CN219346893U

CN219346893U - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Info

Publication number: CN219346893U
Application number: CN202320017079.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 候军强; 徐文志; 王青彬
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-01-04
Filing date: 2023-01-04
Publication date: 2023-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-04

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigerator, which comprises an inner container with a storage compartment and a drawer assembly, wherein the storage compartment is provided with a forward compartment opening, the inner container comprises two side walls, a first roller piece and a drawer slide bar which are oppositely arranged along the transverse direction, the drawer slide bar is arranged on the inner side of the side walls in an extending manner along the front-back direction, the drawer assembly is provided with two sliding rails which are oppositely arranged along the transverse direction, the sliding rails are in sliding connection with the drawer slide bar, and the first roller piece is arranged on the inner side of the side walls or the inner side of the drawer slide bar in a protruding manner so as to limit the drawer assembly along the transverse direction. The utility model solves the problem that the service life of the drawer component is shortened due to serious transverse shaking when the drawer is pulled out of the storage compartment of the refrigerator in the prior art.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of refrigeration equipment manufacturing, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

In the existing refrigerator, a refrigerator liner is provided with two side walls in the transverse direction, and drawer sliding strips are arranged on the inner sides of the two side walls along the front-back direction and are used for connecting drawer components. The drawer assembly comprises a stressed side wall facing one side of a user and sliding rails connected to two ends of the stressed side wall in the transverse direction, the stressed side wall is connected with the sliding rails to form a frame for installing the drawer, the sliding rails are arranged on the drawer sliding strips in a sliding manner, food materials can be stored in the drawer, and the drawer is opened through relative movement of the sliding rails and the drawer sliding strips so as to take the food materials in the drawer.

When a user needs to open the drawer, the door body of the refrigerator needs to be opened first, then the stressed side wall is pulled, and the stressed side wall drives the sliding rail to enable the sliding rail to be pulled out of the storage compartment, so that the drawer of the refrigerator is opened.

In some setting modes, the stressed side wall can be set as a door body of the refrigerator, when a user needs to open the drawer, the door body is directly pulled, and the door body drives the sliding rail to enable the sliding rail to be pulled out of the storage compartment, so that the drawer of the refrigerator is opened.

In general, when the sliding rail is pulled out, the drawer assembly often swings left and right in the transverse direction due to a large assembly gap between the sliding rail and the drawer sliding strip on the liner. And, as the portion of the slide rail is pulled out more and more, the restriction of the liner to the drawer assembly is less, so the drawer assembly is more severely swayed left and right in the transverse direction, which eventually shortens the service life of the drawer assembly.

