JP7137296B2 - Refrigerator, panel material - Google Patents

Description

This embodiment relates to a refrigerator and a panel member.

Conventionally, in order to improve the design, a decorative plate may be provided on the surface of the housing. See Patent Document 1).

JP 2016-50760 A

In a refrigerator having a panel member on the door, from the viewpoint of improving the design, decorations such as lustering, lustering, and mirror finishing are implemented around the panel member by parts other than the panel member. ing.

The present embodiment provides a refrigerator capable of improving the design without relying on parts other than the panel parts, and a panel member that constitutes the refrigerator.

A refrigerator according to this embodiment includes a door that opens and closes a storage compartment, and a panel member that constitutes the door. The panel member has a plurality of print areas on the back side . Each of the printing areas is provided with different types of decoration means. The print area includes a first print area and a second print area narrower than the first print area, and the first print area is provided with a first decoration means as the decoration means, The second printing area is provided with a second decorating means as the decorating means, and the first decorating means and the second decorating means are arranged at the boundary between the first printing area and the second printing area. The first decoration means overlaps the second decoration means so as to cover the second decoration means from the back side, and when the panel member is viewed from the front side, the second decoration means can be seen, and the first decoration means is A portion covering the second decorating means from the back side is hidden by the second decorating means .

A front view schematically showing a configuration example of a refrigerator according to the present embodiment. The back view which shows the structural example of a panel member roughly Vertical cross-sectional side view schematically showing a configuration example of a handle portion of a door and its peripheral portion FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view schematically showing a configuration example of a main part of the panel member; Diagram showing an example of a printed pattern of metallic paint (part 1) Diagram showing an example of a printed pattern of metallic paint (Part 2) Diagram showing an example of a printed pattern of metallic paint (No. 3) Diagram showing an example of a printed pattern of metallic paint (No. 4) Diagram showing an example of a printed pattern of metallic paint (No. 5) FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a printed circuit board provided in the operation panel; The figure which shows roughly the structural example of the corner part of a panel member. Cross-sectional view of the tip of the panel member showing an example of specifying the printing range of the metallic paint

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, it demonstrates, referring drawings for one Embodiment which concerns on a refrigerator and a panel member. A refrigerator 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 uses a panel member 2 as a front plate of a door for opening and closing a storage compartment, that is, as a decorative plate. Refrigerator 1 is composed of a heat-insulating cabinet, in which a refrigerating compartment 3 and a vegetable compartment 4 are provided in this order from the top. They are provided side by side on the left and right, and a lower freezer compartment 7 is provided at the bottom. Of these, the refrigerator compartment 3 and the vegetable compartment 4 are storage compartments for refrigerating temperature zones, and the ice making compartment 5, upper freezing compartment 6 and lower freezing compartment 7 are storage compartments for freezing temperature zones.

These refrigerating compartment 3, vegetable compartment 4, ice making compartment 5, upper freezing compartment 6 and lower freezing compartment 7 are storage compartments having front openings which are opened and closed by doors as is well known. The refrigerating chamber 3 is provided side by side, and has a left door 3a that rotates about the left end side and is provided with an operation panel 8 that is touch-operated by the user, and a right door 3b that rotates about the right end side. The front opening is opened and closed by and. The vegetable compartment 4, the ice making compartment 5, the upper freezing compartment 6 and the lower freezing compartment 7 are each opened in front by a drawer type vegetable compartment door 4a, ice making compartment door 5a, upper freezing compartment door 6a and lower freezing compartment door 7a. is opened and closed.

The left ends of the left door 3a, the vegetable compartment door 4a, the ice making compartment door 5a and the lower freezer compartment door 7a are aligned on the same straight line. The right ends of the right door 3b, the vegetable compartment door 4a, the upper freezer compartment door 6a, and the lower freezer compartment door 7a are aligned on the same straight line. Further, the left door 3a and the ice making compartment door 5a are set to have the same width. Moreover, the right door 3b and the upper freezer compartment door 6a are set to have the same width. Therefore, the gap between the left door 3a and the right door 3b is located on the same straight line as the gap between the ice making compartment door 5a and the upper freezer compartment door 6a.

