CN104251585A

CN104251585A - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN104251585A
Application number: CN201410286119.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 真下拓也
Original assignee: Toshiba Corp; Toshiba Lifestyle Products and Services Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products and Services Corp
Priority date: 2013-06-28
Filing date: 2014-06-24
Publication date: 2014-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 2034-06-24
Also published as: CN107883651B; JP6230299B2; CN107883648B; CN107883650B; CN107883650A; JP2015010780A; CN107883648A; CN107883649A; CN107906830A; CN104251585B; CN107883651A; CN107883649B; KR101708096B1; KR20150002484A

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a thermal insulation door body installed at an opening part on a front surface of the body; a transparent and non-conductive front surface panel arranged on the front surface of the door body; and an electrostatic capacitance operation input part arranged on a back side of the front surface panel in the door body and accepting operation input of touch operation on a side of the front surface panel. Accordingly, the refrigerator can supply information easily observed by users and has low power consumption.

Description

Refrigerator

The application advocates and based on the priority of No. 2013-136856, Japanese patent application proposed on June 28th, 2013, the full text of this application is incorporated to herein by reference.

Technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to and a kind ofly possess the refrigerator of front surface panel on surface in front of the door.

Background technology

In recent years, occurred a kind of refrigerator, it possesses glass (glass) plate painted in order to decorate or the front surface panel of transparent plastic (plastic) plate surperficial in front of the door.

And have a kind of refrigerator, it possesses the operation inputting part of electrostatic capacitive, this operation inputting part is for selecting refrigerating function or input setting operation.

In this kind of refrigerator, there are the following problems: if front surface panel is electroconductive member, then electrostatic capacitance can be absorbed by electroconductive member and cannot produce electrostatic capacitance, thus cannot carry out operation input.

Summary of the invention

Embodiment is problem in view of described background technology and completes, and its object is to provide a kind of refrigerator, is arranged in the refrigerator of the door of front surface panel rear side possessing operation inputting part, can carries out the operation input of electrostatic capacitive effectively.

The refrigerator of embodiment comprises: door body, is arranged on the front surface opening portion of refrigerator body; Dielectric front surface panel, is arranged on the front surface of described door body; And operation inputting part, be arranged on the dorsal part of the described front surface panel in described door body, the operation accepted based on the touch operation from described front surface panel table side inputs, and, being provided with the rear side of front surface panel of described operation inputting part, do not configure electroconductive member.

In addition, the refrigerator of another embodiment comprises: the door body of thermal insulation, is arranged on the front surface opening portion of refrigerator body; Tinted clear and dielectric front surface panel, be arranged on the front surface of described door body; The operation inputting part of electrostatic capacitive, is arranged on the dorsal part of the described front surface panel in described door body, and the operation accepted based on the touch operation from described front surface panel table side inputs; And ground unit, the fluctuating charge of described operation inputting part is grounded to the metallic member of described refrigerator body.

Detailed description of the invention

Below, based on figure, embodiment is described.

The refrigerator 1 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 possesses the cabinet (cabinet) 11 as refrigerator body.As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, cabinet 11 comprises refrigerating chamber 12, vegetable compartment 13, the switching chamber 14 that can switch design temperature in refrigerator and refrigerating chamber 15 from epimere.And, in the left side of switching chamber 14, be provided with ice-making compartment 16.

As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, in order to cover the front surface opening portion of refrigerating chamber 12, respectively in left part, the mode utilizing hinge (hinge) portion 31, the 32 ground opening and closing in opposite opened up and down of right part, and pair of right and left door 21,22 is installed.And, at vegetable compartment 13, switching chamber 14, refrigerating chamber 15, ice-making compartment 16, be respectively arranged with the door 23,24,25,26 of pull-out type.In addition, at the back side of vegetable compartment 13, although not shown, but the refrigeration evaporimeter be configured with for cooling refrigerating chamber 12 and vegetable compartment 13, at the back side of switching chamber 14 and refrigerating chamber 15, not shown equally, but be configured with the freezing evaporimeter for cooling switching chamber 14, refrigerating chamber 15, ice-making compartment 16.And then, at the back side of vegetable compartment 13, be also configured with the control part comprising microcomputer (microcomputer) for controlling this refrigerator 1.

