CN210772964U - Refrigeration device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigeration device, which comprises a lighting device; the lighting device comprises a profiled part constituting a part of or connected to a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance; the profiled member comprises a cavity accessible from the outside of a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance to accommodate a lighting member comprising a light source arranged as a plane. The whole light-emitting of plane light source like this is even soft, and luminous effect is better, can play better illuminating effect on the one hand, and on the other hand also plays the effect of atmosphere lamp better.

Description

Refrigeration device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigeration plant especially relates to refrigeration plant's lighting system.

Background

In the field of existing refrigeration devices, such as refrigerators or wine cabinets, there is a market demand for better construction methods for appliance handles, such as handles that the user needs to be able to illuminate, so that the user can see clearly the handle and open the refrigerator or wine cabinet without turning on the light at night, and CN101231095 discloses a handle in which a light emitting part is provided in the handle or in a fixed device supporting the handle on the refrigerator door.

Disclosure of Invention

One of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a refrigeration device with better light-emitting design.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a refrigeration device, comprising a lighting device; the lighting device comprises a profiled part constituting a part of or connected to a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance; the profiled member comprises a cavity accessible from the outside of a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance to accommodate a lighting member comprising a light source arranged as a plane.

The whole light-emitting of plane light source like this is even soft, and luminous effect is better, can play better illuminating effect on the one hand, and on the other hand also plays the effect of atmosphere lamp better.

Further, the light source is sheet-shaped.

Further, the light source is disposed within or on a wall within the cavity.

The planar light source is in a sheet shape, the thickness is very small, the occupied space is also very small, the space occupied by the planar light source is greatly reduced, the space occupied by a foaming layer is far away from a cold source, and accordingly the risk of condensation is reduced. Therefore, the plane light source can be directly attached to the inner wall or the wall of the cavity, and the production process is very simple.

Further, the light source is an OLED lamp panel or an OLED film.

Due to the characteristics of the OLED, the thickness of the light source is smaller and the light emitting effect is better by using the OLED lamp panel or the OLED film as the light source.

Further, a light-transmitting panel is arranged on the light source.

Further, the light-transmitting panel includes a transparent middle region and an opaque edge region.

Further, the light-transmitting panel is a glass panel.

Further, the light source is directly attached to the light-transmitting panel.

Further, the cavity is elongated and the light source has a strip-like form extending within the cavity.

Further, the length of a light emitting region of the light source may be variable.

Further, the cooling apparatus further includes a proximity sensor that changes a length of a light emitting area of the light source based on a detection signal of the proximity sensor.

Further, the profiled part is adapted to the edge of a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a side-by-side combination refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the left door of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a profiled member;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the profiled member and the light emitting member, etc.;

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the profiled part.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below by implementing the refrigeration device of the present invention as a household refrigerator and combining with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, a refrigerating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided as a side-by-side refrigerator 100 having three storage compartments and independently refrigerating, respectively. The refrigerator comprises a freezing compartment, two non-freezing compartments, namely a refrigerating compartment located at the upper right of the refrigerator and an ice temperature compartment located at the lower right of the refrigerator, as well as a left door 101 for closing the freezing compartment, an upper right door 102 for closing the refrigerating compartment and a lower right door 103 for closing the ice temperature compartment. Referring to fig. 2, a profile 1 is engaged between the front panel 1011 and the side wall 1012 of the left door 101, and forms a hidden handle on the left door 101. The profiled part 1 can be formed from metal, for example aluminium, by an extrusion process or from plastic by injection moulding.

Referring to fig. 3, 4 and 5, in order to provide the hidden handle with an illumination function, the profiled member 1 includes a cavity 2 accessible from the outside of the left door 101 for accommodating a light emitting member, the light emitting member includes a planar light source 3 and a light transmissive panel 4 covering the planar light source 3, the cavity 2 is in a strip shape and extends in the longitudinal direction within the profiled member 1, and the planar light source 3 is also in a strip shape and is mounted to extend right within the cavity 2. The cavity 2 has a sufficient width and length to allow the light emitting part to enter the cavity 2 laterally with respect to the bend 11. In this case, the lighting system can be used to illuminate the concealed handle and adjacent other handle portions of the refrigerator, i.e. can be used to illuminate a portion of the adjacent other door. The user can thus find the door of the refrigerator, for example in the dark, without turning on the light which could disturb other family members. The bent portion 11 of the profiled part 1 serves both the function of a door handle and the function of mounting a light emitting part therein.

The light-transmitting panel 4 may be transparent, translucent, or may be transparent or translucent at various locations, in particular the light-transmitting panel 4 comprises a transparent middle region 41 and an opaque edge region 42. Examples of materials that may be used to form the light transmissive panel 4 include light shields, light pipes, lenses, light dispersing elements, layers made of transparent or translucent polymers, such as transparent acrylic resin layers or glass panels, and the like. The light-transmitting panel 4 may be attached to the curved portion 11 of the profiled member 1 by means of an adhesive or a fastener.

The planar light source 3 can also be directly attached to the light-transmitting panel 4 to form an integral assembly, and can be integrally mounted on the wall 21 of the cavity 2, so that the production process is more simple.

The planar light source 3 is in a sheet shape, especially can be an OLED lamp panel or an OLED film, and is disposed on the wall 21 in the cavity 2, although the planar light source 3 may also be embedded in the wall 21. No matter how the installation is arranged, the plane light source 3 is in a sheet shape, the thickness is very small, the occupied space is also very small, the space occupied by a door foaming layer is greatly reduced, the space is far away from a cold source, and therefore the risk of condensation is correspondingly reduced. The planar light source 3 can be directly attached to the wall 21 in the cavity 2, and the production process is also very simple.

The planar light source 3 may be electrically connected to a connector (not shown in the figure) to obtain power from the refrigerator or to communicate with the refrigerator mutually, or the like.

In one embodiment, the refrigerator includes a proximity sensor (not shown) to detect a distance between a user and the refrigerator to generate a corresponding detection signal. Based on the detection signal of the proximity sensor, the refrigerator can change the length of the light emitting region of the planar light source 3, thereby realizing segmented light emission. For example, as the user gets closer to the refrigerator, the stronger the detection signal obtained by the proximity sensor, the refrigerator can control the length of the light emitting region of the planar light source 3 to be longer and longer based on the detection signal, thereby enhancing the human-computer interaction effect between the user and the refrigerator.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (12)

1. A refrigeration appliance comprising a lighting device; the lighting device comprises a profiled part constituting a part of or connected to a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance; the profiled member comprises a cavity accessible from the outside of a door, drawer or wall of the refrigeration appliance to accommodate a lighting member, characterized in that the lighting member comprises a light source arranged as a plane.

2. The refrigeration apparatus of claim 1 wherein said light source is in the form of a sheet.

3. A cold appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the light source is arranged in or on a wall in the cavity.

4. A cooling device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the light source is an OLED lamp panel or an OLED film.

5. A cold appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a light-transmitting panel is provided on the light source.

6. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 wherein said light transmissive panel includes a transparent middle region and an opaque edge region.

7. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 wherein said light transmitting panel is a glass panel.

8. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 wherein said light source is directly attached to said light transmissive panel.

9. A cold appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cavity is elongated and the light source has the form of a strip extending within the cavity.

10. The refrigeration apparatus as recited in claim 9 wherein a length of a light emitting area of the light source is variable.

11. The cooling apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cooling apparatus further comprises a proximity sensor, and the length of the light emitting area of the light source is changed based on a detection signal of the proximity sensor.

12. A cold appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the profiled member is adapted to the edge of a door, drawer or wall of the cold appliance.

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