CN118687294A - Regulating devices and embedded refrigeration equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an adjustment device and an embedded refrigeration device, wherein the adjustment component comprises a seat body connected to a hinge component, a sliding member slidably connected to the seat body, and an adjustment rod connected to the seat body and the sliding member, wherein the seat body has a pair of slide grooves arranged opposite to each other in the front-back direction, each of the slide grooves is inclined in a direction at a certain angle to the horizontal plane, and the sliding member has a slide rail slidably received in the corresponding slide groove, and the slide rail slides along the slide groove driven by the adjustment rod to adjust the overall lateral width of the adjustment device. The adjustment component and the embedded refrigeration device of the present invention are simple and convenient to adjust and have a large adjustment range.

Description

Regulating devices and embedded refrigeration equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to an adjusting device and an embedded refrigeration device.

Background Art

Among the existing refrigeration equipment, the appearance of the refrigeration equipment is one of the dominant factors that consumers consider when purchasing. Embedded refrigeration equipment can integrate the refrigeration equipment with the environment in which the refrigeration equipment is placed. After the refrigeration equipment is placed, it can be consistent with the decoration style of the house, thereby enhancing the beauty of the refrigeration equipment after installation.

Generally speaking, embedded refrigeration equipment is first lifted and placed in the cabinet, and then the cabinet is fixed on the cabinet after adjusting the design position. However, a common problem encountered during after-sales installation is that the opening size of the cabinet in the user's home is not very accurate, which usually leads to a large gap between the embedded refrigeration equipment and the cabinet. Traditional hinge gaskets use plastic sheets to expand or overlap to adjust the gap. The adjustable gap can only be an integer value such as 1mm, 2mm, and the adjustment range is relatively small. The operation of overlapping gaskets is also inconvenient.

In view of this, it is necessary to improve the existing adjustment components and embedded refrigeration equipment to solve the above problems.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an adjustment component and an embedded refrigeration device which are easy to operate and can adjust the gap in a wide range.

To achieve the above-mentioned purpose of the invention, the present invention provides an adjustment device, including a base body connected to a hinge assembly, a sliding member slidably connected to the base body, and an adjustment rod connected to the base body and the sliding member, the base body having a pair of sliding grooves relatively arranged along the front-to-back direction, each of the sliding grooves being inclined in a direction at a certain angle to the horizontal plane, the sliding member having a sliding rail slidably accommodated in the corresponding sliding groove, and the sliding rail slides along the sliding groove driven by the adjustment rod to adjust the overall lateral width of the adjustment device.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the seat body further comprises a guide surface which is arranged parallel to the slide rail and located on the upper side of the slide rail, and the sliding member is supported by the guide surface and can slide along the guide surface.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the seat body has front and rear walls that are opposite and spaced apart in the front-to-back direction and side walls connecting the front and rear walls, the side walls and the side end surfaces are located on opposite sides of the seat body in the transverse direction, and the sliding member is accommodated in an installation cavity formed by the front, rear walls and the side walls.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the adjusting rod has an external thread formed on its outer surface, and the sliding member has an internal thread matched with the external thread.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the sliding member has a receiving groove that penetrates it along the height direction for the adjusting rod to be inserted, the receiving groove is provided with the internal thread, the seat body has a receiving groove located at the lower side of the installation cavity and connected with the installation cavity, and the receiving groove is connected with the receiving groove for the adjusting rod to be inserted successively.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the sliding member includes a slider and a connecting member embedded in the slider, the connecting member has a cavity penetrating the slider in a height direction, and the internal thread is arranged on an inner wall surface of the cavity formed by the connecting member.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the sliding member has a base and a protruding portion located on the lower side of the base, a pair of sliding rails are relatively arranged on both sides of the protruding portion, the mounting cavity includes a first and a second mounting cavity which are arranged in sequence and connected along the height direction, the protruding portion is accommodated in the first mounting cavity, the base is accommodated in the second mounting cavity, and the pair of sliding grooves are relatively arranged on the front and rear sides of the first mounting cavity and are connected to the first mounting cavity.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the base body also has a mounting hole penetrating therethrough in a transverse direction and a pair of snap arms relatively arranged on its front and rear sides, the snap arms being used to lock with the hinge assembly, and the adjusting device also has a fastener, the fastener being inserted into the mounting hole to fix the adjusting device to the hinge assembly and the external cabinet.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the adjusting rod includes a main body, an operating part and a head part which are relatively arranged on both sides of the main body in the height direction, and the head part has a groove which is recessed inward along the radial direction from its outer peripheral surface, and the groove always protrudes from the upper side of the sliding member, and the adjusting device also has a stopper which is accommodated and limited in the groove.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the invention, the present invention further provides an embedded refrigeration device, which includes the above-mentioned adjustment device and a hinge assembly connected to the adjustment device.

