KR200217738Y1 - Door handle of the refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The refrigerator of the present invention relates to a door handle of a refrigerator of the present invention, and a refrigerator of the present invention includes a door for opening and closing an inside of a storage compartment in which food is stored, and a door handle coupled to one side of the door, and the door handle protrudes so as to be coupled to the trauma of the door. A handle formed with a groove formed in the handle trim and a guide trim formed with a guide groove coupled to one end of the handle trim, and the guide protrusion groove and the guide groove support the handle and the handle trim to simultaneously support one side of the outer shell of the door. When combined with each other to form a groove in communication with each other.

The refrigerator according to the present invention is a handle and a handle trim of the door handle are formed in each of the engaging portion and the engaging projection, and the bent portion and the protrusion by close contact with each other firmly, and also the guide groove formed separately on the handle and the handle trim and Since the trauma of the door is coupled together by the guide protrusion groove, the door handle is firmly coupled to the trauma of the door by two parts.

Description

Refrigerator Door Handle

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a door handle of the refrigerator door to be firmly coupled to the outer door of the door handle used when operating the door installed to open and close the refrigerator storage compartment.

In general, the refrigerator is a device for supplying the cold air generated by the circulation of the refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle installed inside the storage compartment to maintain the freshness of the stored food for a longer time.

Such refrigerators generally include a storage compartment in which food is stored, and the front of the storage compartment is open. A door for opening and closing the inside of the storage compartment is installed at the opening surface of the storage compartment.

In addition, the door is provided with a door handle for allowing the user to open and close the door more easily when opening and closing the door. The door handle is composed of a handle trim and a handle that is coupled to the outer box of the door, each handle and the handle trim is typically to be coupled using a fastening member such as an adhesive or a screw.

The door handles installed in the doors are used most frequently and frequently by the user in the refrigerator, and are subjected to considerable external force over a long period of time, so that the handle trims and handles of the door handles may be separated and damaged frequently. In addition, in the case of the conventional one-handed door handle has a problem that is more easily damaged due to the external impact because it is combined with the trauma as one component.

The present invention is to solve the above problems and an object of the present invention is to ensure that the combination of the handle and the handle trim constituting the door handle used for opening and closing of the door is firmly combined with the improvement of the mechanical configuration, and also the handle and the handle It is to provide a refrigerator with a door handle to be combined with the trauma of the two parts of the trim so that the door trauma and the door handle can be more firmly combined.

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator equipped with a door handle of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator door equipped with a door handle according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a coupled state of the door handle and the door of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10 ... body 11 ... freezer

12.Refrigerator 13 ... Bulkhead

14 ... Freezer door 15 ... Freezer door

16 ... Evaporator 17 ... Blower Fan

50 ... door handle 60 ... handle

62 ... Bend 63 ... Handle

64 Guide groove 66 Bends

70 ... handle trim 71 ... engagement protrusion

74 Handle part 75 Guide protrusion groove

76.Extrude

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a refrigerator having a door handle coupled to one side of the door, the door handle opening and closing the inside of the storage compartment in which food is stored, and the door handle protrudes so as to be coupled to the trauma of the door. It is characterized in that it comprises a handle formed with a guide groove is formed to be coupled to the handle trim groove and one side end of the handle trim and coupled to the outer image of the door.

The guide protrusion groove and the guide groove form a groove communicating with each other when the handle and the handle trim are coupled to each other so as to simultaneously support one side of the outer side of the door.

Hereinafter, one preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator equipped with a door handle of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator door equipped with a door handle according to the present invention. And Figure 3 is a partial perspective view showing a door handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a coupled state of the door handle and the door of the present invention.

The refrigerator to which the door handle of the present invention has an appearance as shown in FIG. 1 includes a storage compartment in which food is stored therein, and a main body 10 in which a refrigeration cycle for changing the state of the refrigerant is implemented. The inside of 10 is partitioned up and down by the partition 13.

And the upper portion of the main body 10 partitioned by the partition 13 forms a freezer compartment 11 for storing food frozen, the lower portion forms a refrigerating chamber 12 for refrigerated storage of food.

