CN216341566U

CN216341566U - Refrigerator with a door

Info

Publication number: CN216341566U
Application number: CN202122854128.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张向平; 鲍雨锋; 张建; 郭动
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-19
Filing date: 2021-11-19
Publication date: 2022-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-19

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigerator, and belongs to the technical field of household appliances. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, wherein a hinge plate is arranged on the refrigerator body, and a positioning shaft and a guide shaft are arranged on the hinge plate; the door body is provided with a positioning groove matched with the positioning shaft and a guide groove matched with the guide shaft, and the positioning groove is shorter than the guide groove; the wiring box is connected to the hinge plate, a wire outlet is formed in the wiring box, and at least part of the wire outlet is located in the positioning groove when the door body is in a closed state on the projection of the top surface of the door body; and the wire harness extends from the box body into the wiring box, penetrates out of the wiring box from the wire outlet, and then transversely extends towards the middle part of the door body. This refrigerator walk line arrangement form can effectively reduce the pencil lateral shifting between the door body and the box.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

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

Background

In the related art, a display module or other functional modules are arranged on a door body of the refrigerator, so that the display performance and the versatility of the refrigerator are improved. This requires wiring harnesses to be provided between the cabinet and the door body to make electrical connection.

The door body of the existing refrigerator mostly adopts a single-shaft hinge structure, and a wiring hole is formed in a hinge shaft, so that a wiring harness in the box body can extend into the door body through the wiring hole, and the wiring harness is prevented from moving in the rotating opening and closing process of the door body.

However, as the demand for the built-in refrigerator increases, the biaxial hinge structure is applied in order to allow the refrigerator to be normally used while being put into a cabinet. Through the cooperation constraint of the double-shaft hinge, the door body can transversely move in the rotating process, and the door body is effectively prevented from colliding with the cabinet. In this case, since the door body does not rotate around the fixed axis, if the wiring harness is still inserted into the hinge axis for routing, the wiring harness will move laterally along with the lateral movement of the door body.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention solves at least one of the technical problems of the related art to some extent.

Therefore, the refrigerator is provided, and the wiring arrangement mode of the refrigerator can effectively reduce the transverse movement of the wiring harness between the door body and the refrigerator body.

A refrigerator according to the present application includes: the box body is provided with a hinge plate, and the hinge plate is provided with a positioning shaft and a guide shaft; the door body is provided with a positioning groove matched with the positioning shaft and a guide groove matched with the guide shaft, and the positioning groove is shorter than the guide groove; the wiring box is connected to the hinge plate, a wire outlet is formed in the wiring box, and at least part of the wire outlet is located in the positioning groove in the projection of the top surface of the door body; the wire harness extends into the wiring box from the box body, penetrates out of the wiring box from the wire outlet, and then transversely extends towards the middle of the door body.

According to this application, the length weak point of constant head tank is in the guide way, and the cooperation of location axle and constant head tank mainly plays the positioning action, and the distance that lateral shifting took place for the constant head tank relative positioning axle is shorter, consequently will walk the outlet setting of line box in the top of constant head tank, the in-process of the relative outlet department lateral shifting of the so door body switching, and the distance of the relative outlet department lateral shifting of constant head tank is shorter, like this, can reduce the horizontal line removal of the in-process pencil of the door body switching as far as possible.

In some embodiments of the present application, the wire harness includes a first harness segment disposed within the routing box, and a second harness segment extending from the outlet out of the routing box; the second wire harness section is routed adjacent the front wall of the door body.

In some embodiments of the present application, a wire inlet is provided on the door body, a space is provided between the wire inlet and the wire outlet, and the wiring harness passing through the wire outlet enters the door body from the wire inlet.

In some embodiments of this application, be equipped with card line portion on the door body, card line portion is located between inlet wire and the outlet wire for it is spacing to the pencil.

In some embodiments of the present application, the door body is provided with a first slot portion and a second slot portion which are transversely arranged, a slot bottom of the second slot portion is higher than the first slot portion, and front ends of the hinge plate and the wiring box are located in the first slot portion; the wiring harness penetrates out of the wire outlet and extends towards the second groove part.

In some embodiments of the application, the opening of the outlet is upward, and the wire harness is bent transversely after passing through the wiring box.