Pair of right and left door 21,22 is opposite opened, door (hereinafter referred to as left-hand door) 21 on the left of when door has hinge part (hereinafter referred to as left hinge part) 31 in left side, the door (hereinafter referred to as right door) 22 on the right side of when door has hinge part (hereinafter referred to as right hinge part) 32 in right side.In addition, in FIG, be on the hinge part 31,32 of left and right, overlap the state of lid (cap) 33,34 respectively.

As shown in Figure 3, the left hinge part 31 of left-hand door 21 comprises hinge axis and hinged support portion, and, at upper surface and the lower surface of the left part of left-hand door 21, offer axis hole respectively.The hinged support portion of upper and lower pair of plate-shaped is separately positioned on the left front end of the end face of cabinet 11 and the left part of refrigerating chamber 12 lower end, and hinge axis is given prominence to respectively from this upper and lower a pair hinged support portion.Further, the axis hole of left-hand door 21 is sticked in this upper and lower a pair hinge axis, thus left-hand door 21 becomes and rotates freely.And cylindrically, the inside of axis hole and hinge axis inserted by the wire 41 hereinafter illustrated to the hinge axis engaged with the axis hole on the top, left part being positioned at left-hand door 21, and draw from the opening portion 31a being positioned at top, hinged support portion.The right hinge part 32 of right door 22 is also in same structure, and wire 42 and ground connection (earth) line 43 are drawn from opening portion 32a.Further, these wires 41,42, in the part of the hinge part 31,32 of left and right, are connected to the wire 44,46 of cabinet 11 side.The wire 44,46 of these cabinet 11 sides is connected to control part along the inner side of cabinet 11.On the other hand, earth connection 43 is connected to the earth connection 47 of cabinet 11, and the end of this earth connection 47 is connected to the conductor portion of cabinet 11, and the fluctuating charge of operation inputting part 51 described later is grounded to cabinet 11 side.

Left-hand door 21, right door 22 are following structure, that is: front surface panel 21B, the 22B of the glass of tinted clear are installed in the opening portion of inner panel 21A, 22A of front surface opening, and are filled with the dielectric heat insulation material of carbamate (urethane) and so in the inside of inner panel 21A, 22A.The concentration of the degree of staining of front surface panel 21B, 22B is: be subject to, under outer light-struck state, cannot seeing the fillers such as the heat insulation material of front surface panel 21B, 22B dorsal part from the outside.And, the concentration of the degree of staining of front surface panel 21B, 22B is also: at light emitting diode (the Light Emitting Diode of transmission display action button (button) name, refrigerating function name, intensity of cooling described later etc., LED), under display lamp, transmission displays temperature value etc. change 7 sections of (segment) LED display illuminating state separately of numerical value, light can pass through and can see display from table side.The rear surface of inner panel 21A, 21B both can be and opaquely also can be tinted clear.

In the right part of left-hand door 21, namely in off position the lower left part with right door 22 close to and part in opposite directions, be provided with and rotate spacer body 61, this rotation spacer body 61, under the door state of pass, keeps and sealing (seal) state of right door 22.In the inside of this rotation spacer body 61, be built-in with for preventing the Anti-dew-condensation heating device (heater) 62 condensed.Wire 41 for powering to this Anti-dew-condensation heating device 62 passes the dorsal part of the front surface panel 21A of left-hand door 21 and draws upward from the opening portion 31a of left hinge part 31, and utilizes connector (connector) 45 and be connected to the base side wire 44 being arranged on cabinet 11 side.Rotate spacer body 61 to rotate with the opening and closing of left-hand door 21.(in Fig. 1, Fig. 3, representing center)

And, at part or all of the rear side of the front surface panel 21B of left-hand door 21, be pasted with conductor sheet material (sheet) 63.This is because front surface panel 21B is glass system, be thus non-conductive, therefore cannot adsorb magnet sheet material (magnet sheet) from table side.By installing conductor sheet material 63, magnet sheet material can be adsorbed from the table side of front surface panel 22B.Thereby, it is possible to notepaper etc. to be attached to the surface of front surface panel 21B.

