CN214892097U

CN214892097U - Switch structure and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN214892097U
Application number: CN202023338208.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高超; 曹洁; 罗运欢
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-30
Filing date: 2020-12-30
Publication date: 2021-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-30

Abstract

The utility model discloses a switch structure and refrigerator, wherein, switch structure includes: the device comprises a mounting seat, a first connecting piece, a second connecting piece, a guide connecting piece and a driving piece; first connecting piece and second connecting piece set up in the mount pad and the interval sets up, lead the setting of connecting piece elasticity activity in the mount pad, lead the initial position that the connecting piece has can elasticity reset, and the position that switches on first connecting piece and second connecting piece, the driving piece sets up at the mount pad, and one end extends to leading the connecting piece, in order to form the drive end, the other end extends towards the mount pad outward, in order to form the effect end acted on, and the driving piece is being close to and keep away from the mobile setting of direction of leading the connecting piece, in order to drive when leading the connecting piece activity to switch on the position leading the connecting piece. The utility model provides a switch structure and refrigerator aims at solving prior art, has the problem of hidden danger through the means of software control ice machine and the ice system stop work of getting.

Description

Switch structure and refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to switch structure and refrigerator.

Background

The refrigerator is a household appliance used in daily life of people, most of refrigerators with automatic ice makers on the market at present control the ice makers to stop working through software after the refrigerator is opened. The principle is that the opening of the door is monitored through a switch signal, the software controls the water valve to stop supplying water, the ice maker stops working, and adverse effects caused by the fact that the ice maker still works after the refrigerator door is opened are prevented. However, the software may cause the condition of the dead halt of the BUG and the like, so that the method for controlling the ice maker and the ice taking system to stop working through the software has hidden danger.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a switch structure and refrigerator aims at solving prior art, and there is the problem of hidden danger through the means of software control ice machine and the ice system stop work of getting.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a switch structure, including:

a mounting seat;

the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are arranged in the mounting seat at intervals; and the number of the first and second groups,

the guide connecting piece is elastically and movably arranged in the mounting seat and is provided with an initial position capable of elastically resetting and a conduction position for conducting the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece; and the number of the first and second groups,

the driving piece is arranged on the mounting seat, one end of the driving piece extends to the guide piece to form a driving end, the other end of the driving piece extends out of the mounting seat to form an acting end acted on, and the driving piece is close to and far away from the direction of the guide piece and can be movably arranged to drive the guide piece to the conduction position when the guide piece moves.

Optionally, the guide connection piece includes a guide connection rod extending along the length direction of the mounting seat, and the first connection piece is electrically connected to the guide connection rod;

and at the initial position, the guide rod and the second connecting piece are arranged at intervals, and at the conduction position, the guide rod is electrically connected with the second connecting piece.

Optionally, one end of the guide rod away from the driving piece forms a first contact;

and a second contact is formed on the second connecting piece, and the driving piece drives the guide connecting rod to move from the initial position to the conduction position, so that the first contact and the second contact are in contact with each other.

Optionally, the guide connecting piece includes a reset piece disposed on the guide connecting rod, and the reset piece is configured to reset the guide connecting rod from the conducting position to the initial position.

the guide connecting rod is provided with a mounting groove arranged along the extension direction of the guide connecting rod in a penetrating manner, and the reset piece comprises an elastic sheet movably arranged in the mounting groove;

the elastic sheet is provided with a mounting end and a movable end which are oppositely arranged, the mounting end is fixedly connected to the mounting groove close to the first contact point, and the driving piece is in driving connection with the movable end of the elastic sheet, so that the elastic sheet has elastic displacement along the mounting groove.

Optionally, a shrapnel drag hook is arranged between the driving part and the movable end of the shrapnel, and the driving part drives the shrapnel drag hook to drive the shrapnel.

the driving piece comprises a button movably inserted in the insertion hole, one end of the button is abutted to the guide connecting rod to form the driving end, and the other end of the button extends outwards from the insertion hole to form the acting end.

Optionally, the driver further comprises a pressing rod abutting against the action end of the button to assist in pressing the button.

