CN108592497A - Wind cooling refrigerator damper assemblies and wind cooling refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an air door assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator and an air-cooled refrigerator, which are mechanically adjusted, simple in structure and low in cost. The damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator includes a damper frame, an air outlet, a fan frame and a fan; the damper frame includes a front panel, a first side panel and a second side panel; the air outlet includes a front air outlet and a side air outlet; There is a sliding baffle, when the sliding baffle slides until the front air outlet is fully opened, the side air outlet is completely closed, and when the sliding baffle slides until the front air outlet is completely closed, the side air outlet is fully opened. The air door assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention, when the air-cooled refrigerator is in the refrigerating mode and the freezing mode, the front air outlet or the side air outlet can be fully opened by operating the sliding baffle, so as to maintain a good storage effect, and the mechanical The structure is simple, the cost is low, and there are few failure points.

Description

Air-cooled refrigerator damper assembly and air-cooled refrigerator

technical field

The invention relates to the field of refrigerator household appliances, in particular to an improved structure of an air door assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator.

Background technique

At present, there is an air-cooled refrigerator on the market that can switch between refrigeration and freezing in the same room. The temperature in the room can be adjusted by controlling the speed of the fan to adjust the air intake of the air duct damper, thereby realizing the switching between refrigeration and freezing. , this kind of refrigerator is flexible to use and can meet different actual needs of users.

Because when the food is in the refrigerated state, if the cold wind is blowing directly, the food will dry quickly and the water loss will be large, which will affect the quality and taste of the food when it is refrigerated. You should avoid direct blowing of the cold wind. When the food is in the frozen state, the cold air should blow directly on the food so that Food is quickly frozen. In the prior art, an air-cooled refrigerator with switchable refrigeration and freezing usually adopts an electronic damper to adjust the air outlet direction of the damper according to the needs of refrigeration or freezing, so that the food can reach the best storage state whether it is refrigerated or frozen. However, electronic dampers are more costly.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides an air door assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator and an air-cooled refrigerator, which are mechanically adjusted, simple in structure and low in cost.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator proposed by the present invention is realized by the following technical solutions: an air-cooled refrigerator damper assembly is installed at the air outlet of the air duct of the refrigerator, including the damper frame, set on the damper The air outlet on the frame, the fan frame and the fan installed on the fan frame; the damper frame includes a front panel opposite to the fan frame and the fan, and a first one of the left and right sides of the front panel. A side panel and a second side panel on the other side of the left and right sides of the front panel; the air outlet includes a front air outlet on the front panel and a front air outlet on the first side panel and/or the second side panel Side air outlet; the air door frame is equipped with a sliding baffle that can slide relative to the air door frame. When the sliding baffle slides until the front air outlet is fully opened, the side air outlet is completely closed. When the sliding baffle slides until the front air outlet is completely closed, the side air outlet is fully opened.

A driving component for driving the sliding baffle to slide is also installed on the damper frame.

The driving part is a manual knob, and a connecting rod is connected between the manual knob and the sliding baffle. One end of the connecting rod is hinged to the manual knob, and the other end is hinged to the sliding baffle. The baffle is slidably arranged on the damper frame under the push-pull force of the connecting rod.

The manual knob is located at the center of the front panel, the number of the front air outlets is two, symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the manual knob, the first side panel and the second side panel are both The side air outlets are provided and the side air outlets on both sides are oppositely arranged; the number of the sliding baffle and the connecting rods are both two, and they are symmetrically arranged left and right relative to the manual knob.

Guide slots are provided on both sides of the sliding baffle parallel to the sliding direction, and slide rails are correspondingly provided on the damper frame, and the guide slots are slidingly matched with the slide rails.

The section parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding baffle is wavy.

The fan frame and the damper frame form a hexahedron structure, and the fan frame and the damper frame are integrally formed.

The front air outlet is a strip grille air outlet, and the side air outlet is a strip grille air outlet.

The present invention also proposes an air-cooled refrigerator, including a damper, and the damper is the above-mentioned damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator.

