WO2023115992A1

WO2023115992A1 - Freezer

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Publication number: WO2023115992A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/112424
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吕成龙; 徐磊; 刘娜; 杨倩倩; 王正凯; 赵风阳; 张文
Original assignee: 青岛海尔特种电冰柜有限公司; 海尔智家股份有限公司
Priority date: 2021-12-23
Filing date: 2022-08-15
Publication date: 2023-06-29
Also published as: WO2023115992A8; CN116336717A

Abstract

The present invention provides a freezer, comprising a cabinet formed with a storage cavity and a door for opening and closing the cabinet, and further comprising a lamp assembly fixedly arranged on an inner wall of the cabinet, wherein the lamp assembly comprises a lampshade and a lamp strip, which is engaged in the lampshade. The freezer further comprises a switch assembly, which is arranged on the inner wall of the cabinet that is adjacent to the lamp assembly, and is used for turning the lamp assembly on and off. By means of the freezer disclosed in the present invention, a user can easily remove the lamp strip, and can replace same with a lamp strip with a different hue and luminous intensity as desired; in addition, the lamp assembly and a switch of the freezer disclosed in the present invention are separately arranged, such that when there is structural damage to part of a lamp or the switch, only the structures that are damaged such as the lamp strip, the lampshade, or the switch assembly are required to be replaced instead of the entire lamp, thereby allowing for low maintenance and replacement costs.

Description

freezer

technical field

The invention relates to the field of refrigeration appliances, in particular to a refrigerator with a lamp assembly.

Background technique

At present, some products of commercial refrigerators are designed with internal lights. The functions of the internal lights are as follows: 1. To illuminate the interior of the refrigerator, so that customers can choose products in a brighter environment and increase the shopping experience of customers; 2. .Supplement the light for the storage in the refrigerator, reduce the problem of insufficient color of the storage caused by the dark light in the supermarket, make the color of the storage closer to the color expected by customers, and increase the transaction volume; 3. Make the function of the commercial refrigerator more perfect.

There are some deficiencies in traditional refrigerator interior lamps: traditional commercial refrigerator interior lamps mostly use LED light strips and lamp holders to assemble the assembly in advance, and then use screws to fix them in the cabinet. The assembly process is complicated, time-consuming, and the cost of materials is high. Inconvenient, screwing damages the structure of the product, causing water vapor to enter the rusted pipeline. There is no effective waterproof and dustproof measures for the wiring harness and light switch. It is easy to rust and fail during use. At the same time, the lamp body protrudes. Damage and many other disadvantages.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator for solving the above problems.

In order to achieve one of the objectives of the above invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator, which includes a cabinet body formed with a storage cavity, a door body for opening and closing the cabinet body, and a door body fixed on the inner wall of the cabinet body. A lamp assembly, the lamp assembly includes a lampshade and a light bar clamped in the lampshade; the refrigerator also includes a switch assembly arranged on the inner wall of the cabinet adjacent to the lamp assembly, and the switch assembly is used for opening and closing the lamp assembly.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, a groove is provided on the inner wall of one side of the cabinet, and the lamp assembly is embedded and clamped in the groove.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the groove is a through groove, the length of the light bar in the light assembly is the same as the length of the groove, and the outer wall on one side of the light assembly is flush with the inner wall of the cabinet.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the switch assembly is embedded on the inner wall of the cabinet adjacent to the groove, the switch assembly includes: a light box, a box-shaped structure with an accommodating cavity inside, embedded On the inner wall of the cabinet; the light box cover is a thin-walled cover with a switch hole, which is used to cover the accommodating cavity of the light box, and the covered light box cover is away from the side of the light box It is flush with the inner wall of the cabinet; the terminal is connected with the electric wire of the lamp assembly and fixed in the lamp box; one end of the switch is exposed on the cover of the lamp box through the switch hole, and the other end is fixed It is arranged in the light box and is used for opening and closing the light assembly.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, a fixing plate is provided on the upper part of the light box cover close to the side of the light box, and the fixing plate is provided with through holes for fixing the connecting terminals.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, an inclined wall is provided at the upper left corner or upper right corner of the light box, the inclined wall forms an obtuse angle with the adjacent inner wall of the light box, and the connecting terminal is fixed on the inclined wall superior.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the lampshade is a strip-shaped structure with a cavity inside, and a raised abutting part is provided in the cavity, and the abutting part is used to make the light bar snapped into the lampshade.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the cavity is composed of a top wall, a first side wall close to the cabinet, a bottom wall and a second side wall away from the cabinet, and the abutting portion includes The first abutting portion protruding from the surface toward the center, the second abutting portion and the third abutting portion respectively protruding along the surface of the first side wall, and the fourth abutting portion protruding toward the center along the bottom wall. contact portion, wherein the second contact portion is located above the third contact portion, and the length of the second contact portion is greater than the length of the third contact portion.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the top of the lampshade is provided with a convex part, the bottom of the lampshade is provided with a buckle part, and the groove of the cabinet is provided with Partial structure.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, additional connection terminals are also arranged in the switch assembly.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention lies in: the refrigerator disclosed by the present invention is provided with a light assembly on the inner wall of the cabinet, and the light bar in the light assembly is clamped in the lampshade, which is convenient for users to disassemble the light bar, and at the same time Users can replace the light strips with different hues and light intensity according to their needs, which solves the problem of single tone of traditional interior lights;