In addition, for left-hand door 21, adopt following structure, namely, filling agent is conductive in inner panel 21A heat insulation material (vacuum insulation material is set to by the coated heat insulation material of the conductive metal film of aluminium and so on and at least there is on surface the heat insulation material of electric conductivity), and cover front surface with front surface panel 21B, can magnet be adsorbed, thereby, it is possible to replace conductor sheet material 63.

At the dorsal part of the front surface panel 22B of right door 22, be provided with the operation inputting part 51 of electrostatic capacitive, the operation inputting part 51 of this electrostatic capacitive is for by operating refrigerator from the touch operation on front surface panel 22B surface.In this operation inputting part 51, be provided with: for the infrared ray light accepting part 52 detected the ambient condition around refrigerator; Return push-button (home button) 53; Detect the touch (touch) of this return push-button 53 and the LED display lamp 54 of transmission display action button name, refrigerating function name, intensity of cooling etc.; And 7 sections of LED display 55 of the change such as transmission displays temperature value numerical value.And, wire 42, earth connection 43 are connected to operation inputting part 51, described wire 42, earth connection 43 are powered for the infrared ray light accepting part 52 to operation inputting part 51, LED display lamp 54,7 sections of LED display 55 etc., and the signal etc. of light reception intensity for the detection signal of deriving touch location and infrared ray light accepting part 52.These wires 42, earth connection 43, in the part of right hinge part 32, are connected with the wire 46 of cabinet 11 side, earth connection 47 by connector 48.56 is LED display or the display window based on other modes.

And, be the lower right-most portion at right door 22 in the suitable position, present embodiment of right door 22, in the position of the dorsal part of front surface panel 22B, be provided with the wireless communication part 70 for the wireless receiving and dispatching of the information of carrying out.The wire 71 of this wireless communication part 70 is drawn together with the wire 42 of control operation portion (operation inputting part) 51.

Like this, adopt and make the wire 41 to Anti-dew-condensation heating device 62 pass the structure of the different hinge part 31,32 in left and right from the wire 42 to operation inputting part 51, thus can prevent the electromagnetic wave produced when being energized to Anti-dew-condensation heating device 62 by wire 41 from causing the harmful effect producing noise (noise) in the wire 42 being connected to operation inputting part 51, the reliability of control action can be improved.

The light distribution characteristic of LED display lamp 54 goes out light intensity towards dead ahead, and therefore the light of transmission display is strong at central portion, and dies down around, and brightness becomes uneven.Therefore, as shown in Figure 4, in order to make the intensity of transmitted light become even, strong (dense) the part 54-2 around it of the degree of staining of the corresponding site 54-1 of the front surface panel 22B corresponding with the setting position front of LED display lamp 54 is made.

On the other hand, because the luminous quantity of the LED of each section is little, therefore the transmitted light of 7 sections of LED display 55 dies down.Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, and bright display can be seen from table side, make the degree of staining of the corresponding site 55-1 of the front surface panel 22B corresponding with the setting position front of 7 sections of LED display 55 low (thin) in other parts.

And then, for the display window 56 of each information made on front surface panel 22B, word such as the action button name such as " refrigeration ", " freezing ", " ice making ", " snap frozen " or the transmission of control action name display, also make the degree of staining of this display window 56 lower than other parts, thus clearly illustrate word from the table side of front surface panel 22B.

