JP2960663B2 - Refrigerator hinge member and wiring cord - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hinge member for rotatably attaching a door to a refrigerator cabinet and a wiring cord attached to the hinge member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a door is provided rotatably on the front surface of a cabinet of a refrigerator, but a hinge member is provided between the cabinet and the door to rotatably mount the door. Have been.

[0003] The hinge member is provided with a wiring cord for connecting an operation switch provided at the lower part of the door to a control board provided inside the cabinet.

The relationship between the hinge member and the wiring cord will be described with reference to FIG.

A hinge member 100 is fixed to a front right portion of a ceiling panel of a cabinet. A hinge member 100 is provided. The hinge member 100 extends forward of the fixed portion 102 and is attached to an upper end of a door. It has a part 104.
A long hole 106 is provided in the rotating shaft mounting portion 104, and a cylindrical rotating shaft 108 serving as a fulcrum of the rotation of the door is provided below the front end of the long hole 106.

[0006] The wiring cord 110 extending from the door reaches the upper surface of the rotating shaft mounting portion 104 via the rotating shaft 108 and the elongated hole 106, and is wired to the rear of the cabinet through the fixing portion 102.

[0007]

The hinge member 10 described above.
0, the wiring code 110 is allocated.
It is necessary to pass through the rotary shaft 108 and the elongated hole 106, and the operation is complicated. In addition, the wiring cord 110 may be damaged by the rotary shaft 108 and the edge of the elongated hole 106 during the passing operation. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a refrigerator hinge member and a wiring cord which facilitates the passage of the wiring cord and does not damage the wiring cord.

[0009]

A hinge member for a refrigerator according to claim 1 is a hinge member for rotatably attaching a door to a refrigerator cabinet, and is fixed to a front portion of a ceiling surface of the cabinet. A fixing portion, a rotating shaft mounting portion for extending forward from the fixing portion and mounting to the door, a through hole provided in the rotating shaft mounting portion, and a through hole. Located outside the cabinet
A notch opening toward a side end of the rotation shaft mounting portion, a cylindrical rotation shaft that protrudes downward from an edge of the through hole , and serves as a rotation fulcrum of the door; It has a notch and a cord insertion portion cut out along the axial direction continuously.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator hinge member according to the first aspect, wherein a front wall is erected at a front end portion of a ceiling portion of the door to which the rotating shaft mounting portion is attached, and extends along the periphery of the through hole. An arc-shaped long hole is provided, one end of the long hole is open, and the front wall enters the long hole when the door is opened.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator hinge member according to the first aspect, wherein a plurality of welds are projected outwardly from an upper edge of the rotating shaft, and a plurality of welds are provided on the periphery of the weld and the through hole . The rotating shaft is fixed to the rotating shaft mounting portion by welding the rotating shaft mounting portion located there.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the wiring cord for a refrigerator is a refrigerator.
For fixing to the front of the ceiling of the cabinet
Extending forward from the fixed portion, and
A rotating shaft mounting part for mounting to a door of the warehouse, and the rotating shaft
A through hole provided in the mounting portion;
Side end of the rotating shaft mounting portion located outside the cabinet
Notch opening toward the bottom, and below the edge of the through hole
Cylindrical rotating shaft that protrudes in the direction
In the axial direction continuously with the notch on the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft.
Said cabinet having a cord insertion portion cut along
Hinge member for rotatably mounting the door to the slot.
A wiring cord, wherein the wiring cord to be inserted from the cord insertion portion of the rotating shaft and the cutout portion of the through hole is divided into two bundles.

[0013]

A description will be given of a case in which a wiring cord is wired using the hinge member of the first aspect.

The fixing part of the hinge member is fixed to the front part of the ceiling surface of the cabinet. Further, before the code insertion portion of the rotary shaft protruding from the bottom of the rotating shaft attaching portion and the through-hole
Of the rotating shaft mounting portion located outside the cabinet
The wiring cord is inserted into the rotary shaft through the cutout opening toward the side end, one end of the inserted wiring cord is positioned on the upper surface of the rotary shaft mounting portion, and is disposed behind the hinge member via the fixing portion.

[0015] Thus, with this hinge member, the wiring cord can be wired to the hinge member only by inserting it from the wiring cord insertion portion and the notch.

In the refrigerator according to the second aspect of the present invention,
Be the front wall is erected to hide the hinge member to the ceiling front portion of the door, is provided an arcuate elongated hole along the periphery of the through hole, one end of the slot is open Therefore, when the door is opened, the front wall enters the long hole.

According to the hinge member of the third aspect, since the welding portion projecting from the upper end of the rotating shaft is fixed to the rotating shaft attaching portion by welding, the rotating shaft can be completely fixed to the rotating shaft attaching portion. it can.

When the wiring cord of the hinge member of the refrigerator according to the fourth aspect is disposed above the rotation shaft mounting portion of the hinge member, the wiring cord is composed of two bundles, and the diameter of each bundle is small, so that wiring is performed. The space for installing the cord can be reduced. Therefore, when the hinge member is covered with the hinge cover, the hinge cover does not float due to the wiring cord.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a plate-shaped hinge member,
It comprises a fixed portion 12 and a rotating shaft mounting portion 14 extending forward from the fixed portion 12.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a through hole provided in the rotating shaft mounting portion 14. The right side of the through hole 16 is notched and has a notch 18.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a cylindrical rotary shaft provided below the edge of the through hole 16. This rotation shaft 20
A cord insertion part 22 is provided which is notched in the axial direction from a position corresponding to the notch part 18. Further, three welds 24, 26, 28 are provided outside the upper end of the rotating shaft 20. The rotary shaft 20 is spot-welded to the rotary shaft mounting portion 104 located around the through-hole 16 so that the rotary shaft 20 can rotate the rotary shaft mounting portion 1.
04. Further, the welded portion 24 is formed of another welded portion 2.
6 and 28, so that the rotation shaft 20 is more reliably formed.
Can be fixed. Reference numeral 30 is an arc-shaped long hole provided behind the through-hole 16. The right end of the long hole 30 is open.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a cord pressing member provided in the vicinity of the left end of the elongated hole 30, and is screwed to the rotary shaft mounting portion 14.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a hinge cover that covers the hinge member 10. An arc-shaped long hole 36 is provided at a position corresponding to the long hole 30 of the hinge member 10.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a cylindrical bush attached so as to cover the rotary shaft 20.

