KR20100007347A - A refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A refrigerator is provided to prevent the decline of legibility of a display part due to the long time use of buttons by preventing damage to the display part. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator(1) comprises a main body(10), a door(11), a dispenser(20), and buttons(211,213). The main body comprises a food storage. The door is connected to the main body and selectively opens and closes the food storage. The dispenser is included in the front side of the door and discharges the water or ice. The buttons are located on the door or dispenser and colored with specific color. Patterns are depressed and formed on the buttons. The pattern part has the color of the original button color before being colored.

Description

Refrigerator {A refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

Generally, a refrigerator is a device for low temperature storage of food, and is configured to freeze or refrigerate food according to the type of food to be stored.

The inside of the refrigerator is cooled by continuously supplied cold air, and the cold air is continuously generated by the heat exchange action of the refrigerant by a refrigeration cycle undergoing a process of compression-condensation-expansion-evaporation. The cold air supplied to the inside of the refrigerator is evenly transferred to the inside of the refrigerator by convection, so that food in the refrigerator can be stored at a desired temperature.

The refrigerator main body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with an open front surface, and includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber inside the main body. The front surface of the main body includes a refrigerator compartment door and a freezer compartment door for selectively shielding the opening.

In addition, the storage space inside the refrigerator is provided with a plurality of drawers, shelves and storage boxes for storing various foods in an optimal state. In addition, a plurality of baskets are provided on the rear of the doors. The storage space inside the refrigerator is partitioned by the shelves, storage boxes, and baskets such that suitable foods can be stored.

Recently released refrigerators are equipped with various functions such as a dispenser that allows a user to take out water or ice, a home bar that facilitates taking out drinks, and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for managing food information. have.

In order to enable the user to conveniently use the above functions, a display device and various buttons are provided on the front of the main body or the door. Here, the button may be directly pressed by the user's hand, or may be pressed indirectly by a cup or the like.

At this time, the function of each button is distinguished so that the user can conveniently use, the front of the button is formed with a display unit for displaying the function of the button and the like. The display portion is generally formed by a printing process such as spray on the button injection molded product, or is formed by engraving.

However, the above conventional technologies have the following problems.

When the display portion is formed by a print process, the button is frequently used, which causes a problem that the printed portion is peeled off. When the printed portion is peeled off as described above, a problem occurs when the user recognizes the function of the button. In addition, there is a problem that the user's satisfaction with the product is lowered because it gives a bad appearance.

On the other hand, when the display unit is intaglio-formed, since a large difference does not occur in the color of the display unit and its peripheral parts, the problem of the display unit being damaged does not occur, but there is a problem that readability is poor.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the display unit is not damaged even when a button is repeatedly used.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the readability of the display unit is maintained even if used for a long time.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which a defective rate of a product by processing the display unit is reduced and productivity is improved.

The refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the object as described above is provided with a storage space for storing food at low temperature; A door rotatably provided on the main body to selectively shield the storage space; A dispenser provided at the front of the door to extract water or ice; And a button provided in the door or the dispenser and painted in a specific color, wherein the button is recessed, and the pattern part has a color before painting.

According to the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, even if the button is used repeatedly, there is an advantage that the display unit is not damaged.

In addition, since the readability is not degraded even when the display is engraved, there is an advantage that the user is convenient to use the button.

In addition, even if used for a long time, since the initial state of the product is maintained there is an effect that the user's satisfaction with the product is improved.

In addition, since the engraving process is performed after the painting operation, the process is simplified, the defect rate of the product is reduced, the productivity is improved.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments for implementing the spirit of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, the refrigerator 1 includes a main body 10 having an open front surface, a refrigerating chamber provided inside the main body, and stored in a cold state where the food is refrigerated at a low temperature. A freezer compartment 11 and a freezer compartment door 12 for selectively shielding the freezer compartment, the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, respectively, are included.

In addition, a dispenser 20 capable of extracting purified water or ice is provided on the front surface of the freezer compartment door 12, and a home bar 30 is provided on the front side of the refrigerator compartment door 11.

In detail, the dispenser 20 displays a display unit 201 in which operation information of the refrigerator 1 is displayed, an operation unit 202 for setting operation information of the refrigerator 1 and setting a function of the dispenser 20. , The extraction unit 210 to which purified water or ice is taken out.

Here, the takeout unit 210 is formed to be recessed to a predetermined depth inside the refrigerator 1, and a tray 203 capable of supporting a cup or the like is provided at a lower portion thereof. In addition, the display unit 201 and the operation unit 202 are positioned above the take-out unit 210.

