Air duct cover plate and refrigeration apparatus
The air duct cover addresses the issue of compatibility with different decorative panels by using a mounting groove and adhesive groove, enabling secure and efficient installation of various panels with reduced mold costs and cycle times.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- QINDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-17
AI Technical Summary
Existing air duct covers are not adaptable to different decorative panels, requiring separate molds for each type, leading to high costs and long molding cycles.
An air duct cover with a mounting groove and adhesive groove that can accommodate trim strips and adhesive materials, allowing for the installation of various decorative panels such as surface light source, glass, metal, and plastic panels, with additional fixing structures like welding grooves and blocking ribs to ensure secure and aesthetic mounting.
The air duct cover facilitates universal mounting of diverse decorative panels, reducing mold costs and cycle times while maintaining aesthetic integrity.
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Description
[0001] The present application is filed based on a Chinese patent application No. 2023109986320 filed on August 9, 2023, and a Chinese patent application No. 2023110019696 filed on August 9, 2023, and claims a priority of the above-mentioned Chinese patent applications. The entire contents of the above-mentioned patent applications are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present application relates to the field of household appliance technology, and particularly to an air duct cover and a refrigerator appliance.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Decorative panels include different types such as surface light sources, glass, metal, plastic, and others. Since different decorative panels have different mounting interfaces, existing air duct covers cannot match a fixing of different decorative panels. Each of the above different types of decorative panels requires respective air duct injection molds, resulting in high mold costs, long molding cycles, and a waste of money costs and time costs.
[0004] In view of this, it is necessary to provide an air duct cover to solve the above technical problems.
[0005] Any reference to any related art in the specification is not and should not be regarded as an acknowledgment or any form of suggestion that the related art constitutes a part of common general knowledge in the application area or any other jurisdiction, or that the related art can be reasonably understood and regarded as relevant by a person skilled in the art.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0006] A purpose of the present application is to provide an air duct cover capable of adapting to an installation of different decorative panels.
[0007] To achieve one of the above purposes, the present application provides an air duct cover, comprising a cover body, the cover body comprises a mounting surface for mounting a decorative panel, wherein the cover body is provided with a fixing structure located on the mounting surface, the fixing structure is a mounting groove, and the mounting groove is configured to mount a decorative panel with a trim strip.
[0008] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the mounting groove is located on two sides of the mounting surface along a width direction and / or the mounting groove is located at a top of the mounting surface.
[0009] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the mounting groove located on the two sides of the mounting surface along the width direction is in communication with the mounting groove located at the top of the mounting surface.
[0010] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the decorative panel is a surface light source panel, the trim strip comprises a top trim strip located at a top of the surface light source panel and a lateral trim strip on two sides along the width direction, and the surface light source panel is fixed in the mounting groove through the top trim strip and the lateral trim strip.
[0011] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the cover body is further provided with another fixing structure for fixing another decorative panel.
[0012] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the another fixing structure comprises an adhesive groove opened on the mounting surface, the adhesive groove is located on an inner side of the mounting groove, and a groove depth of the mounting groove is greater than a groove depth of the adhesive groove.
[0013] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the another decorative panel is a glass panel; or, the another decorative panel is a metal panel, the metal panel comprises a fixing tab provided at intervals at two ends and a top of the metal panel along the width direction, and the fixing tab extends toward the cover body.
[0014] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the another decorative panel is a plastic panel, the mounting surface or the plastic panel is provided with a welding rib, and the plastic panel is welded and fixed to the mounting surface.
[0015] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the plastic panel is provided with the welding rib, the mounting surface is provided with a welding groove corresponding to the welding rib, and the welding groove is located on an inner side of the mounting groove.
[0016] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the cover body and / or the decorative panel is provided with a shielding member, and the shielding member is located on an outer side of the fixing structure to shield an assembly gap between the cover body and the decorative panel.
