US 11,867,455 B2
Refrigerator drawer and refrigerator
Jiaming Li, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Enpin Xia, Qingdao (CN); and Kang Li, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 17/622,858
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/111185
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/258594, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910566722.6 (CN), filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243977 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 25/04 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 25/025 (2013.01) [E05F 1/1091 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 25/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator drawer, wherein the refrigerator drawer comprises:
a bracket;
a first storage box disposed movably relative to the bracket;
a second storage box arranged independent from and side by side with the first storage box;
a first door body fixedly connected to one side of the first storage box to open the first storage box;
a second door body fixedly connected to the second storage box, both the first door body and the second door body being disposed on the same side of the first storage box, and the first door body and the second door body being engaged to open the second storage box;
a lifting mechanism disposed between the first storage box and the bracket or between the first door body and the bracket, an assisting mechanism being disposed between the lifting mechanism and the bracket, the first door body driving the first storage box to move relative to the bracket, the assisting mechanism driving the lifting mechanism to bring the first storage box to rise up relative to the bracket;
wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a first link and a second link, both ends of the first link are pivotally connected to the first door body and the bracket, respectively, both ends of the second link are pivotally connected to the first door body and the bracket, respectively, the second link is configured as a bent link, and a driving point of the assisting mechanism is located between one of the both ends of the second link and a bent portion of the second link;
wherein the assisting mechanism is configured as an air spring, the bracket comprises a horizontal bracket and a vertical bracket, the vertical bracket is fixed on the horizontal bracket, one end of the air spring is pivotally connected to a bottom of the vertical bracket, and the other end of the air spring is pivotally connected to the second link.