Refrigeration device
11519207 ยท 2022-12-06
Assignee
Inventors
- Qinchao Liu (Nanjing, CN)
- Ping Lv (Nanjing, CN)
- Alfred Raab (Huettlingen, DE)
- Chuan Zhang (Chuzhou, CN)
Cpc classification
F25D2323/024
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F25D23/028
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
E06B5/00
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E05D5/0276
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E05D11/06
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
International classification
E06B5/00
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
F25D23/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
E05D11/06
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Abstract
A refrigeration device has a first door with an opening and a second door for closing the opening in the first door. A first hinge member has a first connection portion fixed on a main body of the refrigeration device and a first hinged portion connected to the first door. A second hinge member has a second connection portion fixed on the first door and a second hinged portion connected to the second door. The second hinge member includes a columnar portion that is hinged to the first hinged portion. One of the columnar portion and the first hinged portion has a first shaft hole, and the other one has a first hinge shaft that extends into the first shaft hole. The novel device prevents a door body of the refrigeration device from being damaged at a hinged position and the reliability of the refrigeration device is improved.
Claims
1. A refrigeration device, comprising: a main body; a first door pivotably mounted on a front side of the main body, the first door having an opening; a second door pivotably mounted on a front side of the first door and configured to selectively open and close the opening; a first hinge member having a first connection portion that is fixed on the main body and a first hinged portion that is connected to the first door; a second hinge member having a second connection portion that is fixed on the first door, a second hinged portion that is connected to the second door, and a columnar portion that is hinged to the first hinged portion, and wherein one of the columnar portion and the first hinged portion is formed with a first shaft hole, and the other of the columnar portion and the first hinged portion includes a first hinge shaft that extends into the first shaft hole; and a shaft sleeve located within the first shaft hole and an adjustment member for adjusting a height of the first door relative to the main body, the adjustment member being connected to the first hinged portion and located in the shaft sleeve.
2. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the columnar portion has the first shaft hole, the first shaft hole is located in the first door, and the first hinged portion comprises the first hinge shaft and extends into the columnar portion.
3. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the first shaft hole is a blind hole.
4. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the second hinge member is fixed on the bottom of the first door, and the first door is supported on the first hinge member via the second hinge member.
5. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the first door comprises a lower door frame member, the lower door frame member has a receiving hole recessed toward the interior of the first door, the columnar portion extends into the receiving hole, and there is an interval between an upper end of the columnar portion and a top wall of the receiving hole.
6. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the second connection portion is board-shaped and connected to a bottom surface of the first door.
7. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the second hinge member is fixed on the top of the first door.
8. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the columnar portion and the second connection portion are integrally formed.
9. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the second hinge member further comprises an interval slot between the second hinged portion and the columnar portion, and the interval slot is at least partially located between the first door and the second door.
10. The refrigeration device according to claim 9, wherein a side of the interval slot that faces toward the first door is open.
11. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the second hinged portion is formed with a second shaft hole, the second door comprises a second hinge shaft, and the second hinge shaft is rotatably located in the second shaft hole.
12. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the first door and the second door are respectively provided with a slot body, and the slot bodies of the first door and the second door are spliced to form a space accommodating the second hinge member.
13. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein a lower side of the second hinge member is provided with a first stop portion, the first hinge member is provided with a first limiting portion matched with the first stop portion, and when the first door rotates to a first preset angle, the first stop portion abuts against the first limiting portion to limit a continuous rotation of the first door or the first door and the second door.
14. The refrigeration device according to claim 1, wherein the second hinge member comprises a second limiting portion, the second door is provided with a second stop portion that is matched with the second limiting position, and when the second door rotates to a second preset angle, the second stop portion is abutted against the second limiting portion to limit continuous rotation of the second door.
15. A refrigeration device, comprising: a main body; a first door pivotably mounted to a front side of the main body; a first hinge member having a first connection portion that is fixed on the main body and a first hinge shaft that is connected to the first door; and a connection member having a second connection portion that is connected to the bottom of the first door and a columnar portion that extends into the first door, the first hinge shaft extending into the columnar portion, and the first door being supported on the first hinge member via the connection member; and a shaft sleeve located within a shaft hole formed in the columnar portion and an adjustment member for adjusting a height of the first door relative to the main body, the adjustment member being connected to the first hinge member and located in the shaft sleeve.
16. The refrigeration device according to claim 15, further comprising a second door, the second door being pivotably mounted on a front side of the first door; and the connection member being a second hinge member with a second hinged portion hinged to the second door.
