WO2021043134A1

WO2021043134A1 - Refrigerator and bottle holder thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2021043134A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/112854
Authority: WO
Inventors: 杨发林; 窦金强; 贾文娟; 李步明; 任树飞
Original assignee: 青岛海尔电冰箱有限公司; 海尔智家股份有限公司
Priority date: 2019-09-06
Filing date: 2020-09-01
Publication date: 2021-03-11
Also published as: CN211120186U

Abstract

Provided is a bottle holder (20) for a refrigerator, comprising: a carrying frame (100) for being detachably mounted to a refrigerator door body (10), a bottle holder body (200) for having articles placed thereon and being detachably mounted on the carrying frame (100) so as to be supported by the carrying frame (100), and a decorative member (300) covering the front portion and/or two transverse side portions of the carrying frame (100) so as to decorate the carrying frame (100).

Description

Refrigerator and its bottle holder

Technical field

The invention relates to a refrigerating and freezing device, in particular to a refrigerator and a bottle holder thereof.

Background technique

The inside of the refrigerator door is usually provided with a bottle holder. Most of the existing bottle holders are made of hard transparent plastic, without much decorative design and lack of aesthetics.

Moreover, the bottle holder is usually clamped to the door by the plug-in structure on both sides, which is laborious for disassembly, and it is very inconvenient for the user to clean the bottle holder and the experience is not high. Moreover, multiple disassembly can easily lead to slack in the plug-in structure, making the position of the bottle holder no longer firm.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned defects in the prior art and provide a bottle holder that is more decorative and convenient for users to disassemble and clean.

A further object of the present invention is to facilitate the placement of tall items on the inside of the door.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator with the above-mentioned bottle holder.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a bottle holder for a refrigerator, which includes:

Carrying frame, used to detachably install on the door of the refrigerator;

The bottle holder body is used to place items, and the bottle holder body is detachably installed on the carrying frame to accept the support of the carrying frame; and

The decorative component covers the front part and/or the two lateral sides of the bearing frame to decorate the bearing frame.

Optionally, the decorative component is in a strip shape, which includes: a front decorative strip extending in the transverse direction of the door body, which is used to decorate the front of the bearing frame; and two side decorative strips, which are respectively drawn from the transverse ends of the front decorative strip. Extending backwards, used to decorate the two lateral sides of the bearing frame.

Optionally, the decorative component is formed by bending a long "L"-shaped plate including a bottom wall and a vertical wall; the bottom wall is used to abut against the bottom surface of the supporting frame, and the vertical wall is used to abut against the supporting frame. The front and lateral sides of the frame.

Optionally, the two lateral ends of the bearing frame have two positioning posts extending downward, and the two are respectively inserted into the two positioning holes opened in the bottom wall to locate the decorative component on the bearing frame; the bottom wall is provided with a plurality of screw holes , In order to use screws to fasten the decorative parts to the supporting frame.

Optionally, the decorative component is made of an elastic material, so that the two side decorative strips are tightly attached to the two lateral sides of the supporting frame by elastic deformation to realize the fastening of the decorative component and the supporting frame.

Optionally, the supporting frame has a hollow structure, so that part of the bottom surface of the bottle holder body is exposed.

Optionally, both sides of the bottle holder body have grooves that are recessed inward and open on the bottom side; the bearing frame includes a frame body and two supporting feet, the frame body is used to support the bottle holder body; the two supporting feet are separated from the frame The lateral ends of the body extend upward and are respectively inserted into corresponding grooves to position the bottle holder body.

Optionally, the frame body has a box shape as a whole.

Optionally, the lateral outer side of each support foot has a mounting groove recessed inward and open at the bottom side, and the mounting groove is used to accommodate the vertically extending mounting ribs on the inner side of the door body to support the load-bearing frame by the mounting ribs.

