KR101055723B1 - Trim Kit Assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a trim kit assembly, and more particularly, to provide a trim kit assembly capable of improving the appearance satisfaction according to the mounting state of various home appliances built in on any space.

To this end, the present invention blocks the gap between the built-in home appliances and the cabinet in which the built-in space is formed, and is formed to surround the outside of the inner bracket and the inner bracket fixed by screwing the cabinet and the inner circumference thereof. There is provided a trim kit assembly comprising: a trim kit, the surface of which is coupled to the inner bracket.

Built-in Appliances, Trim Kit Assemblies, Internal Brackets, Trim Kits

Description

Trim kit assembly

1 is an enlarged view illustrating main parts of a conventional general built-in product, which is viewed from the front;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a II-II cross-sectional view of FIG. 1.

4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the mounting state of the trim kit assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a side cross-sectional view showing a main portion of the trim kit assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention for explaining a state in which the trim kit assembly is mounted on the upper portion of the built-in space;

6 is a side cross-sectional view showing a main portion of the trim kit assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention for explaining a state in which the trim kit assembly is mounted at a lower portion of the built-in space;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a trim kit assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a structure for further solidifying the coupling between the inner bracket and the trim kit is further provided;

8 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a mounting state of a trim kit assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

110. Inner bracket 111. First bending plate                 

112. Opening hole 114. Joining hole

115. Upper Bracket 116. Lower Bracket

120. Trim kit 121. Second bending plate

122.Slit Ball 123.Rib

124. Hanging parts

The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a trim kit, and more particularly, using a trim kit in which various fastening parts are not visible in the process of blocking gaps that may occur when various electronic products are installed. The clearance blocking structure of the built-in product.

In recent years, the kitchen of each home has been increasingly built in a built-in type due to the improvement of kitchen life.

In other words, a variety of household appliances such as a microwave oven, a gas oven, a refrigerator, a dishwasher, a drum washing machine, and the like are installed in a cabinet in which a space for mounting various products is formed in an arbitrary size to simplify a complicated mounting structure. will be.

At this time, each space formed in the cabinet is formed large enough compared to the size of each general household appliances so that the discharged air is smoothly discharged to the outside of the space because the discharge of a lot of hot air due to the characteristics of the built-in home appliances.                         

However, since the gap between the built-in home appliance and the space may cause consumer dissatisfaction in appearance, a trim kit assembly is provided to block the gap so that the gap may look beautiful.

1 and 2 show an example of the mounting state of the trim kit assembly 10 described above, and the built-in home appliance at this time is shown in the embodiment of the microwave oven.

As can be seen from this, it is understood that the microwave oven 30 is accommodated in any mounting space of the cabinet 20, and that the trim kit assembly is blocking the gap between the microwave oven 30 and the mounting space. Can be.

At this time, a plurality of holding supports (not shown) are protrudingly mounted on the inner bottom of the mounting space to allow the microwave oven 30 to be spaced apart from the inner bottom of the mounting space by a predetermined distance to enable smooth air flow. do.

The trim kit assembly includes an upper trim kit 11, a lower trim kit 12, and a side trim kit 13.

Here, the upper trim kit 11 blocks a gap between the upper surface of the microwave oven 30 and the upper surface of the cabinet 20, and the lower trim kit 12 is the bottom surface of the microwave oven 30 and the The gap between the bottom of the cabinet 20 is blocked, and the side trim kit 13 blocks the gap between both sides of the microwave oven 30 and both sides of the cabinet 20.

At this time, upper and lower surfaces of the side trim kit 13 are formed with extension portions 13a extending to both inner sides of the upper trim kit 11 and the lower trim kit 12, and the extension portions 13a. The rivet 60 is fastened at both sides of the upper trim kit 11 and the lower trim kit 12.

In addition, the front of the upper trim kit 11 and the lower trim kit 12, a plurality of slot holes (11a, 12a) are formed along the horizontal direction to enable the air flow.

At this time, a plurality of horizontal ribs (11b, 12b) to the front side of the slot hole (11a, 12a) to the front side to guide the air flow.

However, the side trim kit 13 constituting the conventional trim kit assembly 10 as described above, although its upper and lower extensions 13a are coupled to the upper trim kit 11 and the lower trim kit 12. However, the rivet 60 has a problem that the flow is generated when the coupling is not accurate or loose, thereby lowering the reliability of the product.

In addition, each of the ribs 11b and 12b constituting the above-described conventional trim kit assembly 10 is roughly flat so that the inside thereof is reflected through the slot holes 11a and 12a formed in the front side when the user views it from the front side. As it is configured to be inclined upward toward the front side, it causes a problem of appearance dissatisfaction.

In addition, since the rivet 60 is exposed to the front top of the upper trim kit 11, there is a problem that causes dissatisfaction of appearance.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems as described above, trim kit assembly that can improve the user's satisfaction with the appearance when mounting the built-in home appliances as possible, the flow can be prevented The purpose is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the gap between the built-in home appliances and the cabinet in which the built-in space is formed, the inner bracket is screwed and fixed to the cabinet and the outside of the inner bracket A trim kit assembly is provided that includes a trim kit, which is formed to enclose and has an inner circumferential surface coupled to the inner bracket.

