KR100728380B1 - Door handle of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a door handle for a refrigerator. The present invention is provided with a seating channel (36) formed in the longitudinal direction on the front surface and at least a semi-transparent handle cover (42) shielding the seating channel (36) and installed inside the seating channel (36). The handle 40 to be seen through the handle cover 42 to the outside, the handlebar 30 is provided on both ends of the handlebar 30 to fix the handlebar 30 to one side of the door 10 to support the handle holder 20. It is configured to include. At this time, both ends of the handle cover 42 is formed by extending the cover end fastening portion 45 is bent into the inside of the handle bar 30, the handle cover 42 through the cover end fastening piece 45 handle bar body 31 It is fixed to). According to the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention having such a configuration, the strength of the elastic deformation of the door handle itself is increased, even if an external force is applied for the operation of the door handle, the elastic deformation does not occur, thereby increasing the reliability of the product. Even if the use situation (temperature) of the handle is changed, there is an advantage that the relative deformation does not occur between the components constituting the handle bar 30 can give a sense of stability to the user.

Refrigerator, door, handle, decoration

Description

Door handle of refrigerator

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a refrigerator equipped with a door handle according to the prior art.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing the main portion of the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: door 12: front panel

14: Side Decobar 16: Mounting Bracket

20: handle holder 22: holder body

24: Baa Home Home 26: Baadan Fasteners

27: fastening hole 28: cap

30: handlebar 31: handlebar body

31 ': Tightening rib 32: Hanging rib

33: Jamming 34: Cover Base

35: hanger 36: seating channel

38: coupling portion 40: decorative member

42: handle cover 43: cover protrusion

45: cover end fastening piece 47: through hole

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a door handle that allows a user to operate a door that opens and closes a storage space.

1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a refrigerator equipped with a door handle according to the prior art. According to this, the storage space 3 is formed inside the refrigerator main body 1. The storage space 3 may be divided into a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber at the top of the main body 1. A pair of refrigerating chamber doors 5 for selectively opening and closing the refrigerating compartment are provided at both ends of the upper front side of the main body 1, and a freezing chamber door 7 for selectively opening and closing the freezing compartment at the lower front side of the main body 1. Is installed.

Door handles 5 'and 7' are installed in the refrigerating chamber door 5 and the freezing chamber door 7, respectively. The door handles 5 'and 7' are configured such that bar holders 6 'and 8' supporting both ends of the handle bars 6 and 8 are fixed to the doors 5 and 7, respectively. Both ends of the handle bars 6 and 8 are inserted into and fixed to the bar holders 6 'and 8'.

The handlebars 6 and 8 may be composed of main body parts 6a and 8a constituting the body of the handlebars 6 and 8 and decorative materials 6b and 8b to decorate the front surface. In this case, the main body parts 6a and 8a are generally made of a metal material such as aluminum, and the decoration materials 6b and 8b are made of a member such as plastic.

However, the door handle according to the prior art as described above has the following problems.

First, the handle bar 6 constituting the door handles 5 'and 7' according to the prior art is one bar having a long length. Therefore, when the user grabs and pulls the handlebar 6 by hand, the handlebar 6 repeats deformation and recovery by elastic deformation. Therefore, there is a problem in that the handle bar 6 and the bar holders 6 'and 8' are loosened during use, so that the handle bar 6 may fall out or shake, causing inconvenience to the user.