The utility model also provides a refrigerator, which comprises a switch structure and a triggering part, wherein the switch structure is arranged in the hinge cover of the refrigerator door, and the triggering part is arranged at the inner side of the refrigerator door corresponding to the switch structure;

wherein the switch structure comprises:

a mounting seat;

Optionally, the triggering portion includes a door protrusion, and the door protrusion is disposed corresponding to the hinge cover and located at a door end cover of the refrigerator.

The technical scheme of the utility model, switch structure is provided, and contain this kind of switch structure's refrigerator, switch structure includes the mount pad, first connecting piece and second connecting piece, lead union piece and driving piece, the mount pad provides the installation basis for the structural component installation, the driving piece drive leads union piece motion in order to switch on first connecting piece and second connecting piece, switch structure in this scheme is mechanical switch structure, compare in only adopting software control circuit break-make in the past, mechanical switch structure direct outage stability is higher undoubtedly, the reliability is better, simultaneously, if under the condition of software function inefficacy, the utility model discloses a mechanical switch structure can reach the function of switching circuit break-make, guarantees the reliability in utilization of refrigerator, guarantees user safety, promotes user experience still.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial enlarged structure at A in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the planar structure of the switch structure of fig. 2.

Description of the reference numerals

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

Detailed Description

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

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

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout includes three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either A or B or both A and B. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

In view of this, the utility model provides a refrigerator 2000, refrigerator 2000 include switch structure 1000, can effectively solve the problem that there is the hidden danger in the means of software control ice machine and the ice system that gets out of service through this kind of switch structure 1000. In the attached drawings of the specification, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial enlarged structure at A in FIG. 1; fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the planar structure of the switch structure of fig. 2.

Specifically, the refrigerator 2000 includes a switch structure 1000 and a trigger portion, the mechanical switch structure 1000 is triggered to operate by an external force acting on the trigger portion, so as to achieve the purpose of conducting the ice maker circuit, and when the external force is removed, the switch structure 1000 is reset, so as to achieve the purpose of cutting off the ice maker circuit. To achieve the above object, the ice maker of the refrigerator 2000 should normally operate when the door 300 is closed and should stop operating when the door 300 is opened, the opening and closing mechanism 1000 in this embodiment is disposed in the hinge cover 302 of the door 300 of the refrigerator 2000, and the triggering portion corresponding to the opening and closing mechanism 1000 is disposed inside the door 300 of the refrigerator 2000. In addition, it should be noted that, in this embodiment, the switch structure 1000 is skillfully disposed in the hinge cover 302 of the box door 300, which not only ensures that the switch is not exposed to the outside and ensures the structure to be beautiful, but also prevents the user from directly touching the switch with a hand, thereby preventing accidental touch and improving the safety of the structure.

Further, the effect of trigger part lies in trigger switch structure 1000, makes it switch on the circuit, therefore it is comparatively important to structural function realization the utility model provides an among the technical scheme, establish trigger part into the protruding 200 of chamber door, the protruding 200 corresponding hinge covers 302 setting of chamber door is located refrigerator 2000's chamber door end cover 301 department. The hinge cover 302 may be opened with an opening 303 matching with the door protrusion 200, and when the user closes the door 300, the door protrusion 200 may pass through the opening 303, thereby abutting against and triggering the switch structure 1000 located in the hinge cover 302, so that the ice maker operates normally. The arrangement of the door protrusion 200 can make the trigger effect of the switch structure 1000 better, and further improve the stability of use.

As mentioned above, the refrigerator 2000 is provided therein with the switch structure 1000, and the switch structure 1000 is used to turn on or off the circuit. Specifically, in the technical solution of the present invention, the switch structure 1000 includes a mounting base 100, a first connecting member 110 and a second connecting member 120, a guiding member 130 and a driving member 140; the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120 are arranged in the mounting seat 100 at intervals, the guide piece 130 is elastically movably arranged in the mounting seat 100, the guide piece 130 has an initial position capable of elastically resetting and a conduction position for conducting the first connecting piece 110 and the second connecting piece 120, the driving piece 140 is arranged in the mounting seat 100, one end of the driving piece extends to the guide piece 130 to form a driving end 140a, the other end of the driving piece extends outwards towards the mounting seat 100 to form an acted action end 140b, and the driving piece 140 is movably arranged in the direction close to and far away from the guide piece 130 so as to drive the guide piece 130 to the conduction position when the guide piece 130 moves.

