CN101680711A

CN101680711A - A cooling device

Info

Publication number: CN101680711A
Application number: CN200880018982A
Authority: CN
Inventors: R·K·塞利克; O·沃达尔; E·奥兹尤克塞尔
Original assignee: Arcelik AS
Current assignee: Arcelik AS
Priority date: 2007-06-05
Filing date: 2008-06-04
Publication date: 2010-03-24
Also published as: EP2150760A2; WO2008148789A2; EP2150760B1; PL2150760T3; WO2008148789A3

Abstract

A cooling device (1) comprises an illumination element (5) that illuminates the environment when the door (3) is opened so that the user can see easily the interior of the cooling volume.

Description

Refrigerating plant

Technical field

[0001] the present invention relates to a kind of refrigerating plant, wherein refrigerating volume is illuminated.

Background technology

[0002] in refrigerating plant, lamp is used for the inner space of throwing light on, and lamp is lighted when opening and made the user can see the inside of refrigerating volume better.These lamps are installed in the sidewall in the main body, on rear wall or the roof, and when opening by " opening " state that the transforms to refrigerating volume that throws light on.Because the lamp institute that shelf in the main body and placement article on the top of the shelf, main body and all shelfs can not be fixed in the main body evenly throws light on.

[0003] one of prior art embodiments, U.S. Pat 5937666 has been explained a kind of refrigerator, wherein keeps illumination by the fluorescent tube that is installed on the doorframe.

[0004] explained a kind of refrigerator in prior art korean patent application KR20000031579, wherein the lamp that is arranged on the main body that activates by the switch along with door is kept illumination.

[0005] in the prior art, by being fixed in the refrigerating plant that throws light on of lamp on main body and the door, lamp and come the switching mechanism of switch lamp when door is closed, to occupy the constant volume in the refrigerating volume according to the position of door.

Summary of the invention

[0006] the objective of the invention is to realize comprising the refrigerating plant of illumination component, described illumination component is closed Shi Buhui at door and occupy additional space in refrigerating volume.

[0007] in first claim and Qi Ge dependent claims, elaborated to achieve the object of the present invention and the refrigerating plant realized, described refrigerating plant comprises and is arranged on main body wall, the housing of roof and/or diapire and illumination component, illumination component when door is closed according to the motion of door and integral body remains in the housing, thereby and when opening the inside by the volume illumination main body of coming out from housing in main body, to vacate by door.

[0008] therefore, insert the housing that places on the main body wall and come out from housing when being released by the door applied pressure by the promotion that utilizes door, illumination component does not occupy any space in the refrigerating volume when door is closed.In addition, housing is left in the illumination component motion according to door when door is opened that is hidden in when door is closed in the housing, and carries out illumination task thus.

[0009] illumination component has height and the length that is used for providing to the shelf of the refrigerating volume that is positioned at the door near zone on the main body wall equivalent light.And illumination component leaves housing and backward-facing face illumination refrigerating volume before the main body when door is opened.Therefore, the light beam that sends from illumination component can be by transmitting inner convergence of refrigerating volume.

[0010] in one embodiment of the invention, illumination component is installed on the main body by retainer.Retainer makes to be assembled to housing and illumination component to be moved and is maintained.Retainer by pin rotatably in axis is installed in housing.

[0011] in one embodiment of the invention, on door, provide the extension that the motion of door is sent to retainer.Therefore, Men motion can be more prone to, be sent to safely retainer.

[0012] in another embodiment of the present invention, retainer is prismatic.Retainer is protected the illumination component that is placed in one by centering on, and the illumination component that enters housing by covering when door is closed serves as lid, and prevents to form on main body projection.At least one surface of retainer has hole and transparent surface, and other surfaces have and are used to guide the light beam that sends from illumination component to make its reflectance signature towards refrigerating volume.

[0013] by the present invention, any exceptional space and refrigerating volume that illumination component can not occupied in the main body are evenly thrown light on.

Description of drawings

[0014] illustrated in the accompanying drawing to achieve the object of the present invention and the refrigerating plant realized, in the accompanying drawings:

[0015] Fig. 1 is the perspective view of refrigerating plant.

[0016] Fig. 2 is the detailed view of refrigerating plant when door is opened.

[0017] Fig. 3 is the detailed view when refrigerating plant when the closed position transforms to open position.

[0018] Fig. 4 is the detailed view of refrigerating plant when door is opened.

[0019] Fig. 5 is the exploded view of housing and illumination component.

