KR100593386B1 - Communication pad mounting structure for internet refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication pad mounting structure of an internet refrigerator. In the present invention, the upper holder 61 is installed in the upper portion of the seating space 58 provided on the front of the home bar door 57 of the refrigerator so as to be movable up and down, and the lower holder 63 in the lower part of the seating space 58 ) Is fixed. Meanwhile, upper and lower ends of the communication pad 60 are respectively seated and supported by the upper holder 61 and the lower holder 63. And between the seating space 58 and the upper holder 61, the coil spring 67 for imparting an elastic force to the upper holder 61 is installed up and down. According to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to apply the home bar to the Internet refrigerator, and will not be arbitrarily removed from the position where the communication pad is mounted.

Internet Refrigerator, Home Bar Door, Communication Pad, Equipped

Description

Communication pad mounting structure for internet refrigerator

1 is a front view showing the appearance of a typical Internet refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing a communication pad mounting structure according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a front view showing the appearance of the Internet refrigerator provided with a preferred embodiment of the communication pad mounting structure according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing the embodiment shown in FIG.

Figures 5a to 5c is a side cross-sectional view showing the mounting process of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

53: Door 56: Home Bar

57: home bar door 58: seating space

60: communication pad 61: upper holder

62: seating groove 63: lower holder

64: seating groove 65: guide rib

67: coil spring 69: shield plate

H: hinge

The present invention relates to an internet refrigerator, and more particularly, to a communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator configured to be applicable to a home bar and to prevent detachment of a communication pad and prevent detachment.

Figure 1 shows the appearance of the Internet refrigerator according to the prior art.

As shown therein, doors 11 and 13 are installed in the Internet refrigerator (hereinafter referred to as a refrigerator) main body 10. The doors 11 and 13 are used to selectively open and close a predetermined storage space provided in the main body 10, respectively, by hinges h and h 'on one side of the main body 10, respectively. It is installed rotatably.

Meanwhile, door handles 11 'and 13' are provided at one side of the front surface corresponding to the other side of the rotation center of the doors 11 and 13, respectively. The door 11 on the left side of the drawing 11 is provided with a dispenser 15 for supplying water to the outside, and the communication pad 17 is provided on the door 13 on the right side of the drawing. do.

The Communication Pad 17 is used with an LCD screen which displays various information related to the operation of the Internet and the refrigerator to the outside, or simultaneously displays various information related to the operation of the Internet and the refrigerator to the outside. A tablet computer having a touch screen and a control unit for receiving a signal may be used. The communication pad 17 is connected to the control unit 19 provided on the upper surface of the main body 10 by wire or wirelessly, and is mounted on one side of the door 13.

2 illustrates a communication pad mounting structure according to the related art.

As shown in the drawing, a front space of the refrigerator door 13 is provided with a seating space 14 for seating the communication pad 17. The seating space 14 is formed so that the front surface thereof is opened, and a pair of through holes 14a are formed in the bottom surface of the seating space 14. In addition, upper and lower ends of the seating space 14 are provided with a clamp 20 and a holder 30 for fixing the communication pad 17, respectively.

The clamp 20 is provided with a seating groove 21 in which the upper end of the communication pad 17 is seated, and the left and right sides are long, and the front end of the front surface of the communication pad 17 is supported at the front end of the clamp 20. A stage 23 is provided. The clamp 20 is rotatably installed back and forth by a hinge 25 provided at an upper end of the seating space 14.

The hinge 25 is provided with at least one torsion spring 29. The torsion spring 29 prevents the clamp 20 from being rotated arbitrarily, thereby maintaining the state in which the communication pad 17 is seated in the seating space 14. The clamp 20 is illustrated in the clamp 20. It gives an elastic force in the counterclockwise direction.

On the other hand, the holder 30, the insertion groove 31 is inserted into the lower end of the communication pad 17 is formed long left and right. In addition, an insertion leg 33 is provided at the bottom of the holder 30 to pass through the through hole 14a and positioned below the seating space 14.

