CN100476330C

CN100476330C - Refrigerator with internal lighting

Info

Publication number: CN100476330C
Application number: CNB2004800066677A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗尔夫·科尔东
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2003-03-10
Filing date: 2004-03-10
Publication date: 2009-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 2024-03-10
Also published as: EP1606567B1; DE502004011397D1; EP1606567A1; DE10310330A1; RU2343372C2; WO2004081474A1; ES2347246T3; RU2005127679A; ATE474196T1; PL377532A1; CN1759285A; US20060138916A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigerator having a body (11) and a door (12) fastened to the body (11), said door enclosing a heat-insulated inner space (13). At least one luminous element (20) for lighting the inner space (13) is fixed to the inner side (18) of the door (12) facing the inner space.

Description

Has backlighted chiller

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of chiller, as refrigerator or refrigerating box, this chiller has a cabinet and a door that is connected on the cabinet, and they have constituted the border in a heat insulation interior space.Space lighting device in common this chiller is provided with, when door was opened, this lighting device was automatically connected.Traditional mode is that this interior space lighting device comprises a unique illuminator, and it is set on the lateral inner wall of cabinet.

Background technology

This interior space lighting device shines its directly outer article of placing very dazzlingly and also in undesirable mode heat is sent on these article.On the contrary, may be placed on other lattice base plate beyond the lattice that illuminator is housed, be positioned at from the last article of the big distance of illuminator only poorly illuminated.The space lighting device was difficult to accomplish the article in the forefoot area in space in the illumination satisfactorily in this external application was this, and did not make in the past the user who sees in the interior space of opening wide dazzling.

Disclose a kind of chiller by EP 0 971 186 A2, wherein a plurality of illuminators have been housed in the cabinet inboard.In mainly can being arranged on the opposite side in space or extensible these illuminators on the major part of this height can realize in the space throw light on uniformly.But this makes that the installation of chiller is extremely bothersome, and working flare is installed in a plurality of perforation and formation electrically contacts because need on the inwall of cabinet.The heat of employed illuminator also is discharged in the interior space forcibly in this external this chiller.

Summary of the invention

Task of the present invention is, provides a kind of chiller, and in it can make with simple measure throw light on and equably to the danger of user's blinding free in the space.

According to the present invention, a kind of chiller is proposed, it has a cabinet and a door that is connected on the cabinet, they surround a heat insulation interior space, should be provided with lighting device in interior space, this lighting device is connected automatically when door is opened, and wherein: at least one illuminator of this lighting device is arranged on medial surface in space in this of door and structure like this, makes direction of illumination when illuminator when cabinet vertically stretches out basically in interior space.

Described task solves by chiller of the present invention.Its mode is the medial surface towards interior space that the illuminator of space illumination at least one is used for is set at door, therefore can make illuminator and become big by the distance between the article of its illumination, so that can reach the illumination of uniform luminance, and can get rid of the shading that is placed near the article of illuminator.Illuminator is positioned to the outside of the inner user's who observes of the chiller that opens wide main perspective in addition, does not almost have the danger of directly being dazzle the eyes thus.

In order to get rid of the possibility of dazzling the eyes fully, preferably, illuminator mainly is radiated in the angular range, illuminator itself constitutes the summit of this angular range, and this angular range is being limited by a vertical line on the medial surface on one side and limiting at the section of another side by the connection side extension from illuminator towards door of medial surface.That is to say that when door opened wide and vertically stretched out by cabinet, the direction of illumination of illuminator and irradiation user's direction, that it is dazzle the eyes that stands in unlimited chiller front towards one can not take place basically in interior space.

This illuminator preferably width of phase opposite house is set on its center.Therefore can be connected irrespectively always be positioned properly illuminator on which side with door.

When illuminator is positioned in beyond the center, what meet the requirements is, door is provided with two installation sites center line both sides, and illuminator selectively is installed on these installation sites, consequently is connected on door and decides on which side always can be positioned properly illuminator.

Preferably illuminator is installed in the case on the installation site of two installation sites, this installation site be positioned at center line on a side of door fillet.Be installed in situation by the danger of the own shading of user less than illuminator thus away from door fillet one side.

According to a preferred configuration, illuminator can relatively rotate around the axis vertical with door in 180 ° the orientation at two and selectively be installed on the door.Especially when illuminator be not preferably to be radiated on the direction of described axis, but when being radiated in the angular range between the section of door fillet extension of this axis and medial surface, this meets the requirements.Here this rotation can realize direction of illumination adaptive to selected door fillet, and need not to change the configuration of illuminator itself.When illuminator is installed in door middle, then should design its installation site like this, so that permission fixing illuminator on two orientations; When each installation site only allowed to install on an orientation, just satisfied two acentric installation sites.

