CN212671455U - Door body pre-opening device and refrigerator with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a door body pre-opening device and a refrigerator with the same, wherein the related door body pre-opening device comprises a top extension mechanism arranged at the rear side of a door body and a docking mechanism fixedly arranged on the door body, the top extension mechanism is provided with a mandril moving back and forth towards the direction of the docking mechanism, a top block driven by the mandril to open the door body, and a top hook connected with the mandril and connected to the docking mechanism in a buckling way when the top block opens the door body; based on the structure of the door body pre-opening device, in the scene that the door bodies such as a refrigerator are opened in specific application, because the top hook of the top extension mechanism can be buckled and connected to the butt joint mechanism when the door body is opened, the speed when the door body is opened can be consistent with the moving speed of the ejector rod, and the conditions that the door body is quickly bounced open and the operation is unstable in the prior art are effectively avoided.

Description

Door body pre-opening device and refrigerator with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a domestic appliance field especially relates to a door body is opening device in advance and has this door body opening device's refrigerator in advance.

Background

Along with the continuous improvement of the living standard of people, the smart home becomes the development trend which cannot be avoided at present, various products which accord with the smart home are produced, the refrigerator is used as an indispensable tool in modern home life and also becomes an important link of the smart home, and the intelligent and high-performance refrigerator becomes a market favorite. The door body of the existing refrigerator is opened by adopting a manual pulling mode, and when the adsorption force between the door body of the refrigerator and the refrigerator body is too small, the problems of poor sealing effect of the door body, leakage of cold air and the like are easily caused; when the adsorption force between the refrigerator door and the refrigerator body is too large, the problem that the door is difficult to open is easily caused.

In order to overcome the problems in the prior art, the adsorption force between the refrigerator door body and the refrigerator body can be overcome by adopting modes such as an ejector rod and the like so as to open the door body at a certain small angle, and then a user can open the door with small force while ensuring that the refrigerator has good sealing performance. However, the following problems exist in the prior art in which the push rod pre-opening door is adopted: in the process of opening the door body, the force which is applied to the door body by the ejector rod at the moment of opening the door body to overcome the adsorption of the door body is larger, the door body can be instantly and quickly flicked and separated from the end part of the ejector rod, so that the motion of the door body is unstable, and the stored objects at the inner side of the door body can be turned over and fallen; in addition, the situation that the door body is opened by jacking due to misoperation and cannot be closed automatically can also occur in the mode that the ejector rod is used for pre-opening the door.

In view of the above, there is a need to provide an improved solution to the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that prior art exists at least, for realizing the utility model purpose of the aforesaid, the utility model provides a door body is opening device in advance, its concrete design as follows.

The utility model provides a door body is opening device in advance, including set up in the top of a body rear side stretch the mechanism and fixed set up in docking mechanism on the body, the top stretch the mechanism have towards the ejector pin that docking mechanism place direction back-and-forth movement set up, by the ejector pin drive is in order to back-open the kicking block of the body and with the ejector pin is connected and is in the kicking block is backed up the lock is connected to docking mechanism's top hook during the door body.

Furthermore, the jacking and extending mechanism is further provided with a connecting block fixed at one end of the ejector rod facing the butt joint mechanism, and the jacking block is connected to one side of the connecting block facing the butt joint mechanism through a first spring.

Further, the top extension mechanism is further provided with a mounting plate which is fixed to the connecting block and extends towards the direction of the butt joint mechanism, and the top hook is connected to one end of the mounting plate, which faces towards the butt joint mechanism.

Further, the top hook comprises a main body part which is rotatably connected to the mounting plate and a hook head which is bent and extended from the front end of the main body part to one side; the kicking block has the confession the gliding slide of top hook, the slide is including supplying the top hook is followed the mounting panel extending direction slides and restricts main part pivoted sharp slide and order about the main part rotates with the kicking block is backed down the door body time court hook head one side rotates the slash slide of setting for the angle, the slash slide set up in the sharp slide is close to docking mechanism's one end and with sharp slide intercommunication.

Furthermore, the top block is also provided with a channel, the extending direction of which is consistent with the extending direction of the mounting plate and is used for the mounting plate to move back and forth, and the channel is communicated with the slide way.