17. The refrigeration device according to claim 15, wherein the first door comprises a lower door frame member formed with a receiving hole that is recessed toward an interior of the first door, the columnar portion extends into the receiving hole, and wherein an interval is formed between an upper end of the columnar portion and a top wall of the receiving hole.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(14) Referring now to the figures of the drawing in detail, the following individual elements are illustrated and identified with the following reference numerals: 100 and 200: Refrigeration devices; 110: Main body; 111: Storage compartment; 120: First door; 121: Opening; 122: Lower door frame member; 123: Receiving hole; 123a: Top wall of the receiving hole; 125: Slot body; 130: Second door; 131: Second hinge shaft; 132: Door opener; 133: Fixing arm; 134: Second stop portion; 140: First hinge member; 141: First connection portion; 142: First hinged portion; 143: First hinge shaft; 144: First limiting portion; 150: Second hinge member; 151: Second connection portion; 152: Second hinged portion; 153: Columnar portion; 153a: Upper end of the columnar portion; 154: First shaft hole; 155: Interval slot; 156: Second shaft hole; 157: First stop portion; 158: Second limiting portion; 160: Shaft sleeve; 170: Adjustment member; 210: connection member; gap: Gap; x: Length direction of the refrigeration device; y: Width direction of the refrigeration device; and z: Height direction of the refrigeration device.
(15) It is understood by a person skilled in the art that as described in the related art, a design of connection between a door body and a box body of an existing refrigeration device has a server defect that a position at which a door of a refrigerator is hinged to a box body is extremely easily damaged. Particularly, when the damaged position is in contact with a heat insulation material of the door of the refrigerator, an entire door body may need to be replaced.
(16) To resolve the foregoing technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigeration device. The refrigeration device includes: a main body; a first door, the first door being pivotably disposed on a front side of the main body, and the first door having an opening; a second door, the second door being pivotably disposed on a front side of the first door to open or close the opening; a first hinge member, the first hinge member including a first connection portion that is fixed on the main body and a first hinged portion that is connected to the first door; and a second hinge member, the second hinge member including a second connection portion that is fixed on the first door and a second hinged portion that is connected to the second door, the second hinge member further including a columnar portion, and the columnar portion being hinged to the first hinged portion, where one of the columnar portion and the first hinged portion has a first shaft hole, and the other of the columnar portion and the first hinged portion includes a first hinge shaft that extends into the first shaft hole.
(17) It is understood by a person skilled in the art that in the technical solution of this embodiment of the present invention, through mating between the first hinge member and the second hinge member, while the main body, the first door, and the second door are hinged to each other, the first door can be effectively prevented from being damaged because of being in direct contact with the first hinge member and increasing maintenance costs. In addition, if strength of a hinge member is higher than that of a top cover or an end cover, in contact with a heat insulation material, of a door of a refrigeration appliance, mating between the second hinge member and the first hinged portion that have higher strength is beneficial to avoiding a possibility of damage at a hinged position of the door of the refrigeration appliance due to, for example, bearing or collision, thereby increasing reliability of the refrigeration device according to this embodiment of the present invention.
(18) Further, the second hinged portion and the columnar portion matched with the first hinged portion are disposed on the second hinge member, which is beneficial to precisely positioning the first door and the second door, thereby improving assembly precision of the refrigeration appliance.
(19) To make the foregoing objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following describes in detail the specific embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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(21) Specifically, in this embodiment, with reference to
(22) In one or more embodiments, the hinge region shown in
(23) For ease of description, in this embodiment, a length direction of the refrigeration device 100 is set to a direction x, a depth direction of the refrigeration device 100 is set to a direction y, and a height direction of the refrigeration device 100 is set to a direction z. Front sides of the main body 110 and the first door 120 may be a side facing a user during actual use. A storage space in the opening 121 or the main body 110 may be opened or closed by opening or closing the first door 120 and/or the second door 130.
(24) A refrigerator is used as an example. Referring to
(25) More specifically, with reference to
(26) In a non-limiting embodiment, with reference to
(27) For example, the first connection portion 141 may be fixedly connected to the main body 110 through a bolt.
(28) Further, with reference to
(29) In a non-limiting embodiment, with reference to
(30) Further, with reference to
(31) It is understood by a person skilled in the art that in the technical solution of this embodiment, through mating between the first hinge member 140 and the second hinge member 150, while the main body 110, the first door 120, and the second door 130 are hinged to each other, the first door 120 can be effectively prevented from being damaged because of being in direct contact with the first hinge member 140 and increasing maintenance costs. In addition, if strength of a hinge member is higher than that of a door body of the refrigeration device 100 and that of a top cover or an end cover, in contact with a heat insulation material, of the door body, mating between the second hinge member 150 and the first hinged portion 142 that have higher strength is beneficial to avoiding a possibility of damage at a hinged position of the door body of the refrigeration device 100 due to, for example, bearing or collision, thereby increasing reliability of the refrigeration device 100 according to this embodiment. Further, the second hinged portion 152 and the columnar portion 153 matched with the first hinged portion 142 are disposed on the second hinge member 150, which is beneficial to precisely positioning the first door 120 and the second door 130, thereby improving assembly precision of the refrigeration device 100.
