Refrigerator having hinge assembly
AssigneesQingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
InventorsEnpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door for opening and closing the cabinet, and a hinge assembly for connecting the cabinet and the door. The cabinet includes a rear wall and an opening provided opposite to each other, a direction from the rear wall towards the opening serves as a first direction, and when the door is in an opening process, the hinge assembly drives the door to move away from the cabinet in the first direction. In the refrigerator, mutual separation of the door and the cabinet may be assisted under the action of the hinge assembly, thereby improving door opening smoothness.
Claims19
A refrigerator, comprising cabinet, a door for opening and closing the cabinet, and a hinge assembly for connecting the cabinet and the door, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a first shaft and a first groove which are fitted with each other, the first groove comprises an initial position and a pivot position, when the door is in the opening process, the first shaft moves from the initial position to the pivot position, the door comprises a front wall apart from the cabinet and a side wall always interposed between the front wall and the cabinet, when the first groove is located at the door, a distance between the initial position and the front wall is less than a distance between the pivot position and the front wall, and a distance between the initial position and the side wall is greater than a distance between the pivot position and the side wall;
- when the first groove is located at the cabinet, a distance between the initial position and the front wall is greater than a distance between the pivot position and the front wall, and a distance between the initial position and the side wall is less than a distance between the pivot position and the side wall.
A refrigerator, comprising cabinet, a door for opening and closing the cabinet, and a hinge assembly for connecting the cabinet and the door, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a first shaft and a first groove which are fitted with each other, the first shaft is located at the cabinet, the door comprises a front wall apart from the cabinet and a side wall always interposed between the front wall and the cabinet, a first distance is formed between the center of the first shaft and the front wall, a second distance is formed between the center of the first shaft and the side wall, when the door is in the opening process, the first distance increases, and the second distance decreases at the same time.
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