CN217269584U - Refrigerator and stop device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a backstop device and refrigerator of refrigerator relates to refrigerator technical field. The utility model discloses well backstop device of refrigerator includes hinge subassembly and backstop subassembly, and the hinge subassembly sets up on the box of refrigerator for the door body of pivotal connection box and refrigerator, hinge subassembly include the hinge seat and install the hinge on the hinge seat, and the hinge constructs into and extends along the fore-and-aft direction of the door body, and the lateral part of hinge is formed with the arc extension. The backstop subassembly sets up on the door body, and includes the casing, movably setting up backstop piece in the casing and the elastic component of setting in the casing, and backstop piece sets to and moves along the first arcwall face of arc extension when the relative box of door body is predetermineeing the angular range internal rotation to compression elastic component, thereby reduce the speed that the door body was opened or was closed. According to the technical scheme, the refrigerator door body can be closed transitionally, abnormal sound is not generated, and the refrigerator door body is protected from being impacted.

Description

Refrigerator and stop device thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigerator technical field especially relates to a backstop device and refrigerator of refrigerator.

Background

With the progress of the times, the requirements of people on the quality of life are higher and higher, and the requirements of people on the refrigerator are also higher and higher as the refrigerator is used as a common household appliance in life. When the refrigerator is closed, if the closing force is large, the refrigerator door body can collide with the refrigerator body, so that the refrigerator door body is damaged; and if no blocking piece exists after the door is closed, the refrigerator door body is easy to open by mistake when the refrigerator door body touches other external force only by sealing with the sealing strip. To solve the problem, a door opening and closing stopping device is required to be arranged on the refrigerator to limit the door closing force, so that the phenomenon that the door of the refrigerator is too fast in closing speed and collides with a refrigerator body is prevented, and the refrigerator door is prevented from being opened by mistake.

Generally, the backstop device on the refrigerator door body can be with the plastic part, realizes lightening the effect of closing the door power and the protection of closing the door through elastic deformation, but this mode does not have the transition nature, and the sound of card and the sudden nature of hearing that can be obvious are closed the door and are experienced the sense and descend by the power, and the resistance of closing the door of this kind of structure generally is the definite value simultaneously, and the user is difficult to adjust the resistance of closing the door after purchasing, but in the actual life because the difference of every user height size, also very big to the requirement difference of the resistance of closing the door.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses an aspect's aim at provides a backstop device of refrigerator solves among the prior art refrigerator and closes the door and do not have the transition to produce the technical problem of abnormal sound by atress suddenly within a definite time.

The utility model discloses the further purpose of first aspect is to improve user's experience and feel.

The utility model discloses the purpose of second aspect provides a refrigerator with above-mentioned backstop device.

According to the utility model discloses an aim of first aspect, the utility model provides a backstop device of refrigerator, include:

the hinge assembly comprises a hinge seat and a hinge installed on the hinge seat, wherein the hinge is configured to extend along the front and back directions of the door body, and an arc-shaped extension part is formed on the side part of the hinge;

the backstop subassembly sets up on the door body, and includes the casing, movably setting up backstop piece in the casing and setting are in elastic component in the casing, the backstop piece sets to the door body is relative the box is along when predetermineeing the angular range internal rotation the first arcwall face of arc extension removes to the compression elastic component, thereby reduce the speed that the door body was opened or was closed.

Optionally, the preset angle range is 0 ° to 60 °.

Optionally, the arc-shaped extending portion is configured to be located on one side of the hinge facing the direction of the free end of the door body when the door body is in the closed state;

the casing is configured to be located on one side of the hinge towards the direction of the free end of the door body when the door body is in a closed state.

Optionally, a second arc-shaped surface is arranged on the stop block, and the second arc-shaped surface is configured to abut against the first arc-shaped surface of the arc-shaped extension portion when the door body rotates within a preset angle range relative to the box body.

Optionally, a through hole arranged in the width direction of the door body is formed in the shell, the elastic piece is telescopically arranged in the through hole, and the stop block is arranged at one end, facing the hinge, of the elastic piece.

Optionally, the stop assembly further comprises:

the cushion block is arranged in the through hole and located at one end, far away from the stop block, of the elastic piece, and the cushion block is configured to be located in the through hole, and the position of the cushion block can be adjusted, so that the elastic performance of the elastic piece can be adjusted.

Optionally, the spacer is connected to the housing by a bolt.

Optionally, a limit part is formed on one side of the hinge, which faces away from the arc-shaped extension part; the stop assembly further comprises:

and the limiting block is arranged to abut against the limiting part when the door body rotates to a preset angle relative to the box body, so that the door body is limited to be opened continuously.