A panel member 2 is provided on the front surface of each door. In this embodiment, the panel member 2 is in a state of being supported by a frame (not shown) that serves as a support portion thereof. Moreover, the panel members 2 are provided on all the doors positioned on the front surface of the refrigerator 1, respectively. Note that the panel member 2 may be configured to be provided only on some doors of the refrigerator 1 . Further, the panel member 2 is adhered to the front side of the door by an adhesive member (not shown) composed of, for example, an adhesive tape.

The panel member 2 is formed in a generally quadrangular shape from a plate material made of tempered glass manufactured by, for example, an air-cooling tempering method. In the present embodiment, tempered glass that satisfies, for example, JIS R 3206 of the Japan Collaborative Standards is referred to as tempered glass. The panel member 2 has a front surface that is viewed by the user and a rear surface opposite to the front surface.

The panel member 2 can have a configuration in which the ends, that is, the four sides of a square shape are chamfered on both the front side and the back side. This chamfering is preferably a wide chamfering process in which the width of the chamfered portion in a front view, that is, the width of the inclined surface is easily visually recognized in order to enhance the design. When chamfering is performed, at least one side of the panel member 2 may be chamfered, or two or more sides may be chamfered. Moreover, the panel member 2 may be chamfered in common on each of the four sides, or may be chamfered differently. Further, the panel member 2 can be configured such that the corner portions, that is, the four corners of the square shape are also chamfered. The chamfering at the corner portion of the panel member 2 may be linear chamfering, so-called C-chamfering, or curved chamfering, so-called R-chamfering.

Next, the details of the panel member 2 will be described. As illustrated in FIG. 2 , a plurality of, in this case, two print areas R1 and R2 are provided on the back side of the panel member 2 . The rear surface of the panel member 2 is the surface facing the door, that is, the front surface of the door. This panel member 2 is attached to the front surface of a vegetable compartment door 4a having a handle portion 4b on which a user puts his or her fingers, as illustrated in FIG. It is provided in a thin linear shape along the upper end portion arranged on the side of the handle portion 4b among the upper and lower end portions of the . In addition, the printing area R1 is provided continuously across the left and right end portions of the panel member 2 . Note that the print area R1 may be intermittently provided between the left and right end portions of the panel member 2 . On the other hand, the print area R2 is provided in a portion of the back surface of the panel member 2 other than the print area R1. In this embodiment, the entire back surface of the panel member 2 other than the printing area R1 is the printing area R2.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, different types of paints P1 and P2 are printed on these print regions R1 and R2, respectively. In this embodiment, the paints P1 and P2 are printed on the back surface of the panel member 2 by well-known screen printing. The method of printing the paint is not limited to screen printing, and various printing methods such as spraying can be employed.

The paint P1 printed on the printing region R1 is a metallic paint containing a metallic material, so-called mirror ink. The paint P1 is hereinafter referred to as "metallic paint P1". In this embodiment, the metallic paint P1 contains, for example, powdered aluminum as the metallic material. Note that the metal material contained in the metal material P1 is not limited to aluminum.

The paint P2 printed on the printing region R2 is, for example, paint for coloring the panel member 2, and is, for example, general solvent ink. The paint P2 is hereinafter referred to as "coloring paint P2". The coloring paint P2 may or may not contain a metallic material. In this embodiment, the coloring paint P2 is printed on the entire back surface of the panel member 2 including the printing area R1 after the metallic paint P1 is printed on the printing area R1. Therefore, on the rear surface of the panel member 2, the metallic paint P1 is entirely overlapped with the other coloring paint P2. At least a part of the metallic paint P1 may be overlapped with another coloring paint P2.

