EP2370764B1 - Refrigeration device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular domestic refrigeration appliance, comprising a body with an inner container, a refrigerator door, and arranged in the inner container separate, thermally insulated from a refrigerated compartment compartment whose access opening is closed by a heat-insulating compartment door, which has a handle.

From the French publication FR 2 336 859 A7 is a closure for a arranged on a box-shaped container door, namely a freezer compartment for a refrigerator or the like, known. The closure has a arranged near a leading edge, equipped with a resilient tumbler pivotal handle, which is rotated to open the door by a force acting perpendicular to him force component from its rest position, the tumbler detaches from a sitting on the door frame trap. The handle is equipped with a molded on its back spring element which is supported against the door and urges the handle with the tumbler in its closed position corresponding position.

The German patent application DE 1 601 094 A1 discloses a heat-insulated freezer compartment insertable into a refrigerator, which has a door and a frame comprising the insulated walls of the freezer compartment on the door side. The frame has on its front side on two opposite legs depending on a length extending over its projecting bar, between which the door is pivotally mounted. The frame also has a bearing surface surrounding the door opening for a profile seal provided on the door.

The German patent application DE 2 229 366 A1 discloses a refrigerator with resilient flap lockable compartments, namely freezers. The refrigerator has a device on flap bearings, which makes it possible to change a bias of the flap in the locking position holding spring (s) after mounting the flap.

From the international patent application WO 2004/015345 A1 is an inner door for a refrigerator, namely a freezer compartment door for a fridge-freezer combination unit, known. The inner door has a door leaf pivoted in a frame about an axis, which is held in a closed position by a snap connection between the frame and a side edge of the door leaf. The side edge of the door leaf is flexibly yielding in the area of the snap connection.

From the international patent application WO 2005/012812 A1 For example, a refrigerator is known which has a door which allows an operator access to a refrigerated compartment.

The German patent application DE 1 401 596 A1 discloses a cover for cooling containers, freezers or the like. The cover is formed by an extruded sheet having a plurality of T-shaped or dovetail grooves extending across the entire length of the plate at the back and bottom thereof. Depending on the purpose of use, correspondingly shaped additional elements for fastening the plate, for attaching gripping strips or bearing pieces for journal bearings and the like are inserted into these grooves and held in a form-fitting manner.

From the Japanese publication JP 2000 274929 A is a refrigerator known. A housing unit of the refrigerator includes a front door of the refrigerator, shelves that partition the inside of the refrigerator, and cold air outflow prevention doors. The housing unit is divided by the shelves into several stages which are spaced with a gap from the wall of the refrigerator for the circulation of cooled air. The doors are hinged on the insertion opening of the shelves in front of it so that the inside temperature of the refrigerator does not rise suddenly even when outside air flows into the refrigerator by opening and closing the front door.

A generic refrigerator is off DE 102 36 209 A1 known. The local two-temperature refrigerator comprises a heat-insulating body on which an outer door is hinged about a vertical axis pivotally. The interior of the carcass is divided by a thermally insulating horizontal partition wall into a normal refrigerated compartment and a freezer compartment. On the inner container of the body, a freezer compartment door is hinged pivotable about a horizontal axis at the level of the intermediate wall. In an upper one Area of the outer shell of the freezer compartment door, a handle is arranged, which has a recessed grip. The grip is partially hidden by the handle.

From the DE 18 69 024 U1 is known a flap for a freezer, which is double-walled and the rear wall and the front panel are designed so that they form a recess in the front during assembly, which serves as a handle.

The DE-OS 14 01 596 relates to a cover plate for mesh baskets in refrigerated containers. Such cover plates can be provided with a handle to pull out the mesh basket comfortably. The handle is designed as a hand-gripping handle bar. In order to attach the handle bar as an additional element in a simple manner, the cover plate is to be formed as a plate produced by extrusion molding, wherein the handle bar is inserted into a groove of the cover plate. In addition to this embodiment of the handle and cover plate for grid baskets is mentioned that the cover plate can also be used as a flap of a refrigerated compartment. For this it is disclosed that instead of the handle bar or in addition to it in the ends of the groove filling pieces are to be inserted. The filler pieces serve as bearing elements to make the closure flap pivotable. This means, on the one hand, that the gripping strip should be removed when it is designed as a closing flap of a refrigerating compartment, and consequently the closing flap no longer has a gripping strip component. On the other hand, this may mean that the handle strip component can indeed remain on the closure flap, but because of the addition of the filler pieces, the grip strip component no longer has a function as a handle. Since the handle strip component in this case is located directly on the pivot axis defined by the patches, no pivoting movement of the closure flap can be initiated by operating the handle strip component. Consequently, although a handle strip component is still present. However, this can not be used in the function as a handle. After the local technical teaching a simple and variable installation is achieved at the expense of the functionality of the handle.

