JP6282489B2 - Storage - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments of the invention relate to storage.

Conventionally, in a storage such as a refrigerator, a freezer, or a warm storage, an interior lamp for illuminating a storage room in the storage is provided. This interior lamp is provided on the wall surface of the storage room such as the side surface and the back surface, and the storage room is illuminated from the wall surface.
However, in such a case where the storage room is illuminated from the wall surface of the storage room, the stored item may be placed near the interior light. In this case, the illumination is blocked by the stored item, and the illuminance of the storage room is reduced. Decrease increases. In addition, in the case where the interior lamp is provided on the inner surface of the storage room, the light irradiated by the interior lamp directly enters the eyes of the user who opens the door and looks into the storage room and feels dazzling.

  On the other hand, there exists what provided the interior lamp in the throat part which exists in the back surface part of the door which faces a storage room (for example, refer patent document 1).

JP-A-11-83306

In the case where the interior lamp is provided in the throat portion of the door as described above, the stored item is not placed near the interior lamp when the door is opened, and therefore the illumination is not blocked by the stored item. The illuminance drop for the storage room does not increase. Moreover, the light irradiated by the interior lamp does not directly enter the eyes of the user who opens the door and looks into the storage room, and is less likely to feel dazzling.
However, because the interior lamp is provided at the throat part of the door, when the door is opened, the light irradiated by the interior lamp can make a shadow from the door, especially at an angle of more than 90 degrees. When the door is opened, it is likely to make a shadow of it, and there is a problem that the lighting range in the warehouse is partially lost and sufficient lighting effect in the warehouse cannot be obtained. It was.

  Therefore, a storage device is provided in which a lighting device is provided in the throat portion of the door, and a sufficient lighting effect in the storage can be obtained without a lack of the lighting range in the storage.

  The storage of the present embodiment has a storage chamber inside, a storage body having an opening in front of the storage chamber, and a front opening for opening and closing the opening of the storage body. A door having a throat portion on the back surface, and a lighting device that is provided in the throat portion of the door and illuminates the storage chamber when the door is opened. Is provided so as not to make a shadow by the door.

The cross-sectional view in the refrigerator compartment both doors open state of the refrigerator which shows 1st Embodiment Longitudinal side view of the upper half of the refrigerator with the refrigeration room door open Cross-sectional view with refrigerator doors closed Perspective view of a single refrigerator door Exploded perspective view of the lighting unit Enlarged cross-sectional view of the lighting device FIG. 6 equivalent view showing the second embodiment FIG. 1 equivalent view showing the third embodiment

Hereinafter, a first embodiment applied to a refrigerator will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, FIG. 2 shows the upper half of the entire refrigerator as viewed from the right side in a vertical cross section, wherein 1 is a cabinet body and 2 is a door. Among these, the main body 1 is formed by combining the outer box 3 with the inner box 4 and filling the outer box 3 and the inner box 4 with a heat insulating material (especially foam heat insulating material, especially foamed polyurethane) 5. The uppermost part inside the inner box 4 is a refrigerator compartment 6, and the lower part is a vegetable compartment 7. The refrigerator compartment 6 and the vegetable compartment 7 are storage rooms, and the front surfaces thereof are openings 8 and 9 leading to the respective storage rooms.

Inside the refrigerating chamber 6, shelves 10 are provided in a plurality of stages, and a storage container chamber 12 in which a storage container 11 can be pulled out is provided at the bottom.
On the other hand, the vegetable compartment 7 has a vegetable container (not shown) so that it can be pulled out, and a cooler and an air circulation fan for cooling each storage compartment are not shown in the back of the vegetable compartment. Has a cooler chamber.

  On the other hand, the door 2 opens and closes the opening 8 on the front surface of the refrigerator compartment 6, and as shown in FIG. 3, the outer plate 13 and the inner plate 14 are combined with a peripheral frame 15 (details are shown in FIG. 6), and the inside thereof is filled with a foamed heat insulating material (also a foamed heat insulating material, especially foamed polyurethane) 16 and exists on the left side. There is now another door 17 on the right side, and this door 17 also opens and closes the opening 8 on the front surface of the refrigerator compartment 6, and the outer plate 18 and the inner plate 19 are connected by the peripheral frame 20. In combination, these are filled with a foam heat insulating material (also particularly a foam heat insulating material, especially polyurethane foam) 21.

