Embedded refrigerator with switching assembly

An embedded refrigerator with a switching assembly, comprising:

• a cabinet, a door for opening and closing the cabinet, and a hinge assembly for connecting the cabinet and the door, wherein the cabinet comprises an accommodating chamber and a pivoting side connected with the hinge assembly, and the hinge assembly comprises a first hinge part fixed to the cabinet, a second hinge part fixed to the door and a switching assembly disposed between the first hinge part and the second hinge part, and engaged respectively with the first hinge part and the second hinge part;
• the first hinge part and the switching assembly move relatively by a first shaft and a first groove which are fitted with each other, and the first groove comprises a first free section;
• the second hinge part and the switching assembly move relatively by a second shaft set and a second groove set which are fitted with each other;
• the second shaft set comprises a third shaft and a fourth shaft, the second groove set comprises a third free section, a fourth free section and a limiting section, the third free section comprises a start position, an intermediate position and a pivoting position, and the fourth free section comprises a first moving section, a second moving section and a rotating section which are connected in sequence;
• when the door is in a closed state, the first shaft is located at the first free section, and the fourth shaft is located at the limiting section, such that the switching assembly limits the second hinge part, and the third shaft is located at the start position;
• when the door is opened to a first opening angle from the closed state, the first shaft stays in situ in the first free section to drive the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet;
• when the door is continuously opened from the first opening angle to a second opening angle, the fourth shaft is separated from the limiting section, the third shaft is kept at the start position, and the switching assembly limits the first hinge part;
• when the door is continuously opened from the second opening angle to a maximum opening angle, the fourth shaft moves in the first moving section to drive the third shaft to move from the start position to the intermediate position, the door moves from the pivoting side to the accommodating chamber, the fourth shaft then moves in the second moving section to drive the third shaft to move from the intermediate position to the pivoting position, the door moves from the accommodating chamber to the pivoting side, the third shaft then rotates in situ at the pivoting position, the fourth shaft moves in the rotating section around the third shaft, and the door continuously rotates in situ relative to the cabinet.

An embedded refrigerator with a switching assembly, comprising:

• a cabinet, a door for opening and closing the cabinet, and a hinge assembly for connecting the cabinet and the door, wherein the cabinet comprises an accommodating chamber and a pivoting side connected with the hinge assembly, the hinge assembly comprises a first hinge part fixed to the cabinet, a second hinge part fixed to the door and a switching assembly connected with the first hinge part and the second hinge part, and the switching assembly comprises a first switching part and a second switching part which are fitted with each other;
• when the door is opened from a closed state to a first opening angle, the first switching part, the second switching part and the second hinge part are relatively static and move together relative to the first hinge part, and the door rotates in situ relative to the cabinet;
• when the door is continuously opened from the first opening angle to a second opening angle, the first switching part and the first hinge part are relatively static, the second switching part and the second hinge part are relatively static and move together relative to the first switching part, and the door moves by a first horizontal distance towards the accommodating chamber from the pivoting side;
• when the door is continuously opened from the second opening angle to a third opening angle, the first switching part and the first hinge part are relatively static, the second switching part and the second hinge part are relatively static and move together relative to the first switching part, and the door moves by a second horizontal distance towards the pivoting side from the accommodating chamber;
• when the door is continuously opened from the third opening angle to a maximum opening angle, the first hinge part, the first switching part and the second switching part are relatively static, the second hinge part moves relative to the second switching part, and the door continuously rotates in situ relative to the cabinet;
• wherein the first hinge part comprises a first shaft, the first switching part comprises a third shaft and a first upper groove, the second switching part comprises a fourth shaft and a through hole, the second hinge part comprises a third groove and a fourth groove, the through hole comprises an initial position, a first intermediate position and a stop position, the third groove comprises a start position, a second intermediate position and a pivoting position, and the fourth groove comprises a rotation start position and a rotation stop position which are oppositely arranged;
• when the door is in the closed state, the first shaft extends to the first upper groove, the third shaft sequentially passes through the through hole and the third groove, the third shaft is located at the initial position and the start position, and the fourth shaft is located at the rotation start position of the fourth groove;
• when the door is opened from the closed state to the first opening angle, the first shaft stays in situ in the first upper groove to drive the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet when the door is continuously opened from the first opening angle to the second opening angle, the fourth shaft is kept at the rotation start position, the third shaft moves from the initial position to the first intermediate position, the third shaft moves from the start position to the second intermediate position at the same time, and the door moves by the first horizontal distance from the pivoting side to the accommodating chamber;
• when the door is continuously opened from the second opening angle to the third opening angle, the third shaft moves from the first intermediate position to the stop position, the third shaft moves from the second intermediate position to the pivoting position at the same time, and the door moves by the second horizontal distance from the accommodating chamber to the pivoting side;
• when the door is continuously opened to the maximum opening angle from the third opening angle, the third shaft is kept at the stop position and the pivoting position, the fourth shaft moves from the rotation start position to the rotation stop position, and the door continuously rotates in situ relative to the cabinet.