CN218598000U

CN218598000U - Stop assembly and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN218598000U
Application number: CN202222652592.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈仁杰; 何伟; 唐义亭; 魏建
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-09
Filing date: 2022-10-09
Publication date: 2023-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-09

Abstract

According to the stopping assembly and the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the stopping assembly comprises a hinge plate and a stopping piece, wherein the hinge plate comprises a main body part and a protruding part connected with the main body part, and a groove is formed by the protruding part and the main body part in an enclosing manner; the stop piece is rotatably connected with the hinge plate and comprises a fixing part and a bending part connected with the fixing part, the bending part is connected with the first end part of the fixing part and bends towards the second end part of the fixing part, and the third end part bends towards the fixing part; when the contained angle between the door body and the box was for predetermineeing the angle, third tip and bulge butt, the damping of appearance was felt in closing the door this moment, needs suitable increase external force just can make the third tip remove along the bulge and slide in the recess, and third tip and bulge joint, and the door body is closed completely this moment, and the process consumer of closing the door can experience the damping of closing the door and feel, has improved reliability and the user experience of closing the door.

Description

Backstop subassembly and refrigerator

Technical Field

The application belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a stop assembly and a refrigerator.

Background

With the development of science and technology and the improvement of living standard of people, refrigeration equipment such as refrigerators becomes essential electrical appliances in life of people, and the refrigerators can manufacture a low-temperature environment to store and keep food fresh. The door body and the box body of the refrigerator need to be tightly sealed so as to reduce leakage of cold air inside the refrigerator, and the reliability of closing the door of the refrigerator is especially important in the use process of the refrigerator.

In the prior art, a door body and a refrigerator body are generally connected together by a hinge, the door body rotates around the hinge shaft to open and close the door, and a structure for stopping the door body is further arranged on the refrigerator door body in order to prevent the door body from being closed untight or opened automatically. However, in the closing process of the existing refrigerator door body, the door closing damping feeling and the reliability are poor, and the use experience of a user is influenced.

Therefore, there is a need to provide an improved stop assembly to solve the above technical problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a backstop subassembly and refrigerator, can improve the damping sense and the reliability of closing the door of the refrigerator in-process of closing the door, and user experience feels better.

The embodiment of the application provides a backstop subassembly for connect the door body and the box of refrigerator, the backstop subassembly includes:

the hinge plate comprises a main body part and a protruding part connected with the main body part, and a groove is formed by the surrounding of the protruding part and the main body part;

the stop piece is rotationally connected with the hinge plate and comprises a fixed part and a bent part connected with the fixed part, the bent part is connected with a first end part of the fixed part and is bent towards a second end part of the fixed part, the second end part is opposite to the first end part, and the bent part comprises a third end part bent towards the fixed part; when the included angle between the door body and the box body is a preset angle, the third end portion is abutted to the protruding portion, and when the door body is closed, the bending portion is clamped with the protruding portion.

In some embodiments, the third end portion comprises a first surface formed by connecting a plurality of circular arcs in sequence.

In some embodiments, the protruding portion includes a second surface, the second surface includes a first circular arc, a first inclined plane, and a second circular arc that are connected in sequence, and when an included angle between the door body and the box body is a preset angle, the third end portion abuts against the second circular arc.

In some embodiments, the groove includes a groove wall, and the third end abuts against the groove wall when the door body is closed.

In some embodiments, a distance between the third end portion and the fixing portion is matched with a width of the protruding portion, and when the door body is completely closed, the protruding portion is located in a gap between the third end portion and the fixing portion.

In some embodiments, the preset angle is 19.5 °.

In some embodiments, the stopper further comprises a shaft sleeve connected with the fixing portion, and the hinge plate comprises a hinge shaft, and the shaft sleeve is sleeved on the hinge shaft to rotatably connect the stopper with the hinge plate.

In some embodiments, the body portion includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion, the hinge shaft is provided to the second portion, and the first portion is adapted to be connected to the cabinet.

In some embodiments, the first portion and the second portion are a unitary structure.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a refrigerator, including:

a box body;

the door body is connected with the box body;

the door body is rotatably connected to the box body through the stop component, and the stop component is the stop component in any one of the embodiments.

According to the stopping assembly and the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the stopping assembly comprises a hinge plate and a stopping piece, wherein the hinge plate comprises a main body part and a protruding part connected with the main body part, and a groove is formed by the protruding part and the main body part in an enclosing manner; the stop piece is rotationally connected with the hinge plate and comprises a fixed part and a bent part connected with the fixed part, the bent part is connected with the first end part of the fixed part and is bent towards the second end part of the fixed part, and the bent part comprises a third end part bent towards the fixed part; when the contained angle between the door body and the box was for predetermineeing the angle, third tip and bulge butt closed the door this moment and appear the damping, need suitably increase external force just can make the third tip remove along the bulge and slide in the recess, and third tip and bulge joint, the door body was closed completely this moment, and the process consumer of closing the door can experience the damping of closing the door and feel, has improved reliability and user experience of closing the door.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the application, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort.

