CN1677035A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator with an improved door assembly structure in which upper, lower and two side covers are simply assembled with the frame of the door without any gap between the cover and the frame. Holes are formed through the upper and lower covers, and protrusions inserted into the holes are formed on both side covers. Holes are formed at both side ends of the front surfaces of the upper and lower covers so as to have a specified depth and width, and protrusions are formed at upper and lower ends of the front surfaces of both sides so as to have a depth and width corresponding to the depth and width of the holes. width. The handle is integrally formed with one of the two side covers, and is opposed to the hinge shaft of the door.

Description

refrigerator

technical field

The present invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator in which the assembling structure of the freezer door for opening and closing the freezer and the refrigerator door for opening and closing the refrigerator is improved so that the upper, lower and both side covers Connects seamlessly to the frame of the door.

Background technique

In general, a refrigerator is an apparatus for keeping various foods stored in freezing and refrigerating chambers fresh for a long time by supplying cooling air generated by an evaporator to the freezing and refrigerating chambers. The freezer stores foods that must be preserved below the freezing point, such as meat, and the refrigerator stores foods that must be preserved at a temperature slightly higher than the freezing point, such as vegetables and fruits.

The freezer and freezer compartments are separated by a middle partition, and multiple shelves and storage boxes are installed in the freezer and freezer compartments for easy food storage. And, a freezing chamber door is installed at an open front surface of the freezing chamber, and a refrigerating chamber door is installed at an opening front surface of the refrigerating chamber, thereby opening and closing the freezing and refrigerating chambers, respectively.

Generally, freezer and freezer doors include: a frame filled with insulating material for closing the corresponding open front surfaces of the freezer and freezer; and upper, lower and side covers for covering the upper, lower and both sides of the frame side surfaces to improve the appearance of the corresponding door.

Since the upper, lower and both side covers of the freezer and refrigerating compartment doors of the above-mentioned conventional refrigerator are not connected to each other but are fixedly connected to the corresponding frame, careless assembly of the upper, lower and both side covers and the frame will result in , lower and side covers create gaps. Also, repeated opening and closing of the door widens the gaps in the upper, lower and side covers, thereby spoiling the appearance of the freezer and refrigerator doors.

And, because of the above-mentioned structure of the door, wherein the upper, lower and both side covers are only connected to the frame, it is difficult to accurately set the connection positions between the upper and lower covers and the frame, thereby causing troubles to the workers during the assembly process. Inconvenient and increases assembly time.

Contents of the invention

Therefore, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the assembling structure of the doors of the freezing and refrigerating chambers is improved so that the upper, lower and side covers of each door can be easily connected to the frame of the corresponding door without Intermittently contact the frame.

According to one aspect, the present invention provides a refrigerator provided with at least one storage compartment and a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, wherein the door includes: a frame for defining a door main body; two side covers of the two side surfaces; and upper and lower covers for covering the upper and lower surfaces of the frame, wherein the upper and lower covers include a first connection portion connected to at least one of the two side covers, At least one of the side covers includes a second connection portion corresponding to the first connection portion.

The first connection part may include a hole, and the second connection part may include a protrusion inserted into the hole.

The holes may be made in pairs and may be located at both side ends of the upper and lower covers, and the protrusions may be made in pairs and may be located at the upper and lower ends of the two side covers.

A handle may be integrally formed with one of the two side covers, allowing the door to effectively open and close the main body of the refrigerator.

Description of drawings

The above objects and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by reading the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a partial exploded perspective view of part "A" in Figure 1, showing the connection between the upper and right covers and the door frame;

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the upper and right covers of Fig. 2;

Figure 4 is a plan view of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of part "B" in Figure 1, showing the connection between the lower and left covers and the door frame;

Figure 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the lower and left covers of Figure 5; and

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG. 5 .

Detailed ways

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the refrigerator of the present invention includes: a box-shaped casing 1 provided with an open front surface for defining the appearance of the refrigerator; The middle partition board 2 provided longitudinally in the casing 1 is separated so that they are aligned side by side; a refrigerator compartment door 4 and a freezer compartment door 5 which are connected to the front surface of the refrigerator compartment 3 for opening and to close the refrigerator compartment 3, the freezer compartment door 5 is connected to the front surface of the freezer compartment for opening and closing the freezer compartment, and the refrigerator has a structure in which the inner space of the casing 1 is divided into two spaces aligned side by side . With the middle partition plate 2 laterally disposed in the housing 1 , the inner space of the housing 1 is horizontally partitioned into two lateral spaces, ie upper and lower spaces serving as the freezer and refrigerating chambers 3 .

A plurality of shelves 6 and boxes 7 for separately storing various foods are disposed longitudinally in the freezing and refrigerating chambers 3 . The refrigerating and freezing chamber doors 4 and 5 for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber 4 and the freezing chamber are rotatably connected by hinges 8 and hinge shafts 9 (refer to FIG. 5 ) installed at the upper and lower portions of the open front surface of the housing 1 to shell 1.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 2 to 7 , the assembly structure of the door of the refrigerator of the present invention will be described in detail. Here, since the refrigerating compartment door 4 and the freezing compartment door 5 have the same structure, only the structure of the freezing compartment door 5 will be described for brevity.

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of portion "A" of FIG. 1, showing the connection of the upper and right covers to the door frame. FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view of upper and right covers of FIG. 2 . FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 2 .

As shown in Figure 2, the freezer door 5 (hereinafter referred to as "door") includes: a frame 10 having an approximately rectangular shape for defining the appearance of the door 5; right and left covers 20a and 20b; and upper and lower covers 30a and 30b covering the upper and lower surfaces of the frame 10, respectively (refer to FIG. 5).

The frame 10 has a size suitable for covering the open front surface of the freezer, and the inside of the frame 10 is filled with an insulating material 15 having a prescribed thickness (refer to FIG. 5 ) so as to be insulated from the outside of the frame 10 .

By cutting the right end of the frame 10, first to third protrusions 11, 12 and 13 are formed on the right end of the frame 10 along the longitudinal direction of the frame 10, so that the frame 10 is connected to the right cover 20a so that the surface of the frame 10 is aligned with the right The surfaces of the cover 20a are coplanar. And, a screw hole 14 for connecting the right cover 20 a and the upper cover 30 a to the frame 10 is formed through the right end of the frame 10 .

The right cover 20a opposite to the left cover 20b connected to the hinge 8 includes: a base 21 having a width and a length corresponding to the width and length of the right side surface of the frame 10 for covering the right side surface of the frame 10; A handle 22 integrally extended from the front of the base 21 for allowing the user to easily open and close the door 5; a length of the end of the protrusion 11;

A bracket 25 provided with a threaded hole and used to connect the right cover 20a to the upper cover 30a by screws is integrally formed at the corner where the base 21 is connected to the first flange portion 23, and the protrusion 40 protrudes from the edge of the first flange portion 23. The ends protrude toward the front surface of the frame 10 (refer to FIG. 3 ).

The upper cover 30a includes a base 31 whose width and length correspond to the width and length of the upper surface of the frame 10 for covering the upper surface of the frame 10; a first flange portion 32 extending from the front end of the base 31 to The front surface of the frame 10 extends so as to have a specified length; and the second flange portion 34 extends from the rear end of the base 31 to the rear surface of the frame 10 so as to have a specified length (refer to FIG. 5 ).

By cutting the base 31, fourth protrusions 34 and fifth protrusions 35 are formed at front and rear ends on the right side of the base 31 of the upper cover 30a, respectively. Also, a screw hole 36 for connecting the upper cover 30 a to the frame 10 and the right cover 20 a by screws 27 is formed through the right end of the base 31 .

A hole 50 having a width and depth corresponding to the width and depth of the protrusion 40 formed on the right cover 30a is formed through the end of the fourth protrusion 34 of the upper cover 30a to allow the protrusion 40 to be inserted therein (refer to FIG. 3 ).

The right end of the lower cover 30b has the same structure as that of the above-described upper cover 30a, and thus a description of its detailed structure will be omitted.

Fig. 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of part "B" in Fig. 1, showing the connection of the lower and left covers to the frame of the door. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the lower and left covers in FIG. 5 . FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG. 5 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the left cover 20b and the lower cover 30b have the same structures as the right cover 20a and the upper cover 30a, respectively, except that the left cover 20b includes a space 28 and the lower cover 30b includes a protrusion 38, wherein the space 28 For accommodating a hinge member 8 (see FIG. 1 ) and a hinge shaft 9 for rotatably connecting the door 5 to the housing 1 . Thus, the same parts of the left and lower covers 20b and 30b as those of the right and upper covers 20a and 30a are denoted by the same reference numerals so that only a brief description thereof will be given.

The left cover 20b includes: a base 21 whose width and length correspond to the width and length of the left side surface of the frame 10, and which is used to cover the left side surface of the frame 10; Extend to the front surface of frame 10, so that have the length that reaches the end of the first protrusion 11 of frame 10; The length of the end of the third protrusion 31 . And, a protrusion 40 is integrally formed with an end portion of the first flange portion 23 facing the front surface of the frame 10 (refer to FIG. 6 ).

The left cover 20b does not require a handle 22, unlike the right cover 20a. Also, since the left cover 20 b does not require the bracket 25 , the left end of the frame 10 has no portion corresponding to the second protrusion 12 formed on the right end of the frame 10 . However, brackets 25 provided with screw holes may be installed at the lower and upper ends of the left cover 20b.

The lower cover 30b includes: a base 31 whose width and length correspond to the width and length of the lower surface of the frame 10 for covering the lower surface of the frame 10; a first flange portion 32 extending from the front end of the base 31 extending toward the front surface of the frame 10 so as to have a prescribed length; and a second flange portion 33 extending from the rear end of the base 31 toward the rear surface of the frame 10 so as to have a prescribed length.

By cutting the base 31 , fourth protrusions 34 and fifth protrusions 35 are formed at the front and rear ends of the right side of the base 31 of the lower cover 30 b, respectively. Also, a screw hole 36 for connecting the lower cover 30 b to the frame 10 by a screw 27 is formed through the left end of the base 31 .

A hole 50 having a width and depth corresponding to those of the protrusion 40 formed on the left cover 30b is formed through the end of the fourth protrusion 34 of the lower cover 30b to allow the protrusion 40 to be inserted thereinto (refer to FIG. 6 ). Also, a through hole 37 is formed at an extension 38 extending leftward from the base 31 , and the hinge shaft 9 protruding downward from the lower surface of the frame 10 passes through the through 37 and is then inserted into the lower end of the housing 1 .

Although not shown in the drawings, the structure of the right end of the upper cover 30a is the same as that of the above-mentioned right end of the lower cover 30b.

A process of assembling the right and left covers 20a and 20b and the upper and lower covers 30a and 30b with the frame 10 will be described in detail later.

First, when the right cover 20a is inserted into the right surface of the frame 10, the first flange portion 23 of the right cover 20a is located in front of the first and second protrusions 11 and 12 of the frame 10, and the protrusion 40 is positioned on the first protrusion 11. At the end of the bracket 25 is disposed in the space formed by the second protrusion 12 . And, the second flange portion 24 of the right cover 20 a contacts the third protrusion 13 of the frame 10 . When the screws 27 are inserted into the screw holes 26 of the right cover 20a and the screw holes 14 of the frame 10 in the above state, the right cover 20a is fixed to the right surface of the frame 10 .

Likewise, when the left cover 20b is inserted into the left surface of the frame 10, the first flange portion 23 of the left cover 20b is located in front of the first protrusion 11 of the frame 10, and the protrusion 40 is positioned at the end of the first protrusion 11. , the second flange portion 24 of the left cover 20 b contacts the third protrusion 13 of the frame 10 . When the screws 27 are inserted into the screw holes 26 of the left cover 20 b and the screw holes 14 of the frame 10 in the above state, the left cover 20 b is fixed to the left surface of the frame 10 .

In the above state, the upper cover 30a is positioned on the upper surface of the frame 10 so that the protrusions 40 formed on the right and left covers 20a and 20b are inserted into holes formed at right and left ends of the upper cover 30a. Then, when the screws 27 are inserted into the screw holes 36 formed at the right and left ends of the upper cover 30a, the screw holes 14 of the frame 10, and the screw holes formed at the right cover 20a by the bracket 25, the upper cover 30a is simply fixed to Frame 10 and right cover 20a.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the right cover 20a and the upper cover 30a are assembled with the frame 10, the right cover 20a and the upper cover 30a are coplanar with the right surface and the upper surface of the frame 10, respectively.

When the lower cover 30b is assembled with the frame 10 in the same manner as the upper cover 30a, the lower cover 30b is simply fixed to the frame 10 and the right cover 20b. As shown in FIG. 7 , in the above-mentioned fixed state, the lower cover 30 b is coplanar with the lower surface of the frame 10 .

In this embodiment of the present invention, protrusions 40 are formed on the right and left covers 20a and 20b, wherein holes 50 into which the protrusions 40 are inserted are formed through the upper and lower covers 30a and 30b. However, the protrusion 40 may be formed on the upper and lower covers 30a and 30b, and the hole 50 may be formed through the right and left covers 20a and 20b.

As can be seen from the above description, the present invention provides a refrigerator in which the upper, lower, left and right covers and the door frame assembly, so that the assembly process can be easily realized and the assembly time can be shortened. And, since the door of the refrigerator is assembled by inserting the protrusions into the corresponding holes, the structure of the obtained door does not have any gap between the upper and lower covers and the left and right covers, thereby increasing the assembly strength such that the upper and lower covers The lower cover and the left and right covers will not be separated from each other due to repeated opening and closing of the door.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for purposes of illustration, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications can be made to these embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims. changes, additions and substitutions.

Claims (7)

1. refrigerator, described refrigerator are provided with at least one apotheca and are used to open and close the door of apotheca, and wherein said comprises:

Be used to limit the framework of door main body;

Be used to hide two side covers of two side surfaces of framework; And

Be used to hide the upper and lower lid on the upper and lower surface of framework,

Wherein, upper and lower lid comprises the first pontes that is connected to two at least one side covers in the side cover, and at least one side cover in two side covers comprises second coupling part corresponding with the first pontes.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the first pontes comprises the hole, second coupling part comprises insert in the hole outstanding.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein said hole is prepared in pairs, and is positioned at the two side ends place of upper and lower lid, and described outstanding quilt is prepared in pairs, and is positioned at the upper and lower end place of two side covers.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a side cover in two side covers forms handle.

5. refrigerator, described refrigerator are provided with at least one apotheca and are used to open and close the door of apotheca, and wherein said comprises:

Framework;

Be used to hide the upper and lower lid on the upper and lower surface of framework; And

Be used to hide two side covers of two side surfaces of framework,

Wherein, upper and lower lid comprises the hole, and two side covers comprise and insert outstanding in the described hole.

6. refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein said hole is formed on two side places of the front surface of upper and lower lid, so that have the degree of depth and the width of appointment, the described outstanding upper and lower end place that is formed on the front surface of two side surfaces is so that have the degree of depth and the corresponding degree of depth and the width of width with described hole.

7. refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein a side cover in two side covers forms handle, and described handle is relative with the hinge of door.

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