Directed in order to guarantee that no dazzling ground is penetrated in illumination, be preferably in the parts that can regulate mobile moulding beam are set on the illuminator.These parts are a reflector or a shadow shield especially.Also can consider it is the parts of a refract light.

When the interior space of chiller is divided into a plurality of lattice,, should on the height of each lattice, be provided with at least one illuminator in order to reach uniform illumination.This requirement can be satisfied at a plurality of illuminators that are arranged on the differing heights on the door by each; But preferably use the single illuminator on the height that extends in a plurality of lattice.

Description of drawings

Can obtain of the present invention further feature and advantage with reference to accompanying drawing to the explanation of embodiment by following.Accompanying drawing is represented:

Fig. 1 is according to a perspective view that has the chiller of open doors of the present invention;

Fig. 2-Fig. 5 has the partial cross section figure according to the chiller door of the illuminator of various schemes of the present invention; And

Fig. 6 is according to a perspective view another configuration, that be similar to Fig. 1 of chiller of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 represents the perspective view of conduct according to a refrigerator 10 of the example of chiller of the present invention.A door 12 is housed on the cabinet 11 of refrigerator 10 swingably.Cabinet 11 and door 12 have constituted the border in an interior space 13, and space is divided into a plurality of lattice 17 by some lattice base plates 16 in this.Door 12 has an outer wall 14 and the inwall 15 of being made by the plastic material deep drawn done by (metal) sheet material, and these walls are connected to each other on the edge and have constituted a border that is filled with the interior space of heat insulation foamed material.Inwall 15 has a flat basically medial surface 18, this medial surface by one around rib 19 surround a frame, this frame is in door puts in when closing a little in the space 13.An illuminator 20 extends on its whole height in the centre of medial surface 18, only can see an outer cover of this illuminator in the figure.

First example of a possible internal structure of expression illuminator 20 among Fig. 2.Inwall 18 has the recess 21 of a cylindrical section shape, and fixing illuminator 22 is a fluorescent tube here therein.This fluorescent tube is connected with inwall 15 by a supporting arm 23 at its each longitudinal end, passes it and is also extending a current supply line 24 that is used for illuminator 20.Each heart yearn in required two heart yearns of current supply line 24 is introduced on the height of each supporting arm 23 and reaches in the interior space 25 of door 12 that the space is imported into the cabinet 11 by hinge in this.Also alternately, a heart yearn of current supply line is directed to another supporting arm from a supporting arm 23 in recess 21, and the unique perforation by inwall 15 of two heart yearns extends on of these supporting arms 23 thus.

Certainly also can use the illuminator on a plurality of height that are distributed in illuminator 20 to replace single fluorescent tube.A clavate support especially can be set replace fluorescent tube, a plurality of illuminators are installed on this support, for example based on halogen bulb or light emitting diode, and this support has the binding clip that some are used to connect current supply line can make a plurality of illuminators in parallel or be connected in series by these binding clips.

Recess 21 is covered by a semi-cylindrical cover 26, and this cover is best to be made by a kind of plastics transparent or printing opacity.Be provided with the bar shaped shadow shield 27 that extends on its whole height on cover 26 outer surface, this shadow shield can be mobile between two positions that are mutually mirror image ground opposition along the surface of cover 26.On the position of the shadow shield of representing with the solid outline line 27, shadow shield 27 make irradiates light poly-in to the line 30 that extends perpendicular to door on the height of illuminator 22 and door medial surface 18 on an angular regions between the part on the right of it.This position has meaning for a door that connects on the right side, dazzle the eyes to avoid making the user who stands in a left side.When door is connected the left side, for light-struck adaptive only need making at the shadow shield 27 that covers on the 26 relative sides moves on the position shown in the dotted outline.

The difference of illuminator is among the illuminator of representing with sectional view among Fig. 3 20 and Fig. 2: do not have shadow shield 27, and cover 26 is configured a series of prismatic section.These sections are provided with like this, so that they make the light beam deflection in the clockwise direction of being sent by illuminator 22, as representing with light beam 28 demonstration ground in the drawings.This is effectively equally, promptly can avoid or reduce at least dazzling the eyes for a user who stands in the left side of the door that is assumed to the right side connection.

Penetrate for the illumination that makes this illuminator 20 and to adapt to a conversion that connects side, only need that cover is taken off and turn over 180 ° and load onto again again and can satisfy, so that light beam deflection in the counterclockwise direction.

