CN214537032U - Shelf supporting assembly and refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a shelf supporting component and a refrigerator, wherein the shelf supporting component comprises a mounting seat with an accommodating cavity and a supporting piece which is rotatably connected in the accommodating cavity, and the supporting piece has an accommodating state accommodated in the accommodating cavity and a supporting state positioned outside the accommodating cavity; a stop structure which enables the supporting piece to be in a containing state is arranged in the containing cavity; so that the support piece in the accommodating state cannot be automatically switched to the support state, the stability of the shelf support assembly in the transportation process of the refrigerator and the use process of a user is enhanced, and the use experience of the user is enhanced.

Description

Shelf supporting assembly and refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigerating plant field especially relates to a shelf supporting component and refrigerator.

Background

Currently, shelves on refrigerators are generally supported and fixed in a refrigerating chamber through a cantilever structure or a liner rib structure to place articles. Wherein, cantilever structure generally sets up cantilever subassembly on the shelf, at the inner bag rear side set up with cantilever subassembly matched with fixed knot constructs, however, cantilever structure generally need adopt the higher panel beating of intensity to support the iron, and the cost is higher, and uses not nimble enough, and stability is relatively poor. The liner rib structure is characterized in that two long ribs are convexly arranged on the liner, and the shelf is supported by the long ribs, so that on one hand, when foaming is carried out, the foaming material is easy to generate and cannot fill the whole long ribs due to the narrow long ribs, and the bearing capacity of the long ribs is reduced; on the other hand, the long ribs protrude from the inner side of the inner container, so that storage space is occupied, the long ribs are fixed in position, the height of the shelf is not adjusted conveniently, the size of articles placed on the shelf is limited, and the use is not flexible enough.

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a new shelf support assembly and a refrigerator to solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a shelf supporting component and refrigerator.

In order to realize the purpose of the utility model, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a shelf support assembly comprises a mounting seat with an accommodating cavity and a support piece rotatably connected in the accommodating cavity, wherein the support piece has an accommodating state accommodated in the accommodating cavity and a supporting state positioned outside the accommodating cavity; and a stop structure which enables the supporting piece to be in a containing state is arranged in the containing cavity.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the mounting seat includes a rotating shaft disposed in the accommodating cavity, and the supporting member includes a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft, supporting portions located at two opposite sides of the shaft hole, and a limiting portion; the stop structure comprises a stop block which is convexly arranged in the accommodating cavity, and when the supporting piece is in the accommodating state, the limiting part is abutted against the stop block.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the mounting seat includes a rotating shaft disposed in the accommodating cavity, and the supporting member includes a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft; the shelf supporting component also comprises a limiting structure for limiting the supporting piece in a supporting state to shake along the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

As a technical scheme of the utility model provides a further improvement, limit structure includes the guide portion, the guide portion is used for the guide support piece is following from the accepting state to the in-process that the support state switches the axial of pivot to keeping away from the one end of guide portion move to with the mount pad supports mutually and holds.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the mounting seat includes a first wall opposite to the support member in the accommodating state, the stop structure includes a protruding stop block located at a side end of the first wall, the guiding portion is located the stop block with a guiding inclined plane mutually matched with the support member.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, limit structure is still located including the cover the pivot is kept away from the elastic component of the one end of guide portion.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the elastic component is a spring or a rubber ring.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the mounting seat further includes a support protrusion disposed in the accommodating cavity for supporting the support member.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the last power supply terminal that is equipped with of support piece.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the supporting member has an installation cavity opening toward the accommodating cavity, and the power terminal is disposed in the installation cavity; the supporting part of the supporting part is provided with a through hole which is communicated with the mounting cavity and corresponds to the power supply terminal.

As a further improved technical solution of the utility model, support piece includes the bottom plate, the bottom plate with one side that the installation cavity is corresponding is to accept the water conservancy diversion face that intracavity and downward sloping extend.

As the utility model discloses further modified technical scheme, the mount pad is including locating accept the chamber exit the circumferential flanging, locate accept the chamber outside and with the fixture block that the flanging interval set up.

As the utility model discloses further modified technical scheme, the mount pad includes and accepts the chamber along a plurality of up-down direction interval setting, the shelf supporting component include with a plurality of accept a plurality of support piece of chamber one-to-one.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a refrigerator, which comprises an inner container with mounting holes, and the above shelf supporting assembly matched with the mounting holes.