For a more complete understanding of the present application and its advantages, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts in the following description.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a stop assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the stopper shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the hinge plate shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first state of the stop assembly according to the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a structural diagram of a second state of the stop assembly according to the embodiment of the present application.

Description of the reference numerals:

10. a hinge plate; 11. a main body part; 12. a projection; 13. a groove; 14. hinging shafts; 20. a stopper; 21. a fixed part; 22. a bent portion; 100. a stop assembly; 111. a first portion; 112. a second portion; 121. a second surface; 131. groove walls; 211. a shaft sleeve; 221. a third end portion; 212. a positioning column; 213. a first mounting hole; 1111. a third mounting hole; 2211. a first surface.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only a few embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without inventive step, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

In the related art, a door body and a refrigerator body are generally connected together by a hinge, the door body rotates around the hinge shaft to open and close the door, and in order to prevent the door body from being closed untight or opened automatically, a structure for stopping the door body is further arranged on the door body of the refrigerator. However, in the closing process of the existing refrigerator door body, the door closing damping feeling and the reliability are poor, and the use experience of a user is influenced.

The embodiment of the application provides a backstop subassembly and refrigerator, can improve the refrigerator and close the damping sense and the reliability of closing the door of door in-process, user experience feels better. The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a stop assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application, fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the stop assembly shown in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a hinge plate shown in fig. 1.

In the embodiment of the present application, the stopping assembly 100 includes a hinge plate 10 and a stopper 20, wherein the stopper 20 is rotatably connected to the hinge plate 10. Illustratively, the stopper 20 is provided with a bushing 211, the hinge plate 10 is provided with a hinge shaft 14, the bushing 211 is sleeved on one end of the hinge shaft 14 to rotatably connect the stopper 20 with the hinge plate 10, and the other end of the hinge shaft 14 is used for connecting the box body. The stopper 20 is connected to the door body, and the stopper 20 rotates about the hinge shaft 14 during the opening or closing of the door body.

The hinge plate 10 comprises a main body part 11 and a convex part 12 connected with the main body part 11, wherein the convex part 12 and the main body part 11 are enclosed to form a groove 13; the stopper 20 includes a fixing portion 21 and a bending portion 22 connected to the fixing portion 21, the bending portion 22 is connected to a first end of the fixing portion 21 and bends toward a second end of the fixing portion 21, the second end is opposite to the first end, and the third end 221 includes a third end 221 bending toward the fixing portion 21.

It should be noted that, during the closing process of the door body, the stopper 20 rotates along with the door body around the hinge shaft 14 along the closing direction, after the door body is closed to a certain angle, that is, when the included angle between the door body and the box body is a preset angle, the third end portion 221 abuts against the protruding portion 12 and generates an acting force opposite to the door closing direction, and at this time, door closing damping occurs when the door is closed. Because the bent part 22 of the stopper 20 has certain deformation performance, under the action of an external force, the third end part 221 moves along the protruding part 12 and slides into the groove 13, and at this time, the third end part 221 is clamped with the protruding part 12, and the door body is completely closed. After the door body is completely closed, the third end part 221 of the bending part 22 is buckled with the protruding part 12 to form self-locking, when no external force or small external force exists, the third end part 221 of the bending part 22 cannot be separated from the groove 13, and abnormal opening of the door body is effectively prevented, so that cold air of the refrigerator is prevented from leaking due to abnormal opening of the door body, the refrigerating performance of the refrigerator is improved, and the energy consumption of the refrigerator is reduced.

Preferably, the bent portion 22 is U-shaped, and the bent portion 22 and the fixing portion 21 are integrally formed, for example, the bent portion 22 and the fixing portion 21 are integrally formed by injection molding. By integrating the bent portion 22 and the fixing portion 21, the problems of high friction between components, high noise, easy loosening of components and the like in a split structure can be avoided, and the reliability of the stopper 20 in opening and closing the door can be ensured.

As shown in fig. 3, the main body 11 and the protrusion 12 are also an integral structure, and the protrusion 12 can be understood as a boss extending from the main body 11, and the main body 11 and the protrusion 12 enclose a groove 13. Wherein, the width dimension of the groove 13 is larger than the dimension of the end of the bending part 22, so that the groove 13 can accommodate the third end 221 of the bending part 22.