On the other hand, the present invention also provides a refrigerator, including a box body, a door body installed on the box body, and at least one bottle holder installed on the inner side of the door body, and at least part of the bottle holder inside the door body is any one of the above The bottle holder described in the item.

In the bottle holder of the present invention, the bottle holder body is installed on the bearing frame and is not directly connected with the door body. Therefore, when disassembling and assembling the body of the bottle holder, there is no need to touch the clamping structure with the door body as in the prior art, and the disassembly is very convenient. The decorative parts decorate the bearing frame to make the bottle holder body more beautiful.

In addition, since the bottle holder body, the carrying frame and the decorative parts are different parts, it is convenient to use different materials to make each part, and realize the optimization goal of function and cost. For example, use general transparent plastic to make the body of the bottle holder, use more rigid materials to make the bearing frame, and use more decorative materials to make decorative parts.

Further, in the bottle holder of the present invention, the decorative component includes a front decorative strip and two side decorative strips, which can decorate the three sides of the supporting frame, and the decorative effect is very good.

Further, in the bottle holder of the present invention, the supporting frame is a hollow structure. When the door body has a plurality of bottle holders arranged up and down, after the bottle holder body of the bottle holder on the upper side of the door body is removed, the upper space of the bottle holder on the lower side of the door body becomes higher, which is convenient for placing taller bottles on it. In addition, the bearing frame on the upper side of the door body can also be used as a guardrail at this time, and the structure is simple and ingenious.

Based on the following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art will better understand the above and other objectives, advantages and features of the present invention.

Description of the drawings

Hereinafter, some specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail in an exemplary and non-limiting manner with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same or similar components or parts. Those skilled in the art should understand that these drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention when the bottle holder is installed on the inner side of the door;

Figure 3 is a schematic structural view of a bottle holder according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is an exploded schematic view of a bottle holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the door body shown in Fig. 2 after a bottle holder body is removed;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the door body shown in Fig. 2 after a bottle holder is disassembled;

detailed description

Hereinafter, the refrigerator and its bottle holder according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. Wherein, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "horizontal" etc. are based on the attached drawings. The orientation or positional relationship of the When the door is in an open state, when the user faces the inside of the door, the inside of the door facing the user is defined as the front side, and the outside facing away from the user is defined as the back side. The front and back, and the horizontal direction of the door have been marked in the figure. In this way, it is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a bottle holder installed on the inner side of a door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator in the embodiment of the present invention generally includes a box body 60, a door body 10, and at least one bottle holder 20 installed on the inner side of the door body 10. The bottle holder 20 is used to place bottles, cans or other foods. A plurality of refrigerating compartments may be defined in the box 60, such as a refrigerating room, a temperature changing room, a freezing room, and the like. The door body 10 is installed on the front side of the box body 60. The door and drawers of the refrigerator can be arranged as shown in FIG. 1, the upper part has two door bodies 10 side by side, and the bottom part can be provided with two

drawers

30 and 40. Of course, the door and drawer can also be arranged in any other manner without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Among the plurality of bottle holders 20 inside the door body 10, at least one is a bottle holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the three bottle holders 20 on the inner side of the door are all bottle holders according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a bottle holder according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of a bottle holder 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the bottle holder 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a supporting frame 100, a bottle holder body 200 and a decorative component 300. The supporting frame 100 is used to be detachably installed on the door body 10 of the refrigerator, specifically on the door lining 101 (refer to FIG. 6) inside the door body 10. Since it does not need to be disassembled frequently, the design of the connection structure between the bearing frame 100 and the door body 10 can be made more stable, and there is no need to consider the problem of unstable installation due to structural slack caused by multiple disassembly.

The bottle holder body 200 is used to place articles. It can be a box with an open upper side, or other structural forms, such as a box with an opening on the front side or a box with a lid. The bottle holder body 200 is detachably installed on the supporting frame 100 to accept the support of the supporting frame 100. Since the bottle holder body 200 is not directly connected to the door body 10, when disassembling the bottle holder body 200, there is no need to touch the clamping structure with the door body as in the prior art, and the disassembly is very convenient.

