CN101231128B - Illumination mechanism of distributer for refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a distributor lighting apparatus used for a refrigerator, which comprises the distributor arranged on a door and light source which is arranged inside the distributor and used for lighting the distributor, wherein, a plurality of ice cakes and water are respectively discharged to a sunk part which is sunk backward for putting a vessel through an ice cake conduit and a discharge opening. The distributor lighting apparatus used for the refrigerator of the invention provided with the structure can light the inside of the distributor brighter, therefore the invention has the advantages of providing convenience for a user to fetch the ice and water.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of distributor, in more detail, is about opening and closing the lighting mechanism that door of refrigerator also can be taken the distributer for refrigerator of ice cube or water.
Background technology
Generally, refrigerator is: according to the freeze cycle of refrigerant compression condensation-expansion-evaporation repeatedly, making low temperatureization in the cabinet, food fresh keeping or device of keeping in cold storage in certain time limit, is a kind of daily necessities.And the large-scale refrigerator of releasing recently is equipped with needn't open the distributor that door of refrigerator also can be taken inner ice cube of refrigerator or water.Also can take out the ice cube or the water of refrigerator inside owing to needn't open door, flow out to the outside so distributor not only can prevent the cold air of refrigerator inside, and can also provide convenience to the user.
Fig. 1 is the refrigerator front elevation that is equipped with the prior art distributor.As shown in the figure, refrigerator body 1 one sides that possess storeroom in inside are installed refrigerating chamber door 3.Refrigerating chamber door 3 is that the other end is that rotate forwards, backwards at the center with an end, opens and closes storeroom thus.
On refrigerating chamber door 3, be equipped with distributor 5.On distributor 5, be provided as the depressed part 7 of placing cup and caving in into.A sidewall of depressed part 7 be equipped with protrude downwards and guide that ice cube flows out lead Lou 9.For ice cube and water are discharged by distributor 5, come to transmit the push switch 11 of signal according to user's push action in another sidewall outfit of depressed part 7 to control part (not shown).
But, have following several shortcoming in the middle of the prior art.
Darker around night, when the user takes ice cube or water from distributor 5 since the user can not be with the naked eye a glance just can discern the ice cube amount or the water yield in the cup, so the discharge that has ice cube or water is than the more shortcoming of the needed amount of user
In order to overcome the deficiency, the user will open indoor illuminating lamp when will take accurate water gaging or ice cube, so cumbersome.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides the light structures of a kind of novel fridge with distributor for solving the technical problem that exists in the above-mentioned technology, and the user needn't open the lighting mechanism that other lighting devices also can be taken the distributer for refrigerator of accurate amount ice cube and water from distributor at night.
The technical scheme that the present invention takes for the technical problem that exists in the above-mentioned technology of solution is:
The lighting mechanism of a kind of distributer for refrigerator of the present invention, it comprises by being installed on the door, ice cube and water are discharged to placing the distributor in the depressed part that container rearward caves in by ice cube conduit and delivery port separately; It is characterized in that, be installed in inner skeleton, and illuminate the light source formation of distributor; Be equipped with to the depressed part direction at a sidewall of depressed part and protrude and transparent the leading leakage that guide ice to move; The ice cube conduit comes selectivity to hide by the conduit door; One side at the conduit door is equipped with rotary part; Rotary part is in order to rotate together with the conduit door, and a side is fixedly mounted on the conduit door, and opposite side is installed in order to rotate on the switching space sidewall that the conduit door is opened and closed; Light source is installed on the rotary part support portion that is fixedly installed on the conduit door; Light source is installed on the support portion after being hidden by waterproof cover inside; One side at the conduit door is provided as restricted conduit door rotating range and prevents the rotation margining tablet that light source sustains damage.
Advantage and good effect that the present invention has are:
1) fixed installation is for sending the light source of light on the support portion of the rotary part that rotates together with the conduit door, so the position that distributor exposes to the outside promptly, depressed part has higher lightness.Therefore, in the middle of the present invention, the user also can take the ice cube and the water of requirement smoothly by distributor at night.
