JP2001289556A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator having an effective storage chamber layout and an effective illumination layout improved in facility of usage of a refrigerating storage section. SOLUTION: A first refrigerating chamber 15 having a hinge closing door 20 and a second refrigerating chamber 17 having a drawer type door 22 are laterally partitioned from each other by a first partition wall 13. A shelf 27 having a plurality of stages is situated in the first refrigerating chamber 15, and a plurality of chamber lights 25 are vertically contained in a space in the first partition wall 13. By situating a translucent plate 26 on the surface of the first partition wall 13 throughout the shelf 27 having a plurality of stages, effective illumination to articles on the shelf with a plurality of stages is practicable as effective utilization of an ineffective space in the first partition wall 13 is carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an arrangement of lighting in a refrigerator in a refrigerator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, in a refrigerator in which the interior of a refrigerator is divided into left and right by a partition wall, a method of illuminating these rooms by arranging an interior lamp in the partition wall has been proposed. For example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H2-222592. Hereinafter, a conventional refrigerator will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional refrigerator. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional refrigerator. 5 and 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, and a freezing room 2 and an ice making room 3
Are defined by the partition wall 4 in the left-right direction. 5
Reference numeral denotes a transparent ice storage box provided in the ice making room 3, and reference numeral 6 denotes a refrigeration room formed below the freezing room 2 and the ice making room 3.

[0004] Reference numeral 7 denotes an interior light housed in the lower space inside the partition wall 4, and an illumination cover 8 is provided on the ice making room 3 side of the interior light 7.
Is provided.

[0005] In the above-described configuration, the light of the interior light 7 is radiated into the ice making chamber 3 via the illumination cover 8 to illuminate the ice in the ice storage box 5 to enhance usability. At this time, since the interior light 7 is housed in the partition wall 4, the lighting can be performed without invading the storage space as compared with the case where the interior light 7 is directly installed in the ice making room 3.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned conventional construction is intended to enhance the usability of the freezing compartment, and particularly to provide an effective lighting for the ice storage box 5 placed at the bottom of the ice making room 3. The layout of the interior lights 7 in the partition walls 4 is taken into consideration, and the storage room layout and the lighting layout that enable effective lighting of the entire refrigerated compartment are not included in the subject. .

An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems and to provide an easy-to-use and effective storage room layout and lighting layout for a refrigerated storage compartment.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a partition wall for partitioning the heat insulating box body into right and left, a first refrigerator compartment and a second refrigerator compartment formed by the partition wall are provided.
A plurality of shelves provided in at least one of the first refrigeration room and the second refrigeration room, an interior light provided in a space in the partition wall, and the interior light A light-transmitting plate provided on the surface of the partition wall over the shelves of the plurality of shelves, wherein no heat insulating material is required in the partition wall separating the refrigerated compartments, and the inside of the compartment accommodated in the generated space The lamp illuminates the entire area in the vertical direction through the light transmitting plate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the light-transmitting plate is disposed substantially at the center of the partition wall in the depth direction, and the interior light is substantially cut in the depth direction of the light-transmitting plate. It is located in the center, and the lighting from the partition wall spreads well into the refrigerator compartment.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, a plurality of indoor lamps are provided above and below, and the illuminance of the refrigerator compartment is improved in a well-balanced manner.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the light-transmitting plate is provided on both partition surfaces of the first refrigerator compartment and the second refrigerator compartment. Thus, two rooms can be efficiently illuminated without requiring a separate interior light in each room.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the door on the front side of the refrigerator compartment provided with the light-transmitting plate is a hinged openable door, and the other front door on the refrigerator compartment side is provided. The door is a drawer type door, and effective lighting is performed for a room that requires interior lighting by opening and closing the door.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heat insulating partition wall for vertically dividing the inside of the heat insulating box, a refrigeration section formed at an upper portion of the heat insulating partition wall and a freezing section formed at a lower portion thereof, and A first partition wall that is divided into right and left,
A second partition wall further partitioning one of the partitions partitioned by the partition wall above and below, a first refrigerator compartment provided with a plurality of shelves provided above the second partition wall, A vegetable compartment provided below the second partition wall, a second refrigerator compartment provided in the other compartment partitioned by the first partition wall, and a hinged open / close type provided on the front surface of the first refrigerator compartment. A door, a drawer-type door provided at the front of the second refrigerator compartment and the vegetable compartment, and an interior light provided in a space inside the first partition wall,
A light-transmitting plate that covers the interior light and is provided on the surface of the first partition wall, facing the first refrigerator compartment, and provided over the plurality of shelves; Effective lighting is provided throughout the room without violating the available space.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the refrigerator of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the refrigerator of the embodiment.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, reference numeral 9 denotes a refrigerator main body. A refrigerator compartment 11 is provided at an upper portion by a heat insulating partition wall 10 and a freezing compartment 12 is provided at a lower portion. Refrigerated compartment 11 is the first
Are partitioned left and right by a partition wall 13, and one partition is further partitioned vertically by a second partition wall 14.

