Sliding tray structure of refrigerator
By setting up left and right guide rails and front and rear pulling guide rails in the refrigerator, the left and right movement and front and rear pulling of the refrigerator tray are achieved, solving the problem that existing refrigerator trays cannot move left and right, improving user convenience and storage flexibility sex.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411835020.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-12
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-14
AI Technical Summary
The existing refrigerator tray can only be pulled back and forth, and cannot be moved left and right, resulting in inconvenience for users to pick up and store items.
A refrigerator sliding tray structure is designed. By providing a guide rail that can move the bracket left and right in front and back in the refrigerator layer rack, and a guide rail that allows the tray to be pulled forward and backward on the inside of the bracket, the left and right movement and front and backward pulling of the tray are realized.
This structure allows the tray to be pulled forward and backward, but also to move left and right. Users can quickly remove items by moving the tray left and right, improving the convenience of use and storage flexibility of the refrigerator.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of refrigerators, and in particular to a sliding tray structure of a refrigerator. Background Art
[0002] A refrigerator is a refrigeration device that maintains a constant low temperature. It is a common household appliance used to preserve food or other items at low temperatures. The refrigerator cavity often has shelves or drawers as a container for placing food. The position of the shelves is usually fixed, and the drawers are installed with guide rails so that they can move in the depth direction of the refrigerator cavity, so that people can take and put food conveniently. At present, a movable tray is added to the drawer, so that the deep drawer becomes two layers, which is more convenient for storage. However, the tray in the refrigerator can only be pulled forward and backward, and cannot be moved left and right. Consumers expect that the tray can also be moved left and right, so as to have a better user experience and greater convenience. Summary of the invention
[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator sliding tray structure that can be pulled forward and backward and moved left and right, solving the problem of inconvenience in users taking and storing items when using the refrigerator, thereby overcoming the shortcomings of the prior art.
[0004] The technical solution of the present invention is: a refrigerator sliding tray structure, including a refrigerator shelf, a tray, and a bracket, characterized in that it also includes an extruded card strip, the extruded card strip is provided with a shelf clamping groove and a first guide rail, the front and rear sides of the refrigerator shelf are clamped in the shelf clamping groove of the extruded card strip, the bracket is provided with a groove, and the outer side wall of the groove extends into the first guide rail; the left and right sides of the bracket are provided with a second guide rail, the tray is provided with a first flange, the first flange is placed on the second guide rail and moves along the second guide rail.
[0005] Furthermore, a bell mouth is provided at the inlet side of the second guide rail.
[0006] Furthermore, a reinforcing rib is provided below the second guide rail.
[0007] Furthermore, a pallet limit block is arranged on the rear side of the first flange, a bracket limit block is arranged on the upper front side of the second guide rail, and a second guide rail sink seat is arranged at the position of the second guide rail corresponding to the bracket limit block, and the distance between the bracket limit block and the second guide rail sink seat is sufficient to allow the pallet limit block to pass through.
[0008] Furthermore, the bracket limiting block and the tray limiting block both have a relatively steep first slope and a relatively gentle second slope.
[0009] Furthermore, when the tray is pulled out horizontally from the bracket, the first slope of the tray limiting block abuts against the first slope of the bracket limiting block.
[0010] Furthermore, the width of the tray is smaller than the width of the refrigerator shelf, and the height of the tray is smaller than the distance between the refrigerator shelves.
[0011] Furthermore, the cross-section of the extruded card strip is an irregular E-shape, the shelf clamping groove is located above the first guide rail, and a side wall of the first guide rail and the shelf clamping groove have a common wall end plate, and the common wall end plate of the first guide rail is longer than its notch end plate, so that the notch end plate and the lower wall of the shelf clamping groove form a notch that allows the card plate in the groove to be inserted.
[0012] Furthermore, the cross-section of the front and rear side frame plates of the bracket presents an M-shaped door opening structure, the groove is on the outside of the door opening structure, and the groove width of the groove is adapted to the wall thickness of the notched end plate, so that the bracket is suitable for sliding on the extruded card strip.