The front and rear widths of the insertion leg 33 are formed relatively smaller than that of the through hole 14a. Therefore, the holder 30 can be rotated counterclockwise in the drawing about the upper end adjacent to the through hole 14a. The rotation range of the holder 30 is determined according to the difference between the front and rear widths of the through hole 14a and the insertion leg 33 and the length of the insertion leg 33.

In addition, the lower portion of the insertion leg 33 is formed to have a relatively large front and rear width than the through hole (14a). Therefore, the holder 30 is prevented from being arbitrarily detached to the outside of the seating space 14.

Referring to the process of mounting the communication pad according to the prior art configured as described above is as follows.

First, the holder 30 is rotated by a predetermined angle counterclockwise in the drawing. Then, the communication pad 17 is obliquely moved to the corresponding inclination so that the lower end of the communication pad 17 is inserted into the insertion groove 31 of the holder 30. In addition, the clamp 20 is rotated in a clockwise direction about the hinge 25. At this time, the torsion spring 29 is tensioned to impart an elastic force in the counterclockwise direction to the clamp 20 in the drawing.

Meanwhile, the communication pad 17 and the holder 30 are rotated in the clockwise direction so that the upper end thereof is seated in the seating groove 21 of the clamp 20. In this state, when the external force acting on the clamp 20 is removed, the clamp 20 is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing by the elastic force from the torsion spring 29. Therefore, the front upper end of the communication pad 17 is supported by the support end 23.

However, the communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator according to the prior art having such a configuration has the following problems.

Generally, one of the doors 11 and 13 is provided with a dispenser 15, and the other is provided with a home bar and a home bar door for opening and closing it. However, in the conventional Internet refrigerator, one of the doors 11 and 13 is provided with a dispenser 15, and the other one of the communication pads 17 is fixed, so that such a home bar cannot be applied. do.

In addition, according to the conventional communication pad mounting structure, rotation of the clamp 20 in the clockwise direction, that is, removal of the communication pad 17 is prevented by the elastic force of the elastic member 29. Therefore, when an external force exceeding the elastic member 29 is applied due to an external impact caused by the rotation of the door 13 or the weight of the communication pad 17, the clamp 20 rotates in a clockwise direction so that the communication pad ( 17 can be removed from the seating space (14).

The present invention is to improve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication pad mounting structure for an Internet refrigerator configured to be applied to the home bar.                         

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator, which is configured so that the communication pad is not removed arbitrarily.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is provided in the door for selectively opening and closing the storage space of the refrigerator, the seating space is formed so that the front is opened; A communication pad detachably seated in the seating space to receive an operation signal and display various information to the outside; An upper support means provided at an upper end of the seating space and supporting an upper end of the communication pad; And a lower support means provided at a lower end of the seating space and supporting a lower end of the communication pad; At least one of the upper and lower support means is installed to be movable up and down according to the height of the communication pad.

A seating space provided in a home bar door for selectively opening and closing a home bar for a refrigerator and having a front surface opened; A communication pad detachably seated in the seating space to receive an operation signal and display various information to the outside; An upper support means provided at an upper end of the seating space and supporting an upper end of the communication pad; And a lower support means provided at a lower end of the seating space and supporting a lower end of the communication pad; At least one of the upper and lower support means is installed to be movable up and down according to the height of the communication pad.

It further comprises an elastic member for imparting an elastic force downward to the upper support means.                     

The elastic member is provided between the ceiling of the seating space and the upper surface of the upper support means, it is preferably shielded from the outside by a shielding plate.

According to the communication pad mounting structure for an Internet refrigerator according to the present invention, there is an advantage that the home bar can be applied and the communication pad can be prevented from being arbitrarily removed.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 shows an internet refrigerator provided with a preferred embodiment of a communication pad mounting structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a side cross-section of the embodiment shown in FIG.

