CN218915545U - Drawer assembly and refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a drawer assembly and a refrigerator with the drawer assembly, wherein the drawer assembly comprises: the drawer is slidably mounted on the base along the first direction, the locking mechanism comprises a locking piece and a stopping piece, the locking piece is rotatably mounted on the base, the stopping piece is fixedly mounted on the refrigerator body, the locking piece is provided with an abutting portion, when the drawer slides to the first position along the second direction, the locking piece can be driven to rotate to avoid the stopping piece, the base can drive the drawer to move into the refrigerator body along the first direction, when the drawer slides to the second position along the second direction, the locking piece can rotate to the stopping position, the abutting portion can be stopped by the stopping piece when moving towards the refrigerator body along the first direction, and accordingly the side wall of the refrigerator body can be prevented from being bumped by the sliding of the base.

Description

Drawer assembly and refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigerators, in particular to a drawer assembly and a refrigerator.

Background

In the related art, one end of a drawer of a part of the refrigerator is directly connected to a door body, the drawer can be driven to move out of or move into an inner cavity of the refrigerator through the door body of the refrigerator, in order to facilitate taking and placing objects from the drawer, the applicant has developed a drawer structure capable of sliding left and right, when the drawer is pulled out of the inner cavity of the refrigerator, the drawer can also slide left or right, if the drawer slides left or right, a user can carelessly push the door body to move towards the inner cavity, so that the drawer is driven to collide with the side wall of the refrigerator, and the drawer or the refrigerator body of the refrigerator is damaged.

Disclosure of Invention

The present utility model aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides the drawer assembly, which can prevent the drawer assembly from striking the box body due to misoperation of a user.

The utility model further provides a refrigerator with the drawer assembly.

A drawer assembly according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present utility model includes:

a base slidably mounted to a cabinet of the refrigerator in a first direction;

a drawer slidably mounted to the base in a second direction, the drawer being slidable from a first position to a second position in the second direction;

the locking mechanism comprises a locking piece and a stop piece, the locking piece is rotatably arranged on the base and provided with an abutting part, and the stop piece is arranged on the box body;

when the drawer slides to the first position, the drawer can drive the locking piece to rotate to an avoidance position, so that the abutting part can avoid the stop piece when moving towards the box body along the first direction; when the drawer slides to the second position, the locking piece can rotate to a blocking position, so that the abutting part can be blocked by the stop piece when moving towards the box body along the first direction.

The drawer assembly provided by the embodiment of the utility model has at least the following beneficial effects: the base is slidably mounted on the refrigerator body along a first direction, the drawer is slidably mounted on the base along a second direction, the locking mechanism comprises a locking piece and a stopping piece, the locking piece is rotatably mounted on the base, the stopping piece is fixedly mounted on the refrigerator body, the locking piece is provided with an abutting part, when the drawer slides to a first position along the second direction, the locking piece can be driven to rotate to an avoiding position at the same time, and therefore the abutting part can avoid the stopping piece when moving towards the refrigerator body along the first direction; when the drawer slides to the second position, the locking piece can rotate to the blocking position, so that the abutting part can be blocked by the blocking piece when moving towards the box body along the first direction, and the base can be prevented from driving the drawer to slide and collide with the side wall of the box body.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the locking mechanism further comprises a mounting base and a rotating shaft, wherein the mounting base is mounted on the base, and the locking piece is rotatably mounted on the mounting base through the rotating shaft.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the mounting seat is provided with a limiting hole, the locking piece is provided with a limiting rod, and the limiting rod can be arranged in the limiting hole in a penetrating manner so as to limit the rotation angle of the locking piece.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, an adjusting portion is disposed at an end of the locking member away from the abutting portion, and the drawer can push the adjusting portion to drive the locking member to rotate to the avoiding position.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the locking mechanism further includes an elastic member, wherein a fixed end of the elastic member is connected to the mounting seat, and a movable end of the elastic member abuts against the adjusting portion and can drive the adjusting portion to rotate to the blocking position.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the mounting seat is mounted at the lower end of the base, the base is provided with an avoidance hole for the adjusting part to pass through, and the drawer is mounted at the upper end of the base and can push the adjusting part to rotate to the avoidance position.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the drawer is provided with a press block cooperating with the adjusting part, the press block being able to press down the adjusting part when the drawer is slid to the first position.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the end of the adjusting part facing the pressing block is provided with an arc-shaped guiding end.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, in the second direction, both sides of the press block are provided with inclined guide walls.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, a mounting plate is connected to the bottom end of the drawer, and the pressing block is mounted on the mounting plate.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the base is provided with a first rail along the second direction, and the drawer is connected to the first rail through the mounting plate.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the base is provided with a recess for mounting to the first rail, and the relief hole is provided in a bottom wall of the recess.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first sliding rail is provided with a plurality of first sliding rails, and the plurality of first sliding rails are arranged on the base at intervals.

