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US 11,079,167 B2Granted
Storage device and refrigerator having the same
AssigneesQingdao Haier Special Refrigerator Co., Ltd, Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd.
InventorsDengqiang Li, Yazhou Shang, Bin Fei, Jinlin Liu
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Abstract
The present invention provides a storage device for a refrigerator, including: a plurality of boxes, a rotating shaft and a plurality of damping masses, so that the boxes can stay stationary at any rotation position at any time when are rotated around the rotating shaft, which ensures smooth rotation of the boxes during the opening and closing thereof, and thus facilitates the user to pick and place eggs and improves the stability of the fragile eggs within the rotating boxes.
Claims9
A storage device for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a plurality of boxes, wherein each of the plurality of boxes is provided with a plurality of egg grooves for accommodating eggs;
- a rotating shaft on which a plurality of engaging portions is disposed at intervals, so that the plurality of boxes is rotatably connected to the plurality of engaging portions at intervals in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, respectively;
- and
- a plurality of damping masses configured to be respectively engaged with an outside of the plurality of engaging portions and located between the boxes and the engaging portions, so that the boxes can stay stationary at any rotation position at any time when being rotated around the rotating shaft;
- wherein
- each of said plurality of damping masses comprises a body portion and a protruding portion that extends outwardly from a planar side of the body portion, and the protruding portion has a hollow portion inside, and the hollow portion has a contour that is contoured with the protruding portion.
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