CN218493376U - Hinge assembly and refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a hinge assembly and a refrigerator, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a fixed hinge part fixed on a refrigerator body and a movable hinge part fixed on a door body, one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a shaft body, and the other one is provided with a groove body matched with the shaft body; a protruding structure is arranged between the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part so as to reduce the contact area between the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part; the movable hinge piece can be prevented from being blocked relative to the fixed hinge piece, the smoothness of opening and closing the door body is increased, and the noise can be reduced.

Description

Hinge assembly and refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigeration plant field especially relates to a hinge subassembly and have refrigerator of this hinge subassembly.

Background

The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a hinge assembly, wherein the door body is used for opening or closing the refrigerator body, the hinge assembly is used for connecting the door body to the refrigerator body, the hinge assembly generally comprises a fixed hinge part fixed on the refrigerator body and a movable hinge part fixed on the door body, one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a shaft body, and the other one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a hole or a groove matched with the shaft body.

For the hinge assembly, especially the hinge assembly positioned at the lower end of the door body, under the action of the self weight of the door body, one surfaces of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part, which are opposite to each other, are attached to each other, namely the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part are provided with the shaft body and are attached to one surface of the groove or the hole. During the door opening and closing process, the movement of the movable hinge part relative to the fixed hinge part is blocked, and noise is generated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a hinge subassembly and have refrigerator of this hinge subassembly.

In order to realize the purpose of the utility model, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a hinge assembly comprises a fixed hinge part and a movable hinge part, wherein the fixed hinge part is fixed on a box body, the movable hinge part is fixed on a door body, one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a shaft body, and the other one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a groove body matched with the shaft body; a protruding structure is arranged between the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part to reduce the contact area between the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part.

As the utility model discloses further modified technical scheme, the cell body has the notch, protruding structure of establishing is including locating the sand grip of notch.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the shape of sand grip with the notch phase-match.

As a further improved technical proposal of the utility model, the tank body is provided with a notch; the protruding structure further comprises a protruding ring arranged on the shaft body, and the notch is abutted to the protruding ring.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the axis body have with cell body matched with guide end, with the link that the guide end is relative, the bulge loop is located the link.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the tank body comprises a first tank body and a second tank body, and the shaft body comprises a first shaft body matched with the first tank body and a second shaft body matched with the second tank body; one of the first groove body and the first shaft body is arranged on the fixed hinge piece, and the other one of the first groove body and the first shaft body is arranged on the movable hinge piece; one of the second groove body and the second shaft body is arranged on the fixed hinge piece, and the other one of the second groove body and the second shaft body is arranged on the movable hinge piece.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the first shaft body and the second shaft body are disposed on the fixed hinge member, and the first groove body and the second groove body are disposed on the movable hinge member.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the first tank body includes an initial position and a first stop position, and the second tank body includes a first end, a second end, a first section and a second section, which are oppositely disposed, and are located between the first end and the second end and are connected to each other; when the movable hinge piece is in a closed state, the first shaft body is in an initial position, the second shaft body is located at a first end, when the movable hinge piece is opened from the closed state to a first opening angle, the first shaft body is kept at the initial position, the second shaft body takes the first shaft body as a circle center and moves in the first section, and when the movable hinge piece is continuously opened from the first opening angle to a second opening angle, the second shaft body moves in the second section to drive the first shaft body to move from the initial position to the first stop position.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the first slot body further includes a pivot position located at the initial position far away from the first stop position, the second slot body further includes a third section and a fourth section located at the second section and between the second ends, when the movable hinge member is in the process of being continuously opened to the third opening angle from the second opening angle, the second shaft moves in the third section to drive the first shaft to move to the pivot position from the first stop position, and when the movable hinge member is in the process of being continuously opened to the maximum opening angle from the third opening angle, the first shaft is held at the pivot position, and the second shaft moves in the fourth section with the first shaft as a center.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a refrigerator, which comprises a box body, a door body for opening or closing the box body, and a hinge assembly connected to the door body on the box body.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the utility model provides a hinge subassembly establishes the structure through setting up the arch between fixed hinge spare and activity hinge spare, thereby, reduces fixed hinge spare with area of contact between the activity hinge spare can avoid activity hinge spare is relative fixed hinge spare removes to be obstructed, increases the smooth and easy degree of the switch door body, and can the noise reduction.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a hinge assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the hinge assembly shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic plan view of the refrigerator shown in fig. 4 (the door body is in a closed state);

