KR20090004606U - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to improve the latch structure for opening and closing the home bar of the refrigerator, to provide a refrigerator capable of stably opening and closing the home bar.

The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising a main body door, a home bar door installed at the front of the main body door, a locker protruding from the rear surface of the home bar door to open and close the home bar door, and a latch to lock or unlock the locker. , The latch is characterized in that it comprises a hook which is rotated to the engaged position with the locker when the home bar door is closed, and rotated to the disengaged position when opened, and a slider for moving the hook.

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator home bar, and more particularly, to provide a refrigerator that can stably open and close the home bar by improving a latch structure that is an opening and closing device for opening and closing the home bar.

Generally, a refrigerator is an electronic product for supplying low temperature cold air to a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, which are partitioned from each other, to keep various foods fresh at a low temperature.

In recent years, a lot of large-sized refrigerators are released, and a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment are arranged in parallel on each side.

In addition, the home bar for storing drinks, wine, beer, etc. frequently used in the home is provided with a separate space inside the refrigerator compartment door so that the user can conveniently take out and store the stored food and beverage without opening the refrigerator compartment door. To this end, an opening and closing device for opening and closing the home bar is installed on the outside of the refrigerator compartment door.

The opening and closing device for opening and closing such a conventional refrigerator home bar has a problem in that the home bar and the door of the enlarged refrigerator cannot be firmly fastened to the home bar and the door, and thus a fastening failure occurs.

In addition, the home bar and the door There was a problem in that loss of cold air caused by the adhesion of the door.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator having a home bar that can be opened and closed stably by a latch of a solid structure.

A refrigerator including a main body door, a home bar door installed at the front of the main body door, a locker protruding from a rear surface of the home bar door to open and close the home bar door, and a latch to lock or unlock the locker. The latch may include a hook installed to rotate to the engagement position with the locker when the home bar door is closed, and a slider to move the hook, when the latch is installed to rotate to the disengagement position.

The slider is formed with a hinge hole for hinge coupling the hook,

The hook is characterized in that the hinge axis is provided to be coupled to the hinge hole of the slider.

The rocker further includes an elastic member for returning the slider, wherein the elastic member is installed in the same direction as the moving direction of the slider and is a compression spring that elastically supports the slider forward.

The locker further comprises a case for installing the elastic member, characterized in that the lower surface of the case is formed with a rotation guide portion for guiding the rotation of the hook.

The slider further includes a position regulating member capable of regulating the position of the slider so as to be reciprocated, wherein the position regulating member includes a guide groove formed on the slider upper surface and a sliding movement along the guide groove on one side thereof. An additional portion is formed, and the other side includes a guide pin having a fixed portion fixed to the rear side of the latch.

As described above, the present invention having the configuration as described above increases the operating range of the hook engaged with the locker for opening and closing of the refrigerator home bar, thereby firmly tightening the latch and the home bar, thereby stably opening and closing the home bar. The effect can be obtained.

In addition, it is possible to increase the adhesion between the home bar and the door to prevent cold air loss.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator according to the present invention includes a main body 1 having an open front face, and a refrigerating compartment door 2a installed at a front side to open and close an interior of a main body 10 partitioned into a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment. A freezer door (2b), a home bar (10) for forming a separate storage compartment (2c) in the refrigerator compartment door (2a), and a locker (12) and a latch (20) provided to open and close the home bar (10). do.

The home bar 10 may take out or put drinks or cans stored through the storage compartment 2c of the home bar 10 without opening or closing the refrigerating compartment door 2a.

The home bar 10 is installed on the front side of the refrigerating compartment door 2a, and the home bar door 11 that opens and closes the front of the home bar 10 is hinged by a hinge axis (not shown), and is centered on the hinge axis. Rotate up and down to open and close.

A locker 12 for opening and closing the home bar 10 is installed at an upper portion of the home bar door 11, and the latch 20 is locked at the upper side of the refrigerating compartment door 2a so that the locker 12 can be locked and locked or unlocked. ) Is provided.

The locker 12 is formed to protrude to a predetermined height above the rear surface of the home bar door 11, and a hook hole 12a is formed in the locker 12 so that the hook 23 of the latch 20 to be described later is engaged. .

The latch 20 is formed to correspond to the position of the locker 12 and is positioned inside the upper latch support part 2d of the groove bar 10 provided in the refrigerating compartment door 2a.