The beneficial effects of the present invention: the adjustment component and the embedded refrigeration device of the present invention realize the displacement of the sliding part in the lateral direction by rotating the adjustment rod and the inclined slide rail, thereby changing the overall thickness of the adjustment component in the lateral direction, and then adjusting the gap between the embedded refrigeration device and the cabinet, and making the adjustable range of the thickness of the adjustment component in the lateral direction larger to adapt to the cabinet with an overly large opening size, and at the same time the adjustment operation is simple and convenient.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the embedded refrigeration device of the present invention installed in a cabinet.

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic diagram of the embedded refrigeration device shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a partial view of the embedded refrigeration device shown in FIG. 1 after being installed in a cabinet, so as to show the installation position of the adjustment device.

4 to 6 are schematic diagrams showing the combination of the adjustment device and the hinge assembly of the embedded refrigeration device shown in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 7 is a side view of the adjustment device shown in FIG. 4 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the adjusting device shown in FIG. 7 .

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the adjusting device shown in FIG. 7 .

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the adjustment device shown in FIG. 9 in an initial state.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the adjustment device shown in FIG. 9 in an adjustment state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments do not limit the present invention, and any structural, methodological, or functional changes made by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms used herein, such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", etc., which indicate relative positions in space, are used for the purpose of convenience to describe the relationship between one feature and another feature as shown in the drawings. It is understood that, depending on the placement of the product, the terms of relative positions in space may be intended to include different orientations in addition to the orientation shown in the drawings, and should not be construed as limitations on the claims. In addition, the descriptor "horizontal" used herein is not completely equivalent to being perpendicular to the direction of gravity, and a certain angle of inclination is allowed.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 11 which are schematic diagrams of an adjustment component 100 and an embedded refrigeration device 1000 of the present invention. The embedded refrigeration device includes the adjustment component 100 and a hinge component 200 connected to the adjustment component 100 .

As shown in Figures 1 and 3, it is a schematic diagram of the adjustment component 100 and the embedded refrigeration device 1000 installed in the cabinet 2000. The adjustment component 100 is fixed to one side of the hinge component 200 of the embedded refrigeration device in the horizontal direction, and is clamped between the hinge component 200 and the cabinet to adjust the gap between the embedded refrigeration device 1000 and the cabinet 2000.

Please refer to Figures 1 to 8, the adjustment component 100 includes a base body 1 connected to the hinge component 200, a sliding member 2 slidably connected to the base body 1, and an adjustment rod 3 connecting the base body 1 and the sliding member 2. The adjustment rod 3 is connected to the sliding member 2 by a thread. The adjustment rod 3 rotates and drives the sliding member 2 to translate to adjust the distance between the side end surface 201 of the sliding member 2 and the side end surface 101 of the base body 1 in the transverse direction, so that the overall width of the adjustment component 100 in the transverse direction can be changed with any value as the target, thereby adjusting the gap between the embedded refrigeration device 1000 and the cabinet.

The seat body 1 has a receiving groove 12 formed through it in the height direction to accommodate the adjusting rod 3. The width of the receiving groove 12 in the transverse direction is greater than the outer diameter of the adjusting rod 3 so that the adjusting rod 3 can move transversely in the receiving groove 12.