In addition, in the freezer disclosed in the present invention, the light assembly and the switch are arranged separately. When a part of the structure of the light or switch is damaged, it is not necessary to replace the entire light, but only the damaged light bar, lampshade, and switch assembly structure need to be replaced for maintenance and replacement. low cost.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional schematic diagram of the freezer of the specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of place A in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a lampshade according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of place B in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the installation of the lamp assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a light box installed on a cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of place C in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is an exploded view of a switch assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a light box cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is an exploded view of a switch assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, these embodiments do not limit the present invention, and any structural, method, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that terms such as "upper", "lower", "outer", "inner", etc. used herein to indicate relative spatial positions are for convenience of description to describe the relative position of a unit or feature as shown in the drawings. A relationship to another element or feature. The terms of spatial relative position may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator 100 , which includes a cabinet body 1 with a storage chamber 101 , and a door body for opening and closing the cabinet body 1 . Wherein, the cabinet body 1 is composed of an outer box shell 102 and an inner container 104, and one side of the refrigerator 100 is provided with an opening communicating with the storage cavity 101. Specifically, the shape and size of the refrigerator 100 are not limited, and the refrigerator 100 The direction of the opening is not limited, it can be a top opening or a side opening. The shape of the door body and the way of the switch 17 are not limited, it can be pivotally connected to the cabinet body 1 to turn and open, or it can be a translation door to push to open or close the opening.

As shown in Figure 1, in this embodiment, the refrigerator 100 is a horizontal refrigerator, and a storage cavity 101 is formed inside the cabinet body 1. A shelf for storing items can be arranged in the storage cavity 101, or it can be The size and type of the placed items divide the storage cavity 101 into storage areas of different sizes.

In this embodiment, the cabinet body 1 is open at the top, and the door body of the refrigerator 100 is a translation door, and multiple translation doors can be provided. When the refrigerator 100 is working, a plurality of flat translation doors cover the top opening of the cabinet body 1 , so that the freezer 100 forms a closed space, ensuring that the cooling capacity in the freezer 100 does not overflow, so that the stored items are always in a refrigerated environment; when the user needs to take and place items, the multiple translation doors of the freezer 100 can be folded, thereby opening the cabinet The opening of body 1.

In the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the refrigerator 100 also includes a lamp assembly 3 fixed on the inner wall 103 of the cabinet, and the lamp assembly 3 includes a lampshade 5 and snapped into the lampshade 5 The light bar7. Wherein, the inner wall 103 of the cabinet is the inner wall on the liner 104 .

Specifically, the lampshade 5 is an elongated structure with a cavity 501 inside, and a protruding abutting portion 503 is provided in the cavity 501, and the abutting portion 503 is used for snapping the light bar 7 to the The lampshade 5 is inside the lampshade 5, and both ends of the lampshade 5 are open, so that it is convenient for the user to disassemble the light bar 7. At the same time, the user can replace the light bar 7 with different colors and luminous intensity according to the needs, which solves the problem of single color tone of the traditional inner lamp.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, the cavity 501 is composed of a top wall 5011, a first side wall 5013 close to the cabinet body 1, a bottom wall 5015 and a second side wall 5017 away from the cabinet body 1 The abutting portion 503 includes a first abutting portion 5031 protruding toward the center along the surface of the top wall 5011, a second abutting portion 5033 and a third abutting portion respectively protruding along the surface of the first side wall 5013. contact portion 5035, and a fourth contact portion 5037 protruding toward the center along the bottom wall 5015, wherein the second contact portion 5033 is located above the third contact portion 5035, and the second contact portion The connecting portion 5033 is longer than the third abutting portion 5035, so that the light bar 7 is obliquely fixed in the lampshade 5, and the light of the light bar 7 illuminates the bottom of the refrigerator 100, further ensuring that there is no dark area when the light assembly 3 is used.

