broad sense, for example, "fixed" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral body; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In addition, technical solutions between the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be able to be realized by a person having ordinary skill in the art as a basis, and when the technical solutions are contradictory to each other or cannot be realized, it should be considered that the combination of the technical solutions does not exist, and the combination is not within the protection scope claimed by the embodiments of the present invention.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through providing a refrigerator, solved among the prior art refrigerator wind channel structure complicated, occupy the refrigerator and use volumetric technical problem to on guaranteeing refrigerator wind path endless basis, improve the in-service use volume of refrigerator, simplified the structure in wind channel simultaneously.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in technical scheme for solving above-mentioned technical problem, the general thinking is as follows:

in current refrigerator wind channel return circuit, generally with the air door setting in cold-stored wind channel or freezing wind channel, moreover, traditional electronic air door when the switch, need rotate, can need great space at rotatory in-process, increased the volume in cold-stored wind channel or freezing wind channel, reduced the in-service use volume of refrigerator, simultaneously, because the structure of wind channel return circuit is more complicated for the maintenance of electronic air door, change very inconvenient. Therefore, the inventor proposes that the air supply duct is integrated in the foaming layer, the cold storage duct and the freezing duct are connected through the air supply duct, the structure of the duct loop is simplified, the assembly is facilitated, in addition, the electric air door is arranged in the air supply duct, the volumes of the cold storage duct and the freezing duct are not increased, the occupied area of the refrigerator volume is reduced, meanwhile, the sealing performance is improved through the air door cover, and the maintenance and the replacement of the electric air door are also facilitated.

In order to better understand the technical scheme, the technical scheme is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, the refrigerator includes a cold storage air duct 100 and a freezing air duct 200, the refrigerator further includes:

a foamed layer;

the air supply duct 300 is arranged on the foaming layer, and the air supply duct 300 is connected with the refrigerating duct 100 and the freezing duct 200;

the air door 400, the air door 400 is set in the air supply duct 300;

the air door cover 500, the air door cover 500 is arranged in the air supply duct 300, the air door cover 500 is located at one side of the air door 400 facing the refrigerating duct 100, and the air door cover 500 is provided with an air outlet 600.

In the technical scheme that this embodiment adopted, through setting up air supply duct 300 on the refrigerator foaming layer, will freeze air duct 200 and cold-stored wind channel 100 and be connected, can carry the walk-in to the cold wind of freezer, can conveniently adjust the temperature of the different casees of refrigerator, and, set up air door 400 in air supply duct 300, reduced the volume in cold-stored or freezing wind channel, improved the available volume of refrigerator, in addition, utilize the air door lid 500 that sets up, can make things convenient for the maintenance of air door, change. In addition, the refrigerator air supply duct 300 has the advantages of low mold development cost investment, low part cost, simple assembly and high reliability.

Specifically, the refrigerator comprises a foaming layer, a refrigerator chamber and a freezer chamber, wherein the freezer air duct 200 is connected with the freezer chamber, the freezer air duct 100 is connected with the freezer chamber, the air supply air duct 300 is connected with the freezer air duct 100 and the freezer air duct 200, and it can be understood that cold air generated by refrigeration equipment in the freezer chamber flows into the freezer chamber through the freezer air duct 200, the air supply air duct 300 and the freezer air duct 100 in sequence to adjust the temperature of the freezer chamber, the refrigeration equipment can adopt an evaporator and a structural design of a fan, and the cold air generated by the evaporator is conveyed to the freezer chamber through the air supply air duct 300 by utilizing the rotation of the fan. In order to avoid increasing the volumes of the refrigerating air duct 100 and the freezing air duct 200, the air supply duct 300 is arranged in a foaming layer of the refrigerator, so that the occupied volume of the internal space of the refrigerator is reduced, and the actual use volume of the refrigerator is increased. Meanwhile, in order to facilitate the control of the temperature of the refrigerator chamber, the air door 400 is arranged in the air supply duct 300, the air door 400 is abutted against the inner wall of the air supply duct 300 to fix the air door 400 and the air supply duct 300, the air door 400 is preferably an electric air door, when the temperature of the refrigerator chamber is higher than a preset temperature, the air door 400 is opened, the refrigerator duct 100 and the freezing duct 200 are conducted, and cold air enters the refrigerator chamber; when the temperature of the refrigerator compartment is equal to or lower than the preset temperature, the damper 400 is closed, the refrigerating duct 100 and the freezing duct 200 are not conducted, and cold air cannot enter the refrigerator compartment. For the more convenient switch of control air door 400, can set up temperature sensor in the freezer room, set up the controller simultaneously, temperature sensor real-time supervision freezer room's temperature to give the controller with data transfer, the controller is according to the freezer room's that temperature sensor conveys temperature, the control is to the switch of air door 400, thereby realizes automatic control. In addition, in order to improve the sealing property of the connection between the damper 400 and the air supply duct 300, the damper cover 500 is provided to prevent the cool air from flowing out of the gap between the damper 400 and the air supply duct 300, and preferably, the surface area of the damper cover 500 is larger than that of the damper 400, so that the damper 400 can be completely covered, thereby improving the sealing property of the damper 400. In addition, when the damper 400 is damaged, the damper cover 500 is removed to repair and replace the damper 400. It is to be understood that the damper cover 500 abuts against the inner wall of the supply air duct 300, and the damper cover 500 may abut against the damper 400. In order not to affect the circulation of the cool air, the air outlet 600 is disposed on the air door cover 500, and when the air door 400 is opened, the cool air enters the refrigerating air duct 100 through the air outlet 600, and then enters the refrigerating compartment. It should be noted that the damper 400 may adopt a damper structure in the prior art, and will not be described in detail.

