阅读说明：本技术 制冷设备柜体 (Refrigeration equipment cabinet body ) 是由 理查德·王 伊恩·坎贝尔·麦吉尔 肯尼斯·威廉·福斯特 侯云超 于 2018-03-09 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种用于制冷设备(1)的制冷柜体组件,包括隔热柜体(20),所述隔热柜体(20)具有五个封闭面和提供通向柜体内部的通路的敞开的前面。固定到五个封闭面(23)之一上的扭转刚性结构或结构(31)添加到五个封闭面(23)之一上,使得与该封闭面一起产生扭转刚性结构。因此,该组件的抗扭转性增大到比单独的柜体的抗扭转性大,使得隔热柜体具有改进的抗扭曲能力。(One kind is used for the refrigerated component of refrigeration equipment (1), including heat-insulated cabinet body (20), and there are five the open fronts that sealing surface and providing leads to the access of interior of the cabinet for heat-insulated cabinet body (20) tool.Fixed on one of five sealing surfaces (23) torsional stiffening structures or structure (31) be added on one of five sealing surfaces (23) so that generating torsional stiffening structures together with the sealing surface.Therefore, the anti-torsion of the component increases to bigger than the anti-torsion of individual cabinet body, so that heat-insulated cabinet body has improved distortion resistance.)

1. a kind of refrigeration equipment component, comprising:

Heat-insulated cabinet body, including five sealing surfaces and open surface, the open surface provide the access for leading to the interior of the cabinet, with And

Torsional stiffening structures, it is upper or including one in five sealing surfaces fixed to one in five sealing surfaces, The torsional rigid of the component substantially to be increased to above to the torsional rigid of the individual heat-insulated cabinet body so that it is described every Hot cabinet body has the ability of the resistance distortion of enhancing.

2. component as described in claim 1, wherein the insulated cabinet body include shell, inside liner and the shell with Heat-barrier material between the inside liner, and wherein the torsional stiffening structures are fixed on the sealing surface of the outer lining or wrap Include the sealing surface of the outer lining.

3. the component as described in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the torsional stiffening structures be fixed to or including it is described every The bottom surface or top surface of hot cabinet body.

4. component according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the torsional stiffening structures are by particular size at receiving ice The refrigeration system or refrigeration system component of cabinet, for example, at least a compressor.

5. component according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the torsional stiffening structures, which are formed, is used for the insulated cabinet The pedestal of body.

6. component according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the torsional stiffening structures include around central volume Three-dimensional structure.

7. component as claimed in claim 6, wherein the torsional stiffening structures include six sides, wherein each side is to close Close so as to prevent via the side enter the central volume, or be open so as to via the side enter described in Central volume is possible.

8. component according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the torsional stiffening structures include space frame.

9. component according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the torsional stiffening structures include metal plate cabinet.

10. component as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cabinet includes at least one open side and the cabinet is fixed to On the heat-insulated cabinet body, so that the open side of the cabinet is by the closing face closure of the heat-insulated cabinet body, the heat-insulated cabinet body The sealing surface and the cabinet form the torsional stiffening structures.

11. component as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cabinet has open top side and is attached to the insulated cabinet On the bottom sealing surface of body, so that face closure is closed by the bottom of the heat-insulated cabinet body in the open top side of the cabinet, The bottom sealing surface of the heat-insulated cabinet body and the cabinet form the torsional stiffening structures.

12. the component as described in any one of claim 9 to 11, wherein the sheet metal box body have it is substantially open before Side, and include at least one fagging in the front side, each fagging is attached between the sides adjacent of the cabinet.

13. the component as described in any one of claim 9 to 12, wherein the sheet metal box body hangs down with closed metal plate On rear side of front, closed metal plate bottom side and closed metal plate.

14. the component as described in any one of claim 9 to 13, wherein the thickness of the metal plate of the cabinet is greater than institute State the thickness of the shell of heat-insulated cabinet body.

15. component as claimed in claim 14, wherein the thickness of the metal plate of the cabinet is the heat-insulated cabinet body At least twice of the thickness of shell.

16. component according to any one of the preceding claims further comprises being contained in the torsional stiffening structures Refrigeration system component.

17. a kind of refrigeration equipment, including component and door according to any one of the preceding claims, the door is operationally It is rotatably coupled to the open surface that the heat-insulated cabinet body is selectively opened or closed on the heat-insulated cabinet body.

