JPH11316077A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To illuminate the refrigerating chamber sufficiently even if it is partitioned by a plurality of shelves by employing a milky white cover for a lamp arranged in the refrigerating chamber. CONSTITUTION: A rotary shelf 25 is provided in the chamber of a refrigerator and a chill supply duct 48 communicating with the chill delivery side of a cooler is disposed at one corner on the back of the refrigerating chamber while a chamber lamp 72 is disposed at the other corner. A door pocket 71 is formed while stretching at the forward corner of the chamber and the elongated duct 48 and light emitting covers 73, 74 of the lamp are arranged in the longitudinal across the chamber. The lamp 72 fixed at a corner on the side opposite to the duct 48 is arranged such that the electric bulb is directed downward substantially at the center in the height direction of the chamber. The cover 73 curved to cover the lamp 72 is made of polystyrene resin mixed with light diffusion agent to exhibit milky white and functions to diffuse light over a wide range even from a single light.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator for circulating cool air cooled by a cooler into a storage room by a blower, and more particularly to a refrigerator light for illuminating a refrigerator room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a refrigerator of this type, a small interior light is arranged in a refrigerator.

[0003]

According to this configuration, when the refrigerator compartment is divided into a plurality of shelves, there is a problem that the refrigerator compartment cannot be illuminated sufficiently brightly.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an invention according to claim 1 is to provide a light inside a refrigerator disposed in a refrigerator room and a light inside the refrigerator. In a refrigerator provided with a cover, the cover is milky white.

[0005] Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the cover includes:
It is formed of a polystyrene resin mixed with a light diffusing agent.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the cover includes:
The refrigerator is characterized by being elongated in the vertical direction and extending over the entire refrigerator compartment.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator 1 to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator 1, FIG. 3 is a front view of a freezing compartment 2, and FIG. 5
6 is a front sectional view of the cooling chamber 3, FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view of the refrigerator 1 in the refrigerator compartment 10, FIG. 8 is a front view of the cold air supply duct 48, and FIG. FIG. 10 shows A-
FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view of the partition plate 12 taken along the line A, and FIG.

4 is an outer box 5 made of a steel plate and an inner box 6 made of a synthetic resin.
Is filled with a foaming heat insulating material 7 such as polyurethane in an in-situ foaming method at an interval between the heat insulating box 7 and the front opening. A partition wall 9 containing a built-in heat insulating material 8 such as styrene foam is attached to an inner box 6 of the heat insulating box 4, whereby the inside of the heat insulating box 4 is partitioned into upper and lower parts, and Of the refrigerator compartment 10 is constituted.

The lower portion of the refrigerator compartment 10 is further partitioned into two compartments by a pre-partitioning member 11 and a partition plate 12, and a pre-partitioning member 13 and a partition plate 14, and the container 1 having an upper opening.
5 and 16 are arranged respectively, and the inside is an ice hot room 17 and a vegetable room 18, respectively. Freezer room 2, refrigerator room 10
Is openably closed by doors 20 and 21 pivotally supported on one side by a heat insulating box 4 so that the ice greenhouse 1 can be opened and closed.
7 and the front of the vegetable compartment 18 are closed by doors 22 and 23 which can be pulled out together with the containers 15 and 16.

In the freezer compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 10, disk-shaped shelves 24 and 25 formed of transparent synthetic resin are rotatably provided in a plurality of stages. Further, the partition wall 9 and the partition plate 12
Disc-shaped shelves 26 and 27 are also provided on the upper surface of each of them so as to be rotatable. By rotating these shelves 24 or 25, the articles placed on the back can also be moved forward and easily taken out.

Next, the structure near the freezer 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. The rear part of the freezer compartment 2 is defined by a semicircular back plate 28 along the arc of the shelf 24. The shelf 24 of the freezer compartment 2 is removably supported on the front of the inner box 6 and the back plate 28. It is mounted on a holding plate 29 made of synthetic resin and is rotatable by a rotating shaft 30 and an outer roller 31. The shelf 26 is rotatably held by rollers 39 on the partition 9.

At this time, the front end of the shelf 24 is dimensioned so as to protrude forward from the opening edge of the heat insulating box 4, that is, the opening edge of the outer box 5, and the front end of the partition wall 9 is adjusted accordingly. It has a curved shape protruding forward. Corresponding to this, the door 20 (similar to other doors) is also configured to have a curved cross-section so that its inner surface protrudes forward.

