refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a box body and a door body, the refrigerator further comprising a storage device that can be selectively fixed to the box body or the door body, the box body comprising a storage compartment and an inner wall forming the storage compartment, the storage device comprising a first fixing structure that can be fixed to the door body and a second fixing structure that can be fixed to the inner wall, the door body and the inner wall are respectively provided with a first matching structure and a second matching structure that match the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure. The storage device of the refrigerator of the present invention is placed in the box body by means of the second matching structure, which reduces the weight borne by the shelf, thereby reducing damage to the shelf.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a refrigerator. Background Art

[0002] In a traditional refrigerator, a storage device is placed inside the refrigerator body, usually with a bracket set on a shelf. The storage device is suspended below the shelf by the bracket, and various items are also placed above the shelf. The shelf not only bears the weight of the items above it, but also bears the weight of the storage device, the bracket and the items in the storage device. Therefore, the shelf is easily damaged due to the excessive weight it bears.

[0003] In view of this, it is necessary to improve the existing refrigerator to solve the above problems. Summary of the invention

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator capable of reducing damage to shelves.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose of the invention, the present invention provides a refrigerator, including a box body and a door body, characterized in that: the refrigerator also has a storage device that can be selectively fixed to the box body or the door body, the box body has a storage compartment and an inner wall forming the storage compartment, the storage device has a first fixing structure that can be fixed to the door body and a second fixing structure that can be fixed to the inner wall, the door body and the inner wall are respectively provided with a first matching structure and a second matching structure that match the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure.

[0006] As a further improvement of the present invention, the storage device has a front side wall and a rear side wall spaced apart in the front-to-rear direction, and the first fixing structure is a recessed portion arranged on the front side wall and the rear side wall.

[0007] As a further improvement of the present invention, the storage device has a left side wall and a right side wall spaced apart in a transverse direction; when the storage device is located in the door body, the left side wall is disposed close to the door body, and the recessed portion is adjacent to the left side wall.

[0008] As a further improvement of the present invention, the first matching structure is a protrusion formed by protruding from the door body, and the protrusion matches with the recessed portion to fix the storage device to the door body.

[0009] As a further improvement of the present invention, the second fixing structure is a flange arranged on the left side wall of the storage device in the transverse direction.

[0010] As a further improvement of the present invention, the left side wall of the storage device has a pair of flanges arranged relatively at its upper and lower ends, each of the flanges has a horizontal portion extending horizontally and a vertical portion extending vertically from the horizontal portion to form a vertical portion, and the horizontal portion and the vertical portion are connected to form an "L" shape to form the flange.

[0011] As a further improvement of the present invention, the left side wall of the storage device is provided with a groove extending in the front-to-back direction, and the groove penetrates the left side wall in the transverse direction to be fixed to and separated from the door body.

[0012] As a further improvement of the present invention, the second matching structure is a sliding device arranged on the side wall of the box body, and the sliding device is provided with a fixing hole for fixing the sliding device to the left side wall of the box body by means of a fixing member.

[0013] As a further improvement of the present invention, the sliding device has an opening at its front and an elastic snap arm located in the opening. The snap arm extends obliquely backward from the front opening wall of the opening and forms a snap portion at the free end on its rear side.

[0014] As a further improvement of the present invention, a stop portion is provided at the rear end of the sliding device, and the stop portion is located behind the storage device to prevent the storage device from sliding excessively backward and sliding out of the sliding device.

[0015] Beneficial effects of the present invention: The refrigerator of the present invention is provided with a sliding device on the side wall of the box body, and the storage device is provided with a slide rail matching with the sliding device. The storage device can be placed in the box body by means of the sliding device, thereby reducing the weight borne by the shelf and reducing damage to the shelf. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a refrigerator of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional exploded view of the storage device and the sliding device.

[0018] Figure 3 yes Figure 2 Schematic perspective view of the storage device in the final position inside the sliding device.

[0019] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the matching of the snap arm and the slot.

[0020] Figure 5 It is a three-dimensional exploded view of the storage device and the sliding device in the second embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 6 yes Figure 5Schematic perspective view of the storage device in the final position inside the sliding device.

[0022] Figure 7 It is a partial cross-sectional view of the first protrusion and the second protrusion matching each other. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] 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.