The object of the invention is to provide a compartment door of a refrigeration appliance, in particular domestic refrigeration appliance, which has an improved insulating effect. In addition, the compartment door should have a low-complex front surface and still be operated by means of a handle. Furthermore, despite low complex front surface of the compartment door, a locking of the compartment door by the handle to be solved.

The object is achieved by a refrigeration device with the features of claim 1.

By disposing the handle outside the heat-insulating portion of the compartment door, the access opening of the refrigerating compartment can be formed by a heat-insulating portion of the compartment door having a uniform insulating thickness. The fact that the handle is outside the heat-insulating region of the compartment door, thermal bridges are prevented in the heat-insulating region of the compartment door. The insulating effect affecting thermal bridges, as they were previously unavoidable, for example. By integrated in the heat-insulating area conventional recessed grips are eliminated with the invention.

The handle is provided on one of the horizontally arranged edges of the lower edge of the compartment door. Thus, the handle of a user in a comfortable or ergonomic way by hand reachable. In particular, in refrigerated compartments, which are arranged in a higher region of the household refrigerator, this position is advantageous at a lower edge of the compartment door.

The outwardly facing side of the handle can be flush flush with the outwardly facing front surface of the compartment door. To dispense with complex technical measures for the integration of Griffmuscheln or similar a distinction forming grip areas within the front surface of the compartment door. As a result, the compartment door can be produced inexpensively with little manufacturing and assembly costs. In addition, resulting from the closed-surface design of the front surface of the compartment door further advantages. Thus, a weakening of the thermal insulation effect due to reduced wall thickness, which arise in Griffmuscheln avoided. This improves the insulation performance of the compartment door. By avoiding grip clams, the optical design of the compartment door can be chosen more freely, so that an improved design for the compartment door can be realized. In particular, a visually appealing appearance can be given by a calmer, ie lower-complexity shaping of the front surface of the compartment door. Because of a lack of technical requirements, as required for the position of a grip shell, the position and position of the handle or the handle bar according to the invention can be chosen freely. This also allows a better brand differentiation of devices sold under different brands. Because of the simple flat shape of the front surface of the compartment door For example, veneering with materials which are difficult to form and, in particular, predominantly flat-usable materials can be carried out inexpensively. Thus, for example, the front surface of the compartment door can be veneered by flat glass or a ceramic plate, in particular without production-consuming cutouts for a grip shell having to be introduced.

The handle is designed as a, along the lower horizontal edge, horizontally arranged handle. The handle strip according to the invention is located on a horizontal edge, which lies outside the thermal insulation surface of the compartment door. The handle bar extends to the lower edge or a lower edge of the compartment door. In training, the handle bar may extend only over part of the entire width or height of the compartment door and thus shorten to a short handle. If the handle extends over the width of the compartment door and thus forms a handle, resulting in particular in an optical concealed arrangement has the advantage that the compartment door can be unlocked by an operation at any point of the respective side edge by the handle.

The handle bar can be behind at a lower edge of the compartment door arranged aperture at least front concealed by this, arranged. In this case, the panel can be formed by the front of the compartment door and connected in one piece. The handle bar can thus be formed by a portion of the front surface of the compartment door and to that extent be formed integrally with the compartment door. The release lever is thus hidden, i. hidden and visually not recognizable behind the front surface of the compartment door.

The handle bar can be arranged at least approximately over the width of the lower edge of the compartment door. Thus, the compartment door can be gripped anywhere on the width of the compartment door and the handle can be actuated.

The handle bar may alternatively be located at the lower edge partially spaced from that of the vertical edges of the compartment door, which is opposite the door rollover side lies. Ie. the handle bar can be spaced from that vertical edge of the compartment door, which lies opposite the door exit side.

