Refrigerator drawer sliding rail assembly and refrigerator

By using slide rails, trays, and rollers in the refrigerator drawer slide assembly, the problems of reduced drawer space and exposed guide rails are solved, resulting in increased drawer capacity and improved user experience.

CN223855988UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-30NINGBO FOTILE KITCHEN WARE CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520444760.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-13
Publication Date
2026-01-30
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-13

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Technical Problem

Existing refrigerator drawer slide assemblies, when used with a fixed refrigerator volume, result in reduced drawer space and exposed guide rails, affecting the user experience.

Method used

It adopts a slide, tray and pulley structure. The pulley is limited to sliding within the slide, avoiding the need to set guide rails on the side of the drawer. The tray supports the drawer and the sliding distance is limited by the stop structure, which increases the drawer volume and improves the user experience.

Benefits of technology

Without reducing the refrigerator's overall capacity, drawer capacity can be increased, and exposed rails can be avoided, thus improving the user experience.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator drawer sliding rail assembly and a refrigerator. The refrigerator drawer sliding rail assembly comprises a drawer, a sliding way and a tray unit, the sliding way is used for being installed on a refrigerator body of the refrigerator and extends in the first direction, and a sliding groove extending in the first direction is formed in the sliding way; the tray unit comprises a tray body and a pulley, the tray body is used for bearing and installing the drawer, the pulley is installed on one side of the tray body and limited in the sliding groove, and the pulley can slide in the sliding groove; wherein the drawer is limited on the tray body, and the tray body can move relative to the slide way in response to the drawing action of the drawer in the first direction. Under the condition that the volume of the refrigerator is fixed, the size of the side face of the drawer can be made as large as possible, namely, the volume of the drawer is increased. Meanwhile, no guide rail is arranged on the side face of the drawer, the situation that the guide rail is exposed after the drawer is opened does not exist, and the user experience is effectively improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to refrigeration equipment technical field especially refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly and refrigerator. BACKGROUND

[0002] The refrigerator drawer slide rail is mainly composed of fixed slide rail and movable slide rail, so as to realize the push-pull movement of the drawer through the cooperation of the fixed slide rail and the movable slide rail, and facilitate the user to take or store the articles.

[0003] However, the setting mode of the guide rail needs to set the avoiding space on the two sides of the drawer to cooperate with the installation of the movable slide rail under the condition of the fixed volume of the refrigerator, which leads to the reduction of the drawer space. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly and refrigerator capable of increasing the large volume rate of the drawer and improving the use experience.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the application provides the following technical scheme:

[0006] A refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly comprises:

[0007] a drawer;

[0008] a slide rail for being installed on the cabinet of the refrigerator and extending along a first direction, and a sliding groove extending along the first direction is formed in the slide rail;

[0009] a tray unit comprising a disc body for supporting and installing the drawer and a pulley installed on one side of the disc body and limited in the sliding groove, and the pulley can slide in the sliding groove; wherein the drawer is limited in the disc body, and the disc body can move relative to the slide rail in response to the pulling action of the drawer in the first direction.

[0010] In one embodiment, the slide rail has two, and the two slide rails are arranged along a second direction and are used for being correspondingly installed on the opposite two side walls of the cabinet;

[0011] The pulley is provided with two, and the two pulleys are correspondingly arranged on the opposite two sides of the disc body in the second direction, and each pulley is correspondingly limited in the sliding groove on the slide rail.

[0012] In one embodiment, the tray unit further comprises a connecting arm, and one side of the slide rail facing the drawer is provided with an opening communicating with the sliding groove.

[0013] One end of the connecting arm is fixed to the disc body and extends into the chute through the opening, and the pulley is connected to one end of the connecting arm extending into the chute.

[0014] In one of the embodiments, the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly further comprises a stop structure for limiting the sliding distance of the drawer in the first direction.

[0015] It can be understood that the stop structure limits the sliding distance of the drawer in the first direction, which can avoid the drawer from sliding too far and affecting the use.

[0016] In one of the embodiments, the stop structure comprises a stop piece and a cooperating block, one of which is fixed to the outer wall of the slide, and the other is fixed to the drawer.

[0017] When the drawer slides a preset distance in the first direction, the stop piece and the cooperating block can be limited to cooperate.

[0018] In one of the embodiments, the stop piece is configured as a roller, which is rotationally connected with the slide or the drawer; the cooperating block is provided with a limiting step, and the roller can be locked at the limiting step, so that the stop piece and the cooperating block are limited to cooperate.

[0019] It can be understood that the roller cooperates with the limiting step to stop the drawer, avoiding the drawer from sliding too far and coming out. At the same time, when the drawer needs to come out, the rolling property of the roller can also be used to make the drawer relatively easily come out.

