Door for refrigerator, refrigerator and method of manufacturing the door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11796244-B2
Application number	US-201917616637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2019
Priority date	Jun 6, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

The present invention discloses a door for a refrigerator, a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing the door. The door comprises a door frame enclosed at a periphery, and a first side plate and a second side plate located on two opposed sides of the door frame, the door frame, the first side plate and the second side plate forming a receiving space for receiving a foaming material, wherein the door frame is provided with at least one material overflow preventing assembly which comprises an air discharge hole disposed on the door frame, a receiving cavity communicated with the air discharge hole, and a material discharging passage communicated with the receiving cavity, the air discharge hole is communicated with the external, and the material discharging passage is communicated with the receiving space. The present invention makes the manufacturing cost lower and the quality of products of the door higher.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door for a refrigerator, the door comprising a door frame enclosed at a periphery of the door, and a first side plate and a second side plate located on two opposed sides of the door frame, the door frame, the first side plate and the second side plate forming a receiving space for receiving a foaming material; wherein
the door frame is provided with at least one material overflow preventing assembly which comprises an air discharge hole disposed on the door frame, a hollow protrusion formed on the door frame to extend in the receiving space, a receiving cavity formed in the protrusion to extend in the receiving space from the door frame and communicated with the air discharge hole, a cap disposed at an outer circumference of the protrusion and enclosing the receiving cavity between the door frame having the air discharge hole and the cap, and a material discharging passage communicated with the receiving cavity, the air discharge hole is communicated with an external, and the material discharging passage is communicated with the receiving space and is defined between the protrusion and the cap;
the air discharge hole extends along an extension axis, a plane perpendicular to the extension axis is defined as a first plane, a projection area of the receiving cavity on the first plane is greater than a projection area of the air discharge hole on the first plane, and the projection area of the receiving cavity on the first plane is greater than the projection area of the material discharging passage on the first plane;
the receiving space is connected to the external sequentially through the material discharging passage, the receiving cavity and the air discharge hole.

2. The door according to claim 1 , wherein each material overflow preventing assembly comprises a plurality of air discharge holes, and projections of the plurality of air discharge holes on the first plane are all located in a range of the projection of the receiving cavity on the first plane.

3. The door according to claim 1 , wherein the projection of the material discharging passage on the first plane is located out of the range of the projection of the receiving cavity on the first plane.

4. The door according to claim 1 , wherein the material discharging passage comprises a longitudinal through slot disposed on the outer circumference of the protrusion and extending in an extension direction of the protrusion, the longitudinal through slot is communicated with the receiving space, and remaining outer circumference of the protrusion except for the longitudinal through slot abuts against an inner side of the cap.

5. The door according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of longitudinal through slots are provided and evenly distributed on the outer circumference of the protrusion.

6. The door according to claim 4 , wherein the cap comprises an edge portion abutting against the door frame and a bottom portion opposed to the edge portion, the material discharging passage further comprises a groove disposed on the door frame and communicated with the longitudinal through slot, and an extension direction of the groove is perpendicular to the extension direction of the longitudinal through slot.

7. The door according to claim 1 , wherein the door frame comprises an upper molding strip, a lower molding strip opposed to the upper molding strip, a left side rim and a right side rim opposed to the left side rim, the left side rim and right side rim are connected to the upper molding strip and lower molding strip, and the material overflow preventing assembly is disposed on the upper molding strip and/or lower molding strip.

8. The door according to claim 1 , wherein the air discharge hole comprises a conical hole portion communicated with the receiving cavity and a round hole portion connected with the conical hole portion, the round hole portion being connected with the external.

9. A refrigerator, comprising a cabinet defining a storage space, and a door connected to the cabinet to open or close at least part of the storage space, wherein the door is set as the door according to claim 1 .

10. A method of manufacturing a door for a refrigerator, wherein the method comprises:
providing a door frame enclosed at a periphery of the door;
providing a first side plate attached to a side of the door frame;
injecting a foaming material into a receiving space formed by the door frame and the first side plate;
providing a second side plate attached to the other side of the door frame to enclose the receiving space; wherein
the door frame is provided with at least one material overflow preventing assembly which comprises an air discharge hole disposed on the door frame, a hollow protrusion formed on the door frame to extend in the receiving space, a receiving cavity formed in the protrusion to extend in the receiving space from the door frame and communicated with the air discharge hole, a cap disposed at an outer circumference of the protrusion and enclosing the receiving cavity between the door frame having the air discharge hole and the cap, and a material discharging passage communicated with the receiving cavity; the air discharge hole is communicated with an external, and the material discharging passage is communicated with the receiving space and is defined between the protrusion and the cap;
the air discharge hole extends along an extension axis, a plane perpendicular to the extension axis is defined as a first plane, a projection area of the receiving cavity on the first plane is greater than a projection area of the air discharge hole on the first plane, and the projection area of the receiving cavity on the first plane is greater than the projection area of the material discharging passage on the first plane;
after the foaming material flows into the receiving cavity through the material discharging passage, the foaming material is in a gelation state upon passing through the material discharging passage and gets cured upon reaching the interior of the receiving cavity, and air in the receiving space is discharged out through the air discharge hole after foaming.

Assignees

• Qingdao haier refrigerator co ltd
• Haier Smart Home Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lv Xianbing
• Wang Ning
• Liu Zhijun
• Liu Lei
• Hu Xiaobin

Classifications

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D23/02 Primary

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

• B29C44/35

  Component parts; Details or accessories · CPC title

• B29C44/588

  with means for venting, e.g. releasing foaming gas · CPC title

• B29C33/10

  with incorporated venting means · CPC title