Refrigerator and drawer assembly thereof

Abstract

The utility model discloses a refrigerator and a drawer assembly thereof, the drawer assembly comprises a drawer and a shading part, and the drawer is provided with a storage cavity; the shading component is installed on the drawer and used for opening or closing at least part of the opening of the storage cavity. According to the refrigerator, the shading component can be used for shading at least part of the opening of the storage cavity, so that after the refrigerator door of the refrigerator is opened, the environment light is not easy to directly irradiate the special articles stored below the shading component, and the dark light or dark light storage requirements of the special articles are met.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of household appliance technology, and in particular to a refrigerator and a drawer assembly thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the development of the refrigerator industry, refrigerators are no longer limited to storing commonly used ingredients such as fruits, vegetables and meat. More and more special items are also stored in refrigerators, such as dry goods, cosmetics, and medicines. However, these special items have a common need for dark light or even light avoidance during storage. For example, taking dry goods represented by tea as an example, light has a great influence on the taste, aroma, and soup color of tea. Light can promote the oxidation of tea and esters, increase aldehydes, alcohols and other substances in tea, and accelerate the aging of tea. For example, taking cosmetics containing VC, retinol, retinol, and ester and aldehyde ingredients as an example, these ingredients are easily decomposed by light, not only will they lose their own effects, but they may also change from "antioxidant" to "pro-oxidant", causing damage to the skin. Thirdly, some medicines need to be stored away from light, especially some children's antipyretic drugs, VC tablets, quinolones, eye drops, nitroprusside and other drugs that some users have only used once. They are very unstable when exposed to light, causing the drugs to lose their own effects.

[0003] However, in the related art, after the refrigerator door is opened, ambient light will directly shine into the refrigerator compartment, thereby causing the special products in the refrigerator compartment to deteriorate after being exposed to light.

[0004] Therefore, the prior art needs to be improved and enhanced. Utility Model Content

[0005] The embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator and a drawer thereof, which can make the refrigerator suitable for storing items that need to be stored in dim light.

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a drawer assembly of a refrigerator, comprising:

[0007] A drawer, wherein the drawer is provided with a storage cavity;

[0008] A shading component is installed on the drawer and is used to open or close at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity.

[0009] Optionally, the shading component includes:

[0010] First carrier;

[0011] A deformable shading member, one end of which is connected to the first carrier;

[0012] a second carrier, the second carrier being connected to the other end of the deformable shading element, and the second carrier being movable relative to the first carrier so that the deformable shading element switches between a folded state and an extended state;

[0013] Wherein, when the deformable shading element is in the unfolded state, it is capable of closing at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity.

[0014] Optionally, the first carrier includes a rotating shaft, one end of the deformable shading element is fixedly disposed on the rotating shaft to be connected to the first carrier, and the rotating shaft is used to reel in or unreel the deformable shading element so that the deformable shading element can switch between the retracted state and the extended state.

[0015] Optionally, the first carrier further comprises a receiving component, and the rotating shaft is at least partially rotatably disposed in the receiving component, so that the rotating shaft can rotate to at least partially retract the deformable shading member into the receiving component; and / or

[0016] The first carrier further includes an elastic member, and the elastic member is used to drive the rotating shaft to roll up the deformable shading member.

[0017] Optionally, the drawer assembly also includes a limiting component, which is installed on the drawer, one of the first carrier and the second carrier is fixed to the drawer and spaced apart from the limiting component, and the other of the first carrier and the second carrier can move to be fixed to the limiting component so that the deformable shading element is in the expanded state.

[0018] Optionally, the position of the limiting component can be adjusted and installed at different positions of the drawer.

[0019] Optionally, the first carrier is fixedly disposed on the drawer, the drawer comprises a plurality of first clamping portions, the plurality of first clamping portions are arranged in a direction away from the first carrier, and the limiting component can be selectively clamped to one of the first clamping portions; or

[0020] The limiting component is slidably mounted on the drawer.