Therefore, when the drawer assembly is pulled out of the storage compartment of the refrigerator in the prior art, the drawer assembly is seriously swayed in the transverse direction, and the service life of the drawer assembly is shortened.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a refrigerator, which solves the problem that the service life of a drawer assembly is short because a drawer swings seriously left and right when being pulled out of a storage compartment of the refrigerator in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present utility model provides a refrigerator, including a liner having a storage compartment, and a drawer assembly, wherein the storage compartment is provided with a forward compartment opening, the liner includes two lateral walls disposed opposite to each other in a lateral direction, a first roller member, and a drawer slide extending in a front-rear direction and disposed on the inner sides of the lateral walls, the drawer assembly has two sliding rails disposed opposite to each other in the lateral direction, the sliding rails are slidably connected with the drawer slide, and the first roller member protrudes on the inner sides of the lateral walls or the inner sides of the drawer slide to limit the drawer assembly in the lateral direction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the first roller member is protruding on the inner side of the side wall, the sliding rail is slidably disposed on the upper end surface of the drawer slide, and the first roller member is protruding on the inner side of the side wall to limit the sliding rail in the lateral direction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the first roller member is protruding on the inner side of the drawer slide, the sliding rail is sleeved on the drawer slide, and the first roller member is protruding on the inner side of the drawer slide to limit the sliding rail along the lateral direction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the sliding rail is provided with a concave sliding groove, one end of the concave sliding groove away from the compartment opening is provided with an insertion opening into which the drawer sliding bar enters, and a portion of the first roller member protruding inside the drawer sliding bar is located between the drawer sliding bar and a groove wall of the concave sliding groove so as to limit the groove wall of the concave sliding groove along a transverse direction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the first roller member includes a first mounting seat and a first roller, the first mounting seat is connected to a surface of the drawer slide facing the storage compartment, and the first roller is rotatably disposed on the first mounting seat.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the utility model, a concave cavity is arranged on one surface of the drawer slide facing the storage compartment, the first roller comprises a first roller body and a first pivot shaft axially arranged along the first roller body, the first roller body is at least partially positioned in the concave cavity, the first mounting seat comprises two groups of fixing parts which are connected on the drawer slide and are close to the upper side and the lower side of the concave cavity, each group of fixing parts comprises two limiting clamping claws which are oppositely arranged, and two ends of the first pivot shaft are respectively and pivotally connected between the two clamping claws.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, a limit rib extending toward the inside of the concave cavity is provided at the upper and lower sides of the concave cavity near the opening thereof.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the inner container further includes a second roller member, where the second roller member is disposed on the inner side of the side wall and located between the drawer slide and the compartment opening, and the second roller member is located below the slide rail and forms a relative rotation pair with the slide rail.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the drawer assembly includes a door panel, the front side of the slide rail having a mounting portion extending toward the inside of the drawer assembly, the door panel being fixedly coupled to the mounting portion, the door panel being configured to have a first state closing at least a portion of the compartment opening and a second state protruding out of the compartment opening when the slide rail slides with respect to the drawer slide.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present utility model, the drawer assembly includes a clip for mounting the drawer and an arcuate piece for supporting the drawer, the clip is disposed on the slide rail, the arcuate piece is connected between one ends of the two slide rails on the rear side, and the arcuate piece is rotatably adjustable in angle.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

the first pulley piece is arranged on the inner side of the side wall or the inner side of the drawer slide bar, and the drawer assembly is limited in the transverse direction through the first pulley piece, so that the drawer assembly is prevented from shaking in the transverse direction. Therefore, the problem that when the drawer assembly is pulled out of the storage compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer shakes seriously in the transverse direction, so that the service life of the drawer assembly is shortened is solved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model with a casing removed;

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the direction A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of M in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the direction B-B in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of N in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of O in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the drawer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a top view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a right side view of FIG. 8;

fig. 11 is a rear view of fig. 8.

The above description of the drawings includes the following reference numerals:

1. an inner container; 11. a sidewall; 12. a first roller member; 121. a first mount; 1211. limiting clamping jaws; 122. a first roller; 1221. a first wheel body; 1222. a first pivot shaft; 13. a drawer slide; 131. a cavity; 1311. a limit rib; 14. a second roller member; 141. a second mounting base; 142. a second roller; 1421. a second wheel body; 1422. a second pivot shaft;

2. a drawer assembly; 21. a slide rail; 211. an insertion port; 212. a mounting part; 213. a clamping buckle; 22. a door panel; 23. an arch.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other. The utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.

It is noted that all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs unless otherwise indicated.

In the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" are used generally with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or with respect to the component itself in the vertical, upright or gravitational direction; also, for ease of understanding and description, "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the profile of each component itself, but the above-mentioned orientation terms are not intended to limit the present utility model.

In order to solve the problem that the drawer component seriously shakes left and right when being pulled out of the storage compartment of the refrigerator in the prior art, thereby reducing the service life of the drawer component. As shown in fig. 1 to 11, an embodiment of the present utility model provides a refrigerator.

The refrigerator of the embodiment comprises an inner container 1 with a storage compartment and a drawer assembly 2, wherein a forward compartment opening is formed in the storage compartment, the inner container comprises two side walls 11, first roller pieces 12 and a drawer slide 13 which are oppositely arranged along the transverse direction, the drawer slide 13 is arranged on the inner side of the side walls 11 in an extending mode along the front-back direction, the drawer assembly 2 is provided with two sliding rails 21 oppositely arranged along the transverse direction, the sliding rails 21 are in sliding connection with the drawer slide 13, and the first roller pieces 12 are arranged on the inner side of the side walls 11 or the inner side of the drawer slide 13 in a protruding mode so as to limit the drawer assembly 2 along the transverse direction.