An embodiment of a refrigerator according to a second aspect of the present utility model includes: the drawer assembly comprises a box body and the drawer assembly of the first aspect embodiment, wherein the box body is provided with a second sliding rail along the first direction, and the drawer assembly is installed on the second sliding rail.

The refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the utility model has at least the following beneficial effects: after the drawer assembly slides out of the box body along the second sliding rail, when the drawer slides to the second position, the locking mechanism can limit the base to slide along the second sliding rail, so that the base can be prevented from driving the drawer to slide and collide with the side wall of the box body.

According to the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the refrigerator further comprises a refrigerator body, the refrigerator body is provided with a second sliding rail along the first direction, and the drawer assembly is mounted on the second sliding rail.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

The utility model is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a drawer assembly according to one embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model (a drawer is located at a first position);

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model (a drawer is located at a second position);

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a portion of a locking structure (the locking member rotates to the retracted position) according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a part of a locking structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model (the locking member rotates to the blocking position).

Reference numerals:

a drawer assembly 100;

a base 110; a first slide rail 111; a recess 112;

a drawer 120; a briquette 121; a mounting plate 122;

a locking mechanism 130; a locking member 131; an abutment 1311; an adjusting section 1312; a guide end 1313; a stop lever 1314; a stopper 132; a mount 133; a stopper hole 1331; a rotating shaft 134;

a refrigerator 200; a case 210; a door 220; and a second slide rail 230.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that references to orientation descriptions such as upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description of the present utility model and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, a number means one or more, a number means two or more, and greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood to not include the present number, and above, below, within, etc. are understood to include the present number. The description of the first and second is for the purpose of distinguishing between technical features only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present utility model, unless explicitly defined otherwise, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection, etc. should be construed broadly and the specific meaning of the terms in the present utility model can be reasonably determined by a person skilled in the art in combination with the specific contents of the technical scheme.

It should be noted that, one end of the drawer in some refrigerator inner chambers can be directly connected to the door body, the drawer can be driven to move out of or move into the refrigerator inner chambers through the refrigerator door body, and in order to be convenient for take and put articles from the drawer, the drawer is generally arranged to be of a left-right sliding structure, when the drawer is pulled out, the drawer can slide leftwards or rightwards so as to take and put articles from the drawer, if the drawer slides leftwards or rightwards, a user can carelessly push the door body and move towards the inner chambers when going to put articles, and accordingly the drawer can be driven to move towards the inner chambers of the refrigerator body so as to collide with the side walls of the refrigerator, and the drawer or the door body is damaged.

To solve the above-mentioned problem, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present application provides a drawer assembly, slidable mounting in the box of refrigerator, after the door body of refrigerator drives drawer roll-off box, and after the drawer continues to slide left or right, the drawer assembly can carry out the auto-lock to can avoid the problem emergence of drawer collision box lateral wall because of pushing the door body and leading to.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in some embodiments of the present utility model, a drawer assembly 100 includes a chassis 110, a drawer 120, and a locking mechanism 130. The base 110 is slidably mounted in the case 210 of the refrigerator 200 along a first direction, the drawer 120 is slidably mounted in the base 110 along a second direction, the locking mechanism 130 includes a locking member 131 and a stop member 132, the locking member 131 is rotatably mounted in the base 110, the stop member 132 is fixedly mounted in the case 210 of the refrigerator 200, the locking member 131 is provided with an abutting portion 1311, when the drawer 120 slides to a first position along the second direction, the locking member 131 can be driven to rotate to an avoiding position, so that the abutting portion 1311 can avoid the stop member 132 when moving towards the case 210 along the first direction, namely, the base 110 can drive the drawer 120 to move into the case 210 along the first direction, when the drawer 120 slides to a second position along the second direction, the locking member 131 can rotate to a blocking position, so that the abutting portion 1311 can be blocked by the stop member 132 when moving towards the case 210 along the first direction, and if the base 110 is pushed, the locking member 131 can abut against the stop member 132, thereby limiting the base 110 to slide continuously, and the drawer 110 can be driven to collide with the side wall of the case 210.

