An embedded refrigerator which includes a cabinet, a door, and a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part and a switching assembly; when the door is in an opening process, the first hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly, and then, the second hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly; the hinge assembly drives the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet, and then drives the door to continuously rotate in situ relative to the cabinet. The refrigerator can increase an opening-closing freedom degree of the door, and various motion tracks may be generated to adapt to various application scenarios.

A refrigerator with a switchable hinge assembly which includes a cabinet (10), a door (20) and the hinge assembly (30) for connecting the cabinet (10) and the door (20), wherein the hinge assembly (30) includes a plurality of hinge parts (31,32), and a switching assembly (40); when the door (20) is in an opening process, the switching assembly (40) controls the plurality of hinge parts (31,32) to successively operate in a first sequence, and when the door (20) is in a closing process, the switching assembly (40) controls the plurality of hinge parts (31,32) to successively operate in a second sequence, and the first sequence is opposite to the second sequence. An opening-closing freedom degree of the door (20) may be increased by the refrigerator with the switchable hinge assembly, and various motion tracks may be generated to adapt to different application scenarios.

A refrigerator with a switchable hinge assembly which includes a cabinet (10), a door (20) and the hinge assembly (30) for connecting the cabinet (10) and the door (20), wherein the hinge assembly (30) includes a plurality of hinge parts (31,32), and a switching assembly (40); when the door (20) is in an opening process, the switching assembly (40) controls the plurality of hinge parts (31,32) to successively operate in a first sequence, and when the door (20) is in a closing process, the switching assembly (40) controls the plurality of hinge parts (31,32) to successively operate in a second sequence, and the first sequence is opposite to the second sequence. An opening-closing freedom degree of the door (20) may be increased by the refrigerator with the switchable hinge assembly, and various motion tracks may be generated to adapt to different application scenarios.

A hinge for a pivoting window or door with a frame and a leaf that can tilt with respect to the frame, whereby the hinge includes a frame part fastened to the frame and a leaf part fastened to the leaf, with a scissor mechanism between the frame part and the leaf part on which the leaf part is hingeably affixed around an axis of rotation, whereby the scissor mechanism comes into operation in a first phase of the tilting movement of the leaf, so that the axis of rotation moves in a direction essentially transverse to the plane of the frame into a locking position whereby the axis of rotation is at a distance from the frame such that the axis of rotation is a fixed axis around which the leaf can tilt further in a second phase of the tilting movement of the leaf.

A hinge for a pivoting window or door with a frame and a leaf that can tilt with respect to the frame, whereby the hinge includes a frame part fastened to the frame and a leaf part fastened to the leaf, with a scissor mechanism between the frame part and the leaf part on which the leaf part is hingeably affixed around an axis of rotation, whereby the scissor mechanism comes into operation in a first phase of the tilting movement of the leaf, so that the axis of rotation moves in a direction essentially transverse to the plane of the frame into a locking position whereby the axis of rotation is at a distance from the frame such that the axis of rotation is a fixed axis around which the leaf can tilt further in a second phase of the tilting movement of the leaf.