As shown in the drawing, a pair of doors 51 and 53 are installed in the main body 50 of the Internet refrigerator (hereinafter referred to as a refrigerator). The doors 51 and 53 are rotatably installed by hinges h and h ', respectively, to selectively shield a storage space (not shown) provided in the main body 50. do.

One side of the doors 51 and 53 is provided with door handles 51 'and 53', which are held by the user by hand to rotate the doors 51 and 53, respectively. In addition, a dispenser 55 for supplying water to the outside is provided at one side of the front side of the left door 51 in the drawing among the doors 51 and 53.

Meanwhile, a groove bar 56 is provided at one side of the front surface of the right door 53 among the doors 51 and 53. A beverage bottle or the like is stored in the home bar 56, and a home bar door 57 is installed at one side of the door 53. The groove bar door 57 is to open and close the groove bar 56 selectively by rotating the upper end up and down about the hinge (H).

And the communication bar 60 is installed in the home bar door (57). As the communication pad 60, a tablet computer having a touch screen and a controller which displays various information related to the operation of the Internet and the refrigerator to the outside and receives an operation signal and controls according to the received operation signal is used. do. In addition, the communication pad 60 is detachably installed on the home bar door 57 and is connected to a control unit 59 provided on an upper surface of the main body 50.

Unexplained reference numeral 57a is a handle portion. The handle portion 57a is provided at the top of the front surface of the home bar door 57, and is a portion that is held by the user by the home bar door 57 to open and close the home bar 56.

As shown in FIG. 4, the home bar door 57 is provided with a predetermined seating space 58. The seating space 58 is formed such that a portion of the groove bar door 57 is recessed inward so that the front surface is opened, and the communication pad 60 is seated in the seating space 58.

An upper holder 61 and a lower holder 63 are provided at upper and lower portions of the seating space 58, respectively. The upper holder 61 and the lower holder 63 are formed to correspond to the left and right widths of the communication pad 60, and the seating grooves which are open downward and upward in the upper holder 61 and the lower holder 63, respectively. 62 and 64 are formed long to the left and right, and the upper and lower ends of the communication pad 60 are respectively seated and supported.                     

Meanwhile, at least one guide rib 65 is provided between the ceiling of the seating space 58 and the upper surface of the upper holder 61. The upper end of the guide rib 65 is fixed to the upper surface of the upper holder 61, and the upper end of the guide rib 65 is inserted into the ceiling of the seating space 58, that is, into the groove bar door 57. Therefore, the upper holder 61 can move up and down by a distance corresponding to the length of the guide rib (65).

And the coil spring 67 is installed long up and down to surround the guide rib (65). That is, the upper and lower ends of the coil spring 67 are respectively supported on the ceiling of the seating space 58 and the upper surface of the upper holder 61 to impart an elastic force downward to the upper holder 61.

On the other hand, the shielding plate 69 is provided at the upper end of the seating space 58. The shielding plate 69 is for shielding the guide rib 65 and the coil spring 67 from the outside, so as to have a height corresponding to the height difference between the seating space 58 and the communication pad 60. It is preferably formed.

In addition, the shield plate 69 is installed to guide the shangdong of the upper holder (61). That is, the upper holder 61 is moved up and down while the front surface thereof is in contact with the rear surface of the shield plate 69, so that the upper holder 61 is prevented from being tilted forward or backward while moving up and down. The upper end of the communication pad 60 can be accurately seated in the seating groove 62 of the upper holder 61.

Hereinafter, the operation of a preferred embodiment of the communication pad mounting structure for an Internet refrigerator according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C.

First, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the communication pad 60 is obliquely moved downwardly and upwardly to form a predetermined inclination. At this time, the upper end of the communication pad 60 is pushed upward the upper holder 61 in a state seated on the upper holder 61 provided in the seating space 58 of the home bar door (57).