Hereinafter, a trim kit assembly for a built-in home appliance according to each embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8.

First, the trim kit assembly for blocking the gap of the built-in home appliance (for example, microwave oven, etc.) 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a large inner bracket 110 and a trim kit as shown in FIG. 4. And 120.

Here, the inner bracket 110 is configured to block the gap between the built-in home appliances and the cabinet 20 in which the built-in space is formed.

At this time, the inner bracket 110 is formed to form a substantially rectangular frame, and is screwed to the front of the cabinet 20 is fixed.

The screw fastening portion between the inner bracket 110 and the cabinet 20 may be any portion of the inner bracket 110, but may be formed at an outer circumferential portion of the front surface of the inner bracket 110. This is preferred.                     

In addition, the upper circumferential surface and the lower circumferential surface of the inner circumferential surface of the inner bracket 110 may further include a first bent plate 111 bent to protrude forward.

In this case, although not shown, the first bent plate 111 may be formed on both circumferential surfaces of the inner circumferential surface of the inner bracket.

In addition, an opening hole 112 may be formed in a portion of the inner bracket 110 to close the gap between the bottom of the built-in home appliance 30 and the built-in space so as to communicate with the built-in space.

Of course, the opening hole may be formed to communicate with the built-in space even at a portion that closes the gap between the upper surface of the built-in home appliance 30 and the built-in space.

In addition, the trim kit 120 serves to prevent the inner bracket 110 from being exposed to the outside, and an outer circumferential surface of the inner bracket 110 surrounds the outside of the inner bracket 110. It is formed to protrude a portion toward the outer circumference.

In this case, the trim kit 120 is formed to have a shape of a substantially rectangular frame, and the second bending bent inward for screwing the inner bracket 110 on the upper circumferential surface and the lower circumferential surface of the inner circumferential surface Each plate 121 is integrally formed.

Of course, the second bending plate 121 may be formed on both peripheral surfaces of the inner peripheral surface of the trim kit 120.

The second bending plate 121 is in close contact with the outer surface of the first bending plate 111 formed on the inner circumferential surface of the inner bracket 110, respectively, the respective bending plate (111, 121) by screwing together Trim kit 120 is fixed to the inner bracket (110).                     

In addition, it is preferable to form at least one or more slit holes 122 in portions where the opening holes 112 of the inner bracket 110 are formed among the portions of the trim kit 120.

This structure prevents malfunction or damage of the home appliance due to a rise in temperature by allowing the heat generated by the driving of the built-in home appliance not to flow only inside the built-in space, but to be discharged to the outside of the built-in space. To make it work.

In addition, ribs 123 which guide the flow of air passing through the respective slit holes 122 are further formed at portions where the respective slit holes 122, which are inner wall surfaces of the trim kit 120, are formed. desirable.

In particular, the rib 123 is more preferably formed to be inclined upward gradually toward the side where the built-in space is located from the bottom of each slit hole 122, so that it is difficult to visually check the inside from the outside.

Hereinafter, a process of building in a built-in home appliance using the trim kit assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the internal bracket 110 is screwed into the cabinet 20 in a state where the built-in home appliance 30 is stored in the built-in space of the cabinet 20.

At this time, the screw fastening part is a part which can be visually confirmed when the inner bracket 110 is viewed from the front side, and in particular, a plurality of locations are made along the front circumference of the inner bracket 110, but the inner bracket If the 110 can be stably fixed to the cabinet 20, the screw connection is made anywhere.

Then, if the fixing of the inner bracket 110 is made by the above process, the trim kit 120 is coupled to the inner bracket 110.

At this time, since the trim kit 120 is formed to surround the inner bracket 110, the circumferential surface of the trim kit 120 is closely adhered to the circumferential surface of the inner bracket 110, in particular, the trim. The second bending plate 121 of the kit 120 is in close contact with the first bending plate 111 of the inner bracket 110.

In this state, a series of processes for fixing the trim kit 120 to the inner bracket 110 by screwing the respective bending plates 111 and 121 are completed.

At this time, the screw fastening portion between the inner bracket 110 and the trim kit 120 is a portion where the visual exposure is not made when viewed from the front side, in particular the trim kit 120 is the inner bracket 110 The external exposure is prevented by wrapping the screw fastening portion between the cabinet and the cabinet 20 so as to block external exposure.

5 and 6, the inner bracket 110 and the trim kit 120 are mounted to the cabinet 20.

On the other hand, in the structure of the first embodiment according to the present invention described above, since the screw fastening portion between the inner bracket 110 and the trim kit 120 is made only along the inner circumferential surface, there is a gap between the outer circumferential portions between the inner bracket 110 and the trim kit 120. Can be.

Accordingly, at least one coupling hole 114 is formed on the surface of the inner bracket 110 and the inner wall surface of the trim kit 20 penetrates the coupling hole 114 as shown in FIG. 7. More preferably, at least one locking portion 124 is inserted to maintain the locking state while being inserted.

