KR19980072590A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and an object thereof is to facilitate disassembly and assembly of a door for opening and closing a storage compartment without a separate tool.

In the refrigerator according to the present invention, the hinge plate 310 rotatably supporting the door 200 is easily coupled to and detached from the main body case 100 through a coupling means without using a bolt. Therefore, the carrier disassembles and moves the door 200 through the coupling means during the change and installation of the installation place, and then easily reassembles without a separate tool, thereby improving the workability of the refrigerator and producing a refrigerator. Even in the door 200 is easy to assemble has the advantage of reducing the manufacturing cost.

Description

Refrigerator

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a hinge structure of the door for opening and closing the storage compartment.

In general, the refrigerator is configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator of the refrigeration cycle to the storage compartment formed therein to maintain the freshness of various foods for a long time.

Recently, a large-capacity refrigerator is also preferred in each home, and such a large-sized refrigerator is formed so that a storage compartment having an open front side is partitioned from side to side by a partition wall in a main body case forming an outer body. And the door is hinged to the front of the main body case and rotates around it, thereby closing the storage compartment. The hinge is divided into an upper hinge part and a lower hinge part. The upper hinge part bolted to the upper side of the main body case is axially coupled to the upper end of the door, and the lower hinge part is axially coupled to the lower end of the door, thereby being configured to rotatably support it. It is.

In particular, as shown in Figure 1, the upper hinge portion 3 is composed of a hinge plate (3a) is provided with a lower hinge shaft (3b) at the tip end, the hinge plate (3a) is bolted to the upper end of the main body case (1) It is fixed using (3c). At the upper end of the door 2, a door engaging hole 2a is formed at a position corresponding to the hinge shaft 3b. Accordingly, the door 2 has a lower shaft coupled to the lower hinge portion (not shown), and the hinge shaft 3b of the hinge plate 3a having the upper portion coupled to the body case 1 with the bolt 3c is coupled to the door 2a. By inserting and coupling to the rotational movement around it, the storage compartment (not shown) formed in the main body case 1 is opened and closed.

On the other hand, such a large refrigerator is too large to enter through the front door of the apartment, so after disassembling the door (2) and transport the main body case (1) and the door (2) separately, and at the installation place Reassemble. That is, the hinge plate 3a of the upper hinge portion 3, to which the bolts 3c are coupled, is loosened using a spanner or the like and separated from the main body case 1, and then the door 2 is lifted up slightly to lower the hinge portion (not shown). When the lower end of the door 2 is separated from the door 2, the door 2 and the main body case 1 are disassembled. In this state, the door 2 and the main body case 1 are transported to the room, and then assembled in the reverse order at the installation place.

However, the disassembly and assembly process of the door 2 takes a long time because each bolt 3c has to be tightened and loosened. In some cases, if the door 2 is frequently disassembled, the threads of the bolt 3c are worn out and reused. This becomes impossible. In addition, since a wrench, that is, a separate tool is required to tighten and loosen the bolt 3c, without the tool, disassembly and assembly of the refrigerator door 2 is impossible and the work process becomes cumbersome.

The present invention is to solve this problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a hinge plate for rotatably supporting the door by a detachable fastening to the main body case having a coupling means at its rear end without using a bolt, It is to provide a refrigerator that facilitates disassembly and assembly of a door.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling structure of a conventional door and the upper hinge portion.

2 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a refrigerator to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling structure of the door and the hinge of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a fastening state of the hinge plate according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: main body case 110: storage compartment

200: door 300: upper hinge portion

310: hinge plate 311: hinge axis

312: fastening portion 313: fastening hole

314: protrusion 320: auxiliary hinge plate

321: locking portion 322: locking hole

323: coupling portion 324: coupling hole

330: coupling rod 331: end

332: handle

The present invention for achieving this object, a refrigerator having a hinge plate that is connected to the main body case having a storage compartment therein, a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, one end of the door rotatably rotatable and the other end is coupled to the main body case In the main body case is provided with an auxiliary hinge plate protruding upward and the locking portion formed in the engaging hole therein, the rear end of the hinge plate is installed on the upper portion of the auxiliary hinge plate and provided with a coupling means detachably coupled to the locking portion It features.