The decoration component 300 covers the front and/or two lateral sides of the supporting frame 100 to decorate the supporting frame 100.

Since the bottle holder body 200, the supporting frame 100, and the decorative part 300 are different parts, it is convenient to use different materials to make the parts, so as to achieve the optimization goal of function and cost. For example, a general transparent plastic is used to make the bottle holder body 200, and a material with better rigidity is used to make the supporting frame 100. The design of the material, surface pattern or texture, shape, and color of the decorative component 300 considers the aesthetics of appearance, so as to make the bottle holder 20 more beautiful.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the decorative component 300 has a strip shape, and specifically includes a front decorative strip 310 and two side decorative strips 320. The front decorative strip 310 extends along the lateral direction of the door body 10 (the lateral direction has been marked in the figure, and all the lateral directions herein refer to the lateral direction of the door body), and are used to decorate the front of the bearing frame 100. The two side decorative strips 320 respectively extend rearward from the lateral ends of the front decorative strip 310 and are used to decorate the two lateral sides of the supporting frame 100. The bottle holder 20 of the embodiment of the present invention decorates the three sides of the supporting frame 100, and the decorative effect is very good, which is obviously better than the prior art solution of only opening a straight groove in front of the bottle holder 20 and installing a decorative strip.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the decorative component 300 can also be formed by bending a long "L"-shaped plate including a bottom wall 302 and a vertical wall 301. The bottom wall 302 is used to abut against the bottom surface of the supporting frame 100, and the vertical wall 301 is used to abut against the front and lateral sides of the supporting frame 100. In this way, the front edge and the two lateral edges of the bottom end of the supporting frame 100 are wrapped by the decorative component 300, which makes the appearance more beautiful.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the following methods can be used to implement the installation and positioning of the decorative component 300. The lateral ends of the supporting frame 100 have two positioning posts 115 extending downward, and the bottom wall 302 of the decorative component 300 is provided with two positioning holes 3021, and the two positioning posts 115 are respectively inserted into the two positioning holes 3021, so that the decoration The component 300 is positioned on the carrier frame 100. In addition, the bottom wall 302 of the decorative component 300 is provided with a plurality of screw holes 3022, and the bottom surface of the supporting frame 100 is provided with a plurality of threaded holes (not shown). The screws 350 pass through the screw holes 3022 from bottom to top and are screwed into the threaded holes. , In order to fasten the decorative component 300 to the supporting frame 100. In this way, the connection between the two is relatively stable, and the screw 350 is located at the bottom, which will not affect the appearance of the bottle holder 20.

In some alternative embodiments, the decorative component 300 is made of an elastic material, such as a rigid plastic with better elasticity. After the decorative component 300 is installed on the supporting frame 100, the two side decorative strips 320 are elastically deformed, and the generated elastic force causes the two side decorative strips 320 to clamp the supporting frame 100 to form the effect of being close to the two lateral sides of the supporting frame 100. The fastening of the decorative component 300 and the supporting frame 100 is achieved.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the door body 10 shown in FIG. 2 after a bottle holder body 200 is removed. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the supporting frame 100 can be made into a hollow structure, so that part of the bottom surface of the bottle holder body 200 is exposed. When the door body 10 has a plurality of bottle holders 20 arranged up and down, after the bottle holder body 200 of the bottle holder 20 on the upper side of the door body is removed, the upper space of the bottle holder 20 on the lower side of the door body 10 becomes higher, which is convenient for placing higher Bottles, and the carrying frame 100 on the upper side of the door body 10 can also be used as a guardrail at this time to enclose and protect tall bottles so that they will not fall when the refrigerator door is opened and closed.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the door body shown in FIG. 2 after a bottle holder 20 is disassembled. In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the two side surfaces 210 of the bottle holder body 200 each have a groove 212 that is recessed inward and opened on the bottom side. The supporting frame 100 includes a frame body 110 and two supporting legs 112. The frame body 110 is used to support the bottle holder body 200. The frame body 110 is in a box shape as a whole, so that the hollow part is large enough to implement the enclosure function. The two supporting legs 112 respectively extend upward from the lateral ends of the frame body 110 and are respectively inserted into the corresponding grooves 212 to position the bottle holder body 200. When the bottle holder body 200 needs to be cleaned, it is only necessary to translate the bottle holder body 200 upward so that the two supporting feet 112 can escape from the two grooves 212.

