KR20060000340A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a refrigerator body forming a cooling chamber, wherein the cooling chamber is opened toward the other side in a first rotational direction and a first rotational direction in which the cooling chamber is opened toward one side. A door selectively pivotable between two rotational directions; An electric wire assembly connecting the door and the refrigerator main body; And a door cap coupled to the door, wherein the door cap is disposed to face the first accommodation section for receiving the wire assembly and the first accommodation section when the door is rotated in the first rotation direction. When the door is rotated in the second rotation direction is characterized in that the second receiving section for receiving the wire assembly is provided. Thereby, the refrigerator which can easily change the installation position of a wire assembly corresponding to a change of the door opening direction is provided.

Description

Refrigerator {refrigerator}

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator having a right open refrigerator door according to the present invention;

2 is an exploded perspective view of the hinge bracket and the hinge cover according to FIG.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the door cap installation area according to FIG. 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the door cap of Figure 3,

5 is a plan view illustrating an open state of a right open refrigerator door according to FIG. 2;

6 is a perspective view of a refrigerator having a left open refrigerator door according to the present invention;

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of the hinge bracket and the hinge cover according to Figure 6,

8 is an exploded perspective view of the door cap installation area according to FIG. 7;

9 is a plan view illustrating an open state of a left open refrigerator door according to FIG. 7.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: Refrigerator main body 2a, 2b: 1st and 2nd fixed fastening

3a, 3b: right and left second wire assembly 4: upper door

5: lower door 10: door shell

11: door inner plate 12: door cap

13 display unit 14 display unit

15: button portion 16: the first wire assembly

20: first hinge bracket 21: rotational coupling portion

22: fixed piece 23: through hole

24: hinge pin 25: cutout

26: Grommet 27a, b: First and second hinge cover

30: second hinge bracket 31: second hinge shaft

32: third hinge axis 40: cap body

41: wire receiving portion 41a: first receiving section

41b: second accommodation section 43: wire insertion unit

44: first stepped portion 45: first receiving portion

46: second step portion 47: the second accommodation portion

48: accommodating part cover 49: electric wire cover

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator which can easily change the installation position of the wire assembly in response to a change in the door opening direction.

A general refrigerator includes a refrigerator body forming a pair of cooling chambers, a door for opening and closing each cooling chamber, and a hinge device for rotatably coupling the door to the refrigerator body.

As an example of such a refrigerator, Korean Utility Model Application No. 1994-028441 has a hinge shaft member coupled to a door through a through hole formed in a hinge plate coupled to a refrigerator main body, so that the first door can be rotated to the right. Is disclosed.

Here, the operation part is formed on the front of the first door to select the frozen and / or refrigerated state of the food, the wires connected to the operation unit is inside the hinge shaft member of the hinge device formed on the upper surface of the refrigerator body and the first door. It is electrically connected to the control means of the refrigerator main body (not shown).

On the other hand, as described above, the door opening direction of the refrigerator is generally a right direction, but Korean Patent Application No. 194-026610 discloses a refrigerator that can open the door in the left and right directions, that is, in both directions.

By the way, in a refrigerator capable of opening the door in both directions, the hinge device is located on the right side when the door is opened to the right, and the hinge device is located on the left side when the door is opened to the left.

As described above, since the position of the hinge device is changed in accordance with the change in the opening direction of the door in both sides of the open refrigerator, it may be difficult to handle the wires of the operation unit drawn out through the hinge device of the door and connected to the control means of the refrigerator main body. There is a problem.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which can easily change the installation position of the wire assembly in response to a change in the door opening direction.

According to the present invention, in the refrigerator provided with a refrigerator main body forming a cooling chamber, the cooling chamber toward the other side facing the first rotation direction and the first rotation direction to open the cooling chamber toward one side. A door rotatable selectively between the second rotational directions for opening the door; An electric wire assembly connecting the door and the refrigerator main body; And a door cap coupled to the door, wherein the door cap is disposed to face the first accommodation section for receiving the wire assembly and the first accommodation section when the door is rotated in the first rotation direction. When the door is rotated in the second rotation direction is achieved by a refrigerator, characterized in that the second receiving section for receiving the wire assembly is provided.

Here, the door cap is preferably provided with a wire insertion portion penetrates the plate surface so that the wire assembly can be inserted into the door cap and disposed between the first and second accommodation sections.

In addition, a first hinge device for connecting the door cap and the refrigerator main body, the first hinge device is selectively installed on both sides of the refrigerator body and the hinge bracket for connecting the refrigerator main body and the door cap; A hinge pin provided on the hinge bracket; It is preferred that the door cap includes first and second accommodation parts provided at both sides to selectively receive the hinge pin.