In the configuration of Fig. 4, reflector 29 in the recess 21 between illuminator 22 and the inwall 15 determines by being arranged on basically in the distribution of light.This reflector for example can have a parabola shaped or oval cross section, and it asymmetricly arranges, so that make reverberation mainly reach being connected in the zone between the side part perpendicular to the line 30 of door and medial surface 18.Reflector 20 is fixed on the cover 26, a unit separates with door and the 180 ° of ground of 30 rotations that wind the line are loaded onto again so that the whole illuminator of being made up of cover 26, illuminator 22 and reflector 29 20 can be used as, when connecting in the left side, change its best reflection direction with the box lunch door.

Illuminator 22 and reflector 31 are surrounded circlewise by a cylindrical cover 26 in the configuration of Fig. 5.Complete illuminator 20 with cover, reflector and illuminator and is connected on which side of door 12 and decides on the medial surface 18 that is maintained at door on its longitudinal end rotationally, and it can be rotated by hand, so that make reflection direction adaptive.

Another configuration according to refrigerator of the present invention is indicated among Fig. 6 as perspective view.Here illuminator 20 illustrates dividually with door 12.Have two

installation sites

32,33 on the medial surface 18 of door 12, they prepare to be used to receive illuminator 20.

Installation site

32,33 for example can be used as the recess adaptive with the configuration of illuminator 20, fixing illuminator lockably or otherwise therein, and these installation sites can be determined by other fixture or by the mark that draws or be stained with.Being provided with the Electical connector that is used for illuminator 20 power supplies on each

installation site

32,33, is the form of a pair of jack here.On two

installation sites

32,33, jack 34 is positioned on the different height, is mounted so that illuminator always turns over 180 ° of ground around the surface normal of door on two installation sites.And illuminator 20 is designed in this wise in this configuration, i.e. its best apparent surface's normal 30 radiant light obliquely.Illuminator 20 should be installed on

such installation site

32 or 33 all the time, and this installation site is installed under the situation shown here on the installation site 32 near the connection edge of door 12.As the described illuminator of reference Fig. 2 to 5, here illuminator 20 also is such design, and promptly apparent surface's normal 30 radiant light obliquely exactly is such, promptly when it is installed on the installation site 32, in it preferably shines under the situation that door 12 opens wide in the space 13.

When the coupling part of door 12 is arranged on the left side of cabinet 11, then illuminator 20 is placed on the installation site 33.Can guarantee by the rotation based on the required illuminator 20 in the position of jack 34 at this moment, in being taken in door illuminator shines when opening wide in this position in the space 13, and can not allow the user dazzle the eyes.

Certainly also availablely be similar to above-described mode, a plurality of illuminators that are distributed on the height be set replace on the whole height that extends in door 12 or the single illuminator on its major part at least.

Claims

1. chiller, have a cabinet (11) and a door (12) that is connected on the cabinet (11), they surround a heat insulation interior space (13), wherein, at least one illuminator (20) that is used for throwing light in interior space (13) is set at the medial surface towards interior space (18) of door (12), it is characterized in that: described illuminator mainly is radiated in the angular range, illuminator (20) constitutes the summit of this angular range, this angular range is limited by the vertical line (30) on the medial surface (18) of door (12) on one side, and the section that is extended by the connection side towards door (12) from illuminator (20) of this medial surface (18) at another side limits.

2. according to the chiller of claim 1, it is characterized in that: the width of illuminator (20) phase opposite house (12) is set on its center.

3. according to the chiller of claim 1, it is characterized in that: door (12) has two installation sites (32,33) center line both sides, and illuminator (20) selectively is installed on these installation sites.

4. according to the chiller of claim 4, it is characterized in that: illuminator (20) is installed on the installation site (32) of two installation sites (32,33), this installation site be positioned at center line on a side of the connection side of door (12).

5. according to claim 2,3 or 4 chiller, it is characterized in that: illuminator (20) can selectively be installed on the door (12) in the axis vertical with door (30) relatively rotates 180 ° orientation at two.

6. according to the chiller of claim 1, it is characterized in that: the parts (27,26,29) that on illuminator (20), are provided with an adjustable moulding beam.

7. according to the chiller of claim 6, it is characterized in that: the parts of moulding beam are a reflector (29) or a shadow shield (27).

8. according to the chiller of claim 6, it is characterized in that: the parts of moulding beam are the parts (26) of a refract light.

9. according to the chiller of one of one of claim 1 to 4 or 6 to 8, it is characterized in that: interior space (13) are divided into a plurality of lattice (17); Upward on the height of each lattice (17), be provided with at least one illuminator (20) at door (12).

10. according to the chiller of claim 9, it is characterized in that: an illuminator (20) extends on the height of a plurality of lattice (17).