[0024] Please refer to Figures 1 to 4 The first embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention is shown. First, the X-axis is defined as the front-to-back direction, the Y-axis is the left-to-right direction (also called the lateral direction), and the Z-axis is the up-down direction. The refrigerator includes a cabinet 1 and a door 2. The cabinet 1 has a storage compartment and an inner wall forming the storage compartment, and a plurality of shelves 3 fixed on the left and right side walls of the cabinet 1. The shelves 3 are arranged at intervals in the up-down direction in the cabinet 1. The shelves 3 are made of glass and also include a plurality of storage devices 4 arranged on the door 2 in the up-down direction.

[0025] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, a second matching structure is provided below the shelf 3. In the present embodiment, the second matching structure is a sliding device 5, which is provided on the left side wall of the box body 1 in the transverse direction. In other embodiments, it can also be provided on the right side wall. The sliding device 5 includes two fixing holes 51 arranged in parallel in the front-to-back direction. The sliding device 5 is fixed to the left side wall of the box body 1 by passing a fixing part through the fixing hole 51.

[0026] The sliding device 5 is a rectangular flat plate structure, and has an opening at the front thereof and an elastic buckle arm 52 located in the opening. The buckle arm 52 extends obliquely backward from the front opening wall of the opening and forms a buckle portion 521 at the free end of the rear side thereof, and the buckle portion 521 protrudes toward the side wall of the storage device 4. The sliding device 5 also includes a slideway 53, which is an upper slideway formed by a recessed arrangement on its upper surface and a lower slideway formed by a recessed arrangement on its lower surface. The rear end of the slideway 53 is provided with a stopper 54 for stopping the storage device 4, so as to prevent the storage device 4 from excessively sliding backward and sliding out of the slideway 53 and colliding with the box body 1.

[0027] Please refer to Figures 2 to 4As shown, the storage device 4 is in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and has a left side wall and a right side wall arranged at intervals along the transverse direction. The storage device 4 has a second fixed structure, and the second fixed structure is a flange 41 arranged on the left side wall of the storage device 4 in the transverse direction. The left side wall of the storage device 4 has a pair of flanges 41 arranged relatively at its upper and lower ends, and each of the flanges 41 has a horizontal extension to form a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extending vertically from the horizontal portion to each other, and the horizontal portion is connected to the vertical portion to form an "L" shape to form the flange 41. The upper end of the left side wall of the storage device 4 is an upper flange that cooperates with the upper slide, and the lower end of the left side wall of the storage device 4 is a lower flange that cooperates with the lower slide.

[0028] When the flange 41 slides to the end point along the slideway 53, the stopper 54 can stop the flange 41 from sliding further backward. The left side wall of the storage device 4 is also provided with a slot 42 extending in the front-to-back direction. When the storage device 4 is located in the sliding device 5, the buckle portion 521 is located in the slot 42. When the storage device 4 is slid forward to be taken out, the buckle portion 521 contacts and abuts against the rear side of the slot 42 to prevent the storage device 4 from sliding out of the sliding device 5.

[0029] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the storage device 4 is provided with a first fixing structure, which is a recessed portion 43 arranged on the front side wall and the rear side wall of the storage device 4. When the storage device is located in the door body 2, the left side wall is arranged close to the door body 2, and the recessed portion 43 is adjacent to the left side wall of the storage device 4 having the groove 42. The door body 2 is provided with a first matching structure, which is a protrusion 21 protruding from the door body 2. The storage device 4 can be installed on the door body 2 by matching the recessed portion 43 with the protrusion 21. Generally, the storage device 4 on the door body 2 is used to place bottles. When the bottles of the storage device 4 at the lower level are too high, the storage device 4 at the upper level can be transferred to the box body 1 by the sliding device 5, which not only meets the placement of high bottles, but also makes full use of the internal space of the storage device 4 at the upper level.

[0030] Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, when the storage device 4 slides backward along the sliding device 5, the left side wall of the storage device 4 first contacts the buckle arm 52, so that the buckle arm 52 can be elastically deformed to allow the storage device 4 to slide further backward, and then the buckle arm 52 enters the slot 42 until the storage device 4 slides to the end point. When the storage device 4 needs to be taken out, the storage device 4 is slid forward until the buckle portion 521 contacts the rear side of the slot 42, thereby preventing the storage device 4 from sliding out of the sliding device 5. At this time, pushing the buckle portion 521 to the left can allow the storage device 4 to continue to slide forward until the storage device 4 is taken out.