On the other hand, behind the back plate 28, a molded heat insulating material 3 is provided.
The cooling chamber 3 is constituted by the partition plate 2 and the partition plate 33, and a cooler 34 included in the refrigeration cycle is housed in the cooling chamber 3. The cooler 34 is a so-called cross fin tube type heat exchanger in which a plurality of metal fins are attached to a refrigerant pipe, and is provided in a vertical direction along the back surface of the inner box 6, and furthermore, as shown in FIG. The cooling air flow direction is attached to the left side so that the cooling air flow direction has a gradient of 15 ° to 30 ° with respect to the horizontal. Due to this inclination, the defrost water at the time of defrost flows down the fins well,
It can be dropped from the lower end. Below the cooler 34, a dew tray 35 for receiving the defrost water is provided. The upper surface of the dew tray 35 is inclined toward the right end drain port 36 toward the right end, and the cooler 34 is provided along this inclination. It is possible to reduce a triangular invalid space generated between the pan 34 and the dew tray 35.

A blower 37 composed of a propeller fan is provided at a corner of the cooling chamber 3 on the cool air discharge side 3A of the cooler 34 by a mounting plate 38 corresponding to the fan ring 33A of the partition 33.
Mounted diagonally forward.

Here, since the back plate 28 has a semicircular arc shape, an invalid space is formed at both corners of the cooling chamber 3. The invalid space is utilized and the heat insulating material 32 extends in the vertical direction. An existing cold air discharge duct 40 and a cold air return duct 41 are configured. This cool air discharge duct 40 is
7 and open to the freezer compartment 2 at cool air discharge ports 42 formed in the back plate 28 corresponding to the left corners of the respective spaces partitioned by the shelves 24. Similarly, the cool air return duct 41 is opened into the freezer compartment 2 at the cool air inlets 43 formed at the right corners of the back plate 28 corresponding to the respective spaces, and the cool air suction of the cooler 34 is performed. It communicates in the middle of the side 3B.

The cool air cooled by the cooler 34 is drawn into the cool air discharge side 3A on the left side by the blower 37, and is then sent out to the cool air discharge duct 40 in the front. The cool air flowing into the cool air discharge duct 40 is supplied to each cool air discharge port 42.
.. Are discharged into the space above each shelf 24. At this time, the cool air is blown obliquely forward from the cool air discharge port 42, flows through the spaces on the shelf 24 as indicated by arrows in FIG. 5, flows into the cool air return duct 41 from the cool air suction ports 43. Vessel 3
4 returns to the middle of the cold air suction side 3B. Also, the cooler 34
Is inclined but laid down, so the cold air inlet 43
The cold air flowing from the cold air suction side 3B
A can smoothly flow in the lateral direction to A, and a cool air circulation path with low ventilation resistance can be realized with a simple configuration.

Next, the structure near the refrigerator compartment 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. At the left and right corners of the refrigerator compartment 10, the cool air supply duct 48 descends straight down to the shelf and passes through the communication portion 49.
Smoothly flows into. The damper 54 is a single motor 6
1, the baffles 52 and 53 are opened and closed, respectively, based on the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 10 and the temperature of the ice compartment 17. The cool air flowing into the cool air supply duct 48 and flowing out of the discharge port 50 is discharged from the cool air outlet 45 to the refrigerator compartment. The cold air which is supplied to the outlet 10 and flows out from the discharge port 51 is supplied from the lower end of the cold air supply duct 48 to the ice warming room 17 and then to the vegetable room 18. Both rooms 1
The amount of cold air supplied to 0 and 17 is adjusted by the damper 54, and the temperature of each of the chambers 10 and 17 is controlled to the refrigeration temperature and the ice temperature storage temperature (-1 to -3 ° C), respectively.

Here, as shown in FIG. 11, a circular recess 62 for accommodating the shelf 27 is formed in the partition plate 12 located above the container 15, and a circular recess 62 for rotatably supporting the shelf 27 therein. The bearing 63 and the roller 64 are attached. Further, a plurality of holes 68 are formed in the arc-shaped vertical wall 67 at the rear edge of the raised portion 66 at the front of the partition plate 12.
Between the holes 68 and
The cold air that has cooled the ice warm room 17 and the vegetable room 18 below the partition plate 12 returns to the cold room 10. The raised portion 66 is approximately the same height as the shelf 27, so that the hole 68
And the front edge of the shelf 27 is hidden.