On the other hand, the wire assembly further comprises a sleeve member selectively coupled to the first and second receiving portion corresponding to the first and second rotation direction, the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member Preferably, a cutout portion for supporting the wire assembly is formed.

The display unit may further include a display unit connected to the wire assembly to adjust and display a state of the cooling chamber, wherein the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the first accommodation unit. When the door is rotatable in the first rotation direction, the wire assembly is connected to the refrigerator body from the display portion via the wire insertion portion of the door cap, the first accommodation section, and the cutout portion of the hinge pin. And the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the second receiving portion so that the door is rotatable in the second rotation direction, the wire assembly inserts the wire of the door cap from the display portion. It is preferable that the refrigerator is connected to the refrigerator main body via the second receiving section and the cutout portion of the hinge pin. All.

In addition, when the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the first accommodation portion, the second accommodation portion is closed, and the hinge pin is rotatably connected to the sleeve member coupled to the second accommodation portion. It is preferable to further include a receiving portion cover for closing the first receiving portion when accommodated.

On the other hand, it is preferable to further include a wire cover coupled to the door cap to close the first and second accommodation section.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator having a right-side open refrigerator door according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the hinge bracket and the hinge cover according to Figure 2, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the door cap installation area according to Figure 2, Figure 4 is a perspective view of the door cap of Figure 3, Figure 5 is a plan view showing an open state of the right open refrigerator door according to FIG.

6 is a perspective view of a refrigerator having a left open refrigerator door according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the hinge bracket and the hinge cover according to FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the door cap installation area according to FIG. 7. 9 is a perspective view, and FIG. 9 is a plan view illustrating an open state of the left open refrigerator door according to FIG. 7.

The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a refrigerator main body 1 having a pair of cooling chambers (not shown) partitioned by an intermediate partition, and a pair of doors 4 and 5 for rotating and opening the front opening of each cooling chamber. And a hinge device for rotatably supporting the doors 4 and 5 with respect to the refrigerator main body 1.

Here, as an example, the upper part is a refrigerating chamber, the lower part is a freezing chamber, and the door for opening and closing the refrigerating compartment is the upper door 4, and the door for opening and closing the freezing compartment is the lower door 5, for example. The hinge device also includes an upper hinge device having first and second hinge devices for supporting the upper and lower portions of the upper door 4, and a lower hinge device (not shown) for supporting the lower door 5.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, portions of the right and left second wire assemblies 3a and 3b connected to the control means (not shown) provided in the refrigerator body 1 are exposed on the upper portion of the refrigerator body 1. First and second fixing fastening holes 2a and 2b are formed to selectively fix the first hinge bracket 20 to be described later.

The first fixing fastening hole 2a is formed at one side of the upper surface of the refrigerator body 1, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a first hinge bracket (to be described later) for the right open upper door 4 ( 20) and screwed together.

The second fixing fastening hole 2b is formed at the other side of the upper surface of the refrigerator body 1. 7 and 9, the first hinge bracket 20 fastened to the first fixing fastening hole 2a for the left open upper door 4 from the first fixing fastening hole 2a. Unfasten and fasten with a screw to this 2nd fastening hole 2b.

The first hinge device is connected to the upper region of the refrigerator body 1 and the door cap 12 of the upper door 4 to be described later, in order to combine the upper region of the upper door 4 and the upper region of the refrigerator body 1. A first hinge bracket 20 installed over the hinge pin, a hinge pin 24 formed on the first hinge bracket 20, a grommet 26 serving as a sleeve member for rotatably accommodating the hinge pin 24, and a door; The first and second receptacles 45 and 47 are formed on both sides of the cap 12 and the grommet 26 is selectively inserted. The installation area of the first hinge device is covered by the first and second hinge covers 27a and 27b spaced apart from each other.

The first hinge bracket 20 is provided at one side and coupled to the upper region of the door cap 12 and coupled to the upper region of the refrigerator body 1 by being formed from the pivotal coupling portion 21. It includes a fixing piece 22 to be.

A hinge pin 24 protruding downward from the plate surface is provided at the pivot coupling portion 21, and the hinge pin 24 has a hollow cylindrical shape, and at one side thereof, to support the first wire assembly 16 to be described later. The cutout 25 is formed.

Accordingly, when the hinge pin 24 is rotatably accommodated in the grommet 26 inserted into the first accommodating part 45 to be described later, the upper door 4 is shown in FIG. 5 about the hinge pin 24. As described above, it may be rotated in the right direction that is the first rotation direction. In addition, when the hinge pin 24 is rotatably received in the grommet 26 inserted into the second accommodating portion 47 to be described later, the upper door 4 is shown in FIG. 9 around the hinge pin 24. As described above, it may be rotated in the left direction, which is the second rotation direction.