It should be further noted that, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the refrigerator 200 includes a door 220, one end of the base 110 is fixedly connected to the door 220, so that a user can drive the base 110 to slide along a first direction by pulling or pushing the door 220, so as to drive the drawer assembly 100 to slide along the first direction, that is, the drawer assembly 100 can be driven to slide into the box 210 along the first direction by pushing the door 220, and the door 220 can cover the open end of the box 210, and can also pull the door 220 so as to drive the drawer assembly 100 to slide out of the box 210 along the first direction, so that the user can take out an article from the drawer 120 or put the article into the drawer 120. It should be further noted that, the width of the opening end of the case 210 along the second direction is matched with the width of the drawer 120, so that when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the drawer 120 can slide into the case 210, and when the drawer 120 slides to the second position, one end of the drawer 120 collides against a side wall of the case 210 when the drawer 120 slides along the first direction, which easily causes the drawer 120 to be damaged.

It should be noted that, when the drawer 120 moves toward the first moving position along the second direction, the drawer 120 can drive the locking member 131 to rotate clockwise and rotate the locking member 131 to the avoiding position; when the drawer 120 moves in the second direction toward the second position, the locking member 131 can rotate counterclockwise to the blocking position.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 4, it should be further noted that, after the drawer assembly 100 slides out of the case 210 along the first direction, when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the drawer 120 may also slide on the base 110 along the second direction, that is, the drawer 120 slides from the first position to the second position along the second direction, when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the locking member 131 is in a yielding position, and the abutting portion 1311 of the locking member 131 can avoid the stop member 132, that is, the abutting portion 1311 rotates to be located at the upper side of the stop member 132, and when the user pushes the door 220 along the first direction, the drawer assembly 100 can be smoothly pushed into the case 210; referring to fig. 3 and 5, when the drawer 120 slides from the first position to the second position along the second direction, the locking member 131 can rotate counterclockwise to the blocking position, that is, the abutting portion 1311 rotates downward from top to bottom for a certain distance, so that when the door 220 drives the base 110 to slide toward the inside of the case 210 along the first direction, the abutting portion 1311 can abut against the stop member 132, so as to limit the base 110 to slide continuously, and avoid the drawer 120 from being damaged due to the drawer 120 colliding with the side wall of the case 210; referring to fig. 2 and 4, when the drawer 120 slides from the second position to the first position, the drawer 120 can drive the locking member 131 to rotate to the avoiding position, i.e. the abutting portion 1311 rotates a distance from bottom to top, so that the abutting portion 1311 can avoid the stop member 132, i.e. the abutting portion 1311 is located at the upper side of the stop member 132, and at this time, a user pushes the door 220 along the first direction to smoothly push the drawer assembly 100 into the case 210.

It should be further noted that, the drawers 120 may be vertically provided with multiple layers, for example, two layers, three layers or four layers may be provided, and the multiple layers of drawers 120 may be simultaneously driven by the door 220 to slide out of or slide into the box 210 along the first direction, where, among the multiple drawers 120, the drawer 120 located at the lowest layer may be provided with a structure capable of sliding along the second direction, so that when a user pulls the multiple layers of drawers 120 through the door 220 and slides out of the box 210 along the first direction, the drawer 120 at the lowest layer may slide from the first position to the second position, so that blocking of the drawer 120 at the upper layer may be avoided, and convenience may be brought to the user to take out the article from the drawer 120 or put the article into the drawer 120. It should be noted that, the plurality of drawers 120 may be configured to be slidable along the second direction, for example, two layers, three layers, or four layers, so that the user may take out the articles from the drawers 120 or put the articles into the drawers 120, which may be the case, and is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 1, 4 and 5, in some embodiments of the present utility model, the locking mechanism 130 further includes a mounting base 133 and a rotating shaft 134, the mounting base 133 is fixedly mounted on the base 110, and the locking member 131 is rotatably mounted on the mounting base 133 by penetrating the mounting base 133 and the locking member 131 through the rotating shaft 134, respectively, so as to be rotatably mounted on the base 110. It should be noted that, one end of the locking member 131 is the abutting portion 1311, and one end of the locking member 131 away from the abutting portion 1311 is the adjusting portion 1312, it is understood that the abutting portion 1311 and the adjusting portion 1312 are respectively located at two sides of the rotating shaft 134, when the drawer 120 slides from the second position to the first position, the bottom end of the drawer 120 can abut against the adjusting portion 1312, and push the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate clockwise, that is, push the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate from top to bottom, so as to drive the other end abutting portion 1311 of the locking member 131 to rotate to avoid the stop member 132, so that the user can push the drawer assembly 100 into the box 210 smoothly when pushing the door 220 along the first direction.

