CN110243128B - Ice cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a freezer, which relates to the technical field of household appliance manufacturing, wherein the freezer (100) comprises: the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body (1) and a refrigerator body shell, wherein the refrigerator body (1) comprises a refrigerator body refrigerating cavity, a refrigerator body foaming layer (12) arranged around the refrigerator body refrigerating cavity and the refrigerator body shell (11); the refrigerator comprises a door body (2), wherein the door body (2) is a top-turning door and comprises a door shell (21) and a door body foaming layer (22) filled in the door shell (21), and the door body (2) is pivotally connected with the refrigerator body (1) to close or open a refrigerator body refrigerating cavity; and the lock body assembly is arranged at the pivoting free end of the door body (2) and is hidden and arranged at the inner sides of the door shell (21) and the box body shell (11) in a locking state. The lock body component of the refrigerator (100) has simple and reasonable structure, stability, reliability, conciseness and beauty.

Description

Ice cabinet

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliance manufacturing, in particular to a freezer.

Background

Traditional refrigerator-freezer lock body subassembly generally comprises lock body, lock tong "pan, locking closure, lock box, and the locking closure is installed in the door plant outside, and the lock body is installed between locking closure and door plant, and the lock box is then installed in the curb plate outside of the cabinet body, and the lock tong" pan is installed in the lock box. When the door is locked, the lock hook on the lock body is rotated by the key, and the lock hook hooks the lock loop in the lock box, so that the aim of locking the door is fulfilled.

The lock body assembly is arranged on the outer side of the refrigerator, the lock cover and the lock box are generally plastic pieces, the structural strength is not high, and the lock body assembly is easy to be damaged by external force collision in the carrying or using process. In addition, when the door body passes through lock body subassembly locking on the cabinet body, the latch hook on the lock body hooks on the lock tong "pan", and lock body and lock tong "pan" are the metalwork, and structural strength is higher, and difficult quilt destroys, nevertheless bonnet, lock box generally are the working of plastics, and structural strength is not high, if exert oneself too violently when unblanking, the bonnet is pulled apart easily or even makes lock body and bonnet separation, causes the damage.

In addition, the door panel mounting punched hole and the side panel mounting punched hole for respectively mounting the lock cover and the lock box may have large tolerance in the processing process, and meanwhile, the lock loop formed by punching is easy to have large processing error. Therefore, when the lock body assembly is installed, large tolerance is easy to accumulate, so that the lock hook and the lock loop have interference problems when being locked.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a novel refrigerator, and a lock body assembly of the refrigerator is simple and reasonable in structure, stable, reliable, concise and attractive.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body, a refrigerator body foaming layer and a refrigerator body shell, wherein the refrigerator body comprises a refrigerator body refrigerating cavity, a refrigerator body foaming layer and a refrigerator body shell, the refrigerator body foaming layer is arranged around the refrigerator body refrigerating cavity;

the door body is a top-turning door and comprises a door shell and a door body foaming layer filled in the door shell, and the door body is pivotally connected with the refrigerator body to close or open the refrigerator body refrigerating cavity; and

and the lock body assembly is arranged at the pivoting free end of the door body and is hidden and arranged at the inner sides of the door shell and the box body shell in a locking state.

Optionally, the lock body assembly comprises a lock body and a lock tab, the lock body is embedded in the door body foaming layer and connected with the door shell, and the lock tab is arranged on the box shell in a contraposition mode.

In some embodiments, the lock body may include a lock hook that locks in cooperation with the lock loop, a lock head for receiving the lock cylinder, and a lock body that connects the lock hook and the lock head, where the lock hook and the lock head are metal pieces, and the lock body is a plastic piece.

Furthermore, the lock body assembly can also comprise a lock body seat which is matched with the lock body for installation, the lock body is rotatably arranged in the lock body seat, the lock head extends out of the outer end of the lock body seat, and a lock hook accommodating cavity is formed at the inner end of the lock body seat.

Furthermore, the lock body seat can be fixedly arranged in the door body foaming layer.

