JP2018040542A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator that can improve design and practicality.SOLUTION: A refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment comprises: doors (a left door 2a, a right door 2b, a vegetable chamber door 3a, an ice making chamber 4a, an upper freezing chamber door 5a, and a lower freezing chamber door 6a) that open/close front openings of storage chambers; glass face materials 8 (transparent front plates) provided on front surfaces of the doors; and frames 9 that hold the glass face materials 8. The frames 9 are provided with: colored layers 13 with colored paint; and transparent layers 14 with transparent paint that cover surfaces of the colored layers 13 and form flat surfaces.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator.

  Conventionally, in order to improve the design of a refrigerator, there is one in which a transparent resin layer is provided on a handle provided on a door (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-98471 A

By the way, in recent years, a transparent front plate such as a glass plate is sometimes used as the front plate of the door, and further improvement in design is demanded. In addition, since refrigerators are used on a daily basis, there is a demand for practicality that makes dirt less noticeable.
Then, the refrigerator which can improve design property and practicality is provided.

  A refrigerator according to an embodiment includes a door that opens and closes a front opening of a storage room, a transparent front plate provided on the front surface of the door, and a frame that holds the transparent front plate, and the frame is provided with a colored layer made of a colored paint. And a transparent layer made of a transparent paint that covers the surface of the colored layer and forms a flat surface.

The figure which shows the structure of the refrigerator of embodiment typically The figure which shows typically the structure of the upper part of the vegetable compartment door Diagram showing painting sequence The figure which shows the structure of the handle part typically

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 1 is configured by a heat-insulating cabinet, and a refrigerator compartment 2 and a vegetable compartment 3 are provided in that order from the top, and an ice making room is provided under the vegetable compartment 3. 4 and an upper freezer compartment 5 are provided side by side, and a lower freezer compartment 6 is provided at the bottom. That is, the refrigerator 1 is provided with a vegetable room 3 that is assumed to accommodate vegetables in the approximate center in the vertical direction. Among these, the refrigerator compartment 2 and the vegetable compartment 3 are storage compartments in a refrigeration temperature zone, and the ice making chamber 4, the upper freezer compartment 5 and the lower freezer compartment 6 are storage compartments in a freezing temperature zone.

  The refrigerator compartment 2, the vegetable compartment 3, the ice making compartment 4, the upper freezer compartment 5, and the lower freezer compartment 6 are storage compartments having a front opening, and the front opening is opened and closed by a door as is well known. The refrigerating room 2 is provided side by side and is rotated around the left end side, and a left door 2a provided with an operation panel 7 that is touch-operated by the user, and a right door rotated around the right end side. The front opening is opened and closed by 2b. In the case of this embodiment, the left door 2a and the right door 2b are opened by a door opening device (not shown) when the user touches a predetermined position on the lower side, for example.

  The front opening of the vegetable compartment 3, the ice making compartment 4, the upper freezing compartment 5 and the lower freezing compartment 6 is opened and closed by the drawer-type vegetable compartment door 3a, the ice making compartment door 4a, the upper freezing compartment door 5a and the lower freezing compartment door 6a. Is done. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, in the vegetable compartment 3, the ice making room 4, the upper freezer compartment 5, and the lower freezer compartment 6, the storage container with which each door is pulled out is provided.

  A glass face material 8 as a transparent front plate is provided on the front surface of each door. That is, in the case of the refrigerator 1, the glass face material 8 is provided in all the doors located in the front. As shown in FIG. 2, the glass face material 8 is provided, for example, on the front surface of the vegetable compartment door 3 a while being supported by the frame 9. The frame 9 surrounds the periphery of the glass face material 8 on the front side of the refrigerator 1, and a part thereof extends to the side surface of the refrigerator 1.

  The glass face material 8 is formed in a substantially square shape having four sides by a plate material made of tempered glass. Further, the glass face material 8 is subjected to a wide chamfering process for forming a linear inclined surface 8a at the end on the surface side which is the side visually recognized by the user. Further, the glass face material 8 has chamfered corners, that is, four corners, in a straight line shape or a curved shape. In the present embodiment, wide chamfering is applied to the glass face materials 8 of all doors and to the four sides of each glass face material 8 in a common manner.

