KR20070113629A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator is provided to allow firm assembling of a handle by screwing an end portion of a handle bar to a fixing hole, so that the handle bar can be prevented from being lowered after long-term use. A refrigerator comprises a body unit having a storage compartment therein and a handle(40) provided on a door(12,13) for opening and closing the storage chamber. The handle comprises a handle bar(41) extending in a lengthwise direction for grip, and a pair of fixing handles(42) provided to support the opposite ends of the handle bar to the door, wherein an end portion of the handle bar is inserted and fixed to the fixing handle. The fixing handles comprise a handle fixing unit and a door fixing unit, wherein a hollow hole is provided on the handle fixing unit to support an outer diameter of the handle bar, while a reinforcement unit is provided inside the hollow hole to support an inner diameter of the handle bar. The end portion of the inserted handle bar is screwed via a fixing hole on a fixing handle.

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

1 is a view schematically showing a bar type handle of a conventional refrigerator.

2 is a view schematically illustrating a gas injection type handle of a conventional refrigerator.

3 is a view showing a refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the handle provided in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

5 is a view showing a handle fixing part of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

6 is a view illustrating a door fixing part of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

7 is a view illustrating a door fixing part and a reinforcing handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

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

10.body 12,13.door

20. Freezer 30. Freezer

40. Handle 41. Handlebar

42 .. Steering wheel 43. Steering wheel

44 Ministry of Reinforcement

46 .. reinforcement handle 47 .. handle sub

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a handle of a door provided to be opened and closed on the refrigerator body.

In general, a refrigerator includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator to generate cold air by using heat transfer according to a phase change of a refrigerant, and supply the fresh air to a storage compartment in which food is stored through a predetermined flow path to provide freshness of various foods. It is a device to maintain for a long time.

In a conventional refrigerator, a storage compartment into which cold air heat-exchanged by an evaporator is directly introduced is divided into a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, and a mechanical compartment provided with a compressor and a condenser is provided under the storage compartment.

In addition, the handle of the door provided on the front to open and close the refrigerator main body can be largely divided into a bar type handle and an injection type handle. 1 shows a bar-type handle, which is completed by inserting one side of the handle sub 2 on each end of the hollow handle bar 1, and then inserting the other side into the fixing handle 3, which is completed. Handle is fixed to the door D using screws 4. However, this type of bar handle is not good in appearance because the screw (4) is exposed to the front after installation, and because the handle bar (1) is not fixed separately, the assembly is gradually loosened during use, so when idling or applying load There was a risk of separation.

In addition, Figure 2 shows a gas injection type handle, which handle is fixed to the pair of fixing handle 5 by seating the handlebar 6, then insert the reinforcing handle (not shown) inside the screw ( 7) to engage with the door (D). However, since the handle of the gas injection type is distinguished from left and right, in order to assemble one handle, there are relatively many parts to be separated and assembled, and thus the assembling efficiency decreases, and the connection between the fixed handle 5 and the handle bar 6 is also reduced. There is a problem in that the weakened easily open the coupling site. In addition, these conventional handles have a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased due to the difficult to share parts.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having a handle that can be made firmly between the components while the appearance is beautiful.

Refrigerator according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes a handle provided in the main body and a door for opening and closing the storage compartment therein, the handle is provided with a handlebar and a handlebar extending in the longitudinal direction to be gripped Consists of a pair of fixing handles provided to support both ends of the door, the end of the handlebar is inserted and fixed to the fixing handle.

In addition, the fixing handle is made of a handle fixing part and a door fixing part, the handle fixing part is provided with a hollow hole for supporting the outer diameter of the handle bar, at the same time reinforcement for supporting the inner diameter of the handle bar in the hollow hole Wealth is prepared. In addition, the fixing handle is provided with a fixing hole for fixing the end of the inserted handle bar is fastened by a screw.

In addition, the fixing handle is further provided inside the fixing handle, the door fixing portion is formed to be bent to support the side and the front of the door, the reinforcing handle is provided to fit inside the door fixing portion.

In addition, a handle sub coupled to the end of the fixed handle is further provided, the handle sub, the reinforcing handle and the fixed handle is fastened to the side of the door by a screw.