Hereinafter, one preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 is a front view schematically showing a super-large refrigerator to which the present invention is applied, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views showing an exploded perspective view and a coupled state of the upper hinge portion of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ultra-large refrigerator may include a handle 210 to open and close the body case 100 and the storage compartment 110 in which a storage compartment 110 storing food therein is left and right partitioned by a partition wall 120. Doors 200 are provided are hinged to the body case 100, respectively.

The hinge is divided into an upper hinge portion 300 and a lower hinge portion 400 that rotatably support the upper end and the lower end of the door 200 in the main body case 100, which is coupled to the upper end of the main body case 100. Referring to Figures 3 and 4 the structure of the upper hinge portion 300, which is a characteristic element of the present invention will be described. The upper hinge part 300 has a hinge plate 310 provided with a hinge shaft 311 so that one end thereof is axially coupled with the door 200, and an auxiliary hinge fixed to the main body case 100 so that the hinge plate 310 is detachably coupled. Plate 320.

First, the auxiliary hinge plate 320 has four engaging portions 321 formed by cutting a portion so that the engaging holes 322 are formed therein, and are spaced at regular intervals, respectively, and are configured on both sides thereof, and the rear end thereof is the center portion thereof. It is upwardly bent as a coupling part 323 in which a coupling hole 324 is formed. The auxiliary hinge plate 320 is embedded in the main body case 100 and only the locking portion 321 and the coupling portion 323 are exposed to the outside of the main body case 100. That is, in the main body case 100, four locking portions 321 and coupling portions 323 are provided with hollow installation holes 130 corresponding thereto, through which the locking portion 321 and the coupling portion 323 are formed. ) Is exposed to the outside and the secondary hinge plate 320 is firmly fixed to the main body case 100 without additional fixing means when the urethane 140 is foamed into the body case 100 inside. And, as described above, the hinge plate 310, the hinge shaft 311 is axially coupled to the door coupling hole 220 formed in the upper end of the door 200 is configured at one end, the auxiliary end thereof Coupling means is fastened to the engaging portion 321 and the coupling portion 323 of the plate 320 to detachably couple the hinge plate 310 is provided. The coupling means is inserted into the coupling hole 324 of the auxiliary hinge plate 320 at the other end, the two fastening portion 312 formed by cutting a portion to protrude upward in the longitudinal direction so that the fastening hole 313 is formed therein. It is provided with a projection 314 to be. In addition, the coupling rod 330 through which the engaging portion 321 and the fastening portion 312 are bent so that both ends are parallel. At this time, the interval between the interval of the fastening portion 312 and the end 331 of the coupling rod 330 is equally spaced apart from the interval between the adjacent engaging portion 321 of the auxiliary hinge plate (320).

Therefore, the hinge plate 310 is inserted into the protrusion 314 in the coupling hole 324 of the coupling portion 323 exposed to the outside of the main body case 100 and placed in the upper portion of the main body case 100, the locking portion 321 The fastening part 312 is positioned side by side and the engaging hole 322 and the fastening hole 313 formed therein are connected in the same line. When the coupling rod 330 passes through the locking hole 322 and the fastening hole 313 at the same time, the hinge plate 310 is fixedly coupled to the upper portion of the body case 100. On the other hand, the bent portion of the coupling rod 330 is bent upward to serve as a handle 332, and hold or insert the end 331 of the coupling rod 330.

Next will be described the assembly process of the refrigerator door 200 through the upper hinge 300 according to the present invention configured as described above.