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of cabinet body components for refrigeration equipment, and the refrigeration equipment including this cabinet body.

Background technique

Since the 1960s, refrigeration equipment cabinet body (including stand alone type and " built-in " refrigerator body, refrigerator, combination Formula refrigerator body-refrigerator, cooling drawer-type refrigerator body, wine cabinet body and chest freezer body) use the poly- amino of " original position " foaming The manufacture of formic acid esters (PU) heat-barrier material.This structure usually has steel plate " encapsulation " or shell on the outside, or has steel in inside Or plastics (polystyrene-based or steel plate) lining, and there is rigidity PU bubble in the sandwich between outer package and inside liner Foam.Fold outer steel plate encapsulation usually to generate the flange forward in corner's welding.

With the driving for saving refrigeration equipment cost more, steel plate outside plate is become thinner, and eliminates forward convex The welding at the turning of edge.Therefore, modern refrigerant equipment cabinet body realizes it by the sandwich of outer package, foam and inside liner Structural intergrity.This may be satisfactory for short term, but from door and be placed in a shelf for inside The long-term load of food will force cabinet body structure creep due to foam shear-deformable, so that door be allowed to decline relative to cabinet body Or it is sagging.When door falling, the misalignment with cabinet body flange forward occurs so that gate seal may its range extremely It is not engaged with flange in few a part, and cold air may be from the cooling compartment evolution of one or more formed by lining.It should Problem is aggravated may have heavier door and be carried in more heavy weight high or wide refrigeration equipment cabinet body in door, to be in Now bigger power acts on so that refrigeration equipment cabinet body deforms.Moreover, there is the modern trend towards " built-in " equipment, it should be " interior Set " equipment includes additional and usually heavy door-plate, and which is attached to the outside of cabinet body door, so that the equipment can be with Match with the cabinet body of surrounding, to aggravate door falling.

Usually declined by adding structural steel to the periphery of cabinet body behind the flange of face forward to offset this door.Knot The shortcomings that structure steel, which is that it has, allows heat to leak into the heat flow path diameter in cabinet body, to reduce operating efficiency.

With reference to patent specification, other external files or other information source, this is begged for this specification typically to offer By the context of feature of present invention.Unless specifically stated otherwise, otherwise the reference of these external files is not necessarily to be construed as holding Recognizing these files or these information sources is the prior art or a part for forming general knowledge known in this field in any permission.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of improved refrigeration equipment component or improved refrigeration equipment, will at least to gram Useful selection will be provided for industry or the public by taking at least some disadvantages mentioned above propulsions or its.

In a first aspect, the present invention essentially consists in a kind of refrigeration equipment component, which includes:

Heat-insulated cabinet body, the heat-insulated cabinet body include five sealing surfaces and open surface, which, which provides, leads in the cabinet body The access in portion, and

Torsional stiffening structures, the torsional stiffening structures are fixed to one in five sealing surfaces upper or including five sealing surfaces In one, the torsional rigid of the component substantially to be increased to above to the torsional rigid of individual heat-insulated cabinet body, so that should Heat-insulated cabinet body has the improved ability for resisting distortion.

In some embodiments, which includes shell, inside liner and heat-insulated between shell and inside liner Material, and wherein the torsional stiffening structures are fixed to or the sealing surface including outer liner.

In some embodiments, which is fixed to or bottom surface or top surface including the heat-insulated cabinet body.

In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures are by specific dimensions at the refrigeration system or refrigeration system for accommodating refrigerator body Component, for example, at least compressor.

In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures form the pedestal for being used for heat-insulated cabinet body.

In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures include the three-dimensional structure around central volume.

In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures include six sides, wherein each side is close to prevent Enter central volume via the side, or it is possible for being open to enter central volume via the side.

In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures include space frame.

In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures include metal plate cabinet.

In some embodiments, cabinet includes at least one open side, and cabinet is fixed on heat-insulated cabinet body, so that case Closing face closure of the open side of body by heat-insulated cabinet body, sealing surface and cabinet the formation torsional stiffening structures of heat-insulated cabinet body.