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the fixed hinge member of FIG. 5 in cooperation with the slot;

FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 4 (with the door at a first opening angle);

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the fixed hinge member of FIG. 7 in cooperation with the slot;

FIG. 9 is a schematic top view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 4 (with the door at a second opening angle);

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the fixed hinge member of FIG. 9 in cooperation with the slot;

FIG. 11 is a schematic top view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 4 (the door is rotated open from the second opening angle to the third opening angle);

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the fixed hinge member of FIG. 11 engaged with the slot;

FIG. 13 is a schematic top view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 4 (with the door at a maximum opening angle);

fig. 14 is a perspective view of the fixed hinge member of fig. 13 mated with the slot.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, and reference is made to fig. 1-14 for illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. 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.

In the drawings of the present invention, some dimensions of structures or portions are exaggerated relative to other structures or portions for convenience of illustration, and thus, are used only for illustrating the basic structure of the subject matter of the present invention.

Also, terms used herein such as "left," "right," "front," "back," and the like, to denote relative spatial positions, are used for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. The spatially relative positional terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a hinge assembly 1 and a refrigerator 10 having the same 1, where the refrigerator 10 is an embedded refrigerator embedded in a cabinet. It is to be understood that the refrigerator 10 described herein need not be embedded in a cabinet, can be used alone, can be embedded in a wall, etc.

The refrigerator 10 includes a cabinet 2, a door 3 for opening or closing the cabinet 2, and a hinge assembly 1 connected between the cabinet 2 and the door 3. The hinge assembly 1 comprises a fixed hinge part 11 fixed on the box body 2 and a movable hinge part 12 fixed on the door body 3, wherein one of the fixed hinge part 11 and the movable hinge part 12 is provided with a shaft body, and the other one is provided with a groove body matched with the shaft body. In the process of opening and closing the door body 3, the door body 3 is driven to move according to a preset track while rotating through the matching of the shaft body and the groove body.

It can be known that the movable hinge member 12 moves synchronously with the door body 3, and the moving tracks of the two are the same.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, a protruding structure 4 is provided between the fixed hinge 11 and the movable hinge 12, that is, the fixed hinge 11 is in contact with the movable hinge 12 through the protruding structure 4, and the fixed hinge 11 is not in contact with the movable hinge 12 except for the protruding structure 4, so that the contact area between the fixed hinge 11 and the movable hinge 12 is reduced, the movable hinge 12 is prevented from moving relative to the fixed hinge 11, the smoothness of opening and closing the door 3 is increased, and the noise is reduced.

Specifically, the cell body has the notch, the axis body is certainly the notch stretches into in the cell body, in order to follow the cell body removes.

The protruding structure 4 comprises a protruding strip 41 arranged on the notch. More preferably, the shape of the convex strip 41 is matched with the notch, so that the stability of the door body 3 in the rotating process can be enhanced.

Further, the protruding structure 4 further includes a protruding ring 42 disposed on the shaft, and the notch abuts against the protruding ring 42, so as to enhance the stability of the door 3 during the rotation process.

It will be appreciated that in the embodiment in which the projecting structure 4 comprises the projecting strip 41 and the projecting ring 42, the projecting strip 41 abuts against the projecting ring 42, which increases the gap between the fixed hinge element 11 and the movable hinge element 12, thereby further reducing the contact.