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

3 is a view schematically showing a refrigerator according to the present invention. Referring to the drawings, the refrigerator according to the present invention has a storage body 20, 30 is formed therein and at the same time having a main body 10 having an open front, the storage chamber 20, 30 inside the body 10 is an intermediate wall The upper refrigerating compartment 20 and the lower freezing compartment 30 which mutually partitioned by 11 are included.

The front of the main body 10 is provided with a refrigerator compartment door 12 and a freezer compartment door 13 for opening and closing each of the refrigerating compartment 20 and the freezing compartment 30, respectively. Each door 12 and 13 rotates forwardly around a hinge (not shown) formed at the left end or the right end of the refrigerating compartment 20 and the freezing compartment 30 to open and close the refrigerating compartment 20 and the freezing compartment 30. .

The refrigerating chamber 20 is provided with a shelf 21 for placing a storage. The shelf 21 is supported by a guide (not shown) formed on the side wall of the refrigerating compartment 20 to be inserted into and fixed to the refrigerating compartment 20. Shelf 21 is provided with a plurality of spaced up and down at a predetermined interval depending on the size of the storage space to partition the space so that more food can be stored.

The upper portion of the refrigerating chamber 20 is provided with a control panel portion 22 for controlling the state of the refrigerator, and the lamp 23 is formed below the control panel portion 22. The lamp 23 is turned on when the refrigerating compartment door 12 is opened to serve to illuminate the inside of the refrigerating compartment 20, and is configured to be off when the refrigerating compartment door 12 is closed. In the rear wall of the refrigerating chamber 20, a cold air discharge port 24 for discharging cold air into the refrigerating chamber 20 is formed.

The lower part of the refrigerating compartment 20 is provided with a storage member 25 for storing vegetables or fruits, separated into left and right in a single layer, and the lower part of the storage member 25 for storing such vegetables or fruits is wide like a pizza. Another storage member 26 is provided for storing flat food.

On the other hand, the upper portion of the freezer compartment 30 provided on the lower side of the main body 10 is divided into left and right, the ice maker 31 and the ice bank 32 to store the ice made in the ice maker 31 is installed on the left side, the right side And a freezing compartment accommodating member 33 at the lower side.

In the above, as an example of the refrigerator according to the present invention, a structure in which the refrigerating chamber 20 is installed on the upper portion of the main body 10 and the freezing chamber 30 is installed on the lower portion is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment may be installed as opposed to the above through appropriate modifications, and the receiving member may be installed in other positions and shapes in some cases. In addition, although the refrigerator has a door hinge provided on the left side in the example, the hinge may be transformed into a refrigerator provided on the right side through an appropriate modification, such as a system home appliance.

4 to 7 are views showing a handle provided in the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention. Referring to each of the drawings, the handle 40 according to the present invention is a handle bar 41 extending in the longitudinal direction to be gripped, and a pair provided to support both ends of the handle bar 41 to the door It consists of a fixed handle 42, and a reinforcement handle () provided in the interior of the fixed handle 42 to support the external load.

The handle bar 41 has a hollow formed therein and is provided in the form of an arc in which the middle part is rounded in consideration of appearance and gripping.

The fixing handle 42 is formed in a pair to support the handlebar 41 on both sides and to fix the door 12 to each other. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the ends of the handlebar 42 are coupled to each other. A door fixing part 45 is coupled to the handle fixing part 43 and the door 12. The pair of handle fixing parts 43 are spaced apart from each other to face each other, and the door fixing parts 45 are disposed in the same direction so as to be coupled to the same side of the door 12 side by side.

The handle bar 41 is inserted into and fixed to the handle fixing part 43 so that the engaging surface between the handle bar 41 and the handle fixing part 43 is not exposed to the outside. To this end, the handle fixing portion 43 is provided with a hollow hole (43a) to match the outer diameter of the handle bar (41). In addition, the handle fixing part 43 is further provided with a reinforcing part 44 that can be combined with the inner diameter of the handle bar 41 in the hollow hole 43a so that the handle bar 41 can be more firmly fixed. . The reinforcement part 44 is provided with the uneven part 44a and supports rigidity.

As shown in FIG. 6, the door fixing part 45 is bent to surround a part of the side and the front surface of the door 12. Each side of the bent is provided with a guide for fixing the screw. The guide 45a, which is located at the bent surface opposite the front surface of the door 12, is provided in the shape of a protruding rib, and the guide (not shown) located at the bent surface opposite to the side of the door 12 is formed of a through hole. It is provided in a shape.

