KR20060115838A - Home bar of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

A home bar of a refrigerator is provided to prevent leakage of cold air due to an open state of a home bar door by alarming the open state of the home bar door. A home bar of a refrigerator includes an opening(30), a home bar frame(40), a home bar door(50), a hook member(52), a latch assembly(53), a damper member, and an alarming device(80). The opening is installed at a door to communicate the interior and the exterior of the refrigerator. The home bar frame is fastened to an inner periphery of the opening. The home bar door opens ad closes the opening. The hook member is formed at any one upper part of the home bar door and the home bar frame. The latch assembly resiliently pushes the hook member. The damper member is installed on a hinge shaft to attenuate rotation of the home bar door. The alarming device is attached to an outer surface of the home bar door to turn on and off a home bar lamp.

Description

Home bar for refrigerators {HOME BAR OF REFRIGERATOR}

1 and 2 are a perspective view of a refrigerator home bar portion according to the present invention,

3 is a perspective view of a groove bar according to another embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an operation configuration diagram of a home bar lamp according to the present invention,

5 is an operational configuration diagram of a home bar lamp according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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10-Refrigerator 20-Door

30-opening 40-groove bar frame

50-grooved bar door 51-hinge member

52-latch member 53-latch assembly

60-Home Bar Lamp 61-Home Bar Switch

62-Controller 63-Basket light

64-Power 70-Door Switch

71-Highlight 80-Warning

The present invention relates to a home bar for a refrigerator, and more particularly to a refrigerator home bar for generating a warning signal according to the opening of the home bar door.

In general, a refrigerator is provided with a plurality of storage rooms in which the food is accommodated so as to freeze or refrigerate food, and one side of the storage room is opened to store and retrieve the food.

In addition, one open surface of the refrigerator storage compartment is formed to be opened / closed by a door to cover the entire open surface of the storage compartment.

In addition, in recent years, a home bar is provided on the refrigerator door to prevent leakage of cold air due to frequent opening / closing of the door, and to allow the user to easily store and take out food, which is frequently used, such as a drink.

Here, the home bar has an opening formed in the door so as to communicate with the inside of the refrigerator storage compartment, the opening is provided with a home bar door that is opened and closed separately from the door, the home bar in the state that the door of the refrigerator storage compartment is closed While opening / closing the door, food stored in the basket formed on the inner side of the home bar door and usually on the inner side of the door is stored and taken out.

The conventional home bar door is generally installed to be rotatable in a home bar frame forming an opening frame of the door by a hinge member installed through the bottom of the home bar door or a link fastened to both sides of the home bar door.

In addition, the rotation of the home bar door opened by the hinge member or the link is generally stopped in a state perpendicular to the front surface of the refrigerator door. For this purpose, the home bar door rotated by the hinge member or the link is It is formed so as to span in the direction perpendicular to the groove bar frame by another link or the like.

In addition, the opening of the home bar door is opened by pulling the home bar door to the outside of the refrigerator while holding a handle or the like formed on the front surface of the home bar door and rotating the home bar door in the opening around the hinge member shaft. It was universal.

Accordingly, when opening the home bar door to open the opening opened in the refrigerator door, the user operates the switch while holding the handle of the home bar door to rotate the hook connected to the switch to the axis of rotation. The door is separated from the fixing ring, and in the state where the hook is separated from the fixing ring, the opening of the door is opened while rotating the home bar door in the outward direction of the door by pressing the handle.

At this time, while the user keeps holding the handle formed on the outer surface of the home bar door, the home bar door is pulled out to the position completely separated from the home bar frame and opened.

In addition, the home bar door is completely separated from the home bar frame and is freely dropped by its own load. The door is opened.

However, as the conventional home bar door as described above is used by the user by holding the handle, the user's operation is increased, thereby reducing the convenience, and the user always grips the handle when the home bar door is opened and closed. As it is being done, there was a problem that the user can not grasp other tasks or other objects.

In addition, the conventional home bar door has a problem that the user operation due to the switch operation is further increased as the user operates the switch installed inside the handle to release the lock of the home bar door.

