Drawer assembly for refrigerator

Abstract

Provided is a drawer assembly for a refrigerator. The drawer assembly comprises: a drawer body, wherein the drawer body comprises a bottom wall, a front end wall and a rear end wall which are arranged opposite each other in a drawing-in or drawing-out direction, and a first side wall and a second side wall respectively arranged at two sides of the front end wall and the rear end wall, such that an accommodation cavity for placing an article is defined; and a slidable partition plate mechanism configured to slide in the left and the right direction of the drawer body. The middle parts of top ends of the first side wall and the second side wall are respectively provided with a recess for providing clearance when the slidable partition plate mechanism is controlled to slide to the first side wall or to the second side wall, such that the slidable partition plate mechanism is attached to the first side wall or to the second side wall as much as possible. The drawer assembly can provide a storage space in a maximized manner.

1 . A drawer assembly for a refrigerator, comprising:
 a drawer body, comprising: a bottom wall, a front end wall and a rear end wall arranged oppositely along a drawing direction, and a first side wall and a second side wall respectively arranged on two sides of the front end wall and the rear end wall, so as to utilize the bottom wall, the front end wall, the rear end wall, the first side wall and the second side wall to jointly define an accommodating cavity for holding objects; and   a sliding partition plate mechanism, configured to be capable of sliding along the left-and-right direction of the drawer body; wherein   the middle part of the top end of each of the first side wall and the second side wall is provided with a recess for providing a space when the sliding partition plate mechanism is operated to slide to the first side wall or the second side wall.   
     
     
         2 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the sliding partition plate mechanism comprises:   a partition plate, parallel to the first side wall and located in the accommodating cavity, and configured to separate the accommodating cavity; and   two sliding mechanisms, respectively arranged on two sides of the partition plate and respectively form sliding connection with the front end wall and the rear end wall.   
     
     
         3 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the front end wall and the rear end wall are respectively provided with a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove, the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove are aligned in the drawing direction of the drawer body and extend along the left-and-right direction of the drawer body, and the two sliding mechanisms are respectively inserted into the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove and form sliding connection.   
     
     
         4 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein
 one end of the first sliding groove extends to a corner of the front end wall and the first side wall, the other end of the first sliding groove extends to a corner of the front end wall and the second side wall, one end of the second sliding groove extends to a corner of the rear end wall and the first side wall, and the other end of the second sliding groove extends to a corner of the rear end wall and the second side wall.   
     
     
         5 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein
 each sliding mechanism comprises:   a sliding base, internally provided with an insertion hole; and   an insertion piece, one end of the insertion piece is inserted into the insertion hole, and the other end of the insertion piece passes through the first sliding groove or the second sliding groove to be fixedly connected with the partition plate.   
     
     
         6 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the sliding partition plate mechanism further comprises:   a guide rod, extending along the left-and-right direction of the drawer body; and   the sliding base is provided with a connecting hole for penetration of the guide rod, so that the sliding base is constrained by the first sliding groove and the guide rod simultaneously or is constrained by the second sliding groove and the guide rod simultaneously when moving.   
     
     
         7 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 6 , comprising
 two sets of sliding partition plate mechanisms arranged in parallel.   
     
     
         8 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the front end wall is provided with two independent third sliding grooves, the rear end wall is provided with two fourth sliding grooves aligned with the two third sliding grooves, the aligned third sliding groove and fourth sliding groove form a sliding groove group, and each sliding groove group and each set of the sliding partition plate mechanism form sliding connection.   
     
     
         9 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 8 , wherein
 the sliding partition plate mechanism further comprises:   a first limiting block and a second limiting block respectively located at two ends of the guide rod and a third limiting block located in a middle position of the guide rod; and   the first limiting block, the second limiting block, and the third limiting block are respectively configured to limit the sliding partition plate mechanism to slide to respective corresponding positions of the first limiting block, the second limiting block, and the third limiting block.   
     
     
         10 . The drawer assembly according to  claim 9 , wherein
 one side of each of the first limiting block and the second limiting block close to the sliding partition plate mechanism is provided with a shock absorbing ring; and   both sides of the third limiting block are provided with shock absorbing rings.