Further, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the air supply duct 300 includes a body 310 and a cover 320 covering the body 310, an air duct 330 is disposed on one side of the body 310 facing the cover 320, an air inlet 340 is disposed on one side of the air duct 330, an opening 350 is disposed on the other side of the air duct 330, the air door cover 500 is disposed at the opening 350, and the air door 400 is disposed in the air duct 330.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to optimize the structure of the air supply duct 300, the air supply duct 300 is provided with a main body 310 and a cover 320 covering the main body 310, and it can be understood that the main body 310 is detachably connected with the cover 320, and an air supply channel is formed after the main body 310 is fixedly connected with the cover 320. Specifically, the air duct 330 is disposed on one side of the body 310 facing the cover 320, and may also be understood as a duct body formed by recessing a side of the body 310 facing the cover 320, where the air duct 330 includes a bottom surface and first to fourth sides disposed along a circumferential direction of the bottom surface, where the first side is opposite to the second side, the third side is opposite to the fourth side, the first side, the third side, the second side, and the fourth side are sequentially connected to form a cavity, the second side of the air duct 330 is disposed with an air inlet 340, the air inlet 340 is connected to the freezing air duct 200, cold air in the cold air freezing chamber enters the air duct 330 from the air inlet 340, and meanwhile, the first side is disposed with an opening 350, and it is understood that the first side is an open structure, the air door cover 500 is disposed at the opening 350, the air door 400 is disposed between the air door cover 500 and the second side, and the air door 400 and the third side of the air duct 330 are disposed, The fourth side is abutted, and the air door 400 realizes the conduction or the closing of the channel between the air outlet 600 and the air inlet 340, thereby controlling the air supply to the refrigerator chamber.

Further, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the body 310 and the cover 320 are clamped by a clamping structure.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to facilitate the detachment and installation of the body 310 and the cover 320, the body 310 and the cover 320 are connected in a snap-fit manner, and of course, other manners such as bolts may be adopted for fixing in other manners.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the engaging structure includes a clip 710, the clip 710 is disposed on a surface of the cover body 320 facing the main body 310, and the clip 710 is clipped into the wind groove 330.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to facilitate the engagement between the main body 310 and the cover body 320, a clamp 710 is disposed on a surface of the cover body 320 facing the main body 310, the clamp 710 protrudes out of the cover body 320 and extends toward the main body 310, one end of the clamp 710 is fixed to the cover body 320, and the other end of the clamp 710 is embedded in the air duct 330, and the air duct 330 formed on the main body 310 is utilized to achieve connection with the clamp 710, so that the structure is simplified.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the engaging structure includes a groove 720 and a protrusion 730, the groove 720 is disposed on a surface of the body 310 facing the cover 320, the protrusion 730 is disposed on a surface of the cover 320 facing the body 310, and the protrusion 730 is engaged with the groove 720.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to further ensure the fastening effect of the body 310 and the cover 320, a groove 720 is disposed on the surface of the body 310 facing the cover 320, the groove 720 is located on one side of the wind groove 330, the groove 720 is recessed in the direction away from the cover 320, meanwhile, a protrusion 730 is disposed on the surface of the cover 320 facing the body 310, the protrusion 730 is located on one side of the chuck 710, the protrusion 730 protrudes in the direction close to one side of the body 310, and the protrusion 730 is clamped in the groove 720, so that the body 310 and the cover 320 are fastened and fixed. Preferably, the grooves 720 and the bumps 730 are elongated.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the engaging structure includes a concave portion 740 and a convex portion 750, the concave portion 740 is disposed on a surface of the body 310 facing the cover 320, the convex portion 750 is disposed on a surface of the cover 320 facing the body 310, and the convex portion 750 is engaged with the concave portion 740.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to further ensure the fastening effect of the body 310 and the cover 320, a concave portion 740 is disposed on the surface of the body 310 facing the cover 320, the concave portion 740 is located at the edge of the body 310, the concave portion 740 is connected to the outer side surface of the groove 720, meanwhile, a convex portion 750 is disposed on the surface of the cover 320 facing the body 310, the convex portion 750 is located at the edge of the cover 320, the convex portion 750 is connected to the projection 730, and the convex portion 750 is embedded in the concave portion 740, so that the body 310 and the cover 320 are fastened and fixed.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the engaging structure further includes a protrusion 760, the protrusion 760 is disposed on a rim of a side surface of the cover body 320 facing the main body 310, and the protrusion 760 abuts against a side surface of the main body 310.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to further ensure the fastening effect between the body 310 and the cover 320, a protrusion 760 is disposed at an edge of a side surface of the cover 320 facing the body 310, wherein the edge of the cover 320 where the protrusion 760 is disposed is a first side edge, the edge of the cover 320 where the protrusion 720 is disposed is a second side edge, the first side edge and the second side edge are disposed opposite to each other, a side surface of the body 310 where the opening 350 is disposed is a first side surface, an outer side surface of the groove 720 connected to the recess 740 is a second side surface, the first side surface and the second side surface are disposed opposite to each other, the protrusion 760 abuts against the first side surface and is engaged with the recess 740 in which the protrusion 750 is embedded, so as to prevent the cover 320 from sliding along the body 310 and improve.

