JP2017067366A - Refrigerator-freezer with door opening/closing lock control - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator making it easier to control opening/closing of each door from a control panel of the refrigerator in order to prevent little children, mentally-handicapped persons, or demented patients from uselessly opening the door to drop, drink, or eat goods inside the refrigerator.SOLUTION: In a refrigerator provided with setting and display of temperatures inside the refrigerator, a door opening/closing operation section includes a switch to select a chamber to be subjected to a door opening/closing control, and a display part as the same arrangement as a display part of a temperature control section. The refrigerator can be subjected to opening/closing control in such a manner that the door is locked by turning on the switch and the door is unlocked by turning off the switch during the door opening/closing control of the door.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Description

The present invention relates to an operation panel for performing settings such as door opening prevention for preventing opening of a door installed in a refrigerator-freezer.

A conventional refrigerator has a refrigerator, a slide room, a vegetable room, a freezer room, etc., and a temperature control unit. However, because it is easy to open and close the door, infants, people with intellectual disabilities, and people with dementia may accidentally open the door, drop items in the cabinet or cupboard, or eat or drink items in the cupboard. There is a danger. In addition, if the door is left open, the cooling effect is reduced.

JP-A-9-15575

The refrigerator / freezer has a refrigerator room, slide room, vegetable room, freezer room, etc., and it is easy to open and close the door, but infants, people with intellectual disabilities and people with dementia open the doors by mischief, and the items in the warehouse fall. And there was a danger of eating and drinking things in the warehouse.

Also, if the door is left open, the cooling effect will be reduced, which may adversely affect the refrigerator itself.

In the present invention, the door opening / closing operation unit is provided in the display unit and the operation panel arrangement unit, with the display unit of the temperature adjustment unit arranged in the same manner as the refrigerator configuration.

Since the refrigerator-freezer of the present invention according to claim 1 has a door lock device that controls the opening and closing of the doors of all rooms or a part of the room, it can be easily controlled by controlling the opening and closing of the doors of the rooms.

The refrigerator-freezer of the present invention according to claim 2 can control the opening and closing of the door by turning on and off a designated room switch on the operation panel having the door lock device.

In the refrigerator of the present invention according to claim 3, since the door opening / closing control is arranged in the temperature adjustment unit, the mechanism of the door lock device can be used in a circuit of the same series as the temperature adjustment unit, and the door lock is It can be operated by an electric structure incorporating an electrically locking / unlocking mechanism, an electromagnetic structure locking / unlocking using an electromagnet, or a mechanical structure incorporating a mechanical locking device.

The refrigerator-freezer has a refrigerator room, a slide room, a vegetable room, a freezer room, etc., and it is easy to open and close the door, but if the door lock device of the present invention is set, there are infants, people with intellectual disabilities or people with dementia At home, the door can be opened by mischief and the items in the cabinet can be dropped, or the items in the cabinet can be prevented from eating or drinking. Moreover, the door of a refrigerator can be opened while a family member is away, and items in the cabinet can be prevented from falling or eating and drinking.

To prevent malfunctions, place the operation panel in a location that is out of the reach of infants, people with intellectual disabilities, or people with dementia, and press and hold the operation switch for remote control operations (including smartphones). This can be prevented by controlling the lock.

As the number of young children and people with dementia increase each year, the time spent alone in the home increases. It is very dangerous to take out food and drinks in the freezer refrigerator while the family is away, so it is very dangerous for the family to stay away, but with a door lock device, You can be away.

Claims (3)

A refrigerator-freezer comprising a temperature control unit having a function of setting a temperature in a refrigerator and a function of displaying a temperature, and has a door lock device for controlling the opening and closing of the doors of all rooms or one part room. . In the above door lock device, when the switch is turned on, the designated room is locked and the door is controlled to open, and when the designated room switch is turned off, the door is unlocked and the door is opened. 2. The refrigerator-freezer according to claim 1, further comprising an operation panel having a door lock device having a switch that can perform the operation. 3. The refrigerator-freezer according to claim 1, wherein the mechanism of the door lock device includes an operation panel having a door lock device that operates in an electric, electromagnetic, or mechanical structure.