In some embodiments, cabinet has open top side and is attached on the bottom sealing surface of heat-insulated cabinet body, makes Face closure is closed by the bottom of heat-insulated cabinet body in the open top side for obtaining cabinet, and the bottom sealing surface and cabinet of heat-insulated cabinet body, which are formed, to be turned round Turn rigid structure.

In some embodiments, metal plate cabinet has front side, and includes at least one support in substantially open front side Plate, each fagging are attached between the sides adjacent of cabinet.

In some embodiments, metal plate cabinet has closed metal plate vertical side, closed metal plate bottom side and envelope On rear side of the metal plate closed.

In some embodiments, the thickness of the metal plate of cabinet is greater than the thickness of the shell of heat-insulated cabinet body.

In some embodiments, the thickness of the metal sheet of cabinet is at least twice of heat insulating box outer casing thickness.

In some embodiments, component further comprises the refrigeration system component being contained in torsional stiffening structures.

On the other hand, the present invention essentially consists in a kind of refrigeration equipment, which includes as described in first aspect Component, the component optionally by any of statement of foregoing description embodiment modify, further include door, the door is operationally Heat-insulated cabinet body is rotatably coupled to selectively open or close the open front of heat-insulated cabinet body.

The term " includes " used in the specification and claims refers to " at least partly by ... form ".Work as solution Each narrative tense in the specification and claims including term " includes " is released, that started divided by the term also may be present Feature except a/a little feature.The relational language of such as " comprising " and " it includes " will be explained in an identical manner.

The reference of digital scope (such as 1-10) disclosed herein is also intended to including quoting all rationals within the scope of this Any range of (such as 1,1.1,2,3,3.9,4,5,6,6.5,7,8,9 and 10) and the rational within the scope of this is (for example, 2- 8,1.5-5.5,3.1-4.7) therefore, all subranges of all ranges explicitly disclosed herein explicitly disclosed herein.These Only specifically intended example, and all possible combinations of the numerical value between cited minimum and peak are considered It clearly states in a similar way in this application.

As used herein, term " pivotally " and " rotatably " (for example, door by pivotally/rotatably connection/attachment/ Be connected to cabinet body) include pure rotary relative movements around axis, and rotation and the axis around axis translation combination (group The example of the rotation and translation of conjunction is provided by being connected to the door of cabinet body by hinged hinge).

Term " torsional rigid " as used herein and " torsion is weak " (and equivalent) are relative terms respectively, imply that tool Having the ability of distortion caused by the torque substantially resisted and generated as the power that applies, (power of the application is it is generally desirable to by refrigerator In the opereating specification that body cabinet body encounters), and do not have the ability for substantially resisting the torque,.

As used herein, term "and/or" means "and" or "or", or both.

As used herein, " (s) " after noun refers to the plural number and/or singular of noun.

Unless otherwise indicated by context, term cuboid is intended to indicate that three-dimensional structure, such as rectangular prism comprising six Main side or face (such as rectangle cuboid or square cuboid).One or more main sides can be open surface, such as long The unlimited frame (space frame) or sealing surface of cube.

The present invention can also be broadly described as essentially consisting in the description of the present application either individually or collectively refer to or Any or all combination of part, element and feature and any two of reference or multiple parts, elements or features, And wherein specific integer has known equivalent in field of the present invention referred in this, these are known equivalent Object is considered being incorporated herein, as individually illustrating.

The present invention essentially consists in foregoing teachings, and is contemplated that the following exemplary construction only provided.

Detailed description of the invention

The preferred embodiment of the present invention only will be described by example, with reference, in which:

Figure 1A is the front schematic view diagram of refrigeration equipment, show the deformation for reversing weak cabinet body or distortion and by " door decline " or sagging caused by this, the quality of " the door decline " or the sagging food supported by door and door is when extended Between cause in section.

Figure 1B is the schematic side elevation of the door hinge side of distortion formula refrigeration equipment shown in figure 1A.

Fig. 2A to 2D shows illustrative torsional stiffening structures.

Fig. 3 A and 3B respectively illustrate the refrigeration equipment component of two respectively different embodiments according to the present invention, the refrigeration Apparatus assembly includes the weak cabinet body of common torsion and positioned at the substrate of cabinet body or the torsional stiffening structures of bottom side.