In addition, the door fixing part 45 is provided with a fixing hole 45c for fixing the handle bar 41 inserted from the handle fixing part 43 so as not to rotate or swing. Therefore, the end of the handle bar 41 inserted from the handle fixing part 43 is firmly fastened to the fixing hole 45c by a screw.

The reinforcement handle 46 is provided to fit inside the fixing handle 42, for example, the door fixing part 45 side. That is, it is bent and formed similarly to the shape of the door fixing part 45. As shown in FIG. Therefore, a through hole (not shown) is provided at the bent surface facing the front surface of the door 12 so that the protruding rib guide 45a provided at the door fixing part 45 is located, and is opposite to the side of the door 12. The through hole 46b is provided in the bent surface. Since the reinforcing handle 46 does not have left and right orientation, it can be installed regardless of the orientation of the door fixing part 45.

7 illustrates a handle sub 47 that is selectively provided on the fixing handle 43.

The handle sub-47 is for sealing the open end of the door fixing part 45, and has a through-hole 47b which communicates with the through-hole 46b of the reinforcing handle 46 during assembly. It is fixed simultaneously with the fixing handle 42 and the reinforcing handle 46 by the sea screw 48.

Referring to FIG. 4, reference numeral 13 of FIG. 4 is a reinforcing member provided in the interior of the door, and may be formed inside the body upon foaming of the main body.

Then, a process of assembling the handle of the refrigerator having the above configuration will be described.

First, the handle bar 41 is inserted into the handle fixing portion 43 of the fixing handle 42. The end of the inserted handle bar 41 is fixed to the fixing hole 45c provided inside the fixing handle 42 by a screw. The handlebar 41 assembled as described above is supported by the outer diameter of the hollow hole 43a at the same time as the inner diameter is supported by the reinforcing portion 44, so that the assembly is secured, and the end inserted into the handle fixing part 43 is further improved. Is fixed by a screw, even if used for a long time handlebar 41 does not sag or shake.

Subsequently, the reinforcing handle 46 is coupled to the fixed handle 42 on which the handle part 41 is fixed. The reinforcement handle 46 is bent like the door fixing part 45 of the fixing handle 42 so that the surface facing the front of the door 12 is connected to the protruding guide 45a and the screw of the door fixing part 45. Are combined by.

Subsequently, the handle sub 47 is coupled to the end of the fixing handle 42. Since the through hole 47b of the combined handle sub 47 communicates with the through hole 46b of the reinforcing handle 46 described above, when the handle assembly is installed in the door, the through hole 47b is simultaneously fastened by a screw 48.

In the above description of the refrigerator having a bar type handle that is provided separately from the handle bar and the fixed handle, the present invention is not limited to this, of course, can also be applied to the gas injection type handle through a suitable modification.

As described above in detail, the handle of the refrigerator according to the present invention consists of a handlebar and a pair of fixing handles supporting both ends of the handlebar, so that the end of the handlebar is inserted into the fixing handle so that the coupling surface is not exposed to the outside. This is beautiful. In addition, the end of the handlebar inserted into the fixing handle is fixed by a screw can prevent the handle from sagging or swinging.

Claims (5)

A refrigerator comprising a body provided with a storage compartment inside and a handle provided in a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, The handle is formed of a handle bar extending in the longitudinal direction to be gripped, and a pair of fixing handles provided to support both ends of the handle bar to the door, An end of the handle bar is inserted into the fixing handle fixed. The method of claim 1, The fixing handle is made of a handle fixing and a door fixing, The handle fixing part is provided with a hollow hole for supporting the outer diameter of the handle bar, and a reinforcing part for supporting the inner diameter of the handle bar is provided inside the hollow hole. The method of claim 1, The fixing handle is provided with a fixing hole for fixing the end of the handle bar inserted, characterized in that the refrigerator is fastened by a screw. The method of claim 2, Further comprising a reinforcing handle inside the fixing handle, The door fixing portion is formed to be bent to support the side and front of the door, The reinforcement handle is characterized in that the refrigerator is provided to match the interior of the door fixing. The method of claim 4, wherein Further comprising a handle sub coupled to the end of the fixed handle, The handle sub, the reinforcing handle and the fixing handle is characterized in that the fastening to the side of the door by a screw.

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