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Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008232494
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a refrigerator using an LED as a light in a storehouse, preventing darkening of lighting in the storehouse due to lowering of luminous intensity of the LED caused by long-time use.

This refrigerator includes: a storehouse light 100 using the LED; a current varying means 101 for controlling the current amount of the LED mounted on the storehouse light 100; and a control means 102 for counting time after the power-on of the refrigerator and varying the current to the storehouse light 100 by the current varying means 101. When the amount of time after the power-on of the refrigerator reaches a predetermined time, the luminous intensity of the LED is determined to be lowered because of long energizing time of the LED, and the current is increased by the current varying means 101 to keep the luminous intensity of the LED. Thus, it is possible to prevent darkening of lighting in the storehouse due to lowering of luminous intensity of the LED caused by long-time use of the refrigerator.


Inventors:
UEDA NOBUHIKO
Application Number:
JP2007070186A
Publication Date:
October 02, 2008
Filing Date:
March 19, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
International Classes:
F25D27/00; F21V33/00; F25D29/00; H05B37/02
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11159953A1999-06-15
JP2003084536A2003-03-19
JP2006318773A2006-11-24
JP2006329614A2006-12-07
JP2005003262A2005-01-06
JP2006300386A2006-11-02
JPH07280412A1995-10-27
JPH07110183A1995-04-25
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fumio Iwahashi
Hiroki Naito
Daisuke Nagano