[0013] Compared with the existing technology, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: the present invention provides a refrigerator sliding tray structure, which is provided with guide rails on the front and back of the refrigerator shelves that enable the bracket to move left and right, and guide rails on the inner side of the bracket that enable the tray to be pulled forward and backward. This structure enables the tray to be not only pulled forward and backward but also moved left and right. When taking and storing items, users can quickly take out items by moving the tray left and right. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] Figure 1 It is an overall schematic diagram of the refrigerator sliding tray structure of the present invention.
[0015] Figure 2 It is an exploded view of the refrigerator sliding tray structure of the present invention.
[0016] Figure 3 It is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator sliding tray of the present invention.
[0017] Figure 4 for Figure 3 Enlarged view of the M part.
[0018] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the structure of the bracket and tray.
[0019] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of the bracket.
[0020] in, Figures 1 to 5 The corresponding relationship between the reference numerals and component names in the figure is:
[0021] 1 refrigerator shelf, 2 extruded card strip, 3 bracket, 4 tray, 5 first guide rail, 6 groove, 7 first flange, 8 second guide rail, 9 reinforcing rib, 21 shelf clamping groove, 71 tray limit block, 81 second guide rail sink seat, 82 bracket limit block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] The technical solution of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all of the embodiments.
[0023] The components of the embodiments of the present application generally described and shown in the drawings herein can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the application claimed, but merely represents the selected embodiments of the present application.
[0024] Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making any creative work shall fall within the scope of protection of this application.
[0025] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship, are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.
[0026] In the description of this application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in this application can be understood according to specific circumstances.
[0027] Refer to the following Figure 1-Figure 6 A refrigerator sliding tray structure is described according to some embodiments of the present application.
[0028] A refrigerator sliding tray structure includes a refrigerator shelf 1 and an extruded clip 2 for clamping the refrigerator shelf 1. The refrigerator shelf 1 is a glass shelf with a width greater than its depth, and the width is usually more than twice the depth. The extruded clip 2 is provided on the front and rear sides of the refrigerator shelf, and the refrigerator shelf is clamped in a shelf clamping groove 21. A first guide rail 5 is provided below the shelf clamping groove 21. The first guide rail 5 is U-shaped. The bracket 3 is a rectangular frame structure, which is composed of frame plates on the front, rear, left and right sides, and has a hollow middle portion. The left and right frame plates connect the left and right side walls. The bracket 3 is integrally injection molded. A groove 6 with a downward opening is provided on the frame plates on the front and rear sides of the frame. The outer wall of the groove 6 extends into the first guide rail 5, so that the bracket 3 can move freely on the guide rail 5 of the extruded clip 2. See Figure 3 The side of the tray handle 41 is the front side, the side opposite to the tray handle is the rear side, the tray moves forward along direction A as the pull-out stroke, and the opposite direction is the push-in stroke. The side of the tray in direction B is the right side, and moving along direction B is moving to the right, and the side opposite to direction B is the left side.
[0029] The inner sides of the left and right side walls of the bracket 3 are provided with second guide rails 8, and the entrance side of the second guide rails 8 is provided with a trumpet mouth. The upper opening of the tray 4 forms a drawer opening for storing and taking out food. The left and right side walls of the tray opening are provided with first flanges 7. The first flanges 7 are placed on the second guide rails 8, so that the tray can be pulled forward and backward on the second guide rails 8. A reinforcing rib 9 is provided under the second guide rails 8 to enhance the load-bearing capacity of the bracket 3.
[0030] A tray stopper 71 is provided on the rear side of the first flange 7, and a bracket stopper 82 is provided on the upper front side of the second guide rail 8 to match it. A second guide rail sink 81 is provided at a position of the second guide rail 8 corresponding to the bracket stopper 82, and the spacing between the bracket stopper 82 and the second guide rail sink 81 is sufficient for the tray stopper 71 to pass through. Moreover, the bracket stopper 82 and the tray stopper 71 are both triangular in shape, and both have a relatively steep first slope and a relatively gentle second slope, and the first slopes of the two are matched, and the second slopes of the two are matched, so that when the tray 4 is pushed into the bracket 3 from the bell mouth of the second guide rail 8, the second slope of the bracket stopper 82 meets the second slope of the tray stopper 71, and the tray stopper 71 is guided by the second slope of the bracket stopper 82, enters the second guide rail sink 81, and then crosses the second guide rail sink 81, and then advances in the longitudinal direction of the bracket until it is completely placed under the bracket. When the tray is pulled out horizontally from the bracket, the first slope of the tray limit block 71 abuts against the first slope of the bracket limit block 82, playing a limiting role. When the entire tray needs to be pulled out, the tray handle is lifted upward to allow the tray limit block 71 to go under the bracket limit block 82. At this time, the tray is pulled outward again, and the tray limit block 71 is free from the limit of the bracket limit block 82, and the tray can be taken out of the bracket.