The extraction unit 210 may take out purified water or ice. In detail, the discharge unit 210 has a water button 211 for taking out purified water and an ice button 213 for taking out ice generated from an ice making device (not shown) provided on the rear surface of the freezer compartment door 12. ) Is included.

The water button 211 is provided to protrude forward by a predetermined length forward from the ice button 213. The water supply unit 215 is formed in front of the water button 211 on the upper side of the water button 211, and when the user presses the water button 211, water flows out of the water supply unit 215.

The ice button 213 is provided below the water button 211. An ice supply unit 216 is provided below the protrusion of the water button 211, and when the user presses the ice button 213, ice is dropped from the ice supply unit 216.

In this case, since the water button 211 and the ice button 213 are provided adjacent to each other, if the display units 212 and 214 describing the functions of the buttons 211 and 213 are not provided, the user may not operate the button. You may be mistaken. Accordingly, display portions 212 and 214 are formed at the front center portion of the buttons 211 and 213, respectively.

In other words, the water button 211 is formed in a pattern of water button (212, A) means that the water is supplied, the ice button 213 is a pattern of ice button display means that the ice is supplied 213 is formed.

By such a structure, the user can conveniently take out food or water without opening the door.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view illustrating A of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, a symbol having a shape in which water drops fall into a cup is recessed on the front surface of the water button 211. That is, the water button display 212 is recessed. The water button display unit 212 may be formed by engraving.

Here, the injection molding forming the water button 211 is painted by spraying or the like. That is, the water button 211 has a specific color by the painting.

When the water button 211 is engraved, the painted portion is scraped off, so that the water button display portion 212 has the original color of the injection molding.

In this case, the color to be painted on the injection molding should be a color that can be distinguished from the color of the injection molding. Therefore, since the front surface of the water button 211 and the color of the water button display portion 212 is formed differently, the user can easily identify the water button display portion 212, that is, the engraved portion. That is, since the water button 211 has a painted color, and the water button display 212 has the original color of the injection molded product, it is easy to identify a symbol representing a function by contrast of color and an engraved shape. Become.

The same structure is also applied to the ice button display unit 214.

In addition, the button having the structure as described above may be used not only in the dispenser 20 but also in general in the buttons used in the refrigerator 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing a button of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, an injection molding forming the buttons 211 and 213 is molded (S10). Then, the coating is made using a spray or the like on the front surface of the injection molded product (S20). By the painting process S20, the buttons 211 and 213 are colored. In addition, the display units 212 and 214, which are patterns for displaying the functions of the buttons 211 and 213, are engraved on the front surface of the injection molding (S30). By the process of S30, a part of the surface of the injection molded product is scraped off, thereby exposing the color of the injection molded product. That is, the display parts 212 and 214 have a color unique to the injection molded product.

Thus, the indicators 212 and 214 are identified by the contrast and engraved shape of the painted color and the intrinsic color of the injection molding.

As described above, since the display parts 212 and 214 are formed by the engraved processing after the injection of the buttons 211 and 213, the display parts 212 and 214 have identification power due to the color of the injection material. Accordingly, there is no fear that the colors of the display units 212 and 214 may be peeled off or damaged. Therefore, even if the user repeatedly uses the buttons 211 and 213, the discriminating power of the display units 212 and 214 is not reduced.

In addition, the front surfaces of the buttons 211 and 213 are colored by painting, and the engraved display portions 212 and 214 have a color unique to the injection molding, so that the contrast of colors is more than simply the case of only engraving. Since the readability is improved by adding a user, it is convenient for the user to recognize the function of the button.

In addition, since the color of the display unit 212, 214 is the color of the injection-molded product, the color is maintained as long as the product life. That is, even if the product is used for a long time, since the initial state of the product can be maintained, the user's satisfaction with the product is improved.

Since the injection molding is performed after the painting operation, it is not necessary to paint the gap between the relatively narrow display portions 212 and 214, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process. Therefore, the defective rate of a product can be reduced and productivity can be obtained.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the embodiments may be changed, added, or deleted within the scope of the spirit of the present invention.

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing A of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing a button of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (5)

A main body having a storage space for storing food at low temperature; A door rotatably provided on the main body to selectively shield the storage space; A dispenser provided at the front of the door to extract water or ice; And A button provided in the door or the dispenser and painted in a specific color, A pattern is formed in the button, the refrigerator is characterized in that the pattern portion has a color before painting. The method of claim 1, The pattern is a refrigerator, characterized in that provided in the shape indicating the function of the button. The method of claim 1, The button is a refrigerator, characterized in that used in the outlet of the dispenser. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The pattern is a refrigerator, characterized in that formed by engraving. The method of claim 4, wherein The engraving is a refrigerator, characterized in that after the button is painted.

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