CN112197497A - Refrigerating device with automatic pushing function - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerating device with an automatic pushing-out function, which comprises a refrigerating cabinet body, a driving sliding component, a driven sliding component, a refrigerating frame and a driving component, wherein the refrigerating cabinet body is provided with a front opening, the refrigerating frame is arranged in the refrigerating cabinet body through the driving sliding component and the driven sliding component, and the driving component acts on the driving sliding component to drive the refrigerating frame to automatically push out and retract through the front opening of the refrigerating cabinet body. The automatic pushing and retracting device can automatically push out and retract the whole refrigeration frame, and is compact in structure and convenient to use.

Description

Refrigerating device with automatic pushing function

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a refrigerator capable of performing an automatic pushing-out function.

Background

The shelf is an important part of the refrigerating device, and the shelf is used for dividing the internal space of the refrigerated cabinet into a plurality of small spaces so as to store articles on the shelf; at present, the shelf in the existing wine cabinet in the market needs to be pulled out manually, and after red wine is stored and taken, the shelf is pushed into the wine cabinet manually.

Because the process of pushing out or retracting the shelf depends on the cooperation of the external force action and the sliding rail of the shelf, when the external force is unbalanced, the phenomena of unstable sliding process and shaking of articles are easily caused, and in addition, the problem that the user can only determine whether the shelf is pushed out or retracted in place according to the self-feeling in the operation process, so that the user has poor experience feeling is also solved.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a refrigerator capable of performing an automatic pushing-out function.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the refrigerating device with the automatic pushing function, which can automatically push out and retract the whole refrigerating rack, has a compact structure and is convenient to use.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a refrigeration device capable of performing an automatic pushing-out function, which includes a refrigeration cabinet, a driving sliding component, a refrigeration frame and a driving component, wherein the refrigeration cabinet has a front opening, the refrigeration frame is disposed in the refrigeration cabinet through the driving sliding component, and the driving component acts on the driving sliding component to drive the refrigeration frame to pass through the front opening of the refrigeration cabinet to perform an automatic pushing-out and retracting action.

In the technical scheme of the invention, the refrigerating frame is arranged in the refrigerating cabinet body through the driving sliding component and the driven sliding component, and can be automatically pushed out forwards and retracted backwards under the driving of the driving component, so that the integral automatic pushing-out function of the refrigerating frame is realized, the design of intelligent household appliances is realized, the use by consumers is facilitated, and the experience of the consumers is greatly enhanced.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator further comprises a driven sliding member, the refrigerator body has a top wall and a bottom wall, the driving sliding member is disposed on the bottom wall, and the driven sliding member is disposed on the top wall.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the refrigerating rack is provided with a plurality of refrigerating brackets which are the same or different from one another, and the refrigerating brackets can be adapted according to the use condition of a consumer, such as a horizontal red wine shelf, an inclined wine display rack, a wine cup rack and the like, so as to store red wine and accessories according to requirements.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the active sliding member includes a connecting seat, a main moving rail, and a plurality of first rollers, the connecting seat is recessed to form a main moving chute, and the main moving rail is slidably supported in the main moving chute by the plurality of first rollers.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a portion of the first rollers are disposed on the main moving chute, and the remaining portion of the first rollers are disposed below the main moving rail.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the active sliding component further includes a buffer rail, a plurality of second rollers, the main moving rail is formed with a buffer sliding groove, and the buffer rail is slidably supported and disposed in the buffer sliding groove by the plurality of second rollers.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the length of the buffering guide rail is smaller than that of the main moving guide rail in the front-rear direction, and the active sliding part further includes a front elastic buffer and a rear elastic buffer acting on the buffering guide rail to reduce the moment of inertia of forward push-out or rearward retraction thereof.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the front elastic buffer member is disposed on the main moving rail, the buffer rail is provided with a front stopper, and the buffer rail moving forward relative to the main moving rail can stretch the front elastic buffer member by the front stopper; the rear elastic buffer piece is arranged on the main motion guide rail, the buffer guide rail is provided with a rear blocking piece, and the buffer guide rail moving backwards relative to the main motion guide rail can stretch the rear elastic buffer piece through the rear blocking piece.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the driving unit is a gear assembly, which includes a driving motor, two driving wheels, a synchronization chain/belt, and a connecting member, the main moving guide is connected with the synchronization chain/belt through the connecting member, and the two driving wheels rotate to drive the main moving guide to move forward or backward synchronously with the synchronization chain/belt under the action of the driving motor.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the speed of rotation of the drive motor is adjustable during a single automatic ejection and/or retraction cycle to actively reduce the moment of inertia of the refrigerated shelf before it stops, maintaining overall stability of the device.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the refrigerator further comprises a counterweight component for preventing the refrigerator shelf from side turning in the pushed-out position, so as to balance and eliminate the side turning risk caused by gravity bias of the pushed-out refrigerator shelf.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