Furthermore, docking mechanism have fixed connection to the fixing base of the door body, rotate to be connected to the fixing base supply with the lock joint hook that the top hook lock is connected, and be in the kicking block backs up order about when the door body the lock joint hook is buckled the second spring of top hook.

Further, the top hook with at least one in the lock joint hook is provided with top hook front end butt orders about during the lock joint hook rotates the inclined plane that forms the abdicating.

Furthermore, the jacking and extending mechanism is also provided with a sliding seat for the jacking block to slide.

Further, a limiting assembly for limiting the maximum moving stroke of the top block is arranged between the top block and the sliding seat.

Furthermore, the jacking mechanism also comprises a motor which is connected with the ejector rod to drive the ejector rod to move.

The utility model also provides a refrigerator, this refrigerator include the box and be connected to the door body of box, this refrigerator still have above the door body opening device in advance.

The utility model has the advantages that: based on the structure of the door body pre-opening device provided by the utility model, in the scene of door body opening such as the refrigerator, because the top hook of the top extension mechanism can be buckled and connected to the butt joint mechanism when the door body is opened, the speed when the door body is opened can be consistent with the moving speed of the ejector rod, thereby effectively avoiding the situations of rapid bouncing and unstable operation of the door body in the prior art; in addition, when the door body is pushed open due to misoperation, the retraction action of the ejector rod can realize the reclosing of the door body, so that the problem of large-amount leakage of the refrigerating capacity of the refrigerator due to misoperation is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required 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 embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1 with the housing removed;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of an overall structure of the door pre-opening device according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 3 with the motor removed;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the structure shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a further exploded view of the structure shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is another angular view of the structure of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4 taken along the direction A-A';

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4 taken along the direction B-B';

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view of the structure shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a state in which the knock-out block is driven by the knock-out pin to contact the inner side surface of the door body;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing the state where the top block stops moving and the top hook continues to move toward the fastening hook;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the top hook being snap-fit to the fastening hook;

fig. 14 is a schematic view showing a state where the door body is pushed open by the top block.

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 in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment discloses a refrigerator, which includes a refrigerator body 11 and a door 12 connected to the refrigerator body 11, and the refrigerator further includes a door pre-opening apparatus 200. The utility model provides a door body is opening device 200 in advance is used for opening the door body before the user manually opens the door body and predetermines the angle, and in the implementation structure of concrete refrigerator, box 11 has the inner bag 110 that constitutes its refrigeration compartment, and the door body is opening device 200 in advance sets up in the top outside of inner bag 110. It is understood that, in other embodiments of the present invention, the door pre-opening device 200 may be disposed at other positions where the door can be opened at a certain angle, and is not limited to the position shown in fig. 2.

The following is a further illustration of the specific structure of the door pre-opening device 200:

referring to fig. 2 and 3, the door pre-opening device 200 of the present invention includes a top extension mechanism 21 disposed at the rear side of the door 12 and a docking mechanism 22 fixedly disposed on the door 21. In this embodiment, the top-extending mechanism 21 is fixedly connected to the box 11 at the rear side of the door 12.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the present invention, the top extension mechanism 21 has a top rod 211 moving forward and backward in the direction of the docking mechanism 22, a top block 212 driven by the top rod 211 to open the door 12, and a top hook 213 connected to the top rod 211 and connected to the docking mechanism 22 when the top block 212 opens the door 12.

Based on the utility model provides a door body is opening device 200's structure in advance, specifically is applied to the scene that refrigerator door body 12 opened, because the top hook 213 of mechanism 21 is stretched on the top can the lock be connected to docking mechanism 22 when door body 12 is opened by the top, can be so that the speed when door body 12 must be opened is unanimous with ejector pin 211's removal rate, effectively avoids among the prior art door body 12 by bounce out fast, the unstable condition of operation. In addition, in the using process of the refrigerator, if the door body 12 is pushed open due to misoperation, the top hook 213 of the top extension mechanism 21 is connected with the butt joint mechanism 22, the door body 12 can be closed again through the automatic retraction action of the top rod 211, and the problem of large amount of refrigerator cold leakage due to misoperation is avoided.

