JPH03241284A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow easy confirmation of temperature setting inside a refrigerator by providing means for moving color filters according to a temperature set by a temperature setting means. CONSTITUTION:A temperature setting means 7 for setting the temperature inside a refrigerator outputs a signal to control an electromagnetic plunger 6. The electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled so that each of filter materials 5a-5d of different colors is positioned at a transparent window part 3 according to the temperature in the temperature setting chamber set by the temperature setting means. A lighting color setting means 8 of the temperature setting chamber to set a lighting color inside the refrigerator also outputs a signal to control the electromagnetic plunger 6, and the electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled so that one of the filter materials 5a-5d is positioned at the transparent window part 3; the lighting color in the temperature setting chamber is varied by the set temperature. Thus, set value of temperature in the temperature setting chamber is possible to be confirmed easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a temperature setting chamber in which the internal temperature can be set.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional refrigerators have a temperature setting chamber that can change the temperature inside the refrigerator, and the temperature setting chamber can be used as either a refrigerator or a freezer. Some devices allow you to set the temperature within a range of -2 to 3 degrees Celsius using a temperature adjustment switch or the like.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In such a refrigerator, it is difficult to determine whether the temperature setting chamber is used as a refrigerator compartment or a freezing compartment, or what internal temperature the temperature setting chamber is set to. It is not possible to easily check whether the

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of this invention is to provide a refrigerator in which it is possible to easily confirm what internal temperature the temperature setting chamber is set to.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a refrigerator having a temperature setting chamber in which the temperature inside the refrigerator can be set by an internal temperature setting means. a color filter provided on the inside of the temperature setting room from the light source and having filter materials of a plurality of colors; and a color filter that illuminates the refrigerator according to the refrigerator temperature set by the refrigerator temperature setting means. A means of transportation is provided.

[Function] In this refrigerator, the color of the internal lighting in the temperature setting chamber changes depending on the set internal temperature.

[Example] Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an interior lighting device section of a temperature setting chamber of a refrigerator according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a part of the control device of the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1. be. In the figure,
l is the outer wall of the refrigerator, 2 is the inner wall of the temperature setting chamber, 3 is the inner wall 2
4 is a lamp provided between the outer wall 1 and the inner wall 2, and the lamp 4 is provided near the transparent window 3. Reference numeral 5 denotes a flat color filter mounted on the inner wall 2 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction in the first drawing, and the color filter 5 includes a dark blue filter material 5a, a light blue filter material 5b, a green filter material 5c, It has a milky white filter material 5d. Reference numeral 6 denotes an electromagnetic plunger fixed to the inner wall 2. The electromagnetic plunger 6 holds the plunger piece in a predetermined position by the amount of current, and the electromagnetic plunger 6 moves the color filter 5. 7 is an internal temperature setting means for setting the internal temperature of the temperature setting chamber, and the electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled by a signal inputted from the internal temperature setting means 7 to IJ5. +! When the set internal temperature T of the temperature setting chamber set by the temperature setting means 7 is T (-1'C), the magnetic plunger 71 is controlled so that the filter material 5a is located in the transparent window 3, and the setting Internal temperature T -1℃≦T3℃
When , the electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled so that the filter material 5b is located in the transparent window 3, and the set internal temperature T is reached.
is set to 3°C≦T (when set to 4°C, the electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled so that the filter material 5c is positioned at the transparent window 3, and when the set internal temperature T is 4°C≦T, the transparent window The electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled so that the filter material 5d is located at the third part. Reference numeral 8 denotes an interior lighting color setting means for setting the color of the interior lighting of the temperature setting chamber. The electromagnetic plunger 6 is controlled by the signal outputted from the chamber, and the electromagnetic plunger 6 can be controlled by the refrigerator interior illumination color setting means 8 so that one of the filter materials 5a to 5d is positioned in the transparent window 3 section. Reference numeral 9 denotes a changeover switch for inputting either the signal output from the refrigerator interior temperature setting means 7 or the signal output from the refrigerator interior illumination color setting means 8 to the electromagnetic plunger 6.

In this refrigerator, when the changeover switch 9 is in a state where the signal output from the internal temperature setting means 7 is input to the electromagnetic plunger 6, the set internal temperature T is T × 1°C, and the temperature setting room When used as a freezer compartment, since the filter material 5a is located in the transparent window 3, the color of the interior lighting of the temperature setting chamber becomes dark blue, and the set interior temperature T is ℃≦T<3℃. Yes, when the temperature setting chamber is used as a chilled chamber, the filter material 5b is located in the transparent window 3, so the color of the internal lighting of the temperature setting chamber becomes pale blue, and the set internal temperature T is 3℃≦T. <4℃, and when the temperature setting chamber is used as a vegetable compartment, the filter material 5C is located in the transparent window 3, so the color of the interior lighting of the temperature setting chamber becomes green, and the temperature inside the setting chamber is 41λ degrees ゛1. When ゛ is 4℃≦T and the temperature setting chamber is used as a refrigerator, the filter material 5d is located in the transparent window 3, so the color of the interior lighting of the temperature setting chamber becomes milky white, /! l! It is possible to easily check what temperature inside the temperature setting room is set. Further, when the changeover switch 9 is in a state where the signal output from the interior lighting color setting means 8 is input to the electromagnetic plunger 6, the interior lighting color setting means 8 causes the transparent window 3
Since the electromagnetic plunger 6 can be controlled so that one of the filter materials 5a to 5d is located in the temperature setting chamber, the color of the interior lighting in the temperature setting room can be changed to dark blue, light blue, green, etc.
It can be any color within milky white.

In the above embodiment, a flat color filter 5 is used, but a cylindrical color filter surrounding the lamp 4 may be used, and a motor, gears, or electromagnetic plunger, pinion, or rack may be used for the color filter. It may also move circumferentially. Further, in the above embodiment, the color filter 5 having four filter materials 5a to 5d is used, but a color filter having two or more filter materials may be used. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the electromagnetic plunger 6 is used as the moving means, but a mechanical moving means interlocked with a lever or the like of the internal temperature setting means may also be used. Furthermore, if the interior lighting in the freezer compartment, chilled compartment, vegetable compartment, and refrigerator compartment, each of which has a fixed temperature, is set to dark blue, pale blue, green, and milky white, it is possible to provide a refrigerator with a color rendering effect. .

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the refrigerator according to the present invention, the color of the internal illumination in the temperature setting chamber changes depending on the set internal temperature, so it does not matter what internal temperature the temperature setting chamber is set to. You can easily check if there are any. As described above, the effects of this invention are remarkable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an interior illumination device section of a temperature setting chamber of a refrigerator according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a part of the control device of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1. 4...Lamp 5...Color filter 6...Electromagnetic plunger 7...Inner temperature setting means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a refrigerator having a temperature setting chamber in which the temperature inside the refrigerator can be set by an internal temperature setting means, a light source for illuminating the inside of the temperature setting chamber, and a light source provided inside the temperature setting chamber from the light source and having a plurality of colors. 1. A refrigerator comprising: a color filter having a filter material; and a moving means for moving the color filter according to the internal temperature set by the internal temperature setting means.