JPS5930385Y2 - Interior light mounting device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to an interior light mounting device particularly applied to an electric refrigerator.

Generally, the interior light of an electric refrigerator is installed in a defrost timer mounting panel, in a recess prepared in advance in the inner box, or on the wall surface of the inner box.

Various types of mounting devices are known, but
Generally, it consists of a combination of an oval-shaped mounting hole and an oval-shaped socket member, and a method is adopted in which the socket is inserted into the mounting hole and rotated by a predetermined angle to frictionally engage the two.

However, this requires the socket to be rotated, and the electrical cord extending from the socket must be inserted into the mounting hole prior to installation.
This was surprisingly time consuming, partly because the installation location was narrow.

Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide an interior light mounting device that can reliably attach an interior light socket with a simple operation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Fig. 1, this interior light socket mounting device 1 is located inside a window 3 formed in a defrost timer mounting panel 2, and is integrally formed with the panel 2 by molding synthetic resin. It is being created.

That is, this mounting device 1 has a base 4 that is connected to the side wall of the window 3 at a substantially right angle, and the base 4 has a molded portion bent at a substantially right angle toward the opening surface of the window 3. A pair of upper and lower lip-shaped guide members 5.6 are provided, and a stopper member 7 located in the middle thereof and also formed by bending at a substantially right angle toward the opening surface of the window 3 is provided.

In this case, the guide members 5 and 6 face each other in the same vertical plane so as to slightly widen toward the window 3,
Further, the stopper member γ is composed of an elastically deformable tongue-like piece having a hook portion at its tip, and is bent and formed so as to be located closer to the base portion 4 than the guide member 5°6.

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 2, the socket member 8 includes a known socket body 10 into which the interior light 9 is screwed, and an arm member 11 protruding from the side of the socket body 10. A spool-shaped connecting member 13 is provided at the end of the arm 11.

That is, this connecting member 13 has a pair of flanges 16,
16 and an annular groove 12 formed between these flanges, and this annular groove 12 is formed between the guide members 5 and 6.
It is designed to engage with

Note that a pair of electrical cords 1 are connected from the end face of this connecting member 13.
4.14 is extended.

In the above configuration, in order to attach the socket member 8 to the attachment device 1, the connecting member 13 is engaged with the engagement groove 12 and the guide members 5, 6 while the stopper member 7 is displaced to the left side in the figure. This is done by pushing it into the mounting device 1.

As a result, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
The connecting member 13 is guided to a predetermined position by the guide members 5 and 6, and is held down and securely fixed by the stopper member 7 which returns elastically.

In addition, in this embodiment, the electric cords 14, 14 are connected to the base 4.
It is designed to be led to a switch circuit (not shown) through cutout grooves 15, 15 provided in the .

As is clear from the description of this embodiment, according to this invention, the socket member 8 can be attached to the attachment device 1 by sliding it along the insertion direction from the opening side of the window 3, and , the electric cord 14 as before,
Since there is no need to insert 14 into a mounting hole or the like, the mounting operation can be performed extremely easily, which is particularly convenient when working in a narrow space.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the interior light socket mounting device according to this invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the socket member, Fig. 3 is a front view showing the state in which the socket member is attached, and Fig. 4 is the third It is a sectional view along the IV-IV line of a figure. In the figure, 1 is an interior light socket mounting device, 2 is an I/'i control panel, 3 is a window, 4 is a base, 5 and 6 are guide members, 7 is a stopper member, 8 is a socket member, 12 is an engagement groove, 13 is a connecting member, and 14 is an electric cord.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The refrigerator includes an interior light socket and a socket mounting device formed inside the refrigerator to support the socket, and the interior light socket is connected to a socket body and the socket body via an arm member. a connecting member having a spool-shaped annular engagement groove; A pair of upper and lower guide members extending facing each other while spreading out, and a hook portion acting on the connecting member between these guide members,
and a stopper member formed of a tongue-shaped piece that is elastically deformably bent at a position closer to the base than the guide member, and the interior light socket is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the connecting member. An interior light mounting device characterized in that the device is guided between the guide members and is engaged and held by the stopper member.