  That is, the opening 8 on the front side of the refrigerator compartment 6 is opened and closed by two doors, the door 2 and the door 17, and although not shown in detail, the door 2 pivotally supports the left end portion of the refrigerator main body 1. The door 17 is a hinged door type that pivots around the respective pivotal support portions with the right end portion pivotally supported by the cabinet body 1 and can be opened and closed in a double-spreading manner. Note that a partition member 22 between the left and right sides is attached to the left door 2 with a movable structure that does not hinder the opening of the door 2.

  The doors 2 and 17 have throat portions 23 and 24 on the back surfaces of the inner plates 14 and 19 which are back portions facing the refrigerator compartment 6, respectively. These throat portions 23 and 24 are formed so as to protrude in the shape of a rectangular frame from the peripheral portions of the back surfaces of the inner plates 14 and 19 as representatively shown by the throat portion 23 of the door 2 in FIG. It is hollow. Further, in each of the surrounding spaces of the throat portions 23 and 24, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, pocket portions 25 and 26 are provided in a plurality of stages. In addition, lighting devices 27 and 28 are provided in the upper and lower intermediate portions of one side extending in the vertical direction on the side of each shaft support portion of the throat portions 23 and 24, respectively.

  5 and 6 show the details of the lighting devices 27 and 28 as a representative of the lighting device 27 of the door 2, and a light source fixture 29 is incorporated inside the throat portions 23 and 24. The light source fixture 29 is a container-like one that is attached to the inner surfaces of the throat portions 23 and 24 as a whole, and has a tapered shape in which the front side (lower side in FIG. 6) is open and the rear side (upper side) is thinner. The tip is closed.

  Therefore, both the throat portions 23 and 24 and the light source fixture 29 are formed in a slope shape in which both side wall portions approach the tip, and the outer wall portions which are the front side portions of the throat portions 23 and 24 are dimension D. (In particular, the thickness of each of the throat portions 23 and 24 is equal to or greater than the thickness of the throat portions 23 and 24). The lower portion of the step is in contact with the boundary portion of the step, and the throat portions 23 and 24 are made of plastic. It is formed by die cutting in molding.

  In addition, an opening 31 that is slightly smaller than the opening 30 of the throat portions 23 and 24 is formed on the outer wall, which is the front side portion of the light source fixture 29, and is stretched outward from the peripheral edge of the opening 31. A flange (tip flange) 32 is formed, and a holding claw 33 as a light source holding part is provided inside the opening 31. A flange (base flange) 34 is also formed at the base of the light source fixture 29, which also projects outward from the periphery of the light source fixture 29.

With this configuration, the light source fixture 29 is inserted into the throat portions 23 and 24, and the light source fixture 29 is placed on the inner surfaces 23 a and 24 a (only 23 a is shown in FIG. 6) of the throat portions 23 and 24 facing the opening 30. A light source is attached to inner surfaces 23b and 24b (only 23b is shown in FIG. 6) of the throat portions 23 and 24, which are outside the peripheral portion of the opening 30. The outer surface 32a of the tip flange 32 of the tool 29 is brought into contact.
A connector housing 35 is incorporated in the outer plates 13 and 18 of the doors 2 and 17. In the connector housing 35, a lead wire insertion hole 36 is formed at the center of the rear wall portion.

  Thereafter, the lead wire 39 included in the circuit board 38 on which the LED 37 that is the light source of the illumination devices 27 and 28 is mounted is led out from the light source fixture 29 into the connector housing 35 through the lead wire insertion hole 36 of the connector housing 35, The output-side connector 40 that the lead wire 39 has at the distal end portion is connected to the input-side connector 42 that the external lead wire 41 has at the distal end portion. After that, these connecting portions are returned from the lead wire insertion hole 36 into the light source fixture 29, and a seal 43 integrated in advance in a portion of the external lead wire 41 near the connector 42 is press-fitted into the lead wire insertion hole 36 to lead. The line insertion hole 36 is sealed. The external lead wire 41 supplies power to the LED 37 from the storage body 1 through the shaft support portion of the door 2.