The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model provides a support piece among shelf supporting component have accept in accept the accepting state and the salient in the intracavity accept the holding state in chamber, and set up the messenger support piece is in the backstop structure of accepting the state, so that be in accepting the state support piece can't automatic switch-over extremely the holding state, the reinforcing in the refrigerator transportation and the user use shelf supporting component's stability, reinforcing user's use experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a shelf support assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of fig. 1 from another angle.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line a-a in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a partial structural view of a refrigerator mounted with the shelf support assembly shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a partial structural view of the inner container in fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a shelf support assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a partial structural view of a refrigerator mounted with the shelf support assembly shown in fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a shelf support assembly according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is an exploded view of the support member of fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a partial structural view of a refrigerator mounted with the shelf support assembly shown in fig. 9.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of the shelf of fig. 11.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, and fig. 1 to 12 show the preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be noted that these embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art should understand that the equivalent transformation or substitution of the function, method, or structure based on these embodiments is within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "bottom," and the like, used in the present disclosure to describe positions and orientations, are used with reference to the shelf support assembly in normal use, i.e., with the shelf support assembly mounted to the liner and with the side toward the user being "front" in use, are intended to facilitate the description of the present disclosure, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be construed as limiting.

Furthermore, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "secured," and "opposing" are to be construed broadly, and for example, opposing may be directly opposing or indirectly opposing via an intermediary, connection may be direct or indirect via an intermediary, fixed or detachable connection, or integral connection. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

It should be noted that fig. 5, 8 and 11 only show a partial structural schematic view of the inner container installed with the shelf support assembly in the refrigerator.

Referring to fig. 1-12, the present invention provides a shelf support assembly 10 for supporting a shelf 30.

The utility model discloses in with shelf supporting component 10 sets up on the inner bag 20 of refrigerator for the support set up in shelf 30 in the inner bag 20 is specifically expounded as the example, certainly, and not use this as the limit.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in a first embodiment of the present invention, the shelf support assembly 10 includes a mounting base 1 having a receiving cavity, and a support member 2 rotatably connected to the mounting base 1, the support member 2 has a receiving state received in the receiving cavity and a supporting state located outside the receiving cavity, and when the shelf 30 is not required to be supported, the support member 2 is switched to the receiving state, so that the storage space in the inner container 20 is not affected; when the shelf 30 needs to be supported, the support piece 2 is switched to a support state, so that the shelf 30 can be supported, and the shelf support component 10 can be installed at any position on the inner container 20, so that the shelf 30 is more flexible to set, meanwhile, the shelf support component 10 is lower in cost, more stable to support, and lower in foaming requirement of the refrigerator.

Specifically, the mounting base 1 includes a first wall 11 and a peripheral wall 12 extending from a periphery of the first wall 11 in a same direction, the peripheral wall 12 includes an upper wall, a lower wall, a front wall and a rear wall, and the first wall 11 and the peripheral wall 12 together enclose to form the accommodating cavity.

The mounting seat 1 further comprises a rotating shaft 13 arranged in the accommodating cavity, the rotating shaft 13 extends along the front-back direction, and the supporting piece 2 comprises a shaft hole 21 matched with the rotating shaft 13.

Specifically, the front wall and the rear wall are provided with fixing holes 121, and the rotating shaft 13 passes through the two fixing holes 121, and can be fixed on the mounting base 1.

In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 13 is simultaneously matched with the two fixing holes 121, at this time, the shaft hole 21 penetrates through the support member 2 along the front-back direction, when the support member 2 is installed, the rotating shaft 13 sequentially penetrates through one fixing hole 121, the shaft hole 21 and the other fixing hole 121, and then the screws 131 are fixed at both ends of the rotating shaft 13, so that the support member 2 can be rotationally connected to the installation seat 1. In other embodiments, two rotating shafts 13 may be respectively matched with the two fixing holes 121. It will be appreciated that in embodiments where two shafts 13 are provided, the shafts 13 may be integrally formed with the mounting 1.

Further, the support member 2 further includes a support portion 22 and a stopper portion 23 located on opposite sides of the shaft hole 21, and the support member 2 can be switched between the storage state and the support state by turning over the support member 2. When the support member 2 is in the supporting state, the support portion 22 is located outside the accommodating cavity, and the support portion 22 is in a horizontal state so as to support the shelf 30; when the support 2 is in the accommodating state, the support portion 22 and the limiting portion 23 are both accommodated in the accommodating cavity.

In one embodiment, the supporting portion 22 is plate-shaped; of course, this is not a limitation.

