KR100593641B1 - Communication pad mounting structure for internet refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator. In the present invention, the installation groove (58b) is formed in the ceiling of the seating space 58 provided on the front of the refrigerator home bar door (57). A locking lever 61 supporting an upper end of the communication pad 60 seated in the seating space 58 is installed to be movable up and down along the installation groove 58b. A coil spring 66 is provided between the installation groove 58b and the lock lever 61 to impart an elastic force downward to the lock lever 61. When the locking lever 61 moves downward, the lower locking projection 64 is inserted into the locking groove 60a of the communication pad 60, thereby supporting the upper end of the communication pad 60. According to the present invention configured as described above, not only the home bar can be applied to the Internet refrigerator, but also the communication pad can be prevented from being arbitrarily removed.

Internet Refrigerator, Home Bar Door, Communication Pad, Mounting, Support Leg

Description

Communication pad mounting structure for internet refrigerator

1 is a front view showing the appearance of a conventional Internet refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing a communication pad mounting structure according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a front view showing the appearance of the Internet refrigerator provided with a preferred embodiment of the communication pad mounting structure according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing the embodiment shown in FIG.

5a and 5b is a working state showing the mounting process of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

53: Door 56: Home Bar

57: home bar door 58: seating space

58a: fixing guide 58b: mounting groove

58c: guide side wall 60: communication pad

60a: lock groove 61: lock lever

63: guide portion 64: locking projection

65: handle portion 66: coil spring

67: boss 68: guide protrusion                 

69: guide slot 71: holder

73: insertion groove 75: insertion leg

H: hinge

The present invention relates to an internet refrigerator, and more particularly, to a communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator configured to be applicable to a home bar and to prevent detachment of a communication pad and prevent detachment.

Figure 1 shows the appearance of the Internet refrigerator according to the prior art.

As shown therein, doors 11 and 13 are installed in the Internet refrigerator (hereinafter referred to as a refrigerator) main body 10. The doors 11 and 13 are used to selectively open and close a predetermined storage space provided in the main body 10, respectively, by hinges h and h 'on one side of the main body 10, respectively. It is installed rotatably.

Meanwhile, door handles 11 'and 13' are provided at one side of the front surface corresponding to the other side of the rotation center of the doors 11 and 13, respectively. The door 11 on the left side of the drawing 11 is provided with a dispenser 15 for supplying water to the outside, and the communication pad 17 is provided on the door 13 on the right side of the drawing. do.

The communication pad 17 uses an LCD screen which displays various information related to the operation of the Internet and the refrigerator to the outside, or simultaneously displays various information related to the operation of the internet and the refrigerator to the outside. A tablet computer having a touch screen and a control unit for receiving an operation signal may be used. The communication pad 17 is connected to the 58 part 19 provided on the upper surface of the main body 10 by wire or wirelessly, and is mounted on one side of the door 13.

2 illustrates a communication pad mounting structure according to the related art.

As shown in the drawing, a front space of the refrigerator door 13 is provided with a seating space 14 for seating the communication pad 17. The seating space 14 is formed so that the front surface thereof is opened, and a pair of through holes 14a are formed in the bottom surface of the seating space 14. In addition, upper and lower ends of the seating space 14 are provided with a clamp 20 and a holder 30 for fixing the communication pad 17, respectively.

The clamp 20 is provided with a seating groove 21 in which the upper end of the communication pad 17 is seated, and the left and right sides are long, and the front end of the front surface of the communication pad 17 is supported at the front end of the clamp 20. A stage 23 is provided. The clamp 20 is rotatably installed back and forth by a hinge 25 provided at an upper end of the seating space 14.

The hinge 25 is provided with at least one torsion spring 29. The torsion spring 29 prevents the clamp 20 from being rotated arbitrarily, thereby maintaining the state in which the communication pad 17 is seated in the seating space 14. The clamp 20 is illustrated in the clamp 20. It gives an elastic force in the counterclockwise direction.

On the other hand, the holder 30, the insertion groove 31 is inserted into the lower end of the communication pad 17 is formed long left and right. In addition, the bottom surface of the holder 30 is provided with an insertion leg 33 penetrating the through hole 14a and positioned below the seating space 14.