In some embodiments of the present application, the walk-line box includes a box body and a box cover, the box cover being provided to the box body from an upper end cover.

In some embodiments of the present application, the box body is provided with a wiring duct, which extends substantially in a front-rear direction; the wiring harness is routed along the wiring channel.

In some embodiments of the present application, an avoiding groove is provided at one end of the hinge plate away from the center of the box body, and is used for avoiding the front wall of the door body when the door body is opened; the part of the hinge plate extending forwards from the rear end of the avoiding groove is defined as the front part of the plate, and the box body does not exceed the front part of the plate on the projection of the top surface of the hinge plate.

In some embodiments of the present application, the side wall of the box cover wraps the box body and the bottom surface of the box cover is flush with the bottom surface of the hinge plate.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings 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 drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a view of an external appearance of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is an exploded view at a hinge assembly of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is an external view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application when a top cover and a walk-in box are omitted;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view of a door of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of B of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is an external view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application, with a top cover omitted;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the direction C in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a view of a walk-in box and a hinge plate of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is an exploded view of a walk-in box of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is an external view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application, with a top cover and a box cover omitted;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of FIG. 11 taken along line D;

fig. 13 is an external view of a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present application, with a top cover omitted;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of E of FIG. 13;

fig. 15 is a view of a walk-line box and a hinge plate of a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a view of a walk-in box of a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present application;

in the above figures: 1. a refrigerator; 10. a box body; 11. a hinge plate; 111. a connecting portion; 112. an extension portion; 113. an avoidance groove; 12. positioning the shaft; 13. a guide shaft; 20. a door body; 21. positioning a groove; 22. a guide groove; 23. a wire inlet; 24. a wire clamping part; 241. a first rib piece; 242. a second rib piece; 243. a baffle plate; 25. a first groove portion; 26. a second groove portion; 27. a top cover; 30. a wiring box; 301. an outlet; 302. a cartridge rear portion; 303. a cartridge front portion; 31. a box body; 311. a wiring groove; 3111. a first retaining wall; 3112. a second retaining wall; 3113. a first blocking part; 3114. a second blocking part; 32. a box cover; 33. a hook line part; 331. a first hook part; 332. a second hook part; 40. a wire harness; 41. a first harness segment; 42. a second wire harness segment.

Detailed Description

The utility model is described in detail below by way of exemplary embodiments. It should be understood, however, that elements, structures and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present application includes a cabinet 10, a door 20, and a walk-in box 30.

The box 10 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and a storage chamber is formed in the box 10 for storing food materials. The storage chamber may be partitioned into a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber disposed up and down or left and right. However, in other embodiments, a vacuum chamber, a temperature changing chamber, etc. may be provided in the refrigerator, and the various aspects of the present application are equally applicable.

The front end of the storage chamber is open, so that a user can conveniently store or take out food materials through the opening.

The door 20 is coupled to a front end of the cabinet 10 to be rotatable with respect to the cabinet 10, thereby opening or closing the storage compartment.

The upper and lower ends of the door body 20 are supported on the cabinet 10 by hinge assemblies. In the present embodiment, the hinge assembly has a double-shaft structure, and referring to fig. 2, the hinge assembly includes a positioning shaft 12 and a positioning groove 21 which are fitted to each other, and a guide shaft 13 and a guide groove 22 which are fitted to each other. When the door body 20 is opened or closed, the positioning shaft 12 moves relatively in the positioning groove 21, and the guide shaft 13 moves relatively in the guide groove 22, so that the door body 20 rotates and moves transversely simultaneously to avoid a cabinet on the side of the refrigerator in embedded use. The specific structure of the biaxial hinge is suitable for the prior art, and is not described in detail herein since it is not the inventive point of the present application.

Since the wiring harness between the cabinet 10 and the door 20 is usually routed from the hinge assembly at the upper end, the present application takes the hinge assembly at the upper end of the door as an example for the following description:

referring to fig. 3 and 4, a hinge plate 11 is connected to an upper end of the case 10. The hinge plate 11 includes a connecting portion 111 at a rear end portion, and an extending portion 112 extending forward from the connecting portion 111; the connecting portion 111 may be fixedly connected to the case 10 by screws, and the positioning shaft 12 and the guide shaft 13 are provided on a bottom surface of the extending portion 112 and extend vertically.