[0021] Optionally, the limiting component is provided with a second clamping portion, and the second carrier is provided with a third clamping portion, and the third clamping portion is used to be clamped to the second clamping portion.

[0022] Optionally, when the second carrier is fixed to the limiting component, the inner wall of the storage cavity, the shading component and the limiting component form a shading chamber.

[0023] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a refrigerator comprising a drawer assembly as described above.

[0024] In an embodiment of the present application, a shading component can be used to block at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity. Then, when the refrigerator door is opened, ambient light is not likely to directly shine on special items stored under the shading component, thereby meeting the dark light or light-proof storage needs of special items. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] The technical solution and beneficial effects of the present application will be made apparent by describing in detail the specific implementation methods of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0026] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the partial structure of a refrigerator provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0027] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A schematic structural diagram of a drawer assembly of a refrigerator is shown.

[0028] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A diagram showing a first usage state of the light shielding component of the drawer assembly.

[0029] Figure 4 for Figure 2 A schematic structural diagram of the shading component of the drawer assembly shown.

[0030] Figure 5 for Figure 2 Another structural schematic diagram of the shading structure of the drawer assembly shown.

[0031] Figure 6 for Figure 3 An exploded view of the light shielding structure of the drawer assembly is shown.

[0032] Figure 7 for Figure 2 A diagram showing a second usage state of the shading component of the drawer assembly.

[0033] Figure 8 for Figure 7 A cross-sectional view of the drawer assembly is shown.

[0034] Fig. 9 for Figure 8 A partial enlarged view of the X in FIG.

[0035] The numbers in the figure are:

[0036] 100. Drawer assembly;

[0037] 11. drawer; 111. storage cavity; 112. first clamping part; 12. light shielding part; 121. first carrier; 1211. rotating shaft; 1212. storage part; 1213. elastic part; 122. deformable light shielding part; 123. second carrier; 1231. third clamping part; 13. limiting part; 131. second clamping part;

[0038] 200, box body;

[0039] 21. Storage room;

[0040] 300. Box door. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] The embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present application, and cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0042] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the solutions of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0043] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are merely used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations.

[0044] Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In the absence of further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element.

[0045] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, words such as "example" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "example" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present application is not to be interpreted as being more preferred or having more advantages than another embodiment or design. The use of words such as "example" or "for example" is intended to present relative concepts in a clear manner.

[0046] In addition, the "plurality" in the embodiments of the present application refers to two or more than two. In view of this, in the embodiments of the present application, "plurality" can also be understood as "at least two". "At least one" can be understood as one or more, for example, one, two or more. For example, including at least one means including one, two or more, and there is no limit on which ones are included. For example, including at least one of A, B and C, then A, B, C, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A, B and C can be included.

[0047] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 1 A partial structural diagram of a refrigerator provided in an embodiment of the present application. The present application embodiment provides a refrigerator drawer assembly 100. The refrigerator may be a double-door refrigerator, a single-door refrigerator or a three-door refrigerator, and the present application embodiment does not limit the specific type of refrigerator.

[0048] Exemplarily, the refrigerator may include a housing 200 and a door 300, wherein the housing 200 is provided with storage compartments 21 such as a freezer compartment, a refrigerator compartment, and a width-changing chamber, etc. The door 300 is movably mounted on the housing 200 to open or close the storage compartments 21. The drawer assembly 100 is disposed in the storage compartments 21. Thus, the user can pull out the drawer 11 after opening the door 300.

[0049] Please continue to refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 , Figure 2 for Figure 1 A structural schematic diagram of a drawer assembly of a refrigerator shown in FIG. Figure 3 for Figure 2 The first use state diagram of the light shielding component of the drawer assembly shown. The drawer assembly 100 may include a drawer 11 and a light shielding component 12. The drawer 11 is provided with a storage cavity 111. The light shielding component 12 is installed on the drawer 11, and the light shielding component 12 is used to open or close at least a part of the opening of the storage cavity 111.

