EP1176375B1 - Türgriff für Kühlschrank - Google Patents

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EP1176375B1
EP1176375B1 EP20010115795 EP01115795A EP1176375B1 EP 1176375 B1 EP1176375 B1 EP 1176375B1 EP 20010115795 EP20010115795 EP 20010115795 EP 01115795 A EP01115795 A EP 01115795A EP 1176375 B1 EP1176375 B1 EP 1176375B1
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Davide Whirlpool Europe s.r.l. Pieretto
Sandro Whirlpool Europe s.r.l. Galli
Fiorenzo Whirlpool Europe s.r.l. Casoli
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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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B7/00—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
    • E05B17/0025—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing
    • E05B17/0033—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing for opening only
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/0042—For refrigerators or cold rooms
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
    • E05C19/16—Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction
    • E05C19/161—Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction magnetic gaskets
    • 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
    • F25D2400/08—Refrigerator tables
    • 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 handle for the door of refrigeration appliances and, more specifically, for the door of upright freezers, in accordance with the introduction to the accompanying claim 1.
  • handles which facilitate the opening of the door to which they are applied, its opening being opposed not only by a pressure difference between the hotter external environment and the substantially colder interior of the appliance, but in particular by the magnetic attraction exerted by the (magnetic) gaskets present on the door.
  • These handles comprise a lever with unequal lever arms. The end of the smaller lever arm presses against the appliance cabinet or housing when the user acts on the larger lever arm in the direction of door opening, to cause initial "detachment" of the cabinet door by reaction.
  • Handles of this type are known for example from German Utility Models 1811327 and 9313987, and from EP0891524.
  • the main object of this invention is to provide a handle of the stated type which is improved in terms both of its construction and its effectiveness in use.
  • the reference numeral 1 indicates overall an upright domestic freezer presenting a stationary housing 2 with a compartment 3 containing extractable drawers 4 for preserving food.
  • a door 5 provided with a magnetic gasket 6 substantially along its entire inner perimeter is conventionally hinged to the housing.
  • the lever handle of the present invention is connected to the door.
  • the connection is made on that vertical edge 5A of the door 5 opposite the hinging edge, using screws 9.
  • the handle by means of its movable foot 11F acting (thrusting) against the front surrounding edge 2A of the housing 2, exerts the thrust necessary to facilitate the detachment and opening of the door.
  • the lever handle 7 comprises substantially three parts (plus a return spring). These three parts are shown individually in Figures 4, 5 and 6 respectively, whereas the spring appears in Figure 3.
  • the part shown in Figure 4 is indicated by the reference numeral 9 and is defined herein as the support half-casing in that it serves for mounting the handle on the edge 5A of the door 5 by means of said screws 8 inserted through holes 9A from the opposite side to that visible in Figure 4.
  • the support half-casing 9 is substantially, but not necessarily, of T-shape with the shank of the T represented by a cheek 9B which is ribbed (for reinforcement) and edged by a side wall interrupted at 90B. The cheek is applied with that side visible in Figure 4 against the edge 5A of the door.
  • the crosspiece 9C of the T is internally and longitudinally hollow and is internally connected with the cheek 9B through a cut 9D of a shared edge.
  • the crosspiece 9C presents internally a projection 9K provided with a dead hole and acting as a rotatable support for one of the parts of a pin 11A rigid with the movable component 11 of the handle shown in perspective view in Figure 5 and identified herein by the term "lever handgrip".
  • the lever handgrip is described in greater detail hereinafter.
  • a longitudinal groove 9F for receiving (see Figure 3) the end of a return spring 13, the other end of which engages in a hole 11B in the lever handgrip 11.
  • the crosspiece 9C also comprises a recess, at 9G, at one of its ends and an arched end flange 9L projecting from the outside of the crosspiece.
  • this flange acts as a lateral guide by cooperating with one of the two closed-base slots 11C present in the lever handgrip 11 into which the flange penetrates ( Figure 3), and also, as stated hereinafter, stabilizes the rest position of the handle by the action of the spring.
  • the lever handgrip 11 of Figure 5 is intended to be positioned within the handle as shown by dashed lines in Figure 3, it comprising a gripping part 11D of robust plastic in which the two already mentioned guide slots 11C are provided, and a metal part 11E of broken-line axis and of substantially bar-like section, embedded in the end of the gripping part 11D and projecting from it.
  • Said metal part presents both the said hole 11B (for coupling the spring 13, Figure 3), and the said hinge pin 11A, and terminates with the foot 11F suitably provided with a plastic covering in order not to damage the contour 2A of the housing 2 of the freezer on which this foot operationally bears.
  • the third component of the handle is shown in Figure 6 and is indicated by the reference numeral 12. It consists of the closure half-casing, to be superposed on the crosspiece 9C of the support half-casing 9 and fixed to it (by bonding, for example ultrasonic if these parts are of plastic material) after mounting the lever handgrip 11 in the half-casing 9, inserting the pin 11A also into the holed support projection 12A coaxial with that 9K provided on the half- casing 12, and inserting the provided flange 12B into the other slot 11C of the lever handgrip 11, this flange being identical to the flange 9H and being parallel to it after mounting.
  • the half-casing 12 also presents an end recess 12C which together with the recess 9G of the other half-casing 9 defines the aperture through which there extends into the two coupled half-casings the metal part 11E of the lever handgrip 11 projecting from the passageway 90C and extending with its terminal foot 11F beyond the cheek 9B (see Figure 3).
  • lever handgrip 11 To open the door the lever handgrip 11 is rotated in the direction of the arrow F ( Figure 3) by acting on the part 11D.
  • the foot 11F exerts on the front contour 2A of the appliance housing 2 a thrust which by reaction results in detachment of the door from the contour 2A, the foot then separating from it when the metal part 11E of the lever handgrip 11 abuts against the inclined rib 9M present on the inside of the cheek 9B and the lever handgrip 11 ceases to rotate.
  • the lever arm H1 ( Figure 3) is chosen smaller than the lever arm H2 to an extent such that the opening of the door 5, achieved by manually rotating the lever handgrip 11 in the direction of the arrow F ( Figure 3) is greatly and productively facilitated.

