CN219346977U - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly is used for rotationally connecting the door body to the refrigerator body, the refrigerator is provided with a pivoting side corresponding to the hinge assembly, the direction away from the pivoting side from the center of the refrigerator body is taken as a first direction, the direction of the refrigerator body towards the door body is taken as a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are positioned on the same plane and are perpendicular to each other; the hinge assembly drives the door body to translate along a second direction in the process of opening the door body from the first opening angle to the second opening angle; the door body can be prevented from interfering with the cabinet/box body, the opening of the door body can be increased, and a user can conveniently take and put articles.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

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

Background

In general, a door body in a refrigerator is rotatably coupled to a hinge plate fixed to the refrigerator body. Specifically, the hinge plate is provided with a hinge shaft, the door body is provided with a shaft sleeve matched with the hinge shaft, the shaft sleeve is provided with a shaft hole matched with the hinge shaft, and the door body rotates around the hinge shaft in situ to realize the opening/closing of the door body. That is, the door body rotates around a fixed axis, so that the opening and closing degrees of freedom of the door body are greatly limited, namely, the movement track of the door body cannot be freely controlled to adapt to different application scenes.

With the improvement of society, the living standard of people is improved, the placing position and the placing mode of the refrigerator in the family are more and more watched by the common user, and aiming at the current family decoration style, part of families pursue style integration, the refrigerator needs to be placed in a cabinet to form a so-called embedded refrigerator, and the refrigerator with a door body rotating around a fixed axis is difficult to adapt to the embedded application scene, namely, interference can be generated between the door body and the cabinet when the door is opened.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a refrigerator.

In order to achieve the aim of the utility model, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly is used for rotationally connecting the door body to the refrigerator body, the refrigerator is provided with a pivoting side corresponding to the hinge assembly, the direction away from the pivoting side from the center of the refrigerator body is taken as a first direction, the direction of the refrigerator body towards the door body is taken as a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are positioned on the same plane and are perpendicular to each other; in the process of opening the door body to the first opening angle in a rotating mode, the hinge assembly drives the door body to translate in the translation direction, the component in the first direction and the component in the second direction are included, and in the process of opening the door body from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the hinge assembly drives the door body to translate in the second direction.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the door body rotates in situ in the process of continuously opening the door body from the second opening angle.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the direction opposite to the second direction is taken as a third direction; in the process that the door body is opened to a third opening angle from a closed state, the translation direction of the door body driven by the hinge assembly to translate has a component in a first direction and a component in a third direction; the third opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle.

In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model further provides a refrigerator, including a refrigerator body, a door body, and a hinge assembly for rotatably connecting the door body to the refrigerator body, where the hinge assembly includes a fixed hinge member fixed to the refrigerator body, and a movable hinge member fixed to the door body, one of the fixed hinge member and the movable hinge member is provided with a hinge slot, and the other one of the fixed hinge member and the movable hinge member is provided with a hinge shaft protruding into the hinge slot, a guide structure is provided between the fixed hinge member and the movable hinge member, and in the process that the hinge shaft and the hinge slot relatively rotate to drive the door body to rotate and open, the guide structure guides the hinge shaft to move along the hinge slot to drive the door body to translate; the door body and the box body are provided with pivoting sides corresponding to the hinge assemblies, the hinge slot is provided with a first end far away from the pivoting sides, a second end close to the pivoting sides and an arc-shaped slot communicated with the first end and the second end, and the hinge shaft moves from the first end towards the second end in the process of rotating and opening the door body relative to the fixed hinge assembly.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the door body is provided with a panel far away from the box body, a side wall positioned on the pivoting side of the door body and a side edge positioned at the joint of the panel and the side wall; the arc-shaped groove is arranged on the movable hinge component, the arc-shaped groove bends towards the side edges, and the distance between the first end and the panel is not greater than the distance between the second end and the panel.