The front and rear widths of the insertion leg 33 are formed relatively smaller than that of the through hole 14a. Therefore, the holder 30 can be rotated counterclockwise in the drawing about the upper end adjacent to the through hole 14a. The rotation range of the holder 30 is determined according to the difference between the front and rear widths of the through hole 14a and the insertion leg 33 and the length of the insertion leg 33.

In addition, the lower portion of the insertion leg 33 is formed to have a relatively large front and rear width than the through hole (14a). Therefore, the holder 30 is prevented from being arbitrarily detached to the outside of the seating space 14.

Referring to the process of mounting the communication pad according to the prior art configured as described above is as follows.

First, the holder 30 is rotated by a predetermined angle counterclockwise in the drawing. Then, the communication pad 17 is obliquely moved to the corresponding inclination so that the lower end of the communication pad 17 is inserted into the insertion groove 31 of the holder 30. In addition, the clamp 20 is rotated in a clockwise direction about the hinge 25. At this time, the torsion spring 29 is tensioned to impart an elastic force in the counterclockwise direction to the clamp 20 in the drawing.

Meanwhile, the communication pad 17 and the holder 30 are rotated in the clockwise direction so that the upper end thereof is seated in the seating groove 21 of the clamp 20. In this state, when the external force acting on the clamp 20 is removed, the clamp 20 is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing by the elastic force from the torsion spring 29. Therefore, the front upper end of the communication pad 17 is supported by the support end 23.

However, the communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator according to the prior art having such a configuration has the following problems.

Generally, one of the doors 11 and 13 is provided with a dispenser 15, and the other is provided with a home bar and a home bar door for opening and closing it. However, in the conventional Internet refrigerator, one of the doors 11 and 13 is provided with a dispenser 15, and the other one of the communication pads 17 is fixed, so that such a home bar cannot be applied. do.

And according to the conventional communication pad mounting structure, there is no separate configuration for controlling the rotation of the clamp 20. Therefore, the clamp 20 rotates clockwise in the drawing due to the rotation of the door 13 or the external impact, so that the communication pad 17 can be detached from the seating space 14 arbitrarily.

 The present invention is to improve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication pad mounting structure for an Internet refrigerator configured to be applied to the home bar.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator configured to prevent the communication pad from being detached arbitrarily.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is provided with a door for selectively opening and closing the storage space of the refrigerator, the seating space is formed so that the front opening; A communication pad detachably installed in the seating space to receive an operation signal and to display various information to the outside; A locking lever installed on the upper end of the seating space so as to linearly move upward and downward, and one side of which is inserted into the upper end of the communication pad; An elastic member provided between a ceiling of the seating space and an upper surface of the locking lever and providing an elastic force downward to the locking lever; And it is provided at the bottom of the seating space, and comprises a holder is inserted into the lower end of the communication pad.

According to another feature of the invention, the present invention is provided with a home bar door for selectively opening and closing the home bar of the refrigerator, the seating space is formed so as to open the front; A communication pad detachably installed in the seating space to receive an operation signal and to display various information to the outside; A locking lever installed on the upper end of the seating space so as to linearly move upward and downward, and one side of which is inserted into the upper end of the communication pad; An elastic member provided between a ceiling of the seating space and an upper surface of the locking lever and providing an elastic force downward to the locking lever; And it is provided at the bottom of the seating space, and comprises a holder is inserted into the lower end of the communication pad.

The locking lever may include a guide part for guiding linear movement up and down along an installation groove formed in a ceiling of the seating space, and a locking protrusion inserted into a locking groove provided on an upper surface of the communication pad. .

The lock lever is preferably provided with a handle portion for the user to hold by hand.

According to the communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator according to the present invention, the home bar can be applied to the Internet refrigerator and the communication pad can be freely removed from the seating space.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 shows an internet refrigerator equipped with a preferred embodiment of the communication pad mounting structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a side cross-section of the embodiment shown in FIG.

As shown in the drawing, a pair of doors 51 and 53 are installed in the main body 50 of the Internet refrigerator (hereinafter referred to as a refrigerator). The doors 51 and 53 are rotatably installed by hinges h and h ', respectively, to selectively shield a storage space (not shown) provided in the main body 50. do.                     

