Refrigerator fixing support and refrigerator

Abstract

The utility model relates to a refrigerator fixing support and a refrigerator, the refrigerator fixing support comprises supporting pieces and an adjusting piece, the number of the supporting pieces is two, one supporting piece is used for being fixedly connected with the refrigerator, the other supporting piece is used for being fixedly connected with an environment component, and the distance between the two supporting pieces is adjustable; and the two supporting pieces have a relatively close state and a mutually away state. The adjusting piece is connected to the two supporting pieces through a ratchet mechanism, and the adjusting piece is configured to swing in a one-way mode relative to the two supporting pieces so as to limit the two supporting pieces from being away from each other to being close to each other. By means of the refrigerator fixing support, the situation that after a refrigerator is installed in place, the refrigerator moves towards the component close to the environment due to accidental stress can be avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of refrigerators, and in particular to a refrigerator fixing bracket and a refrigerator. Background Art

[0002] Usually, after the installer pushes the refrigerator to the designated position, he will adjust the adjustment feet at the bottom of the refrigerator to level the refrigerator, so that the refrigerator remains stable and is not easy to shake or move after the adjustment feet are flush with the ground. However, according to market feedback, after the refrigerator is installed, the refrigerator will still move relative to the environmental components if it is accidentally pushed during the user's use. Especially for built-in refrigerators, when the depth of the cabinet is greater than the thickness of the built-in refrigerator, if there is pressure or pushing the refrigerator backward, it will cause the built-in refrigerator to move closer to the bottom wall of the cabinet, so that the front of the refrigerator is significantly lower than the cabinet, which destroys the appearance of the built-in refrigerator.

[0003] Therefore, how to prevent the refrigerator from being accidentally stressed and moving toward the surrounding components after it is installed is a technical problem that needs to be solved. Utility Model Content

[0004] Based on this, it is necessary to provide a refrigerator fixing bracket to prevent the refrigerator from moving toward the environmental component due to unexpected force after the refrigerator is installed in place.

[0005] A refrigerator fixing bracket includes a support member and an adjusting member, wherein the number of the support members is two, one of which is used to fix the refrigerator, and the other is used to fix the environment component, the spacing between the two support members is adjustable, and the two support members have a relatively close state and a mutually distant state. The adjusting member is respectively connected to the two support members through a ratchet mechanism, and the adjusting member is configured to swing unidirectionally relative to the two support members to limit the two support members from being in a mutually distant state to being in a relatively close state.

[0006] In one embodiment, the ratchet mechanism includes a ratchet and a pawl. The ratchet is fixed to one of the support member and the adjusting member. The other of the support member and the adjusting member is provided with an adapting groove and is rotatably mounted on the ratchet through the adapting groove. The pawl is movably mounted in the adapting groove, and the ratchet and the pawl are unidirectionally meshed.

[0007] In one of the embodiments, a mounting groove connected to the adapting groove is further provided on the supporting member or the adjusting member, the pawl is slidably arranged in the mounting groove, and an elastic member for driving the pawl to engage with the ratchet is also provided in the mounting groove.

[0008] In one embodiment, the support member is in the shape of an elongated strip, and the ratchet is disposed at one end of the support member along the length direction.

[0009] In one of the embodiments, a sinking step is provided at one end of the support member along the length direction, and the ratchet is fixedly mounted on the sinking step.

[0010] In one embodiment, the adjusting member includes two adjusting rods arranged side by side, and a deformable four-bar linkage is formed between the two supporting members and the two adjusting rods. The deformation direction of the deformable four-bar linkage is limited by the ratchet mechanism.

[0011] In one embodiment, a hinged portion is formed between each adjusting rod and the adjacent supporting member. Among the two hinged portions located opposite to each other, one hinged portion is unidirectionally rotated by a ratchet mechanism, and the other hinged portion is rotated by a pin shaft.

[0012] In one embodiment, each support member and the adjusting rod hinged therewith via a pin form a set of pre-assembled bodies, so that the deformable four-bar linkage mechanism forms two sets of pre-assembled bodies, and the two sets of pre-assembled bodies are detachably connected via a ratchet mechanism.

[0013] In one embodiment, in each set of pre-assembled bodies, the support member is provided with a receiving groove, and the adjusting rod can be rotated around a pin shaft to a folded state received in the receiving groove.