the automatic pushing-out guide rail and the retracting-in-place of the whole refrigerating frame can be realized, the refrigerating frame slides by the driving sliding component under the action of the driving component and is matched with the driven sliding component to keep stable, the whole structure is compact, and the practicability is high.

In addition, the refrigerating rack of the invention adopts an integral type, namely refrigerated articles can be pushed out automatically and collectively at the same time, and the refrigerating rack is particularly suitable for display.

In addition, the active sliding part adopts two-stage sliding, namely a main moving guide rail and a buffering guide rail, and the buffering guide rail is arranged in the main moving guide rail to perform second-stage short-distance sliding so as to offset the integral movement inertia of the refrigeration frame, avoid the phenomenon of collision and ensure the integral stability of the equipment.

In addition, in the invention, the rotating speed of the driving motor is adjustable in a single automatic pushing-out and/or retracting period so as to actively reduce the movement inertia of the refrigerating shelf before the refrigerating shelf stops and maintain the stability of the whole equipment.

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall construction of the refrigeration unit of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the push-out process of the refrigeration unit of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal cross-section of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of the ejection process of the refrigerated rack of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the active sliding component of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the bumper rail of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the front elastomeric cushion;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the driving part;

fig. 11 is a block diagram of speed control during automatic ejecting and retracting of the refrigerated shelves.

Detailed Description

A refrigerating device (wine cabinet) capable of performing an automatic pushing-out function comprises a refrigerating cabinet body 10, a driving sliding part 20, a driven sliding part 30, a refrigerating rack 40 and a driving part 50.

The refrigerator body 10 is provided with a front opening 11, and the front opening 11 is closed or opened through a door body which can be opened and closed, so that a refrigerating space with lower temperature is formed in the refrigerator body 10 for storing red wine; the refrigeration frame 40 is disposed in the refrigeration cabinet 10 through the driving sliding member 20 and the driven sliding member 30, and the driving member 50 acts on the driving sliding member 20 to drive the refrigeration frame 40 to automatically push out and retract through the front opening 11 of the refrigeration cabinet 10.

The refrigerator body 10 has a top wall 12, a bottom wall 13 and a side wall 14, a driving sliding component 20 is arranged on the bottom wall 13 or on a lower mounting bracket 16 relatively fixed with the bottom wall 13, a driven sliding component 30 is arranged on the top wall 12 or on an upper mounting bracket 15 relatively fixed with the top wall 12, and the driving sliding component 20 and the driven sliding component 30 vertically correspond to each other to avoid the sliding phenomenon possibly generated by the refrigerating rack 40, furthermore, two or more driven sliding components 30 can be arranged to better balance the refrigerating rack 40.

Wherein, in order to facilitate the process of pushing the cold storage shelf 40 forwards or retracting backwards, the cold storage shelf 40 is preferably not contacted with the side wall 14 so as to reduce the friction phenomenon of pushing the cold storage shelf forwards or retracting backwards as much as possible, and the gap between the cold storage shelf 40 and the side wall 14 is preferably smaller so as to facilitate the cold storage shelf 40 to be stored and used more fully.

The refrigerating rack 40 is provided with a vertical main rack 41 and a plurality of refrigerating racks 42, a first connecting seat 43 matched with the driven sliding component 30 is arranged above the main rack 41, and a second connecting seat 44 matched with the driving sliding component 20 is arranged below the main rack 41, so that the refrigerating rack 40 is respectively matched with the driving sliding component 20 and the driven sliding component 30.