A case in which the door 42 is rotatably mounted on the cabinet 40 by using the hinge member 10 having the above configuration will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, a front wall 44 is provided along the front end of the door 42 on the ceiling surface. This front wall 44
Is provided to cover and hide the hinge cover 34.

A wiring cord 46 extending from an operation switch 43 provided at a lower portion of the door 42 passes through the inside of the bush 38.

The wiring cord 46 projecting from the upper end of the bush 38 is inserted into the inside of the rotary shaft 20 and the through-hole 16 from the code insertion part 22 of the rotary shaft 20 and the notch 18 of the through-hole 16.

The wiring cord 4 protruding from the through hole 16
6 with the front portion 14a and the left side portion 14 of the rotating shaft mounting portion 14.
b, and is arranged on the fixing part 12. Then, the wiring cord 40 is fixed to the rotating shaft mounting portion 14 by the cord pressing member 32. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, since the wiring cords 46 are divided into two bundles as described above, the diameters of the bundles are reduced, and the space (height) for mounting the wiring cords 46 is reduced. be able to.

The hinge cover 34 is put on the hinge member 10. In this case, the front of the hinge cover 34 is
Since it is covered by the front wall 44 erected from the front, the appearance seen from the front of the refrigerator is improved.

When the door 42 attached as described above is opened, the front wall 44 moves along the long hole of the hinge cover 34 and the long hole 30 of the rotating shaft mounting portion 14, Is provided, it does not hinder opening and closing of the door 42.

In the case of the hinge member 10, the wiring cord 46 is connected to the cord insertion portion 22 of the rotating shaft 20 and the through hole 16.
Only through the notch 18 of the wiring cord 46,
Can be easily arranged on the rotating shaft 20, and the wiring cord 46 is not damaged in the course of the work.

[0034]

According to the hinge member of the refrigerator of the first aspect, the wiring cord can be inserted from the cord insertion portion and the through hole of the rotating shaft.
The rotating shaft mounting portion located outside the cabinet
Since it can be arranged from the notch opening toward the side end of the cable, the mounting work is easy and the wiring cord is not damaged.

In the hinge member of the refrigerator according to the second aspect,
Since the front wall enters the slot when the door is opened, the front wall does not hinder the opening and closing of the door.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the refrigerator hinge member,
The rotary shaft can be completely fixed to the rotary shaft mounting portion by the welded portion.

When the wiring cord of the hinge member of the refrigerator according to the fourth aspect is used, since the wiring cord is composed of two bundles, the mounting space can be reduced when the wiring cord is provided in the rotating shaft mounting portion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a ceiling part of a refrigerator showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge cover, a hinge member, a wiring cord, and a bush.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state where the hinge member is attached to a cabinet and a door of the refrigerator.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the refrigerator of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional hinge cover, hinge member, and wiring cord.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Hinge member 12 Fixed part 14 Rotation axis attachment part 16 Through hole 18 Notch part 20 Rotation axis 22 Cord insertion part 24-28 Welding part 30 Arc-shaped long hole 34 Hinge cover 38 Bush 40 Cabinet 42 Door 42 46 Wiring code

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hinge member for rotatably attaching a door to a refrigerator cabinet, comprising: a fixing portion for fixing to a front portion of a ceiling surface of the cabinet; and a hinge member extending forward from the fixing portion. A rotating shaft mounting portion for mounting to the door, a through hole provided in the rotating shaft mounting portion, and the through hole provided outside the cabinet.
A notch opening toward a side end of the rotation shaft mounting portion; a cylindrical rotation shaft protruding downward from an edge of the through hole and serving as a rotation fulcrum of the door; and a notch in a peripheral surface of the rotation shaft. A hinge member for a refrigerator, comprising a cord insertion portion cut out along the axial direction continuously with the portion. 2. A refrigerator front wall is erected on a ceiling portion front end of the door mounting said rotary shaft mounting portion, provided an arcuate elongated hole along the periphery of the through hole, the long hole The hinge member according to claim 1, wherein one end is opened, and the front wall enters the elongated hole when the door is opened. 3. The rotation of the rotating shaft by projecting a plurality of welding portions outward from an upper edge portion of the rotating shaft, and welding the welding portion and a rotating shaft mounting portion located at a peripheral edge of the through hole. The hinge member for a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a shaft is fixed to the rotation shaft mounting portion. 4. The refrigerator cabinet is fixed to the front of the ceiling surface.
A fixing part for fixing, and extending forward from the fixing part,
A rotating shaft mounting portion for mounting to a door, a through hole provided in the rotating shaft mounting portion, and the through hole positioned outside the cabinet from the through hole.
A notch opening toward a side end of the rotating shaft mounting portion, and a notch protruding below an edge of the through-hole, and a rotation fulcrum of the door
A cylindrical rotating shaft, and the notch portion on the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and extending in the axial direction.
The door is rotatably mounted to the cabinet having a notched cord insertion portion.
A wiring cord for a hinge member, wherein the wiring cord inserted from the cord insertion part of the rotating shaft and the cutout part of the through- hole is divided into two bundles.