KR101552482B1 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator capable of improving the assembly structure between a door that opens and closes a storage compartment and a handle provided on a front side thereof, thereby shortening the assembly time.

A refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage room, a door for opening and closing the storage room, a handle provided on the door, and an assembling device provided between the handle and the door for assembling the handle to the door, And a binding unit provided on the handle so as to be coupled to the handle bracket. The handle can be assembled to the door by pressing the binding unit on the handle bracket.

Description

Refrigerator {refrigerator}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an assembly structure between a door that opens and closes a storage compartment and a handle provided on the front side thereof.

Generally, the refrigerator is a device for cooling the storage room inside the main body by the cool air generated through the evaporator of the refrigeration cycle, thereby storing the stored product in the storage room in a refrigerated or frozen state.

The main body has a storage chamber opened to the front, and a door is provided on the front surface of the main body to open and close the storage chamber.

The door is normally hinged to the body and is pivoted to open and close the storage compartment, and a handle is provided on the front of the door to allow the user to easily open or close the door.

The storage room is usually divided into a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. The door is provided separately for opening the freezer compartment and for opening and closing the refrigerator compartment so that the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment can be opened and closed independently. Recently, the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment are divided into left and right sides, The door for opening the refrigerator compartment and the door for opening the refrigerator compartment are provided on both left and right sides of the front surface of the main body so as to correspond to the longitudinal direction of the main body.

One aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerator which can improve the assembling property by improving the assembling structure of the refrigerator handle.

To this end, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator including a storage chamber, a door for opening and closing the storage chamber, a handle provided on the door, and an assembling device provided between the handle and the door, Wherein the assembling device includes a handle bracket provided on one side of the door and a binding unit provided on the handle so as to be coupled to the handle bracket so as to press the binding unit on the handle bracket, And can be assembled to the door.

The binding unit includes a support panel fixed to the handle, a first fastening member communicating with one side of the support panel and inserted into the handle, the hollow fastening member having a hollow accommodation portion, And a second fastening member coupled to the handle bracket to fix the handle bracket.

The handle bracket may include a coupling portion coupled to the door and an insertion portion extending from the coupling portion and adapted to be inserted into the receiving portion. The insertion portion may have a latching groove for latching the second coupling member, And has a shape in which its tip is reduced in its outer diameter toward the insertion direction.

In addition, the second fastening member may include a support portion that is connected so that a first end portion and a second end portion forming both ends of the second fastening member can be elastically spread, and the first end portion and the second end portion and the support portion are connected And a first bending portion and a second bending portion bent and bent.

The receiving portion is formed with an engaging groove for engaging with the second engaging member, and the engaging groove is provided with an engaging groove for engaging the first end portion and the second end portion of the second engaging member, And a cutout portion having a predetermined section cut along the circumferential direction of the coupling groove.

A tool insertion hole is provided in the handle corresponding to between the first end and the second end so that a tool provided to open between the first end and the second end can be inserted into the handle. .

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the handle of the refrigerator can be assembled with the door at one-touch, thereby shortening the assembly time.

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

1, a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 having a storage room (not shown) having a front surface opened, a door hinged to be rotatable on the front surface of the main body 10 to open and close the storage room, (11, 12).

The storage room is divided into the freezer room on the left side and the refrigerator room on the right side. One door of the doors 11 and 12 is a freezing compartment door 11 for opening and closing a freezing compartment provided on the left side and the other is a refrigerating compartment door 12 for opening and closing a refrigerating compartment provided on the right side.

Each of the doors 11 and 12 is long enough to correspond to the longitudinal direction of the main body 10. A handle 20 is provided on the front of the doors 11 and 12 to easily open and close the doors 11 and 12 .

The assembly device 30 is provided between the doors 11 and 12 and the handle 20 so that the handle 20 can be assembled and fixed to the front surfaces of the doors 11 and 12.

The assembling device 30 is provided at the upper and lower positions of the handle 20 so as to stably fix the handle 20.

