Refrigerator door and refrigerator

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator door and a refrigerator. The refrigerator door comprises a door body, a bracket, a containing box and a locking piece, and the door body is specifically provided with a door body inner side and a door body outer side which are opposite to each other; the bracket is installed on the inner side of the door body, and a sliding groove is formed in the bracket. The bottom of the containing box is arranged on the bracket in a lap joint mode, and the containing box and the bracket have an opposite combination state and an opposite separation state. The locking piece is movably arranged on the inner side of the door body and acts on the top of the containing box, and the locking piece is provided with a locking position for keeping the containing box in the combined state and an unlocking position for allowing the containing box to tend to be in the separated state along the movement path of the locking piece. According to the refrigerator door and the refrigerator, by arranging the bracket and the locking piece, the object containing box can be switched between the combined state and the separated state, linkage of the refrigerator door and the object containing box is achieved, the refrigerator door and the object containing box can be flexibly disassembled according to needs, and therefore the experience degree of a user is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator door and a refrigerator. Background Art

[0002] Refrigerators mainly maintain items that need to be stored at low temperatures in a low-temperature state through their refrigeration function. Most of the existing refrigerator storage uses layered drawers to classify and store items. When using the lower drawer, usually the user needs to open the refrigerator door and then bend down to place or take out items, which affects the user experience and is time-consuming and laborious. Summary of the Utility Model

[0003] Based on this, it is necessary to provide a refrigerator door and a refrigerator that are convenient for taking and storing, time-saving and labor-saving, and can improve the user experience.

[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the present application provides the following technical solutions:

[0005] A refrigerator door, the refrigerator door comprising:

[0006] A door body, specifically having an inner side and an outer side of the door body that are opposite to each other;

[0007] A bracket, installed on the inner side of the door body, and a chute is provided in the bracket;

[0008] A storage box, the bottom of the storage box is placed on the bracket, and there are relative combined states and separated states between the storage box and the bracket;

[0009] A locking member, movably arranged on the inner side of the door body and acting on the top of the storage box, the locking member has a locking position for keeping the storage box in a combined state along its movement path, and an unlocking position for allowing the storage box to tend to a separated state.

[0010] It can be understood that in the present application, by setting a bracket and a locking member, the storage box is placed on the bracket, and the storage box is restricted to a combined state by the locking member, so that the storage box is locked on the refrigerator door, and the storage box can also be unlocked by the movement of the locking member and separated from the door body. This setting method can realize the linkage between the refrigerator door and the storage box, enabling the user to directly take or store items from the storage box when opening the refrigerator door, saving the steps of pulling out or closing the drawer; and the storage box can be taken out from the bracket, facilitating the storage and taking of items, thereby improving the user experience.

[0011] In one embodiment, the bracket is provided with a guiding groove, the bottom of the locking member is slidably inserted into the guiding groove, and the locking member has a limiting portion that cooperates with the storage box.

[0012] It can be understood that the guiding groove can be formed on the bracket itself or jointly formed by the bracket and the refrigerator door. At least a part of the locking member is placed in the guiding groove, and the sliding path of the locking member can be restricted by the guiding groove to make its movement stable. The guiding groove can also support the bottom of the locking member, and it can slide back to its original position by gravity without the need to provide an additional reset member.

[0013] In one embodiment, the top of the storage box has an open area, and the limiting portion is also inserted into the open area and restricts the storage box in the horizontal direction.

[0014] It can be understood that the open area faces the top side, which is convenient for the locking member to fall into the locking position when it drops. The open area can be a slot provided at the top of the side wall of the storage box, or an additional annular member, or even the internal space of the storage box.

[0015] In one embodiment, the limiting portion includes:

[0016] A cross arm that extends horizontally relative to the locking member and presses against the top surface of the storage box;

[0017] A hook that extends into the open area and abuts against the inner side wall of the open area.

[0018] It can be understood that the cross arm extends relative to the locking member, which can make the design position of the hook more flexible. The hook is bent downward relative to the cross arm and can be in contact with the inner side wall of the open area, which can prevent the storage box from tipping over to the other side under the action of gravity and maintain a stable combined state.

[0019] In one embodiment, a blocking member for restricting the locking member from disengaging from the sliding groove is further provided inside the door body, and the locking member is restricted by the blocking member when moving to the unlocking position to the limit stroke.

[0020] It can be understood that the setting of the blocking member can make the locking member move to the limit in the unlocking position and will not fall off, ensuring the reliability of the structure.

[0021] In one embodiment, the bracket has a convex bearing portion, and a partial area of the bottom surface of the storage box is placed on the bearing portion; the locking member and the bearing portion clamp the top side and the bottom side of the storage box.