Optionally, the resilient member is a spring.

According to the utility model discloses the purpose of second aspect, the utility model also provides a refrigerator, foretell backstop device is installed to the refrigerator.

The utility model discloses well backstop device of refrigerator includes hinge subassembly and backstop subassembly, and the hinge subassembly sets up on the box of refrigerator for the door body of pivotal connection box and refrigerator, hinge subassembly include the hinge seat and install the hinge on the hinge seat, and the hinge constructs to extend along the fore-and-aft direction of the door body, and the lateral part of hinge is formed with the arc extension. The backstop subassembly sets up on the door body, and includes the casing, movably setting up backstop piece in the casing and the elastic component of setting in the casing, and backstop piece sets to and moves along the first arcwall face of arc extension when the relative box of door body is predetermineeing the angular range internal rotation to compression elastic component, thereby reduce the speed that the door body was opened or was closed. Above-mentioned technical scheme passes through the cooperation between the first arcwall face of arc extension, elastic component and the backstop piece, and along with the rotation of the refrigerator door body, the backstop piece removes along first arcwall face, can have the transition ground to close the door for the refrigerator door body, has protected the refrigerator door body can not receive the striking when can not producing the abnormal sound.

Further, the utility model discloses a backstop subassembly still includes the cushion, and its setting just is located the elastic component in the through hole and keeps away from the one end of backstop piece, and the cushion is configured to be located the position adjustable in the through hole to adjust the elasticity performance of elastic component, thereby adjust the resistance of closing the door, can satisfy the demand of different users to the refrigerator door body switch dynamics, improved user's experience and feel and satisfaction.

The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail hereinafter, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a stopper device of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention in a door-closed state;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a stopper device of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention in a half-open state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along section line A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along section line B-B in FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a stopper device of a refrigerator according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a stopper device of a refrigerator in a fully opened state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic partial enlarged view of a portion C of the stopper device shown in fig. 6.

Reference numerals:

100-a stop device, 200-a door body, 300-a box body, 10-a hinge, 20-a stop component, 11-an arc-shaped extension part, 12-a limiting part, 21-a shell, 22-an elastic part, 23-a stop block, 24-a limiting block, 25-a through hole, 26-a first sliding groove, 27-a cushion block, 28-a bolt, 29-a second sliding groove, 111-a first arc-shaped surface and 231-a second arc-shaped surface.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a stopper device 100 of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention in a closed state, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a stopper device 100 of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention in a half-open state. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in a specific embodiment, a stopping device 100 of a refrigerator includes a hinge 10 assembly and a stopping assembly 20, the hinge 10 assembly is disposed on a body 300 of the refrigerator for pivotally connecting the body 300 and a door 200 of the refrigerator, the hinge 10 assembly includes a hinge 10 seat and a hinge 10 mounted on the hinge 10 seat, the hinge 10 is configured to extend in a front-rear direction of the door 200, and a side of the hinge 10 is formed with an arc-shaped extending portion 11. The stopping assembly 20 is disposed on the door body 200, and includes a housing 21, a stopping block 23 movably disposed in the housing 21, and an elastic member 22 disposed in the housing 21, wherein the stopping block 23 is configured to move along the first arc-shaped surface 111 of the arc-shaped extension 11 when the door body 200 rotates relative to the cabinet 300 within a preset angle range, so as to compress the elastic member 22, thereby reducing the speed of opening or closing the door body 200. Here, the hinge 10 is coupled to the cabinet 300 of the refrigerator, and the elastic member 22 may be a spring. In other embodiments, the elastic member 22 may be made of other members having the same elastic property.

In this embodiment, through the cooperation between the first arc-shaped surface 111 of the arc-shaped extension portion 11, the elastic member 22 and the stop block 23, along with the rotation of the door body 200 of the refrigerator, the stop block 23 moves along the first arc-shaped surface 111, so that the door body 200 can be transitionally closed, and the door body 200 is protected from being hit while no abnormal sound is generated. And the stop block 23 only limits the opening and closing speed of the door body 200 within the preset angle range of the door opening, and the opening and closing speed of the door body 200 is relatively high when exceeding the preset angle range, so that the door opening and closing speed of the door body 200 can be increased while the door body 200 is ensured not to collide with the box body 300 in the closing process, and the door body 200 is protected from influencing the opening and closing speed of the door body 200.