The lateral outer side of each supporting leg 112 has a mounting groove 1121 recessed inward and open at the bottom side. The mounting groove 1121 is used to accommodate the vertically extending mounting ribs 102 on the inner side of the door body 10 to be supported by the mounting ribs 102. Frame 100. The mounting rib 102 and the mounting groove 1121 are not often disassembled, and can be designed as an interference fit and have a larger amount of interference, so as to make the position of the load-bearing frame 100 stronger.

So far, those skilled in the art should realize that although multiple exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, they can still be disclosed according to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The content directly determines or deduces many other variations or modifications that conform to the principles of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be understood and deemed to cover all these other variations or modifications.

Claims

A bottle holder for refrigerators, including:

A carrying frame for detachably installing on the door of the refrigerator;

A bottle holder body for placing articles, the bottle holder body is detachably mounted on the carrying frame to accept the support of the carrying frame; and

A decorative component covering the front and/or two lateral sides of the supporting frame to decorate the supporting frame.
The bottle holder according to claim 1, wherein the decorative component is in a strip shape and comprises:

A front decorative strip extending in the lateral direction of the door body, which is used to decorate the front of the load-bearing frame; and

Two side decorative strips respectively extend rearward from the lateral ends of the front decorative strip and are used to decorate the two lateral sides of the supporting frame.
The bottle holder according to claim 2, wherein:

The decorative part is formed by bending a long "L"-shaped plate including a bottom wall and a vertical wall;

The bottom wall is used to abut against the bottom surface of the supporting frame, and the vertical wall is used to abut against the front and lateral sides of the supporting frame.
The bottle holder according to claim 3, wherein:

The two lateral ends of the supporting frame have two positioning posts extending downward, and the two are respectively inserted into the two positioning holes opened in the bottom wall, so as to position the decorative component on the supporting frame;

The bottom wall is provided with a plurality of screw holes to fasten the decorative component to the supporting frame by screws.
The bottle holder according to claim 2, wherein:

The decorative component is made of elastic material, so that the two side decorative strips are tightly attached to the two lateral sides of the supporting frame by elastic deformation, so as to realize the fastening of the decorative component and the supporting frame.
The bottle holder according to claim 1, wherein:

The supporting frame is a hollow structure, so that part of the bottom surface of the bottle holder body is exposed.
The bottle holder according to claim 6, wherein:

Both sides of the bottle holder body have grooves that are recessed inward and open on the bottom side;

The load-bearing frame includes a frame body and two supporting feet, and the frame body is used to support the bottle holder body;

The two supporting feet respectively extend upward from the lateral ends of the frame body and are respectively inserted into the corresponding grooves to position the bottle holder body.
The bottle holder according to claim 7, wherein:

The frame body is in a box shape as a whole.
The bottle holder according to claim 7, wherein:

The lateral outer side of each support foot has a mounting groove recessed inward and open at the bottom side, and the mounting groove is used to accommodate the vertically extending mounting ribs on the inner side of the door body so as to be supported by the mounting ribs. Support the carrying frame.
A refrigerator includes a box body, a door body installed on the box body, and at least one bottle holder installed inside the door body, wherein:

At least part of the bottle holder inside the door body is the bottle holder according to any one of claims 1-9.