Further, a plurality of suction ports 70 are formed in the front of the lower surface of the partition wall 9 along the outer edge of the shelf 25 as shown in FIG. The cool air in the refrigerator compartment 10 passes from the suction port 70 through the cool air return passage 46 formed in the molded heat insulating material 8,
From the return port 47 on the cold air suction side 3B of the cooler 34, the cooler 3
4. Return to the suction side of 4. At this time, since the suction port 70 is formed in an arc shape along the outer edge of the shelf 25, the cool air flowing into the refrigerator compartment 10 from the holes 68 arranged in the arc shape or the shelf 25 from the lower portion of the refrigerator compartment 10. Cooling air that rises in a space having an arc-shaped cross section between the door 21 and the door 21 is also smoothly sucked.

Reference numeral 71 denotes a pocket attached to the inner surface of the door 21. The pocket is formed in an arc shape along the shelf 25, and both sides are formed so as to protrude inward from the refrigerator compartment. Reference numeral 72 denotes an interior lamp mounted at a corner opposite to the cold air supply duct 48. The in-compartment light 72 is installed at a substantially central position in the height direction of the refrigerator compartment so that the light bulb faces downward. A cover 73 is formed in a curved shape so as to cover the interior lamp 72. This cover is made of a polystyrene resin mixed with a light diffusing agent and has a milky white color, and even a single interior lamp functions to diffuse light over a wide range, illuminating all the shelves 25 brightly. . A duct cover 74 covers the cool air supply duct 48.

According to the present invention, since the rotatable shelf 25 is provided in the refrigerator compartment, by rotating this shelf, the articles at the back can be moved to the front, and It is convenient for the sender and the usability is improved. Also,
A cold air supply duct 48 communicating with a cool air discharge side of the cooler 34 is provided at one of the corners at the back of the refrigerator compartment 10 and a light 72 inside the refrigerator at the other.
Is arranged, the arc of the shelf 25 can be extended to the center of the back of the refrigerator compartment 10, and not only the space can be effectively used, but also the thickness of the entire refrigerator can be reduced and the shelf area can be increased. Further, since the door pocket 71 is formed to protrude at the front corner of the refrigerator compartment 10, the pocket can be arranged along the circular shelf 25, so that the space inside the refrigerator can be effectively used and the cool air circulation can be smoothly performed. In addition, by combining the duct 48 and the interior lamp 72 with each other, the circular shelf 25
Even with the configuration in which the refrigerator is mounted, there is almost no dead space in the refrigerator, and it is possible to provide an easy-to-use refrigerator equipped with the rotating shelf 25 while maintaining the convenience and installation space of the rectangular refrigerator. In addition, the rotating shelf 2 is provided in the refrigerator compartment 10.
Even if a plurality of units 5 are arranged, the ducts 48 and the light-emitting covers 73 and 74 of the interior lamp 72 are elongated in the vertical direction and are arranged over the entire refrigerator compartment 10, so that the cool air is distributed over all the shelves 25. Can be supplied or brightly illuminated.

[0022]

According to the present invention, since the cover for covering the interior light in the refrigerator compartment is made milky white, light is easily diffused, so that the refrigerator compartment can be brightly illuminated over a wide range.

In particular, since this cover is made of a polystyrene resin mixed with a light diffusing agent, light can be easily diffused, so that the refrigerator compartment can be illuminated over a wide area and can be illuminated over a wide area. Can be integrally formed of a single material.

Further, by arranging the interior light cover to be elongated in the vertical direction and so as to cover the entire refrigerator compartment, it is possible to illuminate all the shelves brightly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a freezer compartment of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a freezer compartment of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a freezer compartment of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a cooling room of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view of a refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a cool air supply duct of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan sectional view of a cool air supply duct of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view of a partition plate of the refrigerator of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 2 Freezer room 3 Cooling room 4 Heat insulation box 10 Refrigerator room 24, 25 shelf 34 Cooler 37 Blower 40 Cold air discharge duct 45 Cold air outlet 48 Cold air supply duct 71 Door pocket 72 Interior light 73 Cover

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator provided with an interior light provided in a refrigerator and a cover for covering the interior light, wherein the cover is milky white. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cover is formed of a polystyrene resin mixed with a light diffusing agent.
The refrigerator as described. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cover is elongated in the vertical direction and is disposed so as to cover the entire refrigerator compartment.