For the metal paint P1 and the coloring paint P2, specularity for reflecting light, reflectance for reflecting light, luminance, color, surface roughness after printing, irregular reflectivity for diffusely reflecting light, and transparency for transmitting light Various properties such as are different. It is sufficient that the metallic paint P1 has at least specularity different from that of the other paints. The metallic paint P1 is different from the other paints in at least the specularity, so that the way it shines when exposed to light, that is, the so-called sparkle feeling is superior to the other paints. Although not shown, the panel members 2 attached to the doors other than the vegetable compartment door 4a are similarly coated with a plurality of types of paints having mutually different properties, at least specularity, such as metallic paint P1 and coloring paint. The panel member 2 printed with P2 can be used.

According to this embodiment, the panel member 2 constituting the front panel of the door, that is, the front surface of the refrigerator 1, has a plurality of printed areas R1 and R2. is applied with a coloring paint P2 which is a different kind of paint from the metal paint P1. That is, the panel member 2 itself is coated with various decorative paints. Therefore, it is possible to improve the design without relying on parts other than the panel part 2 .

Further, according to the present embodiment, the metallic paint P1 and the coloring paint P2 have different specularities at least. According to this configuration, the printed area R1 printed with the metallic paint P1 and the printed area R2 printed with the coloring paint P2 can form different brilliance, so-called sparkling feeling, and design. can be further improved. In particular, in the present embodiment, at least one paint is composed of the metallic paint P1 containing a metallic material, so that the printed area R1 printed with the metallic paint P1 provides a more glittering design. be able to.

Further, according to the present embodiment, both the metallic paint P1 and the coloring paint P2 are printed on the back side of the panel member 2 . According to this configuration, since the metallic paint P1 and the coloring paint P2 are not exposed on the front side of the door, that is, on the front side of the refrigerator 1, the paint can be prevented from being damaged or peeled off. , the beautiful appearance can be maintained for a long time.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the metallic paint P1 entirely overlaps the coloring paint P2. According to this configuration, it is possible to avoid the formation of a gap where the paint is not printed between the print area R1 and the print area R2, thereby further improving the design. Further, according to the present embodiment, the colorant paint P2 is printed so as to cover the entire metallic paint P1, so that the metallic paint P1, which has a more sparkling feeling, can be protected by the coloring paint P2. .

A part of the metal paint P1, for example, a side portion on the side of the printing area R2, may be covered with the coloring paint P2. It is possible to avoid the formation of gaps between which paint is not printed. Moreover, the metallic paint P1 can be protected in the portion covered with the colorant paint P2, and the peeling of the metallic paint P1 from this portion can be prevented. Further, the panel member 2 may have a structure in which a protective layer, a suppressing layer, or the like is further provided so as to cover the coloring paint P2.

Further, according to this embodiment, the metallic paint P1 is printed along the handle portion 4b of the vegetable compartment door 4a. According to this configuration, it is possible to form a highly glittering area along the hand portion 4b where the user puts his or her fingers when opening and closing the door, thereby further improving the design. This configuration can also be applied to doors other than the vegetable compartment door 4a.

It should be noted that the present embodiment is not limited to the one embodiment described above, and may be expanded or modified as follows, for example. For example, the panel member 2 may be configured such that at least one of the plurality of print areas is printed with the metallic paint P1, and other print areas are not printed with paint.

5 to 9, when the refrigerator 1 is provided with a plurality of doors 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a, each of the doors 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a, The panel members 2 provided in 6a and 7a may be configured to be printed with the metallic paint P1. In this case, the metallic paint P1 should be arranged on the same straight line in the doors adjacent to each other. In addition, in the configuration examples shown in FIGS. 5 to 9, the portion where the metallic paint P1 is printed is indicated by a thick line for the sake of convenience.

