CN102410694A

CN102410694A - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN102410694A
Application number: CN2011102410609A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁允镐; 田尚运
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2010-08-19
Filing date: 2011-08-18
Publication date: 2012-04-11
Also published as: EP2420782A3; KR20120017482A; EP2420782A2; US20120043338A1

Abstract

A refrigerator including a shelf having a step between shelf portions at different heights, light devices to illuminate the interior of a storage chamber, and support ribs to support the shelf and having grooves to receive the light devices. The inner space of the refrigerating chamber is partitioned using the shelves according to the tastes of a user. The interior of the refrigerating chamber is illuminated by light emitted from the support ribs and shelves, thereby providing the interior of the refrigerating chamber with an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

The shelf and a kind of that embodiments of the invention relate to a kind of refrigerator be used to the to throw light on lighting device of inside of storeroom of this refrigerator.

Background technology

Appearance of french doors refrigerator (FDR, French door refrigerator) comprises storeroom and following storeroom.Last storeroom is as refrigerating chamber, and following storeroom is as refrigerating chamber.

Refrigerating chamber is to be opened or closed by a pair of rotary door that is hinged to the refrigerator main body opposite side.The drawer type sliding door is installed in the refrigerating chamber, thereby moves into refrigerating chamber and move out from refrigerating chamber.

The door basket (door guard) of depositing small-sized food is arranged on the rear portion of the every fan door in left-hand door and the right door.Distributor (dispenser) is arranged on one of left-hand door and right door, thereby the user can take out beverage or ice under the situation of not opening door.

In addition, refrigerator also comprises ice maker, is used to purify the filter of the water that supplies from external water source and is used for the water tank operating water storage and supply water to distributor according to the user.

The corresponding bottom that is arranged on refrigerating chamber with the buttery (pantry) of depositing wide food of width with refrigerating chamber.A plurality of drawer type vegetable containers are arranged on the buttery top.

Simultaneously, a plurality of cantilevered shelves (cantilever shelf) are installed in drawer type vegetable container top.Be used to guide the track of cantilevered shelf to be arranged on the refrigerating chamber place, thereby the user can be as required with cantilevered shelf location in orbit freely.

In general, each cantilevered shelf is the edge through framework being attached to safety glass and the metal cantilever is attached to framework processes.

Summary of the invention

One side of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator, the lighting device that this refrigerator has the shelf that is used for the storage space of refrigerated chamber changeably and is used to make the inside of refrigerating chamber to have the outward appearance that is imbued with aesthetic feeling.

Other aspect of the present invention will be set forth in description subsequently to a certain extent, and will become to a certain extent through description obviously, perhaps can know through embodiment of the present invention.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator has: storeroom, in the open front of storeroom; Revolving door is used to open and close the part of front portion of the opening of storeroom; Another revolving door; Be used to open or close the remainder of front portion of the opening of storeroom, said refrigerator comprises at least one shelf, and said at least one shelf is crooked; Thereby said shelf has step, is divided into highly different upper spaces and lower space with the spatial with storeroom; At least one pair of ribs is arranged on the relative liner of storeroom, and with a staked shelf, wherein, the shelf on ribs is arranged again, to change the mode that storeroom is separated.

Shelf can comprise first shelf part, second shelf part and be connected first shelf part and the sloping portion of second shelf portion between dividing.

Shelf can be put upside down and is detachably mounted on the ribs, to change the mode of separating storeroom.

Shelf can be processed by transparent safety glass or reinforced plastics.

Shelf can be provided with in the edge of shelf upwards and to the waterproof that extends below and overflow projection.

Shelf can form through injection moulding.

Refrigerator may further include: at least one pair of light-emitting device, be arranged on the relative liner of storeroom, and with the inside of illumination storeroom, each ribs all has the lighting device holding tank, to hold a corresponding lighting device.

Each ribs can extend upward in the front and back of refrigerator, and can comprise: flat supporting plane is used for a staked shelf; In conjunction with the plane, be fixedly joined on the corresponding liner of storeroom, the lighting device holding tank can be through combining place, the plane corresponding ribs of inside excision to form.