[0020] In one of the embodiments, the surface of the disc body is recessed to form a containing groove, and part of the drawer is contained in the containing groove.

[0021] It can be understood that by setting the containing groove, the drawer is limited, avoiding the drawer from sliding on the tray and coming out of the tray.

[0022] In one of the embodiments, the containing groove is provided with a limiting hole on the wall surface in the first direction, and the drawer is provided with a plug-in part which is limited in the first direction and can be detachably inserted into the limiting hole.

[0023] It can be understood that the cooperation of the plug-in part and the limiting hole further limits the drawer in the first direction, so as to increase the stability of the drawer assembled on the disc body; at the same time, the detachable plug-in mode can make it easier to take out and install the drawer when the drawer needs to come out of the disc body, so as to be more convenient.

[0024] In one of the embodiments, the bottom of the accommodating groove is provided with a limiting protrusion, and the side of the drawer facing the disc is provided with a matching groove, the limiting protrusion extends along the second direction and is limited and matched with the matching groove in the second direction.

[0025] The first direction is arranged at an angle with the second direction.

[0026] It can be understood that the limiting protrusion can avoid the drawer from shaking due to the movement of the drawer relative to the disc in the second direction, and effectively increase the stability of the assembly of the drawer on the disc.

[0027] The application also provides the following technical solutions:

[0028] A refrigerator comprises a cabinet and the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly in any of the embodiments, wherein the slide rail is fixedly installed on the cabinet.

[0029] Compared with the prior art, the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly and the refrigerator set the slide rail, the disc and the pulley, use the disc to support and install the drawer, and then limit the pulley in the slide rail and make the pulley slide with the slide rail, so as to avoid setting the guide rail on the side of the drawer, that is, to avoid the guide rail occupying the space on the side of the drawer. In this way, under the condition that the volume of the refrigerator is constant, the size of the side of the drawer can be as large as possible, that is, the volume of the drawer is increased. At the same time, since the guide rail is no longer arranged on the side of the drawer, the guide rail is not exposed after the drawer is opened, and the user experience is effectively improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0030] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the application or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description can also be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort on the basis of these drawings.

[0031] Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly provided by the application is shown.

[0032] Figure 2 The exploded structural schematic diagram of the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly provided by the application is shown.

[0033] Figure 3 The structural schematic diagram of the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly provided by the application is shown.

[0034] Figure 4 The structural schematic diagram of the slide rail provided by the application is shown.

[0035] Figure 5A structure diagram of a refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly provided in the present application is assembled to a cabinet.

[0036] Figure 6 A structure diagram of a tray unit provided in the present application.

[0037] Figure 7 A front view of a refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly provided in the present application is assembled to a cabinet.

[0038] Figure 8 A structure diagram of a refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly provided in the present application. Figure 7 A cross-sectional structure diagram at A-A.

[0039] The reference numerals of the components are as follows:

[0040] 100, refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly; 10, drawer; 11, plug-in part; 12, matching groove; 20, slide; 21, sliding groove; 211, opening; 30, tray unit; 31, disc body; 311, accommodating groove; 312, limiting hole; 313, limiting protrusion; 32, pulley; 33, connecting arm; 40, stop structure; 41, stop piece; 411, roller; 42, matching block; 421, limiting step; 201, cabinet. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] In order to make the above objectives, features and advantages of the present application more apparent, specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present application can be practiced in a variety of ways beyond the specific embodiments described herein without departing from the spirit of the present application, and it is intended that the present application cover all such modifications and changes. Thus, the present application should not be limited by the specific embodiments set forth below.

[0042] It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being "fixed to" or "set to" another component, it can be directly on the other component or there can be a middle component. When a component is referred to as being "connected to" another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or there can be a middle component. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and similar expressions used in the description of the present application are for illustrative purposes only and do not indicate the only implementation.

[0043] In addition, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used only for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or an indicated number of technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first", "second", etc. can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0044] In the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited, the first feature is "on", "under" the second feature, which can be that the first feature is in direct contact with the second feature, or the first feature is indirectly in contact with the second feature through an intermediate medium. Moreover, the first feature is "above", "over" and "on" the second feature, which can be that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or only means that the first feature is higher than the second feature in horizontal height. The first feature is "below", "under" and "under" the second feature, which can be that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or only means that the first feature is lower than the second feature in horizontal height.

