JP2006153357A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of improving a sense of high quality of a door having an operation display portion, and having superior assembling workability and serviceability. <P>SOLUTION: As this refrigerator has a decorative sheet 48 storing the operation display portion and covering a front face of a side cover body 36 including the operation display portion 32, a fixing component 39 for holding the decorative sheet 48 is mounted on a right end face of the decorative sheet 48, and the decorative sheet 48 has the coating on a rear face 53 molded with transparent resin, a sense of high quality of the door of the refrigerator 28 comprising the operation display portion 32 can be provided, and the design of the door as a whole can be improved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator that enhances the design of a door.

  In recent years, there is a refrigerator in which an operation part for operating the temperature of the refrigerator or the like is attached to the door surface (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Hereinafter, the conventional refrigerator will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional refrigerator described in Patent Document 1. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an operation display unit of a conventional refrigerator.

  5, 6, and 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, which includes a refrigerator room 2, a vegetable room 3, a switching room 4 capable of switching the room temperature, a freezing room 5, and an ice making room 6 from the top.

  The refrigerator compartment door 7 is a hinge-type door that can be opened and closed. Drawer doors 8, 9, 10, and 11 are provided in front of the vegetable compartment 3, the switching compartment 4, the freezer compartment 5, and the ice making compartment 6. The handle 12 is provided on the door 3 of the refrigerator compartment 2 and includes an operation display unit 13 provided above the handle 12 in the height direction. Reference numeral 14 denotes a steel plate outer plate, and the lids 15 and 16 are fitted to upper and lower ends of the outer plate 14. The inner plate 17 is disposed behind the outer plate 14. The heat insulating material 18 is filled between the outer plate 14, the lids 15 and 16, and the inner plate 17 and is integrally foamed.

The elliptical part 19 is formed on the outer plate 14, and the bent part 20 is formed on a part of the elliptical part 19. The flat surface portion 21 is formed at the circular edge portion of the elliptical portion 19. The storage portion 22 is formed of resin, is engaged from the back surface of the outer plate 14, and is integrally foamed with the heat insulating material 18. The rib 23 is formed integrally with the storage portion 22, and the fixing groove 24 is for fixing the bent portion 20. The surface of the substrate 25 is covered with a button pressing part 26 and a surface cover 27.
JP 2004-116788 A

  However, in the conventional configuration described above, in order to attach a display cover that has been subjected to back surface coating, an attachment claw has to be arranged on the back surface of the display cover or fixed with a double-sided tape. When the attachment claw is arranged, the claw shape, the dividing line of the mold and the like are visible from the front side even if the back surface is painted, and the quality of the refrigerator is deteriorated. In addition, the fixing with the double-sided tape destroys the decorative board when the display substrate is replaced, resulting in a refrigerator with poor serviceability.

  This invention solves the said conventional subject, and it aims at providing the refrigerator excellent in assembly workability | operativity and serviceability while improving the designability and operativity.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the refrigerator of the present invention includes a heat insulating material filled and foamed in a space including an outer plate, an inner plate, an upper lid, a lower lid, and a side lid. In the refrigerator provided with a door, the decorative plate has a decorative plate and a fixing part that covers the front surface of the side cover, and the decorative plate is disposed between the side cover and the fixing component. The back side is painted.

  Thereby, the high-class feeling of the door of a refrigerator is obtained by giving a back surface coating and forming the thickness decorative board continuously from the upper end of a door to a lower end.

  The operation display unit is fixed to the integrally foamed door before attaching the decorative plate.

  Thereby, the assembly workability and serviceability of the door are improved.

  In the refrigerator of the present invention, a high-class feeling of the door is obtained, and the design of not only the door but the entire refrigerator is enhanced. In addition, the cost reduction can be achieved by improving the door assembly workability, and the serviceability can be improved by improving the detachability.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a refrigerator provided with a door composed of a heat insulating material filled and foamed in a space composed of an outer plate, an inner plate, an upper lid, a lower lid, and a side lid. A decorative plate covering the front surface of the side cover and a fixing component for the decorative plate, the decorative plate being disposed between the side cover and the fixing component, and the decorative plate being subjected to back coating , Which gives a sense of thickness, gives the door a high-class feeling, and enhances the design of the door.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of doors are provided on the top and bottom, and a decorative plate that covers the front surface of the side cover of the plurality of doors is linearly formed from the top to the bottom. It is configured with the same width, and the refreshing feeling and uniformity of the door are obtained, and the design of not only the door but the whole refrigerator is enhanced.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the side cover of the door includes an operation display unit, and has a cover that covers the operation display unit from the front surface. It is provided with a painted decorative board, and a high-class feeling of the door provided with the operation display unit is obtained, and the design of the door is enhanced.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the third aspect, the lighting of the display lamp can be seen from the surface through the coating of the decorative board, etc., and the luxury of the door provided with the operation display section. And the design of the door is improved.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the third or fourth aspect, the fixing part is decorated with a plating or the like to hide the fixing portion of the decorative plate, and the display portion of the operation display portion is A high-class feeling of the included door is obtained, and the design of the entire door is enhanced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the refrigerator compartment door of the refrigerator according to the embodiment. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the decorative plate of the refrigerator according to the embodiment.