Each ribs can be processed by transparent material, and said ribs transmission is from the light of corresponding lighting device emission.

Each lighting device can comprise a plurality of light emitting diodes of arranging according to predetermined space.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator comprises: storeroom; At least one shelf, said at least one shelf is crooked, thus shelf has two shelf parts that form step, to separate the inner space of storeroom; At least one pair of ribs is arranged on the relative liner of storeroom, and with a staked shelf, wherein, shelf is put upside down and is detachably mounted on the ribs, to change the mode that storeroom is separated.

Refrigerator may further include at least one pair of lighting device, and said at least one pair of lighting device is arranged on the said relative liner of storeroom, and with the inside of illumination storeroom, lighting device can be contained in each ribs.

Shelf can be provided with upwards and to the waterproof that extends below in its edge and overflow projection.

Shelf can be processed by transparent safety glass or reinforced plastics.

Each lighting device can comprise a plurality of light emitting diodes, and the light of launching from light emitting diode can come for the inside of storeroom illumination to be provided through a corresponding ribs.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the door that a kind of refrigerator has storeroom and is used to open and close storeroom, this refrigerator comprises: at least one shelf; Said at least one shelf has step, is used for the spatial of storeroom is divided into upper space and the lower space with differing heights, and at least one pair of ribs is arranged on the opposite side of storeroom; With a staked shelf; Wherein, the shelf on ribs is arranged again, to change the mode that the locker room is separated.

Description of drawings

Through below in conjunction with the description of accompanying drawing to embodiment, these and/or other aspect of the present invention will become obviously and be more readily understood, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 illustrates the front view that is in the refrigerator of open mode according to the door of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 illustrates the diagrammatic sketch that the difference of the shelf in the refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided with;

Fig. 4 is shelf and the amplification diagrammatic sketch of ribs that the refrigerator of Fig. 2 is shown;

Fig. 5 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the ribs of the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 is the sectional view that illustrates according to the ribs of the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the shelf that all has anti-overflow projection (water overflowpreventing protrusion) of the embodiment of the invention.

The specific embodiment

Now, will specify embodiments of the invention, example of the present invention shown in the drawings, wherein, identical label is represented components identical all the time.

Fig. 1 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the front view that illustrates according to the refrigerator of the door open mode of the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 illustrates the diagrammatic sketch that the difference of the shelf in the refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided with, and Fig. 4 is shelf and the amplification diagrammatic sketch of ribs that the refrigerator of Fig. 2 is shown.

Seeing figures.1.and.2, for example is the appearance of french doors refrigerator according to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention.Refrigerator main body 6 comprises top board 1, base plate 2, side plate 3 and 4 and back plate 5.The inside of refrigerator main body 6 is divided into

storeroom

31 and 32, that is, and and the refrigerating chamber 31 on the top that separates through horizontal subdivision spare 7 and the refrigerating chamber 32 of bottom.

Refrigerating chamber 31 is in its open front.Refrigerating chamber 31 is opened and closed through left-hand door 10 and right door 11, and wherein, left-hand door 10 and right door 11 are attached to the opposite side of refrigerator main body 6 hingedly by hinge member, thereby door 10 and 11 can rotate, with opening and closing.

Distributor 16 is arranged on the hinged rotary door 10 on the left side, thereby the user can take out beverage or ice and need not open door 10 and 11.

The door basket 22 of depositing small-sized food is arranged on the rear portion of the every Yishanmen in the door 10 and 11.

Drawer type sliding door 12 is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 32, thereby sliding door 12 travels forward or moves rearwards in the refrigerating chamber 32 from refrigerating chamber 32.

Ice maker 15 is installed in top one side of refrigerating chamber 31.The corresponding bottom that is arranged on refrigerating chamber 31 with the buttery 17 of depositing wide food of width with refrigerating chamber.

The drawer type vegetable container 20 that is used for depositing vegetables is arranged on buttery 17 tops.

Refrigerating chamber 31 comprises the

shelf

40 and 41 of placing food.The parking space that shelf 40 and 41 is divided in the refrigerating chamber 31.

