SI24187A - Preparation for lighting interior of home appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a household appliance, in particular a refrigerating and / or freezing apparatus, comprising a no-frost vaporising unit mounted in the upper part of the household appliance, e.g. a refrigerator, a freezer, a combined refrigerator (comprising a cooling and freezing compartment), a device for cooling the beverages or a wine cellar and the like, and a device for illuminating the interior of the household appliance. According to the present invention, it is envisaged that the illumination element (7) of the illuminating element fixed to the stop (4) of the stop (2) is arranged at a distance between the decorative strip (6) and the evaporation unit (3), and at a distance from both. A through opening (11) is arranged substantially directly below said support (7) in the decorative strip (6) and / or the protective cover (5).

Description

Preparation for illuminating the interior of a household appliance

The present invention relates to a household appliance, in particular a refrigeration and / or freezer appliance comprising a no-frost evaporation unit arranged at the top of the household appliance, e.g. refrigerator, freezer, combi-fridge (containing refrigeration and freezer compartment), beverage cooling apparatus or wine cabinets, and the like, and apparatus for illuminating the interior of the household apparatus.

Lighting solutions for the interior of a household appliance are known from patent applications no. DE 102005/057142 and W02010 / 091953, in which the apparatus for illuminating the interior of the domestic appliance is provided directly in the front area of the no-frost evaporator unit in such a way that the light source is integrated into the front region of said evaporator unit. In the event of a defect in the light source, the entire housing of the said evaporator unit must be removed to eliminate the light source, which represents a time and cost disadvantage. In addition, the solution disclosed in patent application no. WO 2010/091953, a recess in the apparatus of the apparatus for receiving a light source projecting from the plane of said evaporator unit. As a result, the thickness of the insulation of the appliance decreases, which leads to lower energy efficiency of the appliance.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new apparatus for illuminating the interior of a household appliance, which eliminates the disadvantages of known solutions.

The task according to the invention is solved by the characteristics given in characteristic part 1.

of the claim. Details of the invention are disclosed in the corresponding sub-claims.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to an embodiment and with reference to the accompanying drawing, where FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional view of a household appliance according to the invention in a vertical plane, FIG. 2 shows a three-dimensional view of the domestic appliance according to the invention in the direction of the ceiling and without the decorative strip, FIG. 3 is a device for illuminating a household appliance according to FIG. 2 in built-in condition.

The household appliance according to the invention is described below in the embodiment of a refrigeration appliance. The cooling apparatus comprises a housing 1 with an inner wall 2 in which a storage space is provided for cooled goods, the said storage space being closed by a door not shown. An evaporation unit 3, preferably a so-called no-frost evaporation unit, is arranged in the upper area of the refrigeration apparatus, which is thermally insulated against the surrounding environment in a known and non-illustrated manner. Said evaporator unit 3, which is arranged in the region of the top of said storage compartment, borders on the ceiling 4 and the sides of said enclosure 2, while being separated from the rest of the storage compartment by a protective cover 5. On the side facing said door there is a evaporative unit. 3 covered by a decorative strip 6. Said protective cover 5 and said decorative strip 6 which prevent unauthorized access to the evaporator unit 3 may optionally be designed as a single integral component.

In the distance between said decorative lath 6 and the evaporator unit 3 and at a distance from both, a support 7 is arranged for the illumination element (not shown), which is attached to the ceiling 4 of said wall 2. Said mounting is in the present embodiment based on a screw The said illuminating element is, in a given embodiment, an LED element, but may of course be some other light source, such as a laser source and the like. For the purpose of positioning and holding said bracket 7, the ceiling 4 of said wall 2 is designed with a recess 8 which receives said bracket 7. Said bracket 7 of the lighting element according to the invention is designed and fixed in such a way that it is never in any contact with said evaporator unit. 3 and / or said decorative lath 6 and / or said protective cover 5.

Away from said ceiling 4, the facing end of said support 7 is designed with a holder 9 for receiving said lighting element. In the exemplified embodiment, said lighting element is a printed circuit board 10 with a built-in LED module. Said circuit board 10 is connected in a snap-in manner to said holder 9.

In order for the lighting element to illuminate the interior of the refrigerating appliance according to the invention, an ornamental opening 6 is provided in the decorative lath 6 and / or the protective cover 5, which is arranged substantially directly below said support 7 or. in the holder 9 arranged lighting elements.

Claims (5)

Patent claims An apparatus for illuminating the interior of a household apparatus, in particular in a refrigerating and / or freezing apparatus, comprising a housing (1) with an inner wall (2), in which a storage space is provided for cooled goods, said storage being provided. close the door with the evaporator unit (3) adjacent to the ceiling (4) and the sides of said wall (2) in the upper area of the refrigerating appliance, while separated from the rest of the storage compartment by a protective cover (5), the side facing the said door, however, the evaporator unit (3) is covered by a decorative strip (6), characterized in that it is at a distance between said decorative strip (6) and said evaporative unit (3) and at a distance from both of them. a mounting element (7) of an illumination element, which is fixed to said ceiling (4) of said wall (2), provided that through a decorative lath (6) and / or protective cover (5) an aperture (11) is arranged basically directly after d to said supports (7). Household interior lighting apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the ceiling (4) of said wall (2) is designed with a recess (8) receiving said bracket (7). Household appliance illumination device according to claim 1, characterized in that said illumination element is provided as an LED light source, a laser light source and the like. Lighting apparatus for the interior of a household appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that, away from said ceiling (4), the facing end of said bracket (7) is designed with a holder (9) for receiving said illumination element. Lighting apparatus for the interior of a household appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that said illuminating element is connected in a snap-on manner with said holder (9).