JPH1194456A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To illuminate the inside of a receiving vessel brightly upon using actually by guiding the light of an illuminating device effectively into the receiving vessel in the state that the receiving vessel has been drawn out together with a drawer door. SOLUTION: In a refrigerator, equipped with an illuminating device 10 at the fore part of a ceiling wall 9 for a chamber 8 having a drawer door 4, a receiving vessel 5, mounted on the drawer door 4, is formed of a light guiding material (transparent or semi-transparent material). In the other case, a small article vessel 7, consisting of the light guiding material, is arranged at the upper part of rear side of the receiving vessel 5, mounted on the drawer door 4. In another way, the fore side part of a lid body 11, arranged above the receiving vessel 5 mounted on the drawer door 4, is formed of the light guiding material.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a refrigerator provided with a lighting device in a room having a drawer door, for example, a vegetable room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A refrigerator equipped with a lighting device at a front portion of a ceiling wall of a vegetable room having a drawer door is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 6-30.
No. 46 discloses this.

On the other hand, a refrigerator having a small container selectively disposed at the rear of the vegetable compartment is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H6-111751.

[0004]

The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-304
In the refrigerator disclosed in No. 6, when the drawer door is pulled out, the vegetable container is also pulled out, and the front-rear positional relationship between the lighting device and the vegetable container shifts, and the illumination is blocked by the rear wall of the vegetable container. However, there is a problem that foods in the vegetable container are difficult to see despite the provision of the lighting device. In particular, when bulky foods are stored in the rear part of the vegetable container, illumination is blocked even by the bulky foods, and there is a problem that the foods stored in the front part of the vegetable container are difficult to see.

On the other hand, the refrigerator disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-117751 does not have an illumination device in the vegetable compartment, and has a primitive problem that foods in the vegetable container are difficult to see.

It is unknown whether a small container is made of a light-guiding material (transparent or translucent material). Even if it is made of a light-guiding material, it is difficult to illuminate the inside of the container by the principle of optical fiber. Unless the idea of "use a vegetable container or a small container as a light guide material" is easily raised, it is accidental to combine the above two publications.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a refrigerator having a lighting device on a front portion of a ceiling wall of a room having a drawer door, a storage container mounted on the drawer door is provided with a light guide. With this configuration, the light of the lighting device is stored along the drawer door and the bottom wall and both side walls from the back wall of the storage container according to the principle of optical fiber in a state where the storage container is pulled out together with the drawer door. Guided into the container. The light guide material is not limited to a transparent resin, but may be a translucent resin.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator having an illuminating device on a front portion of a ceiling wall of a room having a drawer door, wherein a light guide material is provided on a rear upper portion of a storage container mounted on the drawer door. With this configuration, the light of the lighting device is arranged on the rear upper part of the storage container by the principle of optical fiber in a state where the storage container is pulled out together with the drawer door by this configuration. It is guided to the central part in the storage container along the container wall. The small container may be provided in the width direction of the rear side of the storage container, or may be provided from the rear side to the front side of the storage container.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator having an illumination device on a front portion of a ceiling wall of a room having a drawer door, wherein the lid is provided above a storage container mounted on the drawer door. The front part is formed of a light-guiding material, and with this configuration, in a state where the storage container is pulled out together with the drawer door, light of the lighting device travels along the wall of the front part of the lid by the principle of optical fiber. The light source is guided in the width direction of the storage container and becomes a strip-shaped light source. In the configuration in which the front portion of the lid is formed of a light guide material, a structure in which the entire lid is formed of a light guide material and a lamp cover formed of a separate light guide material are attached to the front portion of the lid. It is considered something.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the refrigerator according to the present invention in a state where a vegetable compartment door is drawn out, and FIG. 2 is a right side sectional view showing a vegetable compartment of the refrigerator shown in FIG.

