CN104329887B

CN104329887B - refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN104329887B
Application number: CN201410540816.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张奎; 吴乔晔; 任宪伟; 朱小兵; 刘鹏; 高璇
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-10-14
Filing date: 2014-10-14
Publication date: 2017-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 2034-10-14
Also published as: CN104329887A

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator, comprising a box body, a door body; a first hinge and a second hinge, the door body can pivot along the first hinge relative to the box body in a first direction, and can move in a direction relative to the box body along the second hinge. Pivoting in the second direction: the first handle and the second handle, operating the first handle can make the first hinge disengage from the box and allow the door to pivot along the second hinge, operating the second handle can make the second hinge disengage from the box and The door is allowed to pivot along the first hinge; the refrigerator also includes first and second stoppers, when the door is closed, the first and second stoppers are at the first position, and when the door is opened, the first and second stoppers are The second stopper is in the second position; wherein, when the first stopper is in the first position, it allows the first handle to be operated, and when in the second position, it restricts the first handle to be operated; and, the second stopper When in the first position, it allows the second handle to be operated, and in the second position, it restricts the second handle to be operated, so as to avoid the possibility that the door body is detached.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliance manufacturing, and particularly relates to a refrigerator capable of opening doors in two different directions.

Background

Due to the personal handedness or the limitation of the refrigerator placing environment, the inconvenience of opening the refrigerator door leftwards or rightwards by hands can occur. Especially, in the case of articles in hands, accidents may be more easily caused, and the time for taking and placing articles is prolonged due to inconvenient operation, so that the cold energy of the refrigerator is excessively lost, and the energy consumption is increased.

In the prior art, some refrigerators have appeared which can be opened in different directions. In an exemplary situation, a user can select to open the door on the left side or the right side to take and place articles, when the door is opened on the left side, the hinge on the left side is separated from the box body, and the hinge on the right side is used as a rotating shaft to bear the rotation of the door body; when the door is opened at the right side, the hinge at the right side is separated from the box body, and the hinge at the left side is used as a rotating shaft to bear the rotation of the door body. The problem that from this brings is that, when the door body had been opened from one side, can lead to the opposite side hinge that is the rotation axis this moment and box separation owing to some possible maloperation, and then lead to the door body to drop from the box, cause the incident.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator, which can avoid the possibility that a door of a refrigerator with a bidirectional door is incorrectly operated and falls off from a refrigerator body.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a refrigerator including:

a case defining a storage chamber;

a door body pivotable in first and second directions with respect to the cabinet to selectively open or close the storage chamber;

the door body can pivot towards the first direction along the first hinge relative to the box body and can pivot towards the second direction along the second hinge relative to the box body;

a first handle and a second handle, wherein operation of the first handle disengages the first hinge from the bin and allows the door to pivot along the second hinge, and operation of the second handle disengages the second hinge from the bin and allows the door to pivot along the first hinge;

the refrigerator also comprises a first stop piece and a second stop piece, wherein the first stop piece and the second stop piece are arranged at a first position when the door body is closed, and the first stop piece and the second stop piece are arranged at a second position when the door body is opened; wherein,

the first stop member allows the first handle to be operated when in the first position and restricts the first handle from being operated when in the second position; and the number of the first and second groups,

the second stopper allows the second handle to be operated when in the first position and restricts the second handle from being operated when in the second position;

a first yielding channel is formed on the first stop piece, and a second yielding channel is formed on the second stop piece; said first handle being operable through said first escape passage when said first stop is in said first position and said second handle being operable through said second escape passage when said second stop is in said first position;

the first handle comprises a first butting part, and the second handle comprises a second butting part; wherein,

when the first stop piece is at the first position, the first abutting part can be matched with the first yielding channel to allow the first handle to be operated, and when the first stop piece is at the second position, the first abutting part abuts against the first stop piece to limit the first handle to be operated; and

when the second stopper is in the first position, the second abutting portion can be matched with the second yielding channel to allow the second handle to be operated, and when the second stopper is in the second position, the second abutting portion abuts against the second stopper to limit the second handle to be operated.