It should be further noted that, the base 110 is provided with a hole of dodging along the thickness direction, the mount pad 133 is fixedly mounted at the lower end of the base 110, the adjusting portion 1312 can be disposed in the hole of dodging of the base 110 in a penetrating manner, the drawer 120 is slidably mounted at the upper end of the base 110 along the second direction, so that the bottom of the drawer 120 can abut against the adjusting portion 1312, and the adjusting portion 1312 can be pushed to rotate to avoid the yielding position, so that the abutting portion 1311 can be driven to rotate to avoid the yielding position to avoid the stop member 132.

The mounting base 133 is provided with a plurality of mounting holes at intervals, and one end of a fastener such as a screw or a bolt is inserted into the mounting holes and fixedly connected to the base 110.

It should be further noted that the rotating shaft 134 and the locking member 131 may be integrally formed, so that the manufacturing process and the installation step can be simplified, or the installation seat 133 is provided with an installation groove, and the rotating shaft 134 is respectively inserted into two opposite side walls of the locking member 131 and the installation groove, so that the locking member 131 can rotate around the rotating shaft 134.

The stopper 132 may have a plate-like structure, a rod-like structure, or the like, and the stopper 132 is fixedly attached to the case 210 and is capable of being engaged with the abutting portion 1311 of the locking member 131.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in some embodiments of the present utility model, the mounting base 133 is provided with a limiting hole 1331, the locking member 131 is provided with a limiting rod 1314 facing the limiting hole 1331, and the limiting rod 1314 is disposed on a side close to the adjusting portion 1312, that is, the rotating shaft 134 and the adjusting portion 1312 are located on two sides of the limiting rod 1314, and the limiting rod 1314 is inserted into the limiting hole 1331 to limit the rotation angle of the locking member 131. It should be noted that, the limiting hole 1331 may be a circular hole with a diameter larger than that of the limiting rod 1314, or may be a bar-shaped hole, the limiting rod 1314 may rotate along the limiting hole 1331, and the limiting rod 1314 may abut against an upper inner wall or a lower inner wall of the limiting hole 1331, that is, when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the bottom of the drawer 120 may abut against the adjusting portion 1312 of the locking member 131 and push the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate clockwise, so as to drive the limiting rod 1314 to rotate clockwise, so that the limiting rod 1314 may abut against a lower inner wall of the limiting hole 1331 to limit the continued rotation of the locking member 131, and keep the locking member 131 stable; when the drawer 120 slides to the second position, the bottom of the drawer 120 can be separated from the adjusting portion 1312, at this time, the locking member 131 can rotate counterclockwise, so as to drive the stop lever 1314 to rotate counterclockwise, and the stop lever 1314 can abut against the upper inner wall of the stop hole 1331, so as to limit the continuous rotation of the locking member 131, and keep the locking member 131 stable.