Compared with the prior art, the damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention has its air outlet divided into the front air outlet on the front panel and the side air outlet on the side panel. The front air outlet realizes the front air outlet, the side air outlet is located on the side, and the cold air comes out through the side air outlet; when the air-cooled refrigerator is switched between refrigerating mode and freezing mode, the sliding baffle can be operated to make it slide, and the individual complete selection can be selected. Open the front air outlet or completely open the side air outlet alone. For example, in the refrigeration mode, fully open the side air outlet and completely close the front air outlet to avoid cold air blowing directly on the food, so as to avoid excessive loss of food moisture and maintain better storage. effect, and when switching to the freezing mode, the front air outlet is fully opened, the side air outlet is completely closed, and the air is blown straight forward to speed up the freezing efficiency and reduce energy consumption; the air door assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention is a purely mechanical structure, and the Simple, compared with electronic dampers, the cost is lower, and there are fewer failure points.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the installation state of the damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention on the air-cooled refrigerator (the refrigerator door body is omitted);

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the corresponding structure of the damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention when the compartment of the air-cooled refrigerator is converted into a refrigeration mode;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the corresponding structure of the damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention when the compartment of the air-cooled refrigerator is switched to the freezing mode.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions of the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, an air-cooled refrigerator damper assembly 100 is installed at the air outlet of the refrigerator air duct, and includes a fan frame 110, a fan 120 installed on the fan frame 110, a damper frame 130, and a fan frame set on the damper frame. The air outlet on 130; the air door frame 130 includes a front panel 131 opposite to the fan frame 110, a first side panel 132 located on one side of the left and right sides of the front panel 131, and the other side panel 132 located on the left and right sides of the front panel 131. The second side panel 133 on the side, the orientation words "left" and "right" described here are defined by the installation state of the damper assembly 100 on the air-cooled refrigerator; the air outlet includes the front air outlet on the front panel 131 134 and the side air outlet 135 on the first side panel 132 and/or the second side panel 133, that is, only the first side panel 132 or the second side panel 133 can be provided with the side air outlet 135, or the first side panel 132 Side air outlets 135 are all set on the second side panel 133, and the front air outlet 134 is a strip grille air outlet in this embodiment, and the side air outlet 135 is a strip grille air outlet; The sliding baffle plate 140 that the damper frame 140 slides, when the sliding baffle plate 140 slides to the front air outlet fully opened, the sliding baffle plate 140 completely covers the side air outlet 135 so that the side air outlet 135 is completely closed, as shown in Figure 3; When the sliding baffle 140 slides to completely cover the front air outlet 134 so as to be completely closed, the side air outlet 135 is fully opened, as shown in FIG. 2 .

The air-cooled refrigerator damper assembly 100 of this embodiment is installed on the air-cooled refrigerator 200 as shown in Figure 1. It is located at the air outlet of the air duct of the air-cooled refrigerator. The panel 132 and the second side panel 133 are located on the left and right sides of the front panel respectively. When the side air outlet 135 is closed, the cold wind flowing through the air duct is blown forward through the front air outlet 134 on the front panel 131. When the front air outlet 134 is closed , the cold air is blown out from the side through the side air outlet 135 on the side panel; then, when the air-cooled refrigerator is switched between the refrigerating mode and the freezing mode, the sliding baffle 140 is operated to make it slide, and the front air outlet 134 is fully opened or fully opened separately. For the side air outlet 135, for example, in refrigeration mode, the side air outlet 135 is fully opened, and the front air outlet 135 is completely closed, as shown in Figure 2, to avoid direct blowing of the cold wind to the food, so as to avoid excessive loss of food moisture, thereby maintaining a better temperature. Storage effect; when switching to freezing mode, the front air outlet 134 is fully opened, and the side air outlet 135 is completely closed, as shown in Figure 3, the air is blown straight forward to speed up the freezing efficiency and reduce energy consumption; the air cooling in this embodiment The refrigerator damper assembly is a purely mechanical structure with a simple structure. Compared with the electronic damper, the cost is lower and there are fewer failure points.

Wherein, the sliding of the sliding baffle 140 can choose to directly manually toggle the sliding baffle 140 or other methods. Because in order to make the outer surface of the damper assembly 100 tidy, the sliding baffle 140 is generally arranged on the back side of the front panel 131, that is, the surface of the front panel 131 facing the fan frame 110, it is not convenient to directly manually toggle the sliding baffle at this time. Plate 140, for the convenience of operation in this embodiment, a driving component for driving the sliding baffle 140 to slide is also installed on the air door frame 130, such as the driving component in this embodiment is a manual knob 150, and the manual knob 150 and the sliding baffle 140 A connecting rod 160 is connected between them, one end of the connecting rod 160 is hinged to the manual knob 150, and the other end is hinged to the sliding baffle 140, and the sliding baffle 140 is slidably arranged on the damper frame 130 under the push and pull force of the connecting rod 160, specifically Specifically, the manual knob 150 is circular, and the connecting rod 160 is hinged at the peripheral edge of the manual knob 150, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, when the manual knob 150 is turned, the connecting rod 160 is swung, and then the sliding baffle is pushed and pulled. 140 enables it to reciprocally slide along the damper frame 130 . For further ease of operation, the manual knob 150 is located at the center of the front panel 131 for easy access. Of course, the driving component can also be a toggle button, which is movably mounted on the front panel 131 of the damper frame 130, and the sliding baffle 140 is connected to the toggle button, and the sliding baffle 140 is driven to slide by toggling the button. .