The shelf support assembly 10 further comprises a stopping structure 3 which enables the support member 2 to be in a storage state, so that the support member 2 in the storage state cannot be automatically switched to the support state, the stability of the shelf support assembly 10 in the refrigerator transportation process and the user use process is enhanced, and the use experience of a user is enhanced.

Specifically, the stopping structure 3 includes a stopping block protruding into the receiving cavity, and when the supporting member 2 is in the receiving state, the limiting portion 23 abuts against the stopping block to limit the supporting portion 22 from turning outwards. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is understood that in other embodiments, a structure like a snap may be provided to make the support 2 in the accommodating state.

In one embodiment, when the supporting member 2 is in the accommodating state, the supporting portion 22 is located on the upper side of the limiting portion 23, and at this time, the stop block is protruded from the lower end of the first wall 11 and located at the side end portion of the first wall 11, that is, located at the front end portion or the rear end portion of the first side wall; the action area between the limiting part 23 and the stop block is reduced, the supporting piece 2 is easy to unlock and turn by a user, the supporting piece 2 is switched between the accommodating state and the supporting state, and the supporting piece 2 can be prevented from being damaged due to excessive force.

Further, the shelf support assembly 10 further includes a limiting structure 4 for limiting the support member 2 in a supporting state to swing along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13, so as to enhance the stability of the support member 2 supporting the shelf 30 and enhance the user experience.

Specifically, the limiting structure 4 includes a guiding portion 41, the guiding portion 41 is configured to guide one end of the support member 2, which is far away from the guiding portion 41 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13, to move to abut against the mounting seat 1 in the process of switching from the accommodating state to the supporting state, when the support member 2 is in the supporting state, one end of the support member 2 abuts against each other by the guiding portion 41 and the other end abuts against the mounting seat 1 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13, so that the support member 2 can be limited from shaking in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13.

In a specific embodiment, the guiding portion 41 is a guiding inclined surface disposed on the stopping block and the limiting portion 23 and matched with each other, that is, in the process of switching the supporting member 2 from the accommodating state to the supporting state, the limiting portion 23 and the guiding inclined surface on the stopping block move relatively to drive the supporting member 2 to move along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13 toward the end far away from the stopping block, after the supporting member 2 is in the supporting state, the two guiding inclined surfaces abut against each other, and meanwhile, the supporting member 2 abuts against the mounting seat 1 on the side opposite to the stopping block, so as to limit the axial shaking of the supporting member 2 along the rotating shaft 13.

Specifically, in the embodiment where the stop block is disposed at the front end of the first wall 11, after the support member 2 is in the supporting state, the two guiding inclined surfaces abut against each other, and at the same time, the support member 2 abuts against the rear wall, so that the support member 2 is limited from shaking in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13.

Further, the limiting structure 4 further includes an elastic element 42 sleeved at one end of the rotating shaft 13 away from the guiding portion 41, on one hand, when the supporting element is in the accommodating state, the elastic element 42 applies a driving force to the supporting element 2 to move along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13 toward the direction of the stop block, so that the supporting element 2 is located at one end of the rotating shaft 13 corresponding to the stop block, and thus, the limiting portion abuts against the stop block, and the supporting element 2 is in the accommodating state; on the other hand, the support member 2 is switched from the storage state to the support state, and the support member 2 presses the elastic member 42 in the process of moving towards the end far away from the stop block along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 13, that is, after the support member 2 is in the support state, the end far away from the stop block of the support member 2 is indirectly abutted against the mounting seat 1 through the elastic member 42, so that the support member 2 is in flexible contact with the mounting seat 1, and the mounting seat 1 can be prevented from being deformed or even damaged due to the pressing of the support member 2.

Specifically, the elastic member 42 is a spring or a rubber ring; of course, this is not a limitation.

Further, the mounting base 1 further includes a holding protrusion 5 disposed in the accommodating cavity to enable the supporting member 2 to be in a supporting state.

Specifically, the abutting convex block 5 is convexly disposed on the first wall 11, and when the supporting member 2 is in the supporting state, the limiting portion 23 abuts against the lower surface of the abutting convex block 5, so that the supporting portion 22 can maintain the horizontal state to support the shelf 30.

Further, the mounting seat 1 further includes an outward flange 14 disposed at one end of the peripheral wall 12 far away from the first wall 11, and a fixture block 15 disposed outside the peripheral wall 12 and spaced from the outward flange 14, where the fixture block 15 and the outward flange 14 together form a fixture groove matched with the inner container 20, so as to mount the shelf support assembly 10 on the inner container 20.

