CN113074489B - A kind of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, which is provided with a drawer, wherein the drawer can be pushed into or pulled out of a compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer comprises a drawer bottom plate and a drawer side wall, the drawer side wall extends upwards around the periphery of the drawer bottom plate to form a containing part, and the containing part is divided into a plurality of compartments; the ice making unit is accommodated in one of the compartments and comprises a bracket and an ice storage box, and the ice storage box can be pushed into or pulled out of the bracket; the pop-up structure is arranged between the first side wall of the bracket and the second side wall of the ice storage box, and the first side wall is adjacent to the second side wall; the pop-up structure comprises a touch lug, a sliding lever, a second elastic piece and a constraint groove, the touch lug is arranged on the second side wall, a lug part of the sliding lever is clamped into the constraint groove, and the second elastic piece is stretched to be in a stretching state; the rear end of the second elastic piece is connected with the sliding lever, and the front end of the second elastic piece is connected with the first side wall.

Description

a refrigerator

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration, and in particular to a refrigerator, which has a drawer for accommodating an ice-making unit.

Background technique

A refrigerator is a device for keeping food stored in a storage compartment fresh at a low temperature by supplying low-temperature air to the storage compartment. Existing refrigerators include a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, and the temperature of the freezing chamber is lower than that of the refrigerating chamber.

In recent years, refrigerators with an ice-making function have become more and more popular among consumers. The ice making unit is usually arranged in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, and it includes an ice making tray for containing water to make ice cubes; an ice storage box, which is arranged under the ice making tray for containing ice cubes; and an ice maker main body, The ice making tray and the ice storage box are detachably installed in the main body of the ice machine, and the main body of the ice machine is fixed in the inner container of the freezing chamber.

In the above ice making unit, the ice storage box is configured to be pushed into or pulled out of the freezing chamber, and the pushing in and out of the ice storage box is synchronized with the pushing in and out of the drawer of the freezing chamber. The disadvantage of this type of design is that when the user only needs to store frozen food without using ice, the ice storage box will be pulled out synchronously every time the freezer drawer is opened, and the food in the freezer drawer is likely to contaminate the ice cubes in the ice storage box. In addition, when the ice storage box is pulled out, the melting of the ice cubes will be accelerated and the ice will stick together, which will reduce the quality of the ice used by the user.

In addition, most of the existing ice storage boxes have an open structure. When the ice-making unit makes ice in the freezer, the open structure of the ice storage box and the storage in the freezer are likely to interfere with each other, resulting in ice cubes being frozen. Pollution.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a relatively airtight space to separate the ice-making unit from other storage spaces in the drawer of the freezer compartment, and at the same time, control the pull-out or push-in of the ice storage box of the ice-maker unit and the storage space of the freezer compartment. The drawers have no synchronous relationship to overcome the above-mentioned problems of ice cubes being polluted and ice cubes sticking together.

The present invention provides a refrigerator, which has a drawer that can be pushed into or pulled out of a compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer includes a drawer bottom plate and a drawer side wall, and the drawer side wall extends upward around the periphery of the drawer bottom plate to form a The accommodating part is divided into a plurality of compartments; the ice making unit is accommodated in one of the plurality of compartments, the ice making unit includes a bracket and an ice storage box, and the ice storage box is accommodated in the compartment inside the bracket, and the ice storage box can be pushed into or pulled out of the bracket; and a pop-up structure, the pop-up structure is arranged between the first side wall of the bracket and the second side wall of the ice storage box, the first The side wall is adjacent to the second side wall; wherein, the pop-up structure includes a touch bump, a sliding lever, a second elastic member and a constraint groove, the touch bump is arranged on the second side wall, and the slide lever The lug part of the second elastic part is snapped into the constraint groove, and the second elastic part is stretched; the rear end of the second elastic part is connected with the sliding lever, and the front end of the second elastic part is connected with the first side wall connect.

As an optional technical solution, it also includes a restraint, the restraint is arranged on the inner side of the first side wall, the sliding lever is pivotally connected to the rear end of the restraint, and can slide along the restraint, wherein, the The inner side of the first side wall faces the second side wall.

As an optional technical solution, the sliding lever also includes a slot.

As an optional technical solution, the ice storage box is pulled out of the bracket, the extended end of the touch bump is stopped by the front groove wall of the slot, the sliding lever rotates toward the touch bump, and the hanging lug The part escapes from the constraint groove, the extension end is inserted into the slot, the second elastic member enters the free state from the extended state to provide contraction force so that the sliding lever is between the first side wall and the second side wall slide.

As an optional technical solution, the constraint member includes a sliding part, and the sliding lever slides along the sliding part.

As an optional technical solution, the constraint member further includes a stop block, and the stop block is arranged at the front end of the sliding part.

As an optional technical solution, the constraint member further includes a guide slot, the pivot shaft of the sliding lever is pivotally connected to the rear end of the guide slot, and the pivot shaft can slide in the guide slot.

