JPH0534057A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To brightly light up the interior of a refrigerator at all times and obtain an impression integral with the interior thereof so as to make it look more attractive by disposing in-refrigerator lamps inside the front faces of intermediate partitions which divide the interior of the main body of the refrigerator into a plurality of compartments and transferring a transfer foil onto the rear face of each of in-refrigerator lamp covers when said covers are injection-molded. CONSTITUTION:The interior of the main body of a refrigerator is divided into a plurality of compartments by vertically formed intermediate partitions, each consisting of sheet metal parts 7 and U-like molded article parts 8. In this case, sockets 5a for in-refrigerator lamps 5 are inserted into mounting holes 8a of the molded article parts 8 and are fixed thereto. In addition, lead wires 12 and connectors 13 for the sockets 5a are held in a recess portion 9a of a heat-insulating material 9 housed in the interior of the molded article parts 8. Further, claws 6a of an in-refrigerator lamp cover 6 are inserted between the molded article parts 8 and a partition plate 10 and are fixed thereto. In other words, the in-refrigerator lamps 5 are disposed inside the front faces of the intermediate partitions. The in-refrigerator lamp covers 6 are formed by the injection molding of a transparent plastic material, and a transfer foil is simultaneously transferred by molding on the rear face of each of the covers 6 at the processing time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator interior light.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a conventional refrigerator interior light disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 57-79386, in which 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a freezer compartment, and 3 is a freezer compartment. Is a refrigerating compartment, 4 is a partition wall that divides the freezing compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3 and has an insulating property, 5 is an interior lamp, and 6 is a transparent interior lamp cover.

Next, the operation will be described. When the refrigerating compartment door (not shown) is opened, the interior of the refrigerating compartment 3 is brightened by the interior light 5 provided on the partition wall 4, and food can be taken in and out easily. When the freezer compartment door (not shown) is opened, the freezer compartment 2
Since the light of the interior lamp 5 is radiated through the transparent shield plate 6, the freezer compartment 2 is also brightened and food can be taken in and out easily. The partition wall 4 is composed of a heat insulating material that divides the freezer compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3, and the mounting portion of the interior light 5 is the freezer compartment 2.
And the refrigerator lamp 3 is penetrated, and the inside lamp 5 is arranged inside thereof.

[0004]

Since the conventional refrigerator interior light 5 is constructed as described above, food may block the front of the interior light depending on the amount of food stored in the refrigerator and the storage location. There is a case where the inside of the refrigerator is not illuminated brightly, and there is a manufacturing problem caused by providing the heat insulating wall 4 with a through portion.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is possible to always illuminate the interior brightly regardless of the load amount of the preserved food in the refrigerator or the storage location, and to improve the design. To aim.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Claim 1 according to the present invention
In the refrigerator, the refrigerator main body is divided into compartments by a partitioning section, and includes a compartment light provided inside the front surface of the partitioning section.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator according to the first aspect, further comprising an interior lamp cover that forms a space in front of the partition, and the interior lamp cover is used for injection molding. It is molded and transferred from the back side with a transfer foil.

[0008]

In the refrigerator according to the first aspect of the present invention, the light of the interior light is not blocked by the food, and the interior of the refrigerator can always be illuminated brightly.

In the refrigerator according to the second aspect of the present invention, the interior light cover has a sense of unity with the interior of the refrigerator and is good-looking.

[0010]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the figure, 1 to 5 are exactly the same as the conventional refrigerator. Reference numeral 5a is a socket of the interior light 5, 6 is an interior light cover that transmits light, and 6a is a through hole provided in the interior light cover 6 at a position hidden from the front with the interior light cover 6 attached. Holes and 7 are sheet metal parts that form a vertical partitioning section that divides the refrigerator body 1, and are fixed to the refrigerator body 1 with screws. Reference numeral 8 denotes a U-shaped molded part that constitutes the vertical partition, and 8a denotes a hole provided on the back side of the U-shaped molded part 8 for mounting the interior light socket 5a. The interior light socket 5a is inserted into the mounting hole portion 8a in a sideways state, and after insertion, is rotated 90 ° downward and fixed. Reference numeral 9 is a heat insulating material having elasticity installed inside the U-shaped molded part 8, and 9a is a lead wire 1 of the interior light socket 5a.
2 is a recess provided in the heat insulating material 9 for housing the lead wire connector 13, 10 is a partition plate that divides the inside of the freezer compartment 2 into left and right, and 11 is a shelf for storing food in the freezer compartment 2.
It should be noted that the in-compartment shelf 11 is installed deeper than the vertical partitioning section. The interior light cover 6 is provided with a claw-shaped molded part 8 forming a vertical partitioning part and a claw portion 6a of the interior light cover 6 shown in FIG. Partition plate 1
It is inserted and fixed in the 0 hole portion 10a. 14 is the main body 1
Is a vegetable compartment defined on the lower right side of the main body 1, and 15 is a bottle compartment defined on the lower left side of the main body 1. It should be noted that the illumination of the refrigerating compartment 3 is provided by an interior lamp (not shown) provided on the back surface of the refrigerating compartment 3.
In addition, the vegetable compartment 14 and the bottle compartment 15 are not provided with an interior light.