One side of the doors 51 and 53 is provided with door handles 51 'and 53', which are held by the user by hand to rotate the doors 51 and 53, respectively. In addition, a dispenser 55 for supplying water to the outside is provided at one side of the front side of the left door 51 in the drawing among the doors 51 and 53.

Meanwhile, a groove bar 56 is provided at one side of the front surface of the right door 53 among the doors 51 and 53. A beverage bottle or the like is stored in the home bar 56, and a home bar door 57 is installed at one side of the door 53. The groove bar door 57 is rotated up and down about the hinge H to selectively open and close the groove bar 56.

And the communication bar 60 is installed in the home bar door (57). As the communication pad 60, a tablet computer having a touch screen and a controller which displays various information related to the operation of the Internet and the refrigerator to the outside and receives an operation signal and controls according to the received operation signal is used. Can be. In addition, the communication pad 60 is detachably installed on the home bar door 57 and is connected to the control unit 59 provided on the upper surface of the main body 50 by wire or wirelessly.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 4, the home bar door (57) is provided with a predetermined seating space (58). The seating space 58 is formed such that a part of the groove bar door 57 is recessed inward to open the front thereof, and the communication pad 60 is seated in the seating space 58.

The ceiling of the seating space 58 is provided with a fixing guide 58a having a predetermined installation groove 58b therein. The installation groove 58b is for guiding the up and down movement of the locking lever 61 to be described below, and is formed to be opened downward. And the guide side wall 58c is provided in the front and back surface of the said installation groove 58b. In the illustrated embodiment, the installation groove 58b is provided inside the fixing guide 58a, but the installation groove 58b may be formed directly on the ceiling of the seating space 58.

In addition, a locking lever 61 is installed at an upper end of the seating space 58 corresponding to the installation groove 58b. The locking lever 61 is for supporting the upper end of the communication pad 60, and includes a guide portion 63 and a locking protrusion 64 protruding upward and downward.

The guide portion 63 is for guiding the linear movement of the locking lever 61, the outer surface of the guide portion 63 is in close contact with the inner surface of the installation groove (58b). Therefore, the locking lever 61 is guided by the guide part 63 to linearly move up and down.

Meanwhile, when the locking lever 61 moves downward, the locking protrusion 64 is inserted into the locking groove 60a provided on the upper surface of the communication pad 60. Therefore, the upper end of the communication pad 60 in the seating space 58 is not detached arbitrarily.

In addition, a handle part 65 may be provided at one side of the front surface of the locking lever 61. The handle portion 65 is a portion that is held by the user by the user to move the lock lever 61 upward, and preferably protrudes forward by a predetermined length from the front of the lock lever 61.                     

A coil spring 66 is provided in a space formed between the installation groove 58b and the lock lever 61. The coil spring 66 is to impart an elastic force downward to the locking lever 61, the boss 67 provided on the upper surface of the locking lever 61 corresponding to the guide portion 63. It is installed to surround. The height of the boss 67 is determined to be smaller than that of the guide portion 63.

Guide protrusions 68 are provided on the outer surface of the guide portion 63. In addition, guide slots 69 are provided on surfaces of the guide side walls 58c corresponding to the guide protrusions 68. The guide protrusion 68 protrudes to the outside of the guide portion 63 and is positioned inside the guide slot 69 that is formed to be long and vertically extended.

Accordingly, when the locking lever 61 moves downward, the guide protrusion 68 moves downward along the guide slot 69 and is caught by the lower end of the guide slot 69. Therefore, the guide part 63 is prevented from being completely removed below the installation groove 58b.

Meanwhile, the holder 71 is installed at the lower end of the seating space 58. The holder 71 is for supporting the communication pad 60, and the holder 71 is formed to have a left and right width corresponding to the left and right widths of the communication pad 60. In addition, the holder 71 has an insertion groove 73 that is opened upwards to open left and right in order to insert a lower end of the communication pad 60, and an insertion leg 75 is provided on a bottom surface of the holder 71. do.

The insertion leg 75 penetrates through the through hole 58d provided in the lower surface of the seating space 58, thereby being located inside the groove bar door 57 corresponding to the seating space 58 below. . The insertion leg 75 controls the holder 71 to rotate only within a predetermined range, and prevents the holder 71 from being detached to the outside of the seating space 58, which is a conventional holder. It has the same role as (30) (see FIG. 2).

