CN213396084U - A kind of refrigerator - Google Patents

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CN213396084U
CN213396084U CN202021074868.3U CN202021074868U CN213396084U CN 213396084 U CN213396084 U CN 213396084U CN 202021074868 U CN202021074868 U CN 202021074868U CN 213396084 U CN213396084 U CN 213396084U
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章南威
王传薪
胡春
陈敬辉
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Bo Xihua Electric Jiangsu Co Ltd
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00General constructional features
    • F25D23/02Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028Details
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05FDEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F5/00Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers
    • E05F5/02Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers specially for preventing the slamming of swinging wings during final closing movement, e.g. jamb stops
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2600/00Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/10Adjustable
    • E05Y2600/12Adjustable by manual operation
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets
    • E05Y2900/202Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets for display cabinets, e.g. for refrigerated cabinets
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/30Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
    • E05Y2900/31Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for refrigerators

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Abstract

A refrigerator, comprising: a body having a storage chamber; a door provided at a front side of the body to open or close the storage chamber; an adjusting unit provided to the body or the door; the adjusting unit includes: a fixing member fixed to one of the body and the door; an adjusting member disposed to be movable relative to the fixing member to adjust a distance between the adjusting member and the fixing member in a length direction of the adjusting member; when the door is closed and there is a minimum distance between the tip of the adjustment member and the fixed member, the tip of the adjustment member is spaced from the other of the body and the door by no more than 3 mm. Through the utility model discloses the scheme can improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce the user and need adjust the possibility of regulating part before beginning to use the refrigerator.

Description

A kind of refrigerator
Technical Field
The embodiment of the utility model provides a relate to refrigeration utensil technical field, specifically relate to a refrigerator.
Background
As a refrigerator capable of maintaining a constant low temperature, a refrigerator has been widely popularized and popularized in daily life, and is widely used in the fields of life and industry to store food or other articles at a low temperature.
The door of a refrigerator is usually connected to the cabinet in a rotatable or sliding manner. After a long time of use, the distance between the door and the cabinet in the depth direction of the storage room may vary for different reasons. When the refrigerator is provided with a plurality of doors, the outer surfaces of different door bodies cannot be positioned on the same plane. This drawback is particularly evident in side by side refrigerators.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the embodiment of the utility model is to provide an improved refrigerator.
Therefore, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, including: a body having a storage chamber; a door provided at a front side of the body to open or close the storage chamber; an adjusting unit provided to the body or the door; the adjusting unit includes: a fixing member fixed to one of the body and the door; an adjusting member disposed to be movable relative to the fixing member to adjust a distance between the adjusting member and the fixing member in a length direction of the adjusting member; when the door is closed and there is a minimum distance between the tip of the adjustment member and the fixed member, the tip of the adjustment member is spaced from the other of the body and the door by no more than 3 mm.
Thus, even when the distance between the end of the adjusting member and the fixing member is minimized, the gap may be eliminated by a negative pressure with respect to the atmospheric pressure after the storage compartment of the refrigerator is cooled, i.e., the end of the adjusting member may abut against the body or the door to prevent the distance between the door and the cabinet from being further reduced. This provides a possibility: when the refrigerator is shipped from the factory, the adjustment unit may be at a minimum length as its initial state, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency and reducing the possibility that a user needs to adjust the adjustment member before starting to use the refrigerator.
The storage chamber may be a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber.
Optionally, when the door is closed and there is a minimum distance between the tip of the adjustment member and the fixing member, the tip of the adjustment member has a clearance of no more than 2 mm from the other of the body and the door. This further increases the possibility of automatically eliminating the gap after the storage compartment is cooled.
Optionally, when the door is closed and the end of the adjusting member is at the minimum distance from the fixing member, the gap between the end of the adjusting member and the other of the body and the door is not less than 0.5 mm, so as to prevent the door from being closed untight.