In addition, since the body parts 6a and 8a of the handle bar 6 and the decorative materials 6b and 8b are made of different materials, that is, metal and plastic, the coefficient of thermal expansion is different, and thus the body parts 6a and 8a are changed in accordance with the change in the room temperature. ) And decoration materials 6b and 8b have different rates of change, and separation between them is likely to occur. In particular, when the handle bar 6 is assembled at a low temperature and the use state is a high temperature, the body parts 6a and 8a made of a metal material sensitive to heat change are elongated. Therefore, the main body parts 6a and 8a push up the bar holders 6 'and 8' and the decorative materials 6b and 8b which are relatively insensitive to heat change have a problem of being separated or shaken.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and to provide a door handle equipped with a handle bar in which members constituting the handle bar are firmly coupled.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention is a handle bar which is provided with a seating channel formed in the longitudinal direction on the front surface and at least partially transparent or translucent handle cover shielding the seating channel, A decorative material installed inside the seating channel and visible from the outside through the handle cover, and a handle holder provided at both ends of the handle bar to support and fix the handle bar to one side of the door; Both ends of the handle cover are formed by extending the cover end fastening portion bent into the handle bar, and the hand cover is fixed to the body portion of the handle bar through the cover end fastening, and the handle bar is provided at both ends of the cross section. Handle bar body having a hanger rib extended to be parallel to each other, coupled to the hanger rib of the handle bar body is characterized in that it comprises a cover base is fastened to the handle bar body and the decorative material is mounted.

In addition, the handle bar has a cylindrical shape, and a predetermined space is formed therein.

In addition, the seating channel is provided in the cover base, and the decorative material and the handle cover are mounted.

On the other hand, the cover end fastening piece and the handle bar is coupled to the through-hole formed in the cover end fastening piece, the fastening rib formed in the handle bar body portion is screwed.

According to the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention having such a configuration, the strength of the elastic deformation of the door handle itself is increased, even if an external force is applied for the operation of the door handle, the elastic deformation does not occur, thereby increasing the reliability of the product. Even if the use condition of the handle (temperature) is different, there is an advantage that the relative deformation does not occur between the parts constituting the door handle can give a sense of stability to the user.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a door handle of a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the configuration of the present invention, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion of the embodiment of the present invention Is shown.

As shown in these figures, the front panel 12 is formed in the front of the door 10 for opening and closing the storage space of the refrigerator. Of course, an outdoor may be provided inside the front panel 12 to shield the heat insulation layer. The back of the door 10 is formed by a door liner (not shown).

Then, the decoba (not shown) is formed on the side and top and bottom of the door 10. The side decor bars 14 forming one side of the decor bars are configured to shield a part of the edge of the front panel 12. Through-holes 15 are drilled in the side decoration bars 14 for mounting of the handle holder 20 to be described below. An inner surface of the side deco bar 14 is provided with a mounting bracket 16 in which a through hole 16 'is drilled at a position corresponding to the through hole 15. The mounting bracket 16 is fastened to the side decor bar 14 together with the handle holder 20 by screws (not shown).

The handle holder 20 is mounted to a couple corresponding to the front of the door 10 of the side deco bar 14. The handle holder 20 is provided with a holder body (22). The holder body 22 has an approximately elongated hexahedron shape. The holder body 22 has a bar seating groove 24 formed long in the longitudinal direction thereof. The bar seating groove 24 is formed on the opposite side to which the holder body 22 is coupled to the side decor bar 14. A fastening hole 24 ′ is drilled in the bar seating groove 24 of the holder body 22. The fastening hole 24 ′ is a portion through which a screw for fastening with the handle bar 30 to be described below passes.

One end of the holder body 22 is formed to protrude the bar end fastening piece 26. The bar end fastening piece 26 is protruded to the opposite side of the side decoration bar 14 to one end of the holder body 22. The bar end fastening piece 26 is provided with a fastening through hole 27. The fastening hole 27 is for coupling the cover base 34 and the handle cover 42 to be described below. The fastening hole 27 is shielded by a cap 28. That is, the cap 28 shields the fastening hole 27 so that the coupling portion of the cover base 34 and the hand cover 42 is not visible from the outside. The cap 28 has a disc shape and is provided with elastic legs 28 'at both ends thereof and is coupled to the fastening through holes 27 of the bar end fastening pieces 26.

The handle bar 30 includes a handle bar body 31 and a cover base 34. Of course, depending on design conditions, the handle bar body 31 and the cover base 34 may be integrated. Here, the handle bar 30 has a predetermined space formed therein. Such a space serves to reinforce the strength so that the handle bar 30 is not easily elastically deformed. The handle bar 30 is coupled to both ends of the handle holder 20 is supported.