Further, please refer to fig. 5 to 6, which illustrate the refrigerator of the present invention with the shelf support assembly 10 according to the first embodiment.

The refrigerator comprises an inner container 20, the shelf support assembly 10 arranged on the inner container 20, and a shelf 30 matched with the shelf support assembly 10.

The structure of the shelf support assembly 10 is as described above and will not be described herein.

Specifically, the inner container 20 is provided with a mounting hole 201, and the shelf support assembly 10 is mounted in the mounting hole 201. After the shelf support assembly 10 is installed in the installation hole 201, the wall of the inner container 20 is clamped in the clamping block 15 and the outward flange 14 to form a clamping groove together.

It is understood that the shelf support assemblies 10 are generally arranged in pairs, that is, a pair of the shelf support assemblies 10 are respectively arranged on two opposite inner container walls of the inner container 20 to jointly support the shelf 30.

In the embodiment in which only one pair of the shelf support assemblies 10 are disposed on the inner container 20 on the same horizontal plane, the inner container 20 is provided at the rear side thereof with the auxiliary support rib 202, so that the shelf 30 is supported by the auxiliary support rib and the pair of the shelf support assemblies 10.

It will be appreciated that a plurality of the shelf support assemblies 10 may be provided at intervals in the up-down direction so as to adjust the height of the shelf 30 as desired.

Referring to fig. 7, a ground shelf support assembly 10' according to a second embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that: the mounting seat 1 'includes a plurality of receiving cavities arranged at intervals in an up-down direction, and the shelf support assembly 10' includes a plurality of support members 2 corresponding to the plurality of receiving cavities one to one, so that it is convenient to adjust the height of the shelf 30 as required.

The structure of the supporting member 2 and the matching structure between the supporting member 2 and the accommodating cavity can adopt the corresponding structures in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

The second embodiment of the present invention is identical to the first embodiment except for the above differences, and is not repeated herein.

Fig. 8 shows a refrigerator with the shelf support assembly 10' according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, only one of the shelf support assemblies 10' needs to be installed on one inner container wall, and the support member 2 with a corresponding height can be selected as required to adjust the height of the shelf 30.

Referring to fig. 9 to 12, a third embodiment of the shelf support assembly 10 "of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that: be equipped with power supply terminal 24 on support member 2 ', can supply power for the lamp area 302 on the shelf 30 that has lamp area 302 after shelf supporting component 10 "is connected to inner bag 20, power supply terminal 24 with the control unit electric connection of refrigerator, after the shelf 30 that has lamp area 302 supports on support member 2', connecting terminal 303 on the lamp area 302 with power supply terminal 24 electric connection to, when the user opened the refrigerator door body, lamp area 302 can light, and the user of being convenient for gets and puts article.

Furthermore, the support member 2 'has an installation cavity opening towards the accommodation cavity, the power terminal 24 is disposed in the installation cavity, a through hole 251 communicated with the installation cavity and corresponding to the power terminal 24 is disposed on the support panel 25 of the support portion 22', the power terminal 24 is disposed in the installation cavity and aligned with the through hole 251, so that the power terminal 24 is embedded in the support member 2 ', even if a user holds the support member 2', the power terminal 24 cannot be touched, and safety is enhanced.

It is understood that in the embodiment in which the power terminals 24 are embedded in the support 2 ', the connection terminals 303 of the light strip 302 on the shelf 30 are cylindrical so as to protrude from the through holes 251 into the support 2' to be electrically connected with the power terminals 24.

In this embodiment, the supporting member 2' may be formed by a supporting panel 25 and a base 26 that are detachably connected, that is, the supporting panel 25 and the base 26 together enclose the installation cavity, and at this time, the shaft hole 21 is disposed on the base 26.

Further, the power terminal 24 is a hollow ring shape, the base 26 includes a bottom plate 261 opposite to the support panel 25, one side of the bottom plate 261 facing the support plate is a flow guide surface 2611 which extends downward and toward the receiving cavity, so that water passing through the connection terminal 303 on the power terminal 24 or the shelf 30 can fall onto the flow guide surface 2611 along the power terminal 24 and is guided out of the shelf support assembly 10 "through the flow guide surface 2611, and the connection terminal 303 and/or the water on the power terminal 24 can be timely discharged to prevent the connection terminal 303 or the power terminal 24 from being corroded, influence conduction between the connection terminal 303 and the power terminal 24, prevent electric shock and enhance safety performance.