In the configuration example shown in FIG. 5, the upper end portions of the panel members 2 of the ice making compartment door 5a and the upper freezer compartment door 6a, which are laterally adjacent to each other, are printed with a metallic paint P1. P1 and the metal paint P2 of the upper freezer compartment door 6a are arranged in the same straight line extending in the horizontal direction. In addition, in the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 5, not only the vegetable compartment door 4a but also the panel member 2 of the lower freezer compartment door 7a is printed with the metallic paint P1 along the unillustrated handle portion.

In the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 6, the panel members 2 provided on the doors 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a, 6a, and 7a are all printed with the metallic paint P1 along their four sides. there is According to this configuration, along the left ends of vertically adjacent doors 3a, 4a, 5a, and 7a, and along the right ends of vertically adjacent doors 3b, 4a, 6a, and 7a, linearly aligned. You can create a design that feels good. In addition, in the central part of the refrigerator 1, although the vegetable compartment door 4a is sandwiched, a linear design is formed along the right edges of the doors 3a and 5a and along the left edges of the doors 3b and 6a. can do. In addition, along the upper and lower ends of the doors 3a and 3b adjacent in the left and right direction, and along the upper and lower ends of the doors 5a and 6a adjacent in the left and right direction, a design with a linear sense of unity is formed. can be done.

In the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 7, the panel member 2 provided on the door 3a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its upper and left sides, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 3b has its upper and right sides printed with The panel member 2 provided on the door 4a is printed with the metallic paint P1 along its left and right sides, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 5a is printed with the metallic paint P1 along its left side. The panel member 2 provided on the door 6a is printed with the metallic paint P1 along its right side, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 7a is printed with the metallic paint P1 along its lower, left and right sides. ing.

According to this configuration example, along the left ends of vertically adjacent doors 3a, 4a, 5a, and 7a, and along the right ends of vertically adjacent doors 3b, 4a, 6a, and 7a, linearly A design with a sense of unity can be formed. In addition, along the upper ends of the doors 3a and 3b adjacent in the left-right direction, a linear design with a sense of unity can be formed. Further, when viewed as the refrigerator 1 as a whole, it is possible to form a design in which the front four sides of the refrigerator 1 are surrounded by the metallic paint P1.

In the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 8, the panel member 2 provided on the door 3a has the metallic paint P1 printed along the left side thereof, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 3b has the metallic paint P1 printed along the right side thereof. P1 is printed, the panel member 2 provided on the door 4a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its left and right sides, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 5a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its left side. The panel member 2 provided on the door 6a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its right side, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 7a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its left and right sides.

According to this configuration example, along the left ends of vertically adjacent doors 3a, 4a, 5a, and 7a, and along the right ends of vertically adjacent doors 3b, 4a, 6a, and 7a, linearly A design with a sense of unity can be formed. In addition, when viewed as the refrigerator 1 as a whole, it is possible to form a design in which the front surface of the refrigerator 1 is sandwiched between the metal paints P1 on the left end and the right end.

According to the configuration examples illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 8, in a refrigerator having a plurality of doors, the metallic paints P1 on adjacent doors are positioned on the same straight line. As a result, a design with a sense of unity can be formed between the adjacent doors, and the appearance and design of the refrigerator 1 can be improved.

In the configuration example illustrated in FIG. 9, a refrigerating chamber 3 is provided in order from the top, and an ice making chamber 5 and an upper freezing chamber 6 are provided side by side below the refrigerating chamber 3. A lower freezer compartment 7 is provided below the freezer compartment 5 and the upper freezer compartment 6 , and a vegetable compartment 4 is provided below the lower freezer compartment 7 . That is, two sets of doors 3a, 3b and doors 5a, 6a adjacent in the left-right direction are provided on the upper side of the refrigerator 1, and doors 7a, 4a are provided vertically adjacent to each other under them. there is

In this configuration example, the panel member 2 provided on the door 3a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its right side, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 3b has the metallic paint P1 printed along its left side. The panel member 2 provided on the door 5a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its right side, and the panel member 2 provided on the door 6a has the metallic paint P1 printed along its left side.