As an optional technical solution, the guide groove is an elongated groove.

As an optional technical solution, the front end of the restraint is located on the first side wall, and the front end of the second elastic member is connected to the front end of the restraint.

As an optional technical solution, a first stopper is provided on the bottom of the drawer, a second stopper is provided on the bottom of the ice storage box, and the second stopper protrudes from the bottom; when the drawer is pulled out to the first In the open position, the front side of the first stopper and the second stopper abut against each other.

As an optional technical solution, continue to pull out the drawer and cross the first open position, the front side of the first stopper pushes against the second stopper so that the ice storage box is pulled out from the bracket, When the pop-up structure is triggered, the sliding lever rotates to engage with the touch bump, and the second elastic member shrinks so that the ice storage box pops up from the bracket.

As an optional technical solution, the second elastic member is a tension spring.

Compared with the prior art, the bracket of the ice-making unit in the drawer of the refrigerator forms a relatively airtight space, which relatively separates the ice storage box from other compartments of the drawer. Within a certain range of drawer pull-out, there is no synchronous relationship between the pull-out of the ice storage box and the pull-out of the drawer, and the ice can be taken out on demand, which can effectively reduce the risk of ice sticking while avoiding contamination of the ice cubes, and improve the quality of the ice cubes. quality. In addition, when the drawer is pulled out beyond a certain stroke range, the ice storage box pops out from the bracket, omitting the operation of manually pulling out the ice storage box, and simplifying the ice taking operation

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but not as a limitation of the present invention.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a drawer in a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 1 being pulled out to a first position.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in FIG. 2 after the first side wall of the bracket is removed.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area A1 in FIG. 3 .

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 2 after removing part of the bracket and the ice storage box.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area A2 in FIG. 5 .

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 1 being pulled out to a second position.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the drawer in FIG. 7 after removing the first side wall of the bracket.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic diagram of area A3 in FIG. 8 .

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 8 after removing part of the bracket and the ice storage box.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic view of the area A4 in FIG. 10 .

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention after part of the drawer and the bracket are removed.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of the drawer of the refrigerator in the touching position according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 13 after part of the drawer and the bracket are removed.

FIG. 15A and FIG. 15B are enlarged schematic diagrams of regions B1 and B2 in FIG. 14 , respectively.

Fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of the drawer of the refrigerator in the opened position according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 17 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 16 after part of the drawer and the bracket are removed.

FIG. 18 is an enlarged schematic view of area B3 in FIG. 17 .

Detailed ways

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments and accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a drawer in a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 1 pulled out to a first position.

As shown in Figure 1, a refrigerator (not shown) has a drawer 100, the drawer 100 can be pushed into or pulled out of the compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer 100 includes a drawer bottom plate 111 and a drawer side wall 112, the drawer side wall 112 surrounds the drawer bottom plate 111 The periphery of the body extends upwards to form an accommodating portion 110, wherein the accommodating portion 110 is divided into a plurality of compartments, and the ice making unit 20 is accommodated in one of the plurality of compartments, and the ice making unit 20 includes a bracket 21 and a storage compartment. The ice storage box 22 is accommodated inside the bracket 21 , and the ice storage box 22 can be pushed into or pulled out of the bracket 21 .

The drawer 100 in the present invention is, for example, a freezer compartment that can be pushed into or pulled out of a refrigerator, but is not limited thereto.

The ice making unit 20 also includes an ice maker 24 combined on the top of the bracket 21 . The bracket 21 is fixed in the inner container of the refrigerator. The ice storage box 22 is accommodated inside the bracket 21 , the ice maker 24 is located above the ice storage box 22 , and an ice making tray (not shown) is arranged between the ice maker 24 and the ice storage box 22 . Wherein, the top of the bracket 21 is covered by the ice maker 24, therefore, the inside of the bracket 21 is a sealed space, and the ice storage box 22 is located in the sealed space.

The accommodating part 110 of the drawer 100 can be divided into a left compartment and a right compartment by the frame 11, and the ice making unit 20 is disposed in the left compartment, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the accommodating portion of the drawer may be divided into a front compartment and a rear compartment, and the ice making unit may be disposed in one of the front compartment or the rear compartment. In addition, the frame 11 further includes a partition 12 embedded on the top of the frame 11 , and the partition 12 makes the above-mentioned right side compartment form another sealed space.

In the present invention, the side of the refrigerator close to the user is defined as "front" (including the front side, front end, etc.), and the side away from the user is "rear" (including the rear side, rear end, etc.); The one on the left hand side is "left" (including the left side, left end, etc.), and the one on the user's right hand side is "right" (including the right side, right end, etc.).