  Then, the foam heat insulating materials 16 and 21 are injected into the outer plates 13 and 18 of the doors 2 and 17, and the inner plates 14 and 19 are assembled to the outer plates 13 and 18 by the peripheral side frames 15 and 20, respectively. Combine and join. At this time, a seal (for example, a soft tape) 44 is attached in advance to the front surface of the base flange 34 of the light source fixture 29, and the rear surface (lead wire insertion hole 36) of the connector housing 35 is attached to the seal 44. ), The inside of the light source fixture 29 is sealed from the inside of the outer plates 13 and 18 (the filling space of the foam heat insulating materials 16 and 21). Thereby, the foam heat insulating materials 16 and 21 injected into the inside of the outer plates 13 and 18 do not enter the inside of the light source fixture 29, and between the outer plate 13 and the inner plate 14 in the door 2 and in the door 17. The space between the outer plate 18 and the inner plate 19 is filled.

After that, the circuit board 38 is mounted by being engaged with the holding claw 33 from the opening 31 of the light source fixture 29, and thereafter the opening of the light source fixture 29 is opened from the opening 30 of the throat portions 23, 24. The shade 45 is attached to the portion 31 by a plurality of mounting claws 45a to close the openings 30 and 31. The shade 45 diffuses the light emitted from the LED 37 and is a rectangle that is larger than the opening 31 of the light source fixture 29 but fits in the opening 30 of the throat portions 23 and 24. It is located substantially flush with the surface portions of the throat portions 23 and 24.
Note that the lighting device 28 of the door 17 is provided in a symmetrical structure with the lighting device 27 of the door 2.

FIG. 1 shows the doors 2 and 17 incorporating the lighting devices 27 and 28 as described above in the fully opened state. As is apparent from FIG. 1, the LED 37 to the shade 45 of the lighting devices 27 and 28 are shown. The irradiation ranges L ₁ and L ₂ of the light irradiated to the refrigerating chamber 6 through the doors are not applied to the doors 2 and 17 (especially, the end portions on the shaft support side thereof), that is, light irradiation range L ₁ door 2 during the door 17 in the irradiation range L ₁ of the light, have as not to position respectively, whereby the door irradiating light of the lighting device 27, 28 The shadows 2 and 17 are not made.

  In addition, FIGS. 1 to 3 show switches 46 and 47 which are door opening / closing detection means provided in the heat insulating wall of the cabinet body 1 corresponding to the lighting devices 27 and 28. These are, for example, tact switches. Although not shown in detail, the protrusions projecting inside the cabinet body 1 are pressed by the throat portions 23 and 24 (one side portion of each shaft support portion side) when the doors 2 and 17 are closed. Accordingly, the closing of the doors 2 and 17 is detected, and the opening of the doors 2 and 17 is detected by releasing the pressing of the protrusions by the opening of the doors 2 and 17. As shown in FIG. 2, the switches 46 and 47 are installed at positions where they do not directly contact the lighting devices 27 and 28. The illuminating devices 27 and 28 are configured to cause the LED 37 to emit light when the switches 46 and 47 detect the opening of the doors 2 and 17 and to extinguish the LED 37 when the closing of the doors 2 and 17 is detected.

  Further, FIGS. 5 and 6 show a groove 48 formed in the inner plates 14 and 19 in the vicinity of the outside of the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17, and this groove 48 closes the doors 2 and 17. It is sometimes used to attach a gasket (not shown) for sealing the opening 8 of the main body 1 by insertion, and has protrusions 48b for retaining the gasket on both sides of the opening 48a for inserting the gasket. ing.

Next, the operation of the refrigerator having the above configuration will be described.
In the refrigerator having the above structure, when opening the door 2, 17, by the switch 46, 47 for detecting the opening of the door 2, 17 causes the light LED37 of the lighting device 27, illumination range _{L 1} in FIG. 1 , L ₂ illuminates the refrigerator compartment 6.

  Further, in this case, when only one of the doors 2 and 17 is opened, the opened door side switch among the switches 46 and 47 detects the opening of the door, so that the illumination devices 27 and 28 are opened. The LED 37 of the lighting device on the door side emits light to illuminate the refrigerator compartment 6. That is, in this case, only the LED 37 of the door-side lighting device that is opened of the doors 2 and 17 is caused to emit light, and the LED 37 of the door-side lighting device that is not opened is not caused to emit light. As a result, power consumption is reduced.

