JPH05325628A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an electric shock when a straight tube lamp brightly illuminating the inside of a refrigerator is removed by arranging switches to stop the feed of electricity to sockets when a protective cover is drifted from the position where an illumination lamp is covered. CONSTITUTION:When a refrigeration chamber door 8 is opened, a protective cover 11 is arranged at the preset position to cover an illumination lamp 7, the projection of the cover 11 presses switches 14a, 14b, electricity is fed to sockets l3a, l3b, and the lamp 7 is lighted. When the cover 11 is drifted from the preset position where the lamp 7 is covered, the projection of the cover 11 does not press the switches 14a, 14b, the feed of electricity to the sockets 13a, 13b is stopped, and the lamp 7 is turned off. When the lamp 7 such as a straight tube lamp is used, the inside of a refrigerator can be brightly illuminated. When the switches 14a, 14b are arranged to stop the feed of electricity to the sockets 13a, 13b when the cover 11 is drifted from the preset position, such problem as an electric shock when the lamp 7 is used can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with an illuminating lamp for illuminating food items stored in a refrigerating room, a freezing room or the like in a refrigerator used for home or business.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in household refrigerators and the like, the demand for large-capacity refrigerators has increased with the increase in storage capacity. In addition, due to the sophistication of houses, the diversification of housing equipment and furniture, and the orientation toward living comfortably, so-called electric appliances such as refrigerators are not only required to have simple functions but also as a part of furniture or as an ornament. The voice that wants the added value of is increasing recently.

Also, the foods stored in the refrigerator have become rich in variety with the diversification of palatability, and the appearance packaging has become colorful and beautiful so as to further arouse the appetite. In addition, the food itself is packaged to look fresher and more beautiful with color rendering, as seen in modern kitchen or dining room lighting. On the other hand, conventional refrigerators generally use an incandescent light bulb only for illuminating the hands of a sewing machine or the like to illuminate the inside of the refrigerator.

[0004]

However, in the incandescent light bulb such as a sewing machine (hereinafter referred to as a sewing machine bulb) used in the above-mentioned conventional refrigerator, there is a problem that the illuminance is low and the inside of the refrigerator is dark and difficult to see. Further, as described above, as the size of the refrigerator becomes larger, the sewing machine bulb has a problem in that the light does not reach the peripheral portion of the refrigerator room and the contents described on the packaging of foods are difficult to visually recognize.

Therefore, when a straight tube lamp such as a linked lamp is used instead of the sewing machine ball in order to make the inside of the chamber bright and to make it easy to visually check the contents described on the packaging of food and foods, both ends of the straight tube lamp are used. A socket for supplying electricity is provided, and when a straight tube lamp is inserted in one socket when a straight tube lamp is removed and a person touches the current part of the straight tube lamp on the opposite side, an electric shock can occur. There is a risk that there is a property.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a refrigerator capable of providing bright illumination in the refrigerator and preventing electric shock when the illumination lamp such as a straight tube lamp is removed.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, a refrigerator according to the present invention comprises an illuminating lamp, a socket for supplying electricity to the illuminating lamp, and a removable protective cover provided to cover the illuminating lamp. And a switch arranged so as to stop the supply of electricity to the socket when the protective cover is displaced from the position covering the illuminating lamp.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when the protective cover is in the position for covering the predetermined illuminating lamp, electricity is supplied to the socket to turn on the illuminating lamp, and the protective cover is displaced from the position for covering the predetermined illuminating lamp. At this time, the switch stops the supply of electricity to the socket and turns off the illumination lamp. Therefore, if the protective cover is removed when the illuminating lamp is removed, the supply of electricity to the socket is stopped and there is no risk of electric shock.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A refrigerator according to 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 freezer compartment, and 3 is a refrigerator.
Is a refrigerating room, 4 is a refrigerating room mainly storing vegetables and the like (hereinafter referred to as a vegetable room), and the freezing room 2 and the refrigerating room 3 are partitioned walls 5
The refrigerator compartment 3 and the vegetable compartment 4 are partitioned by a partition wall 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes an illuminating lamp, which is arranged on a partition wall 1 a that constitutes the ceiling of the refrigerator body 1. In addition, 8 is a freezer compartment door, 9 is a refrigerator compartment door, and 10 is a vegetable compartment door.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the inside of the freezer compartment 2,
Is a removable protective cover provided so as to cover the illumination lamp 7. The position where the illuminating lamp 7 is arranged is the partition wall 1a in this embodiment, but various lighting effects can be obtained by arranging the illuminating lamp 7 on the partition walls 5, 6 and other places, or by disposing a plurality of them. It can be obtained and can be changed according to the size and shape of the refrigerator or the design contents of each room in the refrigerator.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a lighting portion arranged on a partition wall 1a which constitutes the ceiling of the refrigerator main body 1,
Reference numeral 12 is a protective member fixed to the partition wall 1a,
3a and 13b are disposed at both ends of the illumination lamp 7 and
Is a socket for supplying electricity to the illuminating lamp 7 by inserting, and 14a and 14b are switches for controlling the supply of electricity. The protective cover 11 is detachably attached to the holding member 12 by a claw or a boss so as to cover the illumination lamp 7.

The operation of the refrigerator configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the freezer compartment door 8 is closed, the supply of electricity to the sockets 13a and 13b is stopped and the lamp 7 is turned off. When opened, electricity is supplied to the lamp 7 and turned on. It is supposed to do. The operation when the freezer compartment door 8 is opened will be described below.

First, when the protective cover 11 is arranged at a predetermined position so as to cover the illuminating lamp 7, for example, the convex portions 11a and 11b of the protective cover 11 press the switches 14a and 14b to supply electricity to the sockets 13a and 13b. Then, the illumination lamp 7 is turned on.

Next, when the protective cover 11 is displaced from a predetermined position for covering the illumination lamp 7, the convex portions 11a, 11 of the protective cover 11 are displaced.
b does not press the switches 14a and 14b, the supply of electricity to the sockets 13a and 13b is stopped, and the illumination lamp 7 is turned off.

As described above, the interior of the refrigerator can be brightly illuminated by using the illumination lamp 7 such as the straight tube lamp as in the above embodiment, and when the illumination 7 such as the straight tube lamp is used. For problems such as electric shock, holding member 12, socket 13
a, 13b, switches 14a, 14b, protective cover 1
1, can be prevented by providing the illumination lamp 7.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, an illuminating lamp, a socket for supplying electricity to the illuminating lamp, a detachable protective cover provided to cover the illuminating lamp, and the protective cover for the illuminating lamp. Since it is composed of a switch arranged to stop the supply of electricity to the socket when it is deviated from the position where it covers, there is a risk of electric shock to lighting lamps such as straight tube lamps that brightly illuminate the inside of the refrigerator. It can be used safely without it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the inside of the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a lighting portion of the refrigerator.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the refrigerator in which a protective cover covers an illumination lamp.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the refrigerator in which a protective cover does not cover an illumination lamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Lighting lamp 11 Protective cover 13a, 13b Socket 14a, 14b Switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An illuminating lamp, a socket for supplying electricity to the illuminating lamp, a removable protective cover provided so as to cover the illuminating lamp, and the protective cover when the protective cover is displaced from a position where the illuminating lamp is covered. A refrigerator provided with a switch arranged to stop the supply of electricity to the socket.