EP0351573B1 - Unterstützungsvorrichtung für die Türen eines Kühlschranks - Google Patents

Unterstützungsvorrichtung für die Türen eines Kühlschranks Download PDF

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EP0351573B1
EP0351573B1 EP89111323A EP89111323A EP0351573B1 EP 0351573 B1 EP0351573 B1 EP 0351573B1 EP 89111323 A EP89111323 A EP 89111323A EP 89111323 A EP89111323 A EP 89111323A EP 0351573 B1 EP0351573 B1 EP 0351573B1
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Mario Della Coletta
Oscar Patron
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/10—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with non-parallel pins
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
    • E05Y2900/31—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for refrigerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
    • F25D2323/024—Door hinges
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers

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  • the present invention relates to a means for supporting the doors of the cooled compartments of cooling apparatus and in particular refrigerators equipped with three separate compartments, one for cooling food, one for freezing food and one for keeping fish and meat at constant temperatures of about 0°C.
  • Cooling apparatus of the described species comprising one thermally insulated box-shaped cabinet whose cooling, keeping and freezing compartments are disposed one above the other and closed by corresponding thermally insulated doors, hinged vertically on the same side of the cabinet.
  • the keeping compartment is advantageously realized in a position between the cooling and freezing compartments and has a reduced volume in order to be able to accommodate fish, meat, vegetables and food of various kinds which require constant keeping temperatures of about 0°C for long periods of time.
  • This keeping compartment is furthermore provided with lateral guides allowing for insertion and sliding movement of at least one drawer made of plastic material adapted to contain the food to be conserved.
  • cooling apparatus of this design function in a satisfactory and reliable fashion, they are nevertheless of complicated construction due to the presence of three different pairs of hinges for pivoting the corresponding doors, which necessitates different working steps for mounting the hinges on the apparatus and the doors on the hinges.
  • the drawer containing the food is not very handy or practical to use, since it must often be completely pulled out of the corresponding keeping compartment of the apparatus in question to allow food to be removed from, or put into, the drawer.
  • a means for supporting the doors of a cooling apparatus comprising a thermally insulated box-shaped cabinet equipped with at least two separate compartments disposed one above the other, each to be closed by a corresponding thermally insulated door, whereby it comprises a first and a second hinge having swiveling axes at right angles to each other and adapted to allow for the respective doors to be swiveled in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively, and wherein it comprises a supporting element connected with the first and second hinges, the first hinge being adapted to allow for the coupling of the corresponding door in the swung out position thereof.
  • This supporting means needs four supporting elements, one for each hinge, and is rather difficult to be mounted at the front of the cooling apparatus.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of overcoming the above-described shortcomings and limits by a means for supporting the doors of the cooled compartments of cooling apparatus of the stated species, said means being shaped in such a way as to allow for the doors to be pivoted with a reduced number of hinges, thereby simplifying the operations of mounting the doors.
  • a cooling apparatus 3 of the domestic type comprising a thermally insulated box-shaped cabinet 4 extending vertically and provided with three separate compartments 5, 6 and 7 disposed one above the other, each to be closed by a corresponding thermally insulated door 8, 9 and 10 and provided for cooling food, for keeping meat, fish, vegetables and the like at virtually constant temperatures of about 0°C for long periods of time, and for freezing food, respectively.
  • doors 8 and 10 associated with compartments 5 and 7 are pivoted on corresponding hinges on the vertical axis (only hinge 12 is shown in Fig. 1, which will be described in the following), door 9 associated with compartment 6 is pivoted on a corresponding hinge 11 on the horizontal axis, which will also be described in the following.
  • the hinging of doors 9 and 10 is effected by the inventive supporting means comprising above-described hinges 11 and 12 connected with a supporting element 13 in the shape of a flat rectangular plate, equipped with holes 14 to allow passage of corresponding screws 15 for the removable application of the supporting element in question against the front part of dividing wall 16 separating the two compartments 6 and 7, in a lateral position relative to the wall.
  • Hinges 11 and 12 and supporting element 13 may advantageously be realized integrally in pressed plastic material or in special metal alloys.
  • hinge 11 is provided with an elastic projection 17 extending in the horizontal direction on the front and in the middle of supporting element 13 and bent so as to form two straight vertical portions 18 and 19 virtually parallel to each other, portion 19 being penetrated by a horizontal through hole 20 in correspondence with its end joined to remaining portion 18.
  • hinge 11 The purpose of hinge 11 is to both to allow for the pivoting of corresponding pin 21 of door 9 and to prevent the door from swinging out completely when it is swiveled horizontally about hinge 11 and moved into the horizontal position.
  • hinge 12 is provided with a short vertical pin 22 adapted to be inserted into a corresponding vertical hole 23 formed in the upper and lateral part of door 10, thereby allowing the door to pivot about a vertical axis, said pin protruding downwardly at right angles from a flat parallelepiped tongue 24 connected at right angles with supporting element 13 and protruding in front of the latter.
  • the doors of the cooling apparatus are then pivoted in the hinges thus disposed, i.e. door 9 on the horizontal axis, said door being provided with two lateral pins 21 to be inserted into corresponding through holes 20 in hinges 11, and door 10 on the vertical axis, this door being provided with two vertical holes 23 to be inserted into corresponding pins 22 and 26 of respective hinges 12 and 25.
  • FIG. 2 one can see the constructional detail of door 9 mounted on hinges 11 and applied on the front of compartment 6.
  • the door consists specifically of a molded inner door 27 having expanded polyurethane 28 foamed therein to constitute the thermal insulation, said inner door being equipped with a hollow outer edge 29 for insertion of magnetic gasket 30 directly against corresponding outer edge 31 of the opening of compartment 6, the door furthermore comprising a front 32 that is adaptable and capable of being snapped onto the front of the unit consisting of inner door 27 and thermal insulation 28.
  • the door thus swung out, that is aligned with the bottom wall of compartment 6, can therefore serve as a support for drawer 34 containing meat, fish, vegetables and the like, after it has been pulled out of compartment 6 into which it had previously been inserted.
  • this means is provided with two perpendicular hinges 11 and 12 allows for its use for pivoting two doors in the described manner, which makes it possible to dispense with the individual hinges previously used and thus to simplify the operations of mounting the supporting means and of the doors on their respective pins.

