JP3308984B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is provided with a lighting function for beautifully illuminating foods in compartments such as a refrigerator compartment and a vegetable compartment in a refrigerator and for expressing the interior of the refrigerator more spaciously and cleanly. About the refrigerator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, demands for large-capacity refrigerators for home refrigerators and the like have increased with the increase in storage capacity. In addition, because of the sophistication of homes, the diversification of housing equipment and furniture, and the tendency toward leisure, so-called electric appliances, such as refrigerators, do not require only mere functions. Recently, voices for added value have been increasing.

[0003] In addition, the variety of foods stored in refrigerators has become diversified along with the diversification of taste, and the appearance packaging has become more colorful and beautiful so as to further enhance appetite. In addition, the food itself is packaged to look fresher and more beautiful with excellent color rendering as seen in modern kitchen or dining room lighting. On the other hand, in the conventional refrigerator, an incandescent light bulb for illuminating a hand of a sewing machine or the like is used in a part of the back of the refrigerator to illuminate the refrigerator compartment, but a part of a compartment such as a vegetable room is partitioned. It was common that no lighting was provided.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional refrigerator, there is a problem that it is difficult to check the interior of the refrigerator because a dedicated lighting is not installed in the vegetable room or the like. In particular, when the room is a vegetable room, the freshness of food such as vegetables is important, and in order to check the freshness, conventionally, the food had to be taken out of the refrigerator and checked by lighting in a kitchen or the like. Further, as described above, when the size of the refrigerator is increased, the depth of the vegetable room is increased, and it is extremely inefficient to take out the food one by one.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and ergonomically arranges a lighting device designed to be easy on the eyes on the ceiling of a partitioned room such as a vegetable room and illuminates the room. It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which can make foods look more beautiful and foods look more natural.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a drawer door below a chamber having an opening door.
And a room having the opening door by a partition wall.
A refrigerator having a compartment having a drawer door,
A lighting device for illuminating a room having the drawer door on the partition wall, wherein light from the lighting device has the opening door;
Above the illuminator on the partition wall so as to penetrate into
The part is configured with a lamp cover made of a translucent member , and when the opening door is opened, an illumination light provided on the partition wall,
An illumination lamp provided in a room having an opening door separately from the illumination lamp is configured to be turned on together. Further , a convex portion is formed on a surface of a lamp cover made of a light-transmitting member on the chamber side having an opening door.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the drawer door is pulled out because the illumination light for illuminating the room having the drawer door is provided on the partition wall separating the room having the opening door and the room having the drawer door. The lighting of the room having the drawer door is turned on, so that the interior of the room can be brightly lit, and the food can be easily checked. Further constitutes an upper portion of the lamp in the partition wall to transmit to the chamber having a door open light from the illumination lamp in the lamp cover made of a transparent member, opening when the door is opened, partition
Illumination lamp provided on the wall, with separate door
The <br/> Me illumination lamp provided in that chamber is constructed as both lit, the light of the illuminative lamp chamber having a drawer door when opening the open door of the door opening passes through the lamp cover By illuminating the interior of the room with an upright from the bottom, it is possible to make the foods in the room look beautiful and luxurious.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a freezing room,
3 is a room having an opening door (hereinafter simply referred to as a refrigeration room), 4
Is a room having a drawer door for storing mainly vegetables and the like (hereinafter, referred to as a vegetable room).
The refrigerator compartment 3 and the vegetable compartment 4 are partitioned by partition walls 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes an air passage, and cool air cools the vegetable compartment 4 through the air passage 7. The vegetable room 4 is provided with a container 8 and a drawer door (hereinafter referred to as a vegetable room door) 9.
The container 8 is guided by the rail 10 and pulled out of the refrigerator. Reference numeral 11 denotes an illuminating lamp provided on the front portion of the partition wall 6, which can be turned on and off by a switch 12. The blinking of the switch 12 is performed by a switch pusher 13 provided on the vegetable room door 9. Reference numeral 14 denotes a lamp cover made of a translucent member attached to the partition wall 6 above the illumination lamp 11, and reference numeral 15 denotes a water supply unit installed at the bottom center of the refrigerator compartment 3 having a water storage tank 16 therein. Water for ice making is supplied to an ice making unit (not shown). Conventionally, the water supply unit 15 is provided at one of the left and right corners of the refrigerator. However, in the large-capacity refrigerator of the present embodiment, the cold air passages are arranged on both sides of the refrigerator.
At the bottom center. Therefore, the bottom of the front surface of the water supply unit 15 is a useless portion in which foods for pulling out the water storage tank 16 cannot be placed. The provision of the lamp cover 14 has one of the features. In the drawing, 17 is a freezer door, 18
Is a door for the refrigerator compartment 3 (hereinafter referred to as a refrigerator compartment door), 19
Is a shelf provided in the refrigerator compartment 3.

FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view showing the details of the essential parts of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1. Reference numeral 20 denotes a tank case for storing the water storage tank 16, and 21 denotes a water storage tray.
5. The illumination lamp 11 is connected to the switch 12 via a partition plate 22 connected to the front surface of the partition wall 6.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1, in which the freezer compartment door 17 and the refrigerator compartment door 18 are omitted. In the figure, reference numeral 23 denotes a refrigerator compartment switch provided on the wall surface of the refrigerator compartment 3, which is opened / closed by a switch pusher provided on a refrigerator compartment door (not shown), and blinks the refrigerator compartment illumination light 24. When two refrigerator compartment doors 18 are provided, two refrigerator compartment switches 23 are provided. Reference numeral 25 denotes a hole provided in the front part of the partition wall 6, which mainly serves to circulate cool air from the vegetable compartment 4 to the refrigerator compartment 3.