[0017] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the decorative panel is a glass panel, the shielding member is located on two sides of the cover body along the width direction, and the shielding member is a blocking rib extending from the cover body toward the decorative panel;
[0018] or, the shielding member is located on two sides of the decorative panel along the width direction, and the shielding member is a blocking rib extending from the decorative panel toward the cover body.
[0019] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the decorative panel is a surface light source panel, and the shielding member is a lateral trim strip located on two sides of the surface light source panel along the width direction; the lateral trim strip comprises a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion and a third connecting portion located between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the second connecting portion is located in the mounting groove, and the surface light source panel is snap-fitted between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.
[0020] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein the cover body is provided with a blocking rib on two sides along the width direction, a notch is formed at a connection between the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion, and the blocking rib is located in the notch; a thickness of the third connecting portion gradually increases in a direction from the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion.
[0021] As a further improvement of the present application, wherein a mounting hole is provided at intervals in the mounting groove, and the cover body further comprises a first fixing hole located at a side of the mounting hole; the lateral trim strip further comprises a fixing portion extending from the second connecting portion toward the cover body, a second fixing hole is provided on the fixing portion, and the fixing portion passes through the mounting hole.
[0022] The present application also provides a refrigerator appliance, which comprises the above-mentioned air duct cover.
[0023] A beneficial effect of the present application is: the present application, by providing the mounting groove on the mounting surface to mount a decorative panel with a trim strip, facilitates providing other fixing structures for mounting different decorative panels on the mounting surface, thereby improving a universality of the cover body.
[0024] The term "comprise" used herein and variations of the term, such as "comprises", "comprised", "comprising", "including", "containing", do not exclude other features, components, elements or steps unless a context clearly requires otherwise.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0025] FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cover body of the present application. FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of A in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a surface light source panel of the present application. FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a lateral trim strip of the present application. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of one perspective of the cover body mounting the surface light source panel of the present application. FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of B in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another perspective of the cover body mounting the surface light source panel of the present application. FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of C in FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a glass panel of the present application. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the cover body mounting the glass panel of the present application. FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of D in FIG. 10. FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal panel of the present application. FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a plastic panel of the present application.
[0026] Wherein: 100, cover body; 101, mounting groove; 101a, mounting hole; 102, adhesive groove; 103, welding groove; 104, blocking rib; 105, first fixing hole; 106, positioning groove.
[0027] 200, surface light source panel; 201, lateral trim strip; 201a, first connecting portion; 201b, second connecting portion; 201c, third connecting portion; 201d, fixing portion; 201e, second fixing hole; 201f, notch.
[0028] 300, glass panel; 400, metal panel; 401, fixing tab; 500, plastic panel; 501, welding rib.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] To make a purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the technical solutions of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to specific embodiments of the present application and corresponding drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to a scope of protection of the present application.
[0030] Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the drawings, wherein same or similar reference numerals represent same or similar elements or elements having same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present application, and cannot be understood as a limitation to the present application.
[0031] In a description of the present application, it needs to be understood that, terms such as "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom" indicating orientation or positional relationships are based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for facilitating a description of the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that a referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation to the present application.
[0032] In the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified and limited, it needs to be noted that, terms "install", "connect", "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, the connection may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection, may also be an internal communication of two elements, may be a direct connection, or may be an indirect connection through an intermediate medium. For a person of ordinary skill in the art, specific meanings of the above terms can be understood according to specific situations.
[0033] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 13, an air duct cover provided by the present application comprises a cover body 100 and a decorative panel, and the decorative panel is fixed on the cover body 100. The cover body 100 is provided with a plurality of fixing structures for fixing the decorative panel, and the plurality of fixing structures are respectively configured to adapt to mounting different the decorative panels.
[0034] The cover body 100 comprises a mounting surface for mounting the decorative panel. The plurality of fixing structures are all located on the mounting surface to fix the decorative panel to the mounting surface.
[0035] One of the fixing structures is a mounting groove 101 located on two sides along a width direction and / or a top of the mounting surface. The mounting groove 101 is formed by recessing downward from the mounting surface. The mounting groove 101 is adapted for an installation of a decorative panel with a trim strip. A groove position and a groove depth of the mounting groove 101 may be adaptively adjusted according to a trim strip of the decorative panel.