The groove 13 has a groove wall 131, and after the door body is completely closed, the third end 221 of the bending portion 22 is located in the groove 13 and abuts against the groove wall 131 of the groove 13. Since the third end 221 has a certain curvature, the third end 221 can be engaged with the protrusion 12 to achieve self-locking of the stopper 20 and the hinge plate 10.

In some embodiments, the distance between the third end 221 of the bending part 22 and the fixing part 21 is adapted to the width of the protruding part 12. When the door body is completely closed, the protruding portion 12 is located in the gap between the third end portion 221 and the fixing portion 21.

With continued reference to fig. 2 and 3, the third end portion 221 includes a first surface 2211, and the first surface 2211 is formed by connecting a plurality of circular arcs in sequence, and it can also be understood that the first surface 2211 is formed by smoothly transitioning the plurality of circular arcs. It should be noted that the first surface 2211 is formed by smooth transition of a plurality of arcs, which is beneficial to sliding the third end 221 into the groove 13 when the door is closed or releasing the third end 221 from the groove 13 when the door is opened, and can also reduce the abrasion of the end of the bending portion 22.

Further, the protruding portion 12 includes a second surface 121, and the second surface 121 includes a first circular arc, a first inclined plane, and a second circular arc connected in sequence. After the door body is closed to a certain angle, namely when the included angle between the door body and the box body is a preset angle, the third end part 221 of the bending part 22 is abutted to the second arc, the door is closed, damping occurs, under the action of external force, the third end part 221 of the bending part 22 moves along the first inclined plane and the second arc of the protruding part 12 and then slides into the groove 13, the third end part 221 of the bending part 22 is clamped with the protruding part 12, and the door body is completely closed at the moment. It should be noted that, in the door closing process, the consumer can feel the door closing damping feeling, and the door closing reliability and the user experience are improved.

It should be noted that the curvature of the end of the bent portion 22 and the inclination angle of the inclined surface of the protruding portion 12 are related to the damping when the door is closed, the damping when the door is closed needs to be within an appropriate range, and the curvature of the end of the bent portion 22 and the inclination angle of the inclined surface of the protruding portion 12 can be adjusted according to the actual situation.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a first state of a stop assembly provided in the embodiment of the present application, and fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a second state of the stop assembly provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The first state shown in fig. 4 can be understood as a state when an included angle between the door body and the cabinet is a preset angle, that is, during the closing process of the door body, the stopper 20 rotates around the hinge shaft 14 along with the door body along the closing direction, and after the door body is closed to a certain angle, the third end 221 of the bending portion 22 abuts against the protruding portion 12 and generates an acting force opposite to the door closing direction, and at this time, door closing damping occurs. The door body is not completely closed at the time, but the door body can be closed only under the action of external force, namely, the door closing damping is properly increased, and the door closing reliability is improved.

The second state shown in fig. 5 can be understood as a state where the door body is completely closed, and at this time, the third end 221 of the bending portion 22 slides into the groove 13 of the hinge plate 10, and the third end 221 of the bending portion 22 is buckled with the protruding portion 12 to form self-locking, when there is no external force or the external force is small, the third end 221 of the bending portion 22 cannot be separated from the groove 13, so as to prevent the door body from automatically opening to cause leakage of cold air.

In some embodiments, the predetermined angle between the door and the box may be 19.5 °. That is to say, when the door body of refrigerator is closed to the contained angle between the door body and the box is 19.5 °, the third end 221 of kink 22 and bulge 12 butt and produce the effort opposite with the door closing direction this moment, appear closing the door damping promptly, at this moment, need under the exogenic action, the third end 221 of kink 22 just can slide and block in the recess 13 along the second surface 121 of bulge 12 for the door body closes completely, realizes better effect of closing the door.

It can be understood that when the door body is closed to the extent that the included angle between the door body and the refrigerator body is 19.5 degrees, the door closing damping can reduce the door closing speed to prevent the door body of the refrigerator from colliding with the refrigerator body, and when the included angle exceeds 19.5 degrees, the door body of the refrigerator is freely opened without any limitation, and the door opening speed is relatively high. In other embodiments, the preset angle may be further selected according to specific design requirements, for example, the preset angle may also be set to any one of different angles such as 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this application.

Preferably, the preset angle range of the included angle between the door body and the box body is smaller than or equal to 45 degrees.