Here, the locking portion 124 is formed by bending the thin plate having elasticity left and right symmetrically.

At this time, both ends of the engaging portion 124 is coupled to the inner wall surface of the trim kit 120, the portion from both ends to the center is bent inclined outward gradually toward the front and forward from the central portion The portion up to the side end is formed to be gradually inclined inward toward the front.

In the above configuration, the locking portion 124 is inserted by the force for inserting the locking portion 124 and the front inclined surface of the locking portion 124 in the process of passing through the coupling hole 114, and the insertion is smoothly performed. In the state where the locking portion 124 penetrates the coupling hole 114, the rear side portion thereof is caught by the coupling hole 114 by the restoring force of the locking portion 124 to prevent the removal.

Of course, if the catching portion 124 is separated from the coupling hole 114 to remove the trim kit 120 from the inner bracket 110, the force and the catching portion deviating from the catching portion 124 to the outside. The rear side inclined surface of 124 removes it smoothly.

Therefore, the trim kit can be stably fixed by the structure of the trim kit assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention, but the screw coupling part for fixing the trim kit 120 is not exposed to the outside. Appearance satisfaction can be improved.

On the other hand, the trim kit assembly of the present invention is not limited to only the inner bracket 110 to form a rectangular frame as a whole as in the structure of the first embodiment described above.

That is, the inner bracket 110 may be divided into an upper bracket 115 and a lower bracket 116 as shown in the configuration of FIG. 8 attached to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, the upper bracket 115 is screwed to the cabinet 20 while blocking a gap between the upper surface of the built-in home appliance 30 and the cabinet 20 in which the built-in space is formed, and the lower bracket 116. ) Is preferably screwed to the cabinet 20 while blocking a gap between the bottom of the built-in home appliance 30 and the cabinet 20 in which the built-in space is formed.

In particular, it is preferable to form an opening hole 116a open on the surface of the lower bracket 116 so as to communicate with the built-in space so as to allow heat discharge in the built-in space.

Of course, the structure of the trim kit 120 is preferably to achieve the structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above.

As described above, the trim kit assembly according to the present invention does not expose the screw for fixing the trim kit to the cabinet when viewed in appearance, such as the front and the top (or bottom) of the trim kit. It has the effect of improving the design satisfaction.

In addition, the trim kit assembly according to the present invention has an effect that the coupling between the trim kit and the inner bracket can be made stable by the structure according to the separate coupling hole and the engaging portion.

Claims (11)

An internal bracket which blocks a gap between the built-in home appliance and the cabinet in which the built-in space is formed, and which is screwed and fixed to the cabinet; It is formed to surround the outside of the inner bracket, the inner circumferential surface includes a trim kit coupled to the inner bracket, The trim kit It is formed to form a rectangular frame, the trim kit assembly, characterized in that the at least one of the inner peripheral surface is formed in one piece bent inward bending plate for screwing with the inner bracket integrally. The method of claim 1, The inner bracket An upper bracket for blocking a gap between the upper surface of the built-in home appliance and the cabinet in which the built-in space is formed; Trim kit assembly comprising a lower bracket for blocking the gap between the bottom of the built-in home appliance and the cabinet in which the built-in space is formed. The method of claim 2, Trim hole assembly characterized in that the opening hole is formed on the surface of the lower bracket to communicate with the built-in space. The method of claim 1, The inner bracket Trim kit assembly, characterized in that formed to form the shape of a square frame. The method of claim 4, wherein Trimming assembly, characterized in that the opening of the opening to communicate with the built-in space is formed in the portion of the inner bracket to close the gap between the bottom of the built-in home appliance and the built-in space. The method of claim 1, The screw fastening portion between the inner bracket and the cabinet is Trim kit assembly, characterized in that the outer peripheral portion of the front side of the inner bracket. The method of claim 1, Trim plate assembly characterized in that the front side of the inner bracket is integrally formed with a bending plate bent forward to be screwed against the bending plate of the trim kit. The method of claim 1, At least one coupling hole is formed on the surface of the inner bracket, Trim wall assembly, characterized in that the inner wall surface of the trim kit is further provided with at least one engaging portion is inserted into the coupling hole to maintain a locked state. The method of claim 8, The locking portion is formed by bending the thin plate having elasticity left and right symmetrically, Both ends are coupled to the inner wall surface of the trim kit, and the portions from both ends to the center are bent inclined outward gradually toward the front thereof, and the portions from the center to the front end gradually become inward toward the front thereof. Trim kit assembly characterized in that bent obliquely. The method of claim 1, Each part of the trim kit wraps a bottom portion of the inner bracket for closing a gap between the bottom of the built-in home appliance and the built-in space. At least one slit hole formed in communication with said built-in space is formed. 11. The method of claim 10, Trim parts assembly, characterized in that each of the slit hole is formed in the inner wall surface of the trim kit is further formed ribs gradually inclined upward toward the built-in space from the bottom of each slit hole.

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