CN216114866U - Refrigerator with improved compartment illumination - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigerator with improved compartment lighting, wherein a storage compartment is defined in a refrigerator body, a support part is arranged on the side wall of the refrigerator body, the support part comprises a shell and a lighting lamp arranged in the shell, the shell is configured to be partially transparent, so that the storage compartment is lighted by the lighting lamp, and a shelf which is arranged on the support part and used for bearing stored articles is arranged. The utility model is different from the top illumination mode of the traditional refrigerator, improves the problems of uneven light distribution in the refrigerating chamber of the traditional refrigerator and illumination blind areas in partial space, ensures that the lower space of each shelf is fully illuminated, is convenient for a user to search articles and improves the use experience of the user.

Description

Refrigerator with improved compartment illumination

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator with improved compartment illumination

Background

In the prior art, most of the lighting devices of the refrigerator are positioned at the top of the storage space of the refrigerator, and after opaque objects are placed on the shelves at the uppermost layer, the lighting effect of the shelves at the lower layer can be influenced. Especially at night, the lower storage space is painted black, and the user needs to be lighted by external light, so that inconvenience is brought to the user.

In order to solve the problem, the lighting device can be arranged in the side wall of the refrigerator body, and although the problem of lighting of the lower layer space of the refrigerator is solved, the lighting device is arranged on the inner side of the refrigerator body, and cannot be replaced in time when the lighting device is damaged.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, the present invention is proposed to overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

The utility model aims to provide a refrigerator with improved compartment illumination, which is used for improving the illumination efficiency of a storage space of the refrigerator.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a detachable supporting portion for improving the utilization efficiency of the storage space of the refrigerator

In one aspect, the present invention provides a refrigerator with improved compartment lighting, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a storage compartment and a storage box, wherein the refrigerator body is internally limited with the storage compartment;

at least one supporting part is arranged on the side wall of the box body and comprises: the shell is configured to be partially light-transmitting, so that the storage compartment is illuminated by the illuminating lamp;

and a shelf disposed on the support part for carrying the storage articles.

Optionally, the support portion is strip-shaped, comprising: a mounting part for mounting the support part on the side wall of the box body; the lighting protection cover is buckled on the mounting part; and the light bar is arranged between the mounting part and the lighting protection cover and used for lighting the inner space of the box body.

Optionally, the mounting portion comprises: a first side wall for mounting the support part on the side wall of the box body; the second side wall is provided with a plurality of buckles for clamping the lighting protective sleeve on the mounting part; the lighting protection cover is provided with a plurality of bayonets which are configured to correspond to the buckles on the second side wall one by one and used for fixing the lighting protection cover on the installation part.

Optionally, the horizontal both ends of illumination safety cover, one end has the bayonet socket, and the other end has the buckle, corresponds the chucking with the bayonet socket and the buckle of installation department respectively one by one.

Optionally, the light shield is made of translucent plastic, and light emitted from the light bar illuminates the interior space of the cabinet through the light shield.

Optionally, a groove is formed in the second side wall of the mounting portion, and the light bar is arranged in the groove to protect the light bar; at least one clamping jaw and at least one elastic clamping tongue are arranged in the groove, the clamping jaw and the elastic clamping tongue are respectively located on two transverse sides of the light bar, and the clamping jaw and the elastic clamping tongue are matched with each other to clamp the light bar in the groove of the mounting portion.

Optionally, a socket is arranged on the side wall of the box body; set up the trip on the supporting part, the supporting part passes through the cooperation of the grafting knot on trip and the box lateral wall for supporting part detachable installs on the lateral wall of box.

Optionally, the left and right side walls of the box body are provided with auxiliary supporting parts protruding outwards for bearing the shelf and the supporting parts; the interface has two and is located the rear end of auxiliary stay portion and the front end of box lateral wall respectively.

Optionally, the cross section of the support part is a right triangle, and two right-angle sides of the right triangle are respectively attached to the shelf and the side wall of the box body.

Optionally, the light bar is an LED light bar.

Further, in the refrigerator of the present invention, the support part illuminates the bottom space of the shelf. The problem of refrigerator storing indoor light distribution uneven and some spaces have the illumination blind area is improved, the bottom space of having guaranteed every shelf obtains fully lighting, has made things convenient for the user to seek article, has improved user and has used experience.

Further, a pair of auxiliary supporting parts protruding outwards are arranged on the side wall of the refrigerator body and used for bearing the shelf and the supporting parts. The auxiliary supporting part and the refrigerator body are integrally formed, when the supporting part is detached, the most basic storage function of the refrigerator shelf can be guaranteed, the refrigerator shelf cannot be influenced by the supporting part, and a user can use the refrigerator conveniently.