2, the assembling device 30 of the refrigerator handle according to the present embodiment is shown in detail.

The assembling device 30 includes a handle bracket 40 fixed to the doors 11 and 12 and a binding unit 50 provided on the handle 20 so that the handle bracket 40 is inserted and assembled.

The binding unit 50 includes a first fastening member 60 fixed to the handle 20 and a second fastening member 70 fastened to the first fastening member 60.

The first fastening member 60 includes a support panel 61 provided to be fixed to the handle 20 and a receiving portion 62 formed in a cylindrical shape and communicating with one side of the support panel 61.

The handle 20 is provided with a first assembly groove 21 formed so as to fix the support panel 61 of the first fastening member 60 and a second assembly groove 21 formed to be recessed inwardly of the first assembly groove 21, The second assembly groove 22 to which the receiving portion 62 of the first fastening member 60 is coupled is formed.

A screw fastening groove 23 for fastening the screw 80 to the support panel 61 is formed in the first assembly groove 21.

A coupling groove 61a for fastening the screw 80 to the handle 20 is formed on the upper and lower sides of the support panel 61, that is, at a position corresponding to the screw coupling groove 23 of the handle 20, The first fastening member 60 is fixed to the handle 20 through the screw 80. [

The handle bracket 40 includes an engaging portion 41 adapted to engage with the doors 11 and 12 and an inserting portion 42 provided to be inserted into the receiving portion 62 of the first engaging member 60 .

The outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion 41 is threaded and the handle bracket 40 is fastened and fixed to the engaging grooves 11a and 12a of the doors 11 and 12 in a screw manner.

The insertion portion 42 is provided with a support tab 42b formed to be supported on the front of the doors 11 and 12 and a retaining groove 42c recessed in the circumferential direction so as to engage with the second fastening member 70 .

The distal end portion 42a of the front insertion portion 42 of the engagement groove 42c is formed into a tapered shape whose outer diameter decreases toward the insertion direction of the insertion portion 42. [

The second fastening member 70 is provided in the form of a leaf spring so that the insertion portion 42 inserted into the receiving portion 62 of the first fastening member 60 can be elastically pressed and restrained.

The second fastening member 70 is annular and has a first end portion 71 that forms one end and a second end portion 72 that forms the other end and a second end portion 72 that forms an end between the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 A first bending portion 74 connecting the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 to the support portion 73 and a second bending portion 74 connecting the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 to the support portion 73, 2 bending portion 75 as shown in Fig.

The first bending portion 74 and the second bending portion 75 are more easily elastically deformed by the second fastening member 70 elastically deformed so that the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 are spread apart The first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 side of the second fastening member 70 are inserted into the receiving portion 62a through the cutout portion 62a of the first fastening member 60 to be described later 62 in a zigzag manner so as to be able to enter inside.

The second fastening member 70 is installed to surround the outer periphery of the first fastening member 60 receiving portion 62.

The first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 side of the second fastening member 70 are engaged with the handle bracket 40 A cut-out portion 62a is formed in a semicircular shape so as to be in contact with the distal end portion 42a of the insertion portion 42. [

An engaging groove 62b is formed on the opposite side of the cutout 62a so that the support portion 73 of the second fastening member 70 is inserted and seated.

The first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 of the second fastening member 70 can be pushed by the tip end portion 42a of the insertion portion 42 formed in a tapered shape.

3A to 4B, the assembly and disassembly process of the handle 20 and the doors 11 and 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

In order to fix the handle 20 to the refrigerator doors 11 and 12, first the receiving portion 62 of the first fastening member 60 is inserted into the second mounting groove 22 of the handle 20, The groove 21 and the support panel 61 are assembled and the screw fastening groove 23 and the fastening groove 61a are assembled through the screw 80. [

At this time, the support portion 73 of the second fastening member 70 is seated in the coupling groove 62b of the receiving portion 62 and the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 and the first bending portion 74 And the second bending portion 75 are fixed to the outer circumferential side of the receiving portion 62 of the first fastening member 60 so as to be inserted into the receiving portion 62 through the cutout portion 62a.

