Handle assembly and cabinet door for refrigeration apparatus and refrigeration apparatus assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11585589-B2
Application number	US-201916678493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2019
Priority date	Nov 9, 2018
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

The present embodiments relate to a handle assembly for a refrigeration apparatus. The handle assembly can be detachably assembled on either side of a cabinet door of the refrigeration apparatus, the handle assembly comprising: a handle, a handle bracket, and an elastic member, wherein the handle comprises a handle portion and an extension on a side of the handle portion, characterized in that the handle is movably assembled in the handle bracket, wherein the handle portion of the handle is assembled in a first portion of the handle bracket, and the extension of the handle is assembled in a second portion of the handle bracket, and a protrusion is disposed at one end of the extension; and the elastic member is assembled in the second portion of the handle bracket, and the extension of the handle is connected with the elastic member. The present embodiments can realize the opening of the cabinet door of the refrigeration apparatus in two directions, thereby overcoming the disadvantage that it is difficult to open the cabinet door of the refrigeration apparatus due to restriction by the opening direction of the cabinet door in a small space, especially in an in-vehicle environment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A handle assembly for a refrigeration apparatus, the handle assembly being detachably assembled on either side of a cabinet door of the refrigeration apparatus, the handle assembly comprising: a handle, a handle bracket, and an elastic member, wherein the handle comprises a U-shaped handle portion and an extension on a side of the U-shaped handle portion, wherein the U-shaped handle portion is movably assembled in the handle bracket, wherein the U-Shaped handle portion of the handle is located within a first portion of the handle bracket defining a partial enclosure for the U-shaped handle portion, and the extension of the handle is assembled in a second portion of the handle bracket, and a protrusion is disposed at one end of the extension; wherein the elastic member is connected to the second portion of the handle bracket, and the extension of the handle is connected with the elastic member.

2. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein two sides of the extension of the handle engage in a buckle of the handle bracket and are slidable in the buckle.

3. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is substantially perpendicular to an extending direction.

4. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the handle has two extensions, and the elastic member is connected between the two extensions.

5. The handle assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic member is a torsion spring.

6. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the handle bracket is provided with a flange edge between the first portion and the second portion thereof.

7. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the handle bracket is provided with screw holes on two sides of the second portion thereof.

8. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the handle assembly further comprises a decorative sheet.

9. The handle assembly of claim 1 being mounted on the cabinet door of the refrigeration apparatus, such that a lock tongue of the cabinet door retracts to realize bi-directional opening of the cabinet door.

10. The handle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration apparatus comprises two refrigerating apparatuses disposed side by side, wherein the handle assembly is respectively assembled on adjacent sides of the two refrigerating apparatuses, such that the cabinet door of each of the adjacent sides can be opened in opposite directions.

Assignees

• Dometic Sweden Ab
• Dometic Zhuhai Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lundqvist Anton
• Meda Samuele
• Wang Peng
• Weng Xiaoli

Classifications

• E05B65/005

  with sliding bolt · CPC title

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D2323/022

  Doors that can be pivoted either left-handed or right-handed · CPC title

• F25D2400/14

  Refrigerator multi units · CPC title

• E05Y2900/31

  for refrigerators · CPC title