EP1152201B1 - Kühlschrank mit volumenveränderlicher Kammer - Google Patents

Kühlschrank mit volumenveränderlicher Kammer Download PDF

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EP1152201B1
EP1152201B1 EP01106734A EP01106734A EP1152201B1 EP 1152201 B1 EP1152201 B1 EP 1152201B1 EP 01106734 A EP01106734 A EP 01106734A EP 01106734 A EP01106734 A EP 01106734A EP 1152201 B1 EP1152201 B1 EP 1152201B1
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refrigerator
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Stefano Tavolazzi
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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
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F25D11/02—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cooling compartments at different temperatures
    • 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
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/069—Cooling space dividing partitions
    • 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
    • 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
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/16—Convertible 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
    • F25D2500/00—Problems to be solved
    • F25D2500/02—Geometry problems

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with a refrigeration compartment containing a chamber for preservation at temperatures different from those of the compartment.
  • a refrigerator is disclosed in US-A-4 793 145.
  • a chamber known as a crisper, for containing vegetables, fruit or other food to be preserved at a temperature higher than that in the rest of the compartment.
  • this chamber has a volume insufficient to contain those vegetable and fruit quantities which satisfy the requirements of a normal family, especially during periods of particular availability and cheapness.
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore to provide a refrigerator with a chamber able to satisfy the said user requirement.
  • the reference numeral 1 indicates the lower part of a refrigerator.
  • the refrigerator comprises a conventional refrigerated preservation compartment 2, bounded by the door (not shown), by side walls 3, by a rear wall 3A, by a bottom wall 3B and by a top wall (not shown). At predetermined heights, each of its side walls 3 presents projecting support elements or supporting shelves 4A, 4B. Each projecting element of one wall 3 is, for support purposes, coplanar with one on the other opposite wall. The consecutive lowest pairs 4A, 4B of these elements concern the invention. Figure 1 shows one support element of each of these two pairs, the lower being indicated by 4A and the upper by 4B.
  • the invention provides a removable structure, to rest on one or the other of the pairs of support elements 4A or 4B, and indicated overall by 5 if resting on the support elements 4B, or by 5' if resting on the underlying support elements 4A.
  • This removable structure defines, or rather serves to delimit, together with the walls 3, 3A and 3B of the refrigerator preservation compartment 2, two chambers of different capacities, the smaller of which applies when the structure in question rests on the elements 4A.
  • the refrigerator hence comprises a chamber of variable volume, which depends on the location of the structure.
  • the structure 5, 5' (shown in Figures 1, 2, 3) comprises a glass plate 6 (which always acts as the upper wall independently of its capacity) surrounded by a plastic frame 7, which on the interior of the two sides 7A, 7B by which it rests on the projecting elements presents slide guides 8 for the so-called "door" of the chamber and which in the specific example is similar to a roll shutter 10 which can consist of a plurality of bars, for example of plastic material, hinged or pivoted to each other.
  • the structure in question presents at its front, substantially as an extension of each side 7A, 78, a telescopically extendable leg 9 the components of which are indicated by 9A and 98, said slide guides 8 extending longitudinally into these components via a connection region 11, to enable the roll shutter 10 to be slid along the legs 9 and hence close the front of the chamber when in either possible capacity, or to open it by movement in the opposite direction.
  • the telescopic legs 9 are set in their retracted position and the structure is placed with its framed plate 6 on the lower support elements 4A; in Figure 1 the structure is indicated with this capacity by 5'.
  • the structure is supported on the upper support elements 4B (as indicated by 5) and the legs 9 are extended.
  • the legs can be removably retained in their retracted position by any known releasable catches, possibly elastic ( Figure 1 shows a catch operating member, indicated by 12.
  • FIGS 4, 5A and 5B show a refrigerator with a variable volume chamber obtained by means of a structure which differs from that of the preceding figures in that the telescopic legs 9 are lacking and the movable wall for closing and for gaining access to the interior of the chamber (which in the preceding figures is represented by the roll shutter 10) is here replaced by two panels 20, 21 of preferably transparent material, for example plastic or glass.
  • the panel 21 is provided with a suitable surround and is hinged at 22 to the front side of the frame 7' of the cover plate 6'.
  • the panel 21 is provided at its sides with slide guides 23 for the panel 20.
  • the removable structure is rested with its cover plate 6' on the conventional support elements, here not shown, provided on the side walls of the refrigerator.
  • the support elements selected are those which correspond to the capacity required by the user.
  • Figures 4 and 5B represent the structure position for providing the larger capacity
  • Figure 5A represents that for the smaller capacity.
  • the two panels 20, 21 are both used to close the chamber, whereas when in the smaller capacity position the panel 20, by virtue of its ability to be slid along the guides 23, is superposed on the panel 21.
  • the user requires access to the chamber interior, he rotates the two panels 20, 21 about the hinge 22.
  • Figure 6 in which parts equal or corresponding to those of the preceding figures are indicated by the same reference numerals plus a double apostrophe, shows a structure similar to that of Figures 4, 5A, 5B, the only difference being that the two panels 20". 21" are hinged together at 24, in the manner of a book. When in the smaller capacity position the two panels are superposed by rotation about the hinge 24 (and can be retained thereat for example by magnets and counter-magnets or conventional temporary retention means positioned in walls forming total or partial surrounds about the two panels 20" and 21").
  • the function of the hinge 22" is to enable the two plates to be rotated for access to the chamber, as indicated in the preceding embodiment.
  • the framed plate 6, 7 of the structure 5, 5' presents at one end approximately hook-shaped means 30, 30" to cooperate, for suitable longitudinal retention of the structure 5, 5', with counter-means provided at the support elements 4A, 4B, and which can be for example in the form of seats 31 ( Figure 2) into which said hook-shaped means can settle.