[0036] Another of the fixing structures is an adhesive groove 102 provided on the mounting surface. The adhesive groove 102 is configured to accommodate an adhesive material to achieve a fixing of the decorative panel. The adhesive groove 102 is located on an inner side of the mounting groove 101, and the groove depth of the mounting groove 101 is greater than a depth of the adhesive groove 102. The adhesive groove 102 may be adapted for an installation of a glass panel 300, a metal panel 400, and others.
[0037] The adhesive groove 102 is formed by recessing downward from the mounting surface. The adhesive groove 102 comprises a transverse adhesive groove extending along the width direction of the mounting surface and a vertical adhesive groove extending along a height direction of the mounting surface. A double-sided tape may be provided in the adhesive groove 102 or a hot melt adhesive may be applied, thereby achieving the fixing of the decorative panel. Preferably, the groove depth of the adhesive groove 102 is 0.2-0.4 mm.
[0038] Another of the fixing structures is a welding groove 103 provided on the mounting surface. The welding groove 103 is located between the mounting groove 101 and the adhesive groove 102. The welding groove 103 extends along the height direction of the mounting surface. The welding groove 103 is adapted for an installation of a decorative panel with a welding rib 501.
[0039] The cover body 100 and / or the decorative panel is provided with a shielding member. The shielding member is configured to shield an assembly gap between the cover body 100 and the decorative panel.
[0040] In a specific embodiment, the shielding member is a blocking rib 104 extending from the mounting surface toward the decorative panel, and the blocking rib 104 is located on an outer side of the mounting groove 101.
[0041] A bottom of the cover body 100 is provided with a positioning groove 106. The positioning groove 106 is located on the mounting surface, and the positioning groove 106 extends along a horizontal direction. When mounting the decorative panel, a bottom end of the decorative panel is inserted into the positioning groove 106, thereby playing a role of pre-assembly positioning.
[0042] Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 8, in a specific embodiment, the mounting groove 101 is configured to mount a surface light source panel 200. The surface light source panel 200 comprises a top trim strip located at a top of the surface light source panel 200, and a lateral trim strip 201 on two sides along the width direction. The top trim strip is located between the two lateral trim strips 201. The top trim strip and the lateral trim strip 201 are wrapped on an edge of the surface light source panel 200. The surface light source panel 200 is fixed in the mounting groove 101 through the top trim strip and the lateral trim strip 201.
[0043] Correspondingly, the mounting groove 101 is located at the top of the mounting surface and on the two sides along the width direction. The mounting groove 101 located on the two sides of the mounting surface along the width direction extends along the height direction of the mounting surface, and the mounting groove 101 located on the two sides is in communication with the mounting groove 101 located at the top, thereby forming an integral body for mounting the surface light source panel 200. The top trim strip is located in the mounting groove 101 at the top of the mounting surface. The lateral trim strip 201 is located in the mounting groove 101 on the two sides of the mounting surface.
[0044] The top trim strip may adopt an existing ordinary trim strip. The lateral trim strip 201 serves as the shielding member to shield an assembly gap between the surface light source panel 200 and the mounting surface, and at the same time shields the blocking rib 104 located on the mounting surface.
[0045] The lateral trim strip 201 comprises a first connecting portion 201a, a second connecting portion 201b and a third connecting portion 201c located between the first connecting portion 201a and the second connecting portion 201b. The second connecting portion 201b is located in the mounting groove 101. The surface light source panel 200 is snap-fitted between the first connecting portion 201a and the second connecting portion 201b.
[0046] The first connecting portion 201a and the second connecting portion 201b are parallel to each other. The third connecting portion 201c is connected to same side ends of the first connecting portion 201a and the second connecting portion 201b, and a width of the first connecting portion 201a is smaller than a width of the second connecting portion 201b. The second connecting portion 201b is located in the mounting groove 101, and a width of the second connecting portion 201b is adapted to the mounting groove 101. The width of the first connecting portion 201a may be adaptively adjusted according to needs.
