Refrigerator Basket Partition Guide Structure for Smooth Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing refrigerator baskets face issues with the smooth movement of partition members, leading to poor manipulation feeling and user inconvenience due to potential interference and moment-induced instability during adjustment.
Innovation Solution
A basket design featuring a partition member with a flange and guide slots, coupled with a guide member and cover members, allows for stable and smooth movement of the partition member by minimizing friction and preventing tilting, using contact protrusions and a coupling mechanism to ensure stable support and alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a partition member is added to divide the basket interior space, then the adaptability and storage flexibility are improved, but the device complexity and potential interference increase
Solution Approach 1:
The partition member is divided into multiple segments that can move independently along guide slots, allowing flexible space division without requiring a complex fixed structure. This segmentation enables the partition to adapt to different storage needs while maintaining structural simplicity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The partition member is designed as a movable dynamic structure rather than a fixed static one. It can slide along the guide slots and be positioned at different locations, providing adaptability for various storage configurations while the guide slots constrain the movement to maintain structural simplicity
2Ease of operation
If the partition member is made movable for adjustment, then the ease of operation is improved, but the stability and manipulation feeling deteriorate due to friction and moment-induced tilting
Solution Approach 1:
Guide members are introduced as intermediary elements between the partition member and the basket body. These guide members contain guide slots that constrain the partition's movement path, reducing unwanted tilting and improving stability while still allowing smooth adjustment. The guide members act as mediators that translate the user's adjustment input into controlled, stable movement
Solution Approach 2:
The partition member is equipped with handling protrusions that enable users to easily grasp and move it without requiring additional tools or complex mechanisms. The self-contained design with integrated guide slots and handling features allows the partition to serve itself for adjustment while maintaining stability through its own structural features
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AI summary
Provided is a basket for a refrigerator. The basket for a refrigerator, which defines a receiving space for a food includes a partition member disposed in the basket to partition an inner space of the basket, a pair of guide slots respectively defined in both side surfaces of the basket and opened along a moving direction of the partition member, the pair of guide slots guiding movement of the partition member, and a guide member disposed outside the basket, the guide member being coupled to the partition member through the guide slots. The partition member partitioning the inside of the basket may smoothly move to improve manipulation feeling and convenience in use.