CN115342575B

CN115342575B - Refrigerator and bottle seat assembly thereof

Info

Publication number: CN115342575B
Application number: CN202110529462.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 綦洲; 窦金强; 赵发; 任树飞
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-14
Filing date: 2021-05-14
Publication date: 2023-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 2041-05-14
Also published as: CN115342575A; WO2022237519A1

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator and a bottle seat assembly thereof. The bottle seat assembly for the refrigerator comprises a bottle seat and is used for being arranged on the inner side of a door body of the refrigerator; and the overturning railing comprises a surrounding and blocking part and two connecting rods, wherein the first ends of the two connecting rods are respectively fixed at the two transverse ends of the surrounding and blocking part, the second ends of the two connecting rods are respectively rotatably arranged on the two transverse side walls of the bottle seat around the transverse axis, and the overturning railing is configured to: the enclosing block part can rotate to an enclosing block position which enables the enclosing block part to be positioned above the bottle seat and is used for enclosing the stored objects in the bottle seat; or rotated to a position where the baffle is positioned below the bottle seat for carrying articles. The bottle seat assembly is novel and ingenious in structure and various in functions, and user experience is improved.

Description

Refrigerator and bottle seat assembly thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to a refrigeration and freezing device, in particular to a refrigerator and a bottle seat assembly thereof.

Background

Bottle seats are arranged on the inner side of the door body of many refrigerators. Conventional receptacles define an upwardly open cavity for receiving vials, including bottles, cans, and the like. Therefore, the existing bottle seat has a single structure and lacks innovation, and the use experience of a user is affected.

In addition, some existing bottle holders are designed to be large in order to accommodate sufficiently thick bottles. However, when a thinner or taller bottle is placed thereon, the sidewall of the bottle seat is not sufficiently restrained for the bottle, and when the door body is opened by a user more violently, the bottle is easily turned over or even falls down.

Disclosure of Invention

The bottle seat assembly is novel and ingenious in structure and various in functions, and user experience is improved.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a bottle holder assembly that imposes an effective constraint on a bottle placed within the bottle holder only when necessary.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator having the bottle seat assembly.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a bottle holder assembly for a refrigerator, comprising:

the bottle seat is used for being arranged on the inner side of the door body of the refrigerator; and

the overturning railing comprises a surrounding blocking part and two connecting rods, wherein the first ends of the two connecting rods are respectively fixed at the two transverse ends of the surrounding blocking part, the second ends of the two connecting rods are respectively rotatably installed on the two transverse side walls of the bottle seat around a transverse axis, and the overturning railing is configured to:

the enclosing part can rotate to an enclosing position for enclosing the stored objects in the bottle seat, wherein the enclosing part is positioned above the bottle seat;

or the enclosing part is rotated to be positioned below the bottle seat so as to be used for bearing the object.

Optionally, the flipping rail further comprises:

a bracket rotatably mounted to an edge of the enclosure portion; the turn-over railing is configured to:

when the overturning railing is positioned at the enclosing position, the bracket is in a vertical state of being hung at the edge of the enclosing part; when the overturning railing rotates to the article placing position, the bracket rotates to a flat state and is lapped on the enclosing part so as to be used for carrying articles.

Optionally, the bracket is rotatably mounted to the enclosure about a transverse axis; and is also provided with

The flip rail is configured to abut the bracket against an inside surface of the door body when the flip rail is in the enclosure position.

Optionally, the enclosing part is in a rectangular ring shape and is enclosed by two cross bars extending along the transverse direction and two side bars connecting two ends of the two cross bars;

the extending direction of each connecting rod is perpendicular to the side rod, and two ends of each connecting rod are respectively bent to form two bending sections which extend transversely so as to respectively connect the side rod and the transverse side wall of the bottle seat.

Optionally, the bracket includes a "U" shaped outer frame and at least one support bar, the "U" shaped outer frame including a lateral edge extending in a lateral direction and two vertical edges extending from the lateral edge in a bending manner, the lateral edge being rotatably connected to one of the cross bars;

the support rods extend along the transverse direction and are fixed on the two vertical edges, when the bracket is in the state of being lapped on the fence part, the U-shaped outer frame is surrounded by the fence part, and the end parts of the support rods are lapped on the side rods of the fence part.