In a preferred embodiment, the preset angle ranges from 0 ° to 60 °. That is to say, the door closing stopping function of the refrigerator can be realized only when the door body 200 of the refrigerator and the refrigerator body 300 of the refrigerator rotate between 0 to 60 degrees, the door closing speed is reduced in the angle range, the door body 200 of the refrigerator is prevented from colliding with the refrigerator body 300 of the refrigerator, the door body 200 of the refrigerator is freely opened when the angle exceeds 60 degrees, no limitation is caused, and the door opening speed is relatively high. In other embodiments, the preset angle range may also be selected according to specific design requirements.

In this embodiment, the arc-shaped extending portion 11 is disposed on the side of the hinge 10 facing the free end direction of the door body 200 when the door body 200 is in the closed state, and the case 21 is disposed on the side of the hinge 10 facing the free end direction of the door body 200 when the door body 200 is in the closed state. Here, the free end refers to an end where the door 200 rotates when the door is opened, and an end where the door 200 is connected to the case 300 is a fixed end. Specifically, the case 21 is fixed to the door 200 of the refrigerator by a plurality of bolts 28, and the case 21 is arranged in the width direction of the door 200 of the refrigerator.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along a sectional line a-a in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 3, the housing 21 is provided with a through hole 25 arranged along the width direction of the door body 200, the elastic member 22 is telescopically disposed in the through hole 25, and the stopper 23 is disposed at one end of the elastic member 22 facing the hinge 10. Specifically, the through hole 25 extends along the length direction of the housing 21, and the housing 21 is further provided with a first sliding slot 26 extending along the length direction thereof, the first sliding slot 26 is communicated with the through hole 25, moves in the first sliding slot 26 while the stop block 23 moves along the first arc-shaped surface 111 of the arc-shaped extension portion 11, and compresses or releases the elastic member 22, so that the elastic member 22 extends and contracts in the through hole 25. Specifically, when the door body 200 of the refrigerator opens the door, the stopper 23 is pushed by the arc-shaped extension 11, moves toward the free end of the door body 200 along the first sliding groove 26, and compresses the elastic member 22, at this time, the door opening speed is limited by the elastic force of the elastic member 22. When the door body 200 of the refrigerator is opened until the stop block 23 is separated from the arc surface of the arc-shaped extension part 11, the elastic part 22 is restored to the original state, the elastic force of the elastic part 22 disappears, the door body 200 is not limited at all, can be freely opened, and has relatively high speed. When the door body 200 of the refrigerator is closed, in the rotating process that the angle between the door body 200 of the refrigerator and the refrigerator body 300 of the refrigerator is greater than 60 degrees, the door body 200 is not limited at all, the door closing speed of the door body 200 is high, when the door body 200 rotates to the angle between the door body 200 and the refrigerator body 300 is equal to or less than 60 degrees, the stop block 23 is in contact with the first arc-shaped surface 111 of the arc-shaped extension part 11 and is pushed, so that the door body moves towards the direction of the free end of the door body 200 along the first sliding groove 26, the elastic part 22 is compressed while moving, the door opening speed is limited under the elastic action of the elastic part 22 at the moment, and the door closing speed is reduced until the door body 200 is attached to the refrigerator body 300. Since the speed of the door 200 is reduced when the door is closer to the cabinet 300, the door 200 and the cabinet 300 can be prevented from colliding with each other, and the door 200 and the cabinet 300 are protected.

In a preferred embodiment, the stop block 23 has a second arc-shaped surface 231, and the second arc-shaped surface 231 is configured to abut against the first arc-shaped surface 111 when the door body 200 rotates relative to the cabinet 300 within a preset angle range. Specifically, the first arc-shaped surface 111 and the second arc-shaped surface 231 are respectively protruded toward each other, and since the motion trajectory of the door body 200 relative to the case 300 is arc-shaped, the portions of the stop block 23 contacting the arc-shaped extension portion 11 are both set to be arc-shaped surfaces in this embodiment, and the door body 200 can be more smoothly closed by the contact of the first arc-shaped surface 111 and the second arc-shaped surface 231.