In addition, an evaporator 16 for generating cold air is installed on the rear wall of the main body 10, and a blower fan 17 for supplying cold air to the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber 12 is installed above the evaporator 16. do.

Furthermore, a freezing chamber duct (not shown) and a refrigerating chamber duct (not shown) for guiding the cold air forcedly blown by the blower fan (! 7) to the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber 12 are provided inside the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber 12. Not shown) is installed.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the front surfaces of the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber 12 are opened for feeding in and out of food. The opening portion is hinged to the front side end of the main body 10 so that the freezing chamber 11 is provided in the freezing chamber 11 so that the hinge coupling portion can rotate left and right, and the refrigerating chamber 12 in the lower refrigerating chamber 12. The door 15 is installed to open and close the freezer compartment 11 and the refrigerating compartment 12.

Each of the freezer compartment door 14 and the refrigerating compartment door 15 has a user holding it when the doors 14 and 15 are operated to perform the opening and closing operation of the freezer compartment door 14 and the refrigerating compartment door 15. Door handles 50 are provided above or below the side ends of the respective doors 14 and 15.

Hereinafter, the door handle 50 of the refrigerating chamber door 15 of the door handle 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the door handle 50 is divided into a handle 51 and a handle trim 60.

First, the handle 60 is provided with a plastic injection molded article formed with a plurality of bends 62, the handle trim 70 to be described later is coupled to the outer surface and the outer surface 18 of the refrigerating chamber door 15 to the inner surface. It is arranged to be combined.

The handle 63 is provided between the outer shell 18 of the refrigerating chamber door 15 and the handle 63.

On the other hand, the engaging portion of the handle 60 and the handle trim 70 is provided with a plurality of engaging portions 65 to which the engaging projection 71 of the handle trim 70 is provided, and the engaging end of the handle trim 70 is provided. The bent portion 66 that is bent inward is formed at the engaging end of the handle 60 so as to fit inside. The bent portion 66 is formed in the entire engaging portion with the handle trim 70 in the longitudinal direction of the handle 60.

And the coupling part 65 is formed in plural on the same axis in the longitudinal direction of the handle 60, the portion corresponding to the above-described handle portion 63 is provided in the form of a hole completely through, the other portion is a groove It is provided in a shape so that the engaging projection 71 of the handle trim 70 is fitted through the groove and the hole of the engaging portion 65 when the handle trim 70 is engaged.

Moreover, the guide groove 64 in which one part of the edge part of the outer case 18 of the refrigerating chamber door 15 is fitted in the handle 60 is formed.

The guide groove 64 is streamlined and is formed to extend about halfway in the longitudinal direction of the handle 60, and forms a groove inside two walls. In addition, a plurality of protrusions are formed in the groove so that the ends of the refrigerating chamber door 15 are tightly coupled.

On the other hand, a portion of the handle 60 engaging portion of the outer shell 18 of the refrigerator compartment door 15 coupled to the handle 60 is bent inwardly, which is the outer shell of the handle 60 and the refrigerator compartment door 15 ( A predetermined space is formed between 18 to allow the space to function as the door handle 63 described above.

The handle trim 70 is formed of a plastic injection molded product in a substantially plate-like shape, and both side ends and the lower ends are bent inward to form a coupling end of the refrigerating chamber door 15 when combined with the refrigerating chamber door 15. The handle 60 described above is coupled to the inside of the bent portion.

In addition, in order to couple the handle 60 and the handle trim 70, a plurality of engaging projections 71 are formed in the lengthwise direction of the handle trim 70 laterally at the coupling end of the handle trim 70 and the handle 60 By coupling the engaging portion 65 of the handle and the engaging projection 71 of the handle trim 70, the handle 60 and the handle trim 70 is firmly coupled.

Further, at the engaging end with the handle 60, a protruding piece 76 fitted inside the bent portion 66 of the handle 60 is formed. The protruding piece 76 is tightly coupled to the inside of the bent portion 66 to prevent the urethane foam from leaking to the outside through the bent portion 66 and the protruding piece 76 when the urethane foam is foamed.

