DE102022117116B3 - Holder for electric kitchen appliances, in particular for coffee machines - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder (1) for electrical kitchen appliances, in particular for coffee machines, with a U-shaped receiving device for receiving the kitchen appliance, the holder (1) having fastening means for wall or floor fastening, comprising:- a first side wall (10) ,- a second side wall (20) arranged adjacent and substantially parallel to the first side wall (10),- a bottom panel (30) interconnecting the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20), wherein- the first side wall (10), second side wall (20) and base plate (30) are designed in one piece, - the second side wall (20) has longitudinal slots (22) running parallel to one another for accommodating storage means, in particular coffee capsules, characterized by the following additional features - bracing means (40) to brace the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20) together at least in the area facing away from the base plate (30), such that the kitchen appliance can be held in a clamped manner, - fastening means (16, 36) on the first side wall (10) and/or the base plate (30) for fastening the holder (1) to a wall or a floor, and anti-slip buffers (50, 26) on opposite walls of the first Side wall (10) and / or the second side wall (20) are arranged.

Description

The invention relates to a holder for electrical kitchen appliances, in particular for coffee machines, with a U-shaped housing for accommodating the kitchen appliance.

Holders for electrical kitchen appliances are widely known. Holders of this type are essential, especially when traveling in a mobile home, which is becoming increasingly popular, in order to be able to stow away the kitchen appliances safely and stably within a mobile home or caravan and, ideally, to be able to use them quickly. Suitable holders for such coffee machines are necessary, in particular for the use of electrically operated coffee machines, which are also becoming increasingly popular among campers. The electrically operated coffee machines are increasingly replacing the conventional and well-known gas-operated coffee and espresso makers.

Since the coffee machines have to be stowed properly and safely while driving, it is usually not possible to spontaneously enjoy coffee quickly, since the construction and making the coffee machine ready for operation is usually more cumbersome and time-consuming. In addition, the coffee machine has to be safely stowed away before continuing the journey. Due to the lack of space in the kitchen of mobile homes, campers and caravans or in boats, care must be taken to ensure that there is only limited storage and work space.

Holders for coffee machines, which are used for example in mobile homes, have meanwhile become known in a wide variety of variants. That's how she describes it DE 20 2009 011 468 U1 a pull-out device consisting of a base plate and a support frame which is firmly connected to the base plate and which is attached to a housing formed as a storage space by means of at least one rail guide which is mounted telescopically one inside the other. A coffee machine or a kitchen appliance can be attached to the support frame.

In addition, a holder for a coffee machine operated with coffee capsules is already known for a specific category of mobile homes, which consists essentially of a U-shaped profile. This is provided with fastening openings on one side wall. The latter can be tightened using a strap for the coffee machine to be inserted into the U-profile. Such a coffee machine holder is offered on the Internet by Reimo Reisemobil-Center GmbH on their website www.reimo.com. The problem with this holder, however, is the fact that only the coffee machine is held there. However, since such coffee machines are regularly operated with coffee capsules, it is necessary to provide an additional holder or container for the coffee capsules in the mobile home, caravan or boat, which is cumbersome on the one hand and, on the other hand, space-consuming and therefore undesirable.

Coffee capsule holders are also already known in a wide variety of embodiments, for example from EP 3 170 431 A1 . On the other hand, there are no special brackets for use in mobile homes or the like.

The aim of the present invention is to provide a secure and stable holder for kitchen appliances, in particular coffee machines, with which it is possible to hold the kitchen appliance itself on the one hand and associated consumables on the other in a simple manner.

This object is solved by a holder according to claim 1 for electrical kitchen appliances. Further developments of the invention are the subject matter of the subclaims which refer back to this.

• - eine erste Seitenwand,
• - eine zweite Seitenwand, die benachbart und im Wesentlichen parallel zur ersten Seitenwand angeordnet ist,
• - eine Bodenplatte, welche die erste Seitenwand und die zweite Seitenwand miteinander verbindet, wobei
• - die erste Seitenwand, die zweite Seitenwand und die Bodenplatte einstückig ausgebildet sind,
• - die zweite Seitenwand parallel zueinander verlaufende Längsschlitze zur Aufnahme von Vorrats- oder Verbrauchsmitteln, insbesondere Kaffeekapseln, aufweist,
• - Verspannmittel, um die erste Seitenwand und die zweite Seitenwand zumindest im Bereich, der der Bodenplatte abgewandt ist, miteinander zu verspannen, derart, dass das Küchengerät klemmend gehalten werden kann,
• - Befestigungsmittel an der ersten Seitenwand und/oder der Bodenplatte zur Befestigung der Halterung an einer Wand oder einem Boden, und
• - Antirutschpuffer, die an sich gegenüberstehenden Wandungen der ersten Seitenwand und/oder der zweiten Seitenwand angeordnet sind.