Shelf

40 and 41 can form through injection moulding safety glass or reinforced plastics.Shelf 40 and 41 can be transparent or can be painted by differently.

At least one shelf 40 can have step, is used for the spatial of storeroom 31 is divided into upper space and the lower space with differing heights.

For example, shelf 40 forms through the bending flat plate.Shelf 40 comprises the first shelf part 47, the second shelf part 48 and sloping portion 49.

The first shelf part 47 and the second shelf part 48 have the plane of placing food.The size of the size of the first shelf part 47 and the second shelf part 48 can differ from one another.

In the present embodiment, the size of the first shelf part 47 is less than the size of the second shelf part 48.

Sloping portion 49 is connected between first shelf part 47 and the second shelf part 48, and second partition part 48 is parallel with the first shelf part 47.Sloping portion 49 has predetermined height h and inclination angle.With respect to the shelf part, this inclination angle can be right angle or oblique angle.

The

opposite end

53 and 54 of shelf 40 is placed on a pair of

ribs

60 and 61, thereby by

ribs

60 and 61 staked shelfs 40, wherein,

ribs

60 and 61 is arranged on the relative liner (inner liner) 33 and 34 of refrigerating chamber 31.

Ribs

60 and 61 is arranged on the left liner 33 and right liner 34 of refrigerating chamber 31, thereby ribs 60 has identical height with 61 with shelf 40.

The length of shelf 40 is slightly less than the distance between

relative liner

33 and 34; Thereby the opposite end 53 of

shelf

40 and 54 can be placed on

ribs

60 and 61 or remove from

ribs

60 and 61; Therefore, shelf 40 can be installed in the refrigerating chamber 31 with dismantling easily.

As shown in Figure 2, shelf 40 can be mounted to the first shelf part 47 and locate to such an extent that be higher than second shelf part 48.On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3, shelf 40 can be put upside down, and makes the second shelf part 48 locate to such an extent that be higher than the first shelf part 47.

That is, owing to shelf 40 is formed by single material, so shelf 40 can be put upside down and be placed on ribs 60 and 61.In addition, because the height h of shelf 40 equates with the difference in height of

ribs

60 and 61, so shelf 40 can rotate and be placed on

ribs

60 and 61 around vertical with back plate 5.In this case, the second shelf part 48 is located to such an extent that be higher than the first shelf part 47.

At this moment, because the size of the first shelf part 47 and the size of the second shelf part 48 differ from one another, so the space that shelf 40 is separated can change.

In the present embodiment, refrigerator comprises respectively two

shelves

40 and 41 that supported by a pair of

ribs

60,61 and a pair of ribs 62 and 63.Selectively, can comprise more shelf and ribs.

In addition, comprising under the situation of a plurality of shelves that shelf can be constructed to shelf and partly be of different sizes, and sloping portion has different height.Therefore, the user can be by the wish space of refrigerated chamber 31 changeably.

Simultaneously, in the present embodiment, waterproof is overflowed projection 80 can be formed on (see figure 7) on each shelf.

Waterproof is overflowed projection 80 from the edge of each shelf upwards and extend downwardly into approximately identical height.

When food was placed on each shelf, waterproof was overflowed projection 80 anti-sealings and is overflowed from each shelf, no matter is that shelf is in first kind of position that makes progress or is in second kind of position of putting upside down.

Fig. 5 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the ribs of the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 6 is the cutaway view that illustrates according to the ribs of the refrigerator of this embodiment.

With reference to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, ribs 60 can form with leg-of-mutton cross section, and extends along the fore-and-aft direction of refrigerator.

Ribs 60 comprises the flat supporting plane 66 that is used for staked shelf 40 and wherein, is attached on the liner 33 of refrigerating chamber 31 in conjunction with the mode of plane 67 with tight contact, so that ribs 60 is attached to refrigerating chamber 31 on plane 67 with supporting plane 66 vertical combining.

Ribs 60 is fixedly joined to refrigerating chamber 31, to support the shelf 40 of placing food.Ribs 60 can be attached to refrigerating chamber 31 in every way.