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Claims (7)

  1. Handgriff (7) für die Tür eines Haus-Kühlgeräts im allgemeinen und spezieller für die Tür eines aufrecht stehenden Haus-Tiefkühlgeräts, umfassend ein Hebelelement (11) mit ungleichen Hebelarmen (M1, M2), von denen der kleinere dazu angebracht ist, die Tür durch Reagieren von dessen Ende (11F) gegen das Gerätegehäuse auf das Aufbringen einer manuellen Öffnungskraft auf den größeren Hebelarm, die Tür zu öffnen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Handgriff einen aus einem zwei Hälften ausgeformten (9, 12) stationären Teil umfasst, wobei die zwei Hälften dahingehend zusammenwirken, dass sie das Hebelelement (11) rotierbar abstützen, wobei eine der Hälften integral mit einer Backe (9b) zum Befestigen des Handgriffs an dem Schrank versehen ist.
  2. Handgriff, wie in Anspruch 1 beansprucht, wobei das Hebelelement (11) einen Greifer (11d) sowie einen stangengleichen Teil mit unterbrochener Achslinie (11e), welcher in einem Druckfuß (11f) endet, umfasst und mit Bolzen (11a) für die rotierbare Abstützung des Hebelelements versehen ist.
  3. Handgriff, wie in einem der voranstehenden Ansprüche beansprucht, wobei der Greifer (11d) mit zumindest einem, an seiner Basis geschlossenen, Schlitz (11c), in den ein hervorragender Flansch (9h, 12b) des stationären Teils (9, 12) eingreift, versehen ist.
  4. Handgriff, wie in einem der voranstehenden Ansprüche beansprucht, wobei der Greifer (11d) aus Plastikmaterial besteht, in welches ein Ende des stangengleichen Teils (11e), welcher aus Metall besteht, eingebettet ist.
  5. Handgriff, wie in einem oder mehreren der voranstehenden Ansprüche beansprucht, umfassend eine Rückholfeder (13), welche zwischen dem stationären Teil (9, 12) und dem Hebelelement (11) wirkt.
  6. Handgriff, wie in einem oder mehreren der voranstehenden Ansprüche beansprucht, wobei der stationäre Teil (9, 12) aus Plastikmaterial besteht.
  7. Handgriff, wie in einem oder mehreren der voranstehenden Ansprüche beansprucht, wobei Mittel (9M) in der Backe (9B) vorgesehen sind, um die Winkelauslenkung des Hebelelements (11) durch Einreifen in dessen Bewegungsablauf zu begrenzen.
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