In this embodiment, the lamp assembly 3 is arranged near the cabinet opening of the refrigerator 100 . The lamp assembly 3 includes a lampshade 5 and a light bar 7 . Specifically, a groove 105 is provided on the inner wall 103 of one side of the cabinet body 1, a protruding part 505 is provided on the top of the lampshade 5, a buckle part 507 is provided at the bottom of the lampshade 5, and a groove 105 of the cabinet body 1 is provided. There are structures respectively matched with the protruding part 505 and the buckling part 507 , so that the light assembly 3 is snapped into the groove 105 . Compared with the traditional inner lamp fixed by screws, the lamp assembly 3 is clamped in the groove 105, which avoids the problem of electricity safety hazard caused by the accumulation of condensation at the screw.

Optionally, the groove 105 provided on the inner wall 103 of the cabinet is a through groove, and the lampshade 5 is completely embedded in the groove 105, and the length of the light bar 7 is the same as the length of the groove 105, that is, the lamp assembly 3 is installed on the When in the groove 105, the two ends of the lampshade 5 extend to two adjacent cabinet inner walls 103 respectively, and the length of the light bar 7 is the same as the length of the inner wall of the cabinet opening where the groove 105 is arranged. Therefore, the whole area in the cabinet body 1 It can be illuminated, which solves the problems of short lamp length and dark areas during lighting in the traditional refrigerator 100, and improves user experience.

Further, in this embodiment, the outer wall on one side of the lamp assembly 3 is arranged flush with the inner wall 103 of the cabinet, that is, when the lampshade 5 snaps into the groove 105 of the inner wall 103 of the cabinet, the lampshade 5 and the inner wall of the cabinet The wall 103 is flush, the lampshade 5 and the cabinet mouth are on a vertical plane, and the surface of the lampshade 5 is tightly clamped on the cabinet mouth, so that the residue of refrigerated items is not easy to remain on the surface of the lampshade 5, and it is convenient to clean and wipe the lampshade 5; in addition, the lampshade 5 is placed flush with the inner wall 103 of the cabinet, so that when the user transports the items in the storage cavity, the lamp assembly 3 will not be damaged by the impact of the objects, so that the lamp assembly 3 can be used for a longer period of time.

In the present invention, the refrigerator 100 further includes a switch assembly 9 disposed on the inner wall 103 of the cabinet adjacent to the lamp assembly 3 , and the switch assembly 9 is used to switch the lamp assembly 3 on and off.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the switch assembly 9 is embedded on the inner wall 103 of the cabinet adjacent to the groove 105. As shown in FIG. On the inner wall 103, and the switch assembly 9 is arranged at a position close to the lamp assembly 3, specifically, the switch assembly 9 is arranged at the end of the cabinet inner wall 103 adjacent to the lamp assembly 3, and the switch assembly 9 and the end of the lampshade 5 It can be understood that in other embodiments, the switch assembly 9 can be arranged on the inner wall 103 of the left cabinet adjacent to the lamp assembly 3 .

In the present invention, the switch assembly 9 includes: a light box 11, a box-shaped structure with an accommodating cavity 111 inside, embedded on the inner wall 103 of the cabinet; a light box cover 13, with a switch hole 131 The thin-walled cover is used to cover the accommodating cavity 111 of the light box 11. After the cover is closed, the surface of the side of the light box cover 13 away from the light box 11 is flush with the inner wall 103 of the cabinet; the terminal block 15, connected with the electric wire 19 of the lamp assembly 3, and fixed in the lamp box 11; one end of the switch 17 is exposed on the lamp box cover 13 through the switch hole 131, and the other end is fixed in the The lamp box 11 is used for switching on and off the lamp assembly 3 .