[0022] It can be understood that the convex bearing portion is mainly used for load-bearing. In this application, in order to simplify the structure and reduce space interference, the area of the bearing portion does not completely support the storage box, that is, only a partial area of the bottom of the storage box is placed on the bearing portion, and then combined with the clamping of the locking member, especially the anti-tipping function of the hook, the storage box is kept in the combined state.

[0023] In one embodiment, the top edge of the carrying portion is provided with a guiding inclined surface to guide the storage box into place in the combined state.

[0024] It can be understood that the setting of the guiding inclined surface makes it easier for the storage box to be in place in the combined state, avoiding being blocked by the top edge of the carrying portion during the positioning process, reducing the collision with the locking member, avoiding interference between the two, further improving the tolerance to component processing errors, and thus making the cooperation of related components smoother.

[0025] In one embodiment, an elastic member is provided between one side of the storage box in the horizontal direction and the bracket. When the locking member is in the unlocked position, the elastic member makes the storage box tend to be in the separated state.

[0026] It can be understood that when the storage box is in the combined state, the elastic member is compressed, converting kinetic energy into elastic potential energy and storing it in the elastic member. When the storage box is changed to the separated state, the stored potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy to eject the storage box, facilitating user operation.

[0027] In one embodiment, the elastic member is an elastically deformable plate and is fixedly attached to the bracket, and the elastic member is clamped and stores potential energy between the storage box and the bracket.

[0028] It can be understood that setting the elastic member as a plate can reduce the occupied space to store or release potential energy.

[0029] The present application also provides the following technical solutions:

[0030] A refrigerator, including the refrigerator door described in any of the above embodiments.

[0031] Compared with the prior art, by providing a bracket and a locking member, the refrigerator door and the refrigerator of the present application can switch the storage box between the combined state and the separated state, realizing the linkage between the refrigerator door and the storage box and being flexibly detachable as needed, thereby improving the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the following drawings are only some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0033] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of the refrigerator door provided by the present application.

[0034] Figure 2 It is a schematic cross-sectional structural diagram of the refrigerator door provided by the present application.

[0035] Figure 3 Explosion structure schematic diagram of the refrigerator door provided for this application.

[0036] Figure 4 Structure schematic diagram of the refrigerator door provided for this application with the storage box omitted.

[0037] The reference numerals of each component are as follows:

[0038] 100, refrigerator door; 10, door body; 11, inner side of the door body; 12, outer side of the door body; 20, bracket; 21, chute; 22, bearing part; 221, guiding inclined surface; 30, storage box; 31, elastic member; 40, locking member; 41, limiting part; 411, cross arm; 412, hook; 42, blocking member; 43, operating handle. Detailed implementation manners

[0039] To make the above objects, features, and advantages of this application more obvious and understandable, the following will describe the detailed implementation manners of this application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Many specific details are set forth in the following description to fully understand this application. However, this application can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without departing from the connotation of this application. Therefore, this application is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0040] It should be noted that when a component is referred to as "fixed to" or "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or there may also be an intermediate component. When a component is considered to be "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or there may be an intermediate component at the same time. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "upper", "lower", "left", "right" and similar expressions used in the specification of this application are only for the purpose of illustration and do not represent the only implementation manner.

[0041] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of these features. In the description of this application, "a plurality of" means at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0042] In this application, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may mean that the first feature is in direct contact with the second feature, or the first feature is in indirect contact with the second feature through an intermediate medium. Moreover, the first feature being "above", "over" or "on top of" the second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or it merely indicates that the first feature has a higher horizontal height than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "beneath" or "underneath" the second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or it merely indicates that the first feature has a lower horizontal height than the second feature.

[0043] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used in the description of this application have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the technical field to which this application belongs. The terms used in the description of this application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit this application. The term "and / or" used in the description of this application includes any and all combinations of one or more of the related listed items.

[0044] Please refer to Figures 1 to 4 , this application provides a refrigerator door 100, which is applied to a refrigerator. By mainly arranging a storage box 30 on the refrigerator door 100, low-temperature storage of items can be achieved. Compared with the existing built-in storage drawers arranged in the refrigerator, the user can take out the storage box 30 while pulling open the refrigerator door 100 to take or store items, without having to bend down to pull out the drawer after opening the refrigerator door 100, which saves time and effort and thus improves the user experience.

