KR20130094005A

KR20130094005A - Refrigerator mounted with integrated hinge assembly

Info

Publication number: KR20130094005A
Application number: KR1020120015309A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 장동식
Original assignee: 동부대우전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2012-02-15
Filing date: 2012-02-15
Publication date: 2013-08-23

Abstract

PURPOSE: A refrigerator having an integrated hinge assembly is provided to integrate a caster assembly with a door hinge assembly, thereby simplifying a component for the same. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator having an integrated hinge assembly includes a fixed bracket (100), an adjustable leg (110), a caster (120), and a door hinge (130). The fixed bracket is fixed to the bottom of the refrigerator (10). The adjustable leg is coupled to a coupling rod at the fixed bracket through threads. The caster at the fixed bracket is horizontally rotatable. The door hinge at the fixed bracket is rotatably installed at a door (11). The adjustable leg, the caster, and the door hinge are integrally coupled to the fixed bracket.

Description

Refrigerator with integrated hinge assembly {REFRIGERATOR MOUNTED WITH INTEGRATED HINGE ASSEMBLY}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator equipped with a caster assembly and an integrated hinge assembly that simplifies the door hinge assembly into one.

In general, the refrigerator is composed of a freezer compartment for freezing the storage at sub-zero temperatures and a refrigerating compartment for freezing the storage at the temperature of the image, and the door that is independently opened and closed in front of the freezer and the refrigerator compartment. Is rotatably installed by the door hinge assembly.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the lower end of the refrigerator is provided with a caster assembly 13 is coupled to the adjustment group 12, which is a height adjustment means to facilitate the height adjustment and movement of the refrigerator 10, In addition, the door hinge assembly 14 is installed separately.

However, since the caster assembly 13 and the door hinge assembly 14 are separated from each other and thus need to be assembled separately, the caster assembly 13 has a problem that the assembly productivity is lowered and the material cost is also increased.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to integrate the caster assembly and the door hinge assembly integrally to simplify the parts and to improve the assembly productivity There is.

In order to achieve the above object, a refrigerator equipped with an integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention includes a fixing bracket fixed to a bottom surface of the refrigerator; A control group screwed to the coupling rod formed on the fixing bracket; A caster installed horizontally rotatable to the fixing bracket; And a door hinge formed on the fixing bracket so that the refrigerator door is rotatably installed, and the adjustment group, the caster, and the door hinge are integrally coupled to the fixing bracket.

The fixing bracket is a plate-like component extending in the front and rear direction of the refrigerator, characterized in that the adjustment group and the caster is installed in positions opposite to each other along the longitudinal direction of the fixing bracket.

The caster is characterized in that it is fixed between the bent portion is bent downward on both sides of the fixing bracket.

The door hinge is formed to protrude upward on the upper surface of the fixing bracket, characterized in that installed adjacent to the adjustment group in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the fixing bracket.

According to the refrigerator equipped with the integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the caster assembly and the door hinge assembly may be integrally configured to simplify the parts and to improve the assembly productivity.

1 is a side view showing a door hinge assembly and a caster assembly of a refrigerator according to the prior art.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a door hinge assembly of a refrigerator according to the prior art.
Figure 3 is a side view showing the caster assembly of the refrigerator according to the prior art.
4 is a side view showing a refrigerator equipped with an integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention.
5 is an exploded perspective view showing the integral hinge assembly according to the present invention.
6 is a perspective view of an integrated hinge assembly in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 7 is a side view of the integral hinge assembly in accordance with the present invention.

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

4 is a side view showing a refrigerator equipped with an integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention.

5 is an exploded perspective view showing an integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a side view showing an integrated hinge assembly according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the refrigerator 10 according to the present invention is provided with an integrated hinge assembly H at its lower end.

The integrated hinge assembly (H) can rotate the adjustment group 110 to facilitate height adjustment of the refrigerator 10, the caster 120 to facilitate the movement of the refrigerator 10, and the refrigerator door (11). The door hinge 130 is installed on the fixing bracket 100, which is a plate-like component extending in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator.

The fixing bracket 100 has a plurality of fastening members 101 and fastening holes 102 formed as fastening means to be fixed to the bottom surface of the refrigerator 10.

At this time, the fastening member 101 is fastened to the inner press through the injection molding of the bottom surface of the refrigerator 10 to maintain a firm fixing force, the fixing bracket 100 of the fixing bracket 100 for maintaining a stable fixing force It is preferably formed in a central position.

In addition, one side of the fixing bracket 100 is provided with a coupling rod 111 is formed on the outer circumferential surface so that the adjustment group 110, which is a height adjustment member can be screwed.

Here, the adjustment group 110 has a function of supporting and fixing the refrigerator 10 while maintaining the balance of the refrigerator 10 according to its position.

In addition, the both sides of the other side of the fixing bracket 100 is provided with a bent portion 121 is formed to be bent downward to face each other, between the bent portion 121, the caster 120 which can be horizontally rotated by a fixed shaft 122 Is installed.

According to such a configuration, the adjustment group 110 and the caster 120 is installed at positions opposite to each other along the longitudinal direction of the fixing bracket 100, to move the refrigerator 10, After pushing the refrigerator 10 backward so that the adjusting bracket 110 on one side of the fixing bracket 100 is separated from the bottom surface, the refrigerator 10 can be moved through the caster 120 located on the other side of the fixing bracket 100. Will be.

And, it is formed to protrude upward on the upper surface of the fixing bracket 100, the door hinge 130 is installed adjacent to the adjustment group 110 in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the fixing bracket 100, The refrigerator door 11 is rotatably fixed to the door hinge 130.

According to the present invention having such a configuration, since the adjusting foot 110, the caster 120 and the door hinge 130 are located on the same plane of the fixing bracket 100, the door hinge 130 is conventional Is formed at a lower position than the door hinge assembly.

Accordingly, the refrigerator door 11 has a length longer than that of the conventional refrigerator door, and is located on the lower front surface of the refrigerator 10 to improve the lower aesthetics of the refrigerator 10. Not shown), thereby reducing component costs.

H: integrated hinge assembly 100: fixing bracket
110: adjustment group 120: caster
130: door hinge

Claims

A fixing bracket fixed to the bottom surface of the refrigerator;
A control group screwed to the coupling rod formed on the fixing bracket;
A caster installed horizontally rotatable to the fixing bracket; And
By including a door hinge formed on the fixing bracket is installed so that the refrigerator door is rotatable,
And a fixing hinge, a caster, and a door hinge are integrally coupled to the fixing bracket.

The method of claim 1,
The fixing bracket is a plate-like component extending in the front and rear direction of the refrigerator, wherein the adjustment group and the caster is installed in the unitary hinge assembly, characterized in that installed in positions opposite to each other along the longitudinal direction of the fixing bracket.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The caster is a refrigerator equipped with an integrated hinge assembly, characterized in that fixed between the bent portion is bent downward on both sides of the fixing bracket.

The method of claim 1,
The door hinge is formed to protrude upward on the upper surface of the fixing bracket, the refrigerator with an integrated hinge assembly, characterized in that installed adjacent to the adjustment group in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the fixing bracket.