Optionally, the support bar is formed with at least one recessed section which is recessed downwardly to accommodate a bottle when the bracket is in the position of riding on the enclosure.

Optionally, the lateral edge is connected to the cross bar through a plurality of connecting pieces, each connecting piece is provided with two parallel through holes, and the lateral edge and the cross bar are respectively rotatably inserted into one through hole, so that the bracket rotates around the cross bar and the lateral edge.

Optionally, each of the links is rotatably mounted within a mounting hole of a lateral sidewall of the bottle holder; and each lateral side wall of the bottle seat is provided with a plurality of mounting holes with different heights so as to change the mounting position of the connecting rod.

In another aspect, the present invention also provides a refrigerator including a door body and at least one bottle seat assembly according to any one of the above, the bottle seat of the bottle seat assembly being detachably mounted to an inner side of the door body.

Optionally, a magnetic attraction part is installed on the door body, and when the overturning railing is located at the enclosure position, the magnetic attraction part attracts the overturning railing through magnetic force so as to enable the overturning railing to be kept at the enclosure position.

In the bottle seat assembly, a rotatable overturning railing is arranged on the bottle seat. When the bottled material of bottle seat need enclose and keep off, can rotate the upset railing and enclose and keep off the position to enclose the fender portion by it and enclose and keep off the bottled material, make bottled material position more firm, can not produce and empty or fall. When no bottled material or no surrounding baffle is needed in the bottle seat, the overturning railing can be rotated to the article placing position, so that the surrounding baffle is positioned below the bottle seat and used for placing articles, on one hand, the surrounding baffle does not influence the normal storage of the bottle seat, and on the other hand, the surrounding baffle is used for storing articles below the bottle seat, and the space utilization rate below the bottle seat is improved. The bottle seat assembly provided by the invention can apply effective constraint to the bottle-shaped objects placed in the bottle seat only when necessary, so that the 'on-demand enclosure' is realized, the use is very flexible, and the functions are more abundant.

Further, in the bottle seat assembly of the present invention, the turnover railing further includes a rotatable bracket, and when the turnover railing is in the storage position, the bracket is made to ride on the enclosure portion so as to better carry the articles (the enclosure portion serves to enclose the bottled articles, so that it is impossible to design it sufficiently compact, which is disadvantageous for carrying the articles). When the overturning railing rotates to the enclosing position, the bracket is in a vertical state which is hung at the edge of the enclosing part, so that the bracket does not occupy the space right above the bottle seat and does not influence the normal storage of the bottle seat. For example, the bracket can be abutted against the inner side surface of the door body, so that the bracket is used for supporting the enclosing part, and the position of the enclosing part is firmer.

Furthermore, in the refrigerator, the magnetic attraction part is arranged on the door body, and when the overturning railing is positioned at the enclosure position, the magnetic attraction part attracts the overturning railing through magnetic force, so that the position of the overturning railing is firmer.

The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail hereinafter by way of example and not by way of limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts or portions. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the door and bottle holder assembly of one embodiment of the present invention in a closed position with the flip rail;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bottle holder assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2 in a storage position;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the bottle holder assembly of fig. 4.

Detailed Description

A refrigerator and a bottle holder assembly thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 5. Where the terms "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "transverse", etc., refer to an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, this is merely for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and does not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second", etc. may include at least one, i.e. one or more, of the feature, either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise. When a feature "comprises or includes" a feature or some of its coverage, this indicates that other features are not excluded and may further include other features, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," "coupled," and the like should be construed broadly, as they may be fixed, removable, or integral, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand the specific meaning of the terms described above in the present invention as the case may be.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the door and bottle holder assembly of one embodiment of the present invention in a closed position with the flip rail; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bottle holder assembly of FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2 in a storage position; fig. 5 is a schematic view of the bottle holder assembly of fig. 4.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a door body for opening or closing a storage compartment defined by the refrigerator body. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the layout of the door body, and as shown in fig. 1, the refrigerator may include two split door bodies 10 and two drawer doors 30.