Fig. 4 A and 4B respectively illustrate the enlarged view of cabinet or rectangular parallelepiped structure, the cabinet or rectangular parallelepiped structure with it is appended The bottom plate (not shown) of the cabinet body connect is respectively formed one of the torsional stiffening structures in Fig. 3 A and 3B together.

Fig. 5 A and 5B respectively illustrate the torsional stiffening structures embodiment in Fig. 3 A and 3B comprising the case in Fig. 4 A and 4B Body and the cabinet body bottom plate cut from the vertical side of cabinet body.

Fig. 6 A and 6B show the refrigeration equipment assembled completely, which includes having to reverse shown in Fig. 3 A or 3B The cabinet body of rigid structure, wherein Fig. 6 A is isometric view, and Fig. 6 B is front view.

Specific embodiment

It is now described with reference to the drawings various embodiments.In all attached drawings and the whole instruction, identical appended drawing reference It can be used to indicate that the same or similar component, and can be omitted its redundancy description.

Fig. 6 A and 6B show refrigeration equipment 1 according to some embodiments of the invention.Refrigeration equipment include have open wide before The heat-insulated cabinet body 20 in face and door 2 for selectively opening and closing front.The total height of refrigeration equipment, for example, it may be About 84 inches (about 213cm), this is relatively high for modern refrigerant equipment.Door 2 passes through hinge (example in one side Such as hinged hinge, the top edge of one of them door in fig. 6 is visible) be openably operatively connected (such as pass through rotation Or be pivotally connected) to cabinet body 20, to selectively close off the open surface of cabinet body.Door can inside have be used to support food or The shelf of bottle.Refrigeration equipment shown in Fig. 6 A and 6B is " built-in " type, therefore its outer front surface is a part of door-plate, The door-plate removably and is adjustably attached on following practical hinged heat-insulated cabinet body door.

The quality m of A and 1B referring to Fig.1, door 2 (and any food being supported on a partition for inside) are weak in torsion Heat-insulated refrigeration equipment cabinet body 20 side generate torque M, door pivotally/be rotationally connected to the refrigeration equipment cabinet body 20.When When from before cabinet body, torque M forces open surface (and each of other faces) before the rectangle of refrigeration equipment cabinet body Form the shape of substantially parallel quadrangle.

Refrigeration equipment cabinet body 20 includes five sealing surfaces；Left side and right side, top surface, bottom surface and the back side." closing " is Refer to side or face do not allow user by its entrance with add the item to by the closed volume of cabinet body/close from by cabinet body Volume remove article, and " unlimited " side or face allow user by it into closed volume.

Cabinet body 20 can be at least partially through folded sheet metal (such as japanning steel or stainless steel) to form cabinet body encapsulation At least part and formed.For example, two longer vertical side plate/sealing surfaces and top plate/sealing surface can be by by monolithics Metal folding is formed at substantially inverted " u "-shaped, and backboard and bottom plate/sealing surface can be for example, by rivet or welds It is attached to thereon.If five sealing surfaces are rigidly connected (or continuously, at least some to be formed in folding along its coinciding edges In the case where panel), then cabinet body deflection will lead to by the torque M that the weight of door generates, as shown in Figure 1A and 1B, wherein each side Edge keeps its original length.Unique significant deformation is that there are five sealing surfaces for the institute of cabinet body distortion.Due to the material by such as steel plate Material is formed, and each sealing surface is stone on the in-plane in face, however each face is flexible or distorts out its plane.In order to help Assistant's solution can pass through holding by the torque M acted on the weak cabinet body of torsion the cabinet body of deformation generated and the shape in face The top surface of weak rectangular prism (such as paper board box body) or one in bottom surface are reversed, while passing around top and bottom The top surface of axis twisted case or another in bottom surface reproduce.

The present invention seeks actively to eliminate the distortion in a face of cabinet body.Actively eliminate the distortion quilt in a face of cabinet body It prevents dynamicly or all other cabinet body face is hindered to distort, and therefore prevent entire cabinet body from significantly deforming.According to the present invention, pass through to One of five sealing surfaces of cabinet body add torsional stiffness or rigid structure, the deformation of refrigeration equipment cabinet body and therefore door relative to Cabinet body decline is eliminated or reduced acceptable level.That is, cabinet is arrived in structure addition (that is, attachment, connection, fixed or connection) Body, so that torsional stiffness/rigidity of gained component (that is, cabinet body+structure) is greater than the individual torsional stiffness/rigidity of cabinet body.