As a further improvement of the invention, the first and second stops are arranged to be subjected to a force moving towards the second position when in the first position.

As a further improvement of the invention, a first elastic element is sleeved on the first stop element, when the first stop element is at the first position, one end of the first stop element is abutted against the box body, and the first elastic element is in a stressed deformation state; the second stop piece is sleeved with a second elastic piece, one end of the second stop piece is abutted to the box body when the second stop piece is at the first position, and the second elastic piece is in a stressed deformation state.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first stop member and the second stop member are inserted into the door body along a thickness direction of the door body, one end of the first elastic member is linked with the first stop member, and the other end of the first elastic member abuts against the door body, and one end of the second elastic member is linked with the second stop member, and the other end of the second elastic member abuts against the door body.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first elastic member and the second elastic member are disposed in the door body.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first hinge and the second hinge are telescopically arranged on the door body, a first transmission member is connected between the first handle and the first hinge, a second transmission member is connected between the second handle and the second hinge, and the first hinge and the second hinge can be moved to a retracted position and separated from the box body by operating the first handle and the second handle respectively.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first hinge and the second hinge further have a protruding position, and the first hinge and the second hinge are located at the protruding position when the door body is closed, wherein the first hinge and the second hinge are subjected to a force moving toward the protruding position in the retracted position.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a limiting cable is connected between the first handle and the second handle, and the length of the limiting cable is configured to allow only one of the first handle and the second handle to be operated, and to separate the corresponding first hinge or the second hinge from the door body.

Compared with the prior art, the refrigerator provided by the invention has the advantages that the first stop piece and the second stop piece are arranged, so that the first handle and the second handle can be respectively limited from being operated under the condition that the door body is opened, and the possibility that the door body is separated from the refrigerator body due to misoperation is prevented.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a door according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a door according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the door along a center line of the second hinge according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the door along a center line defined by the first handle and the second handle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view illustrating the engagement between a first handle and a first stopper when a door is closed according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating the cooperation of the first handle and the first stopper when the door is opened according to the embodiment of the refrigerator.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements or structures, these described elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish these descriptive objects from one another. For example, the first hinge may be referred to as the second hinge, and similarly the second hinge may also be referred to as the first hinge, without departing from the scope of the invention.

The same reference numbers or labels may be used in different embodiments, but this does not represent a structural or functional relationship, but merely for ease of description.

Referring to fig. 1, a specific embodiment of a refrigerator 200 according to the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the refrigerator 200 includes a cabinet 203, a door 100, first and second hinges 21 and 22, first and second handles 11 and 12, and first and second stoppers 41 and 42.

The cabinet 203 defines the overall appearance of the refrigerator 200, and defines the storage chamber 201 therein. The door 100 is pivotable relative to the cabinet 203 in the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 to selectively open or close the storage chamber 201, and a user can access the storage chamber 201 when the door 100 opens the storage chamber 201.

In some embodiments, exemplarily, the operator may operate the door body 100 from the left and lower sides to open the storage chamber 201, and the operator may operate the door body 100 from the upper and right sides to open the storage chamber 201, for example. In the embodiments and the schematic drawings provided below, the technical solution of the present invention is explained by taking the refrigerator 200 as an example that can be opened from the left and right sides, but this should be understood as merely exemplary and not restrictive.

Referring to fig. 2, the door body 100 is hinged to the cabinet 203 by the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22, and specifically, the door body 100 is pivotable in the first direction D1 with respect to the cabinet 203 along the first hinge 21 and pivotable in the second direction D2 with respect to the cabinet 203 along the second hinge 22. The first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are pivot shafts when the door body 100 pivots in the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 with respect to the box 203, respectively.

Operation of the first handle 11 disengages the first hinge 21 from the box 203 and allows the door body 100 to pivot along the second hinge 22, and operation of the second handle 12 disengages the second hinge 22 from the box 203 and allows the door body 100 to pivot along the first hinge 21.