[0045] Such as Figure 1 and Figure 4As shown, the refrigerator door 100 includes a door body 10, a bracket 20, a storage box 30, and a locking member 40. Among them, the door body 10 specifically has an inner side 11 and an outer side 12 of the door body that are opposite to each other; the bracket 20 is installed on the inner side 11 of the door body, and a chute 21 is provided inside the bracket 20; the bottom of the storage box 30 is placed on the bracket 20, and there are relative engagement states and disengagement states between the storage box 30 and the bracket 20; the locking member 40 is movably provided on the inner side 11 of the door body and acts on the top of the storage box 30. The locking member 40 has a locking position along its own movement path to hold the storage box 30 in the engaged state, and an unlocking position that allows the storage box 30 to tend to the disengaged state. It should be noted that when users store items that need to be placed at low temperature, especially in the freezer area at the bottom layer, they often need to bend down to open the refrigerator door 100 and then pull out the drawer to place the items to be stored in the drawer. The whole process has more steps and requires users to spend more time and effort, affecting the use experience. In this application, however, the bracket 20 and the locking member 40 are provided on the refrigerator door 100. The storage box 30 is placed on the bracket 20, and the storage box 30 is restricted to the engaged state by the locking member 40, so that the storage box 30 is locked on the refrigerator door 100, and the storage box 30 can be unlocked by the movement of the locking member 40 and separated from the door body 10. This setting method can realize the linkage between the refrigerator door 100 and the storage box 30, enabling users to directly take or store items from the storage box 30 when opening the refrigerator door 100, saving the steps of pulling out or closing the drawer; and the storage box 30 can be taken out from the bracket, facilitating the storage and taking of items, thereby improving the user experience.

[0046] Here, the disengaged state does not strictly limit the separation of the storage box 30 from the bracket 20, and can be understood as at least allowing them to disengage from each other; it can also be understood in combination with the position of the locking member 40. When the locking member 40 is in the unlocking position, it no longer restricts the mutual separation of the storage box 30 and the bracket 20, and at this time the storage box 30 is in the disengaged state.

[0047] In the embodiment, the inner side 11 of the door body refers to the side of the door body 10 relative to the refrigeration area inside the refrigerator. The storage box 30 is connected to the inner side 11 of the door body so that the items placed in the storage box 30 can be in the refrigeration area of the refrigerator.

[0048] Furthermore, the bracket 20 is provided with a guiding groove (not shown in the figure), and the bottom of the locking member 40 is inserted into the guiding groove. Here, the guiding groove can be opened on the bracket 20 itself, or can be formed by the enclosure of both the bracket 20 and the door body 10.

[0049] Such as Figures 2 to 3As shown, the bracket 20 has a convex bearing portion 22, and a partial area of the bottom surface of the storage box 30 is placed on the bearing portion 22. The convex bearing portion 22 is mainly used for bearing weight. In order to simplify the structure and reduce spatial interference, the area of the bearing portion 22 does not completely support the storage box 30, that is, only a partial area of the bottom surface of the storage box 30 is placed on the bearing portion 22, and then it is cooperated with the clamping of the locking member 40.

[0050] Further, the top edge of the bearing portion 22 has a guiding inclined surface 221 to guide the storage box 30 into the combined state. Here, the guiding inclined surface 221 is not strictly limited to a plane and can also be a smooth curved surface. The top edge of the bearing portion 22 refers to the topmost end of the bearing portion 22 away from the inner side 11 of the door body. Among them, the setting of the guiding inclined surface 221 makes it easier for the storage box 30 to be in place in the combined state, avoiding being blocked by the top edge of the bearing portion 22 during the positioning process, reducing the collision with the locking member 40, avoiding interference between the two, and further improving the tolerance of the processing error of the components, so that the cooperation of the relevant components is more smooth.

[0051] In one embodiment, the top of the storage box 30 has an open area (not shown in the figure). Here, the open area faces the top side, which is convenient for the locking member 40 to fall into the locking position when it drops. The open area can be a slot provided at the top of the side wall of the storage box 30, or an additional annular member, or even the internal space of the storage box 30.

[0052] Exemplarily, an elastic member 31 is provided between one side of the storage box 30 in the horizontal direction and the bracket 20. When the locking member 40 is in the unlocked position, the elastic member 31 makes the storage box 30 tend to be in a separated state. When the storage box 30 is in the combined state, the elastic member 31 is compressed, and the kinetic energy is converted into elastic potential energy and stored in the elastic member 31. When the storage box 30 is changed to the separated state, the stored potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy to eject the storage box 30, which is convenient for the user to operate. Among them, the horizontal direction refers to the direction perpendicular to the door body 10.

[0053] Further, the elastic member 31 is an elastically deformable plate shape and is attached and fixed to the bracket 20. The elastic member 31 is clamped and stores potential energy between the storage box 30 and the bracket 20. The elastic member 31 is set in a plate shape to reduce the occupied space. It can be a metal member with a bent part, and the potential energy is stored or released by the deformation of the bent part. It can also use a suitable material, such as rubber, etc., and the potential energy is stored or released by the overall deformation in the thickness direction.

[0054] Here, the elastic member 31 can be fixed to the side of the bracket facing the storage box 30 by means of fasteners, bonding, clamping, etc. As for the elastic member 31 itself, there are no strict restrictions on the material and shape.