In some embodiments, cabinet body includes shell or encapsulation, inside liner and heat-barrier material therebetween.Form the steel of encapsulation Plate can be such as thickness and be less than 1mm, preferably from about 0.4mm-0.6mm, the most preferably from about steel plate of 0.5mm.At least partially due to The relatively thin part of plate material, cabinet body are to reverse weak structure.Angle folding or edge between side and top panel is in cabinet The edge of relative rigid is presented between the top and side of body.Between " u "-shaped plate and substrate and backboard connection be also it is hard, Such as pass through riveting or other connection types known in the art.The front of cabinet body includes open surface, is set with providing via refrigeration Standby door enters the entrance of interior of the cabinet.For cabinet body, torsion weakness means negative in expected operation in response to size The power being appropriately directed or torque in range are carried, the sealing surface of cabinet body can relatively easily distort out plane.Therefore, cabinet body is turned round Song, and the shape of the unlimited front of cabinet body is deformed into the parallelogram of no longer general plane (when before cabinet body from rectangle When face is observed).The deformation of cabinet body can prevent door that cold shut room is sealed in cabinet body when in the closed position.

Weak cabinet body distortion is reversed in order to prevent, in the upper setting torsional stiffening structures of one of five sealing surfaces of cabinet body. For example, torsional stiffening structures can be arranged in the top surface of cabinet body or bottom surface.Alternatively, thin torsional stiffening structures can be set In the left side of cabinet body or right side or the back side.In a preferred embodiment, torsional stiffening structures are applied to the bottom or top of cabinet body Portion's sealing surface, because usually there are enough vertical in the space that refrigeration equipment is located therein (for example, in kitchen) Height is to receive the torsional stiffening structures above or below cabinet body.Torsional stiffening structures can be supplementary structure, in the structure of cabinet body It is attached on cabinet body, or can be building up in cabinet body structure during the construction of cabinet body after making.Torsional stiffening structures At least part can also be integrally formed at least part of cabinet body (for example, as by the one or more with cabinet body The folded box section that the identical steel plate of panel is formed) or its component as used in the construction with cabinet body it is entirely different and Isolated component is formed.Torsional stiffening structures can be the group of the existing part (such as side or face) of supplementary structure and cabinet body It closes.

Torsional stiffening structures are the structures not distorted significantly under normal operator's load.That is, working as one end or face of the structure When being firmly held, the axis which can prevent the opposite end of the structure from passing around both ends rotates (see Figure 1A).It is thick Solid slab hard enough can be greater than the thick steel plate of 5mm for use as torsional stiffening structures, such as thickness.Torsional stiffening structures can be with It is continuous solid thick plate, or can be the frame (the such as two-dimensional framework of photo frame) cut from solid thick plate.However, thick Plate or frame may not be preferably as it can be provided to heat flow path diameter inside refrigeration equipment (if in encapsulation Inside use so that its displacement is a certain amount of heat-insulated) and be material inefficient use.

The effective exemplary torsional stiffening structures in terms of materials'use are shown into 2D in Fig. 2A.In some embodiments In, torsional stiffening structures include three-dimensional framework.In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures include hollow cuboid or rectangle rib Column, such as cuboid framework or the hollow cuboid with one or more sealing surfaces.

Fig. 2A shows the torsional stiffening structures including rectangular parallelepiped space frame 4, and space frame 4 includes along the every of frame A edge or formed frame each edge rigid member or pillar 5 and across space frame diagonal opposite turning it Between each open surface or side rigid diagonal member 6.Diagonal member 6 can be oppositely arranged in the opposite side of frame 4. In some embodiments, every side of space frame may include the diagonal member between adjacent peripheral edge member.In some realities It applies in example, space frame 4 may include the diagonal member across five sides of frame, and have single side, this is single Side does not have diagonal member to be attached to the closed side of cabinet body.In some embodiments, space frame can be without diagonal structure Part, such as in the welding structure for including edge member 5, which provides enough in the case where no diagonal member Turning rigidity.