In addition, the communication pad 60 is moved upward so that its rotation is not disturbed by the lower holder 63 provided in the seating space 58. In other words, the communication pad 60 moves upward so that the lower holder 63 is located below the rotation trajectory.

Meanwhile, the upper portion of the guide rib 65 provided between the seating space 58 and the upper holder 61 by the movement of the upper holder 61 is the upper ceiling of the seating space 58, that is, the home bar. It is inserted into the door 57. In addition, the coil spring 67 surrounding the guide rib 65 is compressed by the moving distance of the upper holder (61).

In this state, the communication pad 60 is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing with respect to the upper end portion of the upper holder 61. Thus, as shown in Figure 5b, the communication pad 60 is rotated to form a substantially vertical, the lower end is located directly above the lower holder (63).

At this time, as shown in Figure 5c, and when removing the external force to move the upper holder 61 upward, by the elastic force of the coil spring 67 to the upper holder 61 and the upper holder 61 The seated communication pad 60 moves downward. Therefore, the lower end of the communication pad 60 is seated on the lower holder 63. In this way, the communication pad 60 is detached from the seating space 58 by the elastic force of the coil spring 67 while the upper and lower ends thereof are respectively supported by the upper holder 61 and the lower holder 63. It will not be.

According to the present invention as described above, it can be seen that the basic technical idea is composed of a pair of holders for supporting the upper and lower ends of the communication pad and an elastic member for imparting an elastic force to any one of such holders. .

Within the scope of the basic technical idea of the present invention, many modifications are possible to those skilled in the art, and the scope of the present invention should be interpreted based on the appended claims. will be.

In the illustrated embodiment, the communication pad is limited to the case in which the communication bar is mounted on the home bar door, but it may be obvious that the communication pad may also be mounted on the door.

According to the illustrated embodiment, the upper holder is installed to be movable up and down on the seating space, the lower holder is fixed to the lower portion of the seating space, but is not limited thereto. That is, the upper holder is fixed to the upper portion of the seating space, the lower holder may be installed to be moved up and down in the lower portion of the seating space, or both may be installed to be movable up and down.

And although the coil spring is used as an elastic member for imparting an elastic force to the upper holder, as long as it can impart an elastic force to the upper holder, any other configuration may be used.

As described above, according to the Internet refrigerator communication pad mounting structure according to the present invention, the following effects are expected.

First, since the communication pad is detachably installed on the front of the refrigerator home bar door, the home bar can be applied to the internet refrigerator.

And since the communication pad is fixed by the elastic force in the vertical direction of the elastic member in a state supported by the upper support means and the lower support means of the seating space, it is possible to prevent the communication pad from being removed arbitrarily.

Claims (4)

A seating space provided in a door for selectively opening and closing a storage space of the refrigerator, the seating space having a front surface opened; A communication pad detachably seated in the seating space to receive an operation signal and display various information to the outside; An upper support means provided at an upper end of the seating space and supporting an upper end of the communication pad; And It is provided at the lower end of the seating space, and comprises a lower support means for supporting the lower end of the communication pad; At least one of the upper and lower support means is a communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator, characterized in that installed to be moved up and down in accordance with the height of the communication pad. A seating space provided with a front surface of the home bar door for selectively opening and closing the home bar for the refrigerator and formed to be opened; A communication pad detachably seated in the seating space to receive an operation signal and display various information to the outside; An upper support means provided at an upper end of the seating space and supporting an upper end of the communication pad; And It is provided at the lower end of the seating space, and comprises a lower support means for supporting the lower end of the communication pad; At least one of the upper and lower support means is a communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator, characterized in that installed to be moved up and down in accordance with the height of the communication pad. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Communication pad mounting structure for an Internet refrigerator, characterized in that it further comprises an elastic member for imparting an elastic force to the upper support means downward. The method of claim 3, wherein The elastic member is provided between the ceiling of the seating space and the upper surface of the upper support means, the communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator, characterized in that shielded from the outside by a shielding plate.

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