The present disclosure relates to a field of refrigerating apparatus, and more particularly to a refrigerating apparatus.
In the related art, a lighting lamp of a freezer usually adopts an incandescent lamp and a mechanical switch to turn on/off the incandescent lamp. However, the incandescent lamp has a large heat release, and the mechanical switch has a large size and noise as well as a low reliability.
The present disclosure aims at solving at least one of the problems existing in the related art. Thus, one objective of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerating apparatus, a light assembly of which has a small heat generation and noise, a high level of integration, a low noise and a low energy consumption, thus improving an overall performance of the refrigerating apparatus effectively.
The refrigerating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a cabinet body having an open top; a door body disposed at the top of the cabinet body pivotably around a pivot shaft so as to open and close the cabinet body; and a light assembly, disposed at a side of the door body facing the cabinet body and arranged adjacent to the pivot shaft, in which the light assembly includes a PCB, an LED light and a gravity switch, both the LED light and the gravity switch are connected onto the PCB, and the gravity switch is configured to be switched on to light the LED light so as to light an interior of the cabinet body when the door body opens the cabinet body, and switched off to extinguish the LED light when the door body closes the cabinet body.
With the refrigerating apparatus according to the present disclosure, the door body is provided with the light assembly having the LED light and the gravity switch, and the LED light has a gentle light and a small heat generation, so an electric energy of the refrigerating apparatus can be saved effectively. The gravity switch has a small size and a light weight, and the whole light assembly has a small noise and a high level of integration and reliability.
Specifically, the gravity switch includes: a casing connected onto the PCB; a first leading wire disposed through the casing and separated from the casing, in which the first leading wire is connected onto the PCB; and a rolling body rollingly disposed in the casing and configured as that the LED light is turned on when the door body opens the cabinet body and the rolling body is in contact with the first leading wire as well as the LED light is turned off when the door body closes the cabinet body and the rolling body is separated from the first leading wire.
Further, the casing is connected onto the PCB through a second leading wire, and the second leading wire and the first leading wire are spaced a part from each other in a length direction of the casing.
Optionally, a central axis of the casing along the length direction thereof is perpendicular to a central axis of the pivot shaft, and the first leading wire is disposed adjacent to the pivot shaft.
Further, the first leading wire is separated from the casing via a separating piece and the separating piece is disposed between the first leading wire and the casing.
Optionally, the separating piece is configured to be an insulating sleeve.
Optionally, the rolling body is configured to be a ball or a roller.
Optionally, the refrigerating apparatus further includes a cover body covering the light assembly.
Further, the LED light penetrates the cover body, the cover body is provided with a light-cover thereon, and the light-cover is arranged adjacent to the LED light.
Or optionally, the refrigerating apparatus further includes a light-cover arranged adjacent to the LED light and located at a first side of the LED light away from the pivot shaft.
Optionally, the door body is formed with an accommodating groove therein and the light assembly is accommodated in the accommodating groove.
Optionally, the LED light has a second side facing the pivot shaft and connected onto the PCB obliquely.
Further, the refrigerating apparatus further includes a delay device connected with the LED light.
Optionally, the delay device is configured to be a capacitor and the capacitor is connected onto the PCB.
Optionally, a plurality of the LED lights is spaced apart from one another on the PCB.
Further, the plurality of the LED lights is arranged in two rows in a direction of the PCB parallel to the pivot shaft, and the two rows of the LED lights are in a one-to-one or staggered arrangement.
Optionally, the door body has an angle relative to an upper surface of the cabinet body ranging from 0° to 90°.
Specifically, the door body is rotatably disposed on the cabinet body via a hinge device, and the hinge device includes: a first hinge disposed on the top of the cabinet body and having a pivoting hole; and a second hinge disposed at the door body and having the pivot shaft, in which the pivot shaft cooperates with the pivoting hole so that the door body pivots on the pivot shaft, and the second hinge cooperates with the first hinge via a limiting structure so that the door body pivots on the cabinet body from 0° to 90°.
Optionally, the first hinge includes two side walls spaced apart from each other, two pivoting holes are formed in the two side walls respectively, and the pivot shaft has two ends penetrating the two pivoting holes respectively.
Specifically, the limiting structure includes a first limiting piece disposed to the first hinge; and a second limiting piece disposed to the second hinge and cooperating with the first limiting piece so that the second hinge pivots on the pivot shaft from 0° to 90° relative to the first hinge.