The above arrangement is that the first pulley member 12 is disposed inside the side wall 11 or inside the drawer slide 13, and the drawer assembly 2 is restrained in the lateral direction by the first pulley member 12, so as to prevent the drawer assembly 2 from shaking in the lateral direction. Therefore, the problem that when the drawer assembly is pulled out of the storage compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer shakes seriously in the transverse direction, so that the service life of the drawer assembly is shortened is solved.

It will be appreciated that the above-described drawer assembly lifetime issues are mainly manifested in, for example: damage caused by friction between the drawer side wall and the liner side wall 11, damage caused by friction between the slide rail 21 and the drawer slide 13 during shaking, and the like.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the drawer in the drawer assembly is fixedly connected to the sliding rail 21, and the first roller member 12 may be disposed on the sidewall 11 of the liner and face the drawer, so as to limit the movement of the drawer in the lateral direction. In this arrangement, the problem of the drawer assembly 2 rocking in the lateral direction is solved by restricting the movement of the drawer in the lateral direction and thereby restricting the drawer assembly 2 in the lateral direction.

As a preferred embodiment, the first roller member 12 is protruded inside the side wall 11, the slide rail 21 is slidably disposed on the upper end surface of the drawer slide 13, and the first roller member 12 is protruded inside the side wall 11 to limit the slide rail 21 in the lateral direction.

It will be appreciated that the first roller member 12 is disposed on the side wall 11 at a position above the drawer slide 13. And, the first pulley member 12 is disposed toward the slide rail 21 so as to restrict the shake of the slide rail 21 in the lateral direction. In this arrangement, by restricting the shake of the slide rail 21 in the lateral direction, the drawer assembly 2 is restricted in the lateral direction, and thus the shake problem of the drawer assembly 2 in the lateral direction is solved. When so arranged, the first pulley member 12 restricts the slide rail 21 more accurately, and the restricting effect is improved.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the drawer and the sliding rail 21 in the drawer assembly are also fixedly connected, and the first roller member 12 may also be protruded on the inner side of the drawer slide 13, the sliding rail 21 is connected to the outer sides of two lateral walls of the drawer in the transverse direction, and the sliding rail 21 is slidably disposed on the upper end of the drawer slide 13, so that the first roller member 12 is disposed towards the two lateral walls of the drawer in the transverse direction. In the sliding process of the sliding rail 21, the first roller member 12 can limit two lateral walls in the transverse direction of the drawer, in the setting mode, the first roller member 12 limits two lateral walls in the transverse direction of the drawer, and then the drawer assembly 2 can be limited in the transverse direction, so that the problem of shortened service life caused by transverse left and right shaking when the drawer assembly 2 is pulled out is solved.

As a preferred embodiment, the first roller member 12 is protruded inside the drawer slide 13, and the slide rail 21 is sleeved on the drawer slide 13, and the first roller member 12 is protruded inside the drawer slide 13 to limit the slide rail 21 in the lateral direction.

Further, the slide rail 21 is provided as a concave slide groove having an end away from the compartment opening, on which an insertion opening 211 into which the drawer slide 13 is inserted is provided, and a portion of the first roller member 12 protruding inside the drawer slide 13 is located between the drawer slide 13 and a groove wall of the concave slide groove to restrict the groove wall of the concave slide groove in the lateral direction.

It will be appreciated that the walls of the female chute are capable of sliding relative to the drawer slide 13 during opening or closing of the drawer assembly 2 and that the direction of force is generally horizontal when the first roller member 12 is in contact with the female chute.

Further, the first roller member 12 includes a first mounting seat 121 and a first roller 122, the first mounting seat 121 is connected to a surface of the drawer slide 13 facing the storage compartment, and the first roller 122 is rotatably disposed on the first mounting seat 121.

It will be appreciated that, in use, when the slide rail 21 is moved in a lateral direction, the first roller 122 blocks the slide rail 21 in the lateral direction to correct the direction of movement of the slide rail 21 and thereby restrict the slide rail 21 in the lateral direction.

Of course, while the first roller 122 is blocking the slide rail 21 and providing a supporting force, it can still perform a pivoting motion with respect to the first mounting seat 121 without affecting further pulling out or inserting of the slide rail 21.