The technical scheme of the utility model, the switch structure 1000 that provides includes mount pad 100, first connecting piece 110 and second connecting piece 120, lead connecting piece 130 and driving piece 140, mount pad 100 provides the installation basis for the structural component installation, driving piece 140 drive leads connecting piece 130 and moves in order to switch on first connecting piece 110 and second connecting piece 120, switch structure 1000 in this scheme is mechanical switch structure 1000, compare in only adopting the software control circuit break-make in the past, mechanical switch structure direct power-off stability is higher undoubtedly, the reliability is better, simultaneously, if under the condition that software function became invalid, the utility model discloses a mechanical switch structure still can reach the function of switching circuit break-make, guarantees refrigerator 2000's reliability in use, guarantees user safety, promotes user experience.

Specifically, the guiding element 130 includes a guiding rod 131 extending along the length direction of the mounting base 100, the first connecting element 110 is electrically connected to the guiding rod 131, the guiding rod 131 and the second connecting element 120 are spaced apart from each other at an initial position, and the guiding rod 131 is electrically connected to the second connecting element 120 at a conducting position. For the on-off of the circuit, the arrangement of the guide connecting piece 130 is crucial, in the present scheme, the guide connecting piece 130 is set as the guide rod 131, so that on one hand, the driving effect of the driving piece 140 is better, and on the other hand, a sufficient installation space can be reserved for the elastic return arrangement, so as to better realize the switching function.

Further, it should be noted that the electrical connection between the connecting rod 131 and the second connecting member 120 is critical to the smooth implementation of the switch function, in this embodiment, a first contact 131a is formed at one end of the connecting rod 131 away from the driving member 140, a second contact 122 is formed on the second connecting member 120, and the driving member 140 drives the connecting rod 131 to move from the initial position to the conducting position, so that the first contact 131a and the second contact 122 are in contact with each other. Thus, the first contact 131a formed by the guide rod 131 and the second contact 122 correspondingly disposed on the second connecting member 120 can make the connection effect better by the stable cooperation between the first contact 131a and the second contact 122, and further ensure the stability of the switch structure 1000.

As previously described, the docking lever 131 may be reset from the on position to the initial position to switch the circuit from the on state to the off state. For this purpose, the guiding element 130 includes a resetting element disposed on the guiding rod 131, and the resetting element is used to reset the guiding rod 131 from the conducting position to the initial position.

Further, one end of the guide rod 131 away from the driving member 140 forms a first contact 131 a; lead and to link 131 to go up and have the mounting groove that sets up along leading the extension direction of connecting rod 131, reset the piece including the activity locate the shell fragment 132 in the mounting groove, shell fragment 132 has installation end 132a and the expansion end 132b of relative setting, and installation end 132a fixed connection is close to first contact 131a department in the mounting groove, and driving piece 140 drive connection shell fragment 132 expansion end 132b to make shell fragment 132 have the elastic displacement along the mounting groove. The elastic piece 132 is installed in the installation groove, and the movable end 132b of the elastic piece 132 is driven by the driving member 140 to generate elastic displacement in the installation groove, so that when an external force acts on the driving member 140 to drive the guiding rod 131 to the conducting position, the elastic piece 132 arranged on the guiding rod 131 generates elastic deformation, and when the external force is removed, the elastic piece 132 drives the guiding rod 131 to return to the initial position. The elastic sheet 132 is used as a preferable elastic reset piece, so that a good reset effect of the guide rod 131 can be realized, and the structure has good use stability and good use durability.