Optionally, the first limiting piece is configured to be a limiting hole and two limiting holes are provided in the two side walls respectively, and the second limiting piece is configured to be a limiting column and the limiting column has two ends penetrating the two limiting holes respectively.
Further, the limiting hole is configured to be an arc hole and the limiting hole is arranged coaxially with the pivot shaft.
Further, a supporting structure is disposed between the first hinge and the second hinge, and the supporting structure includes: a spring having a first end away from the limiting column connected into the first hinge; a supporting piece having a first end penetrating the spring and a second end connected with the limiting column; and a supporting plate disposed onto the supporting piece and having a side surface adjacent to the spring abutting against a second end of the spring adjacent to the limiting column.
Furthermore, the side surface of the supporting plate adjacent to the spring is provided with a positioning column and the spring is fitted over the positioning column.
Optionally, the first hinge is provided with a base therein and the first end of the spring away from the limiting column is connected onto the base.
Optionally, a plurality of light assemblies is arranged on the door body and spaced apart from one another.
Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of present disclosure will be given in part in the following descriptions, become apparent in part from the following descriptions, or be learned from the practice of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
These and other aspects and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following descriptions made with reference to the drawings, in which:
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail and examples of the embodiments will be illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where same or similar reference numerals are used to indicate same or similar members or members with same or similar functions. The embodiments described herein with reference to the drawings are explanatory, which aim to illustrate the present disclosure, but shall not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
In the descriptions of the present disclosure, it is to be understood that terms such as “central”, “transverse”, “length”, “width”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer” and “axial” should be construed to refer to the orientation or position as described or as shown in the drawings under discussion.
These relative terms are for convenience of description and do not require that the present disclosure be constructed or operated in a particular orientation, thus shall not be construed to limit the present disclosure. In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are used herein for purposes of description and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or significance or to imply the number of indicated technical features. Thus, the feature defined with “first” and “second” may include one or more of this feature. In the description of the present disclosure, “a plurality of” means two or more than two, unless specified otherwise.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that, unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms “mounted,” “connected,” and “coupled” and variations thereof are used broadly and encompass such as mechanical or electrical mountings, connections and couplings, also can be inner mountings, connections and couplings of two components, and further can be direct and indirect mountings, connections, and couplings, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the detail embodiment of the present disclosure.
A refrigerating apparatus 100 according to embodiments of the present disclosure will be described referring to
As shown in
In an example of the present disclosure, the cabinet body may be configured to be substantially of a cuboid shape and have the open top. The door body 2 is disposed at the top of the cabinet body and defines an accommodating space together with the cabinet body, foods or goods to be frozen or refrigerated may be put into the accommodating space. A first end of the door body 2 (such as a lower end shown in
The light assembly 3 is disposed at a side of the door body 2 facing the cabinet body. Referring to
The light assembly 3 is arranged adjacent to the pivot shaft 421. As shown in
Referring to
In the examples shown in
With the refrigerating apparatus 100 according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the door body is provided with the light assembly 3 having the LED light 32 and the gravity switch 33, and the LED light 32 has a gentle light and a small heat generation, so an electric energy of the refrigerating apparatus 100 for example the horizontal freezer can be saved effectively. The gravity switch 33 has a small size and a light weight, and the whole light assembly 3 has a small noise and a high level of integration and reliability.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in
In the examples shown in
Further, the casing 331 is connected onto the PCB 31 via a second leading wire, and the second leading wire and the first leading wire 332 are spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the casing 331. Referring to
Optionally, a central axis of the casing 331 along the length direction thereof is perpendicular to a central axis of the pivot shaft 421, and the first leading wire 332 is disposed adjacent to the pivot shaft 421. As shown in
Further, the first leading wire 332 is separated from the casing 331 via a separating piece and the separating piece is disposed between the first leading wire 332 and the casing 331. Optionally, the separating piece is configured to be an insulating sleeve. Referring to
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerating apparatus 100 further includes a cover body (not shown in the figures) covering the light assembly 3. In an example of the present disclosure, a side of the cover body is open, when the light assembly 3 is mounted onto the door body 2, the cover body may be covered on the light assembly 3. Thus, by disposing the cover body, it can be effectively prevented that a condensation phenomenon appears on the light assembly 3 when the door body is opened, and the PCB 31 is avoided being damaged by the condensation water, such that the service life of the light assembly 3 is prolonged and the light emitted by the LED light 32 penetrating through the cover body is gentler.