Optionally, the lock body assembly further comprises a lock hook accommodating cavity cover for partially closing the lock hook accommodating cavity, and the lock hook can partially extend out of the lock hook accommodating cavity.

In some embodiments, the outer end of the lock body seat may be formed with a lock body seat fixing plate installed inside a lateral side portion of the door case, and the lock head penetrates through the lock body seat fixing plate and the lateral side portion in sequence from inside to outside in a lateral direction.

Optionally, the middle of the lock body seat fixing plate is recessed inwards to form a handle groove, the door body further comprises a handle outer plate which is covered on the handle groove in a matched manner, and the lock head extends outwards from the handle outer plate.

Further, the box body can comprise a mouth frame arranged on the top edge part of the box body shell, the mouth frame is formed into an outward and downward step shape and comprises an outer side annular groove, and the step surface of the mouth frame is provided with a lock tab installation through hole.

Furthermore, the lock tab can be formed into a lock box with a lock hook groove, a lock box cover which partially covers the lock hook groove is formed above the lock hook groove, the lock box is embedded in the box body foaming layer and is limited and clamped in the lock tab installation through hole, and one part of the lock box penetrates out of the lock tab installation through hole to expose the lock hook groove.

The lock body assembly of the refrigerator is arranged at the pivoting free end of the door body and hidden and arranged at the inner sides of the door shell and the refrigerator body shell in a locking state, is not easy to be damaged by collision, and has simple, reasonable, concise and attractive structure; in addition, the door shell is equipped with door body foaming layer and box foaming layer respectively with the inboard of box shell, and the lock body subassembly inlays to be established in door body foaming layer and box foaming layer, carries out further diversified fixing to the lock body subassembly to make the stable in structure of lock body subassembly reliable, avoid the user to exert oneself too violently carelessly and damage the lock body subassembly in the use.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates an ice bin according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a door structure of the ice chest of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the installation of the door body of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is an installation schematic view of a portion of the door body structure of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 8;

figure 10 is an installation schematic view of a portion of the lock body assembly structure of figure 7;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a lock body of an ice chest according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the mouth frame and lock box of the ice chest of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of the mounting of the mouth frame and lock box of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the structure of the mouth frame of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a front view of FIG. 12;

fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view of fig. 15.

Description of the reference numerals

100 refrigerator

1 case 11 case housing

12 box foaming layer 13 mouth frame

131 lock tab installation through hole 2 door body

21 door shell 22 door body foaming layer

3 Lock body 31 latch hook

32 tapered end 33 lock body

4 lock box 41 lock hook groove

42 lock box cover 5 lock body base

51 latch hook holds 52 lock body seats fixed plate in chamber

521 handle groove 6 latch hook accommodation cavity cover

7 handle outer plate

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative and explanatory of the invention and are not restrictive thereof.

The novel ice chest 100 is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the lock body assembly of the ice chest 100 is simple, reasonable, firm, reliable, concise and attractive.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, ice chest 100 of the present invention comprises chest 1, door 2 and lock body assembly. The door body 2 is a top-turning door, and the box body 1 comprises a box body shell 11, a box body refrigerating chamber arranged in the box body shell 11 and a box body foaming layer 12 arranged around the box body refrigerating chamber. The door body 2 comprises a door shell 21 and a door body foaming layer 22 filled in the door shell 21, and the door body 2 can close or open the refrigerator body refrigerating chamber through the pivot connection with the refrigerator body 1. The lock body assembly is arranged at the free pivoting end of the door body 2 and hidden inside the door shell 21 and the box body shell 11 in the locked state. Wherein, the direction close to the box body refrigerating cavity is defined as 'inner' and the direction far away from the box body refrigerating cavity is defined as 'outer'.

