Hinge and opening and closing device
View Patent ↗The present application relates to the field of household appliances and discloses a hinge and an opening and closing device. The hinge includes a first hinge seat, a second hinge seat, a sliding member, and an elastic member. The first hinge seat has a first matching structure, the first matching structure has a first curved surface and a first matching surface; the second hinge seat has a first accommodating cavity extending in a first direction, an end of the first accommodating cavity having a first opening; the sliding member is provided in the first accommodating cavity and the sliding member may slide in the first direction. The sliding member has a second matching structure, the second matching structure has a second curved surface and a second matching surface, and the second matching structure is connected to the first matching structure through the first opening.
1 . A hinge configured to be used in an opening and closing device, the opening and closing device comprising a cabinet and a door body, the cabinet having an opening, the door body hinged to the opening of the cabinet through the hinge;
wherein an outer wall of the cabinet is provided with a mounting cavity recessed towards an interior of the cabinet, and a side of the mounting cavity is provided with a trench, the cabinet is provided with a slot at an end of the trench;
wherein the hinge comprises:
a first hinge seat, having a first matching structure;
a second hinge seat, having a first accommodating cavity extending in a first direction, wherein an end of the first accommodating cavity has a first opening, the first hinge seat and the second hinge seat are provided in the mounting cavity;
a sliding member, provided in the first accommodating cavity, wherein the sliding member and the second hinge seat are fixed relatively in a circumferential direction of the first accommodating cavity, the sliding member is slidable along the first direction in the first accommodating cavity, and the sliding member has a second matching structure, the second matching structure abuts against the first matching structure; and
an elastic member, provided in the first accommodating cavity and located at an end of the sliding member facing away from the first matching structure, wherein the elastic member applies a thrust to the sliding member to move the sliding member towards the first matching structure;
wherein the first matching structure has a first curved surface and a first matching surface, the second matching structure has a second curved surface and a second matching surface, the hinge has a first state and a second state, and the first hinge seat is reciprocally rotatable relative to the second hinge seat around an axis extending in the first direction within a predetermined angle range to slide the first matching structure relative to the second matching structure and switch the hinge between the first state and the second state; and in the first state, the first matching surface abuts against the second matching surface, and in the second state, the first curved surface abuts against the second curved surface to cause the first hinge seat and the second hinge seat to have a force for relative rotation under the thrust;
wherein an outer circumferential wall of the sliding member is provided with a first guiding structure extending in the first direction, and the second hinge seat in the first accommodating cavity is provided with a second guiding structure extending in the first direction, the first guiding structure is matched with the second guiding structure to fix the sliding member and the second hinge seat relatively in a circumferential direction of the first accommodating cavity, and to move the sliding member along the first direction;
wherein the first hinge seat comprises a first lock plate and a first hinge portion, and the first hinge portion comprises the first matching structure;
wherein the second hinge seat comprises a second lock plate and a second hinge portion, the first accommodating cavity is provided with the second hinge portion, and the second lock plate comprises a first sub-lock plate and is connected to the cabinet;
wherein the first sub-lock plate is embedded in the trench of the opening and closing device, a raised strip protrudes from an end surface of the second hinge portion away from the first hinge seat and is inserted into the slot, and the slot matches with the raised strip to maintain position of the first sub-lock plate in the cabinet.
2 . The hinge of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first curved surface or the second curved surface is helical surface.
3 . The hinge of claim 1 , wherein
the first curved surface extends along the first direction, and the first matching surface is provided at an end of the first curved surface close to the second matching structure; and
the second curved surface extends along the first direction, and the second matching surface is provided at an end of the second curved surface close to the first matching structure.
4 . The hinge of claim 3 , wherein both the first matching surface and the second matching surface are perpendicular to the first direction.
5 . The hinge of claim 1 , wherein the first lock plate is integrated with the first hinge portion.
6 . The hinge of claim 5 , wherein the second lock plate is integrated with the second hinge portion.
7 . The hinge of claim 6 , wherein the first lock plate is provided with a first mounting hole, the first mounting hole is matched with a fixing member to fix the first lock plate on an opening and closing device; and
the second lock plate comprises a second sub-lock plate, the first sub-lock plate and the second sub-lock plate are provided at intervals, the first sub-lock plate is embedded in the trench of the opening and closing device, and the second sub-lock plate is provided with a second mounting hole, the second mounting hole is matched with a fixing member to connect the second sub-lock plate with the opening and closing device.
8 . The hinge of claim 6 , wherein the first hinge portion is provided with a second accommodating cavity, the second accommodating cavity is provided with a second opening, the second opening is opposite to and communicates with the first opening, the first matching structure is provided in the second accommodating cavity, and an end of the first hinge portion with the second opening is connected to an end of the second hinge portion with the first opening in a sealed manner.