Specifically, the light box 11 is fixed on the inner wall 103 of the cabinet. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. On the tank 104, and the inner tank 104 is provided with a through hole for placing the light box 11 and a buckle structure for fixing the light box 11 on the surface of the inner tank 104 facing the box shell. Optionally, three cabinet buckles 113 are designed on the cabinet mouth: two on the upper side There are two buckles 113 and one buckle 113 on the lower side. At the same time, the lower side buckle 113 is elastic and has a guiding slope on the top, which is convenient for the light box 11 to snap in. When assembling the switch assembly 9, first snap the top of the light box 11 into the two buckles 113 on the upper side of the cabinet mouth, and then push the light box 11 in the direction of the cabinet mouth into the lower side buckles 113 of the cabinet mouth, so that the light box 11 can be firmly stuck on the cabinet mouth.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8 , the lamp box 11 is a box-shaped structure with an accommodating cavity 111 on the inner wall, and a terminal 15, a switch 17, and one end connected to the lamp assembly 3 are placed in the accommodating cavity 111. , and the other end is connected to the wire 19 of the terminal 15. The light box cover 13 is a thin-walled cover with a switch hole 131, which is used to cover the accommodating cavity 111 of the light box 11. After the cover is closed, the side of the light box cover 13 away from the light box 11 is in contact with the The inner wall 103 of the cabinet is flush, and the lamp box cover 13 can be fastened to the lamp box 11 by screws. One end of the switch 17 is fixed in the light box 11 , and the other end passes through the switch hole 131 and is exposed on the light box cover 13 . The user controls the on and off of the entire light assembly 3 by pressing the switch 17 on and off. In the present invention, the lamp box 11 is provided with an avoidance groove 117 near the switch assembly 9, and the electric wire 19 of the lamp assembly 3 is connected with the terminal 15 through the avoidance groove 117, and the avoidance groove 117 and the lamp box cover 13 are covered. The electric wires 19 make the lampshade 5 and the switch assembly 9 fit closely, avoiding the potential safety hazard caused by the long-term immersion of the connected electric wires 19 in condensed water.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 9 , a fixing plate 133 is provided on the upper part of the light box cover 13 close to the side of the light box 11, and the fixing plate 133 is provided with a through hole for fixing the connecting terminal 15. The connecting terminal 15 Fixed on the through hole, the setting of the fixing plate 133 avoids the confusion of the connecting lines in the lamp box 11 on the one hand, and on the other hand, the terminal 15 is placed in the upper area of the lamp box 11, so that the condensed water entering the lamp box 11 cannot be smoothly Flowing into the connection terminal 15 along the wire 19 improves the stability of the switch assembly 9 in use. Further, two reinforcing ribs 1333 are provided under the fixing plate 133 to strengthen the fixing plate 133 .

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10 , the light box 11 is a box-shaped structure with an accommodating cavity 111 on the inner wall, and the connecting terminal 15, the switch 17, and one end and the lamp assembly 3 are placed in the accommodating cavity 111. The other end is connected to the wire 19 connected to the terminal 15. The light box cover 13 is a thin-walled cover with a switch hole 131, which is used to cover the accommodating cavity 111 of the light box 11. After the cover is closed, the side of the light box cover 13 away from the light box 11 is in contact with the The inner wall 103 of the cabinet is flush, and the lamp box cover 13 can be fastened to the lamp box 11 by screws. One end of the switch 17 is fixed in the light box 11 , and the other end passes through the switch hole 131 and is exposed on the light box cover 13 . The user controls the on and off of the entire light assembly 3 by pressing the switch 17 on and off.

Further, an inclined wall 119 is provided at the upper right corner of the light box 11 , the inclined wall 119 forms an obtuse angle with the adjacent inner wall of the light box 11 , and the connection terminal 15 is fixed on the inclined wall 119 . In this embodiment, the included angle between the inclined wall 119 and the adjacent inner wall of the light box 11 is set to 135°, and a fixing hole is provided on the inclined wall 119, so that the connecting terminal 15 is fixed on the fixing hole. The inclined wall 119 of the light box of the present invention The setting makes it impossible for the condensed water entering the lamp box 11 to flow into the connection terminal 15 along the wire 19, which improves the use stability of the switch assembly 9.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the light box 11 of the switch assembly 9 is also provided with an additional terminal 21. Specifically, the additional terminal 21 can be fixed on the fixing plate 133 or the inclined wall 119. Adding functions such as hygrometer and intelligent voice to 100 can be realized through the reserved additional connection terminal 21, thereby solving the problem that the function of the refrigerator 100 is too simple and the degree of intelligence is low.