When the freezer compartment door (not shown) is opened, the interior light 5 is turned on to illuminate the interior of the freezer compartment 2 brighter than before, and food stored on the interior shelf 11 can be easily taken in and out. And since the inside lamp 5 is located in front of the main body 1, the light of the inside lamp 5 is not hidden by the food to be stored, so that the inside of the inside lamp can always be brightly illuminated, and a plurality of vertical lights can be provided. Since the individual interior lamps 5 are provided, the interior of the freezer compartment 2 can be evenly illuminated.

After the lead wires 5b and 12 of the interior lamp 5 are connected by the connector 13, they are inserted into the recess 9a of the heat insulating material 9 through the hole 8a on the back surface of the molded part 8 forming the vertical partition. Since the internal light socket 5a is attached to the hole 8a, the lead wires 5b and 12 and the connector 13 are not visible and the design is improved.

When the interior lamp 5 is continuously turned on for some reason, the internal temperature of the interior lamp 5 rises due to the heat generation of the interior lamp 5 and the peripheral components are thermally deformed. A plurality of through holes 6a are provided to allow heat to escape and prevent thermal deformation. Further, it is arranged at a position where the through hole 8a is hidden from the front in terms of design.

The interior light cover 6 is arranged at least within a range B (FIG. 2) smaller than the range A (FIG. 2) of the movable range of the left and right interior shelves 11, as shown in FIG. As a result, the internal shelf 11 can be pulled out to the front as in the conventional case.

Example 2. In the above embodiment, only the room on the right side of the freezer compartment 2 is illuminated, but the part of the partition plate 10 facing the interior light cover 6 is illuminated with light in the same manner as the interior light cover 6. A transparent member may be used so that not only the right-side freezing compartment 2 but also the left-side freezing compartment 2 can be illuminated.

Embodiment 3. Further, in the above embodiment, the interior lamp 5 is provided on the back surface of the vertical partition of the freezer compartment 2, but the refrigerator compartment 3, the vegetable compartment 14 and the bottle compartment 15 may be used. Has the same effect as.