Wherein the plurality of refrigerated supports 42 may be identical or different from each other, and wherein the plurality of refrigerated supports 42 may be adapted according to the use of the consumer, for example, a flat rack of red wine, an inclined wine display rack, a wine cup rack, etc., to allow storage of red wine and accessories on demand, such as the plurality of different refrigerated supports 42 shown in the figure, when used simultaneously.

The active sliding component 20 in this embodiment includes a connecting seat 21, a main motion guide 22, four first rollers 23, a buffering guide 24, four second rollers 25, a front elastic buffer 26 and a rear elastic buffer 27.

Referring to fig. 6 to 9, the connecting seat 21 is recessed to form a main movement chute 211, the main movement guide rail 22 is slidably supported in the main movement chute 211 through four first rollers 23, wherein the four first rollers 23 are distributed as shown in fig. 7, two first rollers 23 are disposed on the main movement chute 211 through a rotating support (not shown), specifically, one end portion of the main movement guide rail is near the front, and the remaining two first rollers 23 are disposed below the main movement guide rail 22 through a rotating support (not shown), specifically, one end portion of the main movement guide rail is near the rear.

Specifically, a buffer sliding groove 221 is formed in the main motion guide rail 22, the buffer guide rail 24 is slidably supported in the buffer sliding groove 221 through the four second rollers 25, and the four second rollers 25 are distributed in the same manner as the four first rollers 23, which is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, the length of the buffer guide rail 24 is smaller than the length of the main motion guide rail 22 in the front-rear direction, and preferably, the buffer guide rail 24 is stepped, and the buffer chute 221 on the main motion guide rail 22 is also stepped, as shown in fig. 7, so that the shaking phenomenon generated by the buffer guide rail 24 can be prevented.

Specifically, the second connecting seat 44 on the refrigeration frame 40 is fixedly connected with the buffer rail 24.

In order to reduce the influence of the motion inertia generated in the automatic pushing-out and retracting processes of the refrigerating rack 40, a front elastic buffer 26 and a rear elastic buffer 27 are provided, wherein the front elastic buffer 26 is arranged on the main motion guide rail 22, the buffer guide rail 24 is provided with a front stopper 241, and the buffer guide rail 24 which moves forwards relative to the main motion guide rail 22 can stretch the front elastic buffer 26 through the front stopper 241; the rear elastic buffer 27 is disposed on the main movement rail 22, the buffer rail 24 is provided with a rear stopper 242, and the buffer rail 24 moving backward with respect to the main movement rail 22 can stretch the rear elastic buffer 27 by the rear stopper 242.

Further, limiting plates 222 are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the main motion guide rail 22 to limit the moving range of the buffer guide rail 24; the buffering and limiting of the movable guide rail in the front and rear direction in the embodiment is a short-distance movement process which is subjected to elastic tension and has a small speed, so that the refrigeration frame 40 is stably stopped.

Referring to fig. 10, the driving unit 50 is a gear assembly including a driving motor 51, two driving wheels 52, a synchronizing chain/belt 53 and a connecting member 54, the main moving guide 22 is connected to the synchronizing chain/belt 53 through the connecting member 54, and the two driving wheels 52 are rotated by the driving motor 51 to drive the main moving guide 22 to move forward or backward synchronously with the synchronizing chain/belt 53.

Wherein the driving motor 51 drives the transmission wheel 52 to rotate synchronously, preferably in a rack and pinion manner, so as to drive the synchronous chain/belt 53 to move forwards or backwards.

In which the rotation speed of the driving motor 51 is adjustable in a single automatic pushing and/or retracting cycle to actively reduce the inertia moment of the refrigeration frame 40 before it stops, so as to maintain the stability of the whole device, the control principle is as shown in fig. 11, a first position switch 55 is arranged on the pushing path of the refrigeration frame 40, the driving motor 51 is initially pushed forward at a higher speed, and after the pushing is completed to trigger the first position switch 55, the driving motor 51 is automatically switched to a lower speed to continue to push forward to the farthest position, so as to complete the pushing process.

