EP2464929B1 - Refrigeration device having an insert - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a refrigeration device, in particular a household refrigerator with a built-in part for mounting on the door of the refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator. On the inside of such a door usually several fixtures such as refrigerated goods, a butter compartment or the like are usually mounted. Most vertical struts are formed on an inner surface of the door panel on which the built-in parts are supported via formed in their side walls contours.

It is known per se, the side cheeks of such a fixture as a hollow body with an inner wall, an outer wall and a downwardly directed Entformöffnung, wherein the inner wall engages in the assembled state between the spars of the door and having the support contours, while the outer wall at a front Edge of the spars ends. The outer wall contributes relatively little to the load capacity of the fixture, as it tends to bend outward under load.

Out DE 10 2005 043354 A1 a refrigeration device is known, are formed in the side walls of a mounting part as pipe sections, which are attached to attracted to an inside of the door of the refrigerator pin.

US 4,867,512 discloses a storage module having side endwall compositions that include an inner endwall panel and an outer endwall panel. The inner end wall panel and the outer end wall panel are latched together. The outer Endwandpaneel includes cells that can be plugged onto side ribs of a door inside. The cells are formed as indentations aligned with the inner end wall panel.

The object of the invention is to provide a built-in part for a refrigerator door whose appearance can be varied with little effort.

The object is achieved by a built-in part with the features of claim 1 In order to enable locking and unlocking of the mounting parts on the door, the side cheeks carry a horizontally movable retaining element, in particular a support projection for supporting the built-in part in particular in a recess of the door. The retaining element may alternatively also have a recess which cooperates with a support projection on the door for vertical support of the fitting to the door.
Alternatively, the filler can fulfill a static function by such a support projection is formed on them. This is particularly advantageous because in case of damage to the support projection of the filler can be easily replaced and the rest of the insert can be used.
Such a filler body preferably comprises a spring tongue, which carries the support projection.
Preferably, the side wall is provided with a window in which an operating portion of the spring tongue is exposed, so that it can be actuated by a user for extracting the support projection from a receptacle of the door or for inserting the support projection into the receptacle.
On the outer sides of the side cheeks vertical grooves may be formed to receive facing rails of the door and so a rail guide for the To create a fixture that allows height adjustment without a simultaneous complete release of the fixture from the door.

In order not to unnecessarily complicate the conventional manufacture of the inside of the door panel by deep drawing, the rails engaging in the grooves are preferably made separately and attached to the door leaf.
Since manufacturing restrictions on thermoforming do not apply to these rails, it is easily possible to form receptacles for the support projections in close staggering on the rails. Therefore, the supporting projections of a fitting expediently engage in the vertical grooves of its side cheeks.

If the fitting is to serve as a door rack, its side cheeks are conveniently connected by a railing.

On this railing, a decorative part can be plugged.

Preferably, the decorative part is attached to a rear side of the railing made of a transparent, preferably crystal-clear material, so that it is protected in a similar manner as the fillers of the side cheeks. With regard to the design of the visible surfaces of the decorative part, this leads to the same requirements and possibilities as in the case of the random packings.

Preferably, the railing has the shape of an upright wall, protruding from the rear side of a horizontal web. This web not only serves to stiffen the wall, but preferably also for attachment of the decorative part, preferably by the decorative part comprises a plugged onto the web U-profile.

So that a viewer is not aware that the decorative part is a different component of the railing, an upper edge of the U-profile is preferably flush with the upper edge of the wall.

To reinforce the viewer the impression of a one-piece wall, and also to secure the decorative part on the wall, it is useful if a plate of the decorative part completely fills the back of the wall between the web and the bottom plate. In addition, an undercut on the web can be formed to secure the decorative part, in which engages the plate.

As a built-in part also commonly referred to as butter compartment container comes with a movable between the side walls, in particular pivotally mounted flap into consideration.