Further, in the embodiment where two power terminals 24 are provided in the support member 2', an insulating plate 27 is provided in the mounting cavity between the two power terminals 24 to prevent short circuit.

The third embodiment of the present invention is identical to the first embodiment and the second embodiment except for the above differences, and is not repeated herein.

Further, please refer to fig. 11, which illustrates a refrigerator of the present invention with the shelf support assembly 10 ″ of the third embodiment.

Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 12, the shelf 30 ' includes a shelf body 301 and a light strip 302 disposed on the shelf body 301, the light strip 302 has a connection terminal 303, and after the shelf 30 ' is supported on the support member 2 ', the connection terminal 303 is electrically connected to the power terminal 24.

In particular, in embodiments where one of the pair of shelf support assemblies 10 "includes two of the power terminals 24, the other shelf support assembly may be configured to not include the power terminals 24.

To sum up, support piece 2, 2 'among the shelf supporting component 10, 10', 10 "of the utility model have accept in accept the state of acceping in the intracavity and stretch out accept the support state in chamber, and set up and make support piece 2, 2 'are in the backstop structure 3 of the state of acceping, so that are in the state of acceping support piece 2, 2' can't automatic switch-over extremely support state strengthens in the refrigerator transportation and the user use the stability of shelf supporting component 10, 10', 10", the use of reinforcing user is experienced.

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 (14)

1. A shelf support assembly comprises a mounting seat with an accommodating cavity and a support piece rotatably connected in the accommodating cavity, wherein the support piece has an accommodating state accommodated in the accommodating cavity and a supporting state positioned outside the accommodating cavity; the method is characterized in that: and a stop structure which enables the supporting piece to be in a containing state is arranged in the containing cavity.

2. The shelf support assembly of claim 1, wherein: the mounting seat comprises a rotating shaft arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the supporting piece comprises a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft, supporting parts and limiting parts, wherein the supporting parts and the limiting parts are positioned on two opposite sides of the shaft hole; the stop structure comprises a stop block which is convexly arranged in the accommodating cavity, and when the supporting piece is in the accommodating state, the limiting part is abutted against the stop block.

3. The shelf support assembly of claim 1, wherein: the mounting seat comprises a rotating shaft arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the supporting piece comprises a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft; the shelf supporting component also comprises a limiting structure for limiting the supporting piece in a supporting state to shake along the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

4. The shelf support assembly of claim 3, wherein: the limiting structure comprises a guide part, and the guide part is used for guiding the support part to move to the end far away from the guide part along the axial direction of the rotating shaft in the process of switching from the accommodating state to the supporting state and abut against the mounting seat.

5. The shelf support assembly of claim 4, wherein: the mounting seat comprises a first wall opposite to the support member in the accommodating state, the stopping structure comprises a stopping block convexly arranged at the side end part of the first wall, and the guiding part is a guiding inclined plane which is arranged on the stopping block and the support member and is matched with each other.

6. The shelf support assembly of claim 4, wherein: the limiting structure further comprises an elastic piece sleeved at one end of the rotating shaft, which is far away from the guide part.

7. The shelf support assembly of claim 6, wherein: the elastic part is a spring or a rubber ring.

8. The shelf support assembly of claim 1, wherein: the mounting seat further comprises a butting convex block which is arranged in the accommodating cavity so that the supporting piece is in a supporting state.

9. The shelf support assembly of claim 1, wherein: the supporting piece is provided with a power supply terminal.

10. The shelf support assembly of claim 9, wherein: the support piece is provided with an installation cavity which is opened towards the accommodating cavity, and the power terminal is arranged in the installation cavity; the supporting part of the supporting part is provided with a through hole which is communicated with the mounting cavity and corresponds to the power supply terminal.

11. The shelf support assembly of claim 10, wherein: the supporting piece comprises a bottom plate, and one side of the bottom plate corresponding to the installation cavity is a flow guide surface which extends towards the containing cavity and inclines downwards.

12. The shelf support assembly of claim 10, wherein: the mounting seat comprises a flanging arranged on the periphery of the inlet and the outlet of the accommodating cavity and a clamping block arranged on the outer side of the accommodating cavity and spaced from the flanging.

13. The shelf support assembly of claim 1, wherein: the mount pad includes and accepts the chamber along a plurality of upper and lower direction interval settings, the shelf supporting component include with a plurality of accept a plurality of support piece of chamber one-to-one.

14. The refrigerator comprises an inner container and is characterized in that: the inner container is provided with a mounting hole, and the refrigerator further comprises a shelf support assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13 matched with the mounting hole.

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