Further, referring to fig. 5 and 6, a surface of the cover 320 facing the main body 310 is provided with a rib 800, and the rib 800 abuts against a side of the damper 400 facing away from the damper cover 500.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to further improve the fixing effect of the air door, the surface of the cover body 320 on one side of the body 310 is provided with the protruding rib 800, the protruding rib 800 extends towards the direction close to the body 310, one end of the protruding rib 800 is fixed on the cover body 320, the other end of the protruding rib 800 abuts against the air door 400, the protruding rib 800 abuts against one side of the air door 400 departing from the air door cover 500, it needs to be noted that the protruding rib 800 avoids influencing the opening and closing of the air door 400, the protruding rib 800 can also abut against one side of the air door 400 departing from the bottom surface of the air duct 330, and the number of the protruding ribs 800 can be one or more in the practical application process.

Further, referring to fig. 5 and 6, a receiving groove 900 is formed on a surface of the cover body 320 facing the main body 310, and one end of the damper cover 500 is disposed in the receiving groove 900.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to improve the fixing effect of the damper cover 500, the surface of the cover body 320 on the side facing the main body 310 is provided with the accommodating groove 900, and one end of the damper cover 500 departing from the bottom surface of the air duct 330 is placed in the accommodating groove 900, it can be understood that the bottom surface of the accommodating groove 900 abuts against the damper cover 500, so as to limit the damper cover 500.

Further, the material of the air supply duct 300 and the air door cover 500 is foam.

In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, in order to reduce the manufacturing cost and ensure the sealing effect, the foam is used as the material of the air supply duct 300 and the air door cover 500. Of course, in other embodiments, other materials such as plastic may be used, and may be specifically selected during the actual application process.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the patent scope of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited thereby, and all the equivalent structure changes made by the embodiment of the present invention and the attached drawings or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a refrigerator, refrigerator includes cold-stored wind channel and freezing wind channel, its characterized in that, refrigerator still includes:

the air supply duct is connected with the refrigerating duct and the freezing duct;

the air door is arranged in the air supply duct;

2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air supply duct includes a body and a cover covering the body, an air duct is disposed on one side of the body facing the cover, an air inlet is disposed on one side of the air duct, an opening is disposed on the other side of the air duct, the air door is disposed at the opening, and the air door is disposed in the air duct.

3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the body and the cover are engaged with each other by a locking structure.

4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the engaging structure includes a catch provided on a surface of the cover body facing the main body, the catch being caught in the air groove.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the engaging structure comprises a groove and a protrusion, the groove is disposed on a surface of the body facing the cover, the protrusion is disposed on a surface of the cover facing the body, and the protrusion is engaged with the groove.

6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the engaging structure includes a recess portion provided on a surface of the body facing the cover, and a protrusion portion provided on a surface of the cover facing the body, the protrusion portion engaging with the recess portion.

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein the engaging structure further comprises a protrusion disposed at an edge of a side surface of the cover body facing the main body, the protrusion abutting against a side surface of the main body.

8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein a surface of the cover facing the body is provided with a rib abutting against a side of the damper facing away from the damper cover.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein a surface of the cover body facing the main body is provided with a receiving groove in which one end of the damper cover is seated.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the air supply duct and the air door cover are made of foam.