Can combine 67 places, plane inwardly to excise the predetermined portions of ribs 60, to form otch plane 68.Between the liner 33 of otch plane 68 and refrigerating chamber 31, limit the lighting device holding tank 65 that extends along the fore-and-aft direction of refrigerator.Lighting device 70 is contained in the lighting device holding tank 65.Utilize such structure, that is, lighting device is combined in the physical support part, help to practice thrift the space in the storeroom.

Lighting device 70 can comprise circuit board 72 and with predetermined space a plurality of light emitting diodes 71 on circuit board 72 by rows.

Circuit board 72 contacts also are fixed on the liner 33 of refrigerating chamber 31, and be contained in the lighting device holding tank 65 of ribs 60 with light emitting diode 71.

Ribs 60 is processed from the transparent material of the light of light emitting diode 71 emissions by transmission.

Though do not show that refrigerator also comprises: sensor is used for the opening and closing of sensing door 10 and 11; And controller, produce light to light emitting diode 71 supply electric currents from light emitting diode 71 thereby be used for when door 10 and 11 is opened control, and the supply of interruptive current when door 10 and 11 is closed.

When opening left-hand door 10, controller control is to the ribs 60 and the 62 supply electric currents that are arranged on the left liner 33.On the other hand, when opening right 11, controller control is to the ribs 61 and the 63 supply electric currents that are arranged on the right liner 34.

That is, when the Yishanmen in door 10 and 11 was opened, the opened areas that can be merely refrigerating chamber 31 provided illumination, had therefore reduced energy consumption.

In the present embodiment, shelf 40 is processed by transparent safety glass or reinforced plastics.Therefore, shelf 40 is as LGP, through this LGP come to throw light on equably inside of refrigerating chamber 31.

Become through top description and to be clear that each shelf can be processed by single material.Therefore, make shelf simply with low cost, the inside of refrigerating chamber is clean and tidy, thereby the inside of the refrigerating chamber with the outward appearance that is imbued with aesthetic feeling is provided.In addition, can on different directions, be arranged on different positions with the shelf of zigzag sigmoid, therefore, the storage space of refrigerated chamber in every way.

The lighting device spatial accommodation is arranged on each ribs that is used for a staked shelf, thereby projects on the shelf through ribs from the light of lighting device emission, thereby makes the inside of refrigerating chamber have the outward appearance that is imbued with aesthetic feeling.

Though illustrated and described various embodiment of the present invention; But what those skilled in the art should understand that is; Under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention and spirit, can in these embodiment, change, scope of the present invention is limited claim and equivalent thereof.

Claims

1. refrigerator, the door that this refrigerator has storeroom and is used to open and close storeroom, this refrigerator comprises:

At least one shelf, said at least one shelf has step, is used for the spatial of storeroom is divided into upper space and the lower space with differing heights, and at least one pair of ribs is arranged on the opposite side of storeroom, with a staked shelf,

Wherein, the shelf on ribs is arranged again, to change the mode that the locker room is separated.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, shelf comprises first shelf part, second shelf part and is connected first shelf part and the sloping portion of second shelf portion between dividing.

3. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, shelf is arranged through putting upside down and can being installed on the ribs with dismantling again.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, shelf is processed by transparent safety glass or reinforced plastics.

5. refrigerator according to claim 1 wherein, is provided with upwards and to the waterproof that extends below in the edge of shelf and overflows projection.

6. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, shelf forms through injection moulding.

7. refrigerator according to claim 1, said refrigerator also comprises:

At least one pair of lighting device is arranged on the sidepiece place of storeroom, thinks that the inside of storeroom provides illumination,

Wherein, each ribs all has the lighting device holding tank, to hold a corresponding lighting device.

8. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein,

Each ribs extends upward in the front and back of refrigerator, and comprises the flat supporting plane and the combination plane that is attached to the corresponding sidepiece of storeroom that is used for a staked shelf,

The lighting device holding tank is formed in the said combination plane.

9. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, each ribs is processed by transparent material, and the light of the corresponding lighting device emission of transmission.

10. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, each lighting device comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes of arranging according to predetermined space.