Further, the supporting part is finished through the trip and is quickly disassembled, so that a user can conveniently disassemble the shelf and the supporting part from the side wall of the refrigerator body of the refrigerator according to the requirements of the user, for example, when the refrigerator is required to be placed into a large-size article, and the article with a large size can be placed into the refrigerator.

The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the utility model will be described in detail hereinafter, by way of illustration and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator cabinet according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a support portion according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a mounting portion according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a lighting sleeve according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a case according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3 at A;

fig. 9 is an enlarged view of fig. 3 at B.

Detailed Description

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 9. Where the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms "front", "back", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "lateral", etc., are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, this is for convenience only to describe embodiments of the present invention and to simplify the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, the terms "first", "second" 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 defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature, i.e., one or more such features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise. When a feature "comprises or comprises" a or some of its intended features, this indicates that other features are not excluded and that other features may be further included, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are intended to be inclusive and mean that, for example, they may be fixedly connected or detachably connected or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. Those skilled in the art should understand the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention according to specific situations.

In the description of the present embodiments, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator body 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as particularly shown in fig. 1 to 2, the refrigerator includes a cabinet 10, a support 30, and a shelf 40. And a support part 30 provided on a sidewall of the case 10. The support portion 30 includes a housing configured to be partially light transmissive, and an illumination lamp disposed within the housing to illuminate the storage compartment with the illumination lamp. A shelf 40 for carrying stored items is provided above the support 30.

In this embodiment, by providing the support part 30 under the shelf 40, the bottom space of the shelf 40 can be illuminated while supporting the shelf 40. The defects that light distribution is uneven in the refrigerator body 10 and lighting blind areas exist in partial spaces can be overcome, the bottom space of each shelf 40 is guaranteed to be fully lighted, convenience is brought to a user to find articles, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 in particular, the refrigerator also has a support 30 at the junction of the top of the cabinet 10 and the side wall of the cabinet 10, and the inner space of the cabinet 10 is illuminated through the support 30. In this embodiment, the inside illumination of the box 10 is provided by the supporting portion 30, so that the storage space inside the box 10 is more orderly, the layout of the internal space of the box 10 is more reasonable, and the inside of the box 10 is more beautiful.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a supporting part 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 4 is an exploded view of fig. 3.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4 in particular, the supporting portion 30 is a bar shape, and the supporting portion 30 includes a mounting portion 300, an illumination protection cover 310 and a light bar 320. The mounting portion 300 is used to mount the supporting portion 30 on the sidewall of the case 10. And an illumination protection cover 310 which is fastened to the mounting portion 300. And a light bar 320 disposed between the mounting portion 300 and the light protection cover 310 to illuminate the inner space of the cabinet 10.

In this embodiment, the support portion 30 is divided into three parts, and the mounting portion 300, the light bar 320 and the light protection cover 310 are sequentially combined together. Make the dismouting of supporting part 30 more nimble, when the user needs to change, can very conveniently dismantle it, the user of being convenient for uses.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a mounting portion 300 according to an embodiment of the utility model, and fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a lighting protective cover according to an embodiment of the utility model.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 in particular, the mounting portion 300 includes the side wall 301 and the side wall 302. The sidewall 301 is used to mount the supporting portion 30 on the sidewall of the box 10. The two side walls 302 are provided with a plurality of fasteners 314 for fastening the lighting protection sleeve on the mounting portion 300; the light protection cover is provided with a plurality of bayonets 312, which are configured to correspond to the bayonets 314 on the two side walls 302 one by one, so as to fix the light protection cover 310 on the mounting portion 300.

In this embodiment, the mounting portion 300 includes the side wall 301 and the two side walls 302, the bayonet 312 on the illumination protection cover 310 is connected to the two side walls 302 of the mounting portion 300 through the engagement of the buckle 314 on the two side walls 302, and the bayonet 312 and the buckle 314 can be detached when a user needs the assembly, so as to achieve the effect of quick assembly and disassembly, and replace related parts in time, thereby ensuring the normal use of the illumination protection cover 310.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the lighting protection cover 310 has two lateral ends, one end having a bayonet 312 and the other end having a buckle 314, which are respectively fastened to the buckles 314 on the two sidewalls 302 of the mounting portion 300. In this embodiment, the lateral ends of the illumination protection cover 310 are respectively provided with a bayonet 312 and a buckle 314, which are mutually engaged to make the attachment portion 300 and the illumination protection cover 310 more tightly attached, so that the illumination protection cover is not easily detached by external force.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the light protecting cover 310 is made of translucent plastic, and the light emitted from the light bar 320 illuminates the inner space of the cabinet 10 through the light protecting cover 310. In this embodiment, the illumination protection cover 310 is frosted. Can atomize the light that is reflected by lamp strip 320, make light more even, the user uses more comfortablely, has further protected user's eyes not influenced by dazzling light.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the two sidewalls 302 of the mounting portion 300 are provided with grooves, and the light bar 320 is disposed in the grooves for protecting the light bar 320; at least one claw 3021 and at least one elastic tongue 3022 are arranged in the groove, the claw 3021 and the elastic tongue 3022 are respectively positioned on two lateral sides of the light bar 320, and the claw 3021 and the elastic tongue 3022 are mutually matched to clamp the light bar 320 in the groove of the mounting portion 300.