1 and 2, the bracket 21 provides a closed space to accommodate the ice storage box 22, the ice cubes contained in the ice storage box 22 can be separated from other compartments in the storage space 110, and the ice cubes are not easy to be separated from other compartments. Intermittent storage is contaminated by cross contact.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the left side wall of the drawer 100 is not shown for the sake of illustration. In essence, the drawer side wall 112 of the drawer 100 includes a front side wall, a rear side wall, a left side wall and a right side wall. , wherein, the front side wall can be combined with the door panel of the refrigerator, the rear side wall is close to the inner container of the refrigerator, and the left side wall and the right side wall are respectively slidably connected with the left side and the right side of the inner container of the refrigerator through sliding parts. Or the above-mentioned door panel is closed, and the drawer 100 is pulled out or pushed into the inner container of the refrigerator. Of course, when the front side wall of the drawer 100 is not combined with the door panel of the refrigerator, the front side wall can also be directly pushed and pulled so that the drawer 100 is pulled out or pushed into the inner container of the refrigerator.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Figure 2 after removing the first side wall on the left side of the bracket; Figure 4 is an enlarged schematic diagram of the A1 area in Figure 3; Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Figure 2 with part of the bracket and ice storage box removed Figure 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the A2 area in Figure 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the drawer pulled out to the second position in Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in Fig. 7 after removing the first side wall of the bracket; Fig. 9 is an enlarged schematic diagram of the A3 area in Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the drawer after removing part of the bracket and the ice storage box; Figure 11 is an enlarged schematic diagram of the area A4 in Figure 10 .

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , when the drawer 100 is pulled out to the first position, the ice storage bin 22 remains closed and will not be opened. That is, in the first stroke stage of the drawer 100 , the drawer 100 is pulled open, and the ice storage box 22 is closed on the bracket 21 , at this time, the user can take and place the stored items in the drawer 100 . Since the ice storage box 22 is closed on the bracket 21 , the picking and placing operation of the storage will not affect the ice cubes in the ice storage box 22 .

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7 , when the drawer 100 is pulled out to the second position (or in other words, when it is pulled out beyond the first position), the ice storage box 22 is pulled from the bracket 21 as the drawer 100 moves. out. That is, in the second stroke stage of the drawer 100, the drawer 100 is continuously pulled open, and the ice storage box 22 is pulled out from the support 21 along with the movement of the drawer 100. At this time, the user can access the ice in the ice storage box. piece. After the ice is taken out, when the ice storage box 22 needs to be closed, the ice storage box 22 can be manually pushed into the bracket 21, or the drawer 100 can be pushed into the inner container of the refrigerator. When the drawer 100 is pushed to the first position, the drawer The front side wall 112 of the drawer 100 pushes against the front side wall 222 of the ice storage box 22 , and the drawer 100 continues to be pushed, which drives the ice storage box 22 to be pushed into the bracket 21 . Among them, the way that the ice storage box 22 is opened by the drawer 100 saves the operation of opening the ice storage box 22 separately after the user pulls out the drawer 100, which enhances the convenience of taking ice and improves the user experience.

In this embodiment, the second position is closer to the user than the first position.

In order to realize the asynchronous opening of the drawer 100 and the ice storage box 22, a first stopper 1110 is provided on the drawer bottom plate 111 of the drawer 100, a second stopper 50 is provided at the bottom of the ice storage box 22, and the drawer 100 is pulled out. In the first position, the front side 1111 of the first stopper 1110 abuts against the second stopper 50; the drawer 100 is continuously pulled out and moves toward the second position beyond the first position, and the front side of the first stopper 1110 1111 pushes against the second stopper 50 , so that the ice storage box 22 is pulled out from the bracket 21 .

As shown in FIG. 5 , FIG. 6 , FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 , the first stop member 1110 is, for example, a protrusion protruding upward from the drawer bottom plate 111 . There is a highest position 1113 between the front side 1111 and the rear side 1112 of the first stopper 1110 . Thus, the front side 1111 comprises a first slope which gradually slopes upwards towards the highest position 1113 and the rear side 1112 comprises a second slope which gradually slopes downwards towards the highest position 1113 . That is, the inclination directions of the first slope and the second slope are opposite. Wherein, when the drawer 100 is opened to the first position and the second position, the second stopper 50 abuts against the first slope of the front side 1111 of the first stopper 1110 .

In order to ensure that the user can smoothly access the storage in the compartment on the right side of the drawer 100 when in the first position, a second position is set along the length of 1/2 to 2/3 of the longitudinal side (short side) of the bottom plate 111. A stopper 1110. Wherein, when the first stopper 1110 is located at the position of 1/2 length of the longitudinal side, the distance from the first stopper 1110 to the front side wall and the rear sidewall of the drawer 100 is approximately equal; When the piece 1110 is located at the position of 2/3 length of the longitudinal side, the distance from the first stopper 1110 to the front side wall of the drawer 100 is 2/3 of the length of the longitudinal side, and the distance between the first stopper 1110 and the drawer 100 is The distance of the rear side wall is 1/3 of the length of the longitudinal side. In a nutshell, the first stopper 1110 can be arranged on the longitudinal side (short side) of the bottom plate 111 in the second half region close to the rear wall of the refrigerator liner, so as to ensure that the drawer 100 can be pulled out as far as possible without being brought out. Ice storage box 22, to provide sufficient fetching space.