[0045] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used in the specification of the present application have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present application belongs. The terms used in the specification of the present application are only for the purpose of describing the specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present application. The term "and / or" used in the specification of the present application includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0046] As shown in Figures 1 to 8 The present application provides a refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly 100, which comprises a drawer 10, a slide rail 20 and a tray unit 30. The slide rail 20 is used to be installed on the cabinet 201 of the refrigerator and extends along a first direction x, and the slide rail 20 is provided with a sliding groove 21 extending along the first direction x. The tray unit 30 comprises a disc body 31 and a pulley 32. The disc body 31 is used to support and install the drawer 10, and the pulley 32 is installed on one side of the disc body 31 and is limited in the sliding groove 21, and the pulley 32 can slide in the sliding groove 21. The drawer 10 is limited in the disc body 31, and the disc body 31 can move relative to the slide rail 20 in response to the pulling action of the drawer 10 in the first direction x. It can be understood that the present application sets the slide rail 20, the disc body 31 and the pulley 32, uses the disc body 31 to support and install the drawer 10, and then the pulley 32 is limited in the slide rail 20 and slides with the slide rail 20. In this way, the guide rail on the side of the drawer 10 is avoided, that is, the space of the drawer 10 side is occupied. Thus, under the condition that the volume of the refrigerator is constant, the size of the drawer 10 side can be as large as possible, that is, the volume of the drawer 10 is increased. At the same time, since the guide rail is no longer arranged on the side of the drawer 10, there is no guide rail exposed after the drawer is opened, which effectively improves the user experience.

[0047] Here, the first direction x is set as the depth direction of the cabinet 201 of the refrigerator.

[0048] As shown in Figure 2As shown, the drawer 10 is provided with a plug-in part 11, the surface of the disc body 31 is recessed to form a receiving groove 311, part of the drawer 10 is accommodated in the receiving groove 311, and the receiving groove 311 is provided with a limiting hole 312 on the wall surface in the first direction x, and the plug-in part 11 is limited and inserted in the limiting hole 312 along the first direction x. In this way, the drawer 10 can be limited once through the receiving groove 311, and further fixed in the first direction x through the cooperation of the plug-in part 11 and the limiting hole 312 to form secondary limiting, so that the drawer 10 can be stably assembled to the disc body 31, and when the user needs to take out the drawer 10 alone, the plug-in part 11 can be directly separated from the limiting hole 312 to separate the drawer 10 from the disc body 31, which is more convenient.

[0049] Further, the side of the drawer 10 facing the disc body 31 is provided with a matching groove 12, the bottom of the receiving groove 311 is provided with a limiting protrusion 313, and the limiting protrusion 313 extends along the second direction y and is limited and matched with the matching groove 12 in the second direction y; wherein the first direction x and the second direction y are arranged at an angle. In this way, by using the cooperation of the matching groove 12 and the limiting protrusion 313, the movement of the drawer 10 relative to the disc body 31 in the second direction y can be further avoided, so as to avoid the drawer 10 shaking when the disc body 31 moves in the first direction x, causing the goods to fall or hit the cabinet 201 of the refrigerator, and causing damage to the drawer 10 or the cabinet 201, further increasing the stability of the assembly of the drawer 10 on the disc body 31.

[0050] Here, the second direction y is arranged in the length direction of the cabinet of the refrigerator, and at this time, the first direction x and the second direction y are arranged vertically. Of course, it is not limited to this, and the second direction y and the first direction x can also be arranged at 80 degrees or 95 degrees, etc.

[0051] In an embodiment, the number of drawers 10 can be at least two, so as to facilitate the user to subdivide the goods to be stored in the drawer 10 and store them in categories, and realize fine storage. Here, the number of drawers 10 can be two, three, five or the like. Of course, it is not limited to this, and the specific number of drawers 10 can be determined according to actual conditions.

[0052] Further, each drawer 10 is provided with a plug-in part 11 and a matching groove 12. Correspondingly, the number of limiting holes 312 is arranged one by one corresponding to the plug-in part 11, and the limiting protrusion 313 also corresponds to the matching groove 12, so as to ensure that each drawer 10 can realize independent assembly and limiting, so as to facilitate the user to use.

[0053] Please refer to Figures 1 to 7The slide 20 has two, two slides 20 are arranged in the second direction y and are used to be installed on the opposite two side walls of the box body 201. The pulley 32 is provided as two, and the two pulleys 32 are arranged on the opposite sides of the disc body 31 in the second direction y, and each pulley 32 is limited in the sliding groove on the slide 20. In this way, in the second direction y, both sides of the disc body 31 can be supported, effectively improving the stability of the disc installation.

[0054] In an embodiment, the tray unit 30 further comprises a connecting arm 33, and the slide 20 is provided with an opening 211 communicating with the sliding groove 21 on one side of the drawer 10. One end of the connecting arm 33 is fixed to the disc body 31, the other end extends into the sliding groove 21 through the opening 211, and the pulley 32 is connected to the end of the connecting arm 33 extending into the sliding groove 21. Here, the connecting arm 33 can connect the disc body 31 and the pulley 32 to support the disc body 31, and the pulley 32 can be hidden in the slide 20, avoiding the user from seeing the pulley 32 when the drawer 10 is pulled out with the disc body 31, further improving the user's experience.