In all variants, the compartment door can be locked in its closed position and the handle or the handle bar to be associated with a triggering device for opening the locked compartment door. The arrangement of the compartment and compartment door may be associated with a locking device which prevents unintentional opening of the compartment door. The locking device can be realized, for example, by a mechanically positive releasable connection. Alternatively, the locking device, for example, by clamping force or by means of magnetic holding force, such as working in particular using magnetic stripe.

For this purpose, in a first embodiment, the triggering device can be actuated by a releasably mounted on the compartment door unlocking lever, which is optically hidden behind the handle bar. The handle bar can thus be formed by a portion of the front surface of the compartment door and to that extent be formed integrally with the compartment door. The unlocking lever is thus hidden ie hidden and visually not recognizable behind the front surface of the compartment door. The unlocking lever engages in the closed position of the compartment door in a corresponding detent. The detent is fixedly connected to the compartment and may in particular be attached to an assigning to the compartment door end face of a compartment frame or formed integrally therewith. The detent can be made short and does not have to extend over the entire length of the handle or the release lever. The release lever only has to have a counter-latching arrangement in the region of the detent. The release lever However, should at least over a substantial portion of the handle bar or may extend over the entire longitudinal extension of the handle. This ensures that the locking device can be operated at any point of the handle. By unlocking and latching a mechanically positive releasable connection is realized. Unlocking can be done by pressing against each other by the handle and release lever by means of two fingers of one hand. The release lever may preferably be spring biased in its Verrieglungsstellung, so that after releasing the handle bar and the release lever, the release lever returns to its Verrieglungsstellung.

Instead of a release lever and a detent that create a mechanically positive releasable connection, for example, by means of clamping force or by means of magnetic holding force Verrieglung the compartment door done. Thus, for example, a pin can be provided on a lateral end face of the compartment door, which pin is clamped in the locking position into a keyway of the compartment. In another solution, a magnetic strip and / or metal strip may extend in a frame around the compartment door and the compartment. Both in a Verrieglung by clamping force as well as in a holding by means of magnetic force configuration of the unlocking lever can be formed without counter-locking arrangement but with a pressing nose. Thus, upon actuation of the release lever, i. when pressed against each other by the handle and unlocking lever by means of two fingers of one hand pressed the presser nose against the front frame of the compartment, so that the compartment door moves away from the compartment and dissolves. By closing the compartment door, the pressing nose and thus the release lever is moved back to its original position. In the context of the invention, both the counter-latching arrangement of the unlocking lever and the pressing lug of the unlocking lever are understood to be generic as a triggering device.

In a second embodiment, the handle bar can be movably mounted on the compartment door and firmly connected to the triggering device for the actuation thereof. The handle bar can be connected via a pivot bearing arrangement with the compartment door. The pivot bearing arrangement may extend in particular along the longitudinal extent of the handle strip or a side edge of the compartment door. The pivot bearing assembly can be formed by a film hinge-like connection of handle and compartment door. The film-hinge-like connection can connect the handle bar with the compartment door as a separate component. However, the film hinge-like compound can also be formed by a Wanddickeneinschnürung a one-piece component of the handle and compartment door.

In this embodiment, the movably mounted handle strip can form at least a portion of the front side of the compartment door formed by the panel. This integrates the handle bar functionally and visually appealing in the front of the compartment door.

In a third embodiment, a tripping device movably mounted on the compartment door can be coupled with the handle strip which is movably mounted on the compartment door. In this case, both the triggering device and the compartment door is mounted independently pivotable on the compartment door. About a coupling member, the pivotal movement of the handle bar is transmitted to the triggering device. The triggering device need not extend over the entire length of the handle bar, but in particular can be formed only as short as the associated latching firmly connected to the compartment.

In the described embodiments, the triggering device can be formed by a locking member. As described, as an alternative to the locking member, the triggering device can be formed by an unlocking member.

In particular, according to the invention, the outwardly facing front surface of the compartment door can have a panel, in particular a glass panel. Because of the simple planar shape of the front surface of the compartment door, veneering can be carried out inexpensively with materials which are difficult to form and in particular predominantly flat. Thus, for example, the front surface of the compartment door can be veneered by flat glass, mirror glass or a ceramic plate, in particular without production-consuming cutouts for a grip shell having to be introduced.