Fig. 4 is a schematic sectional view taken along a sectional line B-B in fig. 2, and fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a stopping device 100 of a refrigerator according to still another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, and referring to fig. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the stopping assembly 20 further includes a cushion 27 disposed in the through hole 25 and located at an end of the elastic member 22 away from the stopping block 23, and the cushion 27 is configured to be adjustable in position in the through hole 25 to adjust the elastic property of the elastic member 22, so as to adjust the door closing resistance, so as to meet the requirements of different users on the opening and closing force of the door body 200, and improve the experience and satisfaction of the users. Specifically, the spacer 27 is connected to the housing 21 by a bolt 28, a second sliding slot 29 is provided inside the housing 21, the spacer 27 is located in the second sliding slot 29, and the spacer 27 can move in the second sliding slot 29 by adjusting the bolt 28 to adjust the elastic force of the elastic member 22. After cushion 27 removed and fixed towards backstop 23 direction, the great dynamics of opening the door of this moment needs just can open the door, remove and fix the back towards keeping away from backstop 23 direction when cushion 27, the less dynamics of opening the door of this moment needs can open the door.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a stopping device 100 of a refrigerator in a fully open state according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 7 is a schematic partially enlarged view of a portion C of the stopping device 100 shown in fig. 6. As shown in fig. 6 and 7, in this embodiment, a side of the hinge 10 facing away from the arc-shaped extension 11 is formed with a stopper 12; the stopping assembly 20 further includes a stopper 24, and the stopper 24 is configured to abut against the limiting portion 12 when the door 200 rotates to a predetermined angle relative to the box 300, so as to limit the door 200 from being opened continuously. When the door 200 of the refrigerator is in a closed state, the stopper 24 is located at the top of the hinge 10, and in order to save the installation space, the arc-shaped extension 11 on the hinge 10 is arranged in a crescent shape and protrudes from the lateral front of the hinge 10. An avoiding arc-shaped surface is arranged in front of the other side of the hinge 10, so that the limiting block 24 can rotate along the avoiding arc-shaped surface when the door body 200 of the refrigerator is opened until the door body 200 is in a maximum opening angle state when the door body rotates to abut against the limiting part 12 and cannot rotate continuously. That is, the stopper 24 and the stopper portion 12 are provided to limit the maximum opening angle of the door body 200, and the position of the stopper portion 12 may be set according to specific design requirements. In this embodiment, the maximum opening angle of the door body 200 is 120 °, that is, the preset angle is 120 °. In other embodiments, the preset angle may also be set according to specific design requirements.

The utility model also provides a refrigerator, the backstop device 100 in any one above-mentioned embodiment is installed to the refrigerator. The stop device 100 is not described in detail herein.

The utility model discloses a backstop device 100 can realize the door body 200 of refrigerator and the angle between the box 300 of refrigerator be less than or equal to the door closing speed of the restriction door body 200 when predetermineeing the angle, and the switch door speed is free when other positions, does not receive any restriction to can guarantee that door body 200 can not take place the switch door speed of striking because of the speed of closing the door is too big with box 300 and do not influence door body 200 in other positions.

Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail herein, many other variations and modifications can be made, consistent with the principles of the invention, which are directly determined or derived from the disclosure herein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims (10)

1. A stopping device of a refrigerator, comprising:

the hinge assembly comprises a hinge seat and a hinge installed on the hinge seat, wherein the hinge is configured to extend along the front and back directions of the door body, and an arc-shaped extension part is formed on the side part of the hinge;

the stopping assembly is arranged on the door body and comprises a shell, a stopping block movably arranged in the shell and an elastic piece arranged in the shell, wherein the stopping block is arranged to be opposite to the door body, and the box body rotates within a preset angle range and moves along the first arc-shaped surface of the arc-shaped extending portion to compress the elastic piece, so that the opening or closing speed of the door body is reduced.

2. A stop device according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined angular range is 0 ° to 60 °.

3. The stop device according to claim 2,

the arc-shaped extension part is configured to be positioned on one side of the hinge towards the direction of the free end of the door body when the door body is in a closed state;

the casing is configured to be located on one side of the hinge towards the direction of the free end of the door body when the door body is in a closed state.

4. The stop device according to claim 3,

the stop block is provided with a second arc-shaped surface, and the second arc-shaped surface is configured to abut against the first arc-shaped surface when the door body rotates relative to the box body within a preset angle range.

5. The stop device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the door body is characterized in that a through hole arranged in the width direction of the door body is formed in the shell, the elastic piece is arranged in the through hole in a telescopic mode, and the stop block is arranged at one end, facing the hinge, of the elastic piece.

6. The stop device of claim 5, wherein the stop assembly further comprises:

the cushion block is arranged in the through hole and located at one end, far away from the stop block, of the elastic piece, and the cushion block is configured to be located in the through hole, and the position of the cushion block can be adjusted, so that the elastic performance of the elastic piece can be adjusted.

7. The stop device according to claim 6,

the cushion block is connected with the shell through a bolt.

8. The stop device according to any one of claims 1-4, 6-7, wherein a side of the hinge facing away from the arcuate extension is formed with a stop; the stopper assembly further comprises:

and the limiting block is arranged to abut against the limiting part when the door body rotates to a preset angle relative to the box body, so that the door body is limited to be opened continuously.

9. The stop device according to claim 1,

the elastic piece is a spring.

10. A refrigerator, characterized in that it is equipped with a stop device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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