[0055] As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8 The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly 100 further comprises a stop structure 40 for limiting the sliding distance of the drawer 10 in the first direction x to prevent the drawer 10 from sliding too far in the first direction x and falling out of the box body 201, causing the contents in the drawer 10 to spill.

[0056] Specifically, the stop structure 40 comprises a stop piece 41 and a matching block 42, one of which is fixed to the outer wall of the slide 20, and the other is fixed to the drawer 10; wherein, when the drawer 10 slides a predetermined distance in the first direction x, the stop piece 41 and the matching block 42 can be limited to cooperate.

[0057] Further, the stop piece 41 is configured as a roller 411, which is rotatably connected with the slide 20 or the drawer 10; the matching block 42 is provided with a limiting step 421, and the roller 411 can be locked at the limiting step 421, so that the stop piece 41 and the matching block 42 are limited to cooperate, thereby achieving the stop of the disc body 31 and avoiding its excessive movement out of the slide 20. Here, the roller cooperates with the limiting step to stop the drawer, avoiding the drawer from sliding too far and falling out. At the same time, when the drawer needs to be pulled out, the rolling characteristic of the roller can also be used to make the stop piece 41 roll over the limiting step 421, and then relatively easily disengage.

[0058] The present application also provides a refrigerator comprising a box body 201 and the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly 100 described in any of the above embodiments, wherein the slide 20 is fixedly installed on the box body 201.

[0059] Any combination of the technical features in the above-described embodiments can be made, and for the sake of brevity, not all possible combinations are described, however, as long as there is no conflict, any combination of the technical features should be considered within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0060] The above-described embodiments only express several implementation manners of the present application, and the description is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be understood as a limitation on the patent scope of the application. It should be pointed out that for ordinary skilled persons in the art, some modifications 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 patent protection scope of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly, characterized by, The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly comprises: a drawer (10); a slide rail (20) for being mounted on a cabinet (201) of a refrigerator and extending in a first direction, and a slide groove (21) extending in the first direction is formed on the slide rail (20); a tray unit (30) comprising a tray body (31) for supporting and mounting the drawer (10) and a pulley (32) mounted on one side of the tray body (31) and positioned in the slide groove (21), and the pulley (32) is capable of sliding in the slide groove (21); wherein the drawer (10) is positioned in the tray body (31), and the tray body (31) is capable of moving relative to the slide rail (20) in response to the drawer (10) being pulled in the first direction.

2. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that, The slide rail (20) has two slide rails (20) arranged at intervals in a second direction and mounted on opposite two side walls of the cabinet (201); The pulley (32) is provided in two, and the two pulleys (32) are arranged on opposite two sides of the tray body (31) in the second direction, and each pulley (32) is positioned in the slide groove (21) on the slide rail (20).

3. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that, The tray unit (30) further comprises a connecting arm (33), and one side of the slide rail (20) faces an opening (211) in communication with the slide groove (21); One end of the connecting arm (33) is fixed to the tray body (31), and the other end extends into the slide groove (21) through the opening (211), and the pulley (32) is connected to the end of the connecting arm (33) extending into the slide groove (21).

4. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein, The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly further comprises a stop structure (40) for limiting the sliding distance of the drawer (10) in the first direction.

5. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 4, wherein, The stop structure (40) comprises a stop piece (41) and a matching block (42), one of which is fixed to the outer wall of the slide rail (20), and the other is fixed to the drawer (10); When the drawer (10) slides a preset distance in the first direction, the stop piece (41) and the matching block (42) can be limited in cooperation.

6. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 5, wherein, The stop piece (41) is configured as a roller (411) rotatably connected with the slide rail (20) or the drawer (10); the matching block (42) is provided with a limiting step (421), and the roller (411) can be locked at the limiting step (421) to limit the cooperation between the stop piece (41) and the matching block (42).

7. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 1, wherein, The surface of the tray body (31) is recessed to form a containing groove (311), and part of the drawer (10) is contained in the containing groove (311).

8. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 7, wherein, The accommodating groove (311) is provided with a limiting hole (312) on the wall surface in the first direction, and the drawer (10) is provided with a plug-in part (11) which is limited along the first direction and is detachably inserted into the limiting hole (312).

9. The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that, The bottom of the accommodating groove (311) is provided with a limiting protrusion (313), and one side of the drawer (10) facing the disc body (31) is provided with a matching groove (12), the limiting protrusion (313) extends along the second direction and is limited and matched with the matching groove (12) in the second direction. The first direction is arranged at an angle with the second direction.

10. A refrigerator characterized by comprising: The refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly comprises a box body (201) and the refrigerator drawer slide rail assembly according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the slide rail (20) is fixedly installed on the box body (201).