Further, when the door body needs to be opened, a certain force is applied to the door body, so that the third end portion 221 is pulled out of the groove 13. In the door opening process, the stopper 20 rotates along with the door about the hinge shaft 14 in the door opening direction until the door is opened to a desired angle.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in the embodiment of the present application, the shaft sleeve 211 is connected to the fixing portion 21, and preferably, the shaft sleeve 211 and the fixing portion 21 are formed as an integral structure. The fixing portion 21 is provided with a positioning column 212 and a first mounting hole 213, the door body is correspondingly provided with a positioning hole and a second mounting hole, the positioning column 212 is mounted in the positioning hole, and meanwhile, the fastening member is mounted in the first mounting hole 213 and the second mounting hole so as to fix the stopper 20 on the door body. In the present embodiment, the fastening member is a screw, but may have another structure in other embodiments, and is not limited thereto.

The body 11 includes a first portion 111 and a second portion 112 connected to the first portion 111, the first portion 111 is used for connecting to the box, and the second portion 112 is used for connecting to the stopper 20. The first portion 111 and the second portion 112 are integrally formed, and the first portion 111 is perpendicular to the second portion 112. In other embodiments, the first portion 111 and the second portion 112 may be connected by fasteners such as screws, bolts, etc.

Wherein, the hinge shaft 14 is arranged on the second part 112, and the shaft sleeve 211 of the stopper 20 is sleeved on the hinge shaft 14 of the hinge plate 10, so that the stopper 20 is rotatably connected with the hinge plate 10. The first portion 111 is provided with a plurality of third mounting holes 1111 at intervals, the case is correspondingly provided with a plurality of fourth mounting holes, and fasteners are mounted in the third mounting holes 1111 and the third mounting holes 1111 to fix the hinge plate 10 to the case. Wherein the fastener may be a screw.

The embodiment of the application further provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a stop assembly 100, wherein the door body is rotatably connected to the refrigerator body through the stop assembly 100, and the stop assembly 100 is the stop assembly 100 in any embodiment. The refrigerator that this application embodiment provided can improve the damping sense of closing the door in-process and close the door reliability, and user experience feels better.

In summary, according to the stopper assembly 100 and the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application, the stopper assembly 100 includes the hinge plate 10 and the stopper 20, wherein the hinge plate 10 includes the main body portion 11 and the protruding portion 12 connected to the main body portion 11, and the protruding portion 12 and the main body portion 11 enclose to form the groove 13; the stopper 20 is rotatably connected to the hinge plate 10, the stopper 20 includes a fixing portion 21 and a bending portion 22 connected to the fixing portion 21, the bending portion 22 is connected to a first end of the fixing portion 21 and bends toward a second end of the fixing portion 21, and the bending portion 22 includes a third end 221 bending toward the fixing portion 21; when the included angle between the door body and the box body is a preset angle, the third end portion 221 abuts against the protruding portion 12, damping occurs when the door is closed, external force needs to be properly increased to enable the third end portion 221 to move along the protruding portion 12 and slide into the groove 13, the third end portion 221 is connected with the protruding portion 12 in a clamped mode, the door body is completely closed at the moment, a consumer can feel damping of the door when the door is closed, and the reliability of the door is closed and the user experience are improved.

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

The stopper assembly and the refrigerator provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail above, and the principles and embodiments of the present application are explained herein by applying specific examples, and the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, the specific implementation manner and the application scope may be changed, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a backstop subassembly for connect the door body and the box of refrigerator, its characterized in that includes:

2. The stop assembly of claim 1, wherein said third end portion comprises a first surface formed by a plurality of circular arcs connected in series.

3. The stop assembly according to claim 2, wherein the protruding portion includes a second surface, the second surface includes a first arc, a first slope, and a second arc connected in sequence, and when an included angle between the door body and the box body is a preset angle, the third end portion abuts against the second arc.

4. The stop assembly of claim 1, wherein the recess includes a slot wall, the third end abutting the slot wall when the door is closed.

5. The stop assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a distance between the third end portion and the fixing portion is adapted to a width of the protruding portion, and when the door body is completely closed, the protruding portion is located in a gap between the third end portion and the fixing portion.

6. Stop assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said preset angle is 19.5 °.

7. The stop assembly of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the stop member further comprises a bushing connected to the fixing portion, the hinge plate comprises an articulated shaft, and the bushing is sleeved to the articulated shaft to rotatably connect the stop member to the hinge plate.

8. The stop assembly of claim 7, wherein said body portion comprises a first portion and a second portion connected to said first portion, said hinge axis being disposed at said second portion, said first portion being adapted to be connected to said housing.

9. The stop assembly of claim 8, wherein the first portion is a unitary structure with the second portion.

10. A refrigerator, characterized in that the refrigerator comprises:

a box body;

the door body is connected with the box body;

the door body is rotatably connected to the box body through the stop assembly, and the stop assembly is as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.