[0050] Then, the shading component 12 can be used to block at least part of the opening of the storage cavity 111. When the refrigerator door 300 is opened, the ambient light is not easy to directly shine on the special items stored under the shading component 12, so as to meet the dark light or light-proof storage needs of special items.

[0051] The above is an overall explanation and description of the drawer assembly 100 in the embodiment of the present application. The technical solution of the embodiment of the present application will be described below with examples in combination with the structure of the shading component 12.

[0052] Please combine Figure 3 and Figure 4 , Figure 4 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the structure of the shading component of the drawer assembly shown. The shading component 12 may include a first carrier 121, a deformable shading member 122 and a second carrier 123. One end of the deformable shading member 122 is connected to the first carrier 121. The second carrier 123 is connected to the other end of the deformable shading member 122. The second carrier 123 can move relative to the first carrier 121 so that the deformable shading member 122 switches between a folded state and an expanded state. Wherein, when the deformable shading member 122 is in the expanded state, it can close at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity 111.

[0053] In some embodiments, the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 can move relative to each other, which can be achieved by a slidable connection between the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123, or by separate settings of the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0054] The folded state may be a state finally formed by relative movement of the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 in directions approaching each other, and the unfolded state may be a state formed by relative movement of the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 in directions away from each other.

[0055] It should be noted that the deformable shading member 122 can have multiple unfolded states, such as the maximum movement distance of the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 in the direction of moving away from each other is H, and the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 can move away from each other in the retracted state to form unfolded states of different distances such as one quarter H, one half H, and three quarters H. The states in which the distance gradually becomes farther can be defined in sequence as the first unfolded state, the second unfolded state, the third unfolded state, etc. of the deformable shading member 122.

[0056] It should also be noted that when the deformable shading member 122 is in the first unfolded state, such as the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 move away from each other by a distance of one quarter H, the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 can still move away from each other to reach the second unfolded state.

[0057] Please continue to refer to Figure 5 , Figure 5 for Figure 2Another structural schematic diagram of the light shielding structure of the drawer assembly shown. In some embodiments, the first carrier 121 includes a rotating shaft 1211, and one end of the deformable light shielding member 122 is fixedly disposed on the rotating shaft 1211 to be connected to the first carrier 121. The rotating shaft 1211 is used to roll up or unroll the deformable light shielding member 122 so that the deformable light shielding member 122 can switch between a folded state and an unfolded state. When the deformable light shielding member 122 is in the unfolded state, at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity 111 can be closed.

[0058] For example, the deformable shading member 122 may be rolled up by the rotating shaft 1211, so that the deformable shading member 122 may drive the second carrier 123 to move toward the direction close to the first carrier 121, and finally the deformable shading member 122 may be switched to the retracted state. Conversely, when the rotating shaft 1211 unwinds the deformable shading member 122, the second carrier 123 may drive the unrolled deformable shading member 122 to move toward the direction away from the first carrier 121, so that the deformable shading member 122 may be switched to the unfolded state.

[0059] Accordingly, the deformable shading member 122 may include a rollable flexible shading member such as a shading cloth, a flexible shading film, a metal sheet, etc. Alternatively, in some other embodiments, the deformable shading member 122 may also include a compressible and stretchable plate-like structure such as a corrugated plate, etc., which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0060] In some embodiments, the first carrier 121 further includes a storage component 1212. The rotating shaft 1211 is at least partially rotatably disposed in the storage component 1212, so that the rotating shaft 1211 can rotate to at least partially roll up the deformable light shielding member 122 in the storage component 1212. Therefore, by at least partially rolling up the deformable light shielding member 122 in the storage component 1212, the first carrier 121 can be made more beautiful, and at the same time, better protection can be provided for the rotating shaft 1211 and the deformable light shielding member 122 to prevent the rotating shaft 1211 and the deformable light shielding member 122 from being damaged.