Further, 15 is a first refrigerator compartment, and 16 is a second refrigerator compartment.
Is a vegetable compartment formed below the first refrigerator compartment 15 by the partition wall 14 of the first refrigerator compartment 17. A second partition 17 is formed adjacent to the first refrigerator compartment 15 and the vegetable compartment 16 by the first partition wall 13. It is a refrigerator room. The second refrigerator compartment 17 is configured to mainly store bottles and the like.

The freezing compartment 12 has a first freezing compartment 18 and a second freezing compartment 19 formed on the left and right.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a hinged door provided on the front of the first refrigerator compartment 15, 21, 22, 23 and 24 denote vegetable compartments 16, second refrigerator compartment 17, first freezer compartment 18, This is a drawer-type door provided on the front surface of the second freezer compartment 19.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a plurality of interior lamps provided above and below the space in the first partition wall 13, and reference numeral 26 denotes an interior lamp mounted on the surface of the partition wall 13 facing the first refrigerator compartment 15. It is a light-transmitting plate that covers. Reference numeral 27 denotes a plurality of shelves vertically provided in the first refrigerator compartment 15, and the translucent plate 26 is attached to substantially the center of the depth of the first partition wall 13 over a plurality of shelves 27. . Further, the interior light 25 is disposed at a substantially central position in the depth direction of the light transmitting plate 26.

Regarding the refrigerator configured as described above,
The operation will be described below.

When the door 20 of the first refrigerator compartment is opened, the interior lamp 25 is turned on by a door switch or the like (not shown), and the inside of the first refrigerator compartment 15 is illuminated vertically from the side through the light transmitting plate 26. I do. At this time, the translucent plate 26 is disposed at a depth of the first partition wall 13, that is, at a substantially central portion of the interior depth, and the interior lamp 25 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the translucent plate 26 in the depth direction. Therefore, light is irradiated into the first refrigerator compartment 15 in a well-balanced manner.

A plurality of interior lights 2 provided in the vertical direction
5 ensures sufficient illuminance up to the opposite side even when the illumination is from the side. For this reason, the illumination is also applied to each of the shelves 27 provided in the plurality of shelves in the room, and the articles placed on the shelves are brightly illuminated.

Since the first partition wall 13 has a small difference in temperature between the two adjacent chambers in the refrigeration temperature zone, it is not necessary to provide any heat insulating material, and the interior lamp 2 is provided inside the first partition wall 13.
5 is formed, and it is not necessary to house the in-compartment light 25 in the first refrigerator compartment 15, so that an effective storage space is not infringed and effective lighting is performed over the entire area of the first refrigerator compartment 15. Can be performed.

Further, the light transmitting plate 26 is connected to the hinge-opening type door 20.
Is provided inside the first refrigerator compartment 15 provided with the drawer-type door 21 and does not reach the area of the vegetable compartment 16 provided with the drawer-type door 21, and the second refrigerator compartment 17 also provided with the drawer-type door 22 The storage room equipped with a door opening / closing mode that requires the user to look in the room and take in and out the goods can be provided with effective lighting, and the storage container can be pulled out of the refrigerator to remove the goods. A storage room provided with a door opening / closing mode that does not need to be illuminated especially for taking in and out can eliminate the illumination, and can construct an efficient illumination layout as a whole.

At the same time, by laying out the refrigeration temperature rooms in the upper section of the refrigerator body 9 in a concentrated manner,
An article in the refrigeration temperature section, which is frequently used, can be easily placed in a standing posture without bending down, and a convenient refrigerator including the above-described efficient lighting layout can be provided.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 28 denotes a partition wall which partitions the first refrigeration compartment 15 and the second refrigeration compartment 17 into left and right, and accommodates a plurality of interior lamps 29 arranged vertically in an internal space. 30 is a partition wall 28
Is a light-transmitting plate vertically attached to the surface of the first refrigerator compartment 15 side, and 31 is a light-transmitting plate vertically attached to the surface of the partition wall 28 facing the second refrigerator compartment 17. The translucent plates 30 and 31 are provided so as to cover the plurality of interior lamps 29 from the surface.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a hinged door which is openably and closably attached to the front opening of the first refrigerator compartment 15, and reference numeral 33 denotes a hinged door which is freely opened and closed to the front opening of the second refrigerator compartment 17. The door.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below.

When the door 32 of the first refrigerator compartment is opened, the interior lamp 29 is turned on by a door switch or the like (not shown), and the inside of the first refrigerator compartment 15 is illuminated vertically from the side through the light transmitting plate 30. I do. When the door 33 of the second refrigerator compartment is opened, the interior lamp 29 is turned on by a door switch or the like (not shown), and the inside of the second refrigerator compartment 17 is illuminated vertically from the side surface through the light transmitting plate 31. . For this reason, the user can easily see articles in and out of both rooms.

As described above, the light-transmitting plates 30 and 31 are provided on both side surfaces of the partition wall 28 so that the light from the same interior lamp 29 can be used in both rooms, and a pair of hinged doors is provided. The lighting layout for the storage room can be realized economically without compromising the available space in the storage room.