Alternatively, when the door is closed and a tip end of the regulating member and the fixing member are at a minimum distance therebetween, a gap between the tip end of the regulating member and the other of the body and the door may be eliminated by a negative pressure after the storage compartment is cooled. Thus, if the tip end of the regulating member and the fixing member are located at such a prescribed minimum distance during the manufacture of the refrigerator, the probability that the gap between the tip end of the regulating member and the door/cabinet will be automatically eliminated by the negative pressure in the cooled storage compartment after the refrigerator is put into use to prevent the gap between the door and the cabinet from being further reduced is remarkably increased.
Optionally, the adjusting unit includes a spacer movably connected to the adjusting member, and the length of the spacer is suitable for enabling the distance between the distal end of the adjusting member and the fixing member to be at the minimum distance when the spacer is clamped between the adjusting member and the fixing member and is abutted against the fixing member and the adjusting member, respectively, along the length direction of the adjusting member. Therefore, the minimum distance between the tail end of the adjusting piece and the fixing piece is limited through the length of the spacing piece, the condition of the adjusting unit can be confirmed by workers when the refrigerator is manufactured, the manufacturing efficiency can be improved, and meanwhile, the adjusting unit of the refrigerator which is delivered from a factory can be in a uniform initial state without being adjusted by a user when the adjusting unit is used for the first time.
Optionally, when the adjusting unit is in the initial state, the spacer is clamped between the adjusting member and the fixing member along the length direction of the adjusting member, so that the distance between the end of the adjusting member and the fixing member is the minimum distance. The minimum distance between the tail end of the adjusting piece and the fixing piece is used as the initial state of the adjusting unit when the adjusting unit leaves a factory, and the adjusting unit can be directly used without being adjusted after a user starts to use the adjusting unit. The initial state of the adjusting unit is confirmed through the position of the spacing piece relative to the adjusting piece and the fixing piece, and the operation of workers is facilitated, and the unified factory initial state is obtained.
Optionally, the length of the spacer in the length direction of the adjusting member is not less than 3 mm. It is thus possible to obtain a desired minimum length of the adjusting unit in dependence on the spacer, for example to ensure that the part of the adjusting member projecting beyond the fixing member is sufficiently long for the gap of the adjusting unit in the initial state to the door or body to which the adjusting unit is not mounted to meet the design requirements.
Optionally, the length of the spacer in the length direction of the adjusting member is not more than 7 mm. This is advantageous to avoid that the part of the adjusting member protruding from the fixing member is too long to affect the normal closing of the door.
Optionally, the adjusting member has an external thread, and the spacer has a matching internal thread, the spacer being screwed to the adjusting member and being movable relative to the adjusting member. Thus, the spacer is screwed to the adjusting member and is movable relative to the adjusting member to adjust the length of the adjusting member extending out of the fixing member, thereby adjusting the gap between the door and the body. Further, the spacer may lock the adjustment unit after adjustment is completed, preventing unintended movement of the adjustment member relative to the fixing member during use of the refrigerator.
Optionally, the spacer includes a locking portion, and the locking portion may be fixed to or separated from the adjusting member to lock or unlock the adjusting member. Thereby make the regulating part can play the effect of adjusting the clearance between door and the body to locking the regulating unit after adjusting the completion.
Optionally, the fixing member has an internal thread, the adjusting member has an external thread adapted to the internal thread, and the adjusting member is screwed to the fixing member and can move in a direction away from or close to the fixing member. From this, the regulating part spiro union is in the mounting and can move relatively the mounting, through the degree that changes the spiro union of regulating part and mounting, can change the length that the regulating part stretches out the mounting.
Optionally, one side of one of the body and the door facing the other of the body and the door is provided with a mounting hole, and the fixing piece is made of metal and is embedded in the mounting hole in an injection molding manner. Therefore, the strength of the fixing piece is higher due to the design of the metal piece, and the service life of parts is prolonged. The injection molding embedding manufacturing mode enables the fixing piece to be installed in place at the production stage of the door or the body, and the refrigerator can play a role when the refrigerator leaves a factory.