[0061] In some embodiments, the first carrier 121 may further include an elastic member 1213, and the elastic member 1213 is used to drive the rotating shaft 1211 to reel in the deformable shading member 122. Thus, the elastic member 1213, such as a torsion spring or a coil spring, can realize automatic reeling of the deformable shading member 122, and can also apply a pulling force to the deformable shading member 122 when it is unfolded, so as to prevent the deformable shading member 122 from wrinkling.

[0062] Please continue to refer to Figure 6 and Figure 7 , Figure 6 for Figure 3 An exploded view of the light shielding structure of the drawer assembly shown, Figure 7for Figure 2 The second use state diagram of the light shielding component of the drawer assembly is shown. In some embodiments, the drawer assembly 100 further includes a limiting component 13. The limiting component 13 is installed on the drawer 11, one of the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 is fixed to the drawer 11 and is spaced apart from the limiting component 13, and the other of the first carrier 121 and the second carrier 123 can move to be fixed to the limiting component 13, so that the deformable light shielding member 122 is in an expanded state.

[0063] For example, the first carrier 121 may be fixedly disposed on the drawer 11, and the second carrier 123 may be separately disposed from the first carrier 121, so that the user may pull the second carrier 123 until it is fixed to the position-limiting component 13. Of course, the second carrier 123 may also be fixedly disposed on the drawer 11, and the second carrier 123 may be separately disposed from the first carrier 121, so that the user may pull the first carrier 121 until it is fixed to the position-limiting component 13, and this embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.

[0064] Furthermore, the deformable shading member 122 can be fixed in the unfolded state by the limiting member 13. And, in combination with the first carrier 121, the elastic member 1213 can be included. Then, the elastic member 1213 can apply a force to switch the deformable shading member 122 to the retracted state, and the limiting member 13 can apply a force to restrict the deformable shading member 122 from switching to the retracted state, thereby avoiding wrinkles on the deformable shading member 122, thereby improving the aesthetics of the drawer assembly 100.

[0065] In some embodiments, when the second carrier 123 is fixed to the limiting member 13, the inner wall of the storage cavity 111, the light shielding member 12 and the limiting member 13 form a light shielding chamber, so that the drawer assembly 100 can be suitable for storing items in a light-proof manner.

[0066] For example, the limiting component 13 and the drawer assembly 100 may be made of light-shielding materials, so that a closed light-shielding chamber can be formed by the inner wall of the storage cavity 111, the light-shielding component 12 and the limiting component 13. Of course, the limiting component 13 and a part of the drawer assembly 100 may also have a light-shielding layer or be made of light-shielding materials, so that a closed light-shielding chamber can be formed by the inner wall of the storage cavity 111, the light-shielding component 12 and the limiting component 13, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit this.

[0067] In some embodiments, the position of the limiting component 13 is adjustable and installed at different positions of the drawer 11. Thus, the user can adjust the size of the light-shielding chamber according to actual needs. For example, the light-shielding chamber can be adjusted to only one-third, one-half, or two-thirds of the storage chamber 111, etc., which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0068] For example, the first carrier 121 may be fixedly arranged on the drawer 11. The drawer 11 includes a plurality of first clamping portions 112, and the plurality of first clamping portions 112 are arranged in a direction away from the first carrier 121. The limiting component 13 may be selectively clamped to one of the first clamping portions 112. Thus, by clamping the limiting component 13 to different first clamping portions 112, the distance between the limiting component 13 and the first carrier 121 may be adjusted, and finally the size of the light shielding chamber may be adjusted.

[0069] In some embodiments, the limiting component 13 can be a plate, the limiting component 13 is provided with a first slot, and the first clamping portion 112 includes a convex rib, which can be slidably installed in the first slot to achieve clamping between the limiting component 13 and the first clamping portion 112.