Further, a cavity 131 is formed on a surface of the drawer slide 13 facing the storage compartment, the first roller 122 includes a first wheel body 1221 and a first pivot shaft 1222 axially disposed along the first wheel body, the first wheel body 1221 is at least partially disposed in the cavity 131, the first mounting seat 121 includes two sets of fixing portions connected to the drawer slide 13 near the upper and lower sides of the cavity 131, each set of fixing portions includes two limiting claws 1211 disposed opposite to each other, and two ends of the first pivot shaft 1222 are respectively pivotally connected between the two claws 1211. The first wheel 1221 is at least partially disposed in the cavity 131, and is capable of stabilizing during the pivoting movement of the first wheel 1221.

Preferably, the upper and lower sides of the concave cavity 131 are provided with limit ribs 1311 extending toward the inside of the concave cavity near the opening thereof. The limiting ribs 1311 may limit the first wheel 1221 from rocking during pivoting, thereby prolonging the service life of the first wheel 1221.

In order to make it possible to save more effort when the drawer assembly 2 is pulled out of the compartment or inserted into the compartment, the liner 1 may optionally further comprise a second roller member 14, which second roller member 14 is arranged on the inner side of the side wall 11 at a position between the drawer slide 13 and the compartment opening, and the second roller member 14 is arranged at a position below the slide rail 21, and the second roller member 14 may cooperate with the slide rail 21 to form a relative revolute pair. During the sliding process of the sliding rail 21 relative to the drawer slide 13, the second roller member 14 can roll relative to the sliding rail 21, and the drawer assembly 2 can be opened or closed in a labor-saving manner through the support of the second roller member 14 to the sliding rail 21 and the rotation relative to the sliding rail 21.

Optionally, the second roller member 14 includes a second mounting seat 141 and a second roller 142, the second roller 142 includes a second wheel body 1421 and a second pivot shaft 1422 disposed along an axial direction of the second wheel body, and an end of the second pivot shaft 1422 away from the second wheel body 1421 is connected to the second mounting seat 141.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator door is provided separately from the drawer assembly 2, and when the drawer assembly 2 needs to be opened, the refrigerator door needs to be opened first, and then the drawer assembly 2 needs to be opened.

Preferably, in the present embodiment, the drawer assembly 2 includes a door panel 22, the front side of the sliding rail 21 has a mounting portion 212 extending toward the inside of the drawer assembly, the door panel 22 is fixedly connected to the mounting portion 212, and the door panel 22 is configured to have a first state of closing at least a portion of the compartment opening and a second state of protruding the compartment opening when the sliding rail 21 slides with respect to the drawer slide 13.

In this arrangement, the door 22 functions as a refrigerator door, and when the drawer assembly is opened, it is not necessary to open the refrigerator door again, and then open the drawer assembly again.

Specifically, when the drawer assembly is opened, the door plate 22 is pulled out from the compartment opening of the storage compartment to protrude out of the compartment opening, namely, the drawer assembly can be opened; when the drawer assembly is closed, the drawer assembly is pushed into the storage compartment, so that the door plate 22 is received in the compartment opening, and the corresponding area on the compartment opening is closed.

It will be appreciated that the door panel 22 may open or close the area of the storage compartment corresponding to the drawer assembly. The drawer assembly 2 may be provided separately, and the remainder of the compartment may be provided with a refrigerator door for opening or closing a corresponding portion of the space in the compartment, respectively. The drawer assembly 2 may be opened independently of the opening of the refrigerator door.

Alternatively, the drawer assembly 2 may include a drawer, a clip 213 for mounting the drawer, and an arcuate piece 23 for supporting the drawer, the clip 213 is disposed on the slide rail 21, and the drawer may be rapidly mounted on the slide rail 21 through a connection portion of the drawer corresponding to the clip interface 213.

Further, the bow 23 is connected between the ends of the two slide rails 21 on the rear side, and the bow 23 is rotatably angularly adjustable. By rotating the bow 23 by an adjustment angle, the drawer can be adjusted to different angles.