The second stopper 50 is disposed at the bottom of the ice storage box 22 , and the lower part of the second stopper 50 protrudes from the bottom plate 223 of the ice storage box 22 . Preferably, the lower part of the second stopper 50 also protrudes from the bottom plate 213 of the bracket 21 . The support bottom plate 213 is located below the bottom plate 223 of the ice storage box. In addition, the second stopper 50 is located at the front end of the bottom plate 223 of the ice storage box.

An extension part 224 extends from the front side wall 222 of the ice storage box 22, and the space between the extension part 224 and the front side wall 222 of the ice storage box 22 forms an engaging groove 225, and the upper part of the second stopper 50 engages in the engaging groove 225 . Wherein, the extension portion 224 is substantially T-shaped or L-shaped. The extension part 224 is located inside the front side wall 222 of the ice storage box 22, but not limited thereto.

The bottom of the engaging groove 225 has an open end, and the lower part of the second stopper 50 protrudes from the bottom plate 223 of the ice storage box through the open end. In addition, the second stop member 50 also includes a hook 53, the hook 53 is adapted to the engaging hole in the engaging groove 225, and the hook 53 is engaged in the engaging hole, so that the second stop member 50 is engaged with the engaging hole. In the groove 225.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 11 , a first elastic member 60 is provided between the upper portion 52 of the second stop member 50 and the extension portion 224 , and the opposite ends of the first elastic member 60 elastically abut against the extension portion 224 and the second extension portion 224 respectively. The upper part 52 of the stopper 50 and the lower part of the second stopper 50 are always in contact with the bottom plate 111 of the drawer. In other words, the first elastic member 60 provides an elastic force to elastically press the lower part of the second stop member 50 against the bottom plate 111 of the drawer. The second stopper 50 is elastically pressed against the bottom plate 111 of the drawer, which can effectively prevent the device from being damaged due to the hard interference between the bottom plate 111 of the drawer and the bottom plate 223 of the ice storage box when the drawer 100 is pulled out or pushed in. , while also increasing the tolerance capability of the drawer 100 and the ice making unit 20 due to manufacturing and assembling errors.

In this embodiment, the first elastic member 60 is, for example, a spring. In addition, the upper part 52 and the extension part 224 of the second stopper 50 can be respectively provided with positioning posts, and the two ends of the first elastic member 60 are sleeved on the positioning posts respectively, so as to facilitate the assembly of the first elastic member 60 .

Continuing to refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 11 , during the drawer 100 is opened and pushed in, in order to reduce the noise caused by interference between the second stopper 50 and the drawer bottom 111 , a roller 51 is also provided at the bottom of the second stopper 50 , preferably, the rollers 51 are disposed on the left and right sides of the bottom of the second stop member 50 . When the drawer 100 is opened and pushed in, the roller 51 rolls relative to the front side 1111 of the first stopper 1110 of the drawer bottom plate 111, reducing the wear caused by the interference contact between the lower part of the second stopper 50 and the drawer bottom plate 111 with noise. Preferably, the roller 51 is a silicon rubber roller.

In addition, the second stopper 50 adopts the combination design of the first elastic member 60 and the roller 51. When the drawer 100 is opened to the first position, and the drawer 100 is continued to be opened and passed the first position, the ice storage box 22 is driven from the bracket. 21, the friction between the second stopper 50 and the drawer bottom 111 can be significantly reduced. Therefore, the lower part of the second stopper 50 can always be drawn by the front side 1111 of the first stopper 1110. The stopper will not go over the highest position 1113 of the first stopper 1110 , and the ice storage box 22 will not be pulled out by the drawer 100 .

As shown in Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 8 and Figure 9, pulleys and slide rails are arranged between the ice storage box 22 and the bracket 21 to further reduce the sliding friction when the ice storage box 22 is pulled out and pushed into the bracket 21 resistance, making the pulling and pushing process smoother.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 , the bracket 21 includes a bracket bottom plate 213 and a first vertical wall, the first vertical wall extends upward from the periphery of the bracket bottom plate 213, and the first vertical wall includes a bracket rear side wall 212 and an opposite first side. The inner side of the wall 211 and the first side wall 211 is provided with a first guide rail, and the first guide rail includes an upper rail 31 and a lower rail 32 , and a slide groove 33 between the upper and lower rails.

The ice storage box 22 includes an ice storage box bottom plate 223 and a second vertical wall. The second vertical wall extends upward from the periphery of the ice storage box bottom plate 223. The second vertical wall includes the ice storage box rear and front side walls 222 and the opposite second vertical wall. The side wall 221 and the outer side of the second side wall 221 are provided with a first pulley 41, and the first pulley 41 is located at the rear end of the second side wall 221, corresponding to the rear end of the first track.