[0070] In some embodiments, the first clamping portion 112 may be provided with a second clamping groove, and the limiting component 13 may be a plate, so that the limiting component 13 can be slidably installed in the second clamping groove to achieve clamping between the limiting component 13 and the first clamping portion 112 .

[0071] In some embodiments, the first carrier 121 may be disposed at one end of the accommodating cavity in the length direction, and the plurality of first clamping portions 112 may be arranged along the length direction of the accommodating cavity.

[0072] Alternatively, the limiting component 13 may be slidably mounted on the drawer 11 , so that the limiting component 13 can be installed at different positions of the drawer 11 in an adjustable manner.

[0073] Please continue to refer to Figure 8 and Fig. 9 , Figure 8 for Figure 7 A cross-sectional view of the drawer assembly shown, Fig. 9 for Figure 8 In some embodiments, the limiting component 13 may be provided with a second clamping portion 131. The second carrier 123 may be provided with a third clamping portion 1231, and the third clamping portion 1231 is used to be clamped to the second clamping portion 131. Therefore, the second carrier 123 can be clamped to the limiting component 13 to fix the deformable shading member 122 in the unfolded state.

[0074] Of course, in some other implementations, the limiting component 13 and the second carrier 123 may also be fixed by magnetic attraction, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

[0075] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0076] The refrigerator and its drawer assembly 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application are introduced in detail above. Specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of the present application. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method of the present application and its core idea; at the same time, for technical personnel in this field, according to the idea of ​​the present application, there will be changes in the specific implementation method and application scope. In summary, the content of this specification should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.

Claims

1. A drawer assembly of a refrigerator, characterized in that: include: A drawer, wherein the drawer is provided with a storage cavity; A shading component is installed on the drawer and is used to open or close at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity.

2. The drawer assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that: The light shielding component comprises: First carrier; A deformable shading member, one end of which is connected to the first carrier; a second carrier, the second carrier being connected to the other end of the deformable shading element, and the second carrier being movable relative to the first carrier so that the deformable shading element switches between a folded state and an extended state; Wherein, when the deformable shading element is in the unfolded state, it is capable of closing at least a portion of the opening of the storage cavity.

3. The drawer assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first carrier includes a rotating shaft, one end of the deformable shading member is fixedly arranged on the rotating shaft to be connected to the first carrier, and the rotating shaft is used to roll up or unroll the deformable shading member so that the deformable shading member can be switched between the retracted state and the extended state.

4. The drawer assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that: The first carrier further includes a receiving component, wherein the rotating shaft is at least partially rotatably disposed in the receiving component, so that the rotating shaft can rotate to at least partially retract the deformable light shielding member into the receiving component; and / or The first carrier further includes an elastic member, and the elastic member is used to drive the rotating shaft to roll up the deformable shading member.

5. The drawer assembly according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that: The drawer assembly also includes a limiting component, which is installed on the drawer, one of the first carrier and the second carrier is fixed to the drawer and spaced apart from the limiting component, and the other of the first carrier and the second carrier can move to be fixed to the limiting component so that the deformable shading element is in the expanded state.

6. The drawer assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that: The position of the limiting component can be adjusted and installed at different positions of the drawer.

7. The drawer assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that: The first carrier is fixedly disposed on the drawer, the drawer comprises a plurality of first clamping portions, the plurality of first clamping portions are arranged in a direction away from the first carrier, and the limiting component can be selectively clamped to one of the first clamping portions; or The limiting component is slidably mounted on the drawer.

8. The drawer assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that: The limiting component is provided with a second clamping portion, and the second carrier is provided with a third clamping portion, and the third clamping portion is used to be clamped to the second clamping portion.

9. The drawer assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that: When the second carrier is fixed to the limiting component, the inner wall of the storage cavity, the light shielding component and the limiting component form a light shielding chamber.

10. A refrigerator, characterized in that: Comprising the drawer assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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