As a preferred implementation mode, in this embodiment, the manual knob 150 is located at the center of the front panel 131, and the number of front air outlets 134 is two, which are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the manual knob 150. The first side panel 132 and The second side panel 133 is provided with side air outlets 135 and the side air outlets 135 on both sides are arranged oppositely to make the air outlet even; Knob 150 is arranged symmetrically left and right, that is, the sliding baffle plate 140 on one side is hinged to one end of a connecting rod 160, the other end of the connecting rod 160 is hinged to the manual knob 150, and the sliding baffle plate 140 on the other side is hinged to another connecting rod 160 and the manual handle. The hinged part of the knob 150 is symmetrical with respect to the center of the knob, and when the manual knob 150 is turned, the sliding baffles 140 on both sides are linked to move simultaneously, which improves the convenience of operation.

In order to make the sliding baffle 140 slide smoothly and smoothly, guide grooves 141 are provided on its two sides parallel to the sliding direction, and the damper frame 130 is correspondingly provided with slide rails 136, and the guide grooves 141 and slide rails 136 are slidably matched, thereby The sliding of the sliding baffle 140 plays a guiding role, making its movement smooth, stable and reliable.

Since the front air outlet 134 and the side air outlet 135 are not located on the same panel, that is, there is an angle between the front panel 131 and the first side panel 132 and the second side panel 133, the sliding baffle 140 should be bendable, In order to adapt to the included angle when sliding, the section of the sliding baffle 140 in this embodiment parallel to the sliding direction is wavy, that is, the sliding baffle 140 is not an equal thickness plate with the same thickness everywhere, so as to facilitate bending. Fold and slide.

Further, the fan frame 110 and the air door frame 130 form a hexahedron structure, so that the wind blown by the fan 120 can be blown out through the front air outlet 134 or the side air outlet 135 as much as possible to improve cooling efficiency. Preferably, the fan frame 110 and the air door The frame 130 is integrally formed to make the air door assembly 100 an organic whole, simplify the overall structure, and facilitate installation and disassembly on the refrigerator.

This embodiment also proposes an air-cooled refrigerator, including a damper. For the specific structure of the damper, refer to the embodiment of the damper assembly of the air-cooled refrigerator of the present invention and the descriptions in FIGS. 1 to 3 , and will not be repeated here.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art can still understand the foregoing embodiments. Modifications are made to the technical solutions described, or equivalent replacements are made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions claimed in the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. An air-cooled refrigerator damper assembly, installed at the air outlet of the air duct of the refrigerator, comprising a damper frame, an air outlet provided on the damper frame, a fan frame and a fan installed on the fan frame; it is characterized in that: the damper The frame includes a front panel opposite to the fan frame and the fan, a first side panel located on one of the left and right sides of the front panel, and a second side panel located on the other side of the left and right sides of the front panel; The air outlet includes a front air outlet on the front panel and a side air outlet on the first side panel and/or the second side panel; When the sliding baffle slides until the front air outlet is fully opened, the side air outlet is completely closed, and when the sliding baffle slides until the front air outlet is completely closed, the side air outlet fully open. 2. The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a driving component for driving the sliding baffle is installed on the damper frame. 3. The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the special feature is that the driving part is a manual knob, and a connecting rod is connected between the manual knob and the sliding baffle, and one end of the connecting rod is hinged The other end of the manual knob is hinged to the sliding baffle, and the sliding baffle is slidably arranged on the damper frame under the push and pull force of the connecting rod. 4. The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the special feature is that the manual knob is located at the center of the front panel, and the number of the front air outlets is two, which are symmetrically arranged on the sides of the manual knob. On the left and right sides, the first side panel and the second side panel are provided with the side air outlets and the side air outlets on both sides are oppositely arranged; the number of the sliding baffle and the connecting rod Both are two, symmetrically arranged relative to the manual knob. 5. The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 1, its special feature is that guide grooves are provided on both sides of the sliding baffle parallel to its sliding direction, and slide rails are correspondingly provided on the damper frame , the guide groove is slidingly matched with the slide rail. 6 . The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that: the cross-section of the sliding baffle parallel to its sliding direction is wave-shaped. 7. The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the special feature is that: the fan frame and the damper frame form a hexahedron structure, and the fan frame and the damper frame are integrally formed. 8 . The damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that: the front air outlet is a bar-shaped air outlet, and the side air outlet is a bar-shaped air outlet. 9. An air-cooled refrigerator, comprising a damper, characterized in that the damper is the damper assembly of an air-cooled refrigerator according to any one of claims 1-8.