In addition, the control part controlled for the cooling of the refrigerator of present embodiment is common control part, be not particularly limited, the ice maker of such as compressor, guidance panel (panel), Anti-dew-condensation heating device, ice-making compartment inside, refrigerating chamber fan (fan), freezing chamber fan, Defrost heater are connected to this control part and are controlled.

(modification)

In described embodiment, be provided with Anti-dew-condensation heating device at left-hand door 21, and be provided with operation inputting part at right door 22, but this combination also can be made contrary.And LED display lamp, 7 sections of LED display all may not need assembling, also optionally assemble.

And, as the structure of the door of the simplest (simple), 1 fan door of the single open-type that a left side be opened or the right side is opened can be configured in the front of refrigerating chamber, as this structure, the dielectric front surface panel of tinted clear can be installed at the front surface of the door body of thermal insulation, and the operation inputting part of electrostatic capacitive is set in door body, the operation inputting part of this electrostatic capacitive accepts to input based on the operation of the touch operation of this front surface panel.

And, when this kind of refrigerator, by drawing the earth connection being used for the fluctuating charge of operation inputting part being carried out to ground connection from operation inputting part, and this earth connection is connected to the electroconductive member of refrigerator body side, thus stably can carries out the touch operation of electrostatic capacitive.

And, as other modifications, adopt following structure, namely, door body utilizes the hinge part of respective end be the opposite opened ground left-hand door body of opening and closing by 2, left and right, right door body is formed, in one in the door body of left and right, tinted clear is set and dielectric front surface panel, and the operation inputting part of electrostatic capacitive, the operation inputting part of this electrostatic capacitive accepts to input based on the operation of the touch operation from this front surface panel table side, in another one in the door body of left and right, tinted clear is set and possesses the front surface panel of conductive part, and not at the back side setting operation input part of this front surface panel, thus structure simpler than described embodiment can be set to.Thereby, it is possible to make magnet sheet material be adsorbed to the front surface panel possessing conductive part, notepaper is pasted to the surface of front surface panel, thus convenience becomes good.

And then wireless communication part 70 also can not be arranged in a body, but be arranged on the suitable position of the storage space in cabinet 11, thus the radio communication of information can be carried out through door body.And, in the case, following structure can be adopted, that is: door body at least with wireless communication part 70 position in opposite directions, the heat insulation material with electric conductivity that can absorb communication electric wave is not set, and the position of the radio communication of carrying out through the front surface panel of door body can not hindered, the heat insulation material with electric conductivity is set.And, for the door body 21,22 of the left and right of opposite opened, in the door body that also wireless communication part 70 can be arranged on the side of non-setting operation input part 51 or storeroom, in the case, following structure can be adopted, that is: door body at least with wireless communication part 70 position in opposite directions, do not arrange can absorb communication electric wave the heat insulation material with electric conductivity, and the position of the radio communication of carrying out through the front surface panel of door body can not hindered, the heat insulation material with electric conductivity is set.

Some embodiments are illustrated, but these embodiments are only illustration, are not intended to limit scope of invention.Certainly, the embodiment of these novelties can be implemented with other various forms, in the scope of purport not departing from invention, can carry out various omission, replacement, change.These embodiments and distortion thereof are included in scope of invention or purport, and comprise in the invention and equivalent scope thereof recorded in detail in the claims.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the front view of the refrigerator of embodiment.

Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the door opening state of the refrigerator of embodiment.

Fig. 3 is the amplification stereogram of the refrigerating chamber part of the refrigerator of embodiment.

Fig. 4 is the stereogram observing right anterior surface plate from the back side in the refrigerator of embodiment.