As a further improved solution of the present utility model, the distance from the first end to the panel is equal to the distance from the second end to the panel.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the arc-shaped groove is an elliptical arc.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, a direction away from the pivoting side from the center of the box body is taken as a first direction, and a direction of the box body towards the door body is taken as a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are positioned on the same plane and are perpendicular to each other; the arc slot is provided with a first section positioned between the first end and the second end, a second section positioned between the first section and the second end, the hinge shaft moves along the first section in the process of rotating the door body to a first opening angle, and the translation direction of the door body has a component in a first direction and a component in a second direction; and in the process that the door body is opened from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the hinge shaft moves along the second section, and the door body translates along the second direction.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the direction opposite to the second direction is taken as a third direction; the arc-shaped slot is further provided with a third section positioned between the first end and the first section, when the door body is in a closed state, the hinge shaft is positioned at the first end, the hinge shaft moves along the third section in the process of rotating and opening the door body from the closed state to a third opening angle, the translation direction of the door body has a component in the first direction and a component in the third direction, and the third opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece is provided with a guide groove, the other one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece is provided with a guide shaft protruding into the guide groove, the guide groove is provided with a relative initial position, a terminal position and a first groove section extending from the initial position to the terminal position, and during the process of rotating and opening the door body, the guide shaft moves towards the terminal position along the first groove section and drives the hinge shaft to move towards the second end along the arc-shaped groove from the first end.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the guide slot further comprises a second slot section which is communicated with the first slot section and the terminal position, the hinge shaft is kept at the second end in the process of rotating and opening the door body until the hinge shaft is located at the second end and continuing to rotate and open, the guide shaft moves in the second slot section by taking the hinge shaft as a circle center, and the door body rotates in situ by taking the hinge shaft as a circle center.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the door body is provided with a panel far away from the box body, a side wall positioned on the pivoting side of the door body and a side edge positioned at the joint of the panel and the side wall; the hinge slot is located between the guide slot and the side edge.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: in the refrigerator, in the process of rotating and opening the door body, the hinge assembly is arranged to drive the door body to translate in the forward direction away from the refrigerator body and in the direction away from the cabinet positioned at the pivoting side, and translate in the forward direction away from the refrigerator body, so that interference between the door body and the cabinet/refrigerator body can be avoided, the opening of the door body can be increased, and a user can conveniently take and put articles.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator in a first embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a top view of the refrigerator shown in fig. 1 (door body in a closed state);

fig. 3 is a top view of the refrigerator shown in fig. 1 with a door opened to a third opening angle;

fig. 4 is a top view of the refrigerator of fig. 1 during an opening of a door body toward a first opening angle;

fig. 5 is a top view of the refrigerator of fig. 1 with a door opened to a second opening angle;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1 with the door rotated further from a second opening angle;

fig. 7 is a top view of a refrigerator (door in a closed state) in a second embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 8 is a top view of the refrigerator of fig. 7 during an opening of a door body toward a first opening angle;

fig. 9 is a top view of the refrigerator shown in fig. 7 with the door opened to a second opening angle;

fig. 10 is a top view of the refrigerator shown in fig. 7, in which the door is continuously rotated to be opened from a second opening angle.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, and in detail, reference is made to fig. 1-10, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, wherein the same or similar reference numerals designate the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. It should be understood that these embodiments are not intended to limit the present utility model, and that functional, method, or structural equivalents and alternatives falling within the scope of the present utility model may be modified by any person skilled in the art to include such embodiments.

In the drawings of the present utility model, certain dimensions of structures or portions may be exaggerated relative to other structures or portions for convenience of illustration, and thus serve only to illustrate basic structures of the subject matter of the present utility model.

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

The terms first, second, etc. in the present utility model are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.

Referring to fig. 1 to 10, the present utility model provides a refrigerator 100, wherein the refrigerator 100 is an embedded refrigerator embedded in a cabinet. It is to be understood that the refrigerator 100 described herein need not be embedded in a cabinet, may be used alone, may be embedded in a wall, etc.