Traditional refrigerator-freezer lock body subassembly generally comprises lock body, lock tong "pan, locking closure, lock box, and the locking closure is installed in the door plant outside, and the lock body is installed between locking closure and door plant, and the lock box is then installed in the curb plate outside of the cabinet body, and the lock tong" pan is installed in the lock box. The lock body assembly is arranged on the outer side of the refrigerator and is easy to be damaged by external force collision in the carrying or using process. In addition, when the door body passes through lock body subassembly locking on the cabinet body, the latch hook on the lock body hooks on the lock tong "pan", and lock body and lock tong "pan" are the metalwork, and structural strength is higher, and difficult quilt destroys, nevertheless bonnet, lock box generally are the working of plastics, and structural strength is not high, if exert oneself too violently when unblanking, the bonnet is pulled apart easily or even makes lock body and bonnet separation, causes the damage.

Compared with the traditional refrigerator lock body assembly, the refrigerator 100 lock body assembly is arranged at the pivoting free end of the door body 2 and hidden and arranged at the inner sides of the door shell 21 and the refrigerator body shell 11 in a locking state, is not easy to be damaged by collision, and has simple, reasonable, concise and attractive structure; in addition, door body foaming layer 22 and box foaming layer 12 are equipped with respectively to the inboard of door shell 21 and box shell 11, and the lock body subassembly inlays to be established in door body foaming layer 22 and box foaming layer 12, and further diversified the fixing is advanced to the lock body subassembly to make the stable in structure of lock body subassembly reliable, avoid the user to exert oneself too violently carelessly and damage the lock body subassembly in the use.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, the lock body assembly includes a lock body 3 and a lock tab, the lock body 3 is embedded in the door foaming layer 22 and connected to the door shell 21, and the lock tab is arranged on the box casing 11 in an aligned manner. The lock body 3 locks the door 2 of the refrigerator 100 on the box body 1 by matching with the lock loop, thereby closing and locking the refrigerator refrigerating chamber. Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, the lock body 3 may be embedded in the box foaming layer 12 and connected to the box shell 11, and the lock tab is disposed on the door foaming layer 22 in a contraposition manner, and the purpose of locking the door 2 of the ice chest 100 to the box 1 can also be achieved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 11, the lock body 3 includes a lock hook 31 locked with the lock tab, a lock head 32 for accommodating the lock cylinder, and a lock body 33 connecting the lock hook 31 and the lock head 32. The tapered end 32, the lock body 33 and the latch hook 31 of traditional lock body subassembly are the metalwork that structural strength is high, inlay when establishing in door body foaming layer 22 when locking body 3, tapered end 32 part exposes in the outside of door shell 21, and latch hook 31 and lock body 33 then are located the inboard of door shell 21, because there is the difference in temperature in the inside and outside of door shell 21, the coefficient of heat conductivity of metal is high, thereby the exposed part of tapered end 32 condenses easily and dew leads to corroding rusty emergence, shorten the life of lock body subassembly. Therefore, in order to avoid the lock head 32 from being exposed to condensation and prolong the service life of the lock body assembly, the lock body 33 can be set to be a plastic part with low heat conductivity coefficient, so that the heat conduction between the lock head 32 and the lock hook 31 is greatly blocked.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, the lock body assembly further includes a lock body seat 5 installed to match with the lock body 3, and the lock body 3 is fixedly installed through the lock body seat 5. The lock body 3 is rotatably arranged in the lock body seat 5, a lock hook accommodating cavity 51 is formed at the inner end of the lock body seat 5, and the lock hook 31 of the lock body 3 is locked or unlocked with the lock loop by rotating by different angles. The lock head 32 extends from the outer end of the lock housing 5 to facilitate the operation of the lock cylinder in the lock head 32 by a user.