Optionally, the terminal cladding of regulating part has the bolster to play the cushioning effect when the door is closed, avoid the terminal frequent striking body or door of regulating part to cause spare part to damage, and have the efficiency of silence.
Optionally, the buffer is made of an elastic material (such as rubber, silicone, and the like) to play a good buffering role.
Optionally, the adjusting unit includes a spacer movably connected to the adjusting member, and the spacer abuts against the buffer member when the door is closed and a minimum distance exists between a distal end of the adjusting member and the fixing member.
Optionally, the door includes: the door plate and with the door end cover that the door plate is connected, the door end cover has relative first end and second end along the extending direction, the first end of door end cover articulates in the body, the mounting is fixed in the second end of door end cover is in order to ensure the regulation effect to the clearance between door and the body.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a partial sectional view of the area a in the BB direction when the door of the refrigerator shown in fig. 1 is closed;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the conditioning unit of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the door end closure of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 taken along direction CC;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of a snap portion according to an embodiment of the present invention;
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1-a refrigerator; 10-a body; 101-a storage compartment; 11-a door; 111-mounting holes; 112-a door panel; 113-door end caps; 113 a-a first end of a door end cap; 113 b-a second end of the door end cap; 12-a regulating unit; 121-a fixing member; 122-an adjustment member; 122 a-the end of the adjustment member; 123-spacers; 124-a buffer; 13-a snap-fit portion; 131-a body portion; 132-a bell mouth; u-the length direction of the adjustment member; l-the distance between the adjusting member and the fixing member; gap of the end of the gap-adjusting piece and the other of the body and the door; d-the length of the spacer.
Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a partial sectional view of the area a in the BB direction when the door of the refrigerator shown in fig. 1 is closed.
The refrigerator in the embodiment can be a single-door refrigerator, a double-door refrigerator and the like.
Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the refrigerator 1 according to the present embodiment may include: a body 10 having a storage chamber 101; a door 11 provided at a front side of the body 10 to open or close the storage chamber 101. For example, the storage chamber 101 may be a freezer or a refrigerator.
Further, the refrigerator 1 may further include: and an adjusting unit 12 disposed at the door 11, as shown in fig. 1. At least a portion of the adjusting unit 12 protrudes from the door 11 and extends in a direction of the body 10, and the adjusting unit 12 abuts against the body 10 when the door 11 is closed. Thereby, the gap between the door 11 and the body 10 is adjusted by changing the length of the adjusting unit 12 protruding out of the door 11.
In the application scenario of the double door refrigerator, the adjusting unit 12 may be provided to at least one of the two doors, and in case of the two doors for opening or closing the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber, respectively, the adjusting unit 12 may be provided to the door for opening or closing the refrigerating chamber to adjust the gap of the door to the body to ensure that the outer surfaces of the two doors are flush.
In a variation, the adjusting unit 12 may be disposed on the body 10, and at least a portion of the adjusting unit 12 extends from the body 10 and extends toward the door 11, which may also have the effect of adjusting the gap between the door 11 and the body 10 when the door 11 is closed.
In one implementation, referring to fig. 2, the adjusting unit 12 may include: a fixing member 121 fixed to one of the body 10 and the door 11.
Taking the adjusting unit 12 as an example, referring to fig. 4 and 5, a mounting hole 111 may be formed on a side of the door 11 facing the body 10, and the fixing member 121 is made of metal and is embedded in the mounting hole 111 by injection molding. Therefore, the strength of the fixing part 121 is higher due to the design of the metal parts, and the service life of parts is prolonged. The injection-molded and embedded manufacturing method enables the fixing member 121 to be installed in place at the production stage of the door 11, and is beneficial to playing a role when the refrigerator 1 leaves a factory.
Specifically, the door 11 may include: a door panel 112 and a door end cover 113 connected with the door panel 112, wherein the door end cover 113 has a first end 113a and a second end 113b opposite to each other in an extending direction, the first end 113a of the door end cover 113 is hinged to the body 10, and the fixing member 121 is fixed to the second end 113b of the door end cover 113 to ensure an adjusting effect on a gap between the door 11 and the body 10.