In the present embodiment, the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are telescopically disposed on the door body 100, and door shaft mounting holes (not shown) that can be engaged with the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are provided on both left and right sides of the box 203, respectively. In the present embodiment, the refrigerator 200 is provided with a pair of first and second hinges 21 and 22 on both left and right sides thereof, respectively, to be mounted in upper and lower door shaft mounting holes on the same side of the cabinet 203, respectively. The first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 have a protruding position that can be fitted into the door spindle mounting hole and a retracted position opposite to the protruding position. Operation of the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 moves the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 to the retracted position and disengages from the case 203, respectively, and the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are subjected to a force tending to move to the protruding position in the retracted position.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the door body 100 is provided with a mounting groove 101 for mounting the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22. The first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are respectively formed with a stopping portion 211, 221, and the notch 1011 of the mounting groove 101 is configured to prevent the stopping portions 211, 221 of the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 from passing through so as to prevent the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 from being separated from the mounting groove 101. The first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are further sleeved with an elastic member 102, one end of which abuts against the stopping portions 211 and 221 of the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22, and the other end of which abuts against the bottom wall of the assembling groove 101. When the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are in the retracted position, the elastic members corresponding to the first hinge and the second hinge are in a compressed state; when the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are in the protruding position, the elastic members corresponding to the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 are preferably set to be in a micro-compression state, so that the first hinge 21 and the second hinge 22 still have a certain guiding force matched with the corresponding door shaft mounting hole direction, and the connection stability between the door body 100 and the box 203 when pivoting is ensured.

A first transmission piece 31 is connected between the first handle 11 and the first hinge 21, and a second transmission piece 32 is connected between the second handle 12 and the second hinge 22. The first transmission member 31 and the second transmission member 32 are preferably flexible transmission cables. In the present embodiment, the operation principle of opening and closing the door 100 is as follows:

the door 100 is opened: when the first handle 11 is operated, the first handle 11 pulls the first transmission pieces 31 respectively connected with the two first hinges 21, the elastic pieces 102 sleeved on the first hinges 21 are compressed and deformed, the first hinges 21 gradually separate from the door spindle mounting holes matched with the first hinges 21, at this time, the first handle 11 is continuously pulled, the door body 100 is opened from one side of the first hinges 21, and the second hinges 22 on the other side are used as pivot shafts for pivoting; the principle of operating the second handle 12 is similar to that of operating the first handle 11, and will not be described herein.

The operation of closing the door body 100 is performed: when the first hinge 21 needs to be matched with the box body 203 again, the first hinge 21 is compressed along the hinge guide door shaft mounting hole with a certain angle until the first hinge reaches the door body 100 mounting hole, the elastic piece pushes the first hinge 21 from the retraction position to the protruding extension position, the first hinge 21 is matched with the door shaft mounting hole, and the door body 100 is closed; the principle when it is necessary to re-fit the second hinge 22 to the box 203 is similar to the first hinge 21, and will not be described herein.

Referring to fig. 6, a limiting cable 50 is connected between the first handle 11 and the second handle 12, and the length of the limiting cable 50 is configured to allow only one of the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 to be operated, and to separate the corresponding first hinge 21 or the second hinge 22 from the door body 100. Thus, if the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 are operated simultaneously, the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 will simultaneously pull the limiting cable 50, and the length of the limiting cable 50 only allows one of the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 to be operated to the hinge on the corresponding side to be separated from the door body 100, so that the door body 100 is prevented from being detached from the refrigerator body 203 in a manner of simultaneously operating the first handle 11 and the second handle 12, and the use safety of the refrigerator 200 is ensured under the condition.