In all embodiments, the outwardly facing front surface of the compartment door may have a mark for indicating the local position and / or spatial extent of the handle or the handle strip. Thus, despite the visually hidden position of the handle or the handle bar, the exact location and extension can be perceived.

The invention relates in particular to domestic refrigerators, which have one or more compartments with a compartment door. The one or more compartments may in particular be freezers, which are arranged in an inner container of a refrigerator.

The invention is described by way of example using the example of a table top refrigerating machine. Various embodiments of the invention are described with reference to several in the other figures exemplified compartment doors for a refrigeration appliance for household purposes. From the detailed description of these specific embodiments, there are also other general features and advantages of the present invention.

Figur 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Kältegeräts für Haushaltszwecke, insbesondere eines Tisch-Kühlautomaten mit einem Gefrierfach und einer Fachtür;

Figur 2

eine schematische Darstellung einer ersten Ausgestaltung der Fachtür mit einer integrierten Griffleiste, der ein Entriegelungshebel mit einem Verriegelungsglied zugeordnet ist, der optisch verdeckt hinter der Griffleiste angeordnet ist;

Figur 3

die erste Ausgestaltung der Fachtür mit der integrierten Griffleiste, welcher der Entriegelungshebel mit einem Entriegelungsglied zugeordnet ist, der optisch verdeckt hinter der Griffleiste angeordnet ist;

Figur 4

eine schematische Darstellung einer zweiten Ausgestaltung der Fachtür mit einer separaten, beweglich an der Fachtür gelagerte Griffleiste, die mit einem Verriegelungsglied fest verbunden ist;

Figur 5

die zweite Ausgestaltung der Fachtür mit der separaten, beweglich an der Fachtür gelagerte Griffleiste, die mit dem Entriegelungsglied fest verbunden ist;

Figur 6

eine schematische Darstellung einer dritten Ausgestaltung der Fachtür mit dem beweglich an der Fachtür gelagerten Verriegelungsglied, das mit der über ein Filmscharnier beweglich mit der Fachtür verbundene Griffleiste gekoppelt ist;

Figur 7

die dritte Ausgestaltung der Fachtür mit dem beweglich an der Fachtür gelagerten Entriegelungsglied, das mit der über das Filmscharnier beweglich mit der Fachtür verbundene Griffleiste gekoppelt ist.

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FIG. 1

a perspective view of a refrigeration appliance for household purposes, in particular a table-top cooling machine with a freezer compartment and a compartment door;

FIG. 2

a schematic representation of a first embodiment of the compartment door with an integrated handle bar, which is associated with an unlocking lever with a locking member which is optically hidden behind the handle bar;

FIG. 3

the first embodiment of the compartment door with the integrated handle bar, which is associated with the unlocking lever with an unlocking, which is optically hidden behind the handle bar;

FIG. 4

a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the compartment door with a separate, movably mounted on the compartment door handle bar, which is fixedly connected to a locking member;

FIG. 5

the second embodiment of the compartment door with the separate, movably mounted on the compartment door handle bar, which is firmly connected to the unlocking member;

FIG. 6

a schematic representation of a third embodiment of the compartment door with the movably mounted on the compartment door locking member which is coupled to the connected via a film hinge movable with the compartment door handle bar;

FIG. 7

the third embodiment of the compartment door with the releasably mounted on the compartment door unlocking member which is coupled to the movably connected to the compartment door via the film hinge.

A refrigerator 1 for household purposes according to Fig. 1 has a cuboidal body 2. The cuboid body 2 consists of four side walls and a rear wall surrounding an inner container 3 thermally insulating. The inner container 3 has a front access, which can be closed by a refrigerator door 4. The refrigeration device door 4 is hinged on the left side or right side hinged to the body 2. On the inside of the refrigerator door 4 storage compartments 5 are for example. Butterdoses, receptacles 6 for example. Egg holder and door rack 7 for example. Beverage bottles attached. By means of a on the refrigerator door 4 frame-like circumferential seal 8, the inner container can be hermetically sealed with closed, ie locked refrigerator door 4 for thermal insulation. In the inner container 3 storage compartments 9 and drawers 10 are arranged for goods to be cooled. On the head side in the inner container 3, a separate compartment 12, ie a compartment 12 separated from a cooling compartment in a thermally insulated manner, is thermally separated from a cooling compartment 11. The compartment 12 may be, for example, a freezer. The compartment 12 has a front door 13 on the front side. The compartment door 13 may be pivotally mounted on the inner container 3. The compartment door 13 has a handle 14. The handle 14 may be formed as a handle portion 14 a of the compartment door 13. The outwardly facing end face 15 of the handle 14 terminates flush with the outwardly facing front surface 16 of the compartment door 13. In the region of the outwardly facing end face 15 of the handle 14, a mark 17 for indicating the local position and the spatial extent of the handle 14 is attached.