Fig. 1

eine auseinander gezogene Ansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Einbauteils;

Fig. 2

das Einbauteil der Fig. 1 in zusammengefügtem Zustand;

Fig. 3

einen horizontalen Schnitt durch eine Seitenwange des Einbauteils;

Fig. 4

einen Teilschnitt des Einbauteils der Fig. 2, bestückt mit einem zusätzlichen Dekorteil;

Fig. 5

einen zweiten Teilschnitt des mit einem Dekorteil bestückten Einbauteils;

Fig. 6

eine auseinander gezogene Ansicht eines Einbauteils gemäß einer zweiten Ausgestaltung der Erfindung;

Fig. 7

eine auseinander gezogene Ansicht einer Kühlschranktür und eines Einbauteils dafür gemäß einer dritten Ausgestaltung der Erfindung;

Fig. 8

eine vergrößerte Ansicht eines Füllkörpers gemäß der dritten Ausgestaltung;

Fig. 9

das an der Tür montierte Einbauteil gemäß der dritten Ausgestaltung;

Fig. 10

eine auseinander gezogene Ansicht eines Einbauteils gemäß einer vierten Ausgestaltung;

Fig. 11

einen Teilschnitt durch das in einer Kühlschranktür montierte Einbauteil gemäß der vierten Ausgestaltung; und

Fig. 12

eine auseinander gezogene Ansicht eines Einbauteils gemäß einer fünften Ausgestaltung.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying figures. Show it:

Fig. 1

an exploded view of a fitting according to the invention;

Fig. 2

the fitting of the Fig. 1 in assembled condition;

Fig. 3

a horizontal section through a side wall of the insert;

Fig. 4

a partial section of the fitting of the Fig. 2 , equipped with an additional decorative part;

Fig. 5

a second partial section of the fitted with a decorative part insert;

Fig. 6

an exploded view of a fitting according to a second embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7

an exploded view of a refrigerator door and a fixture therefor according to a third embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8

an enlarged view of a packing according to the third embodiment;

Fig. 9

the door-mounted fitting according to the third embodiment;

Fig. 10

an exploded view of a fitting according to a fourth embodiment;

Fig. 11

a partial section through the mounted in a refrigerator door fitting according to the fourth embodiment; and

Fig. 12

an exploded view of a fitting according to a fifth embodiment.

Fig. 1 shows a door racks according to a first embodiment of the invention in an exploded perspective view. A main body 1 of the door compartment has substantially the shape of an elongated, upwardly open box with a bottom plate 2, on the longitudinal sides of the bottom plate 2 extending front and rear walls 3 and 4 (in the context of the present specification "forward" the Direction away from an in Fig. 1 not shown refrigerator door on which the door rack or other built-in part is mounted, and "rear" denotes the direction towards the door). The rear wall 4 is in the assembled state on an inner surface of the refrigerator door or is at most spaced from it by a narrow gap. It therefore serves only to stiffen or stabilize the body 1, but not as the front wall 3 as a railing for securing refrigerated goods placed in the door compartment.

The bottom plate 2 and the walls 3, 4 extend between two side cheeks 5. The side cheeks 5 each comprise a front portion 6 which, as in particular in section Fig. 3 to recognize, in essence, the shape of a hollow, to a rear Entformöffnung 32 out open cuboid or more precisely a prism stump with an inner and an outer wall 50 and 30, the front slightly to each other and by a front edge 13, a upper flank and a lower flank 33 are connected. The convergence of the walls 30, 50 of the side walls 5 facilitates in the manufacture of the base body 1 by plastic injection molding removal via the opening 32nd

A rear portion 7 of the side cheeks 5 is shaped to intervene between extending on an inside of the refrigerator door extending vertical stiles, and has downwardly open recesses 8, which are provided to be plugged onto support projections on mutually facing flanks of the vertical stiles and so to support the door racks on the bars. The rear portion 7 is formed here as a thin, solid plate, projecting from the outside of ribs 9, which define the recess 8.

The main body 1 consists of a crystal clear plastic material such as a polystyrene or polymethyl methacrylate, so that filler 10, which are provided to be inserted over the rear opening in the hollow side walls 5, remain visible in the side walls 5.

Since the packing 10 are protected in the side walls 5 from abrasion, scratching, etc., their surface does not need to be particularly durable; a thin surface metallization 10 of the fillers together with a glossy surface finish of the side cheeks 5 is sufficient to create the appearance of a shiny metal surface. Depending on the aesthetic requirements and value of a device model in which the door racks are used, differently colored fillers 10, for example made of white plastic, can also be used, or the side cheeks 5 can remain completely empty.

The front wall 3 is like the walls of the side walls 5 crystal clear and is in the design of the Figures 1 and 2 free. In order to achieve a sufficient rigidity of the wall 3 despite low strength, a horizontally rearwardly directed web 11 is integrally formed at its upper edge.