[0031] See also Figure 3-4 The extruded card strip 2 is a double-layer structure, and the cross section of the extruded card strip 2 is an irregular E shape. The shelf clip groove 21 is located above the first guide rail 5, and the shelf clip groove 21 has an opening facing the glass layer plate horizontally. One side wall of the U-shaped first guide rail 5 and the shelf clip groove 21 have a common wall end plate 51, and the common wall end plate 51 of the U-shaped first guide rail 5 is longer than its notch end plate 52, so that the notch end plate 52 and the lower wall of the shelf clip groove 21 form a notch that allows the card plate 61 of the groove 6 to be inserted. The cross section of the front and rear side frame plates of the bracket 3 is an M-shaped door opening structure, wherein the groove 6 is on the outside of the door opening, and the groove width of the groove 6 is adapted to the wall thickness of the notch end plate 52, so that the bracket 3 is suitable for sliding on the extruded card strip, and has a better push-pull experience.
[0032] The width of the tray 4 is smaller than the width of the refrigerator shelf 1, and the tray 4 can move left and right along the refrigerator shelf. The height of the tray 4 is smaller than the distance between the refrigerator shelves 1, and items can be placed under the tray 4. When the tray 4 blocks the removal or placement of items, the tray 4 can be moved left and right to facilitate the user to remove or place items, making the storage space in the refrigerator more flexible to use.
[0033] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A refrigerator sliding tray structure, comprising a refrigerator shelf, a tray, and a bracket, characterized in that: It also includes an extruded card strip, which is provided with a shelf clamping groove and a first guide rail. The front and rear sides of the refrigerator shelf are clamped in the shelf clamping groove of the extruded card strip, and the bracket is provided with a groove. The outer side wall of the groove extends into the first guide rail; the left and right sides of the bracket are provided with a second guide rail, and the tray is provided with a first flange, which is placed on the second guide rail and moves along the second guide rail.
2. A refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: A bell mouth is arranged at the inlet side of the second guide rail.
3. A refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: A reinforcing rib is provided below the second guide rail.
4. A refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: A pallet limit block is set on the rear side of the first flange, a bracket limit block is set on the upper front side of the second guide rail, and a second guide rail sinker is set at the position of the second guide rail corresponding to the bracket limit block. The distance between the bracket limit block and the second guide rail sinker is sufficient to allow the pallet limit block to pass through.
5. A refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 4, characterized in that: The support limit block and the tray limit block both have a relatively steep first slope and a relatively gentle second slope.
6. A refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 5, characterized in that: When the tray is pulled out horizontally from the bracket, the first slope of the tray limiting block abuts against the first slope of the bracket limiting block.
7. The refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The width of the tray is smaller than the width of the refrigerator shelf, and the height of the tray is smaller than the distance between the refrigerator shelves.
8. The refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross-section of the extruded card strip is an irregular E-shape, the shelf clamping groove is located above the first guide rail, a side wall of the first guide rail and the shelf clamping groove have a common wall end plate, the common wall end plate of the first guide rail is longer than its notch end plate, so that the notch end plate and the lower wall of the shelf clamping groove form a notch that allows the card plate in the groove to be inserted.
9. The refrigerator sliding tray structure according to claim 8, characterized in that: The cross-sections of the front and rear side frame plates of the bracket are M-shaped door opening structures, the grooves are outside the door opening structures, and the groove widths of the grooves are matched with the wall thicknesses of the notched end plates, so that the bracket is suitable for sliding on the extruded card strips.