As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 11, the ice storage box 22 is closed on the bracket 21, and the first pulley 41 is accommodated at the rear end of the chute 33; the ice storage box 22 is pulled out from the bracket 21, and the first pulley 41 is along the The chute 33 slides to the front end. Wherein, in order to prevent the ice storage box 22 from falling out of the bracket 21 due to external force when the ice storage box 22 is closed on the bracket 21, the rear section of the lower guide rail 32 is provided with an inclined surface 321, and the inclined surface 321 is inclined downward toward the rear end of the lower guide rail 32. .

In addition, when the ice storage box 22 is pushed into the bracket 21, the inclined surface 321 guides the first pulley 41 to move toward the rear end of the chute 33, and the weight of the ice storage box 22 is used to realize the gravity after the ice storage box 22 is pushed in. Self-locking to improve user experience.

Further, the front end of the lower guide rail 32 is provided with a second pulley 34, and the second pulley 34 is pivotally connected to the inner side of the first side wall 211; corresponding to the second pulley 34, a second guide rail is provided outside the second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 22 42 ; wherein, the second guide rail 42 is located in the chute 32 , and the first pulley 41 is located at the rear end of the second guide rail 42 .

During the sliding process of the first pulley 41 in the chute 33 on the second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 22, the second pulley 34 slides along the second guide rail 42 at the same time, so as to better lift the ice storage box 22 out or Push into the smoothness of sliding in the bracket 21.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the front end of the second guide rail 42 is provided with an inclined surface 421 extending obliquely upward. A pulley 41 falls onto the slope 321 at the rear end of the lower guide rail 32 to cause the second roller 34 to lift the front end of the second guide rail 42 .

In this embodiment, a pair of first sidewalls 211 corresponds to a pair of second sidewalls 221 one by one, and the inner side of the first sidewall 211 is adjacent to the outer side of the second sidewall 221 . The upper rail 31 and the lower rail 32 extend from the inner side of the first side wall 211 toward the outer side of the second side wall 221; the second guide rail 42 extends from the outer side of the second side wall 221 toward the inner side of the first side wall 211, and is located on the upper rail 31 In the chute 33 between the lower rail 32.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the second roller can also be arranged at the front end of the upper rail or other positions.

As can be seen from the above, in the drawer 100 of the refrigerator in the first embodiment of the present invention, the ice making unit 20 is accommodated in at least one of the compartments of the drawer 100, and the bracket 21 of the ice making unit 20 provides a relatively sealed space , the ice storage box 22 is accommodated in the relatively sealed space, preventing other compartments in the drawer 100 from polluting the ice cubes in the ice storage box 22 . In addition, within a certain stroke range, the drawer 100 is pulled out or pushed into the refrigerator without being synchronized with the pull out or push into the bracket 21 of the ice storage box 22. At the same time, it overcomes the problem that the existing drawers and the ice storage box are pulled apart or pushed in synchronously, causing the ice cubes in the ice storage box to stick together.

Specifically, when the drawer 100 of the refrigerator in the first embodiment of the present invention is pulled to the first position (the position shown in FIG. 2 ), the protruding first stopper 1110 on the bottom plate 111 of the drawer and the ice storage box 22 The second stopper 50 protruding from the bottom abuts against each other; continue to pull out the drawer 100 and make it cross the first position to the second position (position shown in Figure 7), the second position is the maximum open position, the first stop The piece 1110 pushes against the second stopper 50, the drawer 100 drives the first pulley 41 on the ice storage box 22 to slide along the chute 33 in the bracket 21, and the ice storage box 22 is pulled apart.

When closing the ice storage box 22, the user can manually push the front side wall 222 of the ice storage box 22 to push the ice storage box 22 into the bracket 21 alone; or, the user can push the drawer 100 into the refrigerator, and the drawer The drawer side wall 112 on the front side of 100 pushes the ice bank 22 into the bracket 21 .

As a specific embodiment, the bracket 21 is also provided with the air inlet and return air outlet of the ice maker 24, and the silver-loaded activated carbon block 23 is arranged on it to filter the cold air, purify the ice making and ice storage environment on the cooling air path, and further improve the The cleanliness of the ice cubes.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention after removing part of the drawers and brackets; Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention in a touching position; Fig. 14 is the schematic diagram of Fig. 13 Figure 15A and Figure 15B are enlarged schematic views of B1 area and B2 area in Figure 14 respectively; Figure 16 is a schematic view of the drawer of the refrigerator in the second embodiment of the present invention in the opened position ; FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of the drawer in FIG. 16 after removing part of the drawers and brackets; FIG. 18 is an enlarged schematic diagram of the B3 area in FIG. 17 .

The same reference numerals in FIGS. 12 to 18 as those in FIGS. 1 to 11 belong to the same components and have similar structures and functions. Please refer to the descriptions in FIGS. 1 to 11 , and will not repeat them here.

As shown in Figures 12 to 18, the second embodiment of the present invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator has a drawer 200. The difference between the drawer 200 and the drawer 100 is that the ice storage box 22 of the ice making unit 20 in the drawer 200 is drawn 200 is triggered, and can be automatically ejected or automatically pulled out from the bracket 21.