Furthermore, as shown in fig. 4, fig. 5, fig. 6, fig. 7, fig. 8 and fig. 9, the lock body seat 5 is fixedly disposed in the door body foaming layer 22, so that the lock body 3 is fixedly disposed in the door body foaming layer 22, and the door body foaming layer 22 fixes the lock body 3 in multiple directions, so that the structure of the lock body 3 is stable and reliable, and the lock body assembly is prevented from being damaged due to carelessness and over-violence of a user in the using process.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, in order to avoid foaming agent from entering the shackle receiving cavity 51 during foaming, the lock body assembly further comprises a shackle receiving cavity cover 6 for partially closing the shackle receiving cavity 51. By rotating at different angles, the locking hook 31 can partially extend out of the locking hook accommodating cavity 51 or be completely accommodated in the locking hook accommodating cavity 51, so as to be locked or unlocked with the locking tab.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, the outer end of the lock base 5 is formed with a lock base fixing plate 52, the lock base fixing plate 52 may be pre-installed at the inner side of the lateral side portion of the door shell 21 by an adhesive layer, and the lock head 32 penetrates through the lock base fixing plate 52 and the lateral side portion from inside to outside in sequence. Thus, the lock body holder 5 and the lock body 3 can be pre-mounted on the inner side of the lateral side portion of the door case 21 by the lock body holder fixing plate 52, and the lock body holder 5 and the lock body 3 are embedded in the door body foaming layer 22 by the foaming process.

To further make the appearance of ice chest 100 more concise and beautiful, the handle of door 1 can be designed to be concave towards the inside of door shell 11. Optionally, as shown in fig. 7 and 10, the middle portion of the lock body base fixing plate 52 is recessed inward to form a handle groove 521, the door body 2 further includes a handle outer plate 7 adapted to cover the handle groove 521, and the lock head 32 extends outward from the handle outer plate 7.

Further, as shown in fig. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, the case 1 may include a mouth frame 13 provided at a top edge portion of the case housing 11, the mouth frame 13 being formed in an outward and downward stepped shape and including an outer side annular groove, and a step surface of the mouth frame 13 being provided with a tab mounting through hole 131. The locking tab can be fixedly mounted on the opening frame 13 at the top edge of the case housing 11 through the locking tab mounting through hole 131, so as to be locked in cooperation with the lock body 3 on the door 1.

Further, as shown in fig. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, the lock tab is formed as a lock case 4 provided with a lock hook groove 41, and the lock case 4 is locked in the lock tab mounting through hole 131 and then subjected to a foaming process, so that the lock case 4 is fixedly embedded in the case foaming layer 12 to increase the overall strength of the lock case 4. Because the box foaming layer 12 fixes the lock box 4 in multiple directions, even if a user carelessly applies force too violently in the using process, the lock body assembly is difficult to damage.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 13, FIG. 14, FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, a part of the lock box 4 is extended out through the lock tab installation through hole 131 to expose the lock hook groove 41, a lock box cover 42 is formed above the lock hook groove 41 to partially cover the lock hook groove 41, the lock hook 31 is extended into the lock hook groove 41 of the lock box 4 by rotating a proper angle and hooks the lock box cover 42 to lock the ice bin 100, or the lock hook 31 is extended out of the lock hook groove 41 of the lock box 4 by rotating a proper angle to unlock the ice bin 100.

Traditional refrigerator-freezer lock body subassembly is generally including being equipped with the locking closure of latch hook in and being equipped with the lock box of lock tong "pan", and the locking closure is punched a hole through the installation and is fixed on the door shell, and the lock tong "pan" is punched a hole through screw and installation and is fixed on the curb plate, and the buckle closure is installed on the lock tong "pan again to the lock box. The installation of door shell and curb plate punches a hole and probably has great tolerance, and die-cut fashioned lock tong "pan" also has great machining error easily simultaneously, when the installation lock body subassembly, then accumulates into great gross tolerance easily to lead to latch hook and lock tong "pan" to have the interference problem when locking. Compared with the traditional refrigerator lock body assembly, the lock body 3 of the refrigerator 100 is fixedly installed through the injection molding part lock body seat 5, the lock loop is formed into the lock box 4 and is fixedly installed through the extrusion plastic part opening frame 13, the tolerance of the lock loop and the lock box is small, the accumulated total tolerance is small when the lock body assembly is installed, and the condition that the lock hook 31 is interfered with the lock box 4 can be avoided.