First, the lower end portion of the door 200 is axially coupled to the lower hinge portion 400 formed at the bottom of the body case 100, and then the hinge plate 310 of the upper hinge portion 300 is hinged on the upper portion of the body case 100. When the 311 is inserted into the door coupling hole 220 and the protrusion 314 is coupled to be inserted into the coupling hole 324, the fastening part 312 of the hinge plate 310 is formed on the auxiliary hinge plate 320. It is positioned on the same line as the catching part 321 protruding out of the main body case 100. That is, the locking portions 321 are positioned adjacent to both sides of the fastening portion 312, and the fastening hole 313 and the locking hole 322 formed therein are associated with each other. In this state, by holding the handle 332 of the coupling rod 330 and inserting both ends 331 to pass through the fastening hole 313 and the locking hole 322 at the same time, the hinge plate 310 has a rear end body case By being firmly fixed to the upper end portion, the door 200 is rotatably supported about the hinge shaft 311 to open and close the storage compartment 110.

On the other hand, such a large refrigerator is too large to pass through the door of the apartment, such as when changing the installation location or transport, and also because the weight is considerably heavy, it is often the case that the door 200 is removed, which is described above When the hinge plate 310 of the branch 300 is assembled in the reverse order, the door 200 can be easily removed. That is, the handle 332 is pulled out of the end portion 331 of the coupling rod 330 from the fastening portion 312 and the concave portion 321, and when the door 200 is slightly pulled forward, the protrusion 314 is coupled By being separated from the coupling hole 324 of the portion 323, the hinge plate 310 is completely separated from the body case 100. When the door 200 is lifted upward and the door 200 is lowered from the lower hinge part 400, the door 200 and the main body case 100 are easily disassembled. Then, the disassembled door 200 and the main body case 100 are separately transported to an installation place, and then reassembled as described above.

Therefore, the hinge plate 310 of the upper hinge part 300 is detached from the main body case 100 in order to disassemble and assemble the door 200 that opens and closes the storage compartment 110. Since the operation is performed using only), the time is shortened, and no separate tool is required, so that the door 200 may be easily attached or detached.

As described in detail above, the refrigerator according to the present invention is easily coupled to the main body case without a hinge plate for rotatably supporting the door through a coupling means. Therefore, the carrier disassembles and moves the door through the coupling means during the change and installation of the installation site, and then easily assembles it again without a separate tool, thereby improving the workability of the door. Easy to assemble has the advantage of reducing manufacturing costs.

Claims (6)

The main body case 100 having a storage compartment 110 provided therein, the door 200 for opening and closing the storage compartment 110, and one end thereof to rotatably support one side of the door 200, and the other end of the main body case. In the refrigerator having a hinge plate 310 coupled to (100), the main case 100 has a secondary hinge plate 320 is protruding upward and has a locking portion 321 formed with a locking hole 322 therein. It is provided, the rear end of the hinge plate 310 is installed on the upper portion of the auxiliary hinge plate 320, characterized in that the refrigerator comprises a coupling means detachably coupled to the engaging portion (321). According to claim 1, The coupling means is provided on the rear end of the hinge plate 310 and the fastening portion 312 protruding upwards to form a fastening hole 313 therein, one end is the engaging hole 322 and And a coupling rod (330) for coupling the auxiliary hinge plate (320) to the hinge plate (310) by passing through the fastening hole (313). The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the engaging portion (321) is provided to correspond to both sides of the auxiliary hinge plate (320) with the fastening portion (312) therebetween. According to claim 3, The fastening portion 312 is provided with two to be spaced apart by a predetermined interval, the coupling rod 330 is bent so that both ends 331 parallel to the fastening portion 312 and the engaging portion 321 Refrigerator, characterized in that coupled to). The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein a handle (332) is bent upward in the center of the coupling rod (330). According to claim 2, wherein the rear end of the auxiliary hinge plate 320 is bent upwardly is provided with a coupling portion 323 formed with a coupling hole 324 in the center, the rear end of the hinge plate 310 is the coupling Refrigerator, characterized in that the projection 314 is inserted into the ball 324 is provided.