  And in the refrigerator of the said structure, the illuminating devices 27 and 28 are provided in the throat parts 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17, and the door 2 like what provided the interior lamp in the room wall surface of the refrigerator compartment 6 is provided. Since the stored items are not placed near the lighting devices 27 and 28 when the door 17 is opened, the lighting is not blocked by the stored items, and therefore the decrease in illuminance with respect to the refrigerator compartment 6 is not increased. In addition, since the irradiation light does not directly enter the eyes of the user who opens the doors 2 and 17 and looks into the refrigerator compartment 6, the user is less likely to feel dazzling.

In addition, in the refrigerator having the above-described configuration, even when the lighting devices 27 and 28 are provided in the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17, the light emitted from the lighting devices 27 and 28 is shaded by the doors 2 and 17. Therefore, shadows by the doors 2 and 17 are not formed on the respective irradiation ranges L ₁ and L _2, and a part of the illumination range in the storage is not lost. Lighting effect can be obtained.

  Moreover, in the refrigerator of the said structure, the illuminating devices 27 and 28 are set as the structure which has LED37 which is a light source, and the light source fixture 29 which attaches this LED37, and the irradiation light of LED37 is diffused in the light source fixture 29 An opening 31 for mounting the shade 45 to be mounted and a front flange 32 projecting outward from the peripheral edge of the opening 31 are provided on the front side, and the interior spaces of the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17 are provided as doors. The base flange 34 for sealing from the space filled with the foam insulation material 2 and 17 is provided at the base, and the opening portion 30 for accommodating the shade 45 is formed in the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17. A back surface portion 29a facing the front side portion of the light source fixture 29 is brought into contact with the inner surfaces 23a, 24a of the throat portions 23, 24 facing the opening portion 30, and the opening portions of the throat portions 23, 24 are brought into contact with each other. The inner surface 23b of the outer portion of the periphery of the 0 to 24b, is made to contact the outer surface 32a of the front portion flange 32 of the light source fixture 29.

  As a result, the back surface portion 29a of the light source fixture 29 and the outer surface 32a of the front flange 32 of the light source fixture 29 abut against each other against the filling pressure of the foam heat insulating materials 16 and 21 of the doors 2 and 17. (The inner surfaces 23a, 24a facing the opening 30 of the throat portions 23, 24, the inner surfaces 23b, 24b of the outer portions of the throat portions 23, 24). Is fixed in the throat portions 23, 24, that is, the seal 44 is secured to the light source fixture by the rear surface of the case portion 37 of the connector housing 35 in a state where the light source fixture 29 does not escape due to the filling pressure of the foam heat insulating materials 16, 21. 29 is pressed against the front surface of the base flange 34, so that the interior of the light source fixture 29, that is, the portion where the LED 37 is located can be more reliably sealed when the foam insulation materials 16 and 21 are filled. Can so as not to impair the lighting effect LED37 with foam insulation 16 and 21.

  Further, in the refrigerator having the above-described configuration, the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17 are provided with a step D for forming the opening 30 for housing the shade 45 by die cutting. Thereby, the opening 30 can be easily formed. In particular, in the vicinity of the outside of the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17, a groove 48 for attaching a gasket is formed in the inner plates 14 and 19, and this groove 48 is a protrusion that prevents the gasket from being removed. Although 48b is provided on both sides of the opening 48a for inserting the gasket, it is formed by forcibly releasing in the front-rear direction (up and down in FIG. 6).

  On the other hand, the openings 30 of the throat portions 23, 24 are provided in the left-right direction intersecting (particularly orthogonal) with the openings 48a of the grooves 48, and the openings 30 are punched according to the direction. If it is to be formed by (mold release), it will interfere with the mold release structure of the groove 48 for attaching the gaskets of the inner plates 14 and 19 and cannot be formed, or those mold structures are extremely complicated and expensive. It will be a thing.

However, in the refrigerator having the above-described configuration, the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17 are provided with a step D for forming the opening 30 by die cutting, whereby the opening 30 is formed in the inner plates 14 and 19. Therefore, the opening 30 can be formed easily and inexpensively with a simple mold in which the opening 30 is released only in the front-rear direction.
In this case, instead of the step D, the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17 may be provided with an inclination having the same degree of gradient.