9 . The hinge of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first matching surface, the second matching surface, the first curved surface or the second curved surface is provided with an oil storage tank.
10 . The hinge of claim 8 , wherein the second hinge portion is provided with a relief hole at an end away from the first opening, the relief hole communicates with the first accommodating cavity; and/or
the first hinge portion is provided with a relief hole at an end away from the second opening, the relief hole communicates with the second accommodating cavity.
11 . The hinge of claim 7 , wherein a side of the first lock plate close to the second hinge portion is provided with a first stop, a side of the second sub-lock plate close to the first hinge portion is provided with a second stop, and the first stop is matched with the second stop to limit a maximum angle for rotation between the first hinge seat and the second hinge portion.
12 . The hinge of claim 1 , wherein the first hinge seat is provided with a first positioning portion, and the second hinge seat is provided with a second positioning portion, the second positioning portion is matched with the first positioning portion to position the first hinge seat and the second hinge seat at an initial mounting angle, the first positioning portion is configured to disconnect from the first hinge seat, and the second positioning portion is configured to disconnect from the second hinge seat.
13 . The hinge of claim 1 , wherein the first hinge seat, the second hinge seat, and the sliding member are all made of hard plastic parts.
14 . An opening and closing device, comprising:
a cabinet, having an opening; and
a door body, hinged to the opening of the cabinet through a hinge;
wherein an outer wall of the cabinet is provided with a mounting cavity recessed towards an interior of the cabinet, and a side of the mounting cavity is provided with a trench, the cabinet is provided with a slot at an end of the trench;
wherein the hinge comprises:
a first hinge seat, having a first matching structure;
a second hinge seat, having a first accommodating cavity extending in a first direction, wherein an end of the first accommodating cavity has a first opening, the first hinge seat and the second hinge seat are provided in the mounting cavity;
a sliding member, provided in the first accommodating cavity, wherein the sliding member and the second hinge seat are fixed relatively in a circumferential direction of the first accommodating cavity, the sliding member is slidable along the first direction in the first accommodating cavity, and the sliding member has a second matching structure, the second matching structure abuts against the first matching structure; and
an elastic member, provided in the first accommodating cavity and located at an end of the sliding member facing away from the first matching structure, wherein the elastic member applies a thrust to the sliding member to move the sliding member towards the first matching structure;
wherein the first matching structure has a first curved surface and a first matching surface, the second matching structure has a second curved surface and a second matching surface, the hinge has a first state and a second state, and the first hinge seat is reciprocally rotatable relative to the second hinge seat around an axis extending in the first direction within a predetermined angle range to slide the first matching structure relative to the second matching structure and switch the hinge between the first state and the second state; and in the first state, the first matching surface abuts against the second matching surface, and in the second state, the first curved surface abuts against the second curved surface to cause the first hinge seat and the second hinge seat to have a force for relative rotation under the thrust;
wherein an outer circumferential wall of the sliding member is provided with a first guiding structure extending in the first direction, and the second hinge seat in the first accommodating cavity is provided with a second guiding structure extending in the first direction, the first guiding structure is matched with the second guiding structure to fix the sliding member and the second hinge seat relatively in a circumferential direction of the first accommodating cavity, and to move the sliding member along the first direction;
wherein the first hinge seat comprises a first lock plate and a first hinge portion, and the first hinge portion comprises the first matching structure;
wherein the second hinge seat comprises a second lock plate and a second hinge portion, the first accommodating cavity is provided with the second hinge portion, and the second lock plate comprises a first sub-lock plate and is connected to the cabinet;
wherein the first sub-lock plate is embedded in the trench of the opening and closing device, a raised strip protrudes from an end surface of the second hinge portion away from the first hinge seat and is inserted into the slot, and the slot matches with the raised strip to maintain position of the first sub-lock plate in the cabinet.
15 . The opening and closing device of claim 14 , wherein the opening and closing device is a freezer.
16 . The opening and closing device of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first curved surface or the second curved surface is helical surface.
17 . The opening and closing device of claim 14 , wherein
the first curved surface extends along the first direction, and the first matching surface is provided at an end of the first curved surface close to the second matching structure; and
the second curved surface extends along the first direction, and the second matching surface is provided at an end of the second curved surface close to the first matching structure.
18 . The opening and closing device of claim 17 , wherein both the first matching surface and the second matching surface are perpendicular to the first direction.
19 . The opening and closing device of claim 14 , wherein the first lock plate is integrated with the first hinge portion.