The positioning groove 21 and the guide groove 22 are provided at the upper end of the door body 20. When the door body 20 is in an assembled state, the positioning shaft 12 is inserted in the positioning groove 21, and the guide shaft 13 is inserted in the guide groove 22.

With reference to fig. 5 and 6, a first groove 25 may be disposed at an end of the upper side of the door 20 close to the hinge plate 11, and the extension portion 112 of the hinge plate 11 and the front end of the wiring box 30 are located in the first groove 25, so as to prevent the hinge plate 11 and the wiring box 30 from protruding from the top end of the door 20 to affect the overall appearance of the refrigerator.

With continued reference to fig. 4, the left and right ends of the hinge plate 11 are respectively an outer end and an inner end, and the outer end is far away from the storage chamber of the cabinet 10 than the inner end. The outer end of the hinge plate 11 is provided with an avoiding groove 113 which is concave towards the inner end, so that the door body 20 avoids the front wall of the first groove part 25 when being rotated and opened; the inner side surface of the hinge plate 11 is a slope inclined from back to front.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the routing box 30 has a substantially flat box shape, and has substantially the same shape as the hinge plate 11. The wiring box 30 is connected to the upper end of the hinge plate 11, and the connection between the hinge plate and the wiring box can be realized by a screw or a clamping manner.

Outlet 301 is provided on wire box 30, and outlet 301 is located substantially vertically above positioning groove 21 when door 20 is in a closed state. Stated another way, in a projection of the top surface of the door body 20, at least a portion of the outlet 301 is located in the positioning groove 21. The wiring harness 40 extends from the box body 10 into the wiring box 30, penetrates out of the wiring box 30 from the outlet 301, and then transversely extends towards the middle of the door body 20.

Because the length of constant head tank 21 is shorter than guide way 22 among the embodiment of this application, the cooperation of location axle 12 and constant head tank 21 mainly plays the positioning action, constant head tank 21 takes place lateral shifting's distance relatively short relative location axle 12, consequently, the outlet 301 setting of walking line box 30 is in the top of constant head tank 21, the in-process of door body 20 switching so, constant head tank 21 is short for the distance of outlet 301 department lateral shifting, like this, can effectively avoid the part pencil 40 on the door body 20 to drag the part pencil 40 of walking in the line box 30 when following the motion of door body 20.

The outlet 301 may be opened upward, and the wiring harness 40 may be bent horizontally after passing through the wiring box 30 from the outlet 301.

Specifically, in connection with fig. 12, the wire harness 40 includes a first harness segment 41 and a second harness segment 42; the first wiring harness section 41 is disposed in the wiring box 30, and the second wiring harness section 42 is disposed on the door 20. The first and

second harness segments

41 and 42 are connected at an outlet 301. The second harness segment 41 has less lateral pull on the first harness segment 41 during the movement of the second harness segment 41 following the door body 20.

According to some embodiments of the present application, with continued reference to fig. 8, the door body 20 is provided with a wire inlet 23, the wire inlet 23 is spaced apart from the wire outlet 301 of the wire routing box 30, and the second harness segment 42 extends to the wire inlet 23 after penetrating out of the wire outlet 301, and enters the door body 20 from the wire inlet 23.

Specifically, the wire inlet 23 is disposed inside the wire outlet 301, and the second wire harness segment 42 extends from the wire outlet 301 toward the middle of the door body 20, that is, the second wire harness segment 42 extends inward relative to the wire box 30. A section of interval is arranged between the wire inlet 23 and the wire outlet 301, so that the transverse wiring space of the second wire harness section 42 on the door body 20 can be prolonged, and the wire harness 40 has enough space to set a redundant length to compensate the transverse movement of the wire harness 40 in the opening and closing process of the door body 20; if the wire inlet 23 is arranged closer to the wire outlet 301, that is, the second wire harness section 42 is shorter, the wire harness is accumulated on the door body 20 when the redundant length is designed, so that the wiring mode of the present application is more reasonable.

The door 20 may be provided with a second groove 26 arranged transversely to the first groove 25, the second groove 26 is located inside the first groove 25, and the bottom of the second groove 26 is higher than the bottom of the first groove 25.

The wire inlet 23 is disposed in the second groove portion 26, and the second wire harness segment 42 is bent from the wire outlet 301 to above the wire box 30 and then continues to extend toward the second groove portion 26.