It can be understood that the refrigerator of the present invention may further have a signal receiver, a data processor, and a controller. One specific door opening mode of the refrigerator is that the signal receiver is used for receiving a signal which is sent by a user and needs to open a door, the signal is processed by the data processor and then transmitted to the controller, the controller controls the door body pre-opening device 200 to act to realize small-angle opening of the door body, and then the user can manually pull the door to separate the top hook 213 from the docking mechanism 22 to finish the door opening action. In a specific implementation process, the signal receiver may be a voice receiver for receiving voice of a user, or may be a sensor for receiving touch operation or press operation of the user, or the like, which is capable of receiving a signal and transmitting the received signal to the data processor.

When the door body 12 is pushed open due to misoperation, in order to enable the door body to be automatically closed, an automatic closing program can be preset in the controller, and the automatic closing program comprises the following steps: the top rod 211 moves to the maximum distance in the direction of the docking mechanism 22; locking the current state of the ejector rod 211 to a set time; the lift bar 211 is retracted from the current position until the door body 12 is completely closed. In a specific implementation process, the set time range for locking the ejector rod 211 can be 3s-10 s.

More specifically, referring to fig. 4, the jacking mechanism 21 according to the present embodiment further has a connecting block 214 fixed to an end of the jack rod 211 facing the docking mechanism 22, and the jack block 212 is connected to a side of the connecting block 214 facing the docking mechanism 22 by a first spring 215. Based on this arrangement, when the door pre-opening device 200 is started and the top bar 211 moves towards the direction of the docking mechanism 22, if the top block 212 is abutted by the inner side surface 120 of the door 12, the top block 212 stops moving, the first spring 215 starts to compress, and the top hook 213 continues to move towards the docking mechanism 22 under the driving of the top bar 211 until being buckled with the docking mechanism 22. It is understood that when the docking mechanism 22 is disposed inside the door body 12, the inner side surface 120 of the door body 12 is provided with an opening for the top hook 213 to enter to cooperate with the docking mechanism 22.

When the door pre-opening device 200 is started and the lift rod 211 moves towards the docking mechanism 22, the first spring 215 has the maximum compression amount when the top hook 213 is connected to the docking mechanism 22 in a buckling manner, and at this time, the force exerted on the top block 212 by the lift rod 211 through the first spring 215 overcomes the adsorption force of the door 12 to complete the pre-opening action of the door 12.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the top-extending mechanism 21 further has a mounting plate 216 fixed to the connecting block 214 and extending toward the docking mechanism 22, and the top hook 213 is connected to an end of the mounting plate 216 facing the docking mechanism 22. Based on this, the top hook 213 can be synchronously operated with the top bar 211.

Referring to fig. 5, the top hook 213 of the present invention includes a main body portion 2131 rotatably connected to the mounting plate 216 and a hook head 2132 bent and extended from a front end of the main body portion 2131 toward one side. As shown in the drawing, the main body portion 2131 is provided on the mounting plate 216 so as to rotate along the first rotation axis L1.

Referring to fig. 7, 8 and 9, the top block 212 according to the present embodiment has a slide channel 2101 for sliding the top hook 213, that is, when the top rod 211 moves, the top hook 213 moves along the slide channel 2101.

As further shown in connection with fig. 10, the slide 2101 includes a linear slide 2101a and a diagonal slide 2101 b. The linear slide 2101a is used for sliding the top hook 213 along the extending direction of the mounting plate 216 and limiting the rotation of the main body 2131, that is, when the top hook 213 slides in the linear slide 2101a, the main body 2131 of the top hook 213 cannot rotate and keeps a specific orientation after being matched with the side wall of the linear slide 2101 a; the oblique line chute 2101b can drive the main body 2131 to rotate, so that when the door 12 is pushed open by the top block 212, the main body 2131 can rotate towards the hook 2132 by a set angle, and the hook 2132 of the top hook 213 can be better fastened and connected with the docking mechanism 22.

The utility model discloses a slash slide 2101b that relates to sets up in the one end that sharp slide 2101a is close to docking mechanism 22 and communicates with sharp slide 2101 a. In the process that the top hook 213 is pushed by the top rod 211 to move toward the docking mechanism 22, the top rod 211 slides in the linear slide 2101a, and then when the main body 2131 slides into the diagonal slide 2101b, the main body 2131 is rotated toward the hook head 2132 side based on the guiding action of the diagonal slide 2101b on the main body 2131, as shown in fig. 13.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 5, 6, 7 and 8, the top block 212 according to the present embodiment further has a channel 2102 for allowing the mounting plate 216 to move back and forth, wherein the channel 2102 communicates with the slide 2101, and the extending direction of the mounting plate 216 is the same as the extending direction of the mounting plate 216. The forward and backward movement of the mounting plate 216 is more stable due to the limitation of the passage 2102 on the forward and backward movement direction of the mounting plate 216, so that the phenomenon that the top hook 213 slides and is stuck in the slide 2101 can be avoided.