The holder according to the invention for electrical kitchen appliances is characterized in that it is primarily, but not exclusively, suitable and designed for coffee machines, in particular for those coffee machines that are operated with coffee capsules. The holder has a U-shaped receiving device or a U-shaped housing for receiving the kitchen appliance, ie primarily the coffee machine mentioned, with the receiving device having suitable fastening means for wall or floor attachment. Furthermore, according to the invention, the holder has:

• - a first side wall,
• - a second side wall arranged adjacent and substantially parallel to the first side wall,
• - A bottom plate, which connects the first side wall and the second side wall together, wherein
• - the first side wall, the second side wall and the base plate are designed in one piece,
• - the second side wall has longitudinal slots running parallel to one another for accommodating storage or consumables, in particular coffee capsules,
• - Bracing means to the first side wall and the second side wall at least in the area which faces away from the base plate, to be clamped together in such a way that the kitchen appliance can be held in a clamped manner,
• - fastening means on the first side wall and/or the base plate for fastening the bracket to a wall or a floor, and
• - Anti-slip buffers, which are arranged on opposite walls of the first side wall and / or the second side wall.

In a development of the invention, it is provided that the first side wall and the second side wall are designed to be approximately the same height and in particular at least approximately as high as the kitchen appliance to be used. On the one hand, this gives the entire holder a high level of stability and, on the other hand, this measure means that, due to the relatively high design of the second side wall, a large number of storage items, such as coffee capsules, can be accommodated by the holder.

In one embodiment of the invention, the first side wall is larger, in particular longer, than the second side wall. The length of the first side wall is preferably chosen so that it is approximately as long as the kitchen appliance to be used. It is expedient, but not mandatory, for the base plate to have the same length as the first side wall and is therefore longer than the second side wall.

To attach the entire bracket within a mobile home or the like, the first side wall and/or the base plate preferably has bores or openings through which suitable screw means or plug-in means, e.g. B. screws can be introduced for wall or floor mounting. If the first side wall and the base plate have such bores or openings, a high degree of flexibility with regard to the mounting options for the holder is achieved.

The holder is preferably made of a flexible material, in particular plastic. The fact that the two side walls extend away from the base plate together in one direction ensures that if the two side walls are of sufficient height, they can be clamped to one another at least at their upper ends using suitable clamping means, so that a kitchen appliance inserted into the holder can be firmly clamped between these two side walls of the bracket. This is particularly important when using the holder in mobile homes or campers, because there, due to the vibrations that occur when driving the mobile home and especially when braking, it must be ensured that the kitchen appliance does not fall out of the holder or slip in its holder .

In a particular embodiment of the invention, slots are provided on the first side wall and on the second side wall in the area of the opposite ends to the base plate, through which tensioning means, in particular tensioning belts, can be passed. In the case of a kitchen appliance used in the holder, such as the coffee machine mentioned, the jamming of the kitchen appliance mentioned within the holder can be ensured in a very simple and effective manner by tensioning such tension belts.

The slots mentioned for the bracing means are preferably arranged in pairs opposite one another in the first side wall and the second side wall, so that a double and therefore redundant securing of the kitchen appliance is ensured. In particular, if one of the straps loosens for any reason, the other strap can still ensure that the coffee machine is clamped within the holder.

In a special embodiment of the holder according to the invention, it is expedient to arrange spacers protruding in the direction of the first side wall on the second side wall. Such spacers enable and facilitate the introduction of coffee capsules or the storage means into the longitudinal slots provided in the second side wall.

In a specific embodiment of the holder, the distance between the first side wall and the second side wall is approximately 8 to 10 cm. This distance can be reduced by about 0.5 cm to 2 cm by the bracing means in the area of the free ends of the first side wall and second side wall opposite the base plate.

It has also proven to be advantageous if the anti-slip buffers are designed as anti-slip elastic buffers on the opposing walls of the first and/or second side wall. These anti-slip buffers ensure that the coffee machine or a corresponding kitchen appliance used in the holder is already prevented from slipping on the kitchen appliance to be used when the distance between the two side walls is dimensioned appropriately, provided these anti-slip buffers are in contact with the kitchen appliance. The anti-slip buffer can, for example, on the respective Wandun be glued gene of the first and second side walls.

In one embodiment of the holder according to the invention, it is embodied symmetrically transversely to the base plate. This symmetrical design of the bracket increases the number of mounting options. In addition, the kitchen appliance can also be rotated 180° and inserted into the holder.