2) since guiding to discharge leading of ice cube Lou transparent, so the light that light source sends can not be subjected to leading obstruction leakage, longly illuminate whole depressed part.Therefore, the outward appearance of refrigerator looks more senior.
3) because the rotating range of rotation margining tablet restricted conduit door, prevent that light source from following the collision of depressed part inwall, therefore have the effect of further raising light source inner structure.
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Fig. 1 is the refrigerator front elevation that the prior art distributor is installed.
Fig. 2 is the front elevation according to the lighting mechanism embodiment of distributer for refrigerator of the present invention.
Fig. 3 leads light source is installed under leakage the state conduit door bottom surface oblique view when closing removing the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 leads light source is installed under leakage the state conduit door bottom surface oblique view when opening removing the embodiment of the invention.
Main symbol description
20: distributor 22: display part
24: operating portion 26: depressed part
28: lead Lou 29: open and close the space
30: ice cube conduit 32: the conduit door
34: rotation margining tablet 36: rotary part
36a: the 36b of hinge portion: support portion
38: light source 40: delivery port
42: push switch
The specific embodiment
For further understanding summary of the invention of the present invention, characteristics and effect, exemplify following examples now, and conjunction with figs. is described in detail as follows:
As Fig. 2, shown in 3 and 4, on refrigerating chamber door, be equipped with and also can take the distributor 20 of ice cube or water in order to open and close refrigerating chamber door.Be provided as the display part 22 that shows the refrigerator operating state on the top of distributor 20, in order to allow user selection adjust the operating portion 24 of cabinet internal state or operation commutator 20.Be equipped with the depressed part 26 that rearward caves in and at distributor 20.Depressed part 26 is that the cup of dress ice cube or water is placed local.Be equipped with the funnel apperance that protrudes to depressed part 26 directions at a sidewall of depressed part 26 and lead Lou 28.Lead Lou the ice cube conduit 30 discharge ice cube moving directions that will illustrate below 28 guiding, ice cube is entered in the cup smoothly.
Leading Lou, 28 usefulness transparent materials are made as best.As mentioned above, owing to lead 28 transparently with Louing, be fixedly installed in light that the LED on the following rotary part 36 that will illustrate sends and can not led Lou and 28 blocks.
Lead Lou 28 above possess the space 29 of switching.Opening and closing space 29 possesses for the following conduit door 32 that will illustrate can be opened and closed.As shown in Figure 4, be equipped with ice cube conduit 30 at a sidewall that opens and closes space 29.Ice cube conduit 30 is discharged the ice cube that ice machine (not shown) is made, and guide is leaked 28 guiding ice cubes.
That is, if be equipped with rotation margining tablet 34, when conduit door 32 was opened, the support portion 36b of supporting tube door 32 upward light source 38 collision opposites opened and closed a sidewall in space 29 and sustains damage.Therefore, the present invention is equipped with rotation margining tablet 34, can prevent that light source 38 from sustaining damage.
Opposite side at rotary part 36 is equipped with support portion 36b.For supporting tube door 32, in the one side of support portion 36b fixed installation conduit door 32.Support portion 36b rotates with conduit door 32 according to the 36a of hinge portion and rotates together.
At support portion 36b fixed installation light source 38.Light source 38 can use luminous common bulb, is best but answer service efficiency height, LED that power consumption is low.Though diagram not, the inside that light source 38 is installed in distributor 20 is connected with the printed board circuit that control dispenser 20 operates, and can allow the user come selectivity to light by operating operation portion 24 thus or extinguishes light source 38.
On another sidewall of depressed part 26 curved surfaces, possesses delivery port 40.Externally can take water by delivery port 40.Below delivery port 40, be equipped with push switch 42.For ice cube and water are discharged by ice cube conduit 30 and delivery port 40 separately, push switch 42 transmits user's the signal of pushing to printed circuit board (PCB).
Describe the effect of distributer for refrigerator lighting mechanism of the present invention below in detail.
