JP2001235274A - Freezer/refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a freezer/refrigerator having a door intended for high class feeling made of a material more inexpensive than a PET laminate plate exhibiting excellent function of contamination proofness and deodorization performance without causing an environmental problem. SOLUTION: The freezer/refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body 1 and a cover fixed thereto such that it can be opened/closed or drawn out freely wherein the door is formed of a coated steel plate 42 applied, to the surface thereof, with a polyethylene terephthalate film 48 coated with a photocatalyst 46.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator having excellent antifouling properties and deodorizing properties.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a door of a refrigerator has a front plate outside the door body and a rear plate inside the door body, and is formed by filling a heat insulating material between these plate members. For the surface plate of the door body, for example, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) laminate,
A PVC (polyvinyl chloride) laminate, a coated steel plate, or the like is used, and some have a pattern drawn on the surface of the surface plate.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an example of a PET laminate. Vinyl chloride 51 on iron material 43 (plate thickness 0.4 mm)
(Thickness of about 100 μm) is laminated, and the pattern 45 (thickness of about 1
~ 2μm) is printed, and polyethylene
A terephthalate film 48 (about 30 μm thick) is attached.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing an example of a PVC laminate. Vinyl chloride 51 on iron material 43 (plate thickness 0.4 mm)
(Thickness of about 100 μm) is laminated, and the pattern 45 (thickness of about 1
.About.2 .mu.m).

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing an example of a coated steel plate. Base coat 4 on iron material 43 (plate thickness 0.4 mm)
4 (approximately 20 μm thick).
A pattern 45 (thickness: about 100 μm) is printed and formed.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION These PET laminates are:
When a PVC laminate is used for a refrigerator-freezer door, the design is excellent, but it is expensive and leads to a high cost. When a coated steel plate is used, the coating film pressure is limited, but the coating film pressure is limited. There is a problem that the surface is affected by the roughness of the (base) and the design is inferior.

[0007] Further, in a refrigerator having a high quality feeling,
Although a PET laminate is used, the PET laminate contains vinyl chloride 51 and causes environmental problems.

Further, in recent years, a refrigerator coated with a photocatalyst has been proposed, but an inexpensive and simple door material having a high-quality feeling has not been proposed. Antifouling,
Although a material excellent in deodorizing properties has been proposed, this PET laminate does not have a function excellent in antifouling properties and deodorizing properties.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, is oriented toward a sense of quality, does not cause environmental problems, is less expensive than a PET laminated board, and has an antifouling property and a deodorizing property. With a door body made of a material possessing excellent functions,
It is intended to provide a refrigerator-freezer.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is a refrigerator comprising a refrigerator main body and a door which is attached to the refrigerator main body so as to be openable and closable or drawable. The door body is formed of a painted steel plate, and a resin film coated with a photocatalyst is attached to a surface of the painted steel plate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator according to the first aspect, the resin film is a polyethylene terephthalate film.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator according to the second aspect, the coated steel plate has an iron material, a base coat is applied to the iron material, and a pattern is printed on the base coat to form a photocatalyst. Characterized in that the polyethylene terephthalate film is attached on the pattern.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator according to any one of the first to third aspects, the refrigerator door is a one-sided door.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator according to any one of the first to third aspects, the door for the refrigerator is a double door.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator according to any one of the first to third aspects, the refrigerator door is a drawer door.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a refrigerator-freezer (hereinafter simply referred to as a refrigerator) according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a front view of the refrigerator body,
The refrigerator has a refrigerator compartment 2 having a single-opening door 8 at the top (hereinafter referred to as a single-door), a freezing compartment 3 having a drawer door 9 at the bottom, and a vegetable compartment 4 having a drawer door 10 thereon. ,
An ice making room 5 having a drawer door 11 and a switching room 6 also having a drawer door 12 are arranged between the vegetable room 4 and the refrigerator room 2.

The refrigerator compartment 2, the freezer compartment 3, the vegetable compartment 4 and the like formed in the refrigerator main body 1 are located between the outer box 13 and the inner box 14, as shown in FIG. A partition plate 16 formed by filling a heat insulating material 15 divides the inside of the refrigerator into a plurality of compartments, and is formed as a storage room for refrigeration and freezing suitable for the storage temperature of the food to be stored. The chamber is controlled by a damper device (not shown) so that cooled air is supplied to a temperature suitable for the temperature of the stored goods therein.

The refrigerator compartment 2 contains, for example, a plurality of shelves 1 in a refrigerator.
7 to form cooked foods, seafood, meat,
Eggs and the like can be stored, and the front side is provided with a heat-insulating one-sided door 8 which is openably and closably supported by hinges 18 provided on the upper and lower sides of one side of the door, so that the storage room 2 is kept at a refrigerated temperature. It is configured to be a room.

The freezer compartment 3 has a wall 21 and a bottom plate 22 which are substantially vertical on both sides and the back surface integrally with the drawer door 9 and stores a container 23 having an open upper part as the freezer compartment 3. The storage chamber formed when the storage chamber is closed by the drawer door 9 is supplied with air cooled so as to be suitable for the freezing temperature by a cool air distributor (not shown). Is maintained at the freezing temperature.

The vegetable compartment 4 has a wall 24 and a bottom plate 25 which are substantially vertical on both sides and the back side integrally with the drawer door 10,
A container 26 having an open upper portion is detachably housed in a storage room serving as the vegetable room 4.
The air cooled inside the storage compartment when it is closed by 0 is supplied by a cool air distributor (not shown) to maintain the temperature in the storage compartment suitable for the storage temperature of the vegetables.