The refrigerator 100 includes a cabinet 1, a door 2 for opening or closing the cabinet 1, and a hinge assembly 3 connected between the cabinet 1 and the door 2. The hinge assembly 3 comprises a fixed hinge piece 31 fixed on the box body 1 and a movable hinge piece 32 fixed on the door body 2, wherein a guide structure, a hinge shaft 311 and a hinge slot 321 which are matched with each other are arranged between the fixed hinge piece 31 and the movable hinge piece 32. When the door body 2 needs to be opened, the hinge shaft 311 and the hinge slot 321 rotate relatively to drive the door body 2 to rotate and open. In the process of rotating and opening the door body 2, the guiding structure guides the hinge shaft 311 to move along the hinge slot 321 according to a preset direction, so as to drive the door body 2 to translate, so that the door body 2 can move according to a preset track, and interference between the door body 2 and the cabinet/box body 1 is avoided.

Specifically, the refrigerator 100 has a pivoting side 10 corresponding to the hinge assembly 3, that is, the hinge assembly 3 is mounted on the cabinet 1 and the door 2 at a position near the pivoting side 10. When the hinge assembly 3 is mounted at the left end of the case 1 and the door 2, the pivoting side 10 means the left side of the case 1 and the door 2 when the door 2 is in a closed state; when the hinge assembly 3 is mounted on the right end of the door 2 and the box 1, the pivoting side 10 refers to the right side of the door 2 and the box 1 when the door 2 is in a closed state.

In the following, for the sake of clarity of description, definitions are: the direction from the center of the case 1 toward the door 2 in the closed state is a second direction D2, and the direction opposite to the second direction D2 is a third direction D3, with the direction from the center of the case 1 away from the pivoting side 10 being a first direction D1. The first direction D1, the second direction D2 and the third direction D3 are all located on the same plane, and the first direction D1 is perpendicular to the second direction D2/the third direction D3.

When the hinge assembly 3 is mounted on the left end of the case 1 and the door 2, the first direction D1 is a direction from left to right. When the hinge assembly 3 is mounted on the right end of the case 1 and the door 2, the first direction D1 is a right-to-left direction. When the door body 2 is mounted on the front side of the case 1, the second direction is the forward direction away from the case, and the third direction is the backward direction toward the case 1.

The door body 2 has a panel 21 remote from the cabinet 1, a side wall 22 at the pivoting side 10 of the door body 2, and a side edge 23 at the junction of the panel 21 and the side wall 22. When the pivoting side 10 is the left side, the side wall 22 located on the pivoting side 10 of the door body 2 is the left side wall 22 of the door body 2; when the pivoting side 10 is the right side, the side wall 22 located on the pivoting side 10 of the door body 2 is the right side wall 22 of the door body 2.

In one embodiment, the guiding structure includes a guiding groove 322 formed on one of the fixed hinge member 31 and the movable hinge member 32, and a guiding shaft 312 formed on the other and protruding into the guiding groove 322, so that stability of the guiding structure can be enhanced, thereby enhancing translational stability of the door body 2. In the process of rotating and opening the door body 2, the guide shaft 312 moves along the guide slot 322, so as to drive the hinge shaft 311 to move along the hinge slot 321 in a preset direction, and drive the door body 2 to translate. In the utility model, the door body 2 is driven to translate along the preset track in the rotating process by the cooperation of the double shafts (the hinge shaft 311 and the guide shaft 312) and the double grooves (the hinge groove 321 and the guide groove 322), compared with a single-shaft hinge, the utility model does not need very high installation precision, and can greatly reduce the design cost and the installation difficulty. Of course, it should be understood that the guiding structure is not limited to the above-mentioned mating structure of the guiding shaft 312 and the guiding groove 322, and may be a guiding wall, a guiding shaft 312 abutting against the guiding wall, or the like, as long as the guiding structure can guide the hinge shaft 311 to move along the hinge groove 321 in a predetermined direction during the rotation and opening of the door body 2.