The fixing piece 22 is formed to extend from the rotation coupling portion 21 with a height difference from the rotation coupling portion 21 so that the first fixing fastening hole 2a or the second fixing fastening hole 2b of the refrigerator body 1 is provided. It is fixed by screws. In addition, the fixing piece 22 is formed with a through hole 23 through which the screw is inserted into the plate surface.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, in the right open upper door 4, the fixing piece 22 is fastened by a screw to the first fixing fastening hole 2a of the refrigerator body 1 shown in FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 9, in the left open upper door 4, the fixing piece 22 is fastened by a screw to the second fixing fastening hole 2b of the refrigerator body 1 shown in FIG. 8.

The second hinge device includes a first hinge shaft 31 provided on the right side of the lower end region of the upper door 4, a second hinge shaft 32 provided on the left side of the lower end region of the upper door 4, and an upper door ( 4) The second hinge bracket 30 is installed on the refrigerator main body 1 so as to be disposed at the lower end and rotatably coupled to the first hinge shaft 31 or the second hinge shaft 32.

Accordingly, when the hinge pin 24 is rotatably accommodated in the grommet 26 inserted into the first accommodating portion 45 to be described later, the second hinge bracket is disposed on the right side of the lower end region of the upper door 4. Coupling the first hinge shaft 31 of the upper door 4 to 30 allows the upper door 4 to be rotated to the right as shown in FIG. 5. In addition, when the hinge pin 24 is rotatably accommodated in the grommet 26 inserted into the second accommodating portion 47 to be described later, the second hinge disposed on the right side of the lower end region of the upper door 4 is rotated. The second hinge bracket 30 is coupled to the refrigerator main body 1 so that the bracket 30 is released to the left of the lower end region of the upper door 4, and the upper door 4 is attached to the second hinge bracket 30. By coupling the second hinge shaft 32 of), as shown in FIG. 9, the upper door 4 can be rotated leftward.

On the other hand, the upper door (4) is a door inner plate (10) forming the front of the refrigerator, a door inner plate (11) provided with a door outer plate 10 and the foam material filling space, the door outer plate 10 and the door inner plate (11) It includes a door cap 12 is coupled to the top of the).

In the front area of the upper door 4, a display unit 13 including a display unit 14 for displaying a refrigeration and / or freezing state and a plurality of button units 15 provided to control the user is provided.

An upper wire 4 has a first wire assembly 16, one end of which is connected to the display unit 13 and the other end of which is drawn out of the upper door 4, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the other end of the first wire assembly 16 drawn out of the upper door 4 is connected to the right second wire assembly 3a or as shown in FIG. 9. It is connected to the left second wire assembly 3b.

The door cap 12 is coupled to the upper surface of the door cap body 40 having a substantially rectangular plate shape having curved sides, and the first and second accommodation sections 41a and 41b to be described later. Has a wire cover 49 to close the.

The door cap main body 40 is formed with a wire receiving portion 41 recessed from the plate surface to accommodate the first wire assembly 16 along the longitudinal direction, and the first and second stepped portions 44, in both end regions. 46).

As shown in FIG. 3, the wire receiving portion 41 includes the first accommodation section 41a of FIG. 4 in which the first wire assembly 16 is received from the display portion 13 for right opening of the upper door 4. And the second accommodation section 41b of FIG. 4 in which the first wire assembly 16 from the display portion 13 is accommodated for opening the upper door 4 to the left. .

The door cap body 40 is formed to penetrate through the lower surface of the door cap body 40 so as to be disposed between the first accommodation section 41a and the second accommodation section 41b. 40) There is provided a wire insertion portion 43 to lead the inside.

The first and second stepped parts 44 and 46 are formed to be stepped with respect to the upper surface of the door cap body 40, and the pivotal coupling part 21 of the first hinge bracket 20 is selectively placed in close contact. .

First and second accommodating portions through which the grommets 26 are selectively formed through the first and second stepped portions 44 and 46, respectively, penetratingly formed in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the door cap body 40. (45,47) is provided.

3 and 5, when the grommet 26 is coupled to the first accommodating part 45, the second accommodating part 47 is closed by the accommodating part cover 48, and FIG. 8. And, as shown in Figure 9, when the grommet 26 is coupled to the second accommodating portion 47, the first accommodating portion 45 is the accommodating part cover 48 that closed the second accommodating portion 47 Closed by).

In the refrigerator having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, the first wire assembly 16 is installed in the refrigerator main body 1 so that the upper door 4 is opened to the right, and as shown in FIG. 6. As described above, the first wire assembly 16 in the state provided in the refrigerator main body 1 so that the upper door 4 is left open will be described separately.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, in the case of the right open upper door 4, the first wire assembly 16 is connected to the wire insertion portion 43 and the first of the door cap 12 from the display portion 13. It is connected to the second wire assembly 3a on the right side of the refrigerator main body 1 via the cutting section 25 of the accommodation section 41a and the hinge pin 24.