  In addition, in the refrigerator having the above-described configuration, the shade 45 is provided on the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17 so as to be substantially flush with the surface portion. Thereby, the shade 45 hardly protrudes outward from the throat portions 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17, and can be suppressed to the minimum necessary for preventing the leakage of cold air and ensuring the width of the pocket portions 25 and 26. , 17 can be accommodated in the gap between the throat portions 23, 24 and the inner side surface of the main body 1, and the throat portions 23, 24 of the doors 2, 17 and the inner side surface of the main body 1 can be accommodated. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need to increase the gap between the pockets 25 and 26 and prevent the cold air from leaking and securing the lateral width of the pocket portions 25 and 26.

  7 and 8 show the second and third embodiments. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. Only the part is described.

[Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 7, instead of the light source fixture 29 described above, a light source fixture 52 having a holding claw 51 at the open front end portion is used, and the LED 37 is mounted on the holding claw 51. 38 is engaged. In this case, the doors 2, 17 throat portions 23, 24 are also open at the front end portion from the outer side surface portion to the inner side surface portion, and a shade 53 in place of the shade 45 is attached to the open portion. Thus, the open tips of the throat portions 23 and 24 are closed. Thus, in this case, the shade 53 is provided at the tip of the throat parts 23 and 24 of the doors 2 and 17.

  By doing in this way, the irradiation range of the light irradiated to the said refrigerator compartment 6 through the shade 53 from LED37 of the illuminating devices 27 and 28 can be enlarged, and especially the doors 2 and 17 are used. There is an effect that it is easy to irradiate the refrigerator compartment 6 even when a small angle is opened.

[Third Embodiment]
In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the LED (light source) 37 has a wide-angle specification for irradiating light at a wide angle. Specifically, the irradiation ranges L ₃ and L ₄ of the light irradiated from the LED 37 through the shade 45 to the refrigerator compartment 6 are replaced with the above-described irradiation ranges L ₁ and L ₂ , for example, 90 larger than that. It is assumed to have a degree angle.

  By doing in this way, when the light irradiation range is small, it is easy for the user to understand that the light irradiation range changes with the change in the opening angle of the doors 2 and 17, and the usability is not good. It is difficult for the user to understand that the light irradiation range changes, and the usability can be improved.

The storage described above is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately changed within a range not departing from the gist, such as being applicable to a storage other than a refrigerator, for example, a freezer or a warm storage. Can be implemented.
In addition, although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment 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 storage body, 2 is a door, 6 is a refrigerator compartment (storage room), 8 is an opening, 17 is a door, 23 and 24 are throat parts, 27 and 28 are lighting devices, and L ₁ and L ₂ are Illumination range of the illumination device, 53 indicates a shade.

Claims (6)

A storage body having a storage chamber inside and having an opening on the front surface leading to the storage chamber;
A door provided to open and close the opening of the main body, and having a throat portion on a back surface facing the storage chamber;
Provided in the throat portion of this door, comprising a lighting device that illuminates the storage room when the door is opened,
The lighting device is provided so that the light irradiated by the lighting device does not make a shadow by the door,
The lighting device is configured to include a light source and a light source fixture for mounting the light source,
In the light source fixture, an opening for attaching a shade for diffusing the light emitted from the light source is provided on the front side portion, and the internal space of the throat portion of the door is sealed from the foam heat insulating material filling space of the door. There is a base,
An opening for accommodating the shade is formed in the throat portion of the door,
A back surface portion facing the front side portion of the light source fixture is brought into contact with an inner surface of the throat portion facing the opening portion, and a peripheral edge of the front side portion of the light source fixture is contacted with an inner surface of the peripheral portion of the opening portion of the throat portion. A storehouse where the parts are in contact . Wherein the light source fitting, front portion flange projecting outwardly from the periphery of the front KiHiraki opening portion is provided on the front side portion,
Wherein the base portion have base flanges are eclipsed set,
Before SL throat the opening in the peripheral portion than the outer portion of the reservoir of the inner surface on the light source fitting of the tip portion flange outer surface according to claim 1, which is abutting the.   The storage according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the throat portion of the door is provided with a step or an inclination for forming an opening for accommodating the shade by die cutting.   The storage according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a shade for diffusing the light emitted from the light source is positioned substantially flush with a surface portion at a throat portion of the door.   The storage according to claim 1 or 4, wherein a shade for diffusing light emitted from the light source is provided at a tip of the throat portion of the door. The storage according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the light source is of a wide-angle specification that irradiates light at a wide angle.

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