In the Fig. 2 the compartment door 13 is shown alone. The compartment door 13 is designed as a plate with a rectangular contour. The outwardly facing front surface 16 of the compartment door 13 is flat. In this first embodiment, the compartment door 13 is formed integrally with the handle 14, which due to its over the entire width of the compartment door 13 leading extension a handle bar 14a forms. The depth of the handle bar 14a is compared to the depth of the compartment door 13 is significantly reduced. In the created due to the reduction in depth back niche unlocking lever 18 is added. The unlocking lever 18 is mounted by means of a pivot bearing 19 horizontally pivotally mounted on the compartment door 13. At a side facing the tray 12 of the unlocking lever 18, a locking member 20 is arranged. The locking member 20 may be formed integrally with the unlocking lever 18. The release lever 18 may extend over the entire width behind the compartment door 13. For the locking member 20, it is sufficient if it extends only over a portion of the entire width of the compartment door. In particular, the locking member 20 may be short, ie in particular be a few millimeters or a few inches wide. The locking member 20 is associated with a corresponding counter-locking member 21. The locking member 20 forms, together with the counter-locking member 21, a triggering device 22. The counter-locking member 21 is fixedly connected to a front side on a frame 23 of the compartment 12. By pressing the pivoting unlocking lever 18 against the stationary handle bar 14a, the locking member 20 is swung down and forward from the counter-locking member 21 and thus the triggering device 22 is released, so that the compartment door 13 can be opened. An opening of the compartment door 13 is effected by pivoting about the vertical axis of rotation of a stop, in particular an exchange stop 24th

In the Fig. 3 is a first embodiment of the compartment door 13 with an integrated handle bar 14a analog Fig. 2 shown, wherein the unlocking lever 18 instead of the locking member 20 after Fig. 2 an unlocking member 25 is assigned, which is optically hidden behind the handle bar 14a is arranged. A locking of the compartment door 13 can be done by a frictional or non-positive / positive connection of the compartment door 13 with the compartment 12 and in particular by means of a locking mandrel 26 which engages in a locking key, not shown on the tray 12 in a closed position of the compartment door 13. Unlocking of the compartment door 13 takes place by overcoming a holding force on the locking mandrel 26, so that the compartment door 13 can be raised by a corresponding amount of force. To facilitate the opening of the release lever 18 is equipped with the unlocking member 25. By pressing the pivoting unlocking lever 18 against the stationary handle bar 14 a, the unlocking member 25 is pressed against the end face of the frame 23 of the compartment 12. This causes a spreading force, which the Fachtür 13 pushes against the holding force on the locking mandrel 26 of the front side of the compartment 12 and thus the compartment door 13 opens. With this type of opening and a magnetic closure device can be opened.

In the Fig. 4 a second embodiment of the compartment door 13 is shown. Compared to the first embodiment according to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 the handle bar 14a is not formed integrally with the compartment door 13 or fixedly connected thereto, but rather mounted horizontally pivotable by a pivot bearing 19 on the compartment door 13. The handle bar 14a forms so far a separate, movably mounted on the compartment door handle 14, which in turn is fixedly connected to the locking member 20. The handle bar 14a may be formed integrally with the release lever 18 rather. By pulling the pivotable handle bar 14a outward, the locking member 20 is pivoted downwards and forwards out of the counter-locking member 21 and thus the triggering device 22 is released, so that the compartment door 13 can be opened. An opening of the compartment door 13 can take place, for example, by pivoting about the axis of rotation of a stop, in particular the changeover stop 24. The pivot bearing 19 or an upper end side of the grip strip 14a and / or a lower end face of the compartment door 13 may have a design which obscures the pivot bearing to the outside optically at least largely. Thus, for example, only a small gap 27 remain, which largely conceals the pivot bearing 19 optically.