[0014] The present application also provides a refrigerator having a front side and a rear side relative to each other, wherein the front side is used for installing a door body, and the rear side is used for fixing the refrigerator fixing bracket described in any one of the above embodiments.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the refrigerator fixing bracket and refrigerator provided by the present application are provided with a ratchet mechanism, and the ratchet mechanism has a non-return effect, so that the distance between the two support members can be increased in one direction and move away from each other, and it is impossible for the two support members to move from a state of being away from each other to a state of being relatively close. Therefore, in the actual use of the refrigerator fixing bracket, the user can adjust the distance between the two support members to a suitable distance by moving the relative position of the adjustment member according to the needs to adapt to the distance between the refrigerator and the environmental component. Afterwards, when the refrigerator is accidentally subjected to a force directed to approach the environmental component, due to the non-return effect of the ratchet mechanism, the refrigerator will not move in the direction of approaching the environmental component. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the conventional technology, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the conventional technology descriptions are briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0017] Figure 1 An axonometric view of the refrigerator fixing bracket provided for this application;

[0018] Figure 2 for Figure 1Enlarged schematic diagram at A.

[0019] : 100, refrigerator fixing bracket; 10, support member; 11, sinking step; 12, storage slot; 20, adjustment member; 21, adjustment rod; 30, ratchet mechanism; 31, ratchet; 32, pawl; 321, curved surface; 322, plane; 33, adapter groove; 34, installation groove; 35, elastic member; 40, hinged part; 41, pin shaft; 50, pre-assembled body. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] In order to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific implementation methods of the present application are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, many specific details are set forth to facilitate a full understanding of the present application. However, the present application can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without violating the connotation of the present application, so the present application is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0021] It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being "fixed to" or "disposed on" another component, it may be directly on the other component or there may also be a central component. When a component is considered to be "connected to" another component, it may be directly connected to the other component or there may be a central component at the same time. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "upper", "lower", "left", "right" and similar expressions used in the specification of this application are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only implementation method.

[0022] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of this application, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0023] In the present application, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being “above” or “below” a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly in contact with the second feature, or the first feature and the second feature are indirectly in contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, a first feature being “above”, “above” or “above” a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being “below”, “below” or “below” a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0024] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used in the specification of this application have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this application belongs. The terms used in the specification 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 specification of this application includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0025] See also Figure 1 and Figure 2 The present application provides a refrigerator fixing bracket 100, which includes a support member 10 and an adjusting member 20. The number of the support members 10 is configured to be two, one of which is used to fix the refrigerator, and the other is used to fix the environment component. The distance between the two support members 10 is adjustable, and the two support members 10 have a relatively close state and a mutually distant state. The adjusting member 20 is respectively connected to the two support members 10 through a ratchet mechanism 30, and the adjusting member 20 is configured to swing unidirectionally relative to the two support members 10 to limit the two support members 10 from being in a mutually distant state to being in a relatively close state.

[0026] It should be noted that the environmental components include but are not limited to walls, cabinet bottom walls, etc. It is understandable that by setting the ratchet mechanism 30, the ratchet mechanism 30 has a non-return effect, so that the distance between the two support members 10 can be increased in one direction and move away from each other, and it is impossible to move from a state of being away from each other to a state of being relatively close. Therefore, in the actual use of the refrigerator fixing bracket 100, the user can adjust the distance between the two support members 10 to a suitable distance by moving the relative position of the adjustment member 20 according to the needs to adapt to the distance between the refrigerator and the environmental component. Afterwards, when the refrigerator is accidentally subjected to a force directed to approach the environmental component, due to the non-return effect of the ratchet mechanism 30, the refrigerator will not move in the direction of approaching the environmental component. Among them, the two support members 10 can be fixedly connected to the refrigerator and the environmental component by screw connection, bonding, etc.

[0027] The ratchet mechanism 30 includes a ratchet 31 and a pawl 32. The ratchet 31 is fixedly arranged on one of the support member 10 and the adjusting member 20. The other of the support member 10 and the adjusting member 20 is provided with an adapting slot 33 and is rotatably sleeved on the ratchet 31 through the adapting slot 33. The pawl 32 is movably mounted on the adapting slot 33, and the ratchet 31 is unidirectionally meshed with the pawl 32. The unidirectional meshing of the ratchet 31 and the pawl 32 enables the adjusting member 20 to swing unidirectionally relative to the support member 10.

[0028] The specific structure of the refrigerator fixing bracket 100 is introduced below by taking the ratchet 31 fixedly arranged on the supporting member 10 and the adapting groove 33 and the pawl 32 both arranged on the adjusting member 20 as an example.