• 1 die erfindungsgemäße Halterung in perspektivischer Ansicht von schräg vorne mit Blick auf die zweite Seitenwand im Vordergrund, und
• 2 die Halterung von 1 in perspektivischer Ansicht mit Blick von schräg hinten auf die erste Seitenwand im Vordergrund.

The holder according to the invention is explained in more detail below in connection with figures using a specific exemplary embodiment. Show it:

• 1 the holder according to the invention in a perspective view obliquely from the front with a view of the second side wall in the foreground, and
• 2 the bracket of 1 in a perspective view with an oblique view from behind of the first side wall in the foreground.

In the following figures, the same reference symbols designate the same parts with the same meaning.

The entire holder is denoted by the reference number 1 . This bracket 1 is designed essentially U-shaped and formed in one piece. The holder 1 can be made of any material, metal or plastic. The holder 1 is preferably made of plastic, which can be of any color. The holder 1 has a first side wall 10 and an opposite second side wall 20, both of which are connected to one another on their lower side via a base plate 30. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 have at least approximately, preferably the same height H. The first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 are parallel to one another, the upper ends of the first side wall 10 and the second wall 20 being resiliently arranged relative to one another due to the U-shaped design, which will be explained in more detail later.

The bottom plate 30 has a width B, which has the same length L1 as the first side wall 10, as shown in the figures. The second side wall 20 is made significantly shorter and has the length L2.

The width B of the holder 1 is designed in such a way that a conventional kitchen appliance with an approximately cuboid design, preferably an electrically operated coffee machine, can be accommodated here. Such a coffee machine sits on the base 30 of the holder 1 and is surrounded by the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 on the sides. In order to fasten the holder 1 to a side wall of a mobile home, a boat or the like, the holder 1 has bores 16 or openings on its first side wall 10, through which the holder 1 is fastened, in particular screwed, to a wall using suitable screws or plug connections can. In a similar way, 30 holes or openings 36 are also incorporated in the bottom wall to, if necessary, the entire bracket 1 on a floor such. B. a table or a shelf within a mobile home to screw.

As mentioned, the width B of the base plate 30 is selected approximately in such a way that a conventional electrically operated coffee machine can be inserted between the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 with some play. In order to prevent this coffee machine from slipping, clamping means 40 are provided, by means of which the coffee machine inserted into the holder 1 can be clamped between the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 . For this purpose, the first side wall 10 has slots 42 at its end opposite the bottom wall 30 . The same applies to the second side wall 20 which also has slots 24 opposite the slots 42 of the first side wall 10 . Tensioning means, for example in the form of tension belts 44 or Velcro straps, can be passed through these slots 24 and 42 . The bracing means 40 ensure that when the bracing means 40 is tightened, the upper ends of the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 move towards one another and at an in 1 coffee maker, not shown, come to a standstill. The original distance D from the first side wall 10 to the second side wall 20 at the upper end of the holder 1 can be significantly reduced, so that a desired clamping function for the coffee machine is guaranteed.

How from the 1 and 2 As can be seen, anti-slip buffers 50 and 26 are provided on the walls of the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 which point towards one another. When the coffee machine is inserted into the holder 1, these anti-slip buffers 50, 26 are already in contact with the coffee machine and thus ensure that the coffee machine inserted into the holder 1 has a certain slip resistance. If the clamping means 40 are then tightened, the coffee machine will be held securely.

The holder 1 described so far is basically suitable for holding cuboid kitchen appliances and coffee machines in particular in a simple manner and securely. That I Kitchen appliances and in particular coffee machines are now distinguished by the fact that they are operated with various supplies or consumables, the second side wall 20 is designed and furnished in a special way.

In particular for electrically operated coffee machines that are operated with coffee capsules, the second side wall 20 has slots 22 running parallel to one another, into which, for example, coffee capsules can be inserted and held there. So that the coffee capsules can be inserted easily there, these slots, in the present case four slots 22 running parallel to one another, have a widened area 23 on their upper side, into which the coffee capsules can be inserted and then pushed down. Such coffee capsules are regularly designed in the shape of a truncated cone, so that the broadened area 23 is necessary for inserting the broader side of the coffee capsules. The coffee capsules can then be pushed down from this widened area 23 . In the case of a coffee machine previously inserted into the holder, the coffee capsules can no longer fall out to the rear.

So that the coffee capsules can also be introduced into the widened areas 23 when the coffee machine is in the holder 2, the previously mentioned anti-slip buffers 26 on the second side wall 20 also serve as spacers towards the coffee machine. A necessary free space for inserting the coffee capsules into the widened areas 23 of the slots 22 is thus ensured.