The refrigerator as a whole can be cooled by a vapor compression refrigeration cycle system defining a cooling chamber in which an evaporator is provided for cooling air. And cold air is transmitted to each storage compartment by using the air duct so as to refrigerate each storage compartment. Each storage compartment can be correspondingly provided with a corresponding door body for opening and closing the storage compartment.

According to different refrigerating temperatures, each storage compartment in the refrigerator can be divided into different compartments such as a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, a temperature changing compartment and the like. For example, the temperature in the refrigeration compartment is generally controlled between 2 ℃ and 10 ℃, preferably between 4 ℃ and 7 ℃. The temperature in the freezer compartment is typically controlled in the range of-22 ℃ to-14 ℃. The temperature changing chamber can be adjusted between-18 ℃ and 8 ℃ to realize the temperature changing effect. The optimal storage temperatures of different kinds of articles are different, and the storage compartments suitable for storage are also different. For example, fruit and vegetable foods are suitably stored in the refrigerating chamber, and meat foods are suitably stored in the freezing chamber.

The refrigerator further includes at least one bottle holder assembly 20, the bottle holder assembly 20 including a bottle holder 100, the bottle holder 100 being detachably mounted on the inside of the door body 10, particularly, on a door liner mounted on the inside of the door body 10, so as to place articles. A bottle seat assembly 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 2-5.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a bottle holder assembly 20 for a refrigerator. The bottle holder assembly 20 may generally include a bottle holder 100 and an inversion railing 200.

The bottle holder 100 is for being mounted inside the door body 10 of the refrigerator for placing the bottle. Bottle refers to a storage that is bottled or canned. As shown in fig. 2 in particular, the bottle holder 100 may be box-shaped with an upper side thereof opened to form an opening for placing a bottle. The two side walls of the bottle seat 100 may be provided with slots for inserting the clamping protrusions on the inner side of the door body 10, so as to fix the bottle seat 100 on the door body 10, and the user can take the bottle seat 100 upward. The above-described mounting of the bottle holder 100 is widely used in the art and will not be described in further detail herein.

The turn-over balustrade 200 comprises a fence 210 and two links 220. The first ends (upper ends in fig. 3) of the two connecting rods 220 are respectively fixed to both lateral ends (lateral directions are shown in the drawings) of the enclosure portion 210, and the second ends (lower ends in fig. 3) are respectively rotatably mounted to both lateral side walls 120 of the bottle holder 100 about lateral axes. The turn-over balustrade 200 is configured to: a blocking position for blocking the stored objects in the bottle holder 100 by rotating the blocking part 210 above the bottle holder 100, as shown in fig. 2 and 3; or rotated to a position where the skirt 210 is below the bottle holder 100 for carrying an item, as shown in fig. 4 and 5.

After the bottle seat assembly 20 of the embodiment of the present invention is installed on the door body 10, when a higher bottled material is placed on the bottle seat 100, a user wants to apply a fence to the bottled material, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the overturning railing 200 can be rotated to a fence position, so that the fence portion 210 is located above the bottle seat 100 and encloses the bottled material, so as to avoid unstable positions, toppling over or even falling when the door body 10 is severely opened. When there is no bottle or no bottle is small and no enclosure is needed in the bottle holder 100, the overturning railing 200 can be rotated to the article placing position as shown in fig. 4 and 5, so that the enclosure 210 is located below the bottle holder 100 for placing articles. In this way, on one hand, the surrounding and blocking part 210 does not affect the normal storage of the bottle seat 100, and on the other hand, the surrounding and blocking part 210 stores the objects under the bottle seat 100, thereby improving the space utilization under the bottle seat 100.

