EP1099917A1 - Shelf, in particular food supporting shelf for a refrigerator or the like - Google Patents

Shelf, in particular food supporting shelf for a refrigerator or the like Download PDF

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EP1099917A1
EP1099917A1 EP00120974A EP00120974A EP1099917A1 EP 1099917 A1 EP1099917 A1 EP 1099917A1 EP 00120974 A EP00120974 A EP 00120974A EP 00120974 A EP00120974 A EP 00120974A EP 1099917 A1 EP1099917 A1 EP 1099917A1
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shelf
refrigerator
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Renato Chivilo Ing
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Vetrerie Riunite SpA
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    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/02—Shelves
    • A47B96/021—Structural features of shelf bases
    • 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
    • F25D2325/00—Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/022—Shelves made of glass or ceramic

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  • the present industrial invention proposes a shelf such as a food supporting shelf which is conceived and realized to be inserted in a refrigerator or the like.
  • the shelf according to the present invention is obtained by moulding melted glass or other material such as a ceramic material or the like with an only press stroke and according to a wished form which may show also a shaped border. In this way, advantages are reached in many respects.
  • the refrigerators for a domestic use comprise a thermoinsulated box within which a series of parallel projections are arranged at different levels.
  • the food supporting shelves are inserted in such projections, otherwise they are placed on them.
  • the purpose of the projections is to bear or support a series of horizontal food'supporting shelves at different levels within the refrigerator compartment.
  • grilled shelves which consist of parallel metal round elements. These round elements are included in an essentially rectangular frame and are covered with a plastic coating or with a coating made of another proper material.
  • the vitreous shelves are made by using a technique according to which from a flat sheet of glass it is possible to cut food supporting sheets of the wished size.
  • Fig. 5 shows such a sheet, made according to the known art, in which the reference A denotes a tempered glass shelf while the reference B denotes the overprinted plastic border.
  • the application of the borders along the sides of the flat tempered glass may be accomplished by using several techniques which have been developed over the years.
  • the known sheets forming the shelves of a refrigerator are limited as concerns the manufacture because they are produced according to working phases consisting in the production of the sheet of glass, the cutting of the same according to the required size, the tempering and the subsequent overprinting of the border with a suitable plastic material.
  • a novel shelf has been conceived and carried out, in particular for refrigerators or cupboards or other similar uses.
  • the peculiarity of this shelf is to be produced in an only piece because the tempering of the sheet and the overprinting are no more necessary to realize the above-described finishing borders.
  • This newly conceived shelf for refrigerators or the like is therefore advantageous because the laborious constructive passages for the production of the known sheets are avoided.
  • a second advantage of the present invention which is as much important as the first one, consists in the fact that the new shelf is realized as a sole piece and is completely deprived of any perimetrical applications or borders or whatever additions to the sheet.
  • a shelf in particular a food supporting shelf for a refrigerator or the like, characterized by the fact of being realized as an only body by moulding vitreous or ceramic material or the like in an essentially flat shape which may show borders, slots and/or projections or hollows of various kind according to the need.
  • number 1 denotes a food supporting shelf for a refrigerator 2, preferably but not exclusively for a domestic use, realized according to the teaching of the invention.
  • the food supporting shelf 1 is inserted on side projections 3 which are usually arranged parallelly within the compartment of the refrigerator 2.
  • the shelf in question can be put on whatever type of support.
  • the shelf 1 is made of an only material, that is pressed glass or ceramic or the like by employing suitable moulds.
  • a plate according to the present invention is obtained with an only stroke of the press, the material to be used being the melted glass or other similar suitable material such as a doughy raw material.
  • the shape of the shelf may be whatever thanks to the used technology so that it is possible to satisfy any requirements.
  • the sheet can show a back border 4 as represented in Fig. 4, which is to avoid the contact between the food to be refrigerated and the wall of the evaporator.
  • the sheet can show a toroidal border or a protrusive border or it can show other shapes or elements integral with the shelf which is realized as an only piece.
  • the advantages of the present solution include the following ones: a recycling of the vitreous or ceramic material or the like, which is completely deprived of any plastic elements or the like; a certain saving of energy because the costs for the pressing of the plastic, the cutting of the sheet and the subsequent tempering of the sheet itself are avoided.
  • the shelf according to the present invention does not show any discontinuity and is perfetly washable also in a dishwasher.
  • the known sheets show a discontinuity on the whole plastic covering and in case of spill of alimentary liquids, there is the formation of a deposit which is difficult to remove. Besides, this deposit ferments and gives rise to noxious germs in a short time.
  • the present solution is especially advantageous as regards ecology.
  • there is no type of emission for the shelves are entirely realized in a vitreous and/or ceramic material, In other words, it is avoided any dispersion of particles or any emission of hydrocarbon electrons as it occurred in the known solutions.
  • a technician of this field can make some changes and variants in the invention which has been described and shown as a non-limiting example.