In addition, a contact groove 58e corresponding to the shape and size of the holder 71 is formed at the bottom of the rear surface of the seating space 58, respectively. Therefore, when the communication pad 60 is seated in the seating space 58, the holder 71 is in close contact with the contact groove (58e), the close contact with the back of the communication pad 60 of the holder 71 The portion to be prevented from protruding from the rear of the seating space (58).

Hereinafter, the mounting process of the communication pad constituting a preferred embodiment of the communication pad mounting structure for an Internet refrigerator according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.

First, as shown in FIG. 5A, first, the communication pad 60 is obliquely moved at a predetermined angle so that the lower end thereof is inserted into the insertion groove 73 of the holder 71. As shown in an enlarged view of FIG. 5A, the locking lever 61 is moved upward by pushing the handle part 65 upward by hand.

On the other hand, when the locking lever 61 is moved upward, the coil spring 66 provided between the locking lever 61 and the installation groove 58b is compressed up and down. Therefore, since the locking lever 61 is given an elastic force downward by the coil spring 66, the locking lever 61 must keep the state of pushing the handle 65 upward.                     

Next, as shown in FIG. 5B, the communication pad 60 is rotated in a clockwise direction about the lower end inserted into the insertion groove 73. And as shown enlarged in Figure 5b, removes the external force pushing the handle portion 65 upwards.

When the external force acting on the handle part 65 is removed in this way, the locking lever 61 is moved downward by the elastic force of the coil spring 66. Therefore, the locking projection 64 of the locking lever 61 is moved downward to be inserted into the locking groove 60a of the communication pad 60, whereby the communication pad 60 is seated in the seating space 58. It is prevented to remove arbitrarily in the state.

According to the present invention as described above, in order to prevent the communication pad seated on the refrigerator door or the home bar door to be arbitrarily removed, the upper surface of the communication pad by linearly moving up and down by elastic force of a spring on one side of the door or home bar door. It can be seen that the basic technical idea that the locking lever is inserted into the.

Within the scope of the basic technical idea of the present invention, many modifications are possible to those skilled in the art, and the scope of the present invention should be interpreted based on the appended claims. will be.

In the illustrated embodiment, the communication pad is limited to the case in which the communication bar is mounted on the home bar door, but it may be obvious that the communication pad may also be mounted on the door.

As described above, according to the communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator according to the present invention, the following effects are expected.

Since the communication pad is mounted on the home bar door for opening and closing the home bar, the home bar can be applied to the internet refrigerator.

Since the communication pad seated on the home bar door is fixed by the latch hook and the push latch, the communication pad is prevented from being arbitrarily removed from the home bar door according to the rotation of the home bar door.

Claims (4)

A seating space provided in a door for selectively opening and closing a storage space of the refrigerator, the seating space having a front surface opened; A communication pad detachably installed in the seating space to receive an operation signal and to display various information to the outside; A locking lever installed on the upper end of the seating space so as to linearly move upward and downward, and one side of which is inserted into the upper end of the communication pad; An elastic member provided between a ceiling of the seating space and an upper surface of the locking lever and providing an elastic force downward to the locking lever; And A communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator provided at a lower end of the seating space, the holder including a holder into which the lower end of the communication pad is inserted. A seating space provided in a home bar door for selectively opening and closing the home bar of the refrigerator, the seating space having a front surface opened; A communication pad detachably installed in the seating space to receive an operation signal and to display various information to the outside; A locking lever installed on the upper end of the seating space so as to linearly move upward and downward, and one side of which is inserted into the upper end of the communication pad; An elastic member provided between a ceiling of the seating space and an upper surface of the locking lever and providing an elastic force downward to the locking lever; And A communication pad mounting structure for an internet refrigerator provided at a lower end of the seating space, the holder including a holder into which the lower end of the communication pad is inserted. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The lock lever, A guide part for guiding up and down along an installation groove formed in the ceiling of the seating space; Communication pad mounting structure for the Internet cooling room characterized in that it comprises a locking projection inserted into the locking groove provided on the upper surface of the communication pad. The method of claim 3, wherein The locking lever, the communication pad mounting structure for the Internet refrigerator, characterized in that the user is provided with a handle portion for holding by hand.

Images