CN102317723A

CN102317723A - Refrigerator with internal lighting

Info

Publication number: CN102317723A
Application number: CN201080007715XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: M·奇亚诺格鲁; A·格茨; M·马利希
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2009-02-13
Filing date: 2010-01-27
Publication date: 2012-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 2030-01-27
Also published as: WO2010091953A3; EP2396614A2; WO2010091953A2; DE102009000848A1; CN102317723B

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigerator with a thermally-insulating housing (1,2) and a no-frost unit (3) arranged between a cover (4) for the housing and the storage chamber (6), wherein a light source (13; 18) for illuminating the storage chamber (6) is integrated in a front region of the no-frost unit (3).

Description

Refrigerator with internal lighting device

Background technology

Electric refrigerator has the internal lighting device by the open and close control of door substantially, to make things convenient for the user article is placed in the storeroom of electrical equipment.Desired is to adopt an independent light fixture as internal lighting device; But, be difficult to will an independent light fixture to be positioned to whole storeroom and thrown light on suitably especially for for the situation of the electric refrigerator that has a plurality of lighttight assembly parts such as the drawing and pulling type drawer in the storeroom.

Known electric refrigerator comprises the body with top, and wherein said top is stretched out forward and surpassed the door that is hinged to said body.In the preceding neighboring area of stretching out the top that surpasses door, hold luminous bulb and control panel downwards arranged.Bulb makes that in the location above the door bulb can light shine in each cabin of storeroom when door is opened, and illuminates the drawing and pulling type drawer that draws back from the top.

In order whether to be hinged on the left side of body or the identical operating characteristic that electrical equipment is irrespectively guaranteed on the right side with door, desired is all is positioned at the central authorities at top with control panel and bulb, but this has caused the space conflict between the two substantially.It must be admitted that is that the ligthing paraphernalia that is specially light emitting diode is compared with bulb and had littler useful size, still, especially has the light time of suitable color quality in said ligthing paraphernalia supply, and said ligthing paraphernalia is still relatively costly.If having, electrical structure do not stretch out the top that surpasses door, even then do not have the space to use above the Yan Zaimen for this little ligthing paraphernalia yet.

Summary of the invention

Therefore; The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electric refrigerator; Perhaps do not have enough spaces to be used for the bulb that uses as ligthing paraphernalia at least even above door, be not used in the space of the ligthing paraphernalia of the upper-side area that is positioned at housing, said electric refrigerator also allows to utilize said ligthing paraphernalia illumination storeroom.

This purpose is achieved and is, for the electric refrigerator of the defrost unit that has insulated case and between the top of housing and storeroom, settle, in the zone, front side of defrost unit, settle, preferred integrally formed one be used to throw light on storeroom light source.

Light source preferably refers to lighting unit at this, and it has one or more ligthing paraphernalias and is furnished with reflector in some cases.

For the air that does not if possible influence in the defrost unit flows not negatively, light source is right side and the blow vent encirclement of left side by defrost unit advantageously.

Preferably in defrost unit, leave structure space, in said structure space, lighting installation preferably can be integrated into construction unit.This allows lighting unit to be integrated into the additional parts in the defrost unit.For this purpose, defrost unit only need provide necessary interface.Can realize the remodeling of electric refrigerator then simply through saving lighting module.

Light source preferably on defrost unit broad ways be positioned in central authorities.If storeroom is divided into a plurality of cabins, then each cabin is covered by a header board, and at least in the state of opening, at least a portion of light source should be positioned at before the common plane at place of each header board, so that can shine in a downward direction before each header board.

The preferably pivotable baffle plate of at least one header board in the said header board, said pivotable baffle plate sealing is positioned at the cabin after it.At least one header board in the said header board can also be the part of drawing and pulling type drawer.

Stretch out that part of above the light source of header board in order to receive, being positioned to the door relative in the closed position and can being provided with otch of electric refrigerator with header board.Then, light source can assemble in electric refrigerator with immovable mode.