  1 to 3, reference numeral 28 denotes a refrigerator body, and a refrigerator room 29 and a freezer room 30 are provided from the top. The refrigerator compartment 29 and the freezer compartment 30 are provided with a hinged openable / closable refrigerator door 31 and a freezer compartment door 32. In addition, an operation display unit 32 for operating or displaying the operation state of the refrigerator 28 is provided on the front face of the refrigerator compartment door 31.

  Next, the structure of the refrigerator compartment door 31 will be described. The refrigerator compartment door 31 is made of a steel plate outer plate 33, upper and lower lids 34 and 35 fitted to both upper and lower ends of the outer plate 33, and the rotation axis (hinge) of the rotary refrigerator compartment door 31. The side cover 36 on the side and the inner plate 37 disposed behind the outer plate 33 are configured.

  The outer plate 33 fitted to the side cover 36 of the outer plate 33 forms an L-shaped bent portion 38 continuous from the upper end to the lower end, and a fixing component 39 for fixing the side cover 36 and the outer plate 33 is provided. It has been. A groove 40 is provided in the side cover body 36, and the fixed component 39 and the L-shaped bent portion 38 of the outer plate 33 are inserted therein. The upper lid body 34 and the lower lid body 35 are fixed by sandwiching the side lid body 36, the outer plate 33, and the fixing component 39 incorporated therein. Then, the heat insulating material 41 is filled and foamed in the space formed by the outer plate 33, the upper lid body 34, the lower lid body 35, the side lid body 36, and the inner plate 37. In addition, a concave portion 37 is provided in a substantially central portion of the side cover body 36 to accommodate the operation display portion 32.

  The operation display unit 32 includes a substrate 42, a liquid crystal panel 44 whose periphery is held by a liquid crystal holder 43, and an operation member 46 including an operation button 45 that presses a switch disposed on the substrate 42. Is retained.

  A decorative plate 48 formed of a transparent resin and coated on the back surface 47 is also provided on the refrigerator compartment door 31 and the freezer compartment door 32 in a similar manner and linearly has the same width from the top to the bottom of the refrigerator 28. is doing.

  The side cover 36 of the refrigerator door 31 in which the insulating plate 41 is filled and foamed in the space formed by the outer plate 33, the upper cover 34, the lower cover 35, the side cover 36, and the inner plate 37. Attach to cover the front of At this time, the claw 49 is attached from the front surface by a plurality of claws 49 projecting from the back side provided on the decorative plate 48 and then moved upward so that the claw 49 is attached to the projection 51 of the side cover 36 and the fixing component 39. The recess 52 is fitted and fixed. After that, it is fixed with screws from the lower surface of the decorative board 48.

  As described above, in the embodiment according to the present invention, the operation display unit 32 is held in the refrigerator compartment door 31 filled with the heat insulating material 41 before the decorative plate 48 is attached. Can be attached without installing a shape such as a protrusion for holding the operation display section 32, so that the back surface of the decorative plate 48 can be secured without a protrusion, and even if a coating process is performed, the surface Protrusion shape does not appear on the side.

  Further, a decorative plate 48 attached so as to cover the front surface of the side cover 36 of the refrigerator compartment door 31 filled with the heat insulating material 41 is continuously arranged so as to be in contact with the upper cover 34 and the lower cover 35. Therefore, a high-class feeling of the door is obtained and the design of the door is enhanced.

  A decorative plate 48 formed of a transparent resin and coated on the back surface 53 is also provided on the refrigerator compartment door 31 and the freezer compartment door 32 in a similar manner, and is linearly configured with the same width from the top to the bottom of the refrigerator 28. Therefore, in a refrigerator having a plurality of doors on the top and bottom, a refreshing feeling and uniformity of the door can be obtained, and the design of not only the door but the entire refrigerator is enhanced.

  As described above, the refrigerator according to the present invention can provide a high-class feeling of the door, and the design of not only the door but also the entire refrigerator can be improved. Therefore, the refrigerator can be applied to uses such as a cooling storage unit provided with an operation display unit.

Front view of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of the present invention The exploded perspective view of the refrigerator compartment door of the refrigerator of the embodiment BB sectional view of FIG. Rear perspective view of the decorative plate of the refrigerator of the same embodiment Front view of a conventional refrigerator AA line sectional view of FIG. The exploded perspective view of the operation display part of the conventional refrigerator

Explanation of symbols

28 Refrigerator 31 Refrigeration room door 32 Operation display unit 33 Outer plate 34 Upper lid 35 Lower lid 36 Side lid 37 Inner plate 41 Heat insulating material 48 Decorative plate 53 Back side

Claims (5)

  In a refrigerator including a door composed of a heat insulating material filled and foamed in a space composed of an outer plate, an inner plate, an upper lid, a lower lid, and a side lid, the front side of the side lid is A refrigerator having a decorative plate for covering and a fixing component for the decorative plate, the decorative plate being disposed between the side cover and the fixing component, and the decorative plate being subjected to back surface coating.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of doors are provided on the upper and lower sides, and a decorative plate that covers a front surface of a side cover of the plurality of doors is linearly configured with the same width from the top to the bottom.   3. The door according to claim 1, further comprising an operation display unit provided on a side cover of the door, a cover that covers the operation display unit from a front surface, and a decorative panel that is coated on the back surface of the cover. The refrigerator described.   4. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the lighting of the display lamp is visible from the surface through the coating of the decorative plate and the like.   The refrigerator according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the fixing component is decorated with plating or the like to hide a fixing portion of the decorative plate.

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