[0029] See also Figure 2 The principle of the one-way meshing of the ratchet 31 and the pawl 32 is as follows: the adjusting member 20 is also provided with a mounting groove 34 connected to the adapting groove 33, the pawl 32 is slidably arranged in the mounting groove 34, and an elastic member 35 is also arranged in the mounting groove 34 to drive the pawl 32 to mesh with the ratchet 31. The pawl 32 has a curved surface 321 and a flat surface 322 arranged in opposite directions, and the elastic member 35 is used to push the pawl 32 out of the mounting groove 34, and make the pawl 32 stuck in the slot formed by two adjacent teeth on the ratchet 31. When the ratchet 31 has a tendency to rotate in the clockwise direction, the teeth on the ratchet 31 squeeze the curved surface 321 and overcome the elastic force of the elastic member 35 to make the pawl 32 accommodated in the mounting groove 34, so that the pawl 32 can switch between multiple slots. When the ratchet 31 has a tendency to rotate in the counterclockwise direction, the flat surface 322 cooperates with the tooth stopper on the ratchet 31 to limit the counterclockwise rotation of the ratchet 31.

[0030] Optionally, in one embodiment, the support member 10 is in the shape of an elongated strip, and the ratchet 31 is disposed at one end of the support member 10 along the length direction. In this way, the support member 10 has a simple structure and is easy to process.

[0031] Furthermore, a sinking step 11 is provided at one end of the support member 10 along the length direction, and the ratchet 31 is fixedly mounted on the sinking step 11. The adjusting member 20 is rotatably sleeved on the outer periphery of the ratchet 31 through the adapting groove 33, and is pressed on the surface of the sinking step 11, so that the flatness of the connection position between the support member 10 and the adjusting member 20 can be improved.

[0032] In one embodiment, the adjusting member 20 includes two adjusting rods 21 arranged side by side, and a deformable four-bar linkage is formed between the two supporting members 10 and the two adjusting rods 21, and the deformation direction of the deformable four-bar linkage is limited by the ratchet mechanism 30. In this way, the two adjusting rods 21 can form a support between the two supporting members 10, thereby improving the supporting effect of the refrigerator fixing bracket 100 between the refrigerator and the environmental component.

[0033] Specifically, the two support members 10 are parallel to each other, and the two adjustment rods 21 are parallel to each other and spaced apart along the length direction of the support members 10. Both adjustment rods 21 can swing toward the same side to increase the spacing between the two support members 10, and the ratchet mechanism 30 restricts the two adjustment rods 21 from swinging toward the other side to restrict the two support members 10 from approaching each other. Of course, it is not limited to this, in other embodiments, only one adjustment rod 21 may be provided, and both ends of the adjustment rod 21 are connected to one support member 10 through a ratchet mechanism 30 for unidirectional rotation.

[0034] Optionally, in one embodiment, a hinged portion 40 is formed between each adjusting rod 21 and the adjacent support member 10. Among the two hinged portions 40 located opposite to each other, one of the hinged portions 40 is unidirectionally rotated through the ratchet mechanism 30, and the other hinged portion 40 is rotationally engaged through the pin shaft 41.

[0035] It should be noted that the "two hinged parts 40 in opposite positions" refer to the two hinged parts 40 located at the two ends of any side of the deformable four-bar linkage. Among them, the hinged parts that are rotated by the pin 41 can improve the smoothness of the relative rotation between the adjustment rod 21 and the support member 10. Of course, in other embodiments, the hinged parts 40 can also be configured to be unidirectionally rotated by the ratchet mechanism 30.

[0036] Further, each support member 10 and the adjusting rod 21 hinged thereto through the pin 41 form a set of pre-assembled bodies 50, so that the deformable four-bar linkage mechanism forms two sets of pre-assembled bodies 50. The two sets of pre-assembled bodies 50 are detachably connected through the ratchet mechanism 30. Specifically, the two sets of pre-assembled bodies 50 are detachably connected through the adapting groove 33 sleeved on the outer periphery of the ratchet 31.

[0037] In this way, the refrigerator fixing bracket 100 can be separated into two sets of pre-assembly bodies 50 and then stored. Moreover, since the support member 10 and the adjustment rod 21 are hinged by the pin shaft 41 in each set of pre-assembly bodies 50, the support member 10 and the adjustment rod 21 can rotate around the pin shaft 41 to be close to each other, thereby reducing the space occupied by each set of pre-assembly bodies 50. In this way, the storage space of the refrigerator fixing bracket 100 is saved.