Specifically, the shaft body has a guide end matched with the groove body and a connection end opposite to the guide end, and the convex ring 42 is arranged at the connection end. The length of the shaft body in the groove body can be increased, so that the movement stability of the door body 3 is enhanced.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, the tank includes a first tank 121 and a second tank 122, and the shaft includes a first shaft 111 engaged with the first tank 121 and a second shaft 112 engaged with the second tank 122. The utility model discloses in, the cooperation drive door body 3 through biax (first axis body 111 and second axis body 112) and double flute (first cell body 121 and second cell body 122) rotates the in-process and according to predetermineeing the orbit motion, compares in the unipolar hinge, need not very high installation accuracy, but greatly reduced design cost and installation degree of difficulty.

Specifically, one of the first groove 121 and the first shaft 111 is disposed on the fixed hinge 11, and the other is disposed on the movable hinge 12; one of the second groove 122 and the second shaft 112 is disposed on the fixed hinge 11, and the other is disposed on the movable hinge 12.

That is, the arrangement of the shaft and the slot may include various situations, in the first example, the first shaft 111 and the second shaft 112 are located on the fixed hinge 11, and the first slot 121 and the second slot 122 are located on the movable hinge 12; in the second example, the first shaft 111 and the second shaft 112 are located on the movable hinge 12, and the first slot 121 and the second slot 122 are located on the fixed hinge 11; in the third example, the first shaft body 111 and the second slot body 122 are located at the fixed hinge member 11, and the first slot body 121 and the second shaft body 112 are located at the movable hinge member 12; in the fourth example, the first shaft 111 and the second slot 122 are located at the movable hinge 12, and the first slot 121 and the second shaft 112 are located at the fixed hinge 11.

Herein, the first example is taken as an example, that is, the first shaft 111 and the second shaft 112 are located on the fixed hinge 11, and the first slot 121 and the second slot 122 are located on the movable hinge 12.

As shown in fig. 5, the box 2 has a pivoting side 21 rotatably connected to the door 3. A direction from the center of the housing 2 away from the pivoting side 21 is defined as a first direction X, and a direction from the center of the housing 2 toward the pivoting side 21 is defined as a second direction Y.

Specifically, when the fixed hinge 11 is disposed on the right side of the box 2, the pivoting side 21 is the right side of the box 2, the first direction X is a direction from right to left, and the second direction Y is a direction from left to right. When the fixed hinge 11 is disposed on the left side of the box 2, the pivoting side 21 is the left side of the box 2, the first direction X is a left-to-right direction, and the second direction Y is a right-to-left direction.

Further, when the door 3 is rotated to open, the second shaft 112 moves in the second groove 122 to drive the door 3 to move along the first direction X in a direction away from the pivoting side 21. That is, the door 3 rotates relative to the cabinet 2 and displaces relative to the cabinet 2 along the first direction X, so that, during the rotation of the door 3, the distance between the pivoting end of the door 3 corresponding to the pivoting side 21 and the pivoting side 21, which protrudes out of the pivoting side 21 of the cabinet 2, is greatly reduced, that is, the displacement of the door 3 along the first direction X offsets the portion of the door 3 protruding out of the cabinet 2 along the second direction during the rotation, thereby avoiding the door 3 interfering with the surrounding cabinets or walls during the opening process, and being suitable for the embedded cabinets or the scenes with small space for accommodating the refrigerator 10.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 7-8, when the door 3 is opened from the closed state to the first opening angle, the movable hinge 12 and the fixed hinge 11 cooperate to drive the door 3 to rotate in place relative to the cabinet 2. That is, the door body 3 only rotates without generating displacement in other directions, so that the situation that the door body 3 cannot be normally opened due to the displacement in a certain direction of the door body 3, such as the door body 3 with a turnover beam, can be effectively avoided.