In the specific implementation process, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the top block 212 according to the present embodiment is assembled and molded by the body 2121 and the bottom plate 2122, which form the slide 2101 and the channel 2102, so as to facilitate the assembly between the top block 212 and the mounting plate 216, the top hook 213, and other components.

Referring to fig. 6, the bottom plate 2122 is provided with a plurality of ribs 2122c extending in the same direction as the mounting plate 216 for sliding the mounting plate 216, and protruding in parallel from a side surface of the channel 2102, so that the mounting plate 216 can move more smoothly in the slide 2101.

Referring to fig. 2, 9, 13 and 14, the docking mechanism 22 of the present embodiment includes a fixing base 221 fixedly connected to the door 12, a fastening hook 222 rotatably connected to the fixing base 221 for fastening the top hook 213, and a second spring 223 for urging the fastening hook 222 to fasten the top hook 213 when the top block 212 pushes the door 12 open.

Specifically, the fastening hook 222 is rotatably disposed on the fixing base 221 along the second rotation axis L2, and two ends of the second spring 223 are respectively connected to the fastening hook 222 and the fixing base 221. More specifically, in some embodiments, the fixing base 221 is provided with a limiting portion, which limits the fastening hook 222 to an initial position for the top hook 213 to be fastened before the top hook 213 abuts against the fastening hook 222. As shown in fig. 9, the stopper may be a boss 2210 provided on a side of the fastening hook 222 for restricting the further rotation of the fastening hook 222.

The utility model discloses in, at least one in top hook 213 and the lock joint hook 222 is provided with the inclined plane that orders about lock joint hook 222 to rotate and form the abdicating when top hook 213 front end butt lock joint hook 222. Referring to fig. 11, in the embodiment, the front end of the top hook 213 is provided with a slanted surface 2130 that is engaged with the front end of the fastening hook 222, so that when the top rod 211 drives the top hook 213 to move towards the fastening hook 222 and the front end of the top hook 213 abuts against the fastening hook 222, the slanted surface 2130 can drive the fastening hook 222 to rotate, and an abdicating space for the top hook 213 to further move towards the fastening hook 222 is formed. In other embodiments of the present invention, an inclined surface may be disposed on the fastening hook 222.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the jacking mechanism 21 according to the present embodiment further includes a slide 217 on which the jacking block 212 slides. In the specific implementation, the sliding base 217 is fixed to the box body 11.

In addition, in order to prevent the top block 212 from falling off the sliding seat 217 due to excessive movement displacement in the direction of the docking mechanism 22, in the implementation process, a limit component for limiting the maximum movement stroke of the top block 212 is provided between the top block 212 and the sliding seat 217. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the limiting member in this embodiment includes a first protrusion 2120 protruding outward from both sides of the rear end of the top block 212 and a second protrusion 2170 protruding upward from both sides of the front end of the slider 217 and corresponding to the first protrusion 2170.

Referring to fig. 3, the jacking mechanism 21 according to the present embodiment further includes a motor 218 connected to the ram 211 to drive the ram 211 to move. It will be appreciated that in the context of a particular refrigerator application, the relative motion of the motor is controlled by the controller.

For better understanding of the present invention, the following description will be further developed with reference to fig. 10, fig. 11, fig. 12, fig. 13 and fig. 14 for the specific operation process of the door body pre-opening device 200 of the present invention:

referring to fig. 10, after the door pre-opening device 200 is started, the push rod 211 pushes the push block 212 and the push hook 213 to move towards the docking mechanism 22 synchronously.