1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a horizontally opened freezer compartment door, 3 is a refrigerator compartment door, 4 is a drawer type vegetable compartment door,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a storage container mounted on the rear side of the vegetable compartment door 4 via a frame 6, and is a translucent AS (acrylonitrile-
(Styrene copolymer) An injection molded product made of resin.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a small container arranged on the rear upper portion of the storage container 5, which is formed by injection molding of a transparent GP (graphite) styrene resin.

The lighting device 1 is provided on the front part of the ceiling wall 9 of the vegetable room 8.
0 is disposed, and a vegetable compartment door 4 is provided by a door switch (not shown).
Is turned on when the storage container 5 is pulled out, and the storage container 5 pulled out is illuminated from above. Reference numeral 11 denotes a lid disposed above the storage container 5 for preventing the inside of the storage container 5 from drying. A lamp cover 12 made of a transparent or translucent resin molded product is detachably attached to a front portion of the lid 11, that is, a portion facing the lighting device 10. 2 in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface). Reference numeral 13 denotes a reflection plate that reflects the light emitted from the lamp 14 toward the storage container 5.

Next, the function and effect of the above embodiment will be described. When the vegetable compartment door 4 is pulled forward and the storage container 5 is pulled out, a door switch (not shown) is turned on and the lamp 14 is turned off.
Lights up. The irradiation light (including the light reflected by the reflection plate 13) of the lamp 14 passes through the lamp cover 12 linearly or repeatedly bends according to the principle of the optical fiber while passing through the small cover 7 and the storage container 5 while being dispersed in the width direction. Is irradiated.

A part of the irradiation light is guided from the back wall of the small container 7 and the storage container 5 to the bottom wall and both side walls while repeating bending according to the principle of optical fiber, and the outer peripheral surface of the small container 7 and the storage container 5 Since the irradiation is performed from the inner peripheral surface into the storage container 5, even if the linear irradiation light is blocked by the bulky foods 15 stored at the rear of the small container 7 and the storage container 5, the storage container 5 is relatively illuminated. Bright and easy to see.

In the above-described embodiment, all of the storage container 5, the small container 7, and the lamp cover 12 are formed of a light-guiding material (transparent / translucent material) to obtain the maximum effect. Alternatively, it is needless to say that an effect according to need may be obtained by implementing in combination.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a state where the storage container is pulled out together with the drawer door, the light of the illumination device travels from the back wall of the storage container to the bottom wall and both side walls to enter the storage container. As a result, even if the direct light is blocked by the stored items, the entire inside of the storage container is illuminated relatively brightly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in a state where the storage container is pulled out together with the drawer door, the light of the lighting device travels along the wall of the small container arranged on the rear upper portion of the storage container. Since the light is guided to the center, the entire interior of the storage container is relatively brightly illuminated even when the direct light is blocked by the storage item.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in a state where the storage container is pulled out together with the drawer door, the light of the illumination device travels along the wall of the front portion of the lid disposed above the storage container. Is guided in the width direction, and becomes a strip-shaped light source, so that even if part of the direct light is blocked by the stored items, it is illuminated relatively brightly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention in a state where a vegetable compartment door is pulled out.

FIG. 2 is a right side sectional view of a main part showing a vegetable compartment of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Vegetable room door (drawer door) 5 Storage container 7 Small container 9 Ceiling wall 8 Vegetable room 10 Lighting device 11 Lid 12 Lamp cover 14 Lamp 15 Foods

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator comprising a lighting device on a front portion of a ceiling wall of a room having a drawer door, wherein a storage container to be attached to the drawer door is formed of a light guide material. 2. A refrigerator having a lighting device at a front portion of a ceiling wall of a room having a drawer door, wherein a small container made of a light guide material is disposed at a rear upper portion of a storage container attached to the drawer door. A refrigerator characterized by that: 3. A refrigerator having an illumination device on a front portion of a ceiling wall of a room having a drawer door, wherein a front portion of a lid disposed above a storage container mounted on the drawer door is formed of a light guide material. A refrigerator characterized by: