KR100638900B1 - Tilting assembly of display - Google Patents

Abstract

A tilting assembly in which an LCD monitor protrudes from an accommodation portion of a refrigerator door and rotates up and down, left and right, at an angle. It relates to a tilting assembly which protrudes to obtain the required left and right rotation angles.

Accordingly, when the user cannot change the position and secure the audiovisual for viewing the screen, the LCD monitor can be set in the desired direction by protruding the LCD monitor from the storage unit formed in the refrigerator door. Because it protrudes in the direction, there is no fear of colliding with handles and other accessories formed on the refrigerator door, and it does not affect the recessed thickness of the storage unit so that no additional structural change and reinforcement of insulation for the insulation of the refrigerator door are not necessary. Will be.

Refrigerator Door, LCD Monitor, Tilting Assembly, Straightness

Description

Display of tiliting assembly

1 is a perspective view showing an installation state of the tilting assembly of the display according to the present invention.

2 is a perspective view of a tilting assembly according to the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the tilting assembly according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a side sectional view in which the tilting assembly according to the present invention is installed.

5 is a plan view showing that the display protrudes from the refrigerator by the tilting assembly according to the present invention.

6 is a plan view showing that the display is rotated left and right by the tilting assembly according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on main parts of drawing

100: tilting assembly 110: fixing bracket

116: torsion spring 120: rotation bracket

122: first hinge axis 124: rotational section

126: projection 130: rotating part

132: extension portion 134: second hinge axis

140: fixing plate 142: second hinge bracket

200: LCD monitor 300: refrigerator

310: refrigerator door 320: storage

The present invention relates to a tilting assembly of a display installed in a refrigerator door, and more particularly, to a tilting assembly of a display in which an LCD monitor installed at the front of the door of the refrigerator protrudes to the front of the refrigerator to be freely rotated at a desired angle by the user. It is about.

In the conventional refrigerator, a door is formed to open and close one side of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, and additionally, a water purification system and a display are installed on the front of the door to meet the needs of users. In addition, as the display is installed on the front of the refrigerator, various services such as Internet and movie watching can be performed.

In order to install the display on the refrigerator door, a generally thin LCD monitor is used, since the space is small and limited according to the installation of other displays on the refrigerator door in which the LCD monitor is installed. A relatively thin LCD monitor is adopted.

However, the LCD monitor has a thin thickness and does not have a significant effect on the limitation of space installed in the door. However, the LCD monitor has a blind spot in which the sharpness of the image quality varies depending on the direction in which the light reflectance is high. It was.

Accordingly, in order to reduce the blind spot of the LCD monitor installed in the front of the refrigerator door, a storage space in which the LCD monitor is installed is formed in the refrigerator door, and a hinge axis is installed in the storage space to allow the user to use the LCD monitor around the hinge axis. Was rotated to set the optimum viewing angle.

However, in the case of the LCD monitor in which the hinge shaft is installed in the storage space of the refrigerator door as described above, the outside of the LCD monitor collides with the storage space of the door by rotating the LCD monitor, causing damage to the LCD monitor. Since the storage space formed in the door is limited, the rotation angle of the LCD monitor is also limited, so that an optimal viewing angle cannot be obtained.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the display is protruded to the front of the refrigerator door rotated up and down / left and right and the structure is simple to simplify the production, and when the display is protruded, the collision with the handle and other accessories of the refrigerator door Its purpose is to provide a tilting assembly of a display that does not.

In addition, when the display is installed in the refrigerator door, it does not affect the thickness of the refrigerator door to provide an additional insulation for the insulation of the refrigerator door, and to provide a tilting assembly of the display does not occur structural changes.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical idea of the present invention includes a fixed bracket, a rotating bracket hinged to the fixed bracket, a rotating part installed on the rotating bracket, and a fixed plate hinged to the rotating part. Achieved by the tilting assembly of the included display.

Here, the rotation bracket is preferably installed on the fixed bracket so as to rotate up and down.

In addition, it is preferable that one end of the rotation bracket includes a first hinge shaft connected to the fixing bracket.

In addition, the rotation part is preferably installed on the rotation bracket to rotate left and right.

In addition, it is preferable that the fixing plate includes a second hinge bracket which is installed to be rotatable up and down with the rotating part.

In addition, it is preferable that the rotating part includes an extension part extending to the second hinge bracket.

Preferably, the extension part includes a second hinge shaft connected to the second hinge bracket.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing an installation state of the tilting assembly of the display according to the present invention. Referring to the drawings, the tilting assembly 100 installed on the front of the refrigerator door 310 is large, the fixing bracket 110 is installed on the receiving unit 320 formed on the front of the refrigerator door 310, and the fixed It is composed of a rotating bracket 120 is connected to the bracket 110 and rotated up and down.

In addition, the rotating bracket 120 is configured to be rotated to the left and right rotatable portion 130, and is connected to the rotating portion 130 is composed of a fixed plate 140 is rotated up and down and the LCD monitor is fixed.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 3 in more detail. 2 is a perspective view of the tilting assembly according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the tilting assembly according to the present invention.

The fixing bracket 110 is fixed to an accommodating part 320 formed on the front surface of the refrigerator door 310, and is connected to the first hinge shaft 122 of the rotation bracket 120 at both sides of the fixing bracket 110. Hinge fasteners are formed.

The rotating bracket 120 installed on the fixing bracket 110 has a first hinge shaft 122 connected to a hinge fastener formed on the fixing bracket 110 at one end thereof and a torsion spring 116 interposed therebetween. It is installed on the fixing bracket (110).

The torsion spring 116 is supported by the accommodating part 320 of the refrigerator door in which the fixing bracket 110 is installed, and the protrusion 126 formed near the first hinge shaft 122 to support the rotation bracket ( The elastic force is imparted to rotate 120 upward. Then, the rotation part 130 is installed at the other end of the rotation bracket 120.

Here, the torsion spring 116 is intended to impart an elastic force when rotating the rotation bracket 120 from the lower side to the upper side of the fixing bracket 110, in the present invention, the torsion spring is limited to the embodiment. In addition, a mechanical element, that is, a compression spring (coil spring) and a tension spring, which allows the rotation bracket 120 to be rotated upward from the lower side of the fixing bracket 110 around the hinge fastener of the fixing bracket 110 is also a subject thereof. Can be.

On the other hand, the rotating part 130 has a substantially cylindrical shape, is installed in the center of the rotating bracket 120, the rotating part 130 is installed to rotate left and right. In addition, a rotation section 124 is formed in the rotation bracket 120 to set a limit on the left and right rotation of the rotation unit 130.

The rotation section 124 is a slit formed from the center to the outer side in which the rotation unit 130 is inserted into the rotation bracket 120, an extension part extending from the rotation unit 130 to the rotation section 124 ( 132 is installed to be interposed.

Here, the installation structure of the rotation bracket 120 and the rotation unit 130, the extension portion 132 is installed in the rotation section 124 of the rotation bracket 120 to act as a stopper, the rotation Since the purpose of limiting the left and right rotation of the eastern portion 130, after the rotating portion 130 is rotated to the left and right in the rotation bracket 120 should have a friction force enough to hold the position.

Therefore, the installation structure of the rotating unit 130 and the rotating bracket 120 is supported by the rotating washer 130, by the compression washer used in the general hinge and hinge assembly that can hold the rotated position. It is evident that it may be installed, or by other mechanical components and structures. It is intended to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the disclosure of the present invention by omitting the description of known features or elements that may unnecessarily flow the gist of the present invention.

In addition, a second hinge shaft 134 is formed in the extension part 132 extending from the pivoting part 130 and connected to the second hinge bracket 142 so as to be rotatable up and down, and the second hinge bracket 142 is attached to the fixing plate 140. In addition, the back cover of the LCD monitor 200 is attached to the fixing plate 140.

In addition, a hook portion 324 configured as a push button is installed in the accommodating portion 320 of the refrigerator door 310, and the hook 322 is attached to the rotation bracket 120 corresponding to the position where the hook portion 324 is installed. ) Is laid. The hook and the locking portion 324 configured as the push button, when the hook 322 and the locking portion 324 is pressed once in the locked state, the hook 322 is released from the locking portion 324, When the hook 322 is pressed to be inserted into the locking portion 324 while the hook 322 is released from the locking portion 324, the hook 322 has a structure of a push button that is locked again.

An operating state of the tilting assembly having the above configuration will be described based on FIGS. 4 to 6.

Figure 4 is a side sectional view in which the tilting assembly according to the present invention is installed. Referring to the drawings, the tilting assembly 100 is fixed to the housing 320 formed in the fixing bracket 110 of the door 310 of the refrigerator.

The first hinge shaft 122 of the rotation bracket 120 is connected to the fixing bracket 110 to form a state in which the rear surface of the fixing bracket 110 is in close contact with the front of the accommodating part 320. At this time, the fixing plate 140 to which the LCD monitor 200 is attached, the second hinge bracket 142 connected to the second hinge shaft 134 of the extension portion 132 to be seated in the receiving portion 320. ) Is positioned in a folded state, and maintains the initial state in which the locking portion 324 attached to the accommodating portion 320 and the hook 322 attached to the rear surface of the rotation bracket 120 are locked.

Accordingly, the display fixed to the fixing plate 140, that is, the LCD monitor 200 is in a state of being seated on the accommodating part 320 formed in the refrigerator door 310, so that the user can watch the LCD monitor 200.

5 is a plan view showing that the display protrudes from the refrigerator by the tilting assembly according to the present invention. Referring to the drawings, if the user changes the position and the audio visual angle of the LCD monitor 200 is not secured, the LCD monitor 200 is protruded.

When the LCD monitor 200 is pressed toward the refrigerator in order to protrude the LCD monitor 200 from the housing 320 of the refrigerator door 310, the hook 324 and the hook (324) attached to the housing and the rotating bracket are mounted. 322 is terminated.

In addition, an elastic force is exerted on the torsion spring 116 supported by the accommodating part 110 to rotate the pivot bracket 120 from the lower side to the upper side of the accommodating part 320, so that the LCD monitor 200 It protrudes forward of the refrigerator door 310. In addition, the fixing plate 140 is rotated up and down by connecting the second hinge shaft 134 and the second hinge bracket 142 of the extension part 132 to set the rotation angle desired by the user.

6 is a plan view showing that the display is rotated left and right by the tilting assembly according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, when the LCD monitor 200, which was seated on the accommodating part 320 of the refrigerator door 310, protrudes, the user rotates the rotating part 130 installed on the rotating bracket 120 left and right. By setting the angle of the monitor 200, the user can watch the best picture quality.

At this time, a rotation section 124 is formed in the rotation bracket 120 to limit the rotation angle of the extension part 132. Therefore, it is natural that the rotation section 124 forms a setting section so as to prevent a collision by preventing the extension portion from rotating in the direction in which the handle or other accessories of the refrigerator door 310 are formed.

On the contrary, in order to return the LCD monitor 200 to an initial state in which the LCD monitor 200 is seated on the accommodating part 320, the LCD monitor 200 protruding toward the front of the refrigerator door 310 is stored in the accommodating part of the refrigerator door 310. When pushed to the side 320, the pivoting bracket 120 is brought into close contact with the accommodating part 320, and the pivoting bracket 120 is folded, and the second hinge bracket 142 and the extension part 132 of the fixing plate 140 are rotated. ), The second hinge shaft 134 is also folded, and eventually, the LCD monitor 200 fixed to the fixing plate 140 returns to an initial state seated on the accommodating part 320 of the refrigerator door 310.

And, in order to maintain the initial state, the hook 322 and the locking portion 324 is locked. Here, since the hook 322 and the engaging portion 324 is formed for the purpose of preventing the LCD monitor 200 from protruding freely from the housing 320, the hook 322 and, Obviously, not only the push button using the structural fastening such as the locking part 324 but also the locking means using the attraction force of the magnet can be used.

The tilting assembly of the display according to the present invention as described above, because the LCD monitor protrudes in front of the refrigerator door to rotate up and down / left and right, the sharpness of the image quality varies depending on the position of the LCD monitor, which is a disadvantage of the LCD monitor Will overcome.

In addition, when the LCD monitor protrudes forward of the refrigerator door, it is not eccentric to the left or right so that the LCD monitor does not collide with the handle and other accessories formed on the refrigerator door.

In addition, since the buried depth of the storage unit formed in the refrigerator door is only required as the thickness of the rotation bracket and the thickness of the LCD monitor attached to the fixing plate, it is not necessary to change the structure of the refrigerator door and reinforce the insulation. .

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, the technical idea that such modifications and variations are also included in the claims Should be seen.

Claims (7)

fixed bracket; A rotation bracket installed rotatably in the vertical direction on the fixing bracket; A rotating part installed on the rotating bracket in a rotatable manner from side to side; And And a fixing plate rotatably mounted in a vertical direction with respect to the pivoting unit. delete The method of claim 1, And a first hinge shaft connected to the fixed bracket at one end of the pivot bracket. delete The method of claim 1, Tilting assembly of the display including a second hinge bracket is installed on the fixed plate to be rotatable with the pivot. The method of claim 5, The tilting assembly of the display including an extension portion extending to the second hinge bracket on the pivoting portion. The method of claim 6, And a second hinge axis connected to the second hinge bracket on the extension part.

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