The door 20 may include a top cover 27, and the top cover 27 is fastened to the upper ends of the first and

second groove portions

25 and 26, so as to cover the front ends of the wiring harness 40 and the wiring box 30, thereby ensuring the overall appearance of the door 20.

In some embodiments of the present application, the door body 20 may be provided with a wire clamping portion 24 located between the wire outlet 301 and the wire inlet 23 to limit the second wire harness segment 42, so as to ensure a wiring path of the second wire harness segment 42 between the wire outlet 301 and the wire inlet 23.

Specifically, referring to fig. 6, the wire clamping portion 24 may include a first rib 241 and a second rib 242 arranged in front and back, and an interval between the first rib 241 and the second rib 242 forms a wire passing space of the second wire harness segment 42 to limit the second wire harness segment 42 from moving back and forth.

The upper end of the first rib 241 is provided with a blocking piece 243 extending towards the second rib 242 to limit the second cable segment 42 from coming out of the wire clamping part 24.

In other embodiments, the first rib 241, the blocking plate 243 and the second rib 242 may be provided in plurality according to the actual limiting requirement of the second cable segment 42.

In some embodiments of the present application, in order to make the thickness of the door body 20 as thin as possible, the double groove is generally provided on the door body 20 to be compact, and the positioning groove 21 is closer to the front wall of the door body 20, so that the second wire harness section 42 can be wired closer to the front wall of the door body 20, and thus, the second wire harness section 42 can be relatively short in wire and have a neat appearance.

In some embodiments of the walk-through box of the present application, referring to fig. 9, 10, the walk-through box 30 may include a box body 31 and a box cover 32. The upper end of the box body 31 is opened, and the box cover 32 is covered on the upper end of the box body 31.

The front end of the box cover 32 is provided with a notch at an outer position, and the notch forms an outlet 301.

For convenience of description, the front part of the hinge plate 11 from the rear end to the front part of the avoiding groove 113 is defined as the front part of the plate; the front portion of box 31 does not extend beyond the contour of the front of the panel in projection of the top surface of hinge panel 11. That is, the outer side of the front portion of case 31 is flush with the outer side of the front portion of the plate, or the outer side of the front portion of case 31 is located in the area formed by the front portion of the plate.

The side wall of the box cover 32 covers the box body 31, and the bottom surface of the box cover 32 is flush with the bottom surface of the hinge plate 11. That is, the box cover 32 covers the box body 31 and the hinge plate 11, and the user can only see the box cover 32 from the appearance, thereby ensuring the aesthetic property of the refrigerator.

The box cover 32 and the box body 31 can be detachably connected in a screw and/or clamping mode, and the wire harness in the box body 31 can be disassembled and maintained by detaching the box cover 32 from the top end of the refrigerator.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 11 and 12, a wire slot 311 may be disposed in the box 31, and the wire slot 311 extends in a substantially front-back direction to implement the wiring harness 40 from the rear cabinet 10 to the door 20.

The routing groove 311 includes a first blocking wall 3111 and a second blocking wall 3112 disposed opposite to each other on the left and right. The space between the first blocking wall 3111 and the second blocking wall 3112 forms a routing space of the first harness section 41 to limit the lateral movement of the first harness section 41.

The first blocking wall 3111 and the second blocking wall 3112 may be continuous or discontinuous along the extending direction of the cabling groove 311. In the present example, the first blocking wall 3111 is continuous and the second blocking wall 3112 is discontinuous.

The top end of the first blocking wall 3111 may be provided with at least one first blocking portion 3113 extending towards the second blocking wall 3112, or/and the top end of the second blocking wall 3112 may be provided with at least one second blocking portion 3114 extending towards the first blocking wall 3111, so as to limit the first harness segment 41 from escaping from the upper end of the cabling slot 311.

The first stopper 3113 and the second stopper 3114 are arranged alternately in the extending direction of the routing groove 311.

The first stopper 3111, the second stopper 3112, the first stopper 3113 and the second stopper 3114 may be integrally formed with the case 31.

In other embodiments of the walk-line box of the present application, unlike the above-described embodiments, referring to fig. 13 to 16, the walk-line box 30 has only a box structure, and an open end of the walk-line box 30 faces downward, and an accommodating space for accommodating a wire harness is enclosed between the walk-line box 30 and the hinge plate 11. In this embodiment, the structure of the routing box 30 is simplified, and the product cost is reduced.

