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Refrigerator

A technology for a refrigerator and a storage room, applied in the field of refrigerators, can solve the problems of condensation on lighting units, poor visual confirmation of the storage room, and difficulty in identifying the types of stored items.

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-12-05
PANASONIC CORP
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Problems solved by technology

That is, the visibility of the storage room is poor
In this case, it is difficult to identify the type of storage and judge the freshness of the storage room.
[0004] In addition, depending on the placement position, condensation may occur on the lighting unit
If dew condensation occurs in the lighting unit, and the dew condensation water reaches the circuit board, the power failure of the LED, etc. will occur.
That is, the reliability of the lighting unit decreases

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Embodiment approach 1

[0038] figure 1 It is a perspective view of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of this invention. Refrigerator 100 includes heat insulation box 150 , first door 111 , and second door 121 . The first door 111 has a third door 112 . The second door 121 has a fourth door 122 .

[0039] The heat insulation box 150 is a box with an open front. The heat insulation box 150 is produced by foaming and filling a heat insulating material such as polyurethane between a steel plate outer box and a resin inner box, for example. The heat insulation material is used to block the heat in and out of the heat insulation box 150 (that is, the refrigerator 100 ) inside and outside.

[0040] The first door 111 opens and closes an opening on the right side toward the heat insulating box 150 . The heat insulation box 150 is combined with the first door 111 through hinges 114 provided at the upper and lower ends on the right side of the heat insulation box 150 . Therefore, the first door 111 turns...

Embodiment approach 2

[0079] Figure 11 It is a perspective view of the heat insulation box of the refrigerator in Embodiment 2 of this invention. Figure 12 It is a sectional view of the refrigerator in this embodiment. Figure 12 It is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator cut horizontally, and each door is not shown in the drawing. In this embodiment, the same reference numerals are used to describe the same structures as those in Embodiment 1. FIG. This embodiment differs from Embodiment 1 in that no lighting unit is arranged on the side of the partition wall of the second storage room.

[0080] Similar to Embodiment 1, first storage room 151 operating as a refrigerator and second storage room 152 operating as a freezing room are located on the left and right of refrigerator 100 . The lighting unit 302 is arranged near the opening of the side wall portion 301 which is the inner surface of the heat insulating box 300 . The lighting units 302 are arranged in the first storage room 151 an...

Embodiment approach 3

[0095] The structures of the lighting units 302 and 304 described in the second embodiment can also be applied to the lighting unit 200 in the first embodiment. Furthermore, according to Embodiments 1 and 2, for the arrangement example of the lighting unit 200 for illuminating the first storage room 151 and the second storage room 152 , using Figure 17A ~ Figure 17H Be explained. Figure 17A ~ Figure 17H Both represent the cross section which cut off the refrigerator 100 horizontally. In addition, the same structure as Embodiment 1, 2 is demonstrated using the same code|symbol.

[0096] Figure 17A It is a sectional view which shows the 1st arrangement|positioning example of the lighting unit of the refrigerator in Embodiment 3 of this invention. Refrigerator 100 has lighting units 200 on both sides of first storage room 151 serving as a refrigerator, and does not include lighting unit 200 in second storage room 152 serving as a freezing room. Since the freezer is in a te...

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Abstract

The disclosed refrigerator is provided with a heat-insulating housing that has an opening on the front surface thereof, a partition wall (153) that partitions the heat-insulating housing into a left side and a right side, and a first storage chamber and second storage chamber that result from the partitioning of the heat-insulating housing by the partition wall (153). The first storage chamber has a higher temperature setting range than the second storage chamber. The partition wall (153) is provided with a lighting unit (200), which uses a semiconductor light emitting element (203) as the light source, on at least the side of the first storage chamber, and a heater (600) is provided on the rear surface of the lighting unit (200). This configuration allows for high visibility due to the storage chamber having a bright interior. Additionally, condensation is minimized, which improves the reliability of the lighting unit (200).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator equipped with storage rooms on the left and right. Background technique [0002] The refrigerator has a lighting unit that illuminates the interior of the storage room. In recent years, semiconductor light emitting elements (for example, light emitting diodes, hereinafter referred to as LEDs) have been used as light sources of lighting units. LED consumes little power and has a long life. [0003] The lighting unit of the refrigerator is arranged on the back wall of the storage room, and is arranged in the center of the ceiling surface of the storage room as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In this structure, since light is blocked by the storage room, the inside of the storage room is in a dark state. That is, the visibility of the storage room is poor. In such a case, it is difficult to recognize the type of stored items and judge the freshness of the storage room. [0004] In addition,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F25D27/00F25D11/02F25D21/04
CPCF25D21/04F25D2400/06F25D27/00
Inventor 青木宏
Owner PANASONIC CORP