In the Fig. 5 is a variant of the second embodiment of the compartment door 13 after Fig. 4 shown. The handle bar 14a is pivotally mounted on the compartment door 13 by means of the pivot bearing 19. The handle bar 14a is instead of the locking member 20 after Figure 4 associated with the unlocking member 25 which is optically hidden behind the handle bar 14a is arranged. A locking of the compartment door 13 can by a non-positive or non-positive / positive connection of the compartment door 13 with the compartment 12 analogous, such as Fig. 3 described done in particular by means of the locking mandrel 26 which engages in a locking wedge, not shown on the tray 12 in a closed position of the compartment door 13. Unlocking of the compartment door 13 takes place by overcoming a holding force on the locking mandrel 26, so that the compartment door 13 can be raised by a corresponding amount of force. To facilitate opening the handle bar 14a is equipped with the unlocking member 25. The handle bar 14a is so far formed for their cost-effective production in one piece with the unlocking member 25.

By pulling the handle bar 14a in the opening direction of the compartment door 13, that is, outwardly away from the compartment 12, the unlocking member 25 is pressed against the end face of the frame 23 of the compartment 12. This causes a spreading force, which pushes the compartment door 13 against the holding force on the locking mandrel 26 of the front side of the compartment 12 and thus opens the compartment door 13. Also in this embodiment, the pivot bearing 19 and the upper end face of the handle bar 14a and / or the lower end face of the compartment door 13 have a design which visually obscures the pivot bearing to the outside at least substantially. In particular, only a small gap 27 can remain, which largely conceals the pivot bearing 19 optically.

In the Fig. 6 a third embodiment of the compartment door 13 is shown. The third embodiment of the compartment door 13 is formed with the locking member 20 movably mounted on the compartment door 13, which is coupled to a handle strip 14a movably connected to the compartment door 13 via a film hinge 28. The outwardly facing front surface 16 of the compartment door 13 is flat. In this third embodiment, the compartment door 13 is integrally formed with the handle 14, which forms the handle bar 14a due to its over the entire width of the compartment door 13 leading extension. The depth of the handle bar 14a is compared to the depth of the compartment door 13 is significantly reduced. In the created due to the reduction in depth back niche of the release lever 18 is added. The unlocking lever 18 is supported by the pivot bearing 19 horizontally pivotally mounted on the compartment door 13. At a side facing the tray 12 of the unlocking lever 18, the locking member 20 is arranged. The locking member 20 may be formed integrally with the unlocking lever 18. The release lever 18 may extend over the entire width behind the compartment door 13. For the locking member 20 and also the release lever 18, it is sufficient if these components extend only over a portion of the entire width of the compartment door 13. In particular, the locking member 20 and the release lever 18 may be formed short, ie in particular be only a few millimeters or a few inches wide. The locking member 20 is associated with a corresponding counter-locking member 21. The locking member 20 forms, together with the counter-locking member 21, a triggering device 22. The counter-locking member 21 is fixedly connected to a front side on a frame 23 of the compartment 12.

By pulling the hinged by means of the film hinge 28 pivotally on the compartment door 13 handle bar 14a to the outside, a coupling member 29 is actuated, ie with the handle bar 14a pulled outward, and also connected to the coupling member 29 unlocking lever 18 moves, whereby the locking member 20 is pivoted downwards and forwards from the counter-locking member 21 and thus the triggering device 22 is released, so that the compartment door 13 can be opened.

In the Fig. 7 is a variant of the third embodiment of the compartment door 13 after Fig. 6 shown. The compartment door 13 is formed with the unlocking member 25 movably mounted on the compartment door 13, which is coupled to the handle bar 14a movably connected to the compartment door 13 via the film hinge 28. The release lever 18 is instead of the locking member 20 after Fig. 6 an unlocking member 25 is assigned, which is optically hidden behind the handle bar 14a is arranged. A locking of the compartment door 13 can be done by a non-positive or non-positive / positive connection of the compartment door 13 with the compartment 12 and in particular by means of the locking mandrel 26 which engages in a locking key, not shown on the tray 12 in a closed position of the compartment door 13. Unlocking of the compartment door 13 takes place by overcoming a holding force on the locking mandrel 26, so that the compartment door 13 can be raised by a corresponding amount of force. To facilitate the opening of the release lever 18 is equipped with the unlocking member 25. The release lever 18 is connected via the coupling member 29 with the handle bar 14a.