A notch is arranged at the position, close to the outside, of the front end of the wiring box 30, and the notch forms a wire outlet 301.

According to some embodiments of the present application, a hook portion 33 is disposed in the wire box 30 for limiting a wire position of the first wire harness section 41.

The hooking portion 33 includes a first hooking portion 331 and a second hooking portion 332 disposed at left and right sides, and the first harness segment 41 is located between the first hooking portion 331 and the second hooking portion 332. The first hook 331 and the second hook 332 are hook-shaped and both extend downward from the top of the box 30.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the walk-box 30 includes a box rear 302, and a box front 303 attached to a front end of the box rear 302. The lower end of the box front 303 is located on the top surface of the hinge plate 11, and in the projection of the top surface of the hinge plate 11, the box front 303 is located within the outline of the hinge plate 11, or the outer outline of the box front 303 coincides with the outer outline of the hinge plate 11.

In the present example, the outer side of the box front 303 is flush with the outer side of the hinge plate 11, and the side walls of the box rear 302 wrap around the hinge plate 11.

The outline of the box front 303 is small and does not exceed the outline of the hinge plate 11, so that the problem that the wiring box 30 occupies the space of the first groove part 25 to increase the thickness of the door body 20 can be avoided, and the wiring box of the embodiment has the advantages of small volume and small space occupation of the door body 20.

According to this application, through outlet 301 setting at the vertical top of constant head tank 21 that will walk line box 30, the lateral shifting distance of pencil 40 when can reduce door body 20 switching as far as possible avoids pencil 40 atress or overlength pencil 40 to take place to twine.

According to the application, by arranging the wire inlet 23 on the door body 20 and the wire outlet 301 of the wire box 30 to have a certain interval, the wiring space of the wire harness 40 on the door body 20 can be prolonged so as to accommodate the redundant length of the wire harness 40 for compensating the transverse movement of the wire harness 40.

According to the application, the front end outer side face of the wiring box 30 is not more than the outer side face of the hinge plate 11, so that the problem that the thickness of the door body 20 needs to be increased due to the fact that the wiring box 30 occupies the space of the door body 20 can be avoided.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

the box body is provided with a hinge plate, and the hinge plate is provided with a positioning shaft and a guide shaft;

the door body is provided with a positioning groove matched with the positioning shaft and a guide groove matched with the guide shaft, and the positioning groove is shorter than the guide groove;

the wiring box is connected to the hinge plate, a wire outlet is formed in the wiring box, and at least part of the wire outlet is located in the positioning groove when the door body is in a closed state on the projection of the top surface of the door body;

and the wire harness extends from the box body into the wiring box, penetrates out of the wiring box from the wire outlet, and then transversely extends towards the middle part of the door body.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the wiring harness includes a first harness segment disposed within the routing box and a second harness segment extending from the outlet out of the routing box; the second harness segment is routed adjacent to a front wall of the door body.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door body is provided with a wire inlet, a space is formed between the wire inlet and the wire outlet, and a wiring harness passing through the wire outlet enters the door body from the wire inlet.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein a wire clamping portion is arranged on the door body and located between the wire inlet and the wire outlet and used for limiting the wire harness.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door body is provided with a first groove part and a second groove part which are transversely arranged, the bottom of the second groove part is higher than the first groove part, and the front ends of the hinge plate and the wiring box are positioned in the first groove part; the wire harness penetrates out of the wire outlet and then extends towards the second groove part.

6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outlet has an opening facing upward, and the wire harness is bent laterally after passing upward through the wire box.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the walk-in box includes a box body and a box cover provided to the box body from an upper end cover.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the box body is provided with a wiring duct extending in a substantially front-rear direction; the wiring harness is routed along the wiring duct.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein an avoiding groove is formed in one end of the hinge plate, which is far away from the center of the refrigerator body, and is used for avoiding the front wall of the door body when the door body is opened; and defining the part of the hinge plate extending forwards from the rear end of the avoidance groove as a plate front part, wherein the box body does not exceed the plate front part on the projection of the top surface of the hinge plate.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein the side wall of the box cover wraps the box body and the bottom surface of the box cover is flush with the bottom surface of the hinge plate.