24 bright light source 38 of user's operating operation portion then appear the light that comes from light source 38 and illuminate depressed part 26.The user by day can selectivity point bright light source 38, and lighting device also can only use at the night of turning off the light.
Because lead 28 is transparent materials with Louing, the light that sends from light source 38 can not be subjected to leading Lou 28 influence, to the scope dispersion of broad.Therefore, at night, the light source 38 long depressed parts 26 that illuminate, the user can take ice cube and water smoothly by distributor 20 thus.
Certainly, when putting bright light source 38 daytime, the light of light source 38 is also long to illuminate depressed part 26, so the user further pleases oneself to this product because of distributor 20 image appearances that change.
Because light source 38 is fixedly mounted on the support portion 36b of the rotary part 36 that rotates together with conduit door 32, as shown in Figure 4, the worry that in conduit door 32 complete openings, exists light source 38 to sustain damage.The rotation of rotary part 36 is automatic shutters under the effect of magnetic valve, though can limit its rotating range to a certain extent, rotary part 36 some the time break away from it rotating range running.Therefore, light source 38 might collide a sidewall that opens and closes space 29 and sustain damage, and at this moment, rotation margining tablet 34 of the present invention withstood on the sidewall that opens and closes space 29 before light source 38 collisions open and close space 29 sidewalls, prevented that thus light source 38 from sustaining damage.
Right of the present invention can not be limited in the middle of the embodiment, but will define with the content of putting down in writing in the request scope.In the claim scope that one of ordinary skill in the art of the present invention put down in writing the various deformation example can be proposed in the request scope.
For example, in the middle of illustrated embodiment, have only a light source 38 to be installed on the 36b of support portion.But also can be separated by two light sources 38 to specify Spacing in the present invention be installed in the one side of conduit door 32.In the middle of illustrated embodiment, have only light source 38 to be installed on the 36b of support portion.Also can be installed in light source 38 in order to prevent the waterproof cover inside of moisture protection light source 38, then waterproof cover is placed on the 36b of support portion.
In the middle of the present embodiment, rotation margining tablet 34 is outstanding in the one side of conduit door 32.But rotation margining tablet 34 also can possess on a sidewall in the switching space 29, opposite of conduit door 32 one sides.
Also have, light source 38 is installed in support portion 36b, but 38 of light sources otherwise exposed externally and can send light and be installed on any position that opens and closes 29 inside, space and also can.Just, being connected on the printed circuit board (PCB) by hole (not shown) circuit on switching space 29 1 sidewalls of support portion 36b upper end to the power line of light source 38 turn-on powers, is best so light source 38 is installed in as illustrated embodiment that support portion 36b goes up.
Claims (4)
1. the lighting mechanism of a distributer for refrigerator, it is arranged on the distributor, and described distributor is for being installed on the door, and ice cube and water are discharged to placing the container distributor in the depressed part rearward by ice cube conduit and delivery port separately; It is characterized in that described lighting mechanism is installed in inner skeleton, comprise the light source that illuminates distributor; Be equipped with to the sunk part direction at the upper side wall of described depressed part and protrude and transparent the leading leakage that guide ice to move; Described ice cube conduit comes selectivity to hide by the conduit door; One side at the conduit door is equipped with rotary part; Rotary part is in order to rotate together with the conduit door, and a side is fixedly mounted on the conduit door, and opposite side is installed in order to rotate on the switching space sidewall that the conduit door opens and closes.
2. the lighting mechanism of a kind of distributer for refrigerator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: light source is installed on the rotary part support portion that is fixedly installed on the conduit door.
3. the lighting mechanism of a kind of distributer for refrigerator according to claim 2 is characterized in that: light source is installed on the support portion after hiding by waterproof cover is inner.
4. the lighting mechanism of a kind of distributer for refrigerator according to claim 3 is characterized in that: be provided as in the one side of conduit door and prevent that light source from receiving damage and the rotation margining tablet of restricted conduit door rotating range.
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