Taking the left compartment where the drawer 100 is set in the ice making unit 20 as an example, the cross-sectional views in FIGS. Popup structures, but not limited to. The pop-up structure may be disposed between the bracket 21 and any corresponding first side wall 211 and second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 22 .

The pop-up structure is disposed between the ice storage box 22 and the bracket 21 , and can be triggered by the protruding first stopper 1110 on the drawer bottom 111 of the drawer 200 against the protruding second stopper 50 at the bottom of the ice storage box 22 . After the ejection structure is triggered, the ice storage box 22 is automatically ejected from the bracket 21 . Preferably, the pop-up structure is disposed between the second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 22 and the first side wall 211 of the bracket 21 , wherein the second side wall 221 is adjacent to the first side wall 211 .

The pop-up structure includes a touch protrusion 201, a sliding lever 202, a second elastic member 203 and a restraint groove 2041; wherein, the touch protrusion 201 is arranged at the rear end of the second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 20, and it starts from the second The outer side of the side wall 221 protrudes; the restraining groove 2041 is arranged on the outer side of the first side wall 211; the sliding lever 202 is pivotably arranged between the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221, and the upper part of the sliding lever 202 includes a slot 2021, the rear end of the sliding lever 202 includes a hanging ear 2022, the ice storage box 20 is closed on the bracket 21, the hanging ear 2022 is embedded in the restraining groove 2041; the ice storage box 20 pops out from the bracket 21, and the touch protrusion 201 is inserted into the plug In the slot 2021 ; the rear end of the second elastic member 203 passes through the fixing hole 2023 at the bottom of the sliding lever 202 , and the front end of the second elastic member 203 is fixed on the first side wall 211 . Preferably, the front end of the second elastic member 203 is disposed close to the front end of the first side wall 211 .

In this embodiment, the inner side of the first side wall 211 of the bracket 21 is opposite to the outer side of the second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 22 .

As shown in Figure 12, the drawer 200 is closed in the inner container of the refrigerator, the ice storage box 11 is closed in the bracket 21, and the touch protrusion 201 is adjacent to the sliding lever 202. At this time, the hanging ear part 2022 of the sliding lever 202 Embedded in the constraint groove 2041 , and the second elastic member 203 is stretched by the sliding lever 202 .

When the drawer 200 is pulled open to the first opened position, the front side 1111 of the first stopper 1110 on the bottom plate 111 of the drawer 200 and the second stopper 50 at the bottom of the ice storage box 22 abut against each other. At this time, the ice storage box 22 is not triggered and is closed on the support 21 at will. Wherein, when the drawer 200 is in the first opened position, the drawer 200 is nearly completely pulled out from the inner container of the refrigerator. Compared with the drawer 100, a larger access space can be provided without opening the ice storage box. The right side compartment of the drawer 200 is convenient for the user to access storage items.

In this embodiment, the first stopper 1110 on the drawer bottom plate 111 of the drawer 200 is arranged at a position about 4/5 of the length of the longitudinal side (short side) of the drawer bottom plate 111 . When the first stopper 1110 is located at about 4/5 of the length of the longitudinal side, the distance from the first stopper 1110 to the front side wall of the drawer 200 is greater than or equal to 4/5 of the length of the longitudinal side, and the first stop The distance from the stopper 1110 to the rear side wall of the drawer 200 is less than or equal to 1/5 of the length of the longitudinal side.

As shown in FIGS. 13 to 15B , continue to pull out the drawer 200 to pass the first open position, and the front side 1111 of the first stopper 1110 on the bottom plate 111 of the drawer pushes against the second stop at the bottom of the ice storage box 22 . The stopper 50 and the second stopper 50 drive the first pulley 41 of the ice storage box 22 to slide forward in the chute 33 of the first guide rail of the bracket 21. At this time, the second side wall 221 of the ice storage box 20 The extended end 2011 of the touch protrusion 201 on the upper body collides with the front groove wall of the slot 2021 of the sliding lever 202, or in other words, the extended end 2011 of the touch protrusion 201 is stopped by the front groove wall of the slot 2021 of the sliding lever 202 At this time, the sliding lever 202 pivots between the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221, the lug 2022 turns out from the restraining groove 2041, the slot 2021 turns toward the extension end 2011, and makes the extension end 2011 Insert into slot 2021.

Wherein, after the hanging ear portion 2022 is rotated out of the restraining groove 2041 , the second elastic member 203 in the extended state contracts and provides a contraction force to accelerate the rotation of the slot 2021 of the sliding lever 202 toward the extension portion 2011 .

