Patent ID: 7595459
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: F25D,H01H

Abstract:
1. A button display apparatus of a refrigerator, comprising: a control board; switches installed on a front surface of the control board; lamps mounted on the front surface of the control board adjacent the switches; a cover installed to cover the front surface of the control board, wherein button printed units are formed on the cover; contact units formed on at least some of the button printed units, wherein the contact units indicate where a user can touch the cover to activate a switch; and condensing members mounted between the control board and the cover, wherein at least some of the condensing members surround both a switch and at least one corresponding lamp adjacent the switch, wherein each condensing member conveys light from the at least one lamp to a corresponding button printed unit, and wherein the inner surfaces of the condensing members are made of a light reflecting material or coated with the light reflecting material, the light reflecting material reflecting the light generated by the lamps to the button printed unit.