The refrigerator 200 further includes a first stopper 41 and a second stopper 42. Referring to fig. 7, when the door body 100 is closed, the first stopper 41 and the second stopper 42 are in the first position; referring to fig. 8, when the door body 100 is opened, the first stopper 41 and the second stopper 42 are in the second position. Wherein the first stopper 41 allows the first handle 11 to be operated when in the first position, and restricts the first handle 11 from being operated when in the second position; and the second stopper 42 allows the second handle 12 to be operated when in the first position, and restricts the second handle 12 from being operated when in the second position.

That is, when the door body 100 is opened, the first stopper 41 and the second stopper 42 limit the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 from being operated, and thus, in a case where the door body 100 is opened, the door body 100 is prevented from being detached from the cabinet 203 by operating the handle on the other side. When the door 100 is closed, the first stopper 41 and the second stopper 42 do not affect the operation of the first handle 11 and the second handle 12, and a user can operate one of the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 to correspondingly open the door 100 in the first direction D1 or the second direction D2 with respect to the box 203.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the first stopper 41 is formed with a first escape passage 411, and the second stopper 42 is formed with a second escape passage 421. When the first stopper 41 is located at the first position, the first handle 11 may be operated through the first escape passage 411, and when the second stopper 42 is located at the first position, the second handle 12 may be operated through the second escape passage 421. Specifically, the first handle 11 includes a first abutting portion 111, and the second handle 12 includes a second abutting portion 121; when the first stopper 41 is at the first position, the first abutting portion 111 can cooperate with the first yielding channel 411 to allow the first handle 11 to be operated, and when the first stopper 41 is at the second position, the first abutting portion 111 abuts against the first stopper 41 to limit the first handle 11 to be operated; and when the second stopper 42 is at the first position, the second abutting portion 121 can cooperate with the second yielding channel 421 to allow the second handle 12 to be operated, and when the second stopper 42 is at the second position, the second abutting portion 121 abuts against the second stopper 42 to limit the second handle 12 to be operated.

When the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 are operated, a certain movable space is required for the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 to support the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 to operate the corresponding hinges to a state of being separated from the case 203. Through the first stop member 41 and the second stop member 42, when the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 need to be limited to be operated, the first stop member 41 and the second stop member 42 respectively limit the first handle 11 and the second handle 12, and when the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 need to be allowed to be operated, the first stop member 41 and the second stop member 42 correspond to the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 through switching to the first yielding channel 411 and the second yielding channel 421 thereon, and at this time, the first abutting portion 111 and the second abutting portion 121 on the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 are ensured to be operated by gradually matching with the yielding channels.

As a preferred embodiment, in the present embodiment, the first stopper 41 and the second stopper 42 are provided so as to receive a force moving toward the second position when in the first position. Specifically, the first elastic element 413 is sleeved on the first stopper 41, when the first stopper 41 is at the first position, one end 412 of the first stopper 41 abuts against the box 203, and the first elastic element 413 is in a stressed deformation state at this time; the second elastic element 423 is sleeved on the second stopper 42, when the second stopper 42 is at the first position, one end 422 of the second stopper abuts against the box body 203, and the second elastic element 423 is in a stressed deformation state.

The first stop member 41 and the second stop member 42 are inserted into the door body 100 along the thickness direction of the door body 100, one end of the first elastic member 413 is linked with the first stop member 41, and the other end abuts against the door body 100, and one end of the second elastic member 413 is linked with the second stop member 42, and the other end abuts against the door body 100. Further, the first elastic member and the second elastic member are disposed in the door 100, that is, the first elastic member 413 and the second elastic member 423 are abutted against the door 100, which means that the first elastic member and the second elastic member are abutted against an inner wall of the door 100 on a side where a foaming layer is disposed, so that the above mechanisms are all hidden in the door 100, and do not affect the appearance of the refrigerator 200.

It should be particularly noted that "one end of the first elastic member 413 is linked with the first stopper 41, and one end of the second elastic member 423 is linked with the second stopper 42" may be achieved by fixing the ends of the first and second elastic members 413, 423 with the first and second stoppers 41, 42, or, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, one end of the first elastic member 413 abuts against a stopper 414 on the first stopper 41, and when the first stopper 41 moves between the first position and the second position, the first elastic member 413 is always in a compressed state, so that one end of the first elastic member 413 always abuts against the stopper 414, and at this time, it can also be considered that one end of the first elastic member 413 is linked with the first stopper 41.