[0031] Please refer to Figures 5 to 7 The second embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention is shown, which is different from the first embodiment in that the sliding device 5 has a main body 55, which extends horizontally in the same direction from the upper end and the lower end of the main body 55 and then extends vertically toward each other to form the slide 53, and the slide 53 is "L"-shaped, with the upper slide located at the upper end of the main body 55 and the lower slide located at the lower end of the main body 55. The front end of the lower slide is also provided with a first protrusion 531 protruding upward, and the stop portion 54 extends laterally from the rear end of the main body 55 to seal the rear end of the slide 53.

[0032] The flange 41 is formed by vertically extending upward and downward from the upper end and the lower end of the left side wall of the storage device 4 respectively. The upper end of the left side wall of the storage device 4 is the upper flange, and the lower end of the left side wall of the storage device 4 is the lower flange. The rear end of the lower flange is provided with a second protrusion 411 protruding downward.

[0033] When the storage device 4 slides backward along the sliding device 5, the second protrusion is located above the first protrusion 531. When sliding to the end of the first protrusion 531, the storage device 4 falls into the downward slide due to gravity and continues to slide to the end. When the storage device 4 needs to be taken out, the storage device 4 is slid outward until the first protrusion 531 contacts and forms abutment with the second protrusion 411. At this time, the storage device 4 needs to be lifted up to make it higher than the first protrusion 531 before it can continue to slide out.

[0034] In summary, the present invention provides a sliding device 5 with a slide 53 on the side wall of the box body 1, and provides a flange 41 corresponding to the slide 53 on the storage device 4. The storage device 4 can be placed in the box body 1 by means of the sliding device 5, thereby reducing the weight borne by the shelf 3 and reducing damage to the shelf 3.

[0035] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solution of the present invention may be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, comprising a box body and a door body, characterized in that: The refrigerator also has a storage device that can be selectively fixed to the box body or the door body, the box body has a storage compartment and an inner wall forming the storage compartment, the storage device has a first fixing structure that can be fixed to the door body and a second fixing structure that can be fixed to the inner wall, the door body and the inner wall are respectively provided with a first matching structure and a second matching structure that match the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure, the storage device has a front side wall and a rear side wall arranged at intervals along the front-to-back direction, the first fixing structure is a recessed portion arranged on the front side wall and the rear side wall, the second matching structure is a sliding device arranged on the side wall of the box body, the sliding device is provided with a fixing hole to fix the sliding device to the left side wall of the box body by means of a fixing member, the sliding device also has an opening located at the front part thereof and an elastic snap arm located in the opening, the snap arm is formed by extending obliquely backward from the front opening wall of the opening and forming a snap portion at the free end on the rear side thereof.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, characterized in that: The storage device has a left side wall and a right side wall spaced apart in a transverse direction. When the storage device is located in the door body, the left side wall is disposed close to the door body, and the recessed portion is adjacent to the left side wall.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first matching structure is a protrusion formed by protruding from the door body, and the protrusion matches with the recessed portion to fix the storage device to the door body.

4. A refrigerator, comprising a box body and a door body, characterized in that: The refrigerator also has a storage device that can be selectively fixed to the box body or the door body, the box body has a storage compartment and an inner wall forming the storage compartment, the storage device has a first fixing structure that can be fixed to the door body and a second fixing structure that can be fixed to the inner wall, the door body and the inner wall are respectively provided with a first matching structure and a second matching structure that match the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure, the second fixing structure is a flange arranged on the left side wall of the storage device in the transverse direction, the second matching structure is a sliding device arranged on the side wall of the box body, the sliding device is provided with a fixing hole to fix the sliding device to the left side wall of the box body by means of a fixing member, the sliding device has an opening located at the front part thereof and an elastic snap arm located in the opening, the snap arm is formed by extending obliquely backward from the front opening wall of the opening and forming a snap portion at the free end on the rear side thereof.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, characterized in that: The left side wall of the storage device has a pair of flanges arranged relatively at its upper and lower ends, each flange has a horizontal portion extending horizontally and a vertical portion extending vertically from the horizontal portion to form a vertical portion, and the horizontal portion is connected to the vertical portion in an "L" shape to form the flange.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 4, characterized in that: The left side wall of the storage device is provided with a slot extending in the front-to-back direction, and the slot penetrates the left side wall in the transverse direction so as to be fixed to and separated from the door body.

7. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: A stopper is provided at the rear end of the sliding device, and the stopper is located behind the storage device to prevent the storage device from sliding excessively backward and out of the sliding device.

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