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EP00120974A 1999-11-10 2000-09-27 Shelf, in particular food supporting shelf for a refrigerator or the like Withdrawn EP1099917A1 (en)

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ITVR990094 IT1308167B1 (it) 1999-11-10 1999-11-10 Piano in particolare portavivande per armadi frigoriferi o similari.
ITVR990094 1999-11-10

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6786562B2 (en) 2001-08-22 2004-09-07 Engineered Glass Products Llc Refrigeration shelf and method of making the same
WO2005017427A1 (de) * 2003-08-11 2005-02-24 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Kältegerät mit keramischen ablagen
WO2009012279A2 (en) * 2007-07-16 2009-01-22 Clarion Technologies, Inc. Frameless spill-safe shelf
FR2931045A1 (fr) * 2008-05-19 2009-11-20 Schott Vtf Sarl Piece en forme de plaque en verre ou en vitroceramiques, notamment tablette ou etagere

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2719772A (en) * 1952-09-23 1955-10-04 Gen Motors Corp Horizontally movable refrigerator shelf
US4339928A (en) * 1979-11-27 1982-07-20 Raul Guibert Freezing unit for pre-cooked food packages
EP0424694A2 (de) * 1989-10-23 1991-05-02 AEG Hausgeräte GmbH Kühl- oder Gefriergerät mit einer Abstellplatte aus Glas
DE4128504A1 (de) * 1991-08-28 1993-03-04 Licentia Gmbh Ablageplatte aus glas

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2719772A (en) * 1952-09-23 1955-10-04 Gen Motors Corp Horizontally movable refrigerator shelf
US4339928A (en) * 1979-11-27 1982-07-20 Raul Guibert Freezing unit for pre-cooked food packages
EP0424694A2 (de) * 1989-10-23 1991-05-02 AEG Hausgeräte GmbH Kühl- oder Gefriergerät mit einer Abstellplatte aus Glas
DE4128504A1 (de) * 1991-08-28 1993-03-04 Licentia Gmbh Ablageplatte aus glas

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6786562B2 (en) 2001-08-22 2004-09-07 Engineered Glass Products Llc Refrigeration shelf and method of making the same
WO2005017427A1 (de) * 2003-08-11 2005-02-24 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Kältegerät mit keramischen ablagen
WO2009012279A2 (en) * 2007-07-16 2009-01-22 Clarion Technologies, Inc. Frameless spill-safe shelf
WO2009012279A3 (en) * 2007-07-16 2009-03-12 Clarion Technologies Inc Frameless spill-safe shelf
US8375746B2 (en) 2007-07-16 2013-02-19 Clarion Technologies, Inc. Frameless spill-safe shelf
FR2931045A1 (fr) * 2008-05-19 2009-11-20 Schott Vtf Sarl Piece en forme de plaque en verre ou en vitroceramiques, notamment tablette ou etagere
WO2009150339A2 (fr) * 2008-05-19 2009-12-17 SCHOTT VTF (Société par Actions Simplifiée) Pièce en forme de plaque en verre ou en vitrocéramique, notamment tablette ou étagère
WO2009150339A3 (fr) * 2008-05-19 2010-03-25 SCHOTT VTF (Société par Actions Simplifiée) Pièce en forme de plaque en verre ou en vitrocéramique, notamment tablette ou étagère

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