[explanation of symbol]

1: refrigerator

11: cabinet

12: refrigerating chamber

13: vegetable compartment

14: switching chamber

15: refrigerating chamber

16: ice-making compartment

21: left-hand door

21A: inner panel

21B: front surface panel

22: right door

22A: inner panel

22B: front surface panel

23 ~ 26: door

31: left hinge part

32: right hinge part

31a: opening portion

32a: opening portion

33,34: lid

41,42,44,46,71: wire

43,47: earth connection

45,48: connector

51: operation inputting part

52: infrared ray light accepting part

53: return push-button

54:LED display lamp

54-1: the corresponding site of the front surface panel corresponding with the setting position front of LED display lamp

54-2: part around

55:7 section LED display

55-1: the corresponding site of the front surface panel corresponding with the setting position front of 7 sections of LED display

56: display window

61: rotate spacer body

62: Anti-dew-condensation heating device

63: conductor sheet material

70: wireless communication part

Claims

1. a refrigerator, is characterized in that, comprising:

Door body, is arranged on the front surface opening portion of refrigerator body;

Dielectric front surface panel, is arranged on the front surface of described door body; And

Operation inputting part, is arranged on the dorsal part of the described front surface panel in described door body, and the operation accepted based on the touch operation from described front surface panel table side inputs;

Being provided with the rear side of front surface panel of described operation inputting part, do not configure electroconductive member.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, comprising: wireless communication part, be arranged on the dorsal part of the described front surface panel in described door body, or be arranged in the storeroom of described refrigerator body, carry out the radio communication of information by described front surface panel.

3. refrigerator according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, comprise: wireless communication part, be arranged on the dorsal part of the described front surface panel in described door body, or be arranged in the storeroom of described refrigerator body, carry out the radio communication of information by described front surface panel, in described front surface panel, different from described wireless communication part position in opposite directions positions, is configured with electroconductive member.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that,

Described door body is made up of left and right two panels left-hand door body, right door body, and described left-hand door body, right door body utilize the hinge part of respective end and opening and closing, and described in each, the front surface of door body arranges described front surface panel,

In the door body of described refrigerator only in described left and right door body, described operation inputting part and wireless communication part are set,

The back side not being provided with the described front surface panel in another body of described wireless communication part and operation inputting part in described left and right door body, is configured with described electroconductive member.

5. a refrigerator, is characterized in that, comprising:

The door body of thermal insulation, is arranged on the front surface opening portion of refrigerator body;

Tinted clear and dielectric front surface panel, be arranged on the front surface of described door body;

The operation inputting part of electrostatic capacitive, is arranged on the dorsal part of the described front surface panel in described door body, and the operation accepted based on the touch operation from described front surface panel table side inputs; And

Ground unit, is grounded to the metallic member of described refrigerator body by the fluctuating charge of described operation inputting part.

6. refrigerator according to claim 5, is characterized in that, at the dorsal part of described front surface panel, possesses the light receiving unit detected the environmental condition of outside, and the degree of staining of the forward portion of the described light receiving unit in described front surface panel is lower than other parts.

7. the refrigerator according to claim 5 or 6, is characterized in that,

Described door body utilizes the hinge part of respective end by left and right two panels and the 1st body of opposite opened ground opening and closing, the 2nd body are formed,

In described 1st body, described tinted clear is set and the operation inputting part of dielectric front surface panel and electrostatic capacitive, and the wire of powering to described operation inputting part is passed the described hinge part of described 1st body, the operation inputting part of described electrostatic capacitive accepts to input based on the operation of the touch operation from described front surface panel table side

In described 2nd body, front surface panel and the electrothermal heater of described tinted clear are set, and the wire of powering to described electrothermal heater is passed the described hinge part of described 2nd body.

8. the refrigerator according to claim 5 or 6, it is characterized in that, at the dorsal part of the described front surface panel of described door body, be provided with 7 sections of LED illuminating devices, make the degree of staining in the region opposed with described 7 sections of LED illuminating devices in described front surface panel lower than other parts.

9. the refrigerator according to claim 5 or 6, it is characterized in that, at the dorsal part of the described front surface panel of described door body, be provided with the LED illuminating device of display refrigerator state, in the region opposed with described LED illuminating device in described front surface panel, make the degree of staining with the centre of luminescence of described LED illuminating device region in opposite directions, higher than the degree of staining in the region in opposite directions of the surrounding with described LED illuminating device.