As shown in FIGS. 16 to 18 , the stretched second elastic member 203 contracts to provide a contraction force, and the contraction force makes the sliding lever 202 fixedly connected to it slide forward between the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221 , Since the slot of the sliding lever 202 is engaged with the extension 2011 of the touch protrusion 201, the touch protrusion 201 slides forward together with the slide lever 202, and the ice storage box 22 is raised along with the touch protrusion. 201 slide together and pop out from the bracket 21. Wherein, when the ice storage box 22 is ejected from the support 21 , the first pulley 41 on the ice storage box 22 slides in the slide groove 33 of the support 21 .

As shown in Fig. 12, Fig. 15B and Fig. 18, in order to restrict the sliding of the sliding lever 202 between the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221, the pop-up structure further includes a restraint 204, and the restraint 204 can be provided with a first side The inner side of the wall 211. Preferably, the constraint member 204 can be integrally formed on the inner side of the first side wall 211 and extend toward the second side wall 221 .

The sliding lever 202 is located between the constraint member 204 and the first side wall 211 , the constraint groove 2041 may be located at the rear end of the constraint member 204 , and the rear end of the constraint member 204 is close to the rear end of the first side wall 211 of the bracket 21 . The front end 2042 of the constraint member 204 is fixedly connected to the front end of the second elastic member 203 , and the front end 2042 of the constraint member 204 is close to the front end of the first side wall 211 of the bracket 21 .

The constraint member 204 further includes a sliding portion 2043 along which the sliding lever 202 slides, so that the sliding lever 202 slides smoothly.

Further, the constraint member 204 is further provided with a guide groove 2044, which is a long slot and located on the upper side of the sliding part 2043, but not limited thereto. The extending direction of the guiding groove 2044 is parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding lever 202 .

A pivot shaft (not shown) of the sliding lever 202 can be inserted into the guide slot 2044 , and when the slide lever 202 slides, the pivot shaft slides along the guide slot 2044 .

In this embodiment, the sliding lever 202 is located between the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221 , and can pivot between the first side wall 211 and the second side wall 221 . As a preferred implementation manner, the pivot shaft of the sliding lever 202 is pivotally connected to the first side wall 211 and/or the restraining member 204 to pivot. It should be noted that, in order to avoid opening a pivot hole on the first side wall 211 and the sliding path communicating with the pivot hole from destroying the sealing degree of the bracket 21, in a preferred embodiment, the pivot shaft of the sliding lever 202 is connected to the restraining member 204 The guide groove 2044 is assembled, that is, the sliding lever 202 is pivotally connected with the restraint 204, wherein the pivot shaft of the sliding lever 202 can pivot in the guide groove 2044, and when the sliding lever 202 slides, the pivot axis can be along the guide groove 2044 slide.

In addition, the guide groove 2044 communicates with the constraint groove 2041 .

The restraining member 204 also includes a stop block 205, which is arranged at the front end of the sliding part 2043. The sliding lever 202 slides along the sliding part 2043 and is stopped by the stop block 205 to stop sliding. The second elastic member 203 shrinks from the stretched state to the free state. At this time, the ice storage box 22 is driven by the sliding lever 202 and the second elastic member 203 to eject from the bracket 21 (as shown in FIGS. 16 to 18 ).

In this embodiment, the stop block 205 is located in the middle of the restriction member 204 near the front end, that is, the distance from the stop block 205 to the front end of the restriction member 204 is smaller than the area from the stop block 205 to the rear end of the restriction member 204 . Of course, the position of the stop block 205 can be set according to the elastic force provided by the second elastic member 203 and the ejection distance of the ice storage box 22 . Preferably, the second elastic member 203 is a tension spring.

It can be seen from the above that in the drawer 200, after the first stopper 1110 on the bottom plate 111 of the drawer and the second stopper 50 at the bottom of the ice storage bin 22 abut against each other, the first stopper 1110 pushes the drawer 200 lightly. Butt against the second stopper 50 to trigger the pop-up structure, the extended end 2011 of the touch bump 201 is stopped by the front side wall of the slot 2021 of the sliding lever 202, the sliding lever 202 pivots, and the hanging ear portion 2022 at the rear end of the sliding lever 202 moves from The constraint slot 204 turns out, and the slot 2021 turns to the extension section 2011 and engages with each other. The second elastic member 203 contracts from the stretched state to the free state to provide contraction force, so that the sliding lever 202 is pushed along the sliding portion 2043 of the constraint member 204. and the guide groove 2044 slide forward, the first pulley 41 on the ice storage box 22 slides forward along the chute 33 of the bracket 21, and the ice storage box 22 pops out from the bracket 21 automatically.

Compared with the structure in which the ice storage box 20 of the drawer 100 is pulled out from the bracket 21 by pulling the drawer 100, after the drawer 200 is pulled out, when it is necessary to take ice, the ice storage box 22 and the bracket are triggered by lightly pulling the drawer 200. The pop-up structure between 21, the pop-up structure makes the ice storage box 22 automatically pop up from the bracket 21 to facilitate ice extraction, omits the user's manual operation of pulling out the ice storage box 22, and simplifies the ice extraction operation.