  Further, the glass face member 8 is provided with a colored layer, a protective layer, or a transmission layer for transmitting light from the light source of the operation panel 7 on the back surface, as is well known. For this reason, the glass surface material 8 will reflect the light which injected from the surface side with a colored layer etc., and functions as a mirror surface in the state attached to the door. That is, the glass face material 8 is mirror-finished.

  Now, in the case of a drawer-type door such as the vegetable compartment door 3a, it is necessary for the user to put it out by hand. Therefore, the panel material 10 for forming a space between, for example, the left door 2a positioned above is separately attached to the frame 9 of the vegetable compartment door 3a. The panel material 10 may be formed integrally with the frame 9.

  The panel material 10 has a shape in which the front side swells rearward toward the center in the left-right direction. For this reason, a space is formed between the frame 9 forming the upper frame portion of the glass face material 8. A space formed between the frame 9 and the panel material 10 becomes a handle portion 11 on which a user puts a hand when pulling out the door.

  That is, in this embodiment, the handle part 11 is provided in the upper part of a door, and is formed in the bag shape opened upwards. Further, the handle portion 11 is provided behind the front surface of the door. For this reason, the handle part 11 does not protrude from the cabinet of the refrigerator 1 having a substantially vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape. The left door 2a, the right door 2b, the ice making door 4a, the upper freezer compartment door 5a and the lower freezer compartment door 6a are each supported by the frame 9 with the glass face material 8 and provided with a similar handle 11. It has been.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
By using the glass face material 8 as the front plate of the door, the design of the refrigerator 1 can be improved. On the other hand, since the refrigerator 1 is used on a daily basis, there is a demand for practicality that makes dirt less noticeable.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a colored layer 13 made of a colored paint and a transparent layer 14 made of a transparent paint covering the surface of the colored layer 13 are formed on the surface of the base material 12 constituting the frame 9. Provided. The color of the colored layer 13 is set in consideration of the color of the refrigerator 1, that is, the color of the colored layer 13 provided on the glass face material 8. For example, the color of the colored layer 13 is set to the same color as the color of the refrigerator 1.

  The colored layer 13 has sufficient coating strength and antifouling properties even if it is a simple substance. That is, in terms of practical use, it is considered that the need for further coating on the colored layer 13 is low. However, when only the colored layer 13 is provided, the texture of the glass surface material 8 having a mirror surface and glass gloss, that is, the surface of the door is different. As a result, the frame 9 becomes conspicuous, and there is a possibility that the design property is deteriorated.

  Therefore, the frame 9 is provided with a transparent layer 14 made of a transparent paint that covers the surface of the colored layer 13. That is, the frame 9 is provided with the transparent layer 14 having a predetermined thickness on the surface of the colored layer 13. Similar to the colored layer 13, the transparent layer 14 has coating strength and antifouling properties, and is coated so that the surface thereof is flat. The transparent layer 14 also functions as a protective layer that physically protects the colored layer 13.

  Thereby, the surface of the frame 9 becomes a mirror surface like the glass face material 8. As a result, the surface of the frame 9 and the surface of the glass face material 8 have the same texture, the design on the front side of the refrigerator 1 is unified, and the frame 9 becomes relatively inconspicuous, so that the design is improved. At this time, the colored layer 13 and the transparent layer 14 are provided on the frame 9 not only on the front side of the refrigerator 1 but also on the side surface of the refrigerator 1.

  By the way, the frame 9, particularly the handle portion 11, has a satin finish by applying a surface treatment to the base material 12, or by spraying with high viscosity and low pressure when the colored layer 13 is applied. . For this reason, when the transparent layer 14 is not provided, the surface of the frame 9 is rough, and it is difficult to slide even if it is touched by, for example, a wet hand. On the other hand, since the surface of the transparent layer 14 is flat as described above, the possibility of slipping when touched with a wet hand is relatively high. That is, as a result of improving the designability, practicality may be reduced.

  Therefore, the handle portion 11 is provided with a colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14 in a portion that is visually recognized by the user when the door is opened and closed in a normal use state, more simply speaking, a state in which food or the like is normally put in and out. And are provided. The part visually recognized by the user when opening and closing the door is a range that is generally visible from the front of the refrigerator 1. On the other hand, the handle portion 11 is not provided with the transparent layer 14 in a portion that is not visually recognized by the user when the door is opened and closed in a normal use state.