Fig. 4 shows that this web 11 can serve for anchoring a latched from the outside decorative part 12, which is designed as extruded profile of metal or plastic. If such a decorative part 12 is provided, it is preferable that the outer surface of the front wall 3 be as shown in FIG Fig. 3 to recognize slightly behind the front flanks 13 of the side walls 5 springs back so that these flanks 13, when the decorative part 12 is mounted, are flush with the latter.

A preferred modification is that a decorative part 14, as in Fig. 5 shown in section, attached to the inner surface of the wall 3. This also realized as extruded decor part 14 essentially comprises a flat plate 15, which fills the inside of the wall 3 of the bottom plate 2 to the bottom of the web 11, and a molded on the upper edge of the plate 15 U-profile 16, which the web 11 clamped around. The outer side of an upper leg of the U-profile 16 is flush with the upper edge of the wall 3. A related to the plate 15 lower leg of the U-section 16 engages in a downwardly open undercut 17 on the underside of the web 11 to the Decorative part 14 to lock positively. Since the decorative part 14 is essentially visible only through the crystal-clear material of the wall 3, the same surface impression can be achieved with it as with the filling bodies 10 in the side walls 5.

Fig. 6 shows in an exploded view of a door rack according to a second embodiment of the invention. As in the first embodiment of the box-shaped base body 1 of the door compartment has side walls 5, which are hollow in a front portion 6, and packing 20 are accurately inserted into the cavities of the side walls 5 via rear Entformöffnungen. The rear portions 7 of the side walls 5 each have a longitudinally elongated in the depth direction, rearwardly and to the side open recess 18 which is provided to receive a cross-sectionally C-shaped projection 19 of a packing 20. In an upper and lower flank 21, 22 of the extension 19 each have a recess 23 is formed, which is provided to receive a locking projection 24 of the rear portion 7 of the side walls 5 and to fix the packing 20 in the inserted state.

An engaging in the cavity of the front portion 6 front portion 25 of the packing 20 is realized as the front portion 6 itself as a rearwardly open hollow body, wherein in an outer wall 26 of this front portion an elastically deflectable tongue 27 in the width direction of the door compartment is cut free , On the tongue 27 a slightly projecting actuating portion 28 is formed, which, when the filler 20 is mounted and latched to the side cheek 5, engages in a cutout 29 in an outer wall 30 of the side cheek 5 and is flush with the outer surface or even slightly over this projects. The tongue 27 extends into the extension 19 and carries at its free end a support projection 31 which is provided to engage in a recess of the vertical bars of the refrigerator door and so anchor the door racks on the refrigerator door. By pressing on the operating portion 28, a user can cancel the engagement of the support projection 31 on the refrigerator door, thus releasing the door rack from the door.
Fig. 7 shows a perspective exploded view of a refrigerator door leaf 40 and a door compartment to be mounted thereon according to a third embodiment of the invention. The door leaf 40 has a deep-drawn plastic inner wall in a conventional manner, are formed on the two vertical bars 41. Projections 42 on mutually facing flanks of the spars 41 can serve in a conventional manner, a door rack from the in Fig. 1 and 2 support type shown. According to the embodiment considered here, two latching rails 43 are provided of metal to be mounted on the flanks of the spars 41, wherein the projections 42 covered by the locking rails 43 can serve as a height reference for the attachment of the locking rails 43. The locking rails 43 are provided on their mutually facing main surfaces with a plurality of locking recesses or openings 44, which may be staggered substantially denser vertically than the projections 42nd

As in Fig. 9 can be seen, the locking rails 43 are mounted on the spars 41 at a distance from an extending between the spars 41 inner surface 45 of the door 40, so that at both spars 41 undercuts 46 arise.

As in particular in the enlarged view of Fig. 8 to recognize the packing 20 according to this third embodiment again a cavity in the front portion 6 of the side walls 5 filling hollow front portion 25 with an actuating portion 28 and a support projection 31 supporting elastic tongue 27. An extension 19 of the packing 20 is again in Cross-section C-shaped with upper and lower edges 21, 22, each having a recess 23. The recesses 23 are provided in this embodiment, to receive the locking rails 43, wherein the support projection 31 engages in each case in one of the latching openings 44. The remote from the section 25 free ends of the extensions 19 of the two packing 20 engage in the undercuts 46 a. The door rack is thereby guided vertically displaceably on the locking rails 43. In order to adjust it in height, it is sufficient to depress the actuating portions 28 in order to pull the support projections 31 back out of their latching openings 44; then the whole refrigerated goods can be moved vertically until the support projections 31 engage in another pair of latching openings 44. Since the refrigerated goods can not tilt in unlatched state, a height adjustment is quickly and easily possible even in the loaded state. In order to remove the refrigerated goods, it must be raised to above the ends of the locking rails 43 or lowered below this, in order to cancel the positive engagement of the projections 19 in the undercuts 46.