(32) In one or more embodiments, with reference to
(33) Preferably, the first shaft hole 154 may be a blind hole, to centralize stress surfaces on the first shaft hole 154 and the second hinge member 150 on which the first shaft hole 154 is located, thus effectively preventing the first door 120 from being damaged because of being in direct contact with the first hinge member 140.
(34) In one or more embodiments, referring to
(35) In one or more embodiments, referring to
(36) In a preferable example, sizes of the columnar portion 153 and the receiving hole 123 in an axial direction (parallel to the direction z) may be adjusted to form the interval between the upper end 153a of the columnar portion 153 and the top wall 123a of the receiving hole 123.
(37) In one or more embodiments, the second connection portion 151 may be board-shaped and connected to a bottom surface of the first door 120. This is beneficial to ensuring an aesthetic appearance of the refrigeration device 100 while enlarging a stress surface of the second hinge member 150.
(38) In one or more embodiments, the second hinge member 150 may further be fixed on the top of the first door 120 (for example, a position of the region B in
(39) In one or more embodiments, still referring to
(40) Specifically, the second hinge member 150 is fixed on the bottom of the first door 120. The first hinge member 140 is matched with the second hinge member 150 when supporting the first door 120, thus preventing the first hinge member 140 from being directly abutted against a plastic door frame of the first door 120, thus being beneficial to preventing damage of a door frame member of the first door 120.
(41) For example, the columnar portion 153 and the second connection portion 151 may be integrally formed through casting.
(42) In one or more embodiments, the second hinged portion 152 may be integrally formed through casting with the columnar portion 153 and the second connection portion 151 as well.
(43) In one or more embodiments, with reference to
(44) In one or more embodiments, a side, which faces toward the first door 120, of the interval slot 155 is open, to make it convenient to remove and assemble. For example, an extension direction of the interval slot 155 may be parallel to a length direction of the first door 120 (to be specific, parallel to the direction x), and a direction of an opening of the interval slot 155 may be the same as a direction of opening the first door 120 and/or the second door 130.
(45) In one or more embodiments, referring to
(46) In one or more embodiments, still referring to
(47) Preferably, the adjustment member 170 may be located in the shaft sleeve 160.
(48) Specifically, a plurality of steps may be respectively disposed relatively on the adjustment member 170 and the first hinge shaft 143. Through pairing of steps on butting end surfaces of the adjustment member 170 and the first hinge shaft 143, a distance between the shaft sleeve 160 and the first hinged portion 142 can be adjusted in the direction z, thus adjusting a height position of the first door 120 relative to the main body 110 in the direction z.
(49) For example, through pairing of the steps on the butting end surfaces of the adjustment member 170 and the first hinge shaft 143, the second hinge member 150 and the first door 120 may be raised along the direction z (or lowered along a reverse direction of the direction z), to ensure that the first door 120 can effectively close the storage compartment 111 of the main body 110.
(50) In one or more alternative embodiments, referring to
(51) Specifically, the second hinge shaft 131 may be coupled to a door opener 132 installed in the second door 130, to reduce a quantity of parts, facilitate installation, and improve integration. The door opener 132 may include a fixing arm 133. A length direction of the fixing arm 133 is parallel to the direction z. The fixing arm 133 extends into the second door 130, so that connection between the second door 130 and the main body 110 is more stable.
(52) In one or more embodiments, still referring to
(53) In a non-limiting embodiment, still referring to
(54) Further, the second hinge member 150 is connected to a top surface and/or a bottom surface of the first door 120, to further disperse stress on the receiving hole 123 to the first door 120 via the second hinge member 150, to better prevent the first door 120 (for example, the plastic door frame of the first door 120) from being damaged.
(55) In one or more embodiments, referring to
(56) In a non-limiting embodiment, when the first door 120 rotates to a first preset angle (for example, rotates to a position shown in
(57) In one or more embodiments, the second door 130 and the first door 120 are pivotably disposed on the front side of the main body 110 by using hinged parts. The hinged parts may include the first hinge member 140, the second hinge member 150, and the door opener 132 fixed on the second door 130. Through mating between the first hinge member 140, the second hinge member 150, and the door opener 132, an opening and closing function of the first door 120 and/or the second door 130 is implemented.
(58) In one or more embodiments, referring to
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(60) Specifically, with reference to
(61) It is understood by a person skilled in the art that in the technical solution of this embodiment of the present invention, through the design of the connection member 210, while the main body 110 is hinged to the first door 120, a lower frame member (for example, a lower door frame member 122 shown in
(62) In a non-limiting embodiment, the refrigeration device 200 may include a second door 130 as well, and the second door 130 is pivotably disposed on a front side of the first door 120, to form the refrigeration device 100 shown in
(63) Further, the connection member 210 may be the second hinge member 150 in
(64) Further, with reference to
(65) More specifically, for explanations of the nouns in the embodiments, reference may be made to related descriptions in