Hinge and refrigerator having the same
AssigneesQingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd., Qingdao Haier Special Refrigerator Co., Ltd
InventorsHao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Xiaobing Zhu
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Abstract
The present invention provides a hinge and a refrigerator having the same. The hinge has a fixing plate, a supporting plate perpendicularly connected with the fixing plate, and a hinge shaft perpendicularly mounted on the supporting plate to cooperate with a shaft sleeve, wherein the outside of the hinge shaft is plastic-encapsulated with a plastic encapsulating case, the plastic encapsulating case is provided with a protrusion protruding horizontally outwards along the extension direction of the supporting plate, and the protrusion is integrally formed with the plastic encapsulating case.
Claims12
A hinge comprising:
- a fixing plate, a supporting plate perpendicularly connected with the fixing plate, and a hinge shaft perpendicularly mounted on the supporting plate to cooperate with a shaft sleeve, wherein the outside of the hinge shaft is plastic-encapsulated with a plastic encapsulating case, the plastic encapsulating case is provided with a first protrusion protruding horizontally outwards along an extension direction of the supporting plate, and the first protrusion is integrally formed with the plastic encapsulating case, wherein the plastic encapsulating case is configured as a plastic seal outside of the hinge shaft;
- wherein the first protrusion comprises a transition zone, the transition zone connecting an abutting portion and the plastic encapsulating case in an arc shape.
A refrigerator comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge for connecting the cabinet and the door, the hinge comprises:
- a fixing plate, a supporting plate perpendicularly connected with the fixing plate, and a hinge shaft perpendicularly mounted on the supporting plate to cooperate with a shaft sleeve, wherein the outside of the hinge shaft is plastic-encapsulated with a plastic encapsulating case, the plastic encapsulating case is provided with a first protrusion protruding horizontally outwards along an extension direction of the supporting plate, and the first protrusion is integrally formed with the plastic encapsulating case, wherein the plastic encapsulating case is configured as a plastic seal outside of the hinge shaft;
- wherein the supporting plate is provided with a mounting hole for mounting the hinge shaft which is to be inserted into and fixed in the mounting hole;
- wherein the hinge shaft passes through the mounting hole and is fixed on the supporting plate by a rivet.
A hinge comprising:
- a fixing plate, a supporting plate perpendicularly connected with the fixing plate, and a hinge shaft perpendicularly mounted on the supporting plate to cooperate with a shaft sleeve, wherein the outside of the hinge shaft is plastic-encapsulated with a plastic encapsulating case, the plastic encapsulating case is provided with a first protrusion protruding horizontally outwards along an extension direction of the supporting plate, and the first protrusion is integrally formed with the plastic encapsulating case, wherein the plastic encapsulating case is configured as a plastic seal outside of the hinge shaft;
- wherein the supporting plate is provided with a mounting hole for mounting the hinge shaft which is to be inserted into and fixed in the mounting hole;
- wherein the hinge shaft passes through the mounting hole and is fixed on the supporting plate by a rivet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.