[0020] Fig. 6 is the view of an alternative embodiment of the invention.

[0021] Reference numeral of the element shown in the accompanying drawing is as follows:

1. refrigerating plant

2. main body

The door

4. housing

5. illumination component

6. retainer

7. extension

8. bias unit

The specific embodiment

[0022] refrigerating plant 1 is included in wherein the main body 2 of placing the object of waiting to freeze, the door 3 of the path of inboard is provided from the outside of main body 2, be arranged on the housing 4 on main body 2 walls, and illumination component 5, illumination component 5 is the volume (Fig. 1) by being pushed in the housing 5 against door 3 parts that enter main body 2 and coming out to be vacateed by door 3 in main body 2 when door 3 is opened from housing 4 when door 3 is closed.

[0023] in illumination component 5, fluorescent tube or LED can be used as light source.Illumination component 5 preferably is configured in fact along the pipe of sidewall extension with even illumination main body 2 inside.Illumination component 5 is in the inside of active position and illumination main body 2 after leaving housing 4.

[0024] housing 4 is arranged near the sidewall of the main body 2 door 3 extends into door 3 parts of main body 2 when closing, on roof and/or the diapire.Therefore, door 3 can make illumination component 5 motions (Fig. 6) that are arranged in the housing 4.

[0025] illumination component 5 that comes out, enters housing 4 from housing 4 when door 3 is closed when door 3 is opened keeps illumination component 5 not occupy exceptional space in the main body 2 according to the motion of door 3.

[0026] refrigerating plant 1 comprises: illumination component 5 is installed on it and makes illumination component 5 to small part be carried on one or more retainers 6 in housing 4 outsides; Be used for retainer 6 is installed in the housing 4 to form one or more pins of rotation; And one or more bias units 8, when its power on being applied to retainer 6 discharges, with retainer 6 from housing 4 to extrapolation, keep retainer 6 and the illumination component 5 that is connected with retainer 6 to leave housing automatically.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, in housing 4, provide two pins that are positioned on the same axis.The pin that remains on the same axis is assembled to retainer 6, and illumination component 5 is attached at retainer 6 (one or more) upward with between two apparent surfaces that remain on housing 4 (Fig. 5).

[0027] in an embodiment of the present invention, illumination component 5 remains in the housing 4 that places on main body 2 sidewalls, corresponding to the part that extends to the door 3 in the main body 2 when door 3 is closed.Because when when exerting pressure on retainer 6 door 3 being closed, door 3 has overcome the power of bias unit 8, therefore keeps illumination component 5 and makes it remain on housing 4 inside.In this position, illumination component 5 does not form any projection on main body 2.And because when door 3 when closing, housing 4 and illumination component 5 place in the volume that is occupied by door 3 in the main body 2, therefore they do not occupy additional volume in the main body 2 when door 3 is closed.

[0028] when door 3 is opened by the user, the power that is imposed on retainer 6 by door 3 is released by the motion of door 3, and the power of bias unit 8 is released housings 4 by the retainer 6 that will have illumination component 5 on it and shown its effect.During door 3 is opened, come out from housing 4 by the effect of the power of bias unit 8 and extend towards the volume of vacateing by door 3 with the illumination component 5 of retainer 6 motion.When door 3 was opened, illumination component 5 had left housing 4.Main body 2 inside are lighted and thrown light on to illumination component 5 by be in active position after leaving housing 4.In this embodiment, illumination component 5 is from the preceding backward-facing face illumination refrigerating volume of main body 2.

[0029] in another embodiment of the present invention, refrigerating plant 1 comprises and being positioned on the door 3 and the extension 7 of retainer 6 corresponding parts that described extension 7 pushes retainer 6 when door 3 is closed so that illumination component 5 remains on housing 4 inside.When door 3 was opened, the power that is applied on the retainer 6 by extension 7 was released.In this position, retainer 6 begins the motion from housing 4 towards refrigerating volume, and the power that this motion and bias unit 8 are applied on the retainer 6 is proportional.The motion of door 3 can be more prone to, be sent to safely retainer 6 (Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4) by extension 7.

[0030] in another embodiment of the present invention, housing 4 is placed on the wall, and this wall is positioned at main body 23 those sides of being installed to the doorstep, and housing 4 is on the side near door 3.On the other hand, extension 7 is in the side of installing with main body 2 on the door 3, is located on the point of door (3) 6 application of forces of the retainer in housing 4 when opening.In addition, in this embodiment, housing 4 is parallel to the side of main body 2 and extends to the bottom from main body 2 tops.Because place the illumination component 5 in the described housing 4 to place the shelf of main body 2 inside to extend, so these shelfs have obtained almost illumination uniformly along all.