Fig. 2 B shows the torsional stiffening structures including metal plate cabinet 7 or cuboid.All six main sides 8 of cabinet Metal plate including metal plate, such as steel plate etc..The thickness of the forming sheet metal sealing surface of cabinet is sufficiently thick to prevent case Body distortion.For example, when the shell for reversing weak cabinet body is with a thickness of about 0.5mm, by material identical with cabinet body (such as steel Plate) formed and provide the thickness of metal plate cabinet of torsional stiffening structures can be in about 0.5mm between about 1.5mm.Only conduct Example, the thickness for forming the metal plate of cabinet can be at least about 1.5 times of thickness of shell of refrigeration equipment cabinet body.Some faces It can be thinner than other faces.

Fig. 2 C shows the torsional stiffening structures including cabinet or cuboid 9, and there are five metals for cabinet or the tool of cuboid 9 Plate, sealing surface 10 and the 6th face or side 11 (front side in figure) including frame.Frame includes four hard peripheries or side Edge component 5 and the hard diagonal member 6 in the plane of open surface, to reinforce open surface.Sealing surface can be provided and opened wide Other combinations in face, the structure for example including four metal plates, sealing surface 10 and two opposite unlimited frame surfaces 11, wherein often A frame surface includes four hard surrounding members 5 and one or more hard diagonal members 6, for reinforcing one or more Open surface, referring for example to described in Fig. 2A.As the substitution of diagonal strenthening member, open surface can be with, such as by gusset, and adds Gu.

Fig. 2 D shows cabinet or cuboid 12 including five metal plate sealing surfaces 10 and the 6th open surface 13.It reverses thin The closing face closure of weak cabinet body provides the 6th face of torsional stiffening structures.

In some embodiments, which includes cuboid, the cuboid by particular size at for holding Receive refrigeration equipment refrigeration system component, such as compressor and condenser have and are connected at least one evaporator Pipe-line system, for cooling down at least one intracorporal compartment of the cabinet.For example, structure shown in Fig. 2A to 2D can be formed as surrounding Distortion of the sufficiently large volume advantageously to accommodate such refrigeration system, in addition to preventing or reducing cabinet body.

Fig. 3 A and 3B show two embodiments, and each embodiment includes reversing weak cabinet body 20 and torsional stiffening structures 30, The torsional stiffening structures 30 are located at the base portion for reversing weak cabinet body 20 or bottom side and are hardy fixed to the base portion or bottom side.It is shown Cabinet body 20 can be the shell for heat-insulated cabinet body, which includes between shell, inside liner and shell and inside liner Heat insulator, wherein cabinet body tool is there are five sealing surface and open front.The respective quilt of torsional stiffening structures 30 in Fig. 3 A and 3B Particular size is to accommodate the component of the refrigeration system for refrigeration equipment.When torsional stiffening structures are located at the bottom of cabinet body, turn round Turn the pedestal that rigid structure is advantageously used for cabinet body, by refrigeration part be contained in below cabinet body and slightly elevated cabinet body (and its Closed compartment) convenient for users to close.

In each of Fig. 3 A and 3B, torsional stiffening structures 30 include cuboid or cabinet 31.In Fig. 3 A and 3B The cabinet body 20 in cabinet 31 and Fig. 4 A and 4B that cabinet body 20 is shown together is separately depicted.Cabinet body 31 includes four main sealing surfaces；It is left The right side 32, bottom surface 33 and back 34.Front side is unlimited, and by the way that the angle at or near the unlimited front of cabinet 31 is arranged in Fagging 35,36 reinforces cabinet.Open front allows access into refrigeration system component, such as maintenance and/or air stream.It opens wide Front can be covered by grid or grid, such as grid 3 shown in Fig. 6 A.The door 2 of refrigeration equipment (or is at least attached to reality The exterior panel of door) front of cabinet 31 can be covered when in the closed position, as shown in Figure 6A.Each fagging is attached to case Two adjacent sides of body, or it is attached to the side of cabinet and the face of cabinet body 20.For example, each fagging 36 is attached in the figure To the vertical side 32 and horizontal side 33 of the structure, and each fagging 35 is attached to the vertical side 32 and substrate 23 of cabinet body 20.Scheming In 3A and 4A, cabinet 31 is reinforced by four faggings 35,36.Two faggings 36 are attached to vertical side 32 and the bottom side 33 of cabinet, and two A fagging 35 is attached to vertical side 32 and the bottom surface 23 of cabinet body 20, and four gussets 35,36 are located on each angle of open surface, from And sizable central opening is kept on the face.In Fig. 3 B and 4B, cabinet is reinforced by two faggings 36, each fagging attachment To the vertical side 32 of cabinet and the bottom 33 of cabinet 31.