[0032]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of shelves are provided in at least one of the first refrigerator compartment and the second refrigerator compartment partitioned by a partition wall. The interior light is housed in the space inside the wall, and a translucent plate is provided on the surface of the partition wall across multiple levels of shelves. However, the entire area can be illuminated over multiple shelves.

[0033] The invention described in claim 2 is the same as in claim 1.
According to the invention described in the above, the light-transmitting plate is disposed substantially at the center of the partition wall in the depth direction, and the interior lamp is disposed substantially at the center of the light-transmitting plate in the depth direction. The lighting efficiency is improved in a well-balanced manner.

The third aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention.
Alternatively, in the invention according to claim 2, since a plurality of interior lights are provided vertically, the illuminance of the refrigerator compartment is improved in a well-balanced manner and the visibility of the interior is enhanced.

The invention described in claim 4 is the first invention.
In the invention described in the above, the light transmitting plate is connected to the first refrigerator compartment side and the second refrigerator compartment side.
Are provided on both partition wall surfaces on the side of the refrigerating compartment, so that two compartments can be efficiently illuminated without the need for individual interior lamps in each compartment, which is economical.

The invention described in claim 5 is the first invention.
In the invention described in the above, the door on the front of the refrigerator compartment provided with the light-transmitting plate is a hinged openable door, and the door on the front of the other refrigerator compartment is a drawer-type door. In this case, effective lighting can be performed for a room that requires the lighting, and an efficient lighting layout can be realized.

In the invention according to claim 6, a refrigerating compartment is formed above the heat-insulating partition, and the inside of the refrigerating compartment is divided by the first partition and the first partition. A second partition wall for further partitioning one of the partitions vertically, a first refrigerator compartment having a plurality of shelves arranged above the second partition wall, and a vegetable compartment arranged below the first refrigerator compartment; A second refrigerator compartment is arranged in the other compartment partitioned by the partition wall, a hinged door is provided in the first refrigerator compartment, and a drawer-type door is provided in the second refrigerator compartment and the vegetable compartment. Since the interior light provided in the space inside the partition wall and the light-transmitting plate which covers the interior light and covers a plurality of shelves on the surface of the first partition wall and facing the first refrigerator compartment, are provided. Effective illumination is provided throughout the first refrigerator compartment without violating the effective space in the first refrigerator compartment, and the visibility of the articles on the shelf is improved. It made. In addition, each room in the refrigeration temperature zone, which is frequently used, is arranged at the upper part of the refrigerator main body, so that the user can take in and out articles while standing in a standing posture without bending down, so that it is easy to see and easy to use together with the lighting effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the refrigerator according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the refrigerator of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part of a refrigerator according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 9 refrigerator main body 10 heat insulating partition wall 11 refrigeration partition 12 freezing partition 13 first partition wall 14 second partition wall 15 first refrigeration compartment 16 vegetable compartment 17 second refrigeration compartment 20 hinged openable door 21, 22 drawer Type door 25 Interior light 26 Translucent plate 27 Shelf 28 First partition wall 29 Interior light 30, 31 Translucent plate 32, 33 Hinge openable door

Claims (6)

[Claims] A partition wall for dividing the inside of the heat insulating box into left and right;
A first refrigerator compartment and a second refrigerator compartment defined by the partition wall, a plurality of shelves provided in at least one of the first refrigerator compartment and the second refrigerator compartment, and the partition wall A refrigerator comprising: an interior light provided in an inner space; and a light-transmitting plate provided on a surface of the partition wall over the plurality of shelves covering the interior light. 2. The light-transmitting plate according to claim 1, wherein the light-transmitting plate is disposed substantially at the center of the partition wall in the depth direction, and the interior light is disposed substantially at the center of the light-transmitting plate in the depth direction. refrigerator. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of interior lights are provided vertically. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the light-transmitting plate is provided on the surfaces of the partition walls on both the first refrigerator compartment side and the second refrigerator compartment side. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door on the front of the refrigerator compartment provided with the light-transmitting plate is a hinge-openable door, and the door on the other front of the refrigerator compartment is a drawer door. refrigerator. 6. A heat-insulating partition wall for vertically dividing the heat-insulating box body, a refrigerated compartment formed at an upper portion of the heat-insulated partition wall, and a freezing compartment formed at a lower portion of the heat-insulated partition wall, and a first compartment for dividing the inside of the refrigerated compartment left and right. A partition wall, a second partition wall that further partitions one of the partitions partitioned by the first partition wall up and down,
A first refrigerator compartment provided above the second partition wall and having a plurality of shelves arranged therein, a vegetable compartment provided below the second partition wall, and a compartment partitioned by the first partition wall. A second refrigerating compartment provided in the other compartment, a hinged open / closed door provided on the front of the first refrigerating compartment, and a drawer-type door provided on the front of the second refrigerating compartment and the vegetable compartment An interior light provided in a space in the first partition wall; and a plurality of the plurality of stages of the interior light, which cover the interior light and are on the surface of the first partition wall and face the first refrigerator compartment. A refrigerator consisting of a light-transmitting plate provided on shelves.