[0047] Preferably, the width of the first connecting portion 201a is 3-5 mm, and the width of the second connecting portion 201b is 8-12 mm.
[0048] A mounting hole 101a is provided at intervals in the mounting groove 101. The cover body 100 further comprises a first fixing hole 105 located at a side of the mounting hole 101a.
[0049] The lateral trim strip 201 further comprises a fixing portion 201d extending from the second connecting portion 201b toward the mounting surface, and the fixing portion 201d corresponds to the mounting hole 101a one by one. The fixing portion 201d is perpendicular to the second connecting portion 201b. A second fixing hole 201e is opened on the fixing portion 201d. Preferably, a distance from the fixing portion 201d to an end of the second connecting portion 201b away from the third connecting portion 201c is 6 mm.
[0050] A thickness of the third connecting portion 201c gradually increases in a direction from the first connecting portion 201a to the second connecting portion 201b. When the surface light source panel 200 is fixed in the mounting groove 101 through the lateral trim strip 201, a user can only see the third connecting portion 201c from a side of the air duct cover. A shielding inclined surface provided by the third connecting portion 201c shields a side edge of the surface light source panel 200 and an assembly interface between the surface light source panel 200 and the mounting surface, making the air duct cover as a whole more beautiful.
[0051] A notch 201f is formed at a connection between the second connecting portion 201b and the third connecting portion 201c. When the surface light source panel 200 is fixed in the mounting groove 101 through the lateral trim strip 201, the blocking rib 104 is located in the notch 201f, thereby achieving a shielding of the blocking rib 104.
[0052] When mounting the surface light source panel 200, the top trim strip is placed in the mounting groove 101 at the top of the mounting surface, and the lateral trim strip 201 is placed in the mounting groove 101 on the two sides of the mounting surface. The fixing portion 201d of the lateral trim strip 201 passes through the mounting hole 101a in the mounting groove 101, the second fixing hole 201e on the fixing portion 201d is coaxially aligned with the first fixing hole 105, and finally a fixing of the surface light source panel 200 is achieved through a fixing member such as a screw passing through the first fixing hole 105 and the second fixing hole 201e.
[0053] Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, the adhesive groove 102 is configured to mount the glass panel 300. The double-sided tape is provided or the hot melt adhesive is injected in the adhesive groove 102, the bottom end of the glass panel 300 is inserted into the positioning groove 106, and the glass panel 300 is pressed to the mounting surface, and an adhesive fixing of the glass panel 300 is achieved through the double-sided tape or the hot melt adhesive.
[0054] An overflow groove is also provided on an inner side of the adhesive groove 102. When the hot melt adhesive is injected into the adhesive groove 102 for the adhesive fixing of the glass panel 300, the overflow groove is configured to prevent the hot melt adhesive from flowing randomly when being pressed, which in turn affects a fixing effect.
[0055] When the glass panel 300 is pressed and fixed on the mounting surface, due to an existence of the mounting groove 101, a larger side gap will exist between the glass panel 300 and the mounting surface. Thus, by providing the blocking rib 104 to shield the gap between the glass panel 300 and the mounting surface, that is, the mounting groove 101, the air duct cover as a whole is made more beautiful. Preferably, the blocking rib 104 is provided perpendicular to the mounting surface.
[0056] Certainly, the blocking rib 104 may also be provided on the glass panel 300. The blocking rib 104 extends from the glass panel 300 toward the mounting surface, which can also play a role of shielding the gap between the glass panel 300 and the mounting surface.
[0057] Since a fixing structure of the surface light source panel 200 is a screw, and a fixing structure of the glass panel 300 is an adhesive, fixing structures on two sides along the width direction of an existing air duct cover cannot coexist. The air duct cover provided by the present application, by providing the mounting groove 101 and the adhesive groove 102 in a staggered manner on the mounting surface, makes the adhesive groove 102 located on the inner side of the mounting groove 101, thereby achieving a coexistence of the fixing structures on the two sides.