According to this configuration example, in the central part of the refrigerator 1, along the right edges of the doors 3a and 5a and along the left edges of the doors 3b and 6a, a design that gives a sense of linear unity can be formed. can. In addition, when viewed as the refrigerator 1 as a whole, a design that gives a sense of unity linearly can be formed in the central portion of the refrigerator 1 .

The operation panel 8 is composed of so-called capacitive touch switches, and has a plurality of electrodes 21 on the surface of a printed circuit board 20 as shown in FIG. The printed circuit board 20 is mainly composed of, for example, a transparent film member. A plurality of electrodes 21 are provided according to various buttons provided on the operation panel 8, and wires 22 are provided for each electrode.

When such a printed circuit board 20 is provided inside the door, the metallic paint P1 is preferably printed at a position different from the part facing the electrode 21 in the panel member 2 in particular. That is, the metallic paint P1 is preferably printed so as to be positioned at a predetermined distance from the electrodes 21 so that the electrodes 21 do not have an electrical influence. As a result, deterioration of the metallic paint P1 due to electrical influence from the electrode 21 can be avoided. In addition, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of erroneous detection due to the electrical influence of the metal paint P1 on the electrode 21 .

Also, the metallic paint P1 is preferably printed so as to be positioned at a predetermined distance from the wiring 22 as well. As a result, it is possible to prevent the electrical influence from the wiring 22 from reaching the metallic paint P1, thereby further suppressing the deterioration of the metallic paint P1 and the occurrence of erroneous detection. If, for example, the metal paint P1 must be provided in the vicinity of the electrodes 21 and the wiring 22 for convenience of design, an electrical insulator is provided between the electrodes 21 and the wiring 22 and the metal paint P1. configuration. As a result, even if the distance between the electrode 21 or the wiring 22 and the metal paint P1 is close enough to cause an electrical influence, the shielding effect of the electrical insulator will prevent the metal paint P1 from deteriorating or malfunctioning. Detection can be avoided. It should be noted that instead of the electrical insulator, an electrically insulating paint may be printed on the back side of the metallic paint P1.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 11, when printing the metallic paints P1 on different sides of the panel member 2, the metallic paints P1 printed on the respective sides are printed on the corners 2c of the panel member 2 so as not to overlap each other. should be That is, according to screen printing, the plate in the first printing direction A1 includes the corner portion 2c of the panel member 2 as a printing portion, and the plate in the second printing direction A2 includes the corner portion 2c of the panel member 2 as a printing portion. A non-inclusive version can easily be made. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain a configuration in which the metal paint P1 does not overlap at the corner portion 2c of the panel member 2. FIG. In the configuration in which the metallic paint P1 is overlapped on the corner portion 2c of the panel member 2, the thickness of the metallic paint P1 is increased at that portion, which may become an obstacle when attaching to the front surface of the door. Therefore, by using the panel member 2 in which the metallic paint P1 does not overlap at the corner portion 2c, the panel member 2 can be attached to the front surface of the door with high accuracy.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the panel member 2 may be configured to have an inclined surface 2a by, for example, chamfering the end. When the inclined surface 2a is provided at the end of the panel member 2, the metallic paint P1 is preferably printed on the central area of the inclined surface 2a with respect to the leading end thereof.

In this case, the inclined surface 2 a is linearly inclined from the front surface of the panel member 2 toward the rear surface side, but does not reach the rear surface of the panel member 2 . The panel member 2 has an arcuate portion 2b having an arcuate cross-section on the distal end side of the inclined surface 2a. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the tip portion of the inclined surface 2a serves as a boundary portion between the inclined surface 2a and the arcuate portion 2b.