As can be seen from the above, in the bottle seat assembly 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the enclosure portion 210 only applies effective constraint to the bottle-shaped objects placed in the bottle seat 100 when necessary, so that the "enclosure on demand" is realized, and the bottle seat assembly has two usage scenarios, and has more abundant functions and very flexible and convenient use.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2-5, the roll-over railing 200 further includes a bracket 230. The bracket 230 is rotatably installed at an edge of the enclosure 210. The turn-over balustrade 200 is configured to: when the overturning railing 200 is in the enclosure position, the bracket 230 is in a vertical state hanging on the edge of the enclosure part 210, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, so that the bracket does not occupy the space right above the bottle seat 100, and normal storage of the bottle seat 100 is not affected. When the turn rail 200 is rotated to the rack position, the bracket 230 is rotated to a flat state (a horizontally disposed or substantially horizontally disposed state for placing articles thereon) and is lapped over the enclosure 210 for carrying the articles, as shown in fig. 4 and 5. Since the enclosure part 210 is used for enclosing bottled materials, it cannot be designed too densely to be beneficial to carrying articles, so the bracket 230 is provided, the bracket 230 is supported by the enclosure part 210, and articles can be placed on the bracket 230.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2-5, the bracket 230 is rotatably mounted to the enclosure 210 about a transverse axis. And, the turn rail 200 is configured to bring the bracket 230 into abutment against the inside surface of the door body 10 when it is in the enclosure position. I.e., to erect the carrier 230 at the rear side of the bottle so that it does not affect the placement of the bottle at all. In addition, the bottom of the bracket 230 may be in contact with the top of the bottle holder 100, the bracket 230 may be supported by the bottle holder 100, and then the enclosure 210 may be supported by the bracket 230, so that the position of the enclosure 210 may be more stable.

In some embodiments, a magnetic portion (not shown) may be mounted on the door 10 to magnetically attract the tilt rail 200 to maintain it in the fence position when the tilt rail 200 is in the fence position. For example, the magnetic attraction portion may be a magnet, which is attached to the door side surface of the door body 10 or embedded inside the door body 10. The whole or part of the turnover railing 200 is made of steel materials, and when the turnover railing 200 is in a surrounding position, the magnetic attraction part is opposite to the solid part of the turnover railing 200 so as to realize magnetic attraction, so that the turnover railing 200 is attracted on the door body 10. Preferably, a plurality of magnetic attraction portions are provided to oppose a plurality of positions of the bracket 230 and a plurality of positions of the link 220, so that the position of the flipping rail 200 is more stable.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 to 5, the enclosure portion 210 may be made into a rectangular loop shape, specifically, enclosed by two cross bars 211, 212 extending in the transverse direction and two side bars 213, 214 connecting both ends of the two cross bars 211, 212. And, the extending direction (extending direction of the main body) of each link 220 is perpendicular to the side bars 213, 214, and two ends thereof are respectively bent to form two bending sections 221 extending laterally to connect the side bars 213, 214 and the lateral side wall 120 of the bottle holder 100, respectively. For example, in the view of fig. 3, the two rails 211, 212 extend in the lateral direction, the side bar 213 extends in the front-rear direction and connects the left-side ends of the two rails 211, 212, and the side bar 214 extends in the front-rear direction and connects the right-side ends of the two rails 211, 212. The connecting rod 220 (the main body portion thereof) extends in the up-down direction (perpendicular to the side bars 213, 214), and both ends of the connecting rod 220 are respectively bent to form two bending sections 221, one bending section 221 is connected to the side bars 213, 214, and the other bending section 221 is rotatably mounted to the lateral side wall 120 of the bottle holder 100.

The bracket 230 includes a "U" shaped frame 231 and at least one support bar 232. The "U" -shaped frame 231 includes a transverse edge 2311 extending in a transverse direction and two vertical edges 2312 bent and extended from the transverse edge 2311, and the transverse edge 2311 is rotatably connected to one of the cross bars 211. The support bar 232 extends in the lateral direction and is fixed to two vertical edges 2312, and when the bracket 230 is in a state of being put on the enclosure portion 210, the "U" -shaped outer frame 231 is enclosed by the enclosure portion 210, and the end portions of the support bar 232 are put on the side bars 213, 214 of the enclosure portion 210, as shown in fig. 5. This achieves the overlapping of the bracket 230 and the enclosure portion 210 with a very simple structure, and does not make the loop of the "U" -shaped outer frame 231 higher than the enclosure portion 210 very smart in structure. The support bars 232 may be provided in a plurality to better support the bottle, for example, two are provided.