The seat body 1 has an inclined guide surface 13, the sliding member 2 is supported by the guide surface 13 and can slide along the guide surface 13, the sliding member 2 has a matching surface 203 that matches the guide surface 13, and the sliding member 2 is driven by the adjusting rod 3 so that its matching surface 203 slides along the guide surface 13.

In addition, the seat body 1 has front and rear walls 141, 142 that are opposite to each other and spaced apart in the front-to-back direction, and a side wall 143 that connects the front and rear walls 141, 142. The side wall 143 and the side end surface 101 are located on opposite sides of the seat body 1 in the transverse direction. The front and rear walls 141, 142 and the side walls surround and form an installation cavity 140. The installation cavity 140 is located above the accommodating groove 12 and is connected thereto. The accommodating groove 12 and the installation cavity 140 are separated by the guide surface 13, and the sliding member 2 is accommodated in the installation cavity 140.

The guide surface 13 is a plane set at an angle to the horizontal plane, and the side wall 143 is provided with a stop surface 1431 that defines the installation cavity 140, that is, the stop surface 1431 is the side of the side wall 143 that is closer to the side end surface 101 of the seat body 1 in the lateral direction (also called the right side surface), and the angle between the guide surface 13 and the stop surface 1431 is an obtuse angle.

In the present invention, the adjusting rod 3 has an external thread (not shown) formed on the outer surface thereof, and the sliding member 2 has an internal thread (not shown) matched with the external thread.

The sliding member 2 has a receiving groove 202 that penetrates it along the height direction for the adjusting rod 3 to be inserted. The receiving groove 202 is provided with the internal thread. The receiving groove 202 is located on the upper side of the receiving groove 12 and is connected to the receiving groove 12 for the adjusting rod 3 to be inserted in sequence.

The sliding member 2 includes a slider 21 and a connecting member 23 embedded in the slider 21, and the internal thread is formed on the connecting member 23. Further, the connecting member 23 has a cavity 231 (as shown in FIG. 9 ) penetrating the connecting member 23 in the height direction, and the internal thread is arranged on the inner wall surface of the cavity 231 formed by the connecting member 23. In other embodiments of the present invention, the internal thread can also be directly formed in the slider 21 without providing a connecting member.

In addition, the slider 21 is made of plastic material and has a pair of anti-shrinkage grooves 213 formed by being recessed downward from the top thereof to prevent the slider 21 from shrinking due to its large thickness during the molding process.

The base body 1 has a fixed structure for cooperating with the hinge assembly 200, and a positioning column 151 protruding in the lateral direction away from the sliding member 2. The fixed structure includes a pair of snap arms 152 arranged relatively to each other in the front-to-back direction to be buckled with the hinge assembly. As shown in Figure 8, the positioning column 151 is offset to one side of the base body 1 in the front-to-back direction to prevent the sliding member 2 from being installed upside down. In this embodiment, the positioning column 151 is arranged closer to the rear wall 142, that is, the distance from its center axis to the rear wall 142 is smaller than the distance from the center axis to the front wall 141.

The fixing structure further includes a mounting hole 153 penetrating the base body 1 in the transverse direction and a pair of stop blocks 1431 extending from the side wall 143 to be received in the stop groove 200a of the hinge assembly 200. The pair of stop blocks 1431 are relatively arranged at the upper and lower ends of the side wall 143, and each of the stop blocks 1431 protrudes from the side wall 143 in a direction away from the side end surface 101. The adjustment assembly also has a fastener 4, which is inserted into the mounting hole 153 to fix the adjustment assembly 100 with the hinge assembly 200 and the external cabinet.

The adjusting rod 3 includes a main body 31, an operating portion 32 and a head 34 which are arranged on both sides of the main body 31 in the height direction. The external thread is arranged on the outer surface of the main body 31. Preferably, in this embodiment, the external thread extends continuously downward from the top of the main body 31 and terminates at the lower side of the guide surface 13.

