Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823485-B2
Application number	US-201715856291-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2017
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A refrigerator includes a case body, an outer door, and an inner door disposed in front of the outer door. The outer door has a front door panel that forms a facade of the outer door. The front door panel includes a cover portion, and the cover portion projects, along a length or width direction, out of a heat-insulation portion that is of the outer door and that is configured to seal the opening. The outer door further includes a protecting plate, connected to a rear surface of the cover portion and faces the inner door. The refrigerator is provided with a good appearance on the premise that good cooperation between the inner door and the outer door is ensured.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a case body having a storage compartment, an outer door rotatably disposed in front of said case body, and an inner door formed with an opening, and said outer door being located in front of said inner door for opening and closing said opening; and
said outer door having a front door panel forming a facade of said outer door and having a heat-insulation portion, said front door panel having a cover portion projecting, along a length or width direction, beyond said heat-insulation portion and being configured to seal said opening; and
said outer door further having a protecting plate connected to a rear surface of said cover portion and disposed to face said inner door, said protecting plate including a free end away from said heat-insulation portion, and said free end including a first flange being bent backward, said first flange extending out of an edge on a side of said cover portion away from said heat-insulation portion.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said heat-insulation portion comprises a doorframe, and said protecting plate is fixed to the doorframe.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein one side of said protecting plate towards said doorframe is provided with a positioning structure in cooperation with said doorframe.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein said positioning structure comprises positioning slots located at two ends of said protecting plate in a length direction, and said positioning slots are clamped with corners located at ends of said doorframe in the length direction.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein said protecting plate comprises a fixing edge sandwiched between said front door panel and said doorframe.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein said protecting plate comprises a second flange that extends towards a back of said door, and a surface of said doorframe towards a front of said door is provided with a recess for accommodating said second flange.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said first flange has a shape of a sloping surface and slopes along a direction away from said heat-insulation portion.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said protecting plate extends from one end to another end of said cover portion along a length direction of said cover portion.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said protecting plate completely covers the rear surface of said cover portion.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said door comprises a handle portion that protrudes forward and that is located at the back of said cover portion, and said protecting plate is located between said cover portion and said handle portion.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 10 , wherein said handle portion and said protecting plate are disposed to form a gap therebetween in a front-and-rear direction.

12. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said heat-insulation portion further comprises a heat-insulation glass module and a doorframe disposed around said heat-insulation glass module, and said front door panel is connected to a front side of said doorframe.

13. The refrigerator according to claim 12 , wherein said doorframe comprises a plurality of borders that extend along the length direction and the width direction, and said borders are extruded members.

14. A refrigerator, comprising:
a case body having a storage compartment, an outer door rotatably disposed in front of said case body, and an inner door formed with an opening, and said outer door being located in front of said inner door for opening and closing said opening; and
said outer door having a front door panel forming a facade of said outer door and having a heat-insulation portion, said front door panel having a cover portion projecting, along a length or width direction, beyond said heat-insulation portion and being configured to seal said opening; and
said outer door further having a protecting plate connected to a rear surface of said cover portion and disposed to face said inner door, said protecting plate including a free end away from said heat-insulation portion, and said free end projecting out of a side of said cover portion away from said heat-insulation portion.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Lv Ping
• Zhang Chuan
• Xu Yaoguo

Classifications

• F25D23/02 Primary

  Doors; Covers (F25D23/08 takes precedence {locks or fastenings E05B65/0042}) · CPC title

• F25D23/04

  with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners · CPC title

• F25D2400/18

  Aesthetic features · CPC title

• F25D2323/02

  Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered · CPC title

• F25D2201/1262

  with open cells · CPC title