In this embodiment, the light bar 320 is restrained on the two side walls 302 of the mounting portion 300 by the claws 3021 and the elastic latch 3022 and the matching, so that the light bar 320 is prevented from shaking to affect the illumination. The user can detach the light bar 320 from the mounting portion 300 quickly and replace the light bar 320 in time.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the claw 3021 and the elastic tongue 3022 may be combined to limit the movement of the light bar 320 by using a structure that fits up and down or left and right when the light bar 320 is in an irregular shape, so as to reduce the difficulty of part molding, facilitate operation, and reduce cost.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the pawl 3021 is integrally formed with the resilient latch 3022 on the mounting portion 300. Therefore, the structure stability of the claw 3021 and the elastic latch 3022 can be ensured on the basis of not influencing the functions of the two, the molding difficulty is reduced, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the mounting portion 300 is provided with a plurality of pairs of the latch 3021 and the latch tongue. Preferably, three pairs of the latch 3021 and the resilient latch 3022 are provided side by side on the mounting portion 300. Through setting up three pairs of jack 3021 and elasticity card tongue 3022 and make the overall arrangement of lamp strip 320 on installation department 300 more reasonable, lamp strip 320 is more firm on installation department 300, also lets the light that lamp strip 320 gived off more stable, has improved lighting efficiency.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of the housing 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3 at A; fig. 9 is an enlarged view of fig. 3 at B.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7-9 in particular, the side wall of the box 10 is provided with a socket 100; the support portion 30 is provided with a hook 330, and the support portion 30 is matched with the insertion buckle on the sidewall of the box 10 through the hook 330, so that the support portion 30 can be detachably mounted on the sidewall of the box 10. After the hook 330 is inserted into the socket 100, it continues to move toward the rear wall of the housing 10 until the hook 330 is locked to the socket 100.

In this embodiment, the hook 330 is an elastic member similar to an "L" shape, and is integrally disposed on the supporting portion 30, and after the hook 330 is inserted into the socket 100, the hook 330 continues to move backward so that the hook 330 is in interference fit with the sidewall of the box 10. When effectively guaranteeing the stationarity of shelf 40 in the installation of supporting part 30, can also pull out trip 330 from interface 100 according to user's demand is quick, realize dismantling supporting part 30 from box 10 fast down through trip 330, realize quick assembly disassembly. The shelf 40 and the supporting part 30 can be conveniently and rapidly detached from the side wall of the refrigerator body 10 of the refrigerator according to the needs of users, such as when the refrigerator is used for placing articles with larger volume.

In this embodiment, the hook 330 and the supporting portion 30 are integrally designed, so that the supporting portion 30 has good mechanical properties, and the pressure resistance of the hook 330 is ensured. Further, the processing difficulty is reduced by the integrally formed supporting part 30, batch production is realized, the production efficiency is improved, and the process material cost is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the auxiliary supporting parts 30 protruding outward are provided on both left and right sidewalls of the case 10 for receiving the shelf 40 and the supporting parts 30; the socket 100 has two parts respectively located at the rear end of the auxiliary supporting part 30 and the front end of the side wall of the case 10.

In this embodiment, the shelf 40 and the support 30 are received by providing a pair of auxiliary supports 30 protruding outward on the side wall of the refrigerator body 10. The auxiliary support part 30 is integrally formed with the refrigerator body 10, so that when the support part 30 is detached, the most basic storage function of the refrigerator shelf 40 can be ensured, the refrigerator shelf is not influenced by the support part 30, and a user can use the refrigerator conveniently. The supporting parts 30 are provided at both ends of the bottom of the shelf 40 to be engaged with the auxiliary supporting parts 30. The support 30 is provided in a corner of the bottom of the shelf 40 without affecting normal use of the shelf 40 and normal illumination under the shelf 40.

In some embodiments of the utility model, as shown in particular in fig. 2, the front surface (the surface directed towards the user) of the support 30 is a right triangle, the two legs of which respectively abut the shelf 40 and the side walls of the cabinet 10. In this embodiment, the support 30 completely abuts the side walls of the case 10 and the bottom wall of the shelf 40.

In this embodiment, the angle between the top of the support 30 abutting the shelf 40 and the side abutting the side wall of the case 10 is slightly smaller than or equal to 90 degrees. Since the light bar 320 is fixed in the support part 30, the shelf 40 is more stably disposed on the support part 30 while the illumination of the bottom layer of the shelf 40 is ensured.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the illumination protection cover 310 and the light bar 320 are arranged in parallel, so that the illumination protection cover 310 has a large enough area to transmit light, thereby improving the light emitting effect.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the width of the support 30 is not too wide. Since the supporting portion 30 is applied to the inside of the case 10 and the inner space of the case 10 is limited, the volume of the supporting portion 30 is not too large, and the volume of the supporting portion 30 needs to be limited within a certain range. The shelf 40 lighting device does not occupy too much space when placed in the refrigerator, does not affect the normal use of users, and improves the satisfaction of users.

In some embodiments of the present invention, light bar 320 is an LED light bar 320.

In this embodiment, the light bar 320 is an LED light bar 320, and the length direction of the LED light bar 320 is parallel to the boundary line of the supporting portion 30. In this embodiment, the light bar 320 is an LED light bar 320, which is energy-saving, long in service life and convenient to install.

In addition, the LED light bar 320 is fixed in the support portion 30, and when the LED light bar is illuminated, the light is irradiated to the bottom space of the shelf 40, and the light is not directly irradiated to the eyes of the user, so that the user feels more comfortable when using the LED light bar, and the eyes of the user are protected. The discomfort experience brought to the user by dazzling light is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator may be a side-by-side refrigerator. However, the present invention does not limit the number of doors and the mounting method of the doors included in the refrigerator. Namely, the refrigerator can also be a single-door refrigerator, a multi-door structure or a sliding door body and other various structures.

Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the utility model have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the utility model may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of the utility model should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims (10)

1. A refrigerator with improved compartment lighting, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a storage compartment and a storage box, wherein the refrigerator body is internally limited with the storage compartment;

at least one supporting part is arranged on the side wall of the box body, and the supporting part comprises: the shell is configured to be partially light-transmitting, so that the storage compartment is illuminated by the illuminating lamp;

a shelf disposed on the support part for carrying storage items.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the support portion is bar-shaped, and comprises:

the mounting part is used for mounting the supporting part on the side wall of the box body;

a lighting protection cover covering and buckling on the mounting part; and

the lamp strip sets up the installation department with between the illumination safety cover, be used for lightening the inner space of box.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2,

the mounting portion includes:

a first side wall for mounting the support portion on a side wall of the case;

the second side wall is provided with a plurality of buckles for clamping the illumination protective sleeve on the mounting part;

be provided with a plurality of bayonets on the illumination protection cover, configure into with buckle on the second lateral wall corresponds one by one, be used for with the illumination protection cover is fixed on the installation department.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 2,

the horizontal both ends of illumination safety cover, one end has the bayonet socket, the other end has the buckle, respectively with the installation department the bayonet socket with the buckle corresponds the chucking one by one.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 2,

the lighting protection cover is made of semitransparent plastic, and light rays emitted by the light bar illuminate the inner space of the box body through the lighting protection cover.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 3,

a groove is formed in the second side wall of the mounting part, and the light bar is arranged in the groove and used for protecting the light bar;

the groove is internally provided with at least one clamping jaw and at least one elastic clamping tongue, the clamping jaw and the elastic clamping tongue are respectively located on the two transverse sides of the lamp strip, and the clamping jaw and the elastic clamping tongue are mutually matched to clamp the lamp strip in the groove of the mounting part.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

the side wall of the box body is provided with an insertion port;

the supporting part is provided with a clamping hook, and the supporting part is matched with the inserting buckle on the side wall of the box body through the clamping hook, so that the supporting part can be detachably arranged on the side wall of the box body.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 7,

auxiliary supporting parts protruding outwards are arranged on the left side wall and the right side wall of the box body and are used for bearing the shelf and the supporting parts;

the socket is provided with two sockets which are respectively positioned at the rear end of the auxiliary supporting part and the front end of the side wall of the box body.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

the cross section of the supporting part is a right-angled triangle, and two right-angled sides of the right-angled triangle are respectively attached to the shelf and the side wall of the box body.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 2,

the lamp strip is an LED lamp strip.

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