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  1. Vorrichtung zur Befestigung von Türen eines Kühlgerätes, das ein kälteisoliertes kastenförmiges Gehäuse (4) enthält, das mit wenigstens zwei übereinander angeordneten getrennten Abteilen (6, 7) ausgestattet ist, die jeweils mit einer entsprechenden kälteisolierten Tür (9, 10) verschlossen sind, wobei sie ein ersten und ein zweites Scharnier (11, 12) mit rechtwinklig zueinander stehenden Schwingachsen, die es der jeweiligen Tür (9, 10) ermöglichen, vorzugsweise in waagerechter bzw. senkrechter Richtung geschwungen zu werden und ein Stützelement (13) umfaßt, das mit den beiden Scharnieren (11, 12) verbunden ist, wobei das erste Scharnier (11) derart gestaltet ist, daß es das Einrasten der entsprechenden Tür (9) in deren aufgeschwungener Position erlaubt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Stützelement (13) vorzugsweise einteilig mit dem ersten und zweiten Scharnier (11, 12) geformt und lösbar an der Vorderseite des Gehäuses (4) an einer Stelle zwischen den zwei Abteilen (6, 7) befestigt ist, daß das erste Scharnier (11) mit einem elastischen Vorsprung (17) versehen ist, der in der Mitte des Stützelementes (13) an dessen Vorderseite waagerecht nach vorn zeigt, dieser Vorsprung (17) derart gebogen ist, daß er zwei parallel zueinander stehende gerade senkrechte Teile (18, 19) bildet, wobei der Teil (19) eine waagerechte Durchgangsbohrung (20) zur Aufnahme des entsprechenden Stifts (21) der Tür (9) enthält, der gerade Teil (19) eine Haltefläche für die Unterkante (33) der Tür (9) in deren aufgeschwungener Position bildet und daß das zweite Scharnier (12) mit einem kurzen senkrechten Stift (22) versehen ist, der von einer flachen Zunge (24) rechtwinklig nach unten ragt, die ihrerseits mit dem Stützelement (13) rechtwinklig verbunden ist und von dessen Vorderseite nach vorn ragt, wobei der Stift (22) derart gestaltet ist, daß er in eine entsprechende Öffnung (23) der Tür (10) eingesetzt werden kann.
EP89111323A 1988-07-14 1989-06-21 Unterstützungsvorrichtung für die Türen eines Kühlschranks Expired - Lifetime EP0351573B1 (de)

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IT8845746A IT1225115B (it) 1988-07-14 1988-07-14 Dispositivo di supporto di porte per scomparti refrigerati di apparecchiature refrigeranti.

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USRE35392E (en) 1990-09-20 1996-12-10 Anthony's Manufacturing Company, Inc. Glass refrigerator door structure

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