In addition, when the conventional home bar door is opened or closed, there is no means to easily recognize the result of the opening / closing operation of the home bar door from the outside, and thus the home bar door cannot be easily grasped. And, if the home bar door is not completely closed, but finely opened, the cold air inside the storage room is leaked due to the fine opening of the home bar door, but it is difficult for the user to easily recognize the problem that the cooling efficiency of the refrigerator is lowered. there was.

In addition, the conventional home bar door does not have a separate signal generating means according to the opening and closing, or the interior light of the refrigerator is turned on when the door of the refrigerator is turned on to signal the malfunction of the home bar door, etc. inadequately. .

Accordingly, there has been a demand for easier unlocking of the home bar door, easier opening and closing operations, and a need for a home bar capable of a signal according to a malfunction of the home bar door.

The present invention has been invented by the above-described demands, and an object thereof is to provide a home bar for a refrigerator configured to achieve opening of an opening opened in a door while the home bar door is rotated by a user's pressing operation on the home bar door. .

Another object of the present invention, the refrigerator to press the outer surface of the home bar door inward to unlock and open the home bar door, and to press the inside of the home bar door inward to lock the home bar door in a closed state. The purpose is to provide a home bar.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a home bar for a refrigerator to generate a warning signal according to a malfunction or opening and closing of the home bar door, thereby improving the stability of the home bar door.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the opening is formed in the refrigerator door to communicate the inside and outside of the refrigerator, the home bar frame to form the appearance of the opening, and one end is hinged to the home bar frame A groove bar door for opening / closing the opening by an opening / closing operation, a clasp member formed on an upper portion of any one of the groove bar door and the groove bar frame, and the latch member when the groove bar door is closed to the groove bar frame. Is installed in any one of the groove bar door and the groove bar frame of the position corresponding to the, the latch member has a groove for reciprocating movement, the latch member is inserted through the groove is in a locked state, applied to the home bar door The latch assembly is released by the pressing force and the groove bar door and the groove bar frame connecting the Provided on the support shaft characterized by comprising a warning means to warn the erroneous operation of the hinge member and the home bar door to provide a damping force to the rotation of the home bar door.

Another feature of the invention is characterized in that the warning means, consisting of a warning to the outside that the home bar door is open.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that the warning means comprises a home bar switch, a home bar lamp and a controller.

The home bar switch is pressed when the home bar door is closed so as to sense the opening of the home bar door, and is protruded when the home bar door is opened, and transmits the opening / closing state of the home bar door to the controller.

The home bar lamp is characterized by consisting of a lamp to be turned on or flashing under the control of the controller.

The home bar lamp is characterized in that it is installed on the outer surface of the home bar door.

Another feature of the present invention is characterized in that the home bar lamp is connected to the door switch of the refrigerator door to warn the opening and closing of the door.

The groove bar switch is intermittent according to the latching / unlocking of the latch member and the latch assembly, and is characterized in that it comprises a pair of electrodes connected to the controller.

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

1 shows a home bar lamp installed in a home bar door according to the present invention and a home bar switch is installed in a home bar frame. FIG. 2 shows a home bar lamp and a home bar switch connected to a controller according to the present invention. The warning means according to the invention is shown to be configured to warn the opening / closing of the refrigerator door, Figure 4 shows the configuration of the warning means according to the invention, Figure 5 is connected to the warning means and the door switch according to the invention The configuration is shown.

In the present invention, the home bar door 50 is installed in the opening 30 formed in the door 20 of the refrigerator 10.

In addition, in the present invention, the groove bar door 50 and the groove bar frame 40 are locked / released by the latch member 70 and the latch assembly 60.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a warning means (80) for warning the opening and closing of the home bar door 50 in the home bar of the refrigerator (10).

The opening part 30 may open a portion of the front surface of the door 20 so that one point such as a central portion of the door 20 formed to cover the opening surface of the storage compartment of the refrigerator 10 communicates with the inside of the storage compartment of the refrigerator 10. It is formed.

In addition, the opening 30 is preferably provided at the formation position of the basket to facilitate storage and take-out of food contained in the basket formed on the inner surface of the door 20.