Alternatively, at least a portion of light source can be switched between enable possition and closed position, and wherein in said enable possition, this part is stretched out the plane above the header board place, and in said closed position, this part turns back to after the said plane.So, needn't utilize otch to weaken the thermal insulation of door.This part of this light source preferably is moved through the spring that abuts against door, thereby when door was opened, this partly automatically moved forward, and when door was closed, this part was passed through door by back pressure.

On defrost unit, can create the enough spaces that are used for light source, bulb is used as ligthing paraphernalia so that allow cheaply.

Description of drawings

Other features and advantages of the present invention will can know through the following explanation of illustrative examples with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows the schematic cross sectional views according to the electric refrigerator of door when closing of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 shows the cutaway view according to the electric refrigerator of door when opening of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows the front schematic view of upper-side area of the body of electric refrigerator;

Fig. 4 show according to the upper-side area of the electric refrigerator of second embodiment of the invention with the similar cutaway view of Fig. 1; And

Fig. 5 show second embodiment electric refrigerator with the similar cutaway view of Fig. 2.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 shows the cutaway view according to the electric refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention.This electric refrigerator is the family expenses refrigerator-freezer of defrosting model, and it has body 1 and door 2, and wherein, defrost unit 3 is 4 fit beneath at the top of body 1.Defrost unit 3 comprises evaporimeter and the fan that is positioned at a housing 22 with mode known and that therefore be not shown specifically; Wherein said housing 22 has sweptback bottom 5 in the past, and fan is returned near the rear wall 8 formed openings of body or by means of the passage that extends at rear wall 8 through evaporator and by means of bottom 5 from the storeroom 6 suction air, the drive air that are arranged in defrost unit 3 belows through the air channel on the front of housing is discharged to storeroom 6.

Storeroom 6 is divided into a plurality of self cabins 9; Upside cabin in the said cabin 9 can be closed by means of a baffle plate 10; The trunnion axis that wherein said baffle plate 10 can extend around the lower limb along said upside cabin pivots, and the downside cabin in the said cabin 9 can receive a drawing and pulling type drawer 11 respectively.When door 2 as shown in Figure 1 being closed, the front 12 of drawing and pulling type drawer 11 and baffle plate 10 are positioned at a common plane parallel with door 2.

Lighting device 13 is on the front of the housing 22 that is placed in defrosting body 3 before the plane at baffle plate 10 and 12 places, front.Because the liftoff extension of plane one narrow spacing that the inboard of door 2 belongs to apart from baffle plate 10 and front 12, otch 14 must be set in door 2, so that receive lighting device.

Fig. 2 shows the electric refrigerator that door 2 is opened and drawing and pulling type drawer 11 is pulled out.At this, otch 14 is limited to the central area on door 2 the upper edge, and is corresponding with the lighting device 13 of centered on defrost unit 3.Shown in dotted line, otch 14 can extend in the whole width of door 2.

The switch 15 that is used to open and cut out lighting device 13 stretches out towards door 2 from lighting device 13, thereby when door 2 opened and closed, said switch 15 activated through said door 2.When opening the door, opening lighting device 13, said lighting device produces the taper light that points to downwards, thus whole length of the drawing and pulling type drawer 11 that said lighting device can be pulled out from the top illumination.

Fig. 3 shows the front view of the upper portion of body 1.Lighting device 13 is positioned at the precedence centre place of defrost unit 13, and left and right sides flank is above-mentioned air channel 7.The front of the housing of defrost unit 3 (being provided with groove 7 therein) advantageously a little with an angle be positioned; To form an intermediate space; This intermediate space is widened in front and between the door 2 in a downward direction, and by means of said intermediate space, air can be aspirated out from storeroom 6 by resistance littlely.For the motion that does not hinder the plate 10 of fending off perhaps touches overhead bin chamber 9, the height of lighting device 13 should be greater than the height of defrost unit 3.Yet, in lighting device 13, have enough spaces with hold bulb 16, alternatively also have towards on socket.