At this time, the first hinge bracket 20 is fastened to the first fixing fastening hole 2a, and the hinge pin 24 has a grommet of the first wire assembly 16 inserted into the first accommodating part 45. 26 is rotatably received, and the first hinge shaft 31 of the upper door 4 is rotatably coupled to the second hinge bracket 30. In addition, the second accommodating part 47 in which the hinge pins 24 are not accommodated is closed by the accommodating part cover 48.

Accordingly, the upper door 4 may be opened in the right direction, as shown in FIG. 5 with respect to the hinge pin 24 and the first hinge shaft 31 disposed on the right side.

Next, in order to change from the right open type to the left open upper door 4, it can be assembled as follows.

First, the first hinge bracket 20 fastened to the first fixing fastening hole 2a is disassembled, the first hinge bracket 20 is fastened to the second fixing fastening hole 2b, and the first hinge shaft 31 is closed. Disassemble the second hinge bracket (30), and fix the second hinge bracket (30) to the left area of the refrigerator body (1) and then combine with the second hinge shaft (32). In addition, the first wire assembly 16 accommodated in the first accommodation section 41a is accommodated in the second accommodation section 41b, and the grommet of the first wire assembly 16 accommodated in the first accommodation section 45 is provided. 26 is accommodated in the second accommodating part 47.

6 to 9, in the case of the left open upper door 4, the first wire assembly 16 is connected to the wire insertion portion 43 and the second portion of the door cap 12 from the display portion 13. It is connected to the second wire assembly 3b on the left side of the refrigerator main body 1 via the cutting section 25 of the accommodation section 41b and the hinge pin 24.

At this time, the first hinge bracket 20 is fastened to the second fixing fastening hole 2b, and the hinge pin 24 has a grommet of the first wire assembly 16 inserted into the second accommodating part 47. 26 is rotatably received, and the second hinge bracket 30 is rotatably coupled to the second hinge shaft 32 of the upper door 4. The first accommodating part 45 in which the hinge pins 24 are not accommodated is closed by the accommodating part cover 48 which is closing the second accommodating part 47.

Accordingly, the upper door 4 may be opened in the left direction, as shown in FIG. 9, around the hinge pin 24 and the second hinge shaft 32 disposed on the left side.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator which can easily change the installation position of the wire assembly in response to a change in the door opening direction.

Claims (7)

In the refrigerator provided with a refrigerator body forming a cooling chamber, A door capable of selectively rotating between a first rotational direction for opening the cooling chamber toward one side and a second rotational direction for opening the cooling chamber toward the other side opposite to the first rotational direction; An electric wire assembly connecting the door and the refrigerator main body; A door cap coupled to the door, When the door is rotated in the first rotation direction, the door cap is disposed to face the first accommodation section for receiving the wire assembly and the first accommodation section to rotate the door in the second rotation direction. And a second accommodation section for accommodating the wire assembly is provided. The method of claim 1, The door cap is provided with a wire insertion part which penetrates the plate surface and is disposed between the first and second accommodation sections so that the wire assembly can be inserted into the door cap. The method according to claim 1 or 2, A first hinge device for connecting the door cap and the refrigerator main body, The first hinge device Hinge brackets selectively installed at both sides of the refrigerator body to connect the refrigerator body to the door cap; A hinge pin provided on the hinge bracket; Refrigerators, characterized in that provided on both sides of the door cap to the first and second receiving portion for selectively receiving the hinge pin. The method of claim 3, The wire assembly further includes a sleeve member selectively coupled to the first and second accommodation portions in correspondence to the first and second rotation directions, The hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member, the refrigerator characterized in that the cutting portion for supporting the wire assembly is formed. The method of claim 4, wherein It is provided in the door to adjust and display the state of the cooling chamber and further comprises a display unit connected to the wire assembly, When the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the first accommodating portion so that the door is rotatable in the first rotation direction, the wire assembly is connected to the wire insertion portion of the door cap from the display portion. It is connected to the refrigerator main body via the first receiving section and the cutout of the hinge pin, When the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the second receiving portion so that the door is rotatable in the second rotation direction, the wire assembly may be connected to the wire insertion portion of the door cap from the display portion. A refrigerator characterized in that it is connected to the refrigerator body via the second receiving section and the cutout of the hinge pin. The method of claim 5, When the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the first accommodating portion, the second accommodating portion is closed, and the hinge pin is rotatably received in the sleeve member coupled to the second accommodating portion. Refrigerator, characterized in that it further comprises an accommodating part cover for closing the first accommodating part. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising a wire cover coupled to the door cap to close the first and second accommodation sections.

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