It is known that the guide shaft 312 and the guide slot 322 mainly translate (less rotate relatively) to drive the hinge shaft 311 and the hinge slot 321 to translate relatively. The hinge shaft 311 and the hinge slot 321 mainly rotate relatively to rotate the door 2 and translate relatively to drive the door 2 to translate. The guide groove 322 has a length greater than that of the hinge groove 321.

Here, taking the case where the hinge slot 321 and the guide slot 322 are located on the movable hinge member 32, the hinge shaft 311 and the guide shaft 312 are located on the fixed hinge member 31 as an example, specifically, the fixed hinge member 31 is a hinge plate, the hinge shaft 311 and the guide shaft 312 are protruded on the hinge plate, the movable hinge member 32 is a sleeve fixed on the door body 2, and the hinge slot 321 and the guide slot 322 are provided on the sleeve. Of course, the hinge slot 321 and the guide slot 322 may be disposed on the fixed hinge member 31, and the hinge shaft 311 and the guide shaft 312 may be disposed on the movable hinge member 32 correspondingly; or the hinge shaft 311 and the guide shaft 312 are respectively arranged on the movable hinge piece 32 and the fixed hinge piece 31, and the hinge slot 321 and the guide slot 322 are respectively arranged on the fixed hinge piece 31 and the movable hinge piece 32 correspondingly; or the hinge shaft 311 and the guide shaft 312 are respectively arranged on the fixed hinge member 31 and the movable hinge member 32, and the hinge slot 321 and the guide slot 322 are respectively arranged on the movable hinge member 32 and the fixed hinge member 31.

Further, the hinge groove 321 is located between the guide groove 322 and the side rib 23. On the one hand, the hinge groove 321 is closer to the side edge 23, so that the distance that the side edge 23 moves outwards along the third direction D1 in the process of rotating and opening the door body 2 can be reduced, and for the refrigerator 100 seamlessly embedded in the cabinet, the hinge assembly 3 can avoid interference between the door body 2 and the cabinet as long as the hinge assembly 3 is arranged to be capable of driving the door body 2 to move a smaller distance along the first direction D1 in the process of rotating and opening the door body 2; on the other hand, a larger space is left on the end wall of the door body 2 to provide the guide groove 322, so that the guide groove 322 is conveniently provided.

Further, in the present utility model, the preset track of the door body 2 includes: in the process of opening the door body 2 to the first opening angle in a rotating manner, the translation direction of the door body 2 which is driven by the hinge assembly 3 has a component in the first direction D1 and a component in the second direction D2, and in the process of opening the door body 2 from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the door body is driven by the hinge assembly 3 to translate along the second direction D2. That is, during the process of opening the door 2 by rotation, the door 2 is firstly translated in a direction away from the cabinet on the pivoting side 10 and in a forward direction away from the cabinet 1, so that interference with the cabinet and the cabinet 1 during the process of opening the door 2 by rotation can be avoided; and the door body 2 can be further prevented from being rotationally opened in the process of translating forwards far away from the box body 1, interference is generated between the door body and the box body 1, the opening of the door body 2 can be increased, and a user can conveniently take and put articles.

Further, the preset track of the door body 2 further includes: during the process of opening the door body 2 from the closed state to the third opening angle, the translation direction of the door body driven by the hinge assembly 3 to translate has a component in the first direction D1 and a component in the third direction D3; the third opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle. That is, at the initial stage of opening the door body 2, the door body 2 translates in a direction toward the rear of the cabinet 1 and away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, so that the center of gravity of the door body 2 moves in a direction toward the cabinet 1, thereby effectively preventing the refrigerator 100 from toppling over, and simultaneously, translating the door body 2 in a direction away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, thereby preventing interference between the door body 2 and the cabinet.

Further, in the process that the door body 2 is continuously opened from the second opening angle, the door body 2 rotates in situ, so that the opening degree of the door body 2 can be further increased, and the user can conveniently take and put articles.