In a specific embodiment of the bracket 1, it has proven to be expedient that the distance D between the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 is approximately between 8 centimeters and 10 centimeters and that this distance D by the bracing means 40 in the area of the free and ends of the first side wall 10 and the second side wall 20 opposite the bottom panel 30 can be reduced by about 0.5 centimeters to about two centimeters.

From the 1 and 2 It can also be seen that the holder 1 shown is designed symmetrically over half its length, ie the left part and the right part are designed as mirror images of one another. This facilitates assembly of the entire holder 1 rotated by 180 degrees on the one hand and also that the kitchen appliance to be inserted into the holder 1 can be inserted into the holder 1 rotated by 180 degrees on the other.

Overall, the holder 1 according to the invention is a design-oriented and perfectly shaped holder for secure, stable and space-saving attachment and accommodation of a kitchen appliance and in particular an electrically operated coffee machine including the coffee capsules required for it. This makes it possible to conveniently, quickly and easily prepare coffee specialties when traveling in mobile homes, even during short breaks. The holder according to the invention saves the time-consuming and space-consuming storage and transport security of a kitchen appliance in the cupboards of campers, mobile homes, caravans and the like. Due to the lack of space, including in small apartments, for example a one-room apartment, tiny houses or small offices, the holder according to the invention can also be usefully installed in other cramped locations in the home.

Reference List

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bracket

10

First side wall

16

Openings for attachment in the first side wall 10

20

Second side wall

22

Slots in the second side wall 20

23

common area of slots 22

24

More slots in the second side wall 20

26

Spacers in the second side wall 20

30

bottom plate

36

Openings in the bottom plate 30

40

bracing means

42

Slots in the first side wall 10

44

tension belt

50

Anti-slip buffers on the first side wall 10

B

Width of the bracket in the area of the base plate 30

D

Distance between first side wall 10 and second side wall 20

H

Bracket height 1

L1

Length of first side wall 10

L2

Length of the second side wall 20

Claims (13)

Holder (1) for electrical kitchen appliances, especially for coffee machines, with a U-för Such receiving device for receiving the kitchen appliance, the holder (1) having fastening means for wall or floor fastening, comprising: - a first side wall (10), - a second side wall (20), which is adjacent to and essentially parallel to the first side wall (10 ) is arranged, - a base plate (30) which connects the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20) to one another, wherein - the first side wall (10), second side wall (20) and base plate (30) are designed in one piece , - the second side wall (20) has longitudinal slots (22) running parallel to one another for accommodating storage means, in particular coffee capsules, characterized by the following additional features: - bracing means (40) to hold the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20 ) at least in the area facing away from the base plate (30), to be clamped together in such a way that the kitchen appliance can be held in a clamped manner, - fastening means (16, 36) on the first side wall (10) and/or the base plate (30) for fastening the holder (1) to a wall or a floor, and - anti-slip buffers (50, 26) which are arranged on opposing walls of the first side wall (10) and/or the second side wall (20). Bracket (1) after claim 1 , characterized in that the first side wall (10) is larger, in particular longer than the second side wall (20). Bracket (1) after claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20) are formed at least approximately the same height. Holder (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base plate (30) is approximately the same length as the first side wall (10). Holder (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first side wall (10) and/or base plate (30) has bores (16) or openings for wall or floor mounting. Holder (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holder (1) consists of a flexible material, in particular plastic. Holder (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that slots (24, 42) are provided on the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20) in the region of the opposite ends to the base plate (30), through which the bracing means (40) can be carried out. Bracket (1) after claim 7 , characterized in that the tensioning means (40) are at least one tension belt (44). bracket after claim 7 or 8th , characterized in that the slots (24, 42) are arranged in pairs in the first side wall (10) and second side wall (20). Holder (1) according to one of Claims 1 until 9 , characterized in that on the second side wall (20) pointing in the direction of the first side wall (10) spacers (26) are arranged protruding. Holder (1) according to one of Claims 1 until 10 , characterized in that a distance (D) between the first side wall (10) and the second side wall (20) is about 8 cm to 10 cm and that this distance (D) by the bracing means (40) in the area of the free and Base plate (30) opposite ends of the first side wall (10) and second side wall (20) can be reduced by about 0.5 cm to 2 cm. Holder (1) according to one of Claims 1 until 11 , characterized in that the anti-slip buffers (50, 26) are anti-slip elastic buffers. Holder (1) according to one of Claims 1 until 12 , characterized in that this is formed symmetrically transversely to the base plate (30).

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