The groove bar frame 40 is attached to the inner circumferential surface of the opening 30 to close the door 20 and the opening 30, and the home bar door 50 to be described later is installed, and the home bar door ( It is composed of a frame shape in close contact with the inner circumference of the opening 30 to support the operation of 50.

In addition, the groove bar frame 40 is composed of a frame fitted to the inner circumferential surface of the opening 30, and is configured such that the exterior material having the same shape as the front shape of the door 20 is coupled to the front surface.

In addition, hinge holes are formed on both inner surfaces of the groove bar frame 40 so that the rotation shaft of the hinge member 51, which will be described later, is inserted and fixed.

In addition, as the refrigerator 20 of the door 20 is formed of a front plate and a rear plate and the inside thereof is hollow, the home bar frame 40 may reach the rear plate from the front plate of the door 20. It is preferable that the front and rear surfaces form an open box shape.

The groove bar door 50 is formed of a member having the same plate shape as the shape of the opening 30 so as to cover the entire surface of the opening 30, and is assembled to the opening / closing of the groove bar frame 40.

In addition, the inside of the groove bar door 50 is formed to be hollow, and the hollow material of the groove bar door 50 is filled with foam so as to support the insulation and the outer shape of the groove bar door (50).

The foam member is configured to support the internal components of the home bar door and to insulate the inside and the outside of the home bar door, and is generally injected into the home bar door in a liquid state and filled according to the internal shape of the home bar door, and the home bar It consists of a conventional filler that is hardened inside the door and integrated with the inside of the home bar door.

As shown in FIG. 1, the latch assembly 53 is fitted into one end of the groove bar frame 40, and in this embodiment, is fitted into a latch hole formed at an upper end of the front surface of the groove bar frame 40.

Here, the latch hole is formed in the upper end of the groove bar frame 40 in the same shape as the cross-sectional shape of the latch assembly 53 and opened.

In addition, the latch hole may be formed at the side end or the bottom of the groove bar frame 40 according to the installation position of the latch assembly 53 and the latch member 52, as well as the latch assembly to the groove bar door 50. Of course, 53 may be formed at one end of the inner surface of the groove bar door 50 to be fastened.

In addition, the latch assembly 53 is formed in the shape of a box formed in the front of the slot is formed in the front of the slot that is opened in the longitudinal direction in the center so that the latch member 52 which will be described later is inserted and fixed to be inserted into the latch hole Is formed.

In addition, the latch assembly 53 is fixed to the hook member 52 inserted into the slot by a hook to be rotated, or formed so as to detach the latch member 52 while the hook is rotated is separated, the hook The other end acting portion of the hook that the front end of the clasp member 52 is in contact with the detachment is formed to press the tip of the clasp member 52 of the clasp member to the outside.

In addition, the latch assembly 53 has the latch member 52 inserted into the slot and the front end of the latch member 52 presses the action portion of the hook to rotate the hook so that the latch member 52 is opened. A hook is inserted into the latch member 52 to fix the latch member 52 in the latch assembly 53. As the latch member 52 is pressed again, the front end of the latch member 52 presses the action portion of the hook. The hook is separated from the opening of the latch member 52 so that the latch member 52 is freely moved.

As shown in FIG. 1, the clasp member 52 is formed in a plate shape having an opening formed at a central portion thereof, and is formed to fit into a slot opened at a center of the latch assembly 53.

In addition, the latch member 52 is assembled to one end of the groove bar door 50 corresponding to the position of the latch assembly 53, in this embodiment is fastened to the upper end of the inner surface of the groove bar door (50). .

Here, the fastening of the clasp member 52 is assembled in an outward direction from the inside of the clasp groove opened at the upper end of the inner side of the groove bar door 50 so that the central portion of the clasp member 52 having the opening is formed in the groove bar door ( 50) is assembled to protrude outside the inner surface.

In addition, the end of the clasp member 52 is formed with a plate formed larger than the size of the clasp groove is configured so that the clasp member 52 spans the inner surface of the clasp groove.

In addition, the clasp member 52 has a central portion protruding inwardly of the groove bar door 50 through the clasp groove, and is formed at the end of the clasp member by a foam material filled in the groove bar door 50. The plate formed is fixed.

