JP2005201552A - Door device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door device capable of displaying a message without giving an influence on its design. <P>SOLUTION: A knob 20 is mounted to the end 18a of a door 14a of a refrigerator 10, and a message display part 22 for displaying a message such as a brand logo is formed on the surface of a plate 20a of the knob 20. Whereby the message can be concealed when the door is closed, and the message display part has no influence on the exterior design of the refrigerator. Accordingly harmony and appearance quality can be kept while keeping good visibility. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a door device, and more particularly, to a door device such as a door of a household appliance such as a microwave oven or a refrigerator, a door of a building, or a door of a room.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a refrigerator in which an emblem is attached to a door outer plate using a double structure of a magnet and a double-sided tape.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a refrigerator in which a display unit is provided on the front part of a door and the internal state is displayed by the display.

With such an emblem or display unit, a message that alerts the user's attention, such as a refrigerator, can be displayed as “opening and closing quickly”.
JP 2003-106749 [F25D 23/00 11/00] JP 2001-153538 [F25D 23/02 29/00]

  However, since both the prior art of Patent Document 1 and the prior art of Patent Document 2 display a message on the surface (door surface) of the door, it is easy to call the user's attention. It will affect the appearance and affect the design of the product.

  On the other hand, if a message is displayed at a position that the user does not normally see, such as the back of the refrigerator, the product design is hardly affected, but the message display function is impaired.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a door device capable of displaying a message without affecting the design.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a door characterized in that a message display portion is formed in the forehead.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a message is displayed on the door of a household appliance such as a refrigerator or a microwave oven, or on the entrance of a building or the door of a room such as a conference room or a reception room.

  The invention of claim 2 is an apparatus having a door, characterized in that a message display section is formed at the edge of the door in an apparatus having a casing and a door that covers the opening of the casing so as to be freely opened and closed. is there.

  Also in the invention of claim 2, since the message display part is formed at the fore edge of the door, the design of the apparatus is not restricted by the message display part.

  The invention of claim 3 is an apparatus having a door according to claim 2, wherein the message display area formed at the fore end of the door is hidden when the door is closed.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the message display portion is covered with another member when the door is closed, the appearance design when the door is closed is not affected at all. Further, since the user's field of vision is almost sure when the door is opened, it is possible to sufficiently fulfill the role of allowing the user to recognize the message.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator having a housing and a door that covers the opening of the housing so as to be freely opened and closed, a message display portion is formed in a small edge of the door.

  Also in the invention of claim 4, since the message display part is formed at the fore edge of the door, the message display part does not restrict or influence the design of the refrigerator.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the door has a handle and the message display portion is formed in the vicinity of the handle.

  In the invention of claim 5, the message display section is provided in the fore edge near the handle. If the message is displayed in the vicinity of the handle in this way, the operation of opening the refrigerator door becomes a trigger, and the portion where the hand is applied is most easily entered into the field of view, so that the message can be more effectively noted.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the refrigerator according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the casing is placed on the floor, and the message display portion is arranged in a range of 100 to 160 cm from the floor.

  For example, if a standard Japanese woman (height is assumed to be 145-165 cm) opens the door slightly away from the refrigerator, the person's eye level is considered to be 120-140 cm. Therefore, in the case of a large refrigerator whose height from the floor is close to the height, the range of the height from the floor that is easy to enter the view of the person opening the door is in the range of 100-160 cm, and a message is displayed in this height range. As a result, attention to the message can be further attracted, and the message effect can be further exerted.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the height is in a range of 120-140 cm.

  In the invention of claim 7, the message display portion is arranged in a height range of 120-140 cm, which is the same as the height of the line of sight among the visual field range of 100-160 cm, thereby maximizing the attention rate to the message. be able to.

  The invention of claim 8 is a refrigerator comprising a drawer, wherein a message display portion is formed in a drawer mouth.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, a message display section can be provided at the drawer mouth. Since the message display portion is formed in the drawer forehead, the message display portion does not restrict or affect the design of the refrigerator as in the invention of claim 4.

  According to the present invention, since the message is displayed on the edge of the door, the message does not appear on the appearance and does not affect the product design as compared with the case where the message is displayed on the door surface.

  The above object, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

  The refrigerator 10 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a housing 12 and four doors 14a to 14d that are attached to the front opening of the housing 12 so as to be openable and closable in a double door manner by a shaft suspension mechanism, for example. In the case of this embodiment, the doors 14a, 14b, 14c and 14d are provided at the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right of the opening, respectively. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the casing 12, that is, the refrigerator 10, is naturally installed on the floor.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each door 14 has a door surface 16 and a fore edge 18, and a handle 20 is attached to the inside fore edge 18a. The handle 20 is formed, for example, by bending an aluminum plate into an L-shaped cross section or a plastic plate having an L-shaped cross section, and includes two plate portions 20a and 20b corresponding to two sides of the L shape. Since the handle 20 is provided on the door 14, particularly the door 14a in the embodiment, the height of the handle 20 is naturally lower than the height of the door 14a.

  A message display portion 22 is formed on the surface of one plate portion 20a of the handle 20. A message, in this embodiment, a trademark (brand) logo mark “SANYO” is displayed on the message display portion 22, for example, silk. Displayed by screen printing. And the handle 20 is attached to the door 14a, for example by the back surface of the board part 20a being adhere | attached on the small edge 18a. Therefore, the message display part 22 is formed in the small edge 18a of the door 14a as a result. At this time, the lower end of the handle 20 is flush with the lower end of the door 14 a, and thus the handle 20 is attached below the door 14. And since the width | variety of the board part 20a is made larger than the thickness of the edge 18a, the clearance gap 24 (FIG. 1) is formed between the door surface 16 and the board part 20b. Therefore, in order to open the door 14a, it is only necessary to put a fingertip in the gap 24 and pull it forward.

  According to the embodiment of FIG. 1, since the message display unit 22 is provided on the side of the door 14a of the door 10a of the refrigerator 10 in the double door spread mode with the side of the door 14b side, Like the doors 14b-14d, the message display unit 22 is not visible, and the message displayed on the message display unit 22 can be viewed only when the door 14a is opened. Therefore, according to this embodiment, since no message is displayed on the door surface 16 of the door 14a, the appearance design of the refrigerator 10 is not affected. Therefore, it is not necessary to consider the message display unit when designing the refrigerator. That is, the message display unit does not affect the product design.

  The message displayed on the message display unit 22 may be a sentence, a manufacturing label, or the like. However, a message that is relatively short and easy to store is preferable, not a simple display or display of a sentence or a manufacturing label. This is because a short message works more strongly on the human subconscious. For such short messages, corporate brands (logo marks, etc.) that are effective by having consumers remember them are suitable, but in addition to such brand marks, please pay attention to consumers or Things like notes that you want to remember are also effective.

  Further, in the embodiment, as can be clearly understood from FIG. 3, the message display portion 22 is formed on the handle 20. Thus, it is effective to provide the message display unit 22 on the handle 20 or in the vicinity thereof (collectively expressed as “neighborhood”). This is because if the message is displayed in the small mouth near the handle 20 in this way, the action of the person 40 opening the door of the refrigerator is a trigger, and the part where the hand 42 is placed is most likely to enter the field of view. Can attract attention.

  The height at which the message display unit 22 is provided is also important. When the refrigerator 10 is installed on the floor, for example, when a standard Japanese woman (height is assumed to be 145 to 165 cm) opens the door slightly away from the refrigerator, the person 40 shown in FIG. The height of the line of sight 44 is considered to be 120-140 cm. Therefore, in the case of a large refrigerator whose height from the floor is close to the height, the range of the height from the floor that is easy to enter the view of the person opening the door is in the range of 100-160 cm, and a message is displayed in this height range. As a result, attention to the message can be further attracted, and the message effect can be further exerted.

  By disposing the message display section in the range of 120-140 cm, which is the same as the height of the line of sight, in this visual field range of 100-160 cm, it is possible to further increase the message attention rate and maximize it.

  When there are many characters of the message to be displayed and it is necessary to reduce the size (for example, about 1 to 5 cm), in addition to a method of clarifying the message by giving a certain brightness difference, Johannes Itten (1888) -1967), the harmonious color contrast effects (color relative ratio (for example, red for green), temperature contrast (for example, red for blue), contrast between light and dark (for example, purple for yellow), etc.) By using it, the message of the message display part 22 can be clarified on the expression according to the design intention of various products.

  In addition, when the background color of the message display unit 22 and the color of the message displayed on the message display unit 22 are similar colors (for example, the background color is light and the message is darkened with the same color), the visibility is reduced. Needs to be slightly larger (for example, 5 cm or more). However, if similar colors are used, it is easy to achieve visual harmony in product design, maintain quality, and give a sense of quality.

  In accordance with the above-mentioned knowledge obtained by the inventors, in the embodiment of the present invention, the size of the message display unit 22 of the refrigerator is set to about 50 × 10 cm. The ground color was gray close to silver, and about 10% gray when white was 0% and black was 100%. The color of the message itself was a slightly darker color similar to the ground color, and 50% gray was used. The character size of the message was about 7 cm, and a logo mark of 20 cm as a whole was displayed as the message. As a result, it was possible to maintain harmony and quality while obtaining good visibility.

  However, in addition to the above-described colors, it is also effective to display a message with a difference in texture, gloss, and touch. Further, the message may be displayed by printing (for example, silk printing, hot stamping, etc.) or pasting a sticker. In the embodiment, the message display unit 22 is formed on the plastic handle 20 by silk printing.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the message display portion 22 is formed on the handle 20 attached to the small edge 18a of the door 14a. However, the message display unit 22 may be formed directly on the fore edge 18a.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the message display unit 22 is formed only on the door 14a. However, the message display unit may be formed on the other doors 14b-14d in the same manner. In this case, for example, the message display part of the door 14a is “refrigeration room”, the message display part of the door 14b is “bottle / bottle”, the message display part of the door 14c is “vegetable room”, and the message of the door 14d. You may make it display the function of each part of a refrigerator by displaying a respectively different function like a "frozen and chilled room" on a display part. Therefore, the “message” in this specification naturally includes the above-described trademark (brand) display, such function display, and the like.

  Further, as the “message”, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, a short sentence that calls attention such as “let's close early” may be considered.

  In the refrigerator 10 of FIG. 4 embodiment, the message display unit 22 is not formed on the door 14 but on the small opening 28 of the drawer 26. Therefore, in this embodiment, the message on the message display unit 22 can be seen only when the handle 30 is grasped and the drawer 26 is pulled out. Therefore, also in this embodiment, the message display unit 22 does not affect the appearance of the door, that is, the refrigerator. However, in this embodiment as well, it is needless to say that the message display portion 22 may be formed together with the fore edge 18 of the door 14 as in the above-described embodiment.

  In the embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6, a message display section 38 is formed in the fore edge 36 of the door 34 of the building room 32. However, the embodiment of FIG. 5 is applied to a sliding door, and the embodiment of FIG. 6 is applied to a hinged door. 5 and 6, the message display unit 38 does not affect the appearance of the door 34.

  Furthermore, although not shown in the drawings, the present invention can be applied to anything with a door, such as a microwave oven in addition to a refrigerator for household appliances, and an entrance door for a building. The present invention can also be applied to doors.

  In addition, the message display units 22 and 38 of the above-described embodiment display a fixed message by printing, for example. However, a message display unit of the present invention may be one that displays a dynamically changing message using, for example, a liquid crystal display.

  Furthermore, in addition to messages using words (characters), messages other than characters such as graphics and holograms are naturally conceivable.

It is a perspective view which shows the refrigerator of one Example of this invention. It is an illustration figure which shows the attachment state of the handle in FIG. 1 Example. It is an illustration figure which shows the relationship between the message display part in FIG. 1 Example, and a human eye. It is a perspective view which shows the refrigerator of the other Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the room entrance of other Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the room entrance of the other Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Refrigerator 12 ... Housing | casing 14, 14a-14d, 34 ... Door 18, 18a, 36 ... Forehead 22, 38 ... Message display part 44 ... Eyes

Claims (8)

  A door device characterized in that a message display area is formed in the forehead. In an apparatus having a housing and a door that covers the opening of the housing so as to be freely opened and closed,
A device having a door, characterized in that a message display area is formed at the edge of the door.   The apparatus having a door according to claim 2, wherein a message display area formed in the fore edge of the door is hidden when the door is closed. In a refrigerator having a housing and a door that opens and closes the opening of the housing,
A refrigerator, wherein a message display area is formed at the edge of the door.   The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the door has a handle, and the message display area is formed in the vicinity of the handle.   The refrigerator according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the casing is placed on a floor, and the message display area is disposed in a range of 100 to 160 cm from the floor.   The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the height is in a range of 120-140 cm. In refrigerators with drawers,
A refrigerator, wherein a message display portion is formed at the mouth of the drawer.

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