A second position switch 56 is arranged on the retraction path of the refrigeration frame 40, the driving motor 51 is retracted backwards at a larger speed initially, and after the retraction triggers the second position switch 56, the driving motor 51 is automatically switched to a smaller speed to continue to be retracted backwards to be completely located in the refrigeration cabinet body 10, so that the retraction process is completed.

The speed of releasing when cold-stored frame 40 is released to being close to the most distal end or retracting to in the refrigerator body 10 completely slows down, can prevent cold-stored frame 40 obvious striking phenomenon from appearing, realizes the effect of buffering to keep stability, avoid the phenomenon of rocking that produces red wine, effectively prevent the sudden striking that great speed goes on to the object that the place ahead probably exists.

In this embodiment, the driving motor 51 may be controlled to operate in a wireless control manner to advance or retract the refrigeration frame 40, and a specific control manner includes, for example, a first wireless module and a second wireless module, the first wireless module is in signal connection with the second wireless module, the first wireless module is disposed in the refrigeration cabinet 10, and the first wireless module receives a control signal sent by the first wireless module and converts the control signal into a driving signal to control forward and reverse rotation of the driving motor, so as to advance or retract the refrigeration frame backward.

The second wireless module is arranged on the refrigeration frame 40, and the switch 60 matched with the second wireless module can be manually pressed down by opening the door body, so that the control of the driving motor 51 can be realized.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and equivalents may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a can carry out cold storage plant of automatic release function, its includes the freezer body, initiative sliding part, cold-stored frame and driver part, the freezer body has the front opening, cold-stored frame passes through initiative sliding part set up in the freezer is internal, driver part acts on initiative sliding part passes with the drive cold-stored frame passes the front opening of the freezer body carries out the automation and releases and retract the action.

2. The self-presenting refrigeration unit of claim 1, further comprising a driven slide member, the refrigeration unit having a top wall and a bottom wall, the driving slide member being disposed on the bottom wall and the driven slide member being disposed on the top wall.

3. The refrigerator with automatic pushing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of refrigerator shelves are provided on the refrigerator shelf, and the refrigerator shelves may be the same or different.

4. The refrigerator with automatic pushing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active sliding member includes a connecting seat recessed to form a main movement chute, a main movement rail slidably supported by the first rollers and disposed in the main movement chute, and a plurality of first rollers.

5. The refrigerator with automatic pushing function as claimed in claim 4, wherein a part of the first roller is disposed on the main moving chute, and the remaining part of the first roller is disposed below the main moving rail.

6. The refrigerator cooler with automatic pushing function according to claim 4, wherein said active sliding part further comprises a buffering guide rail, a plurality of second rollers, said main moving guide rail is formed with a buffering sliding groove, and said buffering guide rail is slidably supported and disposed in said buffering sliding groove by a plurality of said second rollers.

7. The refrigerator with automatic pushing out function as claimed in claim 6, wherein the length of the buffering guide rail is smaller than that of the main moving guide rail in the front-rear direction, and the active sliding part further comprises a front elastic buffer and a rear elastic buffer acting on the buffering guide rail to reduce the inertia moment of the forward pushing out or the rearward retracting motion thereof.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein said front elastic buffer member is provided on said main moving rail, said buffer rail is provided with a front stopper, and said buffer rail moving forward relative to said main moving rail can stretch said front elastic buffer member by said front stopper; the rear elastic buffer piece is arranged on the main motion guide rail, the buffer guide rail is provided with a rear stopper, and the buffer guide rail which moves backwards relative to the main motion guide rail can stretch the rear elastic buffer piece through the rear stopper.

9. The refrigerator with automatic pushing-out function as claimed in claim 4, wherein said driving unit is a gear assembly including a driving motor, two driving wheels, a timing chain/belt and a connecting member, said main moving rail is connected to said timing chain/belt through said connecting member, and under the action of said driving motor, said two driving wheels rotate to drive said main moving rail to move forward or backward synchronously with said timing chain/belt.

10. The self-eject cooler of claim 9, wherein the speed of the drive motor is adjustable during a single self-eject and/or retract cycle.

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