Fig. 10 shows a further development of Kühlgutträgers the FIGS. 8 and 9 , The side cheeks 5 here each have an inner wall 50 which extends continuously over the front and rear portions 6 and 7 respectively, and an outer wall 30, the rear edge of which marks the transition between the front and rear portions 6 and 7, respectively. In the inner wall 50, an elongated opening 52 is recessed. The opening 52 overlaps the cutout 29 of the outer wall 30.

The packing 20 have a similar shape as in the embodiments of FIGS. 7 to 9 , with a hollow front portion 25, a rearward extension 19 and a resilient tongue 27. The tongue 27 is here bent so much that a part of it engages in the opening 52 of the inner wall. The engagement of the tongue 53 in the Öffnuung 52 may represent a latching connection, by which the filler 20 is locked to the base body 1.

In the unactuated state are, as in the section of Fig. 10 shown, the inner sides of the inner wall 50 and of the opening 52 engaging portion 53 of the tongue 27 flush. When the operating portion 28 is pressed inwardly, the portion 53 and with it the support projection 31 through the opening 52 into the interior of the main body 1 in from. Therefore, a small thickness of the side cheeks 5 is sufficient to provide the freedom of movement of the tongue 27 required for locking and unlocking the support projection 31.

Fig. 12 shows the transfer of this principle from a door rack to a butter compartment. This is also possible with hollow side walls 5, into which filler bodies 20 are inserted from the rear, be it alone, as in the first exemplary embodiment, with reference to FIG Fig. 1 to 3 described to determine the external appearance of the butter compartment, or to releasably anchor it in the door.

The butter compartment shown has a flap 54, the pivot axis of which runs somewhat centrally through the side cheeks 5, so that the flap 54 has a half-open position shown in the figure between an open position in which the flap 54 is substantially flush with the front flanks 13 the side cheeks 5, and is movable in an open position in which the flap 54 extends a short distance above a cover 55 of the butter compartment, but the principle of the present invention is of course applicable to a butter compartment with different storage of the flap.

Claims (11)

1. Refrigeration device, in particular household refrigeration device with a door and an insert attached thereupon, which has a base (2) and hollow lateral wings (5) connected by the base (2), wherein the hollow lateral wings (5) have a closed underside (33) and an extraction opening (32) of the hollow lateral wings (5) on a rear side of the insert facing the door (40), characterised in that at least the hollow lateral wings (5) are manufactured from a transparent, preferably crystal clear material, and that a packing piece (10; 20) is inserted into the hollow lateral wings (5), that the lateral wings (5) carry a horizontally movable retaining element, and that the horizontally movable retaining element is embodied on the packing piece (20).
2. Refrigeration device according to claim 1, characterised in that the hollow lateral wings (5) are only open at their rear side facing the door (40).
3. Refrigeration device according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the side walls (5), as a horizontally movable retaining element, carry a support projection (31) to support the insert.
4. Refrigeration device according to claim 3, characterised in that the support projection (31) to support the insert is supported on a support element, in particular in a recess (44) of the door (40).
5. Refrigeration device according to claim 4, characterised in that the packing piece (20) comprises a flexible tongue (27), which bears the retaining element, in particular the support projection (31).
6. Refrigeration device according to claim 5, characterised in that an actuation section (28) of the flexible tongue (27) is exposed in a cut-out (29) of the lateral wing (5).
7. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that vertical grooves (23) are formed on the outer sides of the lateral wings (5).
8. Refrigeration device according to claim 7, characterised in that the support projections (31) engage in the grooves of the lateral wings (5).
9. Refrigeration device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that a flap (54) is arranged between the lateral wings (5) in a movable, in particular pivotable manner.
10. Refrigeration device according to claim 7 or 8, characterised in that rails (43) engaging in the grooves are attached to the door leaf (40).
11. Refrigeration device door according to claim 10, characterised in that detent depressions (44) to accommodate a support projection (31) of the insert are formed in the rails (43).

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