Referring to fig. 11, after the top block 212 moves to abut against the inner side surface 120 of the door body 12, the top block 212 stops operating and the first spring 215 contracts; the top hook 213 is pushed by the top rod 21 to move towards the docking mechanism 22 and abut against the fastening hook 222, and under the action of the inclined surface 2130, the fastening hook 222 rotates against the pulling force of the second spring 223 to form an abdicating space for the top hook 213 to move further towards the fastening hook 222.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, when the head of the top hook 213 is fully inserted into the inside of the fastening hook 222, the second spring 223 drives the fastening hook 222 to rotate so as to form a fastening connection between the top hooks 213; at this time, since the main body portion 2131 of the top hook 213 slides into the slant line 2101b, the top hook 213 also rotates by a certain angle toward the hook head 2132 under the action of the slant line 2101b, so that the top hook 213 and the fastening hook 222 form a stable connection.

Referring to fig. 14, when the spring 215 is compressed to a certain degree and the force exerted on the door 12 by the top block 212 is greater than the suction force between the cabinet 11 and the door 12, the door 12 is pushed open by the top block 212, and at this time, the top hook 213 and the fastening hook 222 form a fastening connection therebetween, so that the door is kept at a speed substantially equal to that of the top rod 211 when opened, and the door is prevented from bouncing off rapidly and running unstably.

After the door 12 is opened by the door pre-opening device 200 by a certain angle, the user can open the door by hand pulling. In the specific implementation process, since the fastening connection force between the top hook 213 and the fastening hook 222 is much smaller than the adsorption force between the door 12 and the cabinet 11, the user can realize the separation between the top hook 213 and the fastening hook 222 by a small pulling force.

If the user mistakenly starts the door pre-opening device 200, no additional operation is needed, and the door pre-opening device 200 can control the retraction of the ejector rod 211 through the motor 218 so as to realize the automatic closing of the door 12.

It can be understood that, in the present invention, the top hook 213 and the fastening hook 222 are preferably made of plastic or other material with good toughness.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

The above list of details is only for the practical implementation of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent implementations or modifications that do not depart from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. The door body pre-opening device is characterized by comprising a jacking and stretching mechanism arranged at the rear side of a door body and a butting mechanism fixedly arranged on the door body, wherein the jacking and stretching mechanism is provided with a mandril moving forwards and backwards in the direction of the butting mechanism, a jacking block driven by the mandril to jack the door body, and a jacking hook connected with the mandril and connected with the jacking block to be buckled and connected to the butting mechanism when the jacking block jacks the door body.

2. The door body pre-opening device according to claim 1, wherein the jacking mechanism further comprises a connecting block fixed at one end of the ejector rod facing the abutting mechanism, and the jacking block is connected to one side of the connecting block facing the abutting mechanism through a first spring.

3. The door pre-opening device of claim 2, wherein the top-extending mechanism further comprises a mounting plate fixed to the connecting block and extending toward the docking mechanism, and the top hook is connected to an end of the mounting plate facing the docking mechanism.

4. The door body pre-opening device according to claim 3, wherein the top hook comprises a main body part rotatably connected to the mounting plate and a hook head bent and extended from the front end of the main body part to one side; the kicking block has the confession the gliding slide of top hook, the slide is including supplying the top hook is followed the mounting panel extending direction slides and restricts main part pivoted sharp slide and order about the main part rotates with the kicking block is backed down the door body time court hook head one side rotates the slash slide of setting for the angle, the slash slide set up in the sharp slide is close to docking mechanism's one end and with sharp slide intercommunication.

5. The door body pre-opening device according to claim 4, wherein the top block is further provided with a channel, the extending direction of the channel is consistent with the extending direction of the mounting plate, and the channel is used for enabling the mounting plate to move back and forth and is communicated with the slide way.

6. The door pre-opening device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the docking mechanism has a fixing base fixedly connected to the door, a fastening hook rotatably connected to the fixing base for fastening the top hook, and a second spring for urging the fastening hook to fasten the top hook when the door is ejected from the ejecting block.

7. The door pre-opening device according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the top hook and the fastening hook is provided with a slope for driving the fastening hook to rotate to form an abdication when the front end of the top hook abuts against the fastening hook.

8. The door pre-opening device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the jacking mechanism further comprises a sliding seat for sliding the jacking block.

9. The door pre-opening device of claim 8, wherein a limiting component is arranged between the top block and the sliding seat to limit the maximum moving stroke of the top block.

10. The door pre-opening device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the jacking mechanism further comprises a motor connected with the jacking rod to drive the jacking rod to move.

11. A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body connected to the refrigerator body, characterized in that the refrigerator is further provided with a door body pre-opening device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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