In the following, embodiments of the hinge slot 321 are described which enable the door body 2 to translate along the predetermined trajectory.

In the first embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 6, in the present embodiment, the hinge slot 321 has a first end L1 far from the pivoting side 10, a second end L2 near the pivoting side 10, and an arc slot communicating the first end L1 and the second end L2. The guide groove 322 has an initial position P1, a terminal position P2, and a first groove section P3 extending from the initial position P1 to the terminal position P2. When the door body 2 is in the closed state, the guide shaft 312 is positioned at the initial position P1, and the hinge shaft 311 is positioned at the first end L1. During the process of opening the door body 2 by rotating relative to the case body 1, the guide shaft moves along the first slot section P3 toward the terminal position P2, and drives the hinge shaft 311 to move from the first end L1 toward the second end L2, so that the door body 2 translates along the preset track.

It is known that the radian, length, inclination angle, etc. of the arc-shaped groove can be adaptively set according to specific parameters of the preset track, such as a translation angle, a translation distance, etc.

In the present embodiment, the hinge groove 321 is an arc-shaped groove curved toward the side edge 23. And the first end L1 is not more distant from the panel 21 than the second end L2 is distant from the panel 21. The distance of the door 2 moving rearward in the initial stage of opening can be reduced to avoid interference between the door 2 and the case 1.

Specifically, the arc-shaped groove is an elliptical arc-shaped groove.

In one embodiment, the distance from the first end L1 to the panel 21 is equal to the distance from the second end L2 to the panel 21. Of course, this is not a limitation.

Further, the hinge slot 321 has a first section L3 between the first end L1 and the second end L2, and a second section L4 between the first section L3 and the second end L2.

As shown in fig. 3-4, in the process of rotating the door body 2 to open to the first opening angle, the hinge shaft 311 moves along the first section L3 toward the second end L2 relative to the hinge slot 321, and when the hinge shaft 311 moves to the junction between the first section L3 and the second section L4 relative to the hinge slot 321, the door body 2 is opened to the first opening angle. In the process that the hinge shaft 311 moves along the first section L3 relative to the second end L2 toward the hinge slot 321, the translational direction of the door body 2 is driven to have components in the first direction D1 and the second direction D2, that is, the door body 2 translates in a direction away from the front of the case body 1 and away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, so that interference between the door body 2 and the cabinet and the case body 1 in the process of rotating and opening the door body 2 can be avoided.

As shown in fig. 4-5, in the process of continuing to rotate and open the door body 2 from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the hinge shaft 311 moves along the second section L4 toward the second end L2 relative to the hinge slot 321, and when the hinge shaft 311 moves to the second end L2 relative to the hinge slot 321, the door body 2 is opened to the second opening angle. In the process that the hinge shaft 311 moves along the second section L4 along the second end L2 opposite to the hinge slot 321, the door body 2 is driven to translate along the second direction D2, that is, the door body 2 is far away from the forward translation of the box body 1, interference with the cabinet and the box body 1 in the process that the door body 2 is opened in a rotating manner can be further avoided, and the opening of the door body 2 can be increased, so that a user can conveniently take and put objects.

Further, the hinge slot 321 further includes a third segment L5 located between the first end L1 and the first segment L3. As shown in fig. 2-3, in the process of rotating the door body 2 from the closed state to the third opening angle, the hinge shaft 311 moves along the third section L5 toward the second end L2 relative to the hinge slot 321, and when the hinge shaft 311 moves to the junction between the first section L3 and the third section L5 relative to the hinge slot 321, the door body 2 is opened to the third opening angle. In the process that the hinge shaft 311 moves along the third section L5 relative to the second end L2 toward the hinge slot 321, the translational direction of driving the door 2 to translate has components in the first direction D1 and the third direction D3, that is, the door 2 translates in a direction toward the rear direction of the case 1 and away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, so that the center of gravity of the door 2 moves in a direction close to the case 1, thereby effectively avoiding the refrigerator 100 from toppling, and simultaneously, translating the door 2 in a direction away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, so as to avoid interference between the door 2 and the cabinet.