The head 34 has a groove 342 that is recessed inward in the radial direction from its outer peripheral surface, and the groove 341 is always exposed on the upper side of the sliding member 2. The adjustment component 100 also has a stopper 5 that is accommodated and limited in the groove 341. The stopper 5 is located on the top surface of the sliding member 2 and is stopped by it, thereby preventing the adjustment rod 3 from excessively rotating and causing automatic disengagement and falling out.

In the present invention, the head portion 34 is coaxially arranged with the main body portion 31 , and the diameter of the head portion 34 1 is smaller than the diameter of the main body portion 31 , so that the adjusting rod 3 can smoothly enter the sliding member 2 .

As shown in Figures 10 and 11, the width of the receiving groove 202 in the transverse direction is smaller than the width of the receiving groove 12 in the transverse direction, and the operating portion 32 of the adjusting rod 3 always abuts against the lower end surface of the seat body 1 upward. In the present invention, the receiving groove 12 includes a middle receiving groove 1201 with a rectangular cross-section in the horizontal direction and a pair of side receiving grooves 1202 located on both sides of the middle receiving groove 1201 in the transverse direction. The side receiving grooves 1202 have a semicircular cross-section in the horizontal direction, thereby adapting to the shape of the main body 31 to provide space for smooth movement.

As shown in Figures 9 to 11, in this embodiment, the seat body 1 also has a slide groove 16 located at the lower side of the guide surface 13, a pair of the slide grooves 16 are arranged opposite to each other in the front-to-back direction, and each of the slide grooves 16 is inclined in a direction at a certain angle to the horizontal plane.

The sliding member 2 also has a slide rail 26 slidably received in the corresponding slide groove 16, and the slide rail 26 is arranged parallel to the guide surface 13 and is located at the lower side of the guide surface 13. Driven by the adjustment rod 3, the slide rail 26 slides along the slide groove 16 to adjust the overall lateral width of the adjustment assembly 100, so as to adjust the gap between the embedded refrigeration device 200 and the cabinet. Further, the buckle arm 152 of the seat body 1 and the mounting hole are both located at the lower side of the slide rail 26, so that the lower part of the seat body 1 is used for stable installation and fixing.

Specifically, the sliding member 2 has a base 214 and a protruding portion 215 located on the lower side of the base 214, a pair of the slide rails 26 are relatively arranged on both sides of the protruding portion 215, the mating surface 203 is the lower surface of the base 214, and the base 214, the protruding portion 215 and the slide rails 26 are all arranged on the slider 21.

The protrusion 215 extends downward from the lower surface of the base 214, the thickness of the protrusion 215 in the front-to-back direction is smaller than the thickness of the base 214 in the front-to-back direction, and the protrusion 215 is located directly below the middle of the base 214. Furthermore, the sliding member 2 is an axisymmetric structure in the front-to-back direction.

In this embodiment, the mounting cavity 140 of the seat body 1 includes first and second mounting cavities 141 and 142 which are arranged in sequence and connected along the height direction, the protruding portion 215 is accommodated in the first mounting cavity 141, the base 214 is accommodated in the second mounting cavity 142, and the pair of slide grooves 16 are relatively arranged at the front and rear sides of the first mounting cavity 141 and are connected to the first mounting cavity 141.

When the embedded refrigeration device 1000 is installed in the external cabinet 2000, the embedded refrigeration device is first pushed into the cabinet, and after the adjustment component 100 is adjusted, the embedded refrigeration device 1000 is further fixed to the cabinet by the fastener 4.

When adjusting the adjustment assembly 100, the adjustment rod 3 is rotated to pull the slide 2 to move along the inclined slide slot 16, thereby adjusting the overall thickness of the adjustment assembly 100; conversely, by rotating the adjustment rod 3 in the opposite direction, the slide 2 can be restored in the opposite direction.

In the present invention, the adjustment component 100 and the embedded refrigeration device 1000 realize the displacement of the sliding member 2 in the lateral direction by rotating the adjustment rod 3 and the inclined slide rail 26, thereby changing the thickness of the adjustment component 100 in the lateral direction, and then adjusting the gap between the embedded refrigeration device 1000 and the cabinet 2000, and making the adjustable range of the thickness of the adjustment component 100 in the lateral direction larger to adapt to the cabinet with an oversized opening size, and the adjustment operation is simple and convenient.