The second fastening member 70 is inserted into the second fitting groove 22 of the handle 20 while being fastened to the outer periphery of the first fastening member 60 receiving portion 62. [

The handle bracket 40 is fixed to the doors 11 and 12. When the handle 20 is assembled, the receiving portion 62 of the handle 20, to which the first fastening member 60 is assembled, So that the insertion portion 42 of the handle bracket 40 can be pressed inward to assemble easily.

The front end portion 42a of the insertion portion 42 of the handle bracket 40 is pushed by the pushing action of the handle 20 and the distal end portion 42a of the handle bracket 40 is inserted through the cut portion 62a of the receiving portion 62 into the second And comes into contact with the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 side of the fastening member 70.

At this time, the distal end portion 42a of the insertion portion 42 formed in a tapered shape enters the inside of the accommodating portion 62 with the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 spreading at a predetermined interval L ₁ The first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 are restored to their original shapes and the second fastening member 70 of the inside of the cutout portion 62a is restored to the original state after the tip end portion 42a passes the second fastening member 70. [ Is engaged with the engaging groove 42c of the inserting portion 42.

The handle 20 is connected to the handle bracket 40 of the doors 11 and 12 by the second fastening member 70 .

A tool 90 such as a screwdriver is fastened to the first fastening member 60 at a position corresponding to a position between the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 of the second fastening member 70 on one side of the handle 20, A tool insertion hole 24 is provided so as to be inserted into the accommodating portion 62 of the tool holder.

The tool insertion hole 24 is formed in the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 70 of the second fastening member 70 assembled in the receiving portion 62 of the first fastening member 60, 72 so that the tool 90 is rotated such that a predetermined interval L ₂ is opened between the first end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 of the second fastening member 70, The engagement of the second fastening member 70 with respect to the handle bracket 40 is released and the handle 20 is moved forwardly of the doors 11 and 12 as the end portion 71 and the second end portion 72 are opened The handle 20 can be easily separated from the doors 11 and 12 according to the pulling.

Therefore, the assembly device 30 between the handle 20 and the doors 11 and 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention not only simplifies assembly and assembly of the handle 20 to the doors 11 and 12, It is possible to simplify the work of separating, and the workability can be improved.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a refrigerator according to the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing an assembling apparatus between a refrigerator door and a handle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are cross-sectional views schematically showing the assembly of an assembling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B are cross-sectional views schematically showing the disassembly of the assembling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

10: main body 11, 12: door

20: handle 30: assembly device

40: handle bracket 50: binding unit

Claims (6)

A handle provided on the door; a handle bracket provided between the handle and the door and provided at one side of the door to assemble the handle to the door; And an assembling device coupled to the handle and comprising a binding unit, The binding unit includes: a support panel fixed to the handle; a first fastening member communicating with one side of the support panel and inserted into the handle, the hollow fastening member having a hollow accommodation portion; And a second fastening member provided to fix the handle bracket, Wherein the second fastening member includes a support portion that is connected to allow the first end and the second end of the second fastening member to elastically spread. delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the handle bracket includes a coupling portion coupled to the door and an insertion portion extending from the coupling portion and configured to be inserted into the receiving portion, Wherein the insertion portion has a latching groove formed therein for latching the second fastening member, and the distal end of the latching portion has a data shape whose outer diameter decreases as the insertion direction decreases. The method according to claim 1, And a first bending portion and a second bending portion bent and bent to connect the first end portion and the second end portion to the support portion, respectively. The method according to claim 1, The receiving portion is formed with a coupling groove for coupling the second fastening member, Wherein the engaging groove includes a cut portion formed along the circumferential direction of the engaging groove so as to contact the first end portion and the second end portion of the second engaging member with the handle bracket. . 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein a tool insertion hole is provided in the handle corresponding to a position between the first and second ends so that a tool provided to open between the first and second ends can be inserted into the handle.

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