Fagging can be formed by steel plate materials (and thickness) identical with the material for being used to form cabinet 31.In some implementations In example, two faggings or four faggings be may be integrally formed, such as cutting and/or folding by single blank or sheet material to be formed Global facility.Fagging can be substantially plane, and can be attached on panel by the flange being formed on the plate, hang down Directly in panel, such as fagging 36.Alternatively, fagging can be formed with vertical flanges in one or more edge, this hangs down Straight flange is adapted on the face for being secured directly to adjacent panels (such as fagging 35).

In Fig. 3 A, 4A and 3B, 4B, the top side of cabinet 31 is unlimited.The unlimited top side of cabinet is by the way that cabinet to be attached It is closed on to the base portion of cabinet body 20 or closing bottom surface 23, such as above with reference to described in Fig. 2 D.Cabinet 31 is hardy fixed on cabinet On the bottom side 23 of body.Therefore, in figures 3 a and 3b, the top side of 23 closed box 31 of bottom plate of cabinet body is to form torsional stiffening structures 30, the structure is including five closed main sides (top side 23, bottom side 33, rear side 34 and left and right side 32) and before open Side has the open front side of two or four fagging.Fig. 5 A and 5B show torsional stiffening structures 30 comprising 31 He of cabinet The cabinet body bottom plate 23 cut from the vertical side 22 of cabinet body 20.In use and the cabinet body of the top side of torsional stiffening structures 30 Bottom 23 is prevented from distorting because its be include cabinet 31 other five sides torsional rigid component integral part, thus Prevent entire cabinet body 20 from distorting.

It should be appreciated that the cabinet 31 with open top face is generally not torsional rigid in itself, but ought hardy consolidate When determining onto base portion 23, torsional stiffening structures 30 are generated.Alternatively, which can also include above closed, thus increasing Adding the torsional rigid of the cabinet and make the cabinet itself has torsional rigid.Then, the closing of torsional rigid cabinet is above It can be fixed to cabinet floor 23, hardy to generate the refrigerated component that torsional rigid is greater than cabinet body itself torsional rigid.

Cabinet body reliably and must be fixedly attached to torsional stiffening structures, without allowing relative motion therebetween or curved Song, otherwise cabinet body will distort.In some embodiments, torsional stiffening structures or cabinet by welding, riveting, screw or its Its suitable fastener or any other hard fixation device known in the art are hardy fixed to the shell of cabinet body, this will Substantially avoid any sliding relative movement between cabinet body and the adjacent surface of torsional stiffening structures.

Left and right side 32, bottom side 33 and the rear side 34 of cabinet 31 can be by metal sheets, or can be and be fixed on Individual panels together, or any combination for folding and fixing.The thickness of metal plate can be thicker than the thickness of cabinet body shell.Support Plate can be formed by metal plate, and be can have and formed the identical thickness of the metal of closed side of cabinet, or can be by It is formed with sufficiently rigid alternative materials.

The present invention utilizes on a face fixed to refrigeration equipment cabinet body or the torsion in a face including refrigeration equipment cabinet body Turn rigid structure, (does not need the supplementary structure component in cabinet body, such as adding around door opening to allow to remove cost from cabinet body Gu steel), this also improves the thermal insulations of cabinet body (by enabling heat insulation foam to replace previously having been accounted for by the conductive structure component removed According to volume), and reduce materials'use.

As described above, torsional stiffening structures can be attached to or any one (or multiple) side including cabinet body.Have The torsional resistance of the cabinet body side of torsional stiffening structures prevents or inhibits the distortion of cabinet body side, it means that all cannot cabinet body side Distortion.Because cabinet body cannot distort, the door for being attached to the preceding open surface of cabinet body cannot be sagging, so that door is kept and cabinet body Preceding open surface alignment, and when the door is in the closed position, door sealing holding is engaged with the periphery front flange of cabinet body door opening.

Foregoing description of the invention includes its preferred form.The model of the invention being defined by the following claims is not being departed from In the case where enclosing, it can be modified.