Furthermore, the elastic piece 132 should be elastically deformed by the driving action of the driving element 140, and the elastically deformed elastic piece 132 can provide the elastic force required for the resetting of the connecting rod 131, for this reason, an elastic piece pulling hook 141 is disposed between the driving element 140 and the movable end 132b of the elastic piece 132, and the driving element 140 drives the elastic piece pulling hook 141 to drive the elastic piece 132 to elastically deform. On one hand, the unique structural shape of the shrapnel drag hook 141 can make the matching effect between the shrapnel drag hook 141 and the driving part 140 better, and on the other hand, the shrapnel drag hook 141 and the shrapnel 132 are stably connected, so that the driving force of the driving part 140 can be reliably transmitted to the shrapnel 132, the shrapnel 132 is elastically displaced, the resetting of the guide rod 131 is facilitated, and the opening and closing effect of the switch structure 1000 is better.

It should be noted that, in the technical solution of the present invention, the driving element 140 is used for driving the guiding element 130 to conduct a circuit, and the function of the driving element 140 is important. The driving member 140 is disposed on the mounting base 100, and has one end extending to the guiding member 130 to form a driving end 140a and the other end extending toward the mounting base 100 to form an acting end 140 b. Specifically, the guiding element 130 includes a guiding rod 131 extending along a length direction of the mounting base 100, and the first connecting element 110 is electrically connected to the guiding rod 131; the mounting base 100 is provided with an insertion hole 101, the driving member 140 includes a button 142 movably inserted into the insertion hole 101, one end of the button 142 abuts against the guide rod 131 to form a driving end 140a, and the other end of the button 142 extends out from the insertion hole 101 to form an acting end 140 b. The insertion hole 101 formed in the mounting base 100 can make the insertion and installation of the button 142 more stable, and the button 142 can be further made of rubber. The buffering effect of rubber material is good, and this not only can make the cooperation effect of button 142 and spliced eye 101 better, and the application of force is steady when also can making button 142 drive guide 130, and not fragile switch structure 1000.

Further, the driving member 140 further includes a pressing rod 143, and the pressing rod 143 abuts against the acting end 140b of the button 142 to assist in pressing the button 142. The pressing lever 143 may be correspondingly engaged with the triggering portion inside the refrigerator door 300. One side of the pressing lever 143 abuts the button 142, and the other side of the pressing lever 143 serves as an engagement surface. The advantage that sets up like this lies in, trigger portion need not with the accurate counterpoint of button 142, trigger portion only need act on the cooperation face of pressing the depression bar 143 on certain region just can play the effect of application of force button 142, be favorable to the daily use of switch structure 1000.

The above only is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not so limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all under the concept of the present invention, the equivalent structure transformation made by the contents of the specification and the drawings is utilized, or the direct/indirect application is included in other related technical fields in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A switch structure, comprising:

a mounting seat;

2. The switch structure of claim 1, wherein said conductive connection member includes a conductive connection rod extending along a length of said mounting base, said first connection member being electrically connected to said conductive connection rod;

3. The switch structure of claim 2 wherein an end of said leader bar remote from said actuator forms a first contact;

4. The switch structure of claim 2, wherein said guide member includes a reset member disposed on said guide link, said reset member being configured to reset said guide link from said conducting position to said initial position.

5. The switch structure of claim 4 wherein an end of said leader bar remote from said actuator forms a first contact;

6. The switch structure of claim 5, wherein a spring plate hook is disposed between the driving member and the movable end of the spring plate, and the driving member drives the spring plate hook to drive the spring plate.

7. The switch structure of claim 1, wherein said conductive connection member includes a conductive connection rod extending along a length of said mounting base, said first connection member being electrically connected to said conductive connection rod;

8. The switch structure of claim 7, wherein the actuator further comprises a push rod abutting the active end of the button to assist in pressing the button.

9. A refrigerator comprising a switch structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and a trigger part;

the switch structure is arranged in a hinge cover of a refrigerator door of the refrigerator, and the trigger part is arranged on the inner side of the refrigerator door of the refrigerator corresponding to the switch structure.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein the triggering portion includes a door protrusion disposed corresponding to the hinge cover at a door end cap of the refrigerator.