The handle bar body 31 extends long in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction of the door 10, and both ends thereof are coupled to the handle holder 20 to be supported by the door 10. The handle bar body 31 may be manufactured by extruding a metal material. Thus, the handle bar body 31 is formed in a constant cross-sectional configuration in the longitudinal direction. In the present embodiment, the handle bar body 31 is formed by extending a predetermined length in a straight line side by side at both ends thereof in a semi-cylindrical shape. That is, hook ribs 32 are formed at both ends of the cross section of the handle bar body 31 to extend forward. A hooking protrusion 33 is formed at the tip of the hook rib 32. The hook rib 32 and the locking protrusion 33 are formed continuously in the longitudinal direction of the handle bar body 31. A fastening rib 31 ′ is formed in the inner space of the handle bar body 31. The fastening rib 31 ′ is a part for fastening with the cover end fastening piece 45 of the handle cover 42 to be described below.

The cover base 34 is coupled to the hook rib 32 of the handle bar body 31. The cover base 34 has the same length as the handle bar body 31 and serves to reinforce the handle bar 30 by being combined with the handle bar 30. The cover base 34 is provided with a hooking jaw 35 which is hooked to the hooking protrusion 33 along both rear ends thereof in the longitudinal direction.

On the front surface of the cover base 34, a seating channel 36 is formed long in the longitudinal direction. The seating channel 36 enters a separate decorative material 40. Various things may be used as the decoration material 40. For example, the handlebar 30 or the cover base 34 may be different in color, or may be made of a different material, thereby changing the aesthetics of the door handle.

In addition, the door handle may be made more luxurious by using jewelry such as crystal as the decorative material 40. An example of the decorative material 40 is a Swarovski Stone.

A coupling recess 38 is formed at a position outside the front surface of the mounting member 40 in the seating channel 36 of the cover base 34. The coupling recess 38 is formed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the cover base 34. The coupling recesses 38 are formed at positions of the seating channels 36 facing each other.

The handle cover 42 is installed in the seating channel 36 on which the decorative material 40 is seated. The handle cover 42 is formed of a transparent material. The handle cover 42 is formed by injecting a transparent PC (PC) material, for example. The cover cover 43 is formed on the handle cover 42 is seated on the coupling recess 38. The cover protrusion 43 is seated on the coupling recess 38 to allow the handle cover 42 to be coupled to the cover base 34. The cover protrusion 43 is formed long in the longitudinal direction along both ends of the handle cover 42.

Cover end fastening pieces 45 are formed at both ends of the handle cover 42, respectively. A through hole 47 is drilled in the cover end fastening piece 45. The through hole 47 is for fastening between the handle bar body 31 and the cover end fastening piece 45. Preferably, the through hole 47 and the handle bar body 31 are coupled to each other through a screw connection between the through hole 47 and the fastening rib 31 ′.

Hereinafter will be described in detail the operation of the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention having the configuration as described above.

First, the assembling of the door handle of the present invention will be described. The decorative material 40 is seated in the seating channel 36 of the cover base 34. At this time, it is preferable to use a double-sided tape or adhesive so that the decorative material 40 is not easily separated from the seating channel 40.

After the decorative material 40 is mounted on the cover base 34, the cover base 34 is mounted on the handle cover 42 on the cover base 34. To this end, the cover protrusion 43 of the handle cover 42 is seated on the coupling recess 38 of the seating channel 36.

In this state, the cover base 34 is assembled to the handle bar body 31. Of course, in the state in which the cover base 34 is assembled to the handle bar body 31, the decorative material 40 or the handle cover 42 may be mounted. The cover base 34 is connected to the handle bar body 31 by the hook jaws 35 on both sides thereof being hooked on the hook jaw 35 formed on the hook ribs 32 of the handle bar body 31. Combined. The hook rib 32 is slightly elastically deformed when the cover base 34 is assembled to the handle bar 30 and then restored to its original shape to fix the cover base 34. When the cover base 34 is assembled to the handle bar body 31, the through hole 47 of the cover end fastening piece 45 corresponds to the fastening rib 31 ′ of the handle bar body 31. Will be in position. And it is firmly fixed by screwing between the through-hole and the fastening rib (31 ').