[0038] Furthermore, in each set of pre-assembled bodies 50, the support member 10 is provided with a receiving groove 12, and the adjusting rod 21 has a folded state that rotates around the pin 41 to be received in the receiving groove 12. Receive the adjusting rod 21 in the receiving groove 12, which can further reduce the space occupied by each set of pre-assembled bodies 50.

[0039] Exemplarily, the receiving groove 12 extends along the length direction of the support member 10, and the extending length of the receiving groove 12 is greater than the length of the adjusting rod 21, so that the adjusting rod 21 can be completely accommodated in the receiving groove 12. In addition, the receiving groove 12 is configured as a through groove that penetrates the surfaces of both sides of the support member 10 along the width direction of the support member 10, so that the adjusting rod 21 can be easily pushed out of the receiving groove 12 from any side of the support member 10 along the width direction.

[0040] The present application also provides a refrigerator having a front side and a rear side relative to each other, wherein the front side is used for installing a door body, and the rear side is used for fixing the refrigerator fixing bracket 100 described in any one of the above embodiments.

[0041] The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0042] The above-described embodiments only express several implementation methods of the present application, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the patent application. It should be pointed out that, for a person of ordinary skill in the art, several variations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the scope of patent protection of the present application shall be subject to the attached claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator fixing bracket, characterized in that: The refrigerator fixing bracket comprises: A support member (10), wherein the number of the support members (10) is configured to be two, wherein one of the support members (10) is used for fixedly connecting to the refrigerator, and the other of the support members (10) is used for fixedly connecting to the environmental component, the distance between the two support members (10) is adjustable, and the two support members (10) have a relatively close state and a mutually distant state; An adjusting member (20) is connected to the two supporting members (10) respectively through a ratchet mechanism (30), and the adjusting member (20) is configured to swing unidirectionally relative to the two supporting members (10) to restrict the two supporting members (10) from moving from a state of being away from each other to a state of being relatively close to each other.

2. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: The ratchet mechanism (30) comprises a ratchet (31) and a pawl (32); the ratchet (31) is fixedly arranged on one of the support member (10) and the adjusting member (20); the other of the support member (10) and the adjusting member (20) is provided with an adapting groove (33) and is rotatably sleeved on the ratchet (31) through the adapting groove (33); the pawl (32) is movably mounted on the adapting groove (33), and the ratchet (31) and the pawl (32) are unidirectionally meshed.

3. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support member (10) or the adjusting member (20) is also provided with a mounting groove (34) connected to the adapting groove (33); the ratchet pawl (32) is slidably arranged in the mounting groove (34); and an elastic member (35) is also provided in the mounting groove (34) for driving the ratchet pawl (32) to engage with the ratchet wheel (31).

4. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support member (10) is in the shape of an elongated strip, and the ratchet (31) is arranged at one end of the support member (10) along the length direction.

5. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 4, characterized in that: A sinking step (11) is provided at one end of the support member (10) along the length direction, and the ratchet (31) is fixedly mounted on the sinking step (11).

6. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that: The adjusting member (20) comprises two adjusting rods (21) arranged side by side, and a deformable four-bar linkage is formed between the two supporting members (10) and the two adjusting rods (21), wherein the deformation direction of the deformable four-bar linkage is limited by the ratchet mechanism (30).

7. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 6, characterized in that: A hinged portion (40) is formed between each adjusting rod (21) and the adjacent supporting member (10). Among the two hinged portions (40) located opposite to each other, one of the hinged portions (40) is unidirectionally rotated through a ratchet mechanism (30), and the other hinged portion (40) is rotationally engaged through a pin shaft (41).

8. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 7, characterized in that: Each of the support members (10) and the adjusting rod (21) hinged therewith via a pin (41) form a set of pre-assembled bodies (50) so that the deformable four-bar linkage mechanism forms two sets of pre-assembled bodies (50), and the two sets of pre-assembled bodies (50) are detachably connected via the ratchet mechanism (30).

9. The refrigerator fixing bracket according to claim 8, characterized in that: In each set of the pre-assembled body (50), the support member (10) is provided with a receiving groove (12), and the adjusting rod (21) has a folded state in which it is rotated around the pin shaft (41) and received in the receiving groove (12).

10. A refrigerator, characterized in that: The refrigerator has a front side and a rear side relative to each other, the front side is used for installing a door body, and the rear side is used for fixing the refrigerator fixing bracket according to any one of claims 1 to claim 9.

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