Further, the guiding groove 322 further includes a second groove section P4 communicating the first groove section P3 and the terminal position P2; the second groove section P4 is an arc with the second end L2 as a center. Referring to fig. 6, in the process of continuing to open the door body 2 from the second opening angle to the maximum opening angle, the hinge shaft 311 is maintained at the second end L2, the guide shaft 312 moves toward the terminal position P2 in the second slot section P4 with the hinge shaft 311 as a center, and the door body 2 rotates in place with the second end L2 as a center, so as to increase the opening of the door body 2, thereby facilitating the user to take and put the articles.

In the second embodiment, as shown in fig. 7 to 10, the second embodiment of the present utility model differs from the first embodiment only in that: the hinge groove 321' is an arc-shaped groove curved toward the side edge 23, the terminal position P2 of the guide shaft 312 is a pivot position P2', and the arc-shaped groove is an arc-shaped groove centered on the pivot position P2 '. Meanwhile, when the door body 2 is in the closed state, a line connecting the first end L1' and the second end L2' of the hinge groove 321' extends in the lateral direction of the door body 2. That is, the hinge groove 321' is a circular arc groove extending in the lateral direction of the door body 2 and curved toward the side edge 23, and the hinge groove 321' is a circular arc groove centered on the pivot position P2 '.

As shown in fig. 7, when the door body 2 is in the closed state, the guide shaft 312 is positioned at the initial position P1', and the hinge shaft 311 is positioned at the first end L1'. As shown in fig. 7 to 9, in the process of rotating the door body 2 from the closed state to the second opening angle, the guide shaft 312 moves along the guide slot 322' toward the pivot position P2', and the hinge shaft 311 is guided to move along the hinge slot 321' from the first end L1' toward the second end L2', and in this process, the translation track of the door body 2 is the same as that of the door body 2 in the second embodiment. That is, in the process of rotating the door body 2 from the closed state to the second opening angle, the translational direction of the door body 2 has components in the first direction D1 and the third direction D3, then has components in the first direction D1 and the second direction D2, and finally translates in the second direction D2, that is, the door body 2 translates first in the backward direction toward the cabinet 1 and in the direction away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, then translates in the forward direction away from the cabinet 1 and in the direction away from the cabinet located at the pivoting side 10, and finally translates in the forward direction away from the cabinet 1.

When the door body 2 is rotated to be opened to the second opening angle, the guide shaft 312 is positioned at the pivot position P2', and the hinge shaft 311 is positioned at the second end L2'. As shown in fig. 10, when the door body 2 continues to rotate from the second opening angle to the maximum opening angle, the guide shaft 312 is kept at the pivot position, and the hinge shaft 311 moves in the hinge slot 321 'toward the first end L1' in a reverse direction with respect to the guide shaft 312 as a center of a circle, so as to increase the opening of the door body 2, thereby facilitating the user to take and put the articles.

The second embodiment and the second embodiment in the present utility model are the same except for the differences described above, and are not described herein.

In summary, in the refrigerator 100 according to the present utility model, during the door rotating and opening process, the hinge assembly 3 is configured to drive the door 2 to translate in a direction away from the cabinet at the pivoting side 10 and forward direction away from the cabinet 1, so as to avoid interference between the door 2 and the cabinet/cabinet 1, increase the opening of the door 2, and facilitate the user to take and put the articles.

It should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is for clarity only, and that the skilled artisan should recognize that the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.

The above list of detailed descriptions is only specific to practical embodiments of the present utility model, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the present utility model should be included in the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (12)

1. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly is used for rotationally connecting the door body to the refrigerator body, the refrigerator is provided with a pivoting side corresponding to the hinge assembly, the direction away from the pivoting side from the center of the refrigerator body is taken as a first direction, the direction of the refrigerator body towards the door body is taken as a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are positioned on the same plane and are perpendicular to each other; the method is characterized in that: in the process of opening the door body to the first opening angle in a rotating mode, the hinge assembly drives the door body to translate in the translation direction, the component in the first direction and the component in the second direction are included, and in the process of opening the door body from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the hinge assembly drives the door body to translate in the second direction.