In conclusion, the lock body assembly of the refrigerator 100 is arranged at the free pivoting end of the door body and hidden and arranged at the inner sides of the door shell and the refrigerator body shell in a locking state, so that the refrigerator is not easy to be damaged by collision, and has a simple, reasonable, concise and attractive structure; in addition, the door shell is equipped with door body foaming layer and box foaming layer respectively with the inboard of box shell, and the lock body subassembly inlays to be established in door body foaming layer and box foaming layer, carries out further diversified fixing to the lock body subassembly to make the stable in structure of lock body subassembly reliable, avoid the user to exert oneself too violently carelessly and damage the lock body subassembly in the use. Moreover, the lock body assembly of the ice bin 100 of the present invention can avoid the interference between the latch hook 31 and the lock box 4.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" 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. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; 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. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to 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. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An ice bin, characterized in that said ice bin (100) comprises:

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body (1) and a refrigerator body shell, wherein the refrigerator body (1) comprises a refrigerator body refrigerating cavity, a refrigerator body foaming layer (12) arranged around the refrigerator body refrigerating cavity and the refrigerator body shell (11);

the refrigerator comprises a door body (2), wherein the door body (2) is a top-turning door and comprises a door shell (21) and a door body foaming layer (22) filled in the door shell (21), and the door body (2) is pivotally connected with the refrigerator body (1) to close or open a refrigerator body refrigerating cavity; and

the lock body assembly is arranged at the free pivoting end of the door body (2) and hidden under a locking state and arranged on the inner side of the door shell (21) and the box body shell (11), the lock body assembly comprises a lock body (3) and a lock loop, the lock body (3) comprises a lock hook (31) which is matched with the lock loop to lock, a lock head (32) used for accommodating the lock cylinder and a lock body (33) connected with the lock hook (31) and the lock head (32), and the lock body (33) is a plastic part.

2. Refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the lock body (3) is embedded in the foamed door layer (22) and connected to the door shell (21), and the lock tab is arranged on the box housing (11) in an aligned manner.

3. An ice bin according to claim 2, wherein the locking hook (31) and the locking head (32) are metal parts.

4. An ice bin according to claim 3, wherein the lock body assembly further comprises a lock body seat (5) matingly mounted with the lock body (3), the lock body (3) being rotatably arranged in the lock body seat (5), the lock head (32) protruding from an outer end of the lock body seat (5), an inner end of the lock body seat (5) being formed with a lock hook receiving cavity (51).

5. An ice chest according to claim 4, wherein said lock seat (5) is fixedly arranged in said door body foaming layer (22).

6. An ice bin according to claim 5, wherein the lock body assembly further comprises a latch hook receiving cavity cover (6) for partially enclosing the latch hook receiving cavity (51), the latch hook (31) being partially extendable out of the latch hook receiving cavity (51).

7. An ice bin according to claim 6, wherein the outer end of the lock base (5) is formed with a lock base fixing plate (52), the lock base fixing plate (52) is mounted inside a lateral side portion of the door shell (21), and the lock head (32) penetrates through the lock base fixing plate (52) and the lateral side portion from inside to outside in sequence.

8. An ice chest according to claim 7, wherein the middle part of the lock base fixing plate (52) is recessed inwards to form a handle groove (521), the door body (2) further comprises a handle outer plate (7) which is fittingly covered on the handle groove (521), and the lock head (32) extends outwards from the handle outer plate (7).

9. An ice chest according to any one of claims 2-8, wherein said box body (1) comprises a mouth frame (13) arranged at the top edge part of said box body shell (11), said mouth frame (13) is formed to be outwardly stepped and comprises an outer annular groove, and the stepped surface of said mouth frame (13) is provided with a locking lug mounting through hole (131).

10. A refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein said lock loop is formed as a lock box (4) with a lock hook groove (41), a lock box cover (42) partially covering said lock hook groove (41) is formed above said lock hook groove (41), said lock box (4) is embedded in said box foaming layer (12) and is limited to be clamped in said lock loop mounting through hole (131), and a part of said lock box (4) passes through said lock loop mounting through hole (131) to expose said lock hook groove (41).

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