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Claims (9)

  1. Kühlschrank mit einem Kühlfach (2), das eine Kammer zur Frischhaltung bei Temperaturen aufweist, die sich von denen des genannten Kühlfachs unterscheiden, wobei diese Kammer durch Innenwände des genannten Kühlfachs (2) begrenzt sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Kammer zur Veränderung des Kammervolumens durch ein entfembares Bauteil (5, 5') vervollständigt wird, das in verschiedenen Höhen des genannten Kühlfachs (2) angeordnet werden kann und das eine Platte (6, 7) zum Tragen des Bauteils (5, 5') in der gewünschten Höhe auf üblichen, im Kühlfach (2) vorhandenen Tragelementen, wobei die genannte Platte (6, 7) das Kammerdach bildet, und eine Fronttür (10; 20, 21; 20", 21") für den Kammerzugang aufweist, die gemäß der Position des entfembaren Bauteils (5, 5') ausdehnbar ist.
  2. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Tür (10) flexibel und derart angebracht ist, dass sie längs Führungen (8) gleiten kann, die in der Tragplatte (6, 7) verlaufen.
  3. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Tür (10) ein Rollo ist.
  4. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 2 oder 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Tür (10) aus aneinander angelenkten Leisten besteht.
  5. Kühlschrank nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche 2 bis 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungen (8) femer in teleskopischen Beinen (9) verfaufen, die mit der genannten Platte an der Vorderseite des entfernbaren Bauteils (5, 5') verbunden sind.
  6. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Tür (20, 21; 20", 21") durch ein Paar aus Tafeln gebildet ist, die zueinander bewegbar sind.
  7. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Tafel (20) in Führungen (23) gleitend befestigt ist, die fest mit der anderen Tafel (24) verbunden sind.
  8. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Tafeln (20", 21") aneinander angelenkt sind (an der Stelle 24).
  9. Kühlschrank nach Anspruch 6, 7 oder 8,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Tafeln (20, 21; 20", 21") an der Platte (6, 7; 6", 7") durch Mittel aneinander angelenkt sind, die an einer der Tafeln (21, 21") vorgesehen sind.
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IT2000MI000985A IT1317464B1 (it) 2000-05-05 2000-05-05 Frigorifero con comparto a volume variabile
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