By pulling the by means of the film hinge 28 pivotally articulated to the compartment door 13 handle bar 14a to the outside, the coupling member 29 is actuated, i. with the handle bar 14a pulled outwards, and also connected to the coupling member 29 unlocking lever 18 moves, whereby the unlocking member 25 is pressed against the end face of the frame 23 of the tray 12. This causes a spreading force, which pushes the compartment door 13 against the holding force on the locking mandrel 26 of the front side of the compartment 12 and thus opens the compartment door 13.

The film hinge 28 may be formed by a material taper of a one-piece component of compartment door 13 and handle bar 14a. Alternatively, a separate film hinge component can be used, which connects the two components of compartment door 13 and handle bar 14a. The film hinge component can be connected, for example, by gluing to the compartment door 13 and the handle strip 14a. The coupling member 29 may also be formed in the manner of a film hinge, the handle bar 14a with the release lever 18th combines. Alternatively, the coupling member 29 may be formed by a hinged snap-spring connection.

In all embodiments and variants, the front surface 16 may be covered with a diaphragm 30. The panel 30 can be formed in particular by a glass plate. In an exemplary illustration, an aperture 30 is in the form of a glass plate in FIG Fig. 2 shown. The front surface 16 or the panel 30 or glass plate may have the mark 17 or it may be in a transparent panel 30, the mark 17 mounted behind the panel 30 and shine through to the outside. The marking 17 is used in particular for displaying the local position or extension of the handle 14, ie the gripping strip 14a.

Claims (13)

1. Refrigeration device, in particular household refrigeration device, having a carcass (2) with an interior container space (3), a refrigeration device door (4), in addition to a separate compartment (12) located in the interior container space (3) and thermally insulated in relation to a refrigeration compartment, the access opening of said separate compartment being closed by a thermally insulating compartment door (13) that has a handle (14) for opening the compartment door (13) which is arranged outside of the thermally insulating region of the compartment door (13), characterised in that the handle (14) is provided on the lower-lying edge of the horizontally arranged edges of the compartment door (13), wherein the compartment door (13) is opened by pivoting about a vertical axis of rotation of a stop, wherein the handle (14) is embodied as a horizontally arranged handle strip (14a) and wherein the handle strip (14a) is pivotably mounted on the compartment door (19) by means of a horizontal pivot bearing (19).
2. Refrigeration device according to claim 1, characterised in that the handle strip (14a) is arranged behind a panel arranged on the lower-lying edge of the compartment door (13), and is at least frontally concealed thereby.
3. Refrigeration device according to claim 2, characterised in that the panel is formed by the front panel of the compartment door (13) and is connected in one piece therewith.
4. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the handle strip (14a) is arranged at least approximately above the width of the lower-lying edge of the compartment door (13).
5. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the handle strip (14a) is arranged on the lower-lying edge partially at a distance from that edge of the vertical edges of the compartment door (13), which lies opposite the door opening side.
6. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the stop is an alternating limit stop (24).
7. Refrigeration device according to claim 1, characterised in that the compartment door (13) can be locked in its closed position and that a release unit (22) for opening the locked compartment door (13) is associated with the handle (14) and/or the handle strip (14a).
8. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the handle strip (14a) is moveably mounted on the compartment door (13) and is fixedly connected to the release unit (22) for actuation thereof.
9. Refrigeration device according to claim 8, characterised in that the moveably mounted handle strip (14a) forms at least a section of the front panel of the compartment door (13) formed by the panel.
10. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 7 or 8, characterised in that the release unit (22) is formed by a locking element (20).
11. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 7 or 8, characterised in that the release unit (22) is formed by an unlocking element (25).
12. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the front surface (16) of the compartment door (13) that is oriented outwards comprises a panel (30), in particular a glass plate.
13. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 8 or 10 to 12, characterised in that the front surface (16) of the compartment door (13) which is oriented outwards includes a marker (17) for indicating the local position and/or spatial extension of the handle (14) and/or the handle strip (14a).

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