2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: and in the process that the door body is continuously opened from the second opening angle, the door body rotates in situ.

3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: taking the direction opposite to the second direction as a third direction; in the process that the door body is opened to a third opening angle from a closed state, the translation direction of the door body driven by the hinge assembly to translate has a component in a first direction and a component in a third direction; the third opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle.

4. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly is used for rotatably connecting the door body to the refrigerator body, the hinge assembly comprises a fixed hinge piece and a movable hinge piece, the fixed hinge piece is used for being fixed on the refrigerator body, the movable hinge piece is fixed on the door body, one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece is provided with a hinge slot, the other one of the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece is provided with a hinge shaft protruding into the hinge slot, a guide structure is arranged between the fixed hinge piece and the movable hinge piece, and in the process that the hinge shaft and the hinge slot relatively rotate to drive the door body to rotate and open, the guide structure guides the hinge shaft to move along the hinge slot to drive the door body to translate; the method is characterized in that: the door body and the box body are provided with pivoting sides corresponding to the hinge assemblies, the hinge slot is provided with a first end far away from the pivoting sides, a second end close to the pivoting sides and an arc-shaped slot communicated with the first end and the second end, and the hinge shaft moves from the first end towards the second end in the process of rotating and opening the door body relative to the fixed hinge assembly.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the door body is provided with a panel far away from the box body, a side wall positioned on the pivoting side of the door body and a side edge positioned at the joint of the panel and the side wall; the arc-shaped groove is arranged on the movable hinge component, the arc-shaped groove bends towards the side edges, and the distance between the first end and the panel is not greater than the distance between the second end and the panel.

6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the first end is a distance from the panel equal to the second end.

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the arc-shaped groove is an elliptical arc.

8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: taking the direction from the center of the box body to the pivoting side as a first direction and taking the direction from the box body to the door body as a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are positioned on the same plane and are perpendicular to each other; the arc slot is provided with a first section positioned between the first end and the second end, a second section positioned between the first section and the second end, the hinge shaft moves along the first section in the process of rotating the door body to a first opening angle, and the translation direction of the door body has a component in a first direction and a component in a second direction; and in the process that the door body is opened from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the hinge shaft moves along the second section, and the door body translates along the second direction.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein: taking the direction opposite to the second direction as a third direction; the arc-shaped slot is further provided with a third section positioned between the first end and the first section, when the door body is in a closed state, the hinge shaft is positioned at the first end, the hinge shaft moves along the third section in the process of rotating and opening the door body from the closed state to a third opening angle, the translation direction of the door body has a component in the first direction and a component in the third direction, and the third opening angle is smaller than the first opening angle.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the fixed hinge part and one of the movable hinge parts are provided with a guide groove, the other one of the fixed hinge part and the movable hinge part is provided with a guide shaft protruding into the guide groove, the guide groove is provided with a relative initial position, a terminal position and a first groove section extending from the initial position to the terminal position, the guide shaft moves towards the terminal position along the first groove section in the process of rotating and opening the door body, and the hinge shaft is driven to move towards the second end along the arc-shaped groove from the first end.

11. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 10, wherein: the guide slot further comprises a second slot section communicated with the first slot section and the terminal position, the hinge shaft is kept at the second end in the process that the door body is rotated and opened until the hinge shaft is located at the second end and continues to rotate and open, the guide shaft takes the hinge shaft as a circle center and moves in the second slot section, and the door body rotates in situ by taking the hinge shaft as the circle center.

12. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 10, wherein: the door body is provided with a panel far away from the box body, a side wall positioned on the pivoting side of the door body and a side edge positioned at the joint of the panel and the side wall; the hinge slot is located between the guide slot and the side edge.

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