As shown in fig. 5, the support bar 232 may be formed with at least one concave section 2322, and when the bracket 230 is in a state of being lapped over the fence 210, the concave section 2322 is recessed downward so as to accommodate the bottle, so that the bottle is just located in the concave section 2322, so as to restrict the degree of freedom in the lateral direction thereof. As shown in fig. 5, each support bar 232 is formed with three recessed sections 2322 so that three bottles may be placed therein, as shown in fig. 4.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 3 and 5, the lateral sides 2311 of the "U" shaped frame 231 are connected to the rails 211, 212 of the enclosure 210 by a plurality of connectors 240. Each of the connection members 240 is provided with two parallel through holes, and the lateral edge 2311 and the cross bar 211 are rotatably inserted into one through hole, respectively. In this way, the bracket 230 can rotate about both the rail 211 and the lateral edge 2311 so as to be able to rotate to lie under the rail 211 (when the tilt rail 200 is in the rail position) and inside the rail 211 (when the tilt rail 200 is in the rack position).

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 3, each link 220 is rotatably mounted within a mounting hole 121 of a lateral sidewall 120 of the bottle holder 100. Also, each lateral side wall 120 of the bottle holder 100 has a plurality of mounting holes 121 having different heights so as to change the mounting position of the link 220.

For example, in fig. 3, two mounting holes 121 may be provided, and in the state of fig. 3, the connecting rod 220 is mounted in the mounting hole 121 with a higher position, so that when the overturning railing 200 is in the enclosing position, the enclosing part 210 is located higher, and is suitable for enclosing higher bottled materials, and when the overturning railing 200 rotates to the placing position, the enclosing part 210 is located higher, and has a smaller distance from the bottom of the bottle seat 100, and is suitable for placing thinner bottled materials. It can be seen that, if the connecting rod 220 is mounted in the other mounting hole 121, when the overturning railing 200 is in the blocking position, the blocking portion 210 is located lower, so that it is suitable for blocking shorter bottles, and when the overturning railing 200 rotates to the placing position, the blocking portion 210 is located lower, and the distance between the blocking portion and the bottom of the bottle seat 100 is increased, so that it is suitable for placing thicker bottles.

By now it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described herein in detail, many other variations or modifications of the invention consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly ascertained or inferred from the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be understood and deemed to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims

1. A bottle holder assembly for a refrigerator, comprising:

or the enclosing part is rotated to be positioned below the bottle seat so as to be used for bearing the object;

the roll-over railing further includes:

when the overturning railing is positioned at the enclosing position, the bracket is in a vertical state of being hung at the edge of the enclosing part;

when the overturning railing rotates to the article placing position, the bracket rotates to a flat state and is lapped on the enclosing part so as to be used for carrying articles.

2. The bottle holder assembly of claim 1 wherein

The bracket is rotatably arranged on the enclosing part around a transverse axis; and is also provided with

3. The bottle holder assembly of claim 2 wherein

The enclosing part is rectangular and ring-shaped and is formed by two cross bars extending along the transverse direction and two side bars connecting the two ends of the cross bars;

4. A bottle holder assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein

The bracket comprises a U-shaped outer frame and at least one supporting rod, wherein the U-shaped outer frame comprises a transverse edge extending along the transverse direction and two vertical edges extending from the transverse edge in a bending way, and the transverse edge is rotatably connected with one transverse rod;

5. The bottle holder assembly of claim 4 wherein

At least one concave section is formed on the support rod, and when the bracket is in a state of being lapped on the enclosure part, the concave section is recessed downwards so as to accommodate a bottle-shaped object.

6. The bottle holder assembly of claim 4 wherein

The transverse edges are connected to the cross bars through a plurality of connecting pieces, each connecting piece is provided with two parallel through holes, and the transverse edges and the cross bars are respectively and rotatably inserted into one through hole so that the bracket rotates around the cross bars and the transverse edges.

7. The bottle holder assembly of claim 1 wherein

Each connecting rod is rotatably arranged in a mounting hole of the transverse side wall of the bottle seat; and is also provided with

Each lateral side wall of the bottle seat has a plurality of mounting holes of different heights so as to change the mounting position of the connecting rod.

8. A refrigerator, comprising:

a door body; and

the at least one bottle seat assembly of any one of claims 1-7, wherein the bottle seat is removably mounted to an interior side of the door body.

9. The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein

The door body is provided with a magnetic attraction part, and when the overturning railing is positioned at the surrounding position, the magnetic attraction part attracts the overturning railing through magnetic force so as to keep the overturning railing at the surrounding position.