The ice making chamber 5 is configured such that an ice storage box 32 for storing ice formed integrally with the drawer door 11 is removably housed in a storage room containing an automatic ice machine 31 therein.
In the ice making room 5 that is closed by the ice making, ice is sequentially produced by the ice making machine 31 and stored in the ice storage box 32.
When the drawer door 11 is opened, the ice storage box 32 is drawn out of the ice making chamber 5 so that a required amount of the manufactured ice can be appropriately taken out. Reference numeral 33 denotes a water supply tank for supplying water for ice production made in the ice making room 5 to the ice making machine, and is stored in the refrigeration room 2 in the embodiment shown in FIG.

The switching chamber 6 is provided side by side with the ice making chamber 5 in the storage chamber, and has a wall 35 and a bottom plate 36 which are substantially vertical on both sides and a back surface integrally with the drawer door 12, and which is open at the top. The container 37 is shaped so that it can be inserted into and removed from the storage room serving as the switching room 6. When the storage room is closed by the drawer door 12, the storage temperature of the stored goods according to the current eating habits is maintained. The air in the storage room is switched to ice temperature, refrigeration, freezing, etc., and is maintained at the adjusted temperature by supplying the air cooled to a temperature suitable for the air supply by a cool air distributor (not shown). .

As described above, the refrigerating compartment 2 has the one-sided door 8, the freezing compartment 3, the vegetable compartment 4, the ice making compartment 5, and the switching compartment 6 have the drawer doors 9, 10, 11, 12 integrated with the containers, respectively. Are formed. And each door body 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
The front side has a pattern. Each of these doors 8,
Reference numerals 9, 10, 11, and 12 are formed by filling a heat insulating material between a front plate and a back plate (not shown).

FIG. 3 shows a laminated structure of the surface plate. The base material of the surface plate 41 is formed of a painted steel plate 42. The painted steel plate 42 has an iron material 43 (plate thickness 0.4 mm), and the base material 44 (about 20 μm thick)
m), and a pattern 45 (thickness: about 1 to 2 μm) is printed on the base coat 44. A polyethylene terephthalate film 48 in which a photocatalyst 46 (about 5 μm in thickness) is coated with an adhesive 47 is attached to the surface of the painted steel plate 42 with an adhesive 49 on the upper surface of the pattern 45. ing.

For example, when the photocatalyst is suddenly applied to the upper surface of the pattern 45 or the photocatalyst is applied after the polyethylene terephthalate film 48 is attached to the upper surface of the pattern 45 without using the polyethylene terephthalate film 48. However, there is a problem that the picture collapses.

In the present invention, a polyethylene terephthalate film 48 coated with a photocatalyst 46 (about 5 μm thick) is coated on the upper surface of a pattern 45 of
Since it is configured to be adhered using the adhesive 49, the problem that the picture pattern is broken can be solved.

According to this structure, it is possible to contribute to environmental preservation by using no vinyl chloride as compared with the conventional one.

By attaching the polyethylene terephthalate film 48 coated with the photocatalyst 46 to the surface plate 41, dirt and smell attached to the surface of the door body can be decomposed and easily dropped.

Since dirt and odor are easily removed, dirt and odor are not adhered to the surface of the door body, and an antifouling and deodorizing effect can be exhibited.

Further, by attaching the polyethylene terephthalate film 48, it is possible to maintain the same design property as that of the conventional PET laminated board, and to achieve a high quality feeling. It has the same luxurious feeling as a PET laminate, and can have an antifouling and deodorizing effect without increasing the cost.

Although the present invention has been described based on an embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. In the present embodiment, the one-sided door 8 and the drawer doors 9, 10, 11, 12
However, a refrigerator having a double door 50 (double door) as shown in FIG. 4 may be used.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By attaching a resin film coated with a photocatalyst to the surface of the refrigerator door body, effects such as antifouling and deodorization as effects of the photocatalyst are obtained, and this resin film is not only used as a base of the photocatalyst, It also acts as a resin layer to give the door a sense of quality.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator having a one-sided door and a drawer door.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary front view showing a part of the refrigerator of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an example of a surface plate of a refrigerator door according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a refrigerator having a double door and a drawer door.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a PET laminate used in a conventional door.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a PVC laminate used in a conventional door.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a coated steel plate used in a conventional door body.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator main body 2 Refrigerator room 3 Freezer room 4 Vegetable room 5 Ice making room 6 Switching room 8 Single door (refrigeration room) 9 Drawer door (freezer room) 10 Drawer door (vegetable room) 11 Drawer door (ice maker room) 12 Drawer door (Switching room) 13 Outer box 14 Inner box 15 Insulation material 41 Surface plate 42 Painted steel plate 43 Iron material 44 Base coat 45 Pattern 46 Photocatalyst 47, 49 Adhesive 48 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film 50 Double door (double door)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator having a refrigerator main body and a door body which is attached to the refrigerator main body so as to be openable and closable, and wherein the door body is formed of a coated steel plate, and the surface of the coated steel plate is coated with a photocatalyst. A refrigerator comprising a resin film adhered thereto. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resin film is a polyethylene terephthalate film.
A refrigerator as described. 3. The coated steel sheet has an iron material, a base coat is applied to the iron material, a pattern is formed by printing a pattern on the base coat, and a polyethylene terephthalate film coated with a photocatalyst is pasted on the pattern. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the refrigerator is configured as follows. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator door is a one-sided door. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator door is a double door. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator door is a drawer door.