[0058] For the surface light source panel 200 and the glass panel 300, a thickness difference exists between the two, which causes a difference in interfaces at a top and a bottom of the air duct cover. And the surface light source panel 200 is provided with the trim strip 201, which further increases the thickness difference between the surface light source panel 200 and the glass panel 300 and affects the coexistence of the fixing structures.
[0059] The air duct cover provided by the present application, by providing the mounting groove 101 on the mounting surface for accommodating the trim strip 201, and increasing the groove depth of the mounting groove 101, creates a depth difference between the mounting groove 101 and the adhesive groove 102, thereby unifying as much as possible assembly dimensions of the surface light source panel 200 and the glass panel 300 in a thickness direction, so that both can be adapted to the positioning groove 106 located at the bottom of the cover body 100. In this way, the air duct cover can simultaneously mount the surface light source panel 200 and the glass panel 300, to meet different needs.
[0060] Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 12, the adhesive groove 102 is configured to mount a metal panel 400. The double-sided tape is provided or the hot melt adhesive is injected in the adhesive groove 102, a bottom end of the metal panel 400 is inserted into the positioning groove 106, and the metal panel 400 is pressed to the mounting surface, and an adhesive fixing of the metal panel 400 is achieved through the double-sided tape or the hot melt adhesive. The blocking rib 104 shields a gap between the metal panel 400 and the mounting surface, that is, the mounting groove 101, making the air duct cover as a whole more beautiful.
[0061] In some embodiments, the metal panel 400 comprises a fixing tab 401 provided at intervals at two ends and a top of the metal panel 400 along the width direction, and the fixing tab 401 extends toward the cover body 100.
[0062] Specifically, the fixing tab 401 is provided perpendicular to the metal panel 400. The fixing tab 401 comprises a bent portion and a fixing portion, the fixing portion is connected to the metal panel 400 through the bent portion, and a width of the bent portion is smaller than a width of the fixing portion.
[0063] When the metal panel 400 is adhesively bonded to the mounting surface, the fixing tab 401 is bent toward a side of the cover body 100, the bent portion is bent by 90°, the fixing portion is in close contact with the cover body 100, so that the cover body 100 is located between the metal panel 400 and the fixing portion, thereby achieving a reinforced fixing of the metal panel 400. Certainly, in this embodiment, the fixing of the metal panel 400 can also be achieved solely through the fixing tab 401.
[0064] Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 13, the welding groove 103 is configured to fix a plastic panel 500. A surface of the plastic panel 500 corresponding to the mounting surface is provided with a welding rib 501, and the mounting surface is provided with a welding groove 103 corresponding to the welding rib 501.
[0065] When mounting the plastic panel 500, a bottom end of the plastic panel 500 is inserted into the positioning groove 106, the plastic panel 500 is fitted to the mounting surface and the welding rib 501 is aligned with the welding groove 103, and finally the plastic panel 500 is fixed by an ultrasonic welding method. The blocking rib 104 shields a gap between the plastic panel 500 and the mounting surface, that is, the mounting groove 101, making the air duct cover as a whole more beautiful.
[0066] An arrangement manner of the welding rib 501 and the welding groove 103 includes but is not limited to a transverse arrangement, a vertical arrangement and a grid arrangement. The arrangement manner may be comprehensively determined according to factors such as production efficiency, quality, and cost of an actual product.
[0067] It needs to be particularly noted that the welding groove 103 may also be provided on the plastic panel 500, and the welding rib 501 may be provided on the mounting surface. Considering that the cover body 100 is adapted to different decorative panels, it is preferable to provide the welding groove 103 on the mounting surface.
[0068] In summary, the present application achieves the coexistence of the fixing structures of the surface light source panel 200 and the glass panel 300 through the provision of the mounting groove 101 and the adhesive groove 102, so that the air duct cover can simultaneously adapt to the installation of the surface light source panel 200 and the glass panel 300; at the same time, the universality of the air duct cover is improved by providing other fixing structures.