[0031] in an embodiment of the present invention, retainer 6 is prismatic, and illumination component 5 places in the retainer 6.In this position, retainer 6 surrounds illumination component 5 wholly or in part.Therefore, when door 3 is closed, both protected illumination component 5 also to cover housing 4.Retainer 6 places in the housing 4, is rotatable from top base and bottom base by pin.The rotation that is formed by pin remains in the housing 4.During rotatablely moving, come out and side a to small part remains in the housing 4 from housing 4 at least two sides.

[0032] retainer 6 comprises hole or at least one transparent side surfaces.This side is preferably the side in the face of refrigerating volume.

[0033] in another form of this embodiment of the present invention, retainer 6 comprises that at least one has the side of reflectance signature, and this reflectance signature is used to guide the light beam that sends from illumination component 5 to make it enter refrigerating volume.

[0034] in another embodiment of the present invention, retainer 6 and illumination component 5 are by pushing ejecting mechanism (push-in, pop-out mechanism) and be assembled in the housing 4 and moving under the help of this mechanism.By this embodiment, retainer 6 and connected illumination component 5 also can be inserted in the housing 4 by the user when door 3 is opened, and perhaps are independent of door 3 motion and outwards move from housing 4.

[0035] by the present invention, 5 pairs of refrigerating volumes of illumination component throw light on equably, and do not occupy any exceptional space in the main body 2 when door is closed.

Claims

1. a refrigerating plant (1), be included in wherein the main body (2) of placing the object of waiting to freeze, and provide from the outside of described main body (2) to the door (3) of inboard path, it is characterized in that, also comprise the housing (4) and the illumination component (5) that are arranged on described main body (2) wall, described illumination component (5) door (3) when closing by being pushed in the housing (5) against door (3) part that enters in the described main body (2), the volume of then being vacateed by described (3) in the described main body (2) when opening at described door (3) comes out from described housing (4).

2. refrigerating plant according to claim 1 (1) is characterized in that, housing (4) is arranged near the sidewall of the described main body (2) when described door (3) extends into described door (3) part of described main body (2) when closing.

3. refrigerating plant according to claim 1 and 2 (1) is characterized in that, housing (4) is parallel to the side of described main body (2) and extends to the bottom from described main body (2) top, and described illumination component (5) places in the described housing (4).

4. according to each described refrigerating plant (1) of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, also comprise described illumination component (5) being installed on it and making described illumination component (5) to small part be carried on one or more retainers (6) in described housing (4) outside; Be used for described retainer (6) is installed in the described housing (4) to form one or more pins of rotation; And one or more bias units (8), when its power on being applied to described retainer (6) discharges, with described retainer (6) from described housing (4) to extrapolation, keep described retainer (6) and the described illumination component (5) that is connected with described retainer (6) to leave described housing automatically.

5. according to each described refrigerating plant (1) of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that described illumination component (5) is from the preceding backward-facing face illumination of described main body (2) refrigerating volume.

6. according to each described refrigerating plant (1) of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, comprise also being positioned on the described door (3) and the extension (7) of the corresponding part of described retainer (6) that described extension (7) is pushed described retainer (6) so that described illumination component (5) remains in the described housing (4) at described door (3) when closing.

7. refrigerating plant according to claim 6 (1) is characterized in that, described housing (4) is positioned at the above door (3) side of being installed of described main body (2), and on the side near the described main body (2) of described door (3); Described extension (7) places described door (3) to go up the side of installing with described main body (2), is located on the point of described door (3) described retainer (6) application of force in described housing (4) when opening.

8. according to each described refrigerating plant (1) of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that described retainer (6) comprises hole or at least one transparent sidewall.

9. refrigerating plant according to claim 8 (1) is characterized in that, described retainer (6) comprises that at least one has the sidewall of reflectance signature, and this reflectance signature is used for guiding the light beam that sends from described illumination component (5) to make it enter refrigerating volume.

10. according to each described refrigerating plant (1) of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, also comprise being used for described illumination component (5) is installed to the ejecting mechanism that pushes in the described housing (4).

11., it is characterized in that described illumination component (5) is by being in the throw light on inside of described main body (2) of active position according to each described refrigerating plant (1) of aforementioned claim after leaving described housing (4).