Specifically, the first slot 121 includes an initial position A1 and a first stop position A2, and the second slot 122 includes a first end L1 and a second end L2 which are oppositely disposed, and a first section L3 and a second section L4 which are located between the first end L1 and the second end L2 and connected to each other. As shown in fig. 5 to fig. 6, when the door 3 is in a closed state, the first shaft 111 is in an initial position A1, and the second shaft 112 is located at the first end L1, so that the door 3 is kept in the closed state. The first section L3 is an arc with the initial position A1 as a center of circle, and as shown in fig. 7-8, when the door 3 is opened from a closed state to a first opening angle, the first shaft 111 is kept at the initial position A1, the second shaft 112 moves in the first section L3, and at this time, the door 3 rotates in situ with the first shaft 111 at the initial position A1 as an axis, so that for the refrigerator 10 with the turnover beam, the protrusion on the turnover beam can be separated from the groove on the refrigerator body 2, so that the door 3 can be opened smoothly. Referring to fig. 9 to 10, when the door 3 is continuously opened from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the second shaft 112 moves in the second segment L4 toward the second end L2 to drive the first shaft 111 to move from the initial position A1 to the first stop position A2, and at this time, the door 3 moves in the first direction X in the process of rotating in the direction away from the pivoting side 21, so as to avoid the door 3 from interfering with peripheral cabinets or walls in the process of opening, and is suitable for embedded cabinets or scenes with small space for accommodating the refrigerator 10.

Further, when the door 3 is continuously opened from the second opening angle to the third opening angle, the movable hinge member 12 and the fixed hinge member 11 cooperate to drive the door 3 to move toward the pivoting side 21 along the second direction Y while the door 3 rotates. Therefore, the door body 3 can be far away from the box body 2 as far as possible, the opening degree of the box body 2 is ensured, and the problem that drawers, racks and the like in the box body 2 cannot be opened due to interference of the door body 3 is avoided.

Specifically, the first slot 121 further includes a pivot position A3 located at a side of the initial position A1 away from the first stop position A2, and the second slot 122 further includes a third section L5 located between the second section L4 and the second end L2. As shown in fig. 11 to 12, when the door 3 is opened from the second opening angle to the third opening angle, the second shaft 112 moves in the third segment L5 to drive the first shaft 111 to move from the first stop position A2 to the pivot position A3. At this time, the door 3 moves toward the pivoting side 21 along the second direction Y during the rotation process, so that the door 3 is as far away from the box 2 as possible, the opening degree of the box 2 is ensured, and the problem that drawers, racks and the like in the box 2 cannot be opened due to interference of the door 3 is avoided.

Further, when the door 3 is in the process of continuously opening from the third opening angle to the maximum opening angle, the movable hinge member 12 and the fixed hinge member 11 cooperate to drive the door 3 to rotate in place relative to the box 2, so as to further open the door 3.

Specifically, the second groove 122 further includes a fourth section L6 located between the third section L5 and the second end L2, and the fourth section L6 is an arc groove with the pivot position A3 as a center. Referring to fig. 13 to 14, when the door 3 is in the process of continuously opening from the third opening angle to the maximum opening angle, the first shaft 111 is kept at the pivot position A3, and the second shaft 112 moves in the fourth segment L6, so that the door 3 rotates in situ with the first shaft 111 at the pivot position A3 as an axis, so as to further open the door 3.

It can be understood that, when the door 3 is opened from the closed state to the first opening angle, the pivoting end of the door 3 slightly protrudes out of the casing 2 toward the pivoting side 21 along the second direction Y due to the pivot rotation of the door 3 relative to the casing 2. When the door 3 is continuously opened from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the displacement of the door 3 along the first direction X can offset all parts of the door 3 protruding out of the box 2 along the second direction Y in the whole rotation process, and then when the door 3 is continuously opened from the second opening angle to the third opening angle, the displacement of the door 3 along the second direction Y can ensure that the door 3 does not protrude out of the box 2 and the opening degree of the box 2 is ensured as much as possible.