In summary, the following technical effects are achieved by the embodiments of the present utility model:

by providing the first pulley member 12 inside the side wall 11 or inside the drawer slide 13, the drawer assembly 2 is restrained in the lateral direction by the first pulley member 12 to avoid rattling of the drawer assembly 2 in the lateral direction. Therefore, the problem that when the drawer assembly is pulled out of the storage compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer shakes seriously in the transverse direction, so that the service life of the drawer assembly is shortened is solved.

It will be apparent that the embodiments described above are merely some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present utility model without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present utility model.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments in accordance with the present application. As used herein, the singular is also intended to include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and furthermore, it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification are taken to specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that embodiments of the present application described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the present utility model, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present utility model by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. The refrigerator is characterized by comprising an inner container (1) with a storage compartment and a drawer assembly (2), wherein a forward compartment opening is formed in the storage compartment, the inner container comprises two side walls (11), first roller pieces (12) and a drawer slide bar (13) which are oppositely arranged along the transverse direction, the drawer slide bar (13) is arranged on the inner side of the side walls (11) in an extending mode along the front-back direction, the drawer assembly (2) is provided with two sliding rails (21) which are oppositely arranged along the transverse direction, the sliding rails (21) are in sliding connection with the drawer slide bar (13), and the first roller pieces (12) are arranged on the inner side of the side walls (11) or the inner side of the drawer slide bar (13) in a protruding mode so as to limit the drawer assembly (2) along the transverse direction.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the first roller member (12) is protruded inside the side wall (11), the slide rail (21) is slidably provided on an upper end surface of the drawer slide (13), and the first roller member (12) is protruded inside the side wall (11) to restrict the slide rail (21) in a lateral direction.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the first roller member (12) is protruded inside the drawer slide (13), the slide rail (21) is sleeved on the drawer slide (13), and the first roller member (12) is protruded inside the drawer slide (13) to limit the slide rail (21) in a lateral direction.

4. A refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the slide rail (21) is provided as a concave slide groove, an insertion opening (211) into which the drawer slide (13) is inserted is provided at an end of the concave slide groove remote from the compartment opening, and a portion of the first roller member (12) protruding inside the drawer slide (13) is located between the drawer slide (13) and a wall of the concave slide groove to restrict the wall of the concave slide groove in a lateral direction.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the first roller member (12) includes a first mounting seat (121) and a first roller (122), the first mounting seat (121) is connected to a side of the drawer slide (13) facing the storage compartment, and the first roller (122) is rotatably disposed on the first mounting seat (121).

6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein a cavity (131) is formed in a surface of the drawer slide (13) facing the storage compartment, the first roller (122) includes a first wheel body (1221) and a first pivot shaft (1222) axially disposed along the first wheel body, the first wheel body (1221) is at least partially disposed in the cavity (131), the first mounting seat (121) includes two sets of fixing portions connected to the drawer slide (13) near the upper side and the lower side of the cavity (131), each set of fixing portions includes two limiting claws (1211) disposed opposite to each other, and two ends of the first pivot shaft (1222) are respectively pivotally connected between the two claws (1211).

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the upper and lower sides of the cavity (131) are provided with a stopper rib (1311) extending toward the inside of the cavity near the opening thereof.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the inner container (1) further comprises a second roller member (14), the second roller member (14) is disposed on the inner side of the side wall (11) at a position between the drawer slide (13) and the compartment opening, and the second roller member (14) is disposed below the slide rail (21) and cooperates with the slide rail (21) to form a relative rotation pair.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the drawer assembly (2) comprises a door plate (22), the front side of the sliding rail (21) is provided with a mounting part (212) extending towards the interior of the drawer assembly, the door plate (22) is fixedly connected to the mounting part (212), and the door plate (22) is configured to have a first state for closing at least part of the compartment opening and a second state for protruding out of the compartment opening when the sliding rail (21) slides relative to the drawer slide (13).

10. The refrigerator according to claim 1, characterized in that the drawer assembly (2) comprises a snap-in catch (213) for mounting a drawer and a bow (23) for supporting a drawer, the snap-in catch (213) being arranged on the slide rails (21), the bow (23) being connected between the ends of the two slide rails (21) at the rear side, the bow (23) being rotatably adjustable in angle.