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram for blinking the illuminating lamp 11 and the refrigerated room illuminating lamp 24, and operates by opening and closing the refrigerated room door 18 or the vegetable room door 9.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 3, when the vegetable compartment door 9 of the vegetable compartment 4 is pulled out forward, the illumination lamp 11 provided on the front part of the partition wall 6 has the switch 12 as shown in the circuit diagram of FIG. When turned on and turned on, the food stored in the vegetable room 4 is brightly illuminated. At this time, a plate (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the container 8 in the vegetable compartment 4 uses a transparent member, and the food inside can be easily checked without taking it out.

[0013] Next refrigeration compartment lamp 11 of L ₁ together also turns on the refrigerator compartment lamp 24 of L _2, as shown in FIG. 4 by turning on the refrigerating compartment switch 23 when the door is opened 18 Can be turned on simultaneously. At this time, since the lamp cover 14 made of a translucent member is provided on the partition wall 6 above the illumination lamp 11, the illumination lamp 1
The illumination light 1 passes through the lamp cover 14 and reaches the refrigerator compartment 3, where the foods therein can be beautifully illuminated by the upright. Also, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, holes 25 provided in the front portions of the partition walls 6 on both sides of the lamp cover 14 circulate cool air from the vegetable room 4 to the refrigerator room 3 and also illuminate the light of the illumination lamp 11. It also serves to introduce the light into the refrigerator compartment 3 and further enhances the effect of the above-described uplighting illumination together with the reflected light of the plate on the upper surface of the container 8. Further, as described above, in the refrigerator of the present embodiment, the water supply unit 15 is installed at the center of the bottom of the refrigerator compartment 3, and the water storage tank 16 needs to be pulled out from time to time to replenish water. Therefore, if foods are placed in front of the water supply unit 15, it becomes an obstacle when removing the water storage tank 16. Therefore, in this embodiment, a convex portion is formed on the refrigerator compartment 3 side of the lamp cover 14. Can be prevented from being placed. In addition, the convex part of the lamp cover 14 is not limited to the convex part of the lamp cover 14 itself from the purpose and the effect, and it is also possible to form a convex part on the partition wall 6 around the lamp cover 14. .

Further, the convex portion of the lamp cover 14 has an effect that the refrigerator compartment 3 can be illuminated by the upright without blocking the light from the illumination lamp 11 even when foods are placed thereon. When the light of the illumination lamp 11 passes through the inclined portion of the lamp cover 14 facing the water supply portion 15 as shown in FIG.
The lens effect also has the effect of facilitating confirmation of the amount of water stored in the water storage tank 16.

As described above, according to the above embodiment, the refrigerator compartment 3
Lighting 1 on the front part of the partition wall 6 that partitions the
1, a lamp cover 14 made of a translucent member is provided on the partition wall 6 above the illuminating lamp 11, and a refrigerator compartment switch 2 which is turned on and off by opening and closing a refrigerator compartment door 18.
Since the interior of the refrigerator compartment 3 is provided on the wall surface of the refrigerator compartment 3, the interior of the vegetable compartment 4 is brightly illuminated, and the types and freshness of the vegetables and the like can be confirmed without removing the foods such as vegetables. The contents inside the packaging of foods and the like can be easily checked by the illumination from the upper front side by the refrigerator compartment illumination lamp 24 and the upright illumination from the bottom by the illumination lamp 11 transmitted through the lamp cover 14. Foods can be illuminated beautifully.

[0016]

As is apparent from the above embodiment, the present invention provides a lighting system for illuminating a room having a drawer door on a partition wall for separating a room having a hinged door and a room having a drawer door. And the upper part of the illuminator on the partition wall so that the light from the illuminator passes through the room having the opening door.
Is a lamp cover made of a translucent member, and further , when the opening door is opened, the lighting provided on the partition wall
A lamp and an illuminating lamp provided separately from the illuminating lamp and provided in a room having an opening door, are configured to be turned on together. Particularly, in the case of a refrigerator having a large capacity, a compartment in the refrigerator is used. Each room can be illuminated extremely efficiently and luxuriously, and the foods stored there can be viewed beautifully as it is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of a main part of the refrigerator.

FIG. 3 is a partially broken perspective view of the refrigerator.

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram for blinking an illumination light of the refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Refrigerator room (room with opening door) 4 Vegetable room (room with drawer door) 6 Partition wall 11 Illumination lamp

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-61-63691 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F25D 27/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A drawer door is provided below a chamber having an opening door.
A room having the opening door by a partition wall
And a compartment having a drawer door
Te, an illumination lamp for illuminating the room with the drawer door to the compartment wall is provided, having a door opening light the from the illumination lamp
The illuminating lamp on the partition wall so as to be transmitted through the room
A refrigerator having an upper portion formed of a lamp cover made of a translucent member . 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the illuminating lamp is disposed on a front portion of the partition wall from substantially the center. 3. A process according to claim to form a convex portion on a surface of the lamp cover consisting chamber side of the light transmissive member having an open-out door 1 or 2
The refrigerator as described. 4. A claim is provided a convex portion on the partition wall around the lamp cover consisting chamber side of the light transmissive member having an open-out door 1
Or the refrigerator according to 2 . 5. When I opened the open-out door, irradiation provided in the partition wall
Lighting, provided in a room with an open door separately from the lighting
5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein both of the lighting lamps are turned on.
A refrigerator according to any one of the preceding claims.