Specifically, the first opening angle is smaller than the second opening angle, the first opening angle is 10 °, the second opening angle is not greater than 90 °, the third opening angle is 90 °, and the maximum opening angle is greater than 90 °. That is to say, in the process that the door 3 is opened from the first opening angle of 10 ° to 90 °, the door 3 first generates displacement along the first direction X to prevent the door 31 from interfering with the surrounding cabinets or walls during the opening process, and then the door 3 generates displacement along the second direction Y to prevent the door 3 from obstructing the opening of the drawers, shelves, etc. in the box 2, and finally, after 90 ° is reached, the door 3 rotates in place relative to the box 2 to further open the door 3.

To sum up, the utility model provides a hinge subassembly 1 establishes structure 4 through set up protruding between fixed hinge spare 11 and activity hinge spare 12, thereby, reduces fixed hinge spare 11 with area of contact between the activity hinge spare 12 can avoid activity hinge spare 12 is relative fixed hinge spare 11 removes to be obstructed, increases the smooth and easy degree of the switch door body 3, and can the noise reduction.

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 (10)

1. A hinge assembly comprises a fixed hinge part and a movable hinge part, wherein the fixed hinge part is fixed on a box body, the movable hinge part is fixed on a door body, one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a shaft body, and the other one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a groove body matched with the shaft body; the method is characterized in that: a protruding structure is arranged between the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part to reduce the contact area between the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part.

2. The hinge assembly of claim 1, wherein: the groove body is provided with a notch, and the protruding structure comprises a protruding strip arranged on the notch.

3. The hinge assembly of claim 2, wherein: the shape of the convex strip is matched with that of the notch.

4. The hinge assembly of claim 1, wherein: the groove body is provided with a notch; the protruding structure further comprises a protruding ring arranged on the shaft body, and the notch abuts against the protruding ring.

5. The hinge assembly of claim 4, wherein: the axis body with cell body matched with guide end, with the link that the guide end is relative, the bulge loop is located the link.

6. The hinge assembly of any one of claims 1-5, wherein: the tank body comprises a first tank body and a second tank body, and the shaft body comprises a first shaft body matched with the first tank body and a second shaft body matched with the second tank body; one of the first groove body and the first shaft body is arranged on the fixed hinge piece, and the other one of the first groove body and the first shaft body is arranged on the movable hinge piece; one of the second groove body and the second shaft body is arranged on the fixed hinge piece, and the other one of the second groove body and the second shaft body is arranged on the movable hinge piece.

7. The hinge assembly of claim 6, wherein: the first shaft body and the second shaft body are arranged on the fixed hinge part, and the first groove body and the second groove body are arranged on the movable hinge part.

8. The hinge assembly of claim 7, wherein: the first tank body comprises an initial position and a first stop position, and the second tank body comprises a first end, a second end, a first section and a second section which are arranged oppositely and connected between the first end and the second end; when the movable hinge piece is in a closed state, the first shaft body is in an initial position, the second shaft body is located at a first end, when the movable hinge piece is opened from the closed state to a first opening angle, the first shaft body is kept at the initial position, the second shaft body takes the first shaft body as a circle center and moves in the first section, and when the movable hinge piece is continuously opened from the first opening angle to a second opening angle, the second shaft body moves in the second section to drive the first shaft body to move from the initial position to the first stop position.

9. The hinge assembly of claim 8, wherein the first slot further comprises a pivot position located at a side of the initial position away from the first stop position, the second slot further comprises a third section and a fourth section located between the second section and the second end, when the movable hinge member is in a process of continuously opening from the second opening angle to the third opening angle, the second shaft moves in the third section to drive the first shaft to move from the first stop position to the pivot position, and when the movable hinge member is in a process of continuously opening from the third opening angle to the maximum opening angle, the first shaft is kept at the pivot position, and the second shaft moves in the fourth section around the first shaft.

10. A refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body used for opening or closing the refrigerator body, and a hinge assembly used for connecting the door body to the refrigerator body; the method is characterized in that: the hinge assembly is as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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