The hinge member 51 is formed to protrude from the front of the rotating shaft, the inner portion of the rotating shaft is coupled to the elastic spring or oil having a hydraulic pressure is configured to provide a damping force to the rotation of the rotating shaft.

In addition, the hinge member 51 is fastened to both ends of the door 20, and in the present embodiment, the groove bar door 50 is embedded in the lower ends of both sides of the groove bar door 50 so that the lower end thereof rotates about its axis. Is fixed.

In addition, the hinge member 51 may be coupled to the inner side of the groove bar door 50 through a screw or the like so that the rotating shaft protrudes on both lower ends of the groove bar door 50, as well as the groove bar door 50. The inside of the groove bar door 50 is fixed by a filling material such as a foaming material.

The warning means 80 includes a home bar lamp 60, a home bar switch 61, and a controller 62.

1 to 3, the home bar lamp 60 is preferably composed of a light emitting diode (LED) emitting light by energization of the power source, the light emitting diode is accommodated in a transparent box or the like Is formed.

In addition, the groove bar lamp 60 is formed in a shape similar to the shape of the outer surface of the groove bar door 50 to be installed on the outer surface of the groove bar door 50, the groove bar lamp 60 in the present embodiment It is preferable that a predetermined width is inserted and installed inward from an outer surface of the groove bar door 50, and formed in a substantially rectangular box shape so as to protrude minutely outward from the outer surface of the groove bar door 50.

The groove bar switch 61 is formed to protrude and form a rod shape from the front of the groove bar frame 40 to the outside, and is connected to the controller 62 to be described later.

In addition, the home bar switch 61 is pressed by the inner surface of the home bar door 50 when the rear of the home bar door 50 is in contact with the front of the home bar frame 40 is inserted into the inside, the home bar door ( 50 is spaced apart from the groove bar frame 40 so as to protrude by the elasticity of the spring in front of the groove bar frame 40.

In addition, the home bar switch 61 is connected to the controller 62 and is configured to transmit the insertion and protrusion information by the home bar door 50 to the controller 62.

In addition, in the present exemplary embodiment, the home bar switch 61 may be configured of a pair of electrodes provided on the latch member 52 and the latch assembly 53, and the electrode may include the latch member 52 being latched. The information is transmitted to the controller 62 while being connected and energized while being inserted into the assembly 53. The latch member 52 protrudes from the latch assembly 53 so that the pair of electrodes are spaced apart. It is configured to transmit the information to the controller 62 while the flow of current is interrupted.

Here, the pair of electrodes are connected with the controller 62 to form a closed circuit, and are spaced apart from each other to block the current flow of the circuit while detecting the opening of the home bar door 50.

The controller 62 is formed as a conventional controller to control the refrigerant circulation and various power sources of the refrigerator, and is connected to the home bar switch 61, the home bar lamp 60, and the power source 64.

In addition, the controller 62 derives predetermined information corresponding to the information transmitted from the home bar switch 61 to control the power source 64 and the home bar lamp 60 to supply power to the home bar lamp 60. In addition to controlling the power supply, it is configured to adjust the strength of the power supply.

In addition, the controller 62 is additionally installed in the basket portion installed on the inner side of the refrigerator door 20 or connected to a basket lamp 63 installed to illuminate the inner portion of the opening in the inner portion of the home bar.

The basket light 63 is composed of a conventional refrigerator interior lamp to be turned on by the connection of the controller 62 and the power supply 64 in the present embodiment, and is operated by the opening / closing information of the home bar switch 61. It is connected to the controller 62 connected to the home bar switch 61 so as to be operated by opening / closing information of the refrigerator door 20 and / or opening / closing information of the home bar door 50.

In addition, the warning means 80 is a groove bar lamp 60 is installed on the outer surface of the groove bar door 50, as shown in Figure 3, the groove bar frame 40 is provided in the groove bar door 50 Of the home bar switch 61, the controller 62 connected to the home bar lamp 60 and the home bar switch 61, and the refrigerator door 20 of the refrigerator door 20. The door switch 70 is configured to generate the opening / closing information, and the interior lamp 71 connected to the door switch 70 and the controller 62 is further configured.