Embodiment 4. Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a refrigerator provided with the interior light cover of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a detailed cross-sectional view of the essential part of FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a manufacturing procedure diagram of the interior light cover of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a single unit as seen from the back side of the interior lamp cover of the present invention. Reference numeral 24 denotes an inner box that is formed by processing a plastic material such as ABS resin by a vacuum forming method and is colored white so as to have a clean feeling in the refrigerator. 7
Is a partition plate where the freezer compartment is divided into the freezer compartment 2 and the ice room 25. Reference numerals 25a and 25b are an ice room shelf and an ice creamer housed in the ice room 25. Reference numeral 2a denotes a plurality of stages of freezer compartments in which frozen foods and the like arranged in arbitrary positions above and below are stored and mounted in the freezer stocker room 3. Reference numeral 4 denotes a white-colored partition wall which is provided at the front end of the intermediate partition plate 7 and which is molded by injection molding with a plastic material such as ABS resin filled with a foamed heat insulating material such as polyurethane foam. is there. Reference numeral 6 denotes a light cover inside the chamber, which is provided at the front end of the partition plate 7 and is a transparent plastic material having transparency such as PMMA and AS resin, which is formed by transferring the transfer foil 13 at the same time during the injection molding process. is there. 6b is a flat portion of the interior lamp cover 6 which is printed with the interior color 6c (for example, white) on the back surface at the time of molding and transferring, and is a transfer foil 26 having a hidden paying property such as aluminum vapor deposition and a reflective property from the back surface. It has a glossy pattern 6d. Reference numeral 5 denotes an interior lamp which is vertically arranged in a space portion 17 formed by the partition wall 4, the intermediate partition plate 7 and the interior lamp cover 6. Reference numeral 18 denotes an inclined portion where the light-transmitting portion of the interior lamp cover 6 is formed. At the time of molding transfer to the back surface, as shown in FIG. 9, the vicinity of the interior lamp 5 has a relatively dark color transparency. As the milky white 19 is separated from the interior light 5, the light milky white 19 with transparency is gradation-processed and provided with a uniform brightness from the inclined portion 18 of the interior light cover 6 when the interior light 5 is turned on. The interior of the freezer compartment 2 is illuminated. FIG. 8 is a manufacturing state of the internal light cover 6 in the simultaneous molding and transfer system, which is composed of a movable die 20, a fixed die 21 and a PET film, for example, a transfer foil 26 having a pattern of 38 .mu. At the same time as the transfer, the transfer foil 26 is set in the mold and the interior light cover 6
The printed pattern is attached to the back of the molded product. 22 is a resin injection port at the time of molding. As described above, the fourth embodiment of the present invention
When the internal lamp 5 is turned on, the freezing chamber 2 can be illuminated uniformly and brightly rearward in the directions of arrows A and B from the inclined portion 18 where the transparent portion of the internal lamp cover 6 is formed. Irradiation from the inclined portion 18 does not affect the contents stored in the freezer compartment shelves 2a and provides a practical interior lighting. Further, by transferring the same color as the interior color to the back surface of the flat portion 6b of the interior light cover 6, the interior box 2 and the partition wall 4 and the like have a sense of unity and are excellent in appearance and good in design. In addition, since the transfer foil 26 having a hidden paying property such as aluminum vapor deposition and reflectivity is attached on the back side, the light emitted from the interior lamp 5 as shown by an arrow C is attached to the gloss pattern 6d. By being reflected more and returned to the inner surface as shown by an arrow D and irradiating the freezer compartment 2 with the arrows A and B, the inside of the freezer compartment 2 is illuminated brighter and more efficiently. Further, by reflecting the light itself of the interior lamp 5 as described above, it is possible to simultaneously realize the thermal deformation prevention by the heat of the interior lamp cover 6 near the interior lamp 5 when the interior lamp 5 is continuously energized. Safe and functional refrigerator interior light cover 6
Is provided.

Example 5. 10 and 11 show Example 5, 23 is a hidden payability such as an aluminum tape adhered from the back side after printing the back side of the flat portion 6b of the inside light cover 6 in the inside color (for example, white) Also, the gloss-specific component having reflectivity has the same effect as that of the fourth embodiment.

[0019]

The present invention has the following effects.
The refrigerator according to claim 1 is a refrigerator in which the refrigerator main body is divided into each room by a partitioning section, and since the refrigerator is provided with an inside lamp provided inside the front surface of the partitioning section, the inside lamp is controlled by food. The light is not blocked and the interior can be illuminated brightly at all times.

A refrigerator according to a second aspect is the refrigerator according to the first aspect, further comprising an inside lamp cover that forms a space in front of the partition, and the inside lamp cover is transferred from the back side at the time of injection molding. Since it is molded and transferred, the interior light cover has a sense of unity with the interior and looks good.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention with a door removed.

2 is a Z- of FIG. 1 of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
It is a Z sectional view.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the essential parts of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of essential parts of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view of Y-of FIG. 4 of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
It is a Y sectional view.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a refrigerator according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a detailed horizontal cross-sectional view of the essential parts of FIG. 6 of a refrigerator according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 8] Fig. 8 is a manufacturing process diagram of a refrigerator interior light cover according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a single unit of the refrigerator according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention viewed from the back side of the interior lamp cover.

FIG. 10 is a detailed horizontal cross-sectional view of a main part corresponding to FIG. 7 of a refrigerator according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a manufacturing procedure diagram of an interior lamp cover corresponding to FIG. 8 of a refrigerator according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Refrigerator body 5 Interior light 6 Interior light cover 7 Sheet metal parts that compose the middle partition 8 Molded parts that form the middle partition

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator in which a refrigerator main body is divided into compartments by a partitioning section, the refrigerator having an interior light provided inside the front surface of the partitioning section. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising: an interior lamp cover that forms a space on the front surface of the partition wall, wherein the interior lamp cover is molded and transferred from the back surface by a transfer foil during the injection molding process.