In the present invention, when the light bar 7 needs to be replaced, firstly open the light box cover 13, remove the light assembly 3 from the escape groove 117 of the light box 11, and then remove the light bar 7 from the lampshade 5 from the side of the light assembly 3 Pull it out to replace the light bar 7; when the light bar 7 is replaced and reinstalled, push the light bar 7 from the side of the lampshade 5 and snap it on the lampshade 5, after the lampshade 5 and the light bar 7 are snapped together, First snap the upper side of the lamp assembly 3 into the groove 105 of the cabinet mouth, and then push the lamp assembly 3 as a whole toward the outer case of the refrigerator 100. The lower side of the lampshade 5 is a buckle structure, which can be stuck in the groove 105 of the cabinet mouth. The starting point, so that the entire interior light is firmly stuck on the cabinet mouth, and the installation is convenient and quick. Due to the refrigerator 100 disclosed in the present invention, the lamp assembly 3 and the switch 17 are separately arranged, when the partial structure of the lamp or the switch 17 is damaged, it is not necessary to replace the whole lamp, and only the damaged lamp bar 7, lampshade 5, and switch need to be replaced. 9-component structure, low cost of maintenance and replacement.

It should be understood that although this description is described according to implementation modes, not each implementation mode only contains an independent technical solution, and this description in the description is only for clarity, and those skilled in the art should take the description as a whole, and each The technical solutions in the embodiments can also be properly combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

The series of detailed descriptions listed above are only specific descriptions for feasible implementations of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any equivalent implementation or implementation that does not depart from the technical spirit of the present invention All changes should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

A refrigerator, comprising a cabinet body formed with a storage cavity, and a door body for opening and closing the cabinet body, characterized in that it also includes a lamp assembly fixed on the inner wall of the cabinet, the lamp assembly includes a lampshade and a light bar snapped into the lampshade;

The refrigerator further includes a switch assembly disposed on an inner wall of the cabinet adjacent to the lamp assembly, and the switch assembly is used to switch the lamp assembly on and off.
The ice maker according to claim 1, wherein a groove is provided on an inner wall of one side of the cabinet, and the light assembly is embedded and snapped into the groove.
The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the groove is a through groove, the length of the light bar in the light assembly is the same as the length of the groove, and the outer wall on one side of the light assembly is flush with the inner wall of the cabinet flat set.
The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the switch assembly is embedded on the inner wall of the cabinet adjacent to the groove, and the switch assembly includes:

The light box has a box-shaped structure with an accommodating cavity inside, and is embedded on the inner wall of the cabinet;

The light box cover is a thin-walled cover with switch holes, which is used to cover the accommodating cavity of the light box. After the cover is closed, the side of the light box cover away from the light box is flush with the inner wall of the cabinet ;

The connecting terminal is connected with the electric wires of the lamp assembly and fixed in the lamp box;

One end of the switch is exposed on the cover of the light box through the switch hole, and the other end is fixed in the light box for switching on and off the light assembly.
The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein a fixing plate is provided on the upper part of the light box cover near the side of the light box, and the fixing plate is provided with through holes for fixing the connecting terminals.
The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein an inclined wall is provided at the upper left corner or upper right corner of the light box, the inclined wall forms an obtuse angle with the adjacent inner wall of the light box, and the connecting terminal is fixed on on the sloped wall.
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the lampshade is a strip-shaped structure with a cavity inside, and a protruding abutting part is provided in the cavity, and the abutting part is used to make the The light bar is snapped into the lampshade.
The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the cavity is composed of a top wall, a first side wall close to the cabinet, a bottom wall and a second side wall far away from the cabinet, and the abutting portion includes a The first abutting portion protruding toward the center on the surface of the top wall, the second abutting portion and the third abutting portion respectively protruding along the surface of the first side wall, and protruding toward the center along the bottom wall The fourth abutting portion, wherein the second abutting portion is located above the third abutting portion, and the length of the second abutting portion is greater than the length of the third abutting portion.
The refrigerator according to claim 7, characterized in that, the top of the lampshade is provided with a protruding part, the bottom of the lampshade is provided with a buckle part, and the groove of the cabinet body is respectively provided with the protruding part and the protruding part. The buckle part fits the structure.
The refrigerator according to claim 4, characterized in that, additional connection terminals are arranged in the switch assembly.