It should be noted that, the mounting base 133 is provided with a mounting groove, one side of the locking member 131, which is close to the adjusting portion 1312, is disposed in the mounting groove, and along the second direction, both opposite sides of the mounting groove are provided with limiting holes 1331, two opposite ends of the locking member 131 are respectively provided with a limiting rod 1314 toward the limiting holes 1331, and the two limiting rods 1314 can respectively penetrate through the corresponding limiting holes 1331.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, in some embodiments of the present utility model, a pressing block 121 is mounted at the bottom of the drawer 120 to be matched with the adjusting portion 1312, and when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the pressing block 121 can press down the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate the locking member 131 clockwise. When the drawer 120 is located at the first position, an arc-shaped guiding end 1313 is disposed at an end of the adjusting portion 1312 facing the pressing piece 121, so that the pressing piece 121 can smoothly abut against the adjusting portion 1312 and push the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate clockwise when the drawer 120 slides from the second position to the first position. It will be appreciated that the arcuate guide end 1313 may also be provided at the end of the compact 121 facing the adjustment 1312.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, inclined guide walls may be disposed on two opposite sides of the pressing block along the second direction, where the guide walls on two sides gradually incline from top to bottom toward the middle, when the drawer 120 slides from the second position to the first position, the guide walls of the pressing block 121 may abut against the adjusting portion 1312, and the drawer 120 continues to slide toward the first position, and the guide walls may press the adjusting portion 1312, that is, drive the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate clockwise, so as to drive the abutting portion 1311 to rotate clockwise to stagger the stopper 132. The pressing block 121 can smoothly slide the drawer 120 to the first position by providing the guide wall. It should be noted that, the opposite sides of the pressing block 121 are both provided with guide walls in an inclined manner, so that the drawer 120 slides to the second position in the first direction to the left or right, and then slides smoothly from the second position to the first position, and drives the abutting portion 1311 to rotate clockwise to stagger the stop member 132.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the locking mechanism 130 further includes a fixed end of an elastic member connected to the mounting base 133, a movable end abutting against the adjusting portion 1312, and the elastic member has a tendency to drive the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate counterclockwise, so when the drawer 120 slides to the second position along the second direction, the bottom of the drawer 120 is separated from the adjusting portion 1312, so that the elastic member can drive the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate counterclockwise to drive the abutting portion 1311 to rotate counterclockwise, so as to be flush with the stop member 132, and at this time, the abutting portion 1311 can abut against the stop member 132 when the door 220 of the refrigerator 200 is pushed in the first direction.