And the inner side of the handle trim 70 is coupled to the guide groove 64 of the handle 60 of the refrigerating chamber door 15, the outer end 18, the end portion of the guide projection groove 75 is fitted The guide groove 64 and the guide protrusion groove 75 are formed to be in communication with each other by being coupled to the handle 60 and the handle trim 70.

Therefore, since the guide protrusion groove 75 of the handle trim 70 and the guide groove 64 of the handle 60 are fitted together with the outer shell 18 of the refrigerating chamber door 15, the trauma of the refrigerating chamber door 15 ( 18 is inserted by the handle 60 and the handle trim 70 of the door handle 50 at the same time so that the coupling state is made more firm.

In the refrigerator of the present invention configured as described above, as the external power is applied, the refrigerant is circulated in the refrigeration cycle.

At this time, the circulating refrigerant changes state to exchange heat with air in the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber 12 inside the main body 10 in the evaporator 16 to cool the air.

The cooled air is forcedly blown by the blower fan 17 to be smoothly supplied to the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber 12 through the freezing chamber duct 18 and the refrigerating chamber duct 19 to the freezing chamber 11 and the refrigerating chamber. The stored food is cooled.

When opening and closing the freezer compartment 11 and the refrigerating compartment 12, the handle portion 74 or the front surface of the handle trim 70 formed on the side surface of the door handle 50 of the freezer compartment 14 or the refrigerating compartment door 15 is formed. Through the handle part 63 of the handle 60, the doors 14 and 15 can be easily opened or closed.

The assembly and installation of the door handle 50 in the refrigerator of the present invention will be described below.

Assembling the door handle 50 is coupled to the handle 60 and the handle trim 70, and then inserted into the outer end 18 of the refrigerator compartment door 15 to complete the assembly and installation of the door handle 50 For this purpose, first insert the handle 60 to the engaging end of the handle trim (70). At this time, each engaging portion 65 of the handle 60 is properly fitted to fit the engaging projection 71 of the handle trim 70, and at the same time the projection 76 of the handle trim 70 is handle 60 To be fitted into the bent portion 66 of the. When combined in this manner, the guide groove 64 of the handle 60 and the guide protrusion groove 75 of the handle trim 70 communicate with each other to form one groove.

Then, the outer shell 18 of the doors 14 and 15 is inserted into the handle trim 70 and the guide groove 64 and the guide protrusion groove 75 of the handle 60, and the refrigerating chamber with the handle trim 70. The inner wound of the door 15 is fitted.

When the combination of the inner and outer wounds 18 of the door handle 50 and the doors 14 and 15 is completed, the urethane foam is foamed into the doors 14 and 15. 14) The whole assembly and manufacture of the (15) is to be completed.

The refrigerator according to the present invention as described above, the handle and the handle trim of the door handle are formed in each of the engaging portion and the engaging projection, and the bent portion and the protrusion by close contact with each other firmly, and also formed separately on the handle and the handle trim Since the outside of the door is coupled together by the groove and the guide protrusion groove, the door handle is firmly coupled to the outside of the door by the two parts.

Claims (2)

In the refrigerator having a door for opening and closing the inside of the storage compartment in which food is stored, the door handle coupled to one side of the door, The door handle; A handle 60 formed with a guide groove 64 in a longitudinal direction on an inner surface thereof so as to tongue the handle 63 and end portions of the outer edges 18 of the doors 14 and 15 are fitted into each other; It is coupled to surround the handle 60 and includes a handle trim 70 in which the guide protrusion groove 75 in the longitudinal direction in the inner surface so that the outer end 18 end of the door 14, 15 is fitted to be coupled. The door handle of the refrigerator characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The guide protrusion groove 75 and the guide groove 64 are connected to each other when the handle trim 70 and the handle 60 are coupled to each other so that the outer edges 18 of the doors 14 and 15 are fitted at the same time. Door handle of the refrigerator characterized in that it is formed.