2 and 3, the latch 20 of the refrigerator home bar 10 according to the present invention includes a case 21 having a front surface open and a slider 22 moving forward and backward in the case 21. And a hook 23 provided to lock in the hook hole 12a of the locker 12 and an elastic member 25 for elastically supporting the slider 22.

The case 21 has a structure in which the front surface is open and hollow, and both sides of the case 21 protrude from the door 2a and the fixing portion 21c for fixing, and fixed at the center of the fixing portion 21c. The hole 21d is formed.

In addition, guide protrusions 21a for guiding the slider 22 are formed on both side surfaces of the case 21 so that the slider 22 moves forward and backward.

Moreover, the rotation guide part 21e which guides the rotation of the hook 23 mentioned later is formed in front of the lower surface 21b of the case 21, and guides the rotation of the hook 23 rotated by the slider 22. As shown in FIG. do.

The slider 22 is installed to reciprocate in the front-rear direction inside the case 21, and the '??' having the rear portion bent downward. In the shape, the guide slots 22a are formed at both side portions of the slider 22 so as to correspond to the guide protrusions 21a of the case 21, and the guides 22a of the case 21 are disposed along the guide protrusions 21a. Guide the movement forward and backward.

A rocker contact surface 22b is formed on the front surface of the slider 22 to receive the force by contacting the locker 12 to allow the slider 22 to move forward and backward, and to be hinged with the hook 23 on both lower sides. The hinge hole 22c is formed, and the front lower portion of the slider 22 is formed with a rotation space 29 which is a predetermined space in which the hook 23 hinged to the hinge hole 22c can be rotated.

The elastic member 25 provided to elastically support the slider 22 at the rear of the slider 22 has one side supported and fixed to the lower rear side of the inside of the case 21, and the other side supports the rear lower side of the slider 22. Compression spring is installed so as to push the slider 22 forward.

The elastic member 25 is a dual spring formed of two can strengthen the operating force of the slider 22.

Guide grooves 28 are formed on the upper surface of the slider 22 to guide the reciprocating movement of the slider 22, and include guide pins including a moving part 24b that moves together with the reciprocating motion of the slider 22 to move relative to the slider 22. 24 is installed.

The guide pin 24 has a shape in which both ends are bent downward, one end of which is moved along the guide groove 28 of the slider 22, and the other end is fixed to the inner rear of the case 21. It is formed by the fixing part 24a.

The guide groove 28 guiding the reciprocating motion of the slider 22 forms a closed path so that the moving part 24b of the guide pin 24 moves relative to the guide groove 28, and thus the slider 22. ) Reciprocate.

The moving part 24b of the guide pin 24 on the guide groove 28 is located on the unlocking groove 28d located at the rearmost side of the guide groove 28 in the unlocked state, and in the locked state the guide groove 28 Is positioned on the locking groove 28b.

In addition, the first stop groove 28a for limiting the retraction range of the slider 22 in the locked state is formed, and the second stop groove 28c for limiting the retraction range of the slider 22 in the unlocked state is formed. The unlocking groove 28b, the first stop groove 28a, the locking groove 28b and the second stop groove 28c on the guide groove 28 are sequentially formed along the movement path of the guide pin 24. Is formed.

And, although not shown in the figure, the bottom of the guide groove 28 is formed so that the height is lowered along the traveling direction of the guide pin 24 to prevent the guide pin 24 from moving in the reverse direction.

The hook 23 rotated by the reciprocating movement of the slider 22 is formed with a hinge shaft hole 23a to allow the hinge shaft 27 to penetrate at one side thereof, and a hinge shaft penetrating the hinge shaft hole 23a. 27 is provided in the hinge hole 22c formed in the lower both sides of the slider 22. As shown in FIG.

In the present invention, a hinge shaft hole 23a is formed in the hook 23 to install a separate hinge shaft 27, but it is also preferable to integrally form a hinge shaft that can be hinged to the slider 22 on the hook 23. Do.

The hook 23 hinged to the slider 22 is moved back and forth as the slider 22 moves forward and backward, and is hinged to the hinge hole 22c formed at the lower side of the slider 22 so that the slider 22 moves backward. While the hook 23 is also backward, the hook 21 of the locker 12 is rotated by the pivoting guide 21e formed on the lower surface 21b of the case 21 to rotate to the engagement position of the pivoting space 29 inside the slider 22. It is fastened to 12a.