  In the case of the refrigerator 1, the drawer-type vegetable compartment door 3a, the ice making compartment door 4a, the upper freezer compartment door 5a, and the lower freezer compartment door 6a are positioned below the eye level when a general adult opens and closes the door. doing. For this reason, as shown in a cross-sectional view in FIG. 4, for example, the user's line of sight with respect to the handle portion 11 of the vegetable compartment door 3 a is obliquely above the handle portion 11 as indicated by an arrow Y. In FIG. 4, illustration of the joint surface between the frame 9 and the panel material 10 is omitted.

  In other words, if the handle portion 11 is formed in a bag shape by the front wall 11a, the bottom wall 11b, and the rear wall 11c, it is considered that the entire area of the front wall 11a is not visually recognized during normal use. In addition, it is considered that the bottom wall 11b may not be visually recognized on the front wall 11a side during normal use, and part of the rear wall 11c side may be visually recognized. In addition, although the rear wall 11c depends on the height of the bag portion, it is considered that the entire region is generally visible during normal use. In addition, even in the case of the ice making door 4a, the upper freezer compartment door 5a and the lower freezer compartment door 6a located below the vegetable compartment door 3a, the entire area of the front wall 11a is generally not visually recognized during normal use. Conceivable.

  And the front wall 11a of the handle part 11 is a part which a user puts on when pulling out. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the transparent layer 14 is provided on the surface of the front wall 11a, more strictly, on the surface that is assumed to be directly touched by the user's finger below the upper end of the front wall 11a. Absent. In this case, the range assumed to be directly touched by the user's finger is, for example, a range below the position about half the length of the first joint of a general adult finger from the upper end of the front wall 11a. It is done.

  At this time, when the transparent layer 14 is not provided as described above, the surface of the frame 9 has a satin finish, so even if the handle portion 11 is touched with a wet hand, for example, there is no transparent layer 14, The possibility of slipping is reduced. For this reason, when a hand gets wet during cooking, or when a food with a condensed surface is taken in and out, it is possible to prevent the finger from slipping and the practicality from decreasing.

According to the refrigerator 1 demonstrated above, the following effects can be acquired.
The refrigerator 1 includes a door that opens and closes the front opening of the storage room, a glass face material 8 provided on the front face of the door, and a frame 9 that holds the glass face material 8. The frame 9 is made of colored paint. A colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14 made of a transparent paint that covers the surface of the colored layer 13 and forms a flat surface are provided.

  As a result, the transparent layer 14 having a certain thickness is formed on the surface of the colored frame 9, and the surface of the frame 9 can have a common texture with the glass face material 8. As a result, the design on the front side of the refrigerator 1 is unified, and the frame 9 becomes relatively inconspicuous. Therefore, the designability is improved.

Moreover, since the transparent layer 14 forms a flat surface, it is difficult to get dirt, and even if it gets dirty, it is easy to remove the dirt. Thereby, practicality improves, such as easy cleaning.
Therefore, designability and practicality can be improved.

  The door of the refrigerator 1 is provided with a handle portion 11 on which a user handles when opening and closing the door, and the handle portion 11 is provided with a colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14. The handle portion 11 has a certain size for the user to put his hand. In other words, in order to provide the handle portion 11, a certain amount of space is required between the doors. Such a space is conspicuous on the front surface of the refrigerator 1. Moreover, since the handle part 11 is a part which a user touches, it is also a part where dirt is easy to be noticed.

  Therefore, by providing the handle portion 11 with the colored layer 13 and the transparent layer 14, that is, by making the texture of the surface of the handle portion 11 similar to the texture of the glass face material 8 provided on the door. And it can suppress that the handle part 11 becomes conspicuous, and can improve the designability. Further, since the transparent layer 14 has antifouling properties, it is difficult to get dirt and it can be easily cleaned, so that dirt is hardly noticeable.

  The handle portion 11 is provided with a colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14 at a portion that is visually recognized by the user when the door is opened and closed, and is a portion that is touched by the hand and is not visually recognized by the user when the door is opened and closed. The transparent layer 14 is not provided in the site. Since the transparent layer 14 has a flat surface, in the refrigerator 1 that may be touched with a wet hand, there is a possibility that the transparent layer 14 becomes slippery when put on the hand. Therefore, the slipperiness is improved by not providing the transparent layer 14 in a portion that is touched by the hand and is not visually recognized by the user. Thereby, practicality can be improved, suppressing that design nature falls.