It should be noted that, the elastic member may be a torsion spring, the torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft 134, and the fixed end of the torsion spring is abutted to the mounting seat 133, the movable end is abutted to one side of the locking member 131 close to the adjusting portion 1312, and has a tendency of driving the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate anticlockwise, so that when the bottom of the drawer 120 is separated from the adjusting portion 1312, the torsion spring can drive the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate anticlockwise, so as to drive the abutting portion 1311 to rotate anticlockwise, and thus the drawer is flush with the stop member 132. It should be further noted that, the elastic member may also be a cylindrical compression spring, where one end of the spring abuts against the base 110, the other end abuts against the adjusting portion 1312, and the spring has a tendency of driving the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate counterclockwise, so that when the bottom of the drawer 120 is separated from the adjusting portion 1312, the torsion spring can drive the adjusting portion 1312 to rotate counterclockwise, so as to drive the abutting portion 1311 to rotate counterclockwise, and thus the spring can be flush with the stop member 132. Of course, the elastic member may have other structures, and only needs to be capable of driving the abutting portion 1311 to rotate counterclockwise, so that the abutting portion 1311 can be flush with the stop member 132, and the specific structure and the mounting manner of the elastic member may be determined according to practical situations, which are not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present utility model, a mounting plate 122 is mounted at the bottom of the drawer 120, and it should be further noted that the mounting plate 122 may be clamped to the bottom of the drawer 120, a pressing block 121 is mounted at an end of the mounting plate 122 facing away from the drawer 120, and the pressing block 121 may be connected to the mounting plate 122 by a fastener such as a screw or a bolt.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present utility model, the base 110 is provided with a first sliding rail 111 along a second direction, and the mounting plate 122 is fixedly mounted on the first sliding rail and can slide along the first sliding rail 111, so as to drive the drawer 120 to slide to the first position or the second position. It should be noted that, the first sliding rail 111 includes a fixed rail and a movable rail, the fixed rail is fixedly mounted at one end of the base 110 facing the mounting plate 122, the movable rail is slidably connected to the fixed rail, and the mounting plate 122 is fixedly connected to the movable rail by a fastener such as a screw or a bolt. It should be noted that, the plurality of first sliding rails 111 may be provided, the plurality of first sliding rails 111 are disposed at intervals on the base 110, and the mounting plate 122 is connected to the plurality of first sliding rails 111 to improve the sliding stability of the drawer 120 along the second direction, for example, two or three first sliding rails 111 may be provided, which may be determined according to practical situations, and the present utility model is not limited herein, and only needs to enable the drawer 120 to stably slide.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the base 110 is provided with a recess 112, two ends of the recess 112 are open along the second direction, the first sliding rail 111 is installed in the recess 112, the escape hole for penetrating the adjusting portion 1312 is disposed through the bottom wall of the recess 112, and the escape hole is located at one side of the first sliding rail 111. It should be noted that, the fixed rail of the first sliding rail 111 is fixedly installed in the recess 112, and the movable rail is slidably connected to the fixed rail and can slide out from an opening at one end of the recess 112 to drive the drawer 120 to slide. It should be further noted that the recess 112 is provided with a plurality of first sliding rails 111, and the first sliding rails 111 are respectively installed in one recess 112 in a one-to-one correspondence to the number and positions of the first sliding rails 111. It should be noted that, the openings at two ends of the recess 112 may be respectively provided with a foldable baffle, the lower end of the baffle is rotatably installed at the bottom of the recess 112, when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the movable rail of the first sliding rail 111 is also located in the recess 112, and at this time, the baffle can block the opening, so as to improve the overall aesthetic property of the drawer 120 assembly 100; when the drawer 120 slides from the first position to the second position, one end of the movable rail can push the shutter to turn outwards, so that part of the movable rail can slide out of the recess 112. It will be appreciated that the shutter may be rotatably coupled to the recess 112 by a rotatable lever and may have a tendency to rotate toward the opening of the recess 112 by a torsion spring, so that the movable rail slides completely into the recess 112 and the shutter may automatically rotate to block the opening of the recess 112.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the refrigerator 200 according to the second aspect of the embodiment of the present utility model includes a case 210 and the drawer assembly 100 according to the embodiment of the first aspect, wherein the second sliding rail 230 is mounted on the inner cavity of the case 210 along the first direction, and the drawer assembly 100 is slidably connected to the second sliding rail 230, so as to be capable of sliding along the first direction. After the drawer assembly 100 slides out of the case 210 along the second sliding rail 230, when the drawer 120 slides to the second position, the locking mechanism 130 can limit the base 110 to slide along the second sliding rail 230, so as to avoid the base 110 driving the drawer 120 to slide and collide with the side wall of the case 210.

It should be noted that, a plurality of second sliding rails 230 may be disposed in the inner cavity of the box 210 at intervals, and the base 110 is connected to the plurality of second sliding rails 230 to improve the sliding stability of the drawer 120 along the first direction, for example, two or three second sliding rails 230 may be disposed, which may be determined according to practical situations, and the present utility model is not limited herein, and only needs to enable the drawer 120 to stably slide. The second sliding rail 230 has the same structure as the first sliding rail 111, that is, the second sliding rail 230 also includes a fixed rail and a movable rail, the fixed rail is fixedly mounted in the inner cavity of the box 210, the movable rail is slidably connected to the fixed rail, and the base 110 can be fixedly connected to the movable rail by fasteners such as screws or bolts.

It should be noted that, the refrigerator 200 further includes a door 220, the outer end of the base 110 of the drawer assembly 100 is fixedly connected to the door 220, a user may drive the base 110 to slide along the first direction by pulling or pushing the door 220, so as to drive the drawer assembly 100 to slide along the first direction, that is, the drawer assembly 100 may be driven to slide into the box 210 along the first direction by pushing the door 220, and the door 220 may cover the opening end of the box 210, and may also pull the door 220 so as to drive the drawer assembly 100 to slide out of the box 210 along the first direction, so that the user may take and put objects.