For example, the mounting hole 111 may open to a door end cover 113 located above the door 11 in the direction of gravity.
For another example, the mounting hole 111 may be opened in a door cover 113 located below the door 11 in the direction of gravity.
In a variation, when the adjusting unit 12 is disposed on the body 10, the mounting hole 111 may be opened on a side of the body 10 facing the door 11 to mount the fixing member 121.
In one implementation, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the adjusting unit 12 may further include: an adjusting member 122, wherein the adjusting member 122 is disposed to be movable relative to the fixing member 121 to adjust a distance L between the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 in a length direction (shown as u direction) of the adjusting member 122.
Specifically, the fixing member 121 may have an internal thread, the adjusting member 122 may have an external thread, and the adjusting member 122 is screwed to the fixing member 121 and is movable in a direction away from or close to the fixing member 121. Therefore, the adjusting part 122 is screwed to the fixing part 121 and can move relative to the fixing part 121, and the length of the adjusting part 122 extending out of the fixing part 121, that is, the distance L between the end 122a of the adjusting part 122 and the fixing part 121 can be changed by changing the screwing degree of the adjusting part 122 and the fixing part 121.
For example, when it is necessary to increase the gap between the door 11 and the body 10, the adjusting member 122 may be screwed out in a direction away from the door 11 to increase the distance L between the tip 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121.
For another example, when it is necessary to reduce the gap between the door 11 and the body 10, the adjusting member 122 may be appropriately screwed into the fixing member 121 in a direction approaching the door 11 to shorten the distance L between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121.
For example, the fixing member 121 may be a blind nut that is injection molded into the mounting hole 111, and the adjusting member 122 may be a stud having an external thread that is adapted to the stud.
In one implementation, with continued reference to fig. 2, when the door 11 is closed and the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 is at a minimum distance from the fixed member 121, the gap between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the other of the body 10 and the door 11 is no more than 3 mm.
When the adjusting unit 12 is disposed at the door 11, the gap refers to a gap between the end 122a of the adjusting piece 122 and the body 10.
When the adjusting unit 12 is disposed on the body 10, the gap refers to a gap between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the door 11.
Specifically, the minimum distance between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 refers to the distance L between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 when the adjusting member 122 moves toward the fixing member 121 until the movement cannot be continued any more. The state of the adjustment unit 12 at this position may be defined as an initial state of the adjustment unit 12, to which the adjustment unit 12 may be set, for example, when the refrigerator 1 is shipped.
Thus, even if the distance between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 is the minimum, the gap may be eliminated by the negative pressure relative to the atmospheric pressure after the storage chamber 101 of the refrigerator 1 is cooled, i.e., the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 may abut against the body 10 or the door 11 to prevent the distance between the door 11 and the cabinet (i.e., the body 10) from being further reduced. This provides a possibility: it is expected that the adjustment unit 12 may be at a minimum length as its initial state when the refrigerator 1 is shipped from the factory, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency and reducing the possibility that the user needs to adjust the adjustment member 122 before starting to use the refrigerator 1.
In one implementation, when the door 11 is closed and the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 is at the minimum distance from the fixing member 121, the gap between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the other of the body 10 and the door 11 is not greater than 2 mm. This further increases the possibility of automatically eliminating the gap after the storage chamber 101 is cooled.
In one embodiment, when the door 11 is closed and the end 122a of the adjuster 122 is at the minimum distance from the fixing member 121, the gap between the end 122a of the adjuster 122 and the other of the body 10 and the door 11 may be eliminated by the negative pressure after the storage chamber 101 is cooled to the set temperature. Thus, if the distal end 122a of the regulating member 122 and the fixing member 121 are located at such a prescribed minimum distance during the manufacture of the refrigerator 1, the negative pressure in the cooled storage chamber 101 can automatically eliminate the gap between the distal end 122a of the regulating member 122 and the door 11/cabinet after the refrigerator 1 is put into use to prevent the probability of further reduction of the gap between the door 11 and the cabinet is remarkably increased. In one embodiment, when the door 11 is closed and the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 is at the minimum distance from the fixing member 121, the gap between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the other of the body 10 and the door 11 is not less than 0.5 mm, so as to prevent the door 11 from being closed untight.