Next, the handle holder 20 is coupled to the handle bar body 31. To this end, a screw passing through the fastening hole 24 ′ opened by the bar seating groove 24 of the handle holder 20 is fastened to the handle bar body 31. By doing so, the handle bar body 31 and the handle holder 20 are fastened to each other.

The handle holder 20 is fastened to the side decor bar 14. That is, the holder body 22 of the handle holder 20 is located on the outer surface of the side deco bar 14, the mounting bracket 16 is located on the inner surface of the through-hole of the mounting bracket 16 A screw penetrating the through hole 15 of the 16 'and the side decobar 14 is fastened to the holder body 22. In this manner, the handle holder 20 is fastened to the side decor bar 14.

Meanwhile, a screw is fastened to the fastening rib 35 'between the cover end fastening piece 45 and the cover base 34 by passing through the fastening hole 27 of the bar end fastening piece 26 of the handle holder 20. do. In this manner, the handle holder 20, the handle bar body 31 and the handle cover 42 are fastened to each other. Next, the cap 28 is attached to the fastening hole 27 of the bar end fastening piece 26 of the handle holder 20 so that the cover end fastening piece 45 is not visible from the outside.

Of course, depending on design conditions, the handle holder 20 and the handle cover 42 may not be directly coupled to each other. This is because the handle bar body 31 is fastened to the holder body 22 of the handle holder 20 by screws. In this case, the cap 28 does not need to be used without forming the fastening through hole 27 in the bar end fastening piece 26.

When the handle holder 20 provided at both ends of the handle bar 30 in the same manner as described above to the side deco bar 14, the door handle is mounted to the door 10.

Within the scope of the basic technical spirit 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. something to do.

For example, the handle bar 30 may be formed integrally without being separated by the handle bar body 31 and the handle cover 42, in which case the handle bar 30 of the handle bar 30 corresponding to the handle cover 42 is formed. The seating channel 36 may be formed on the front surface thereof, and the decorative material 40 may be seated thereon, and the seating channel 36 may be shielded by the transparent handle cover 42.

The handle cover 42 is not necessarily completely transparent, but may be at least translucent or transparent.

In the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention as described in detail above, the following effects can be expected.

First, in the present invention, since the handle bar is firmly fixed to the refrigerator door through the handle holder, deformation does not easily occur, and thus the handle bar is stably attached to the refrigerator door, thereby increasing the reliability of the product.

In the present invention, since the handle bar body formed of the metal member and the handle cover formed of the plastic member are firmly coupled by screwing, deformation of each member is restrained and maintained integrally even when the ambient temperature changes. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of relative deformation between the constituent members of the handlebar according to the temperature change and to prevent the occurrence of gaps or shakes between the members, thereby increasing the stability of the product.

Claims (4)

A handlebar having a seating channel formed in a longitudinal direction on a front surface thereof, the handlebar of which at least a portion of the handle channel is transparent or translucent to shield the seating channel; Installed in the seating channel and the decorative material visible to the outside through the handle cover, A handle holder provided at both ends of the handle bar to support and fix the handle bar to one side of the door; Both ends of the handle cover is formed by extending the cover end fastening portion is bent into the handle bar to the hand cover is fixed to the body portion of the handle bar through the cover end fastening, The handle bar, A handle bar body having hook ribs extending parallel to each other at both ends of the cross section; The door handle of the refrigerator comprising a cover base coupled to the handle ribs of the handle bar body and fastened to the handle bar body and to which the decorative material is mounted. The door handle of the refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the handle bar has a tubular shape and a predetermined space is formed therein. The method of claim 2, The seating channel is provided in the cover base, the door handle of the refrigerator, characterized in that the decorative material and the handle cover is mounted. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The cover end fastening piece and the handle bar, The through-hole formed in the cover end fastening piece, and the fastening rib formed in the handle bar body portion is coupled to the door handle of the refrigerator.

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