Fixing clip and refrigerator
AssigneesQingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
InventorsHaijuan Wang, Yanbin Wan, Wenchao Xue, Wenjing Cai
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Abstract
A fixing clip, comprising a body portion, and a clamping portion provided with a first clamping section and a second clamping section, which respectively extend forwards from opposite ends of a front side of the body portion, wherein a space for accommodating a pipeline is defined between the first clamping section and the second clamping section; and a flexible member is arranged on an inner side surface of the first clamping section and/or an inner side surface of the second clamping section. Further disclosed is a refrigerator. The fixing clip and a pipeline of an evaporator are fixed more tightly, such that the evaporator is fixed more stably in a refrigerator body.
Claims8
A fixing clip, comprising:
- a body portion;
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- a clamping portion having a first clamping section and a second clamping section, the first clamping section and the second clamping section extending forward from opposite ends of a front side of the body portion;
- wherein a space to accommodate a pipeline is defined between the first clamping section and the second clamping section;
- wherein the first clamping section and the second clamping section extend forward from the upper and lower ends of the front side of the body portion respectively, the first clamping section is bending upwards and the second clamping section is bending downwards, a gap is formed between front ends of the first and second clamping sections, thereby defining the space to accommodate the pipeline;
- the inner side surface of the first clamping section and the inner side surface of the second clamping section define a plurality of slots respectively, one flexible member is stuck in each slot, and an inner surface of the flexible member is protruding beyond the slot, two adjacent flexible members stuck in the first clamping section are arranged at intervals along an arc length direction of the first clamping section, and two adjacent flexible members stuck in the second clamping section are arranged at intervals along an arc length direction of the second clamping section.
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