The door switch 70 is installed in the shape of a rod supported by an elastic body such as a spring so that the refrigerator 20 door 20 is protruded and retracted on one side of the front side of the storage compartment which is opened and closed at the front opening of the storage compartment. And is connected to the controller 62 and configured to transmit the opening / closing information of the door 20.

The interior lamp 71 is to be turned on in accordance with the opening of the refrigerator 20, the door 20, is composed of a conventional interior lamp installed on the inner wall of the storage compartment of the refrigerator (10).

In addition, the door switch 70 is connected to the controller 62 and the home bar lamp 60, and the opening / closing information of the door 20 is transmitted to the controller 62 by the operation of the door switch 70. The controller 62 is configured to apply a power source 64 to the home bar lamp 60 so as to light or flash the home bar lamp 60.

Next, the operation of the home bar for a refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

When opening the home bar door 50 of the refrigerator 10 formed in accordance with the present invention, by pressing the outer surface of the home bar door 50 installed in the door 20 of the refrigerator 10, the home bar door 50 In this embodiment, as the latch member 52 and the latch assembly 53 for locking the groove bar door 50 are formed on the top of the groove bar door 50, the upper end of the groove bar door 50 Presses a predetermined width in the inner direction of the groove bar door (50).

When the upper end of the outer side of the groove bar door 50 is pressed, the upper end of the groove bar door 50 is rotated around the axis of rotation of the hinge member 51 installed at the lower end of the groove bar door 50. A predetermined width is inserted inward.

Here, the upper end of the groove bar door 50 is recessed into the inside of the groove bar frame 40, the clasp member 52 is fastened to the upper end of the inner surface of the groove bar door 50 inside the latch assembly 53. Is inserted further from.

As the clasp member 52 is further inserted into the latch assembly 53, the front end of the clasp member 52 presses the hook action portion of the latch assembly 53 to rotate the hook so that the clasp member 52 is closed. Departure from the opening.

At this time, the acting portion of the hook formed in the latch assembly 53 is pressed to release the hook from the opening of the latch member 52, and the acting portion of the hook elastically presses the tip of the latch member 52. By pushing the latch member 52 from the inside of the latch assembly 53 to the outside.

As the latch of the latch assembly 53 is released from the opening of the clasp member 52, the clasp member 52 is free to move, and the clasp member 52 is moved to the refrigerator 10 by the shot action of the hook action part. It is pressed outward of the door 20.

As the latch member 52 is pressed to the outside of the door 20, the groove bar door 50 is rotated outward by a predetermined width about the axis of rotation of the hinge member 51, the groove bar door 50 is outside the predetermined width The groove bar door 50 is inclined at a predetermined angle in a state of being perpendicular to the ground, so that the inclined surface of the groove bar door 50 is rotated by gravity in the direction of the ground, and is rotated.

In addition, the drop bar rotates the groove bar door 50 is rotated more than a predetermined angle while the rotation speed is attenuated by the rotation damping force of the hinge member 51 is opened to rotate.

In addition, while the groove bar door 50 is opened, the groove bar switch 61 held by the inner surface of the groove bar door 50 is freely protruded by an elastic body such as a spring installed therein.

As the home bar switch 61 protrudes, the contacts in the home bar switch 61 are operated to transmit a corresponding contact signal to the controller 62.

The controller 62 receiving the signal generated by the protrusion of the home bar switch 61 derives predetermined information corresponding to the signal transmitted from the home bar switch 61 to supply the power 64 connected to the controller 62. The home bar lamp 60 is energized.

As the power source 64 is energized, the light emitting diode of the home bar lamp 60 emits light, and the home bar lamp 60 is turned on or flashes.

In the present embodiment, the home bar lamp 60 is to be turned on at the same time as the opening of the home bar door 50, it can be set to blink or turn off at the same time as the opening of the home bar door (50).