[0069] It should be understood that, although this specification is described according to embodiments, not every embodiment only contains one independent technical solution. This narrative manner of the specification is merely for clarity. A person skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment may also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by a person skilled in the art.
[0070] The series of detailed descriptions listed above are merely specific descriptions of feasible embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit a protection scope of the present application. Any equivalent embodiments or changes made without departing from a technical spirit of the present application should be included within the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. An air duct cover, comprising a cover body, wherein the cover body comprises a mounting surface for mounting a decorative panel, wherein the cover body is provided with a fixing structure located on the mounting surface, the fixing structure is a mounting groove, and the mounting groove is configured to mount a decorative panel with a trim strip.
2. The air duct cover according to claim 1, wherein the mounting groove is located on two sides of the mounting surface along a width direction and / or the mounting groove is located at a top of the mounting surface.
3. The air duct cover according to claim 2, wherein the mounting groove located on the two sides of the mounting surface along the width direction is in communication with the mounting groove located at the top of the mounting surface.
4. The air duct cover according to claim 3, wherein the decorative panel is a surface light source panel, the trim strip comprises a top trim strip located at a top of the surface light source panel and a lateral trim strip on two sides along the width direction, and the surface light source panel is fixed in the mounting groove through the top trim strip and the lateral trim strip.
5. The air duct cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover body is further provided with another fixing structure for fixing another decorative panel.
6. The air duct cover according to claim 5, wherein the another fixing structure comprises an adhesive groove opened on the mounting surface, the adhesive groove is located on an inner side of the mounting groove, and a groove depth of the mounting groove is greater than a groove depth of the adhesive groove.
7. The air duct cover according to claim 6, wherein the another decorative panel is a glass panel; or, the another decorative panel is a metal panel, the metal panel comprises a fixing tab provided at intervals at two ends and a top of the metal panel along the width direction, and the fixing tab extends toward the cover body.
8. The air duct cover according to claim 5, wherein the another decorative panel is a plastic panel, the mounting surface or the plastic panel is provided with a welding rib, and the plastic panel is welded and fixed to the mounting surface.
9. The air duct cover according to claim 8, wherein the plastic panel is provided with the welding rib, the mounting surface is provided with a welding groove corresponding to the welding rib, and the welding groove is located on an inner side of the mounting groove.
10. The air duct cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover body and / or the decorative panel is provided with a shielding member, and the shielding member is located on an outer side of the fixing structure to shield an assembly gap between the cover body and the decorative panel.
11. The air duct cover according to claim 10, wherein the decorative panel is a glass panel, the shielding member is located on two sides of the cover body along the width direction, and the shielding member is a blocking rib extending from the cover body toward the decorative panel; or, the shielding member is located on two sides of the decorative panel along the width direction, and the shielding member is a blocking rib extending from the decorative panel toward the cover body.
12. The air duct cover according to claim 10, wherein the decorative panel is a surface light source panel, and the shielding member is a lateral trim strip located on two sides of the surface light source panel along the width direction; the lateral trim strip comprises a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion and a third connecting portion located between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the second connecting portion is located in the mounting groove, and the surface light source panel is snap-fitted between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.
13. The air duct cover according to claim 12, wherein the cover body is provided with a blocking rib on two sides along the width direction, a notch is formed at a connection between the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion, and the blocking rib is located in the notch; a thickness of the third connecting portion gradually increases in a direction from the first connecting portion to the second connecting portion.
14. The air duct cover according to claim 12, wherein a mounting hole is provided at intervals in the mounting groove, and the cover body further comprises a first fixing hole located at a side of the mounting hole; the lateral trim strip further comprises a fixing portion extending from the second connecting portion toward the cover body, a second fixing hole is provided on the fixing portion, and the fixing portion passes through the mounting hole.
15. A refrigerator appliance, comprising: an air duct cover according to any one of claims 1-14.