[0055] In one embodiment, please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4, the locking member 40 can clamp the top and bottom sides of the storage box 30 with the bearing part 22, and the bottom of the locking member 40 is slidably inserted into the guiding groove. At least a part of the locking member 40 is placed in the guiding groove, and the sliding path of the locking member 40 can be restricted by the guiding groove to make its movement stable. The guiding groove can also support the bottom of the locking member 40, and it can slide back to its original position by gravity without setting an additional reset member.

[0056] Exemplarily, the locking member 40 has a limiting part 41 that cooperates with the storage box 30, and the limiting part also inserts into the open area and restricts the storage box 30 in the horizontal direction. In this way, when the storage box 30 is in the combined state, it is limited and locked by the limiting part 41 to ensure the firmness of the combined state and improve the user experience of using the refrigerator.

[0057] Furthermore, the limiting part 41 includes a cross arm 411 and a hook 412. The cross arm 411 extends relative to the locking member 40 in the horizontal direction and presses against the top surface of the storage box 30; the hook 412 extends into the open area and abuts against the inner side wall of the open area. In this way, with the further extension of the cross arm 411, the design position of the hook 412 can be more flexible. The hook 412 is bent downward relative to the cross arm 411 and can be in contact with the inner side wall of the open area, which can prevent the storage box 30 from tipping over to the other side under the action of gravity and maintain a stable combined state.

[0058] Preferably, as Figures 1 to 4 , a blocking member 42 for restricting the locking member 40 from disengaging from the sliding groove 21 is further provided on the inner side 11 of the door body. When the locking member 40 moves to the unlocking position to the limit stroke, it is restricted by the blocking member 42. It can be understood that the setting of the blocking member 42 can make the locking member 40 move to the limit in the unlocking position and will not fall off, ensuring the reliability of the structure; and an operation handle 43 can be provided on the top of the locking member 40 for convenient operation, and the blocking member 42 abuts and limits the operation handle 43.

[0059] This application also provides a refrigerator, including the refrigerator door 100 in any of the above embodiments.

[0060] The technical features of the above-described embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. For the sake of brevity of description, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, it should be considered as the scope recorded in this specification.

[0061] The above-described embodiments merely represent several implementation manners of the present application. The description thereof is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be construed as a limitation on the scope of the patented application. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, several deformations and improvements can still be made, and these all fall within the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the patent protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator door, characterized in that: The refrigerator door comprises: The door body (10) specifically comprises an inner door body side (11) and an outer door body side (12) opposite to each other; A bracket (20) is installed on the inner side (11) of the door body, and a slide groove (21) is provided in the bracket (20); A storage box (30), the bottom of which is placed on the bracket (20), and the storage box (30) and the bracket (20) are in a relatively coupled state and a disengaged state; A locking member (40) is movably arranged on the inner side (11) of the door body and acts on the top of the storage box (30). The locking member (40) has a locking position for keeping the storage box (30) in a coupled state and an unlocking position for allowing the storage box (30) to move toward a disengaged state along its own movement path.

2. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bracket (20) is provided with a guide groove, the bottom of the locking member (40) is slidably inserted into the guide groove, and the locking member (40) has a limiting portion (41) matched with the container box (30).

3. The refrigerator door according to claim 2, characterized in that: The top of the container box (30) has an open area, and the limiting portion (41) is inserted into the open area and limits the container box (30) in the horizontal direction.

4. The refrigerator door according to claim 3, characterized in that: The limiting portion (41) comprises: A horizontal arm (411) extends in a horizontal direction relative to the locking member (40) and presses against a top surface of the container box (30); The hook (412) extends into the open area and abuts against the inner wall of the open area.

5. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner side (11) of the door body is also provided with a blocking member (42) for limiting the locking member (40) from being separated from the sliding groove (21); the locking member (40) is limited by the blocking member (42) when moving to the unlocking position to a limit stroke.

6. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bracket (20) has an outwardly protruding bearing portion (22), and a partial area of ​​the bottom surface of the storage box (30) is placed on the bearing portion (22); the locking member (40) and the bearing portion (22) clamp the top side and the bottom side of the storage box (30).

7. The refrigerator door according to claim 6, characterized in that: The top edge of the bearing portion (22) is provided with a guiding slope (221) to guide the container box (30) into position to a combined state.

8. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, characterized in that: An elastic member (31) is provided between one side of the container box (30) in the horizontal direction and the bracket (20); when the locking member (40) is in the unlocking position, the elastic member (31) causes the container box (30) to move toward a disengaged state.

9. The refrigerator door according to claim 8, characterized in that: The elastic member (31) is in the shape of an elastically deformable plate and is fixed against the bracket (20). The elastic member (31) is clamped and stored between the container box (30) and the bracket (20).

10. A refrigerator, characterized in that: The refrigerator door (100) comprises the refrigerator door (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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