Further, the LED light 32 penetrates the cover body, the cover body is provided with a light-cover thereon, and the light-cover is arranged adjacent to the LED light 32. Specifically, the cover body is formed with a through mounting hole, the LED light 32 may extend out of the cover body through the mounting hole, and the light-cover is disposed out of the cover body and arranged adjacent to the mounting hole. Optionally, the light-cover may be disposed at a side of the LED light 32 away from the pivot shaft 421, such that the light emitted by the LED light 32 can light the interior of the cabinet body better and the light emitted by the LED light 32 can be prevented from entering into people's eyes directly under an action of the light-cover. Optionally, an inner surface of the light-cover may be formed as a curved surface such as an arc surface.
Certainly, the present disclosure is not construed to this. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the refrigerating apparatus 100 further includes a light-cover arranged adjacent to the LED light 32 and located at the first side of the LED light 32 away from the pivot shaft 421. In an example of the present disclosure, when the light assembly 3 is mounted onto the door body 2, the light-cover is arranged adjacent to the LED light 32 and at the side of the LED light 32 away from the pivot shaft 421, such that the light emitted by the LED light 32 can light the interior of the cabinet body better and the light emitted by the LED light 32 can be prevented from entering into people's eyes directly.
Optionally, the door body 2 is formed with an accommodating groove therein and the light assembly 3 is accommodated in the accommodating groove. In the example of
Optionally, the LED light 32 has a second side facing the pivot shaft 421 connected onto the PCB 31 obliquely. That is, when the door body 2 opens the cabinet body, the LED light 32 is arranged obliquely towards the interior of the cabinet body, such that the LED light 32 can light the interior of the cabinet body better, a user can put the foods or goods to be frozen or refrigerated in the cabinet body or take out the foods or goods in the cabinet body conveniently.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerating apparatus 100 further includes a delay device (not shown in the figures) connected with the LED light 32. Optionally, the delay device is configured to be a capacitor and the capacitor is connected onto the PCB 31. In an example of the present disclosure, the capacitor is connected onto the PCB 31 and is connected with the LED light 32 in series. When the door body 2 closes the cabinet body, the gravity switch 33 is switched off, and the capacitor discharges so that the LED light can keep lighting for a period of time such as 1 s to 2 s after being turned off.
Optionally, a plurality of the LED lights 32 is spaced apart from one another on the PCB 31. Further, the plurality of the LED lights 32 is arranged in two rows in a direction of the PCB 31 parallel to the pivot shaft 421, and the two rows of the LED lights 32 are in a one-to-one or staggered arrangement. In the example of
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of light assemblies 3 is arranged on the door body 2 and spaced apart from one another (not shown in the figures). In an example of the present disclosure, the door body 2 is formed with a plurality of accommodating grooves therein and the plurality of light assemblies 3 is spaced in the plurality of accommodating grooves, then a plurality of the cover bodies is covered on the corresponding plurality of light assemblies 3 respectively. Certainly, the present disclosure is not construed to this, the door body 2 may be also formed with only one accommodating groove and all of the plurality of light assemblies 3 is mounted in the accommodating groove, herein the plurality of light assemblies 3 may be covered by only one cover body.
Optionally, the door body 2 has an angle relative to an upper surface of the cabinet body ranging from 0° to 90°. That is, when the door body 2 is in the closed state, the door body 2 is parallel to the upper surface of the cabinet body and the angle between the door body 2 and the upper surface of the cabinet body is 0°; when the door body 2 is in the open state, a certain angle is formed between the door body 2 and the upper surface of the cabinet body and the angle is less than or equal to 90°, such that the light on the door body 2 can shine in the interior of the cabinet body better.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in
Specifically, the first hinge 41 is connected to the top of the cabinet body, the second hinge 42 is connected with the first end of the door body 2 (such as the lower end shown in
Optionally, as shown in
Specifically, referring to
As shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
As shown in
When the hinge device 4 is assembled, the second hinge 42 is connected with the door body 2 and pivots on the pivot shaft 421, and the movement of the second hinge 42 is limited within the limiting hole 4112. When the second hinge 42 pivots to a certain place adjacent to a center position of the limiting hole 4112, the supporting piece 424 transfers the elastic force of the spring 412 to the second hinge 42, which can overcame the gravity of the door body 2 so that the door body 2 will not fall.
Further, as shown in
Reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “an example,” “a specific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the above phrases throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the present invention. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.
Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments cannot be construed to limit the present disclosure, and changes, alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments without departing from spirit, principles and scope of the present disclosure.
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