Wine Cellar Internal Lighting Design for Insulation and Aesthetics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing temperature-regulated enclosures, such as wine cellars, face challenges with bulky lighting devices that protrude outward, compromising aesthetics and insulation, and are difficult to integrate, leading to reduced temperature regulation performance.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating lighting devices inside the enclosure with light guides and LEDs positioned to optimize volume usage, ensuring complete closure for improved insulation and aesthetics, with light guides and LEDs integrated within the enclosure's design to facilitate easier integration and maintain temperature control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the light source is positioned outside the enclosure with a light guide inside, then the enclosure can be illuminated, but the light source becomes bulky and protrudes from the exterior, compromising aesthetics and increasing volume
Solution Approach 1:
The light source (LED) is extracted from the external position and placed inside the enclosure, removing the bulky external element that compromised aesthetics. The light guide remains inside the enclosure to distribute light, while the light source itself is now hidden within the sealed volume, improving the external appearance without sacrificing illumination functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system components (light source and light guide) are nested within the enclosure volume. The LED is positioned inside the sealed enclosure space, with the light guide extending from it to illuminate the interior. This nesting eliminates external protrusions while maintaining the lighting function, as both components occupy space within the existing enclosure boundaries.
2Illumination intensity
If the light source is positioned outside the enclosure with a light guide inside, then the enclosure can be illuminated, but drilling into the enclosure is necessary to achieve optical coupling, making manufacturing difficult and compromising temperature regulation
Solution Approach 1:
The requirement to drill holes through the enclosure for optical coupling is eliminated by extracting the light source placement from the external position and placing it inside the enclosure. This allows the light guide to be coupled to the light source entirely within the sealed volume, avoiding any penetration of the enclosure walls and simplifying manufacturing while maintaining temperature regulation integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide acts as an intermediary that transfers light from the LED source (positioned inside the enclosure) to the interior spaces requiring illumination. By positioning both the light source and light guide within the enclosure, the system achieves optical coupling without requiring external drilling or penetration points, thereby maintaining the sealed nature of the enclosure and simplifying the manufacturing process.
3Illumination intensity
If the light source is positioned outside the enclosure with a light guide inside, then the enclosure can be illuminated, but the insulation between inside and outside is compromised, reducing temperature regulation performance
Solution Approach 1:
The light source is extracted from the external position and placed inside the enclosure, eliminating the need for drilling holes through the insulation layer. This maintains the continuous thermal barrier between the interior and exterior of the enclosure, preserving temperature regulation performance while still enabling illumination through the internal light guide system.
Solution Approach 2:
Both the light source and light guide are nested within the sealed enclosure volume, ensuring that the insulation layer remains intact and continuous. The lighting components occupy space within the existing thermal envelope without creating penetration points or thermal bridges, thereby maintaining optimal temperature regulation while achieving internal illumination.
4Illumination intensity
If a lighting device is integrated into the door of the enclosure, then the enclosure can be illuminated, but the volume of the door and therefore of the enclosure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device is extracted from the door structure and repositioned inside the enclosure. This removes the lighting components from the door volume, allowing the door to maintain its original compact dimensions. The light source and light guide are now contained within the main enclosure volume, which is already dedicated to storage, thereby avoiding any increase in the overall enclosure footprint.
Solution Approach 2:
The interior volume of the enclosure serves multiple functions: it stores wine bottles and simultaneously houses the lighting system components (light source and light guide). This multi-functionality allows the lighting system to be integrated without requiring additional external space or increasing the door volume, as the lighting components share the existing storage space.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution optimizes the size and temperature regulation of the wine cellar by keeping the lighting system internal, enhancing aesthetics and insulation while minimizing the volume occupied by the lighting components, thus maintaining optimal temperature control and storage capacity.
Implementation Method 1
a light guide (27, 28, 29) positioned inside said enclosure (10), said light guide being optically coupled with said lighting device (24, 26)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a wine cellar forming a temperature-regulated enclosure fitted with at least one lighting device (24, 26) and at least one light guide (27, 28, 29). Each lighting device (24, 26) comprises a light source suitable for emitting a light flow via the at least one light guide (27, 28, 29). The at least one lighting device (24, 26) and the at least one light guide (27, 28, 29) are arranged inside the enclosure.