  The frame 9 is also provided with a colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14 at a portion located on the side surface of the refrigerator 1. In other words, the frame 9 is provided with the colored layer 13 and the transparent layer 14 not only on the front surface side of the refrigerator 1 but also on the side surface side visible to the user. Thereby, the designability can be improved not only on the front side but also on the side surface side.

  The refrigerator 1 is provided with a colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14 on the frame 9 of the left door 2a and the right door 2b provided with an opening device. When there is a door opening device, the door can be easily opened, but there is a possibility that it will contact the wall or the like with excessive momentum. Therefore, by providing the colored layer 13 and the transparent layer 14 on the frame 9 of the left door 2a and the right door 2b provided with the door opening device, even if it is in contact with a wall or the like, it is difficult to be damaged. Become. Moreover, since the transparent layer 14 functions also as a protective layer which physically protects the colored layer 13, it can suppress that a color peels and the designability falls.

  The refrigerator 1 has a vegetable room 3 that accommodates vegetables on the center side in the vertical direction as a storage room, and a colored layer 13 and a transparent layer 14 on a frame 9 of a vegetable room door 3 a that opens and closes the front opening of the vegetable room 3. And are provided. The vegetable compartment 3 is easily visible because it is located at the approximate center of the refrigerator 1, and the possibility that moisture, mud, etc. will adhere when taking in and out vegetables, for example, is relatively high compared to other doors. it is conceivable that. Therefore, by providing the colored layer 13 and the transparent layer 14 on the frame 9 of the vegetable compartment door 3a, it is possible to easily clean even if it is dirty while preventing the stain.

The glass face material 8 is mirror-finished. Thereby, when it sees from the front, the design property can be improved, such as the high-class feeling of the refrigerator 1 increasing.
The glass face material 8 is subjected to a wide chamfering process. Thereby, the designability can be further improved.
(Other embodiments)

  In the embodiment, the handle portion 11 provided at the upper portion of the door and opened upward is illustrated, but the handle portion provided at the lower portion of the door and opened downward, or the handle portion provided at the side portion of the door and opened to the side. It may be part 11. Further, the handle portion 11 may be provided integrally with the frame 9 or the panel material 10 or may be provided separately.

  Each embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  In the drawings, 1 is a refrigerator, 2 is a refrigerator compartment (storage room), 2a is a left door (door), 2b is a right door (door), 3 is a vegetable room (storage room), 3a is a vegetable room door (door), 4 is an ice making room (storage room), 4a is an ice making room door (door), 5 is an upper freezing room (storage room), 5a is an upper freezing room door (door), 6 is a lower freezing room (storage room), 6a is Lower freezer compartment door (door), 8 is a glass face material, 9 is a frame, 11 is a handle, 13 is a colored layer, and 14 is a transparent layer.

Claims (8)

A door that opens and closes the front opening of the storage room;
A transparent front plate provided in front of the door;
A frame for holding the transparent front plate,
The refrigerator which provided the said layer with the colored layer by a colored paint, and the transparent layer by the transparent paint which covers the surface of the said colored layer and forms a flat surface. The door is provided with a handle portion that a user hangs when opening and closing the door,
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the colored layer and the transparent layer are provided in the handle portion.   The handle portion is provided with the colored layer and the transparent layer at a portion that is visually recognized by the user when opening and closing the door, and is a portion that is touched by a hand and is not visually recognized by the user when opening and closing the door. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the portion is not provided with the transparent layer.   The refrigerator as described in any one of Claim 1 to 3 which provided the said colored layer and the said transparent layer in the site | part located in the side surface of the said refrigerator in the said flame | frame.   The said colored layer and the said transparent layer were provided in the said frame of the said door in which the door opening apparatus which opens the said door when a user touches a predetermined | prescribed site | part is provided. The refrigerator according to the item. As the storage room, it is provided on the center side in the vertical direction of the refrigerator, and has a vegetable room for storing vegetables,
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the colored layer and the transparent layer are provided on the frame of the vegetable compartment door that opens and closes the front opening of the vegetable compartment.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the transparent front plate is mirror-finished.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the transparent front plate is subjected to a wide chamfering process on an end portion on a front surface side.

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