In addition, while the home bar switch 61 is operated, the power source 64 is connected to the controller 62 to light up the home bar lamp 60, and a basket light 63 connected to the controller 62 and / or Or the interior lamp 71 is turned on.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 4, the opening of the home bar door 50 is easily understood through the home bar lamp 60 that is turned on the outer surface of the home bar door 50 at the front of the refrigerator. The groove bar door 50 is finely opened, and it is easily understood that cold air flows out through the opening 30 of the groove bar.

In addition, at the same time as the opening of the home bar door 50, while the basket lamp 63 is turned on inside the opening 30 opened by the home bar door 50, the contents inside the opening 30 are illuminated to provide the corresponding contents. It is easy to grasp, and at the same time as the opening of the home bar door 50, the interior lamp 71 inside the refrigerator storage compartment is lit, and the contents accommodated in the storage compartment are illuminated to easily identify the contents.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, as the warning means 80 is connected to the door switch 70, the door 20 of the refrigerator 10 is opened, and the door switch 70 protrudes. When the door switch 70 is operated, a signal corresponding to the operation of the door switch 70 is transmitted to the controller 62, and the controller 62 receives operation information of the door switch 70. At the same time, the corresponding control information is derived, and the power source 64 is connected to the home bar lamp 60 and the interior lamp 71 to light the home bar lamp 60 and the interior lamp 71.

Accordingly, the door 20 of the refrigerator 10 is opened, and the home bar lamp 60 installed on the outer surface of the home bar door 50 is turned on to warn the opening of the door 20, as well as the The interior lamp 71 is lit to illuminate the interior of the storage compartment, and the door 20 is opened slightly so that cold air flows out by turning on the home bar lamp 60 which is lit by the opening of the door 20. Will be identified.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes are within the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, the home bar door formed in the refrigerator door is opened and closed only by the user's pressing operation, so that the opening / closing operation of the home bar door is easy and thus the user's convenience is improved.

Another effect of the present invention is that the home bar door of the refrigerator home bar is opened and at the same time the home bar lamp installed on the outer surface of the home bar door is turned on to warn the opening of the home bar door, so that the cold air leakage according to the open state of the home bar door is left. There is an effect that is prevented.

Another effect of the present invention, the home bar lamp of the home bar door is turned on at the same time the opening of the refrigerator door to warn the opening of the door, as well as to continuously warn the open state of the door to the cold air leakage It is effective to prevent the back.

Claims (5)

An opening formed in the refrigerator door to communicate the inside and the outside of the refrigerator; A groove bar frame fastened to the inner circumference of the opening in a frame shape; A groove bar door that opens / closes the opening by an opening / closing operation while being hinged to the bottom of the groove bar frame, A clasp member formed on one of the groove bar door and the groove bar frame; When the groove bar door is closed to the groove bar frame is installed in any one of the groove bar door and the groove bar frame corresponding to the latch member, the latch member has a groove for reciprocating movement, the latch member is the groove The latch assembly is inserted through the latch assembly, and the latch assembly to push the latch member elastically while the locking state is released by the pressing force applied to the groove bar door, A damper member installed on a hinge shaft connecting the home bar door and the home bar frame to provide a damping force to the rotation of the home bar door; And a warning means comprising a home bar lamp which is attached to an outer surface of the home bar door and flashes to warn the opening of the home bar door to the outside. The method of claim 1, The warning means, A groove bar lamp installed on an outer surface of the groove bar door so as to flash according to the application of power; A groove bar switch installed at the front of the groove bar frame to be inserted into / out of the groove bar frame in contact with an inner surface of the groove bar door; And a home bar switch and a controller connected to the power source and the home bar lamp to apply the power to the home bar lamp according to the operation information of the home bar switch. The method of claim 2, The home bar switch is a home bar for a refrigerator, characterized in that it is interposed according to the latch / release of the latch member and the latch assembly, and comprises a pair of electrodes connected to the controller. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The warning means, And a basket connected to the controller to be turned on at the same time as the lighting of the home bar lamp, the basket being installed to illuminate the inside of the opening. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The warning means is connected to a door switch installed to detect the opening of the refrigerator door, the home bar for a refrigerator, characterized in that it is illuminated at the same time as the opening of the door to warn the opening of the door.

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