Then, the metallic paint P1 can be printed on an appropriate area on the central side of the tip of the inclined surface 2a. That is, the Kinzo paint P1 may be printed, for example, in an area central to the line La, may be printed in an area central to the line Lb, or may be printed in an area central to the line Lc. You may print. The line La is a line extending in the plate thickness direction of the panel member 2 from the tip of the inclined surface 2a, and the line Lc is the base end of the inclined surface 2a, that is, the boundary between the surface of the panel member 2 and the inclined surface 2a. A line Lb is a line extending in the plate thickness direction of the panel member 2 from a portion of the panel member 2, and the line Lb extends from an appropriate position between the line La and the line Lc, for example, an intermediate position between the line La and the line Lc to the plate thickness of the panel member 2. A line extending in the direction of

Furthermore, the metallic paint P1 may be configured to be printed, for example, on the leading end side of the line Ld. The line Ld can be set at an appropriate position on the central side of any one of the lines La to Lc. Assuming that the length to the end is "D", it is set at a distance of "2×D" from the tip of the arc-shaped portion 2b of the panel member 2, and extends along the plate thickness direction of the panel member 2. ing. This line Ld is defined as a line that defines the border of the printed area of the metallic paint P1 on the central side of the panel member 2 . On the other hand, the aforementioned lines La to Lc are defined as lines that define the boundary of the front end side of the panel member 2 with respect to the printed area of the metallic paint P1.

A refrigerator according to this embodiment includes a door that opens and closes a storage compartment, and a panel member that constitutes the door. The panel member has a plurality of print areas, and the print areas each have a different Kinds of paints are printed. According to this configuration, it is possible to improve the design without relying on parts other than the panel parts.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. This novel embodiment can be embodied in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications 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 scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, 1 is a refrigerator, 2 is a panel member, 2a is an inclined surface, 3 is a refrigerator compartment (storeroom), 3a is a refrigerator compartment door (door), 4 is a vegetable compartment (storeroom), 4a is a vegetable compartment door ( Door), 4b is a handle, 5 is an ice making chamber (storage chamber), 5a is an ice making chamber door (door), 6 is an upper freezing chamber (storage chamber), 6a is an upper freezing chamber door (door), and 7 is a lower freezer. 7a is a lower freezer compartment door (door), 8 is an operation panel, 21 is an electrode, R1 and R2 are printing areas, P1 is a metal material (paint), and P2 is a coloring paint (paint). .

Claims (12)

a door for opening and closing the storage room;
and a panel member that constitutes the door,
The panel member has a plurality of print areas on the back side,
Each of the printing areas is provided with different types of decoration means,
Having a first print area and a second print area narrower than the first print area as the print area,
A first decorating means is provided as the decorating means in the first printing area,
A second decorating means is provided as the decorating means in the second printing area,
The first decorating means and the second decorating means overlap at a boundary portion between the first printing area and the second printing area so that the first decorating means covers the second decorating means from the back side,
When the panel member is viewed from the front side, the second decoration means can be seen, and the portion of the first decoration means covering the second decoration means from the back side is hidden by the second decoration means. refrigerator. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said decorating means have different specularities. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein at least part of said decorating means overlaps with other said decorating means. 4. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of said decorating means is metallic paint containing a metallic material. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the metallic paint is printed along the handle portion of the door. The door is provided with an operation panel having electrodes,
6. The refrigerator according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the metallic paint is printed on a portion of the panel member that is different from a portion facing the electrode. A plurality of the doors are provided,
The metallic paint is printed on each of the panel members constituting the door,
7. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the metal paints are positioned on the same straight line in the doors adjacent to each other. 8. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the metallic paints are printed on different sides of the panel member, and the metallic paints printed on the respective sides do not overlap at corners of the panel member. Refrigerator as described. 9. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein said panel member is formed in a square shape having four sides, and at least one side is printed with said metallic paint. The panel member has an inclined surface at the end,
10. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 4 to 9, wherein the metallic paint is printed on the central side of the tip portion of the inclined surface. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the panel member is made of tempered glass. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the panel member constitutes a front plate of the door.

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