Because in the heat insulation layer at top 4, do not need otch to hold lighting device 13; So between lighting device 13 and control panel 17 and control circuit, do not have the space to conflict; Wherein said control panel 17 is centrally placed on the leading edge at top 4, and said control circuit can be contained in the top 4 after this control panel 17.Because control panel 17 all medially is positioned with lamp 13; So regardless of door 2 modes that are hinged; The touching property of control panel 17 is same desirable, and the mode that is hinged regardless of door 2, and the position of the light cone that sends from lighting device 13 is same desirable.

With reference to Figure 4 and 5 (being limited to upper-side area respectively) second embodiment of the present invention is described, a said cutaway view of the electric refrigerator of closing or opening that illustrates.Lighting device 18 is held on the well shape part of offering forward (shaft) 19 on the front of defrost unit 13 at this in a movable manner, and lighting device can abut against door through the spring (not shown) and 2 moves.When door 2 is opened; The spring head with lighting device 18 as shown in Figure 5 is released until a stop part from well shape part 19; Thereby transparent screen 20 exposes at the downside of lighting device head, and lighting device 18 can be crossed the drawing and pulling type drawer 11 that baffle plate 10 illuminations are pulled out.

Because lighting device 18 extend in the defrost unit 3 when door 2 is closed, so on door 2, need not otch to hold lighting device 18.In fact, resilient snubber 21 can be positioned on the inboard of door so that when door 2 is closed, contact with lighting device 18, thereby prevent lighting device 18 and door 2 each other against the time generation damage.

Claims

1. an electric refrigerator, household refrigerating appliance especially; Said electrical equipment comprises insulated case (1; 2) and the defrost unit (3) of between the top (4) of said housing and storeroom (6), settling; It is characterized in that, in the zone, front side of said defrost unit (3), settle a lighting unit, said lighting unit to have to be used to the light source (13 of said storeroom (6) of throwing light on; 18).

2. electric refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said light source (13; 18) blow vent (7) by said defrost unit (3) about surrounds.

3. according to claim 1 or 2 described electric refrigerators, it is characterized in that said light source (13; 18) go up broad ways in said defrost unit (3) and at least roughly be positioned at the center.

4. according to the arbitrary described electric refrigerator of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, in said defrost unit, reserve and be used for said light source (13; 18) clear space.

5. electric refrigerator according to claim 4 is characterized in that, said light source (13; 18) can be integrated into construction unit in the said defrost unit (3).

6. according to the arbitrary described electric refrigerator of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that said storeroom (6) is divided into a plurality of cabins (9), each cabin is covered by a front panel (10,12), said light source (13; 18) at least a portion is placed in before the common plane at said header board (12,12) place in the state of opening at least.

7. electric refrigerator according to claim 6 is characterized in that, at least one header board in the said header board (10,12) is the baffle plate (10) that can pivot.

8. according to claim 6 or 7 described electric refrigerators, it is characterized in that at least one header board in the said header board (10,12) is the part of drawing and pulling type drawer (11).

9. according to the arbitrary described electric refrigerator of claim 6 to 8, it is characterized in that the door (2) at position of closing and said header board (10,12) relative positioning of said electric refrigerator is provided with otch (14), said otch receives at least a portion of said light source (13).

10. electric refrigerator according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the size of the width of said otch (14) and said light source (13; 18) that part of width is complementary.

11. electric refrigerator according to claim 9 is characterized in that, said otch (14) at least roughly extends in the width of said door (2).

12., it is characterized in that that part of at least of said light source (18) can be switched according to the arbitrary described electric refrigerator of claim 6 to 8 between enable possition and closed position; In said enable possition; This part is stretched out the plane that surpasses said header board (10,12) place, in said closed position; This part turns back to after the plane at said header board (10,12) place.

13. electric refrigerator according to claim 12 is characterized in that, this part of said light source (18) abuts against said door (2) through spring and is moved.

14., it is characterized in that said light source (13 according to the arbitrary described electric refrigerator of aforementioned claim; 18) comprise bulb (16).

15. electric refrigerator according to claim 14 is characterized in that, from said light source (13; 18) light that sends is shone on the predetermined illumination surface, is especially shone on the surface of the drawing and pulling type drawer (11) of pulling out by bunchy by bunchy through reflector.