It should be further noted that, after the drawer assembly 100 slides out of the case 210 along the first direction, the drawer 120 is located at the first position, and the drawer 120 may also slide on the base 110 along the second direction, that is, the drawer 120 slides from the first position to the second position along the second direction, when the drawer 120 is located at the first position, the abutting portion 1311 of the locking member 131 may avoid the stop member 132, that is, the abutting portion 1311 is located at the upper side of the stop member 132, and at this time, pushing the door 220 along the first direction may smoothly push the drawer assembly 100 into the case 210; referring to fig. 3 and 5, when the drawer 120 slides from the first position to the second position along the second direction, the locking member 131 can rotate anticlockwise, that is, the abutting portion 1311 rotates downwards for a certain distance from top to bottom, so that the abutting portion 1311 of the locking member 131 can be flush with the stop member 132, and when the door 220 is pushed to drive the base 110 to slide towards the inside of the box 210 along the first direction, the abutting portion 1311 can abut against the stop member 132, so that the base 110 can be limited to slide continuously, and the drawer 120 is prevented from being damaged due to collision of the drawer 120 to the side wall of the box 210; referring to fig. 2 and 4, when the drawer 120 slides from the second position to the first position, the drawer 120 can drive the locking member 131 to rotate clockwise, i.e. the abutting portion 1311 rotates a distance from bottom to top, so that the abutting portion 1311 can avoid the stop member 132, i.e. the abutting portion 1311 is located on the upper side of the stop member 132, and at this time, a user pushes the door 220 along the first direction to smoothly push the drawer assembly 100 into the case 210.

The embodiments of the present utility model have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present utility model is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present utility model.

Claims (15)

1. A drawer assembly, comprising:

a base slidably mounted to a cabinet of the refrigerator in a first direction;

a drawer slidably mounted to the base in a second direction, the drawer being slidable from a first position to a second position in the second direction;

the locking mechanism comprises a locking piece and a stop piece, the locking piece is rotatably arranged on the base and provided with an abutting part, and the stop piece is arranged on the box body;

when the drawer slides to the first position, the drawer can drive the locking piece to rotate to an avoidance position, so that the abutting part can avoid the stop piece when moving towards the box body along the first direction; when the drawer slides to the second position, the locking piece can rotate to a blocking position, so that the abutting part can be blocked by the stop piece when moving towards the box body along the first direction.

2. The drawer assembly of claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a mounting base and a spindle, the mounting base is mounted to the base, and the locking member is rotatably mounted to the mounting base via the spindle.

3. The drawer assembly of claim 2, wherein the mounting base is provided with a limiting hole, the locking member is provided with a limiting rod, and the limiting rod can be inserted through the limiting hole to limit the rotation angle of the locking member.

4. The drawer assembly of claim 2, wherein an end of the locking member remote from the abutment is provided with an adjustment portion, and the drawer is capable of pushing the adjustment portion to drive the locking member to rotate to the retracted position.

5. The drawer assembly of claim 4, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises an elastic member, a fixed end of the elastic member is connected to the mounting seat, and a movable end of the elastic member abuts against the adjusting portion and can drive the adjusting portion to rotate to the blocking position.

6. The drawer assembly of claim 4, wherein the mounting base is mounted at a lower end of the base, the base is provided with a avoidance hole through which the adjusting portion passes, and the drawer is mounted at an upper end of the base and is capable of pushing the adjusting portion to rotate to the avoidance position.

7. The drawer assembly of claim 6, wherein the drawer is provided with a press block that cooperates with the adjustment portion, the press block being capable of depressing the adjustment portion when the drawer is slid to the first position.

8. The drawer assembly of claim 7, wherein an end of the adjustment portion facing the press block is provided with an arcuate guide end.

9. The drawer assembly of claim 7, wherein in the second direction, the press block is provided with sloped guide walls on both sides.

10. The drawer assembly of claim 7, wherein the bottom end of the drawer is connected to a mounting plate, and the press block is mounted to the mounting plate.

11. The drawer assembly of claim 10, wherein the base is provided with a first rail along the second direction, the drawer being connected to the first rail by the mounting plate.

12. The drawer assembly of claim 11, wherein the base is provided with a recess for mounting to the first rail, and the relief hole is provided in a bottom wall of the recess.

13. The drawer assembly of claim 11, wherein the first rail is provided in plurality, and the plurality of first rails are disposed at intervals on the base.

14. A refrigerator comprising a drawer assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13.

15. The refrigerator of claim 14, further comprising a cabinet having a second rail along the first direction, the drawer assembly being mounted to the second rail.

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