The invention has the following beneficial effects through the above embodiment: the first stop piece 41 and the second stop piece 42 are arranged to respectively limit the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 from being operated when the door body 100 is opened, so as to prevent the door body 100 from being separated from the box body 203 due to misoperation; meanwhile, the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 are connected by a limit cable, so that the door body 100 cannot be detached by simultaneously operating the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 under the condition that the door body 100 is closed (at the moment, the first handle 11 and the second handle 12 can be operated), and the use safety of the refrigerator 200 is ensured.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

The box body is limited to a storage room;

a door body that can pivot toward a first direction and a second direction relative to the box body to selectively open or close the storage compartment;

a first hinge and a second hinge, the door body can pivot toward the first direction relative to the box body along the first hinge, and can pivot toward the first direction relative to the box body along the second hinge Pivot in two directions;

A first handle and a second handle, operating the first handle can make the first hinge disengage from the box body and allow the door to pivot along the second hinge, operating the second handle can make the The second hinge is separated from the box body and allows the door body to pivot along the first hinge; it is characterized in that,

The refrigerator also includes a first stopper and a second stopper, the first stopper and the second stopper are at the first position when the door is closed, and the first stopper and the second stopper are at the first position when the door is opened , the first stopper and the second stopper are in the second position; wherein,

when the first stopper is in the first position, it allows the first handle to be operated, and when in the second position, it restricts the first handle to be operated; and,

When the second stopper is in the first position, it allows the second handle to be operated, and when in the second position, it restricts the second handle to be operated;

A first relief passage is formed on the first stopper, and a second relief passage is formed on the second stopper; when the first stopper is at the first position, the first handle When the second stopper is located at the first position, the second handle can be operated through the second escape channel;

The first handle includes a first abutting portion, and the second handle includes a second abutting portion; wherein,

When the first stopper is at the first position, the first resisting portion can cooperate with the first escape channel to allow the first handle to be operated, and the first stopper is in the first position. In the second position, the first abutting portion is abutted against the first stopper to restrict the operation of the first handle; and

When the second stopper is at the first position, the second resisting portion can cooperate with the second escape channel to allow the second handle to be operated, and the second stopper is at the first position. In the second position, the second abutting portion abuts against the second stopper to restrict the second handle from being operated.

2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first stopper and the second stopper are configured to receive a force moving toward the second position when in the first position.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein a first elastic member is sleeved on the first stopper, and when the first stopper is at the first position, one end of the first stopper is in contact with the first stopper. The box body is against each other, and the first elastic member is in a force-deformed state; a second elastic member is sleeved on the second stopper, and when the second stopper is at the first position, its One end abuts against the box body, and the second elastic member is in a stress-deformed state.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the first stopper and the second stopper are inserted on the door along the thickness direction of the door, and the first elastic One end of the elastic member is linked with the first stopper, and the other end is against the door body; one end of the second elastic member is linked with the second stopper, and the other end is against the door body .

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, characterized in that, the first elastic member and the second elastic member are disposed in the door body.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the first hinge and the second hinge are telescopically arranged on the door body, and a second hinge is connected between the first handle and the first hinge. A transmission member, a second transmission member is connected between the second handle and the second hinge, the operation of the first handle and the second handle can respectively move the first hinge and the second hinge to the retracted position And disengage from the box.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the first hinge and the second hinge also have protruding positions, and when the door body is closed, the first hinge and the second hinge are located at the A projected position, wherein said first hinge and said second hinge are forced to move towards said projected position when in said retracted position.

8 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a limiting cable is connected between the first handle and the second handle, and the length of the limiting cable is configured to be only for the first handle and the second handle. One of the handles is operated to disengage the corresponding first hinge or second hinge from the door body.