It should be understood that although this specification is described according to implementation modes, not every implementation mode contains only one independent technical solution. This description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity. Those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole. The technical solutions in each implementation mode may also be appropriately combined to form other implementation modes that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

The series of detailed descriptions listed above are only specific descriptions of feasible implementation methods of the present invention. They are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any equivalent implementation methods or changes that do not deviate from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An adjustment device, characterized in that: the hinge assembly comprises a base body connected with the hinge assembly, a sliding part connected with the base body in a sliding manner, and an adjusting rod connected with the base body and the sliding part, wherein the base body is provided with a pair of sliding grooves which are oppositely arranged along the front-back direction, each sliding groove is obliquely arranged along the direction of forming a certain angle with the horizontal plane, the sliding part is provided with a sliding rail which is slidably contained in the corresponding sliding groove, and the sliding rail slides along the sliding groove under the driving of the adjusting rod so as to adjust the whole transverse width of the adjusting device.

2. An adjustment device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the seat body is also provided with a guide surface which is arranged in parallel with the sliding rail and is positioned on the upper side of the sliding rail, and the sliding piece is supported by the guide surface and can slide along the guide surface.

3. An adjustment device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the seat body is provided with a front wall and a rear wall which are opposite in the front-rear direction and are arranged at intervals, and a side wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall, the side walls and the side end faces are positioned on two opposite sides of the base body in the transverse direction, and the sliding piece is accommodated in an installation cavity formed by surrounding the front wall, the rear wall and the side walls.

4. An adjustment device according to claim 3, characterized in that: the adjusting rod has an external thread formed on an outer surface thereof, and the slider has an internal thread adapted to the external thread.

5. The adjustment device of claim 4, wherein: the sliding part is provided with a containing groove which penetrates through the sliding part along the height direction so as to allow the adjusting rod to be inserted, the containing groove is internally provided with the internal thread, the base body is provided with a containing groove which is positioned at the lower side of the installation cavity and communicated with the installation cavity, and the containing groove is communicated with the containing groove so as to allow the adjusting rod to be inserted in sequence.

6. The adjustment device of claim 5, wherein: the sliding part comprises a sliding block and a connecting part which is embedded and formed in the sliding block, the connecting part is provided with a cavity which penetrates through the sliding part along the height direction, and the internal thread is arranged on the inner wall surface of the cavity formed by the connecting part.

7. An adjustment device according to claim 3, characterized in that: the sliding piece is provided with a base body and a protruding part positioned at the lower side of the base body, a pair of sliding rails are oppositely arranged at two sides of the protruding part, the mounting cavity comprises a first mounting cavity and a second mounting cavity which are sequentially arranged in the height direction and communicated with each other, the protruding part is contained in the first mounting cavity, the base body is contained in the second mounting cavity, and a pair of sliding grooves are oppositely arranged at the front side and the rear side of the first mounting cavity and communicated with the first mounting cavity.

8. An adjustment device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: the seat body is further provided with a mounting hole penetrating the seat body along the transverse direction and a pair of buckling arms oppositely arranged at the front side and the rear side of the seat body, the buckling arms are used for buckling with the hinge assembly, the adjusting device is further provided with a fastener, and the fastener is inserted into the mounting hole so as to fixedly connect the adjusting device with the hinge assembly and the external cabinet body.

9. An adjustment device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: the adjusting rod comprises a main body part, an operation part and a head part, wherein the operation part and the head part are oppositely arranged on two sides of the main body part in the height direction, the head part is provided with a clamping groove which is inwards recessed in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the head part, the clamping groove is always exposed on the upper side of the sliding part, and the adjusting device is also provided with a stop piece which is accommodated in and limited in the clamping groove.

10. An embedded refrigeration device, characterized in that: comprising an adjustment device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 and a hinge assembly connected to the adjustment device.