In one implementation, with continued reference to fig. 2 and 3, the adjusting unit 12 may include a spacer 123 movably connected to the adjusting member 122, and a length D of the spacer 123 along a length direction (shown as a u direction) of the adjusting member 122 is suitable for enabling the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 to be at the minimum distance from the fixing member 121 when the spacer 123 is clamped between the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 and against the fixing member 121 and the adjusting member 122, respectively.
That is, the spacer 123 is used to limit the movement stroke of the adjusting member 122 in the direction approaching the fixing member 121, and when the adjusting member 122 moves in the direction approaching the fixing member 121 until the two ends of the spacer 123 in the u direction respectively abut against the fixing member 121 and the adjusting member 122, the adjusting member 122 is blocked by the spacer 123 and cannot move in the direction approaching the fixing member 121.
Thus, by defining the minimum distance between the tip end 122a of the adjuster 122 and the fixing member 121 by the length D of the spacer 123, it is possible to facilitate a worker to confirm the state of the adjusting unit 12 at the time of manufacturing the refrigerator 1 and to improve manufacturing efficiency, while it is possible for the adjusting unit 12 of the refrigerator 1 shipped from the factory to have a uniform initial state without user adjustment at the time of first use.
In one embodiment, when the adjusting unit 12 is in the initial state, the spacer 123 may be sandwiched between the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 along the length direction (shown as the u direction) of the adjusting member 122 so that the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 is at the minimum distance from the fixing member 121. The minimum distance between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121 is used as an initial state of the adjusting unit 12 when the adjusting unit 12 leaves the factory, and the user can use the adjusting unit 12 directly without adjusting the adjusting unit after the user starts using the adjusting unit. The initial state of the adjusting unit 12 is confirmed by the position of the spacer 123 with respect to the adjusting member 122 and the fixing member 121, facilitating the worker's operation and obtaining a uniform factory initial state.
For example, in the factory stage of the refrigerator 1, the adjusting member 122 may be screwed to the fixing member 121 after the spacer 123 is sleeved on the adjusting member 122, and the adjusting member 122 is screwed to the two ends of the spacer 123 along the u direction in the direction close to the fixing member 121 and abuts against the fixing member 121 and the adjusting member 122, respectively. At this time, the adjusting unit 12 is mounted to the refrigerator 1 in the initial position, and the gap between the tip 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the body 10 when the door 11 is closed is not more than 3 mm or even not more than 2 mm due to the length D of the spacer 123.
In one implementation, the length D of the spacer 123 along the length direction (shown as the u direction) of the adjuster 122 may be no less than 3 millimeters. So that a desired minimum length of the adjusting unit 12 can be obtained according to the spacer 123, for example, it can be ensured that the part of the adjusting member 122 protruding out of the fixing member 121 is long enough to make the gap of the adjusting unit 12 in the initial state to the door 11 or the body 10 where the adjusting unit 12 is not installed meet the design requirements.
In one implementation, the length D of the spacer 123 along the length direction (shown u direction) of the adjuster 122 may be no greater than 7 millimeters. This is advantageous to prevent the portion of the adjusting member 122 extending out of the fixing member 121 from being too long to affect the normal closing of the door 11.
For example, if the portion of the regulating member 122 extending out of the fixing member 121 is too long in the initial state, the door 11 may not completely close the storage chamber 101.
In one implementation, the adjustment member 122 may have external threads and the spacer 123 may have mating internal threads, the spacer 123 being threaded to the adjustment member 122 and being movable relative to the adjustment member 122.
Thus, the spacer 123 is screwed to the adjuster 122 and is movable relative to the adjuster 122 to adjust the length (i.e., the length L) of the adjuster 122 protruding out of the fixing member 121, thereby adjusting the gap between the door 11 and the body 10. Further, the spacer 123 may lock the adjusting unit 12 after the adjustment is completed, preventing the adjusting member 122 from moving unexpectedly with respect to the fixing member 121 during the use of the refrigerator 1.