In addition, when the slider 22 is advanced, the hook 23 is also advanced to move toward the outside of the case 21, and is rotated from the rotational space 29, which is the engagement position of the hook 23, and the hook 23 weight It is rotated downward by the lower position is located in the dismantling position, and accordingly separated from the hook hole (12a) of the locker 12.

At this time, as the hook 23 is lowered by the advance of the slider 22, a constant inclination angle α is formed, and the hook 23 is the latch support part 2d of the refrigerator door 2a supporting the latch 20. ) Will not rotate beyond the inclination angle α. The inclination angle α enlarges the operating range of the hook 23, and makes the locker 12 and the fastening force firm.

4 and 5, the locking and unlocking operations of the refrigerator home bar 20 according to the present invention will be described.

When the latch 20 is operated while the home bar door 11 is rotated and closed, the locker 12 inside the home bar door 11 contacts and presses the locker contact surface 22b of the slider 22 inside the latch 20. Then, the slider 22 moves backward.

When the slider 22 moves backward, the moving part 24a of the guide pin 24 moves along the guide groove 28 of the slider 22. On the guide groove 28, the moving part 24b of the guide pin 24 is in the unlocking groove 28d and starts to move, until the moving part 24b is located in the first stop groove 28a. The slider 22 is fixed after moving forward until the moving part 24b is located in the locking groove 28b after retreating.

Thus, when the slider 22 moves backward, the hook 23 also moves backward by the hinge shaft 27 fixed to the slider 22, and the rotating guide formed on the bottom surface 21b of the case 21 while the hook 23 moves backward. It moves to the rotation space 29 inside the case 21 along 21e, and locks with the hook hole 12a of the locker 12 so that the home bar door 11 may not open.

In addition, when a predetermined force is applied to the closed home bar door 11 to open the home bar 10, the locker 12 pushes the rocker contact portion 22b of the slider 22 by a force applied to the home bar door 11. The slider 22 moves rearward and then forwards again along the guide groove 28. That is, the moving part 24b of the guide pin 24 in the locking groove 28b moves to the second stop groove 28c, and then returns to the unlocking groove 28d.

Therefore, the hook 23 is moved forward by the movement of the slider 22, and is rotated downward to have a predetermined inclination angle α by its own weight along the rotation guide 21e, and the hook of the locker 12 The fastening is released from the hole 12a and the home bar door 11 is opened.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a refrigerator home bar according to the present invention;

2 is a perspective view schematically showing a latch of a refrigerator home bar according to the present invention;

3 is a front view schematically showing a latch of a refrigerator home bar according to the present invention;

4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an opening operation state of the locker and the latch of the refrigerator home bar according to the present invention;

5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a closed operation state of the locker and the latch of the refrigerator home bar according to the present invention;

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

1: main body 2a, 2b: main body door

10: home bar 11: home bar door

12: locker 20: latch

21: Case 22: Slider

23: hook 24: guide pin

24a: fixed part 24b: moving part

25: elastic member 27: hinge axis

28: Information Home

Claims (5)

A refrigerator including a main body door, a home bar door installed at the front of the main body door, a locker protruding from a rear surface of the home bar door to open and close the home bar door, and a latch to lock or unlock the locker. In And the latch includes a hook installed to rotate to the engagement position with the locker when the home bar door is closed, and to the disengagement position when opened, and a slider for moving the hook. The method of claim 1, The slider is formed with a hinge hole for hinge coupling the hook, The hook is provided with a hinge axis to be coupled to the hinge hole of the slider. The method of claim 1, The rocker further includes an elastic member for returning the slider, And the elastic member is installed in the same direction as the moving direction of the slider and is a compression spring that elastically supports the slider forward. The method of claim 1, The locker further includes a case for installing the elastic member, Refrigerator, characterized in that the lower surface of the case is formed with a rotation guide for guiding the rotation of the hook. The method of claim 1, The slider further includes a position regulating member capable of regulating the position of the slider to be reciprocating, The position limiting member may include a guide groove formed on the upper surface of the slider, and a moving part for sliding along the guide groove on one side thereof, and a guide pin on the other side, the fixing part being fixed to the rear side of the latch. Refrigerator.

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