DE29611644U1 - Refrigerator and / or freezer - Google Patents

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AEG Hausgeräte GmbH D-90429 Nuremberg

Refrigerator and/or freezer

The invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with a container, in particular a vegetable container, which is at least partially covered by a moisture filter.

In a refrigerator, it is known to provide a vegetable container in the lower area of the inner container, which has a moisture filter that is impermeable to water but permeable to water vapor to regulate the moisture content of the atmosphere in the vegetable container. This moisture filter is arranged in an insert that is placed on the vegetable container. When removing refrigerated goods from the vegetable container, the vegetable container must first be pulled out of the refrigerator and then the insert with the moisture filter must be lifted off the vegetable container. The latter step in particular is laborious for the user and must also be repeated when the vegetable container is put back into the refrigerator.

The invention is therefore based on the object of specifying measures by which the above-described expenditure is at least reduced.

This object is achieved according to the invention in a refrigerator and/or freezer of the type mentioned at the outset in that the moisture filter is arranged in an insert, the insert being slidably mounted in guide means.

In this way, the insert can either be moved directly on the container that it at least partially covers, or the insert is slidably mounted in guide means provided on the inner container of the device, so that the vegetable container and insert are stored independently of each other and can therefore be moved.

In order to ensure that the humidity content of the atmosphere in the container can be adjusted particularly well, it is generally intended to create defined air flow conditions with respect to the moisture filter and the container that is at least partially covered by it. In order to ensure these air flow conditions even after the insert has been removed, for example for cleaning and/or replacing the moisture filter, anti-twisting elements are provided that allow the insert to be subsequently inserted into the guide means in only one predetermined orientation.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the guide means are guide rails arranged on the inner container, in particular guide rails produced simultaneously during the deep drawing of the inner container.

Embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail with reference to a drawing.

Showing:

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a section of the lower area of the interior of a refrigerator; and

Fig. 2 a section to illustrate the storage

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the insert for the moisture filter.

In Fig. 1 and 2, identical parts have identical reference numerals.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a section of the interior 4 of a refrigerator 2. Looking into the opened refrigerator 2, the left side wall has been omitted. On the right side wall 6, guide rails 8 are provided for holding shelves for refrigerated goods (not shown here). A glass shelf 10 surrounded by a plastic frame is carried on these same guide rails 8, which is arranged in the rear area as a cooling air flow channel above a compressor niche 12, leaving an air gap of about 1 cm.

Below the glass shelf 10, an insert 14 with a moisture filter 16 is slidably mounted on a guide rail 18. Between the insert 14 with moisture filter 16 and the glass shelf 10, there is also a cooling air flow channel that is as wide as the one between the glass plate 10 and the compressor niche 12. In front of the glass shelf 10, there is a fold-up storage part 20 from which the cooling air flow from under the glass shelf 10 exits again. A vegetable container 22 can be arranged below the glass shelf 10, the insert 14 with moisture filter 16 and the storage part 20, which is completely covered by the elements mentioned above when fully inserted.

Due to the water impermeability and simultaneous water vapor permeability of the moisture filter 16 and due to the air passing through this moisture filter 16

By means of the cooling air flow, the humidity in the atmosphere of the vegetable container 22 is adjusted in a manner that is advantageous for the storage of easily perishable refrigerated goods, because the precipitation of condensation water, which would otherwise form in view of the easily perishable, usually highly water-containing refrigerated goods, is avoided by the removal of the moisture. As shown in Fig. 1, the vegetable container 22 can be removed from the refrigerator 2 without the elements covering the vegetable container 22 at a retracted distance having to be removed first.

In order to ensure that defined geometric conditions prevail with regard to the cooling air flow that passes over the moisture filter 16 even after the insert 14 with moisture filter 16 has been removed, anti-twist elements are provided, as shown in Fig. 2, which allow the insert 14 to be reinserted into the guide rail 18 in only one predetermined orientation. To prevent the top and bottom from being mixed up, a section 18a of the guide rail 18 that tapers at an angle to the inner container 4 is provided as an anti-twist element. To prevent the front and rear sides from being mixed up, a stop 24 is provided on the insert 14. In this way, it is ensured that the insert 14 with moisture filter 16 can only ever be inserted into the cooling device 2 below the glass shelf 10 in the manner shown according to arrow 26.

Claims (3)

AEG Hausgeräte GmbH D-90429 Nuremberg Claims 1. Refrigerator and/or freezer (2) with a container (22), in particular a vegetable container, at least partially covered by a moisture filter (IS), characterized in that the moisture filter (16) is arranged in an insert (14), the insert (14) being displaceably mounted in guide means (18). 2. Refrigerator and/or freezer (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that anti-twist elements (18a, 24) are provided which allow the insert (14) to be inserted into the guide means (18) in only one predetermined orientation. 3. Refrigerator and/or freezer according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the guide means are guide rails (18) arranged on the inner container (4).