For example, the adjuster 122 may be a stud having external threads, and the spacer 123 may be a nut having a certain thickness. In an initial state, after the spacer 123 is screwed to the adjusting member 122, the adjusting member 122 is inserted into the fixing member 121 and screwed until both ends of the spacer 123 in the u direction abut against the fixing member 121 and the adjusting member 122, respectively. During the use of the refrigerator 1, if it is necessary to adjust the gap between the door 11 and the body 10, the adjusting member 122 can be unscrewed from the fixing member 121 and the spacer 123 is removed, and then the adjusting member 122 is inserted back into the fixing member 121, and the distance between the door 11 and the body 10 can be adjusted by adjusting the degree of the adjusting member 122 extending into the fixing member 121.
Alternatively, if it is necessary to adjust the gap between the door 11 and the main body 10 during the use of the refrigerator 1, for example, if the gap between the door 11 and the main body 10 is further increased from the initial state, the adjusting member 122 may be directly screwed out in a direction away from the fixing member 121 without removing the spacer 123. After the adjusting member 122 is moved to a desired position away from the door 11, the spacer 123 is screwed to lock the adjusting member 122 to the spacer 123, so as to prevent the adjusting member 122 from moving relative to the fixing member 121.
In a variation of the present embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the spacer 123 may include a latch 13, and the latch 13 may be fixed to or separated from the adjuster 122 to lock or unlock the adjuster 122, so that the adjuster 122 can function to adjust the gap between the door 11 and the body 10 and lock the adjusting unit 12 after the adjustment is completed.
For example, the locking portion 13 may include a U-shaped main body portion 131, and the curvature of the main body portion 131 may be adapted to the outer contour of the adjusting member 122. Further, the open end of the body portion 131 may be tightened appropriately to ensure that the clasp 13 does not undesirably fall off of the adjuster 122 when mounted on the adjuster 122.
Further, the opening end of the main body portion 131 may have a flare 132 to play a guiding role when the fastening portion 13 is mounted to the adjuster 122.
When the refrigerator 1 is shipped, the adjuster 122 is screwed into the fixing member 121, and the locking portion 13 is locked to the adjuster 122. The adjusting part 122 continues to move in the direction approaching the fixing part 121 until the two ends of the fastening part 13 along the u direction respectively abut against the fixing part 121 and the adjusting part 122, and at this time, the adjusting unit 12 is in the initial state.
During the use of the refrigerator 1, the user can directly pull out the fastening part 13 to adjust the adjusting piece 122.
In one embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 2 and 3, the end 122a of the adjusting element 122 may be covered with a buffer 124 to play a role of buffering when the door 11 is closed, so as to prevent the end 122a of the adjusting element 122 from frequently striking the body 10 or the door 11 to damage components and parts, and to achieve the effect of muting sound.
For example, the buffer member 124 may be made of a rubber material to provide a good buffering function.
When the door 11 is closed and the distance between the end 122a of the adjusting member 12 and the fixing member 121 is at a minimum, the spacer 123 abuts against the buffering member 124. The buffer 124 may be deformed to some extent.
Accordingly, the gap between the end 122a of the adjusting member 122 and the other of the body 10 and the door 11 may refer to a distance from a side of the buffering member 124 away from the fixing member 121 to the other of the body 10 and the door 11.
Although specific embodiments have been described above, these embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, even if only a single embodiment is described with respect to a particular feature. The characteristic examples provided in the present disclosure are intended to be illustrative, not limiting, unless differently expressed. In particular implementations, features from one or more dependent claims may be combined with features of the independent claims and features from respective independent claims may be combined in any appropriate manner and not merely in the specific combinations enumerated in the claims.
Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

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1. A refrigerator (1) comprising:
a body (10) having a storage chamber (101);
a door (11) provided at a front side of the body (10) to open or close the storage chamber (101);
an adjustment unit (12) provided to the body (10) or the door (11);
characterized in that said adjustment unit (12) comprises:
a fixing member (121) fixed to one of the body (10) and the door (11);
an adjusting member (122), the adjusting member (122) being disposed to be movable relative to the fixing member (121) to adjust a distance (L) between the adjusting member (122) and the fixing member (121) in a length direction of the adjusting member (122);
when the door (11) is closed and the tip (122a) of the adjuster (122) is at a minimum distance from the fixing member (121), a gap (gap) between the tip (122a) of the adjuster (122) and the other of the body (10) and the door (11) is not more than 3 mm.
2. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by the fact that when the door (11) is closed and there is a minimum distance between the extremity (122a) of the regulating member (122) and the fixed member (121), the clearance (gap) of the extremity (122a) of the regulating member (122) from the other of the body (10) and the door (11) is not more than 2 mm.
3. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by the fact that when the door (11) is closed and the distance between the tip (122a) of the adjusting member (122) and the fixed member (121) is at a minimum, the gap (gap) of the tip (122a) of the adjusting member (122) and the other of the body (10) and the door (11) is not less than 0.5 mm.
4. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, 2 or 3 characterized by that when the door (11) is closed and the end (122a) of the regulating member (122) and the fixing member (121) are at a minimum distance therebetween, the gap (gap) between the end (122a) of the regulating member (122) and the other of the body (10) and the door (11) can be eliminated by negative pressure after the storage chamber (101) is cooled.
5. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the adjusting unit (12) comprising a spacer (123) movably connected to the adjusting member (122), the length (D) of the spacer (123) being adapted to bring the spacer (123) at the minimum distance between the extremity (122a) of the adjusting member (122) and the fixing member (121) when the spacer (123) is sandwiched between the adjusting member (122) and the fixing member (121) and against the fixing member (121) and the adjusting member (122), respectively, in the length direction of the adjusting member (122).
6. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 5, characterized by the spacer (123) being sandwiched between the adjusting piece (122) and the fixing piece (121) in the length direction of the adjusting piece (122) when the adjusting unit (12) is in the initial state, so that the distance between the tip (122a) of the adjusting piece (122) and the fixing piece (121) is at the minimum distance.
7. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 5, characterized by the spacer (123) having a length (D) along the length direction of the adjuster (122) of not less than 3 mm.
8. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 7, characterized by the spacer (123) having a length (D) along the length of the adjuster (122) of no more than 7 mm.
9. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 5, characterized by the fact that the adjustment member (122) has an external thread and the spacer (123) has a matching internal thread, the spacer (123) being screwed to the adjustment member (122) and being movable with respect to the adjustment member (122).
10. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 5, characterized by the spacer (123) comprising a catch (13), the catch (13) being fixable or separable from the adjuster (122).
11. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized by the fact that the fixed part (121) has an internal thread and the adjusting part (122) has a matching external thread, the adjusting part (122) being screwed to the fixed part (121) and being movable away from or close to the fixed part (121).
12. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by that, one side of one of the body (10) and the door (11) facing the other is opened with a mounting hole (111), and the fixing member (121) is made of metal and is injection-molded to be inserted into the mounting hole (111).
13. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by the end (122a) of the adjusting piece (122) being coated with a buffer piece (124).
14. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 13, characterized by the buffer (124) which is made of an elastic material.
15. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 13, characterized by the adjusting unit (12) comprising a spacer (123) movably connected to the adjusting member (122), the spacer (123) and the buffer member (124) abutting when the door (11) is closed and the end (122a) of the adjusting member (122) is at a minimum distance from the fixed member (121).
16. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized by the door (11) comprising: the door comprises a door panel (112) and a door end cover (113) connected with the door panel (112), wherein the door end cover (113) is provided with a first end (113a) and a second end (113b) which are opposite to each other in the extending direction, the first end (113a) of the door end cover (113) is hinged to the body (10), and the fixing piece (121) is fixed at the second end (113b) of the door end cover (113).
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