In addition, it should be noted that the drawer 200 is not limited to trigger the pop-up structure by pulling the drawer 200 beyond the first open position. In other embodiments of the present invention, the user can also trigger the pop-up structure by lightly pulling the front side wall of the ice storage box, so that the ice storage box pops up from the bracket, so as to omit the user's operation of manually pulling out the ice storage box. Simplifies the operation of taking ice.

After the ice extraction operation is completed, the ice storage box 22 in the drawer 200 can be closed in the bracket 21 by pushing the drawer side wall 112 on the front side of the drawer 200, or can be closed by directly pushing the front side wall 222 of the ice storage box 22. in bracket 21. The ice storage box 22 is pushed into the bracket 21, the extension end 2011 of the touch protrusion 201 withdraws from the slot 2021 of the sliding lever 202, the extension end 2011 acts on the rear groove wall of the slot 2011, and the sliding lever 202 faces the constraint groove 2041 pivots, and the hanging ear portion 2022 snaps into the restraining groove 2041 , and the ice storage box 22 is closed in the bracket 21 .

To sum up, the present invention provides a refrigerator, which includes a drawer, and the accommodating space inside the drawer includes a plurality of compartments, and the ice making unit is accommodated in one of the plurality of compartments, and the ice storage box in the ice making unit can be Pull out and push into the bracket, by setting the first stopper on the bottom plate of the drawer and the second stopper at the bottom of the ice storage box, within a certain stroke range when the drawer is pulled out, the drawer and the ice storage box will not be separated. Synchronization is on. In addition, when the drawer is pulled out beyond a certain stroke range, the ice storage box is pulled out or ejected from the bracket. The above-mentioned drawer in the present invention satisfies the user's free access to the storage in the drawer, and at the same time overcomes the problem that the existing drawer and the ice storage box are pulled apart or pushed in synchronously, causing the ice cubes in the ice storage box to stick together .

Certainly, the present invention also can have other multiple embodiments, without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make various corresponding changes and deformations according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes All changes and modifications should belong to the scope of protection of the appended claims of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. A refrigerator having a drawer which can be pushed into or pulled out of a compartment of the refrigerator, the drawer comprising a drawer base and drawer side walls which extend upwardly around the periphery of the drawer base to form receptacles,

the receptacle is divided into a plurality of compartments;

the ice making unit is accommodated in one of the compartments and comprises a bracket and an ice storage box, the bracket is fixed in the liner of the refrigerator, the ice storage box is accommodated in the bracket, and the ice storage box can be pushed into or pulled out of the bracket; and

the pop-up structure is arranged between the first side wall of the bracket and the second side wall of the ice storage box, and the first side wall is adjacent to the second side wall;

the pop-up structure comprises a touch lug, a sliding lever, a second elastic piece and a constraint groove, wherein the touch lug is arranged on the second side wall, a lug part of the sliding lever is clamped in the constraint groove, and the second elastic piece is stretched to be in a stretching state; the rear end of the second elastic piece is connected with the sliding lever, the front end of the second elastic piece is connected with the first side wall,

the drawer is pulled out or pushed into the inner container of the refrigerator, and when the drawer is pulled out to a first open position, the ice storage box maintains a closed state; pulling the drawer to cross the first open position or slightly pulling the front side wall of the ice storage box to trigger the ejection structure, so that the ice storage box is ejected from the bracket.

2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a restriction member disposed at an inner side of the first sidewall, wherein the sliding lever is pivotally connected to a rear end of the restriction member and is slidable along the restriction member, and wherein the inner side of the first sidewall faces the second sidewall.

3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sliding lever further comprises an insertion groove.

4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the ice bank is pulled out of the bracket, an extending end of the touch protrusion is stopped by a front wall of the slot, the sliding lever rotates toward the touch protrusion, the hanging ear is disengaged from the restraining slot, the extending end is inserted into the slot, and the second elastic member enters a free state from the extended state to provide a contraction force to slide the sliding lever between the first side wall and the second side wall.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the restrainer includes a sliding portion along which the slide lever slides.

6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein the restraint further comprises a stop block provided at a front end of the sliding portion.

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the restriction member further comprises a guide groove, the pivot shaft of the slide lever is pivoted to a rear end of the guide groove, and the pivot shaft is slidable in the guide groove.

8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the guide groove is an elongated groove.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the front end of the restriction member is located at the first sidewall, and the front end of the second elastic member is connected to the front end of the restriction member.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first stopper is provided on the drawer bottom, and a second stopper is provided at the bottom of the ice bank, the second stopper protruding from the bottom; when the drawer is pulled out to the first opening position, the front side of the first stop piece and the second stop piece are abutted against each other.

11. The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein the drawer is further pulled out beyond the first open position, the front side of the first stopper pushes against the second stopper to pull the ice bank out of the shelf, the pop-up structure is triggered, the sliding lever rotates to engage with the touch protrusion, and the second elastic member contracts to pop the ice bank out of the shelf.

12. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second elastic member is a tension spring.

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