Classifications

• • 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
  • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
  • F25D29/005—Mounting of control devices
• • 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
• • 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
  • F25D23/08—Parts formed wholly or mainly of plastics materials
  • F25D23/082—Strips
  • F25D23/085—Breaking strips
• • 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
  • F25D2400/18—Aesthetic features
• • 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
  • F25D2400/36—Visual displays

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular its door.
• the object is achieved by a door with the features of claim 1 and a refrigerator according to claim 14.
• the viewing window can extend over the entire thickness of the door; however, since generally no thermal insulation is required in the edge region of the door in which the viewing window is formed, it is sufficient if the inner wall of the door, which together with the outer wall encloses the heat-insulating intermediate space of the door, is not larger than necessary, to close the interior of the body.
• the viewing window then only has to be present in the edge region of the outer wall which projects beyond the edge of the inner wall and which essentially has only an aesthetic function.
• the translucent pane can be formed in one piece with the end element or it can be inserted into a window cutout of the end element.
• the pane in particular if the outer wall is curved in the area of the viewing window, to ensure that the pane lies against the door along its entire edge, it is expedient for the pane to be mounted under prestress.
• Latching means for locking the window on the door, which engage in the center of the pane, are desirable.
• the disc can also be made from a cloudy material; this is particularly expedient if the pane is formed in one piece with the end element, which in turn is preferably not translucent; if the turbidity is not too great, such a pane allows the detection of self-illuminating display elements, which are arranged at a short distance behind the pane, without difficulty.
• At least part of the back of the pane is preferably provided with a non-transparent decor.
• FIG. 8 shows a section analogous to that of FIG. 2 through the door from FIG. 6;
• Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
• the outer wall 3 made of sheet metal is extended upwards by an outer wall piece 11 of the end element 5 which is in one piece with the plate 7.
• a window cutout 13 is formed, in which a pane 14 made of a crystal-clear one 5 plastic such as PMMA or PC is mounted.
• the disk 14 has springs 15 on its lateral edges, each of which engages in vertical grooves of the outer wall piece 11.
• a claw 16 formed on the lower edge of the disk 14 is inserted into a recess on the top of the plate 7.
• FIG. 4 differs from that of FIG. 1 in that the outer wall 3 made of sheet metal is extended upwards on both sides of the window cutout 13, so that the vertical outer wall pieces of FIG. 3 are omitted.
• the cross section shown in FIG. 5 results.
• the outer wall 3 extends right up to the top
• a vertical flank 18 of the upper end element 5 compensates for the difference in height between the outer wall 3 and the inner wall 9.
• Fig. 6 shows a further partial perspective view of a refrigerator housing and its door 2 according to the invention.
• the outer wall 3 made of sheet metal is in this
• the upper end element 5 and the disk 14 can also be made in one piece from the same plastic material.
• an opaque plastic material pigmented in the color of the outer wall 3 is used for the end element 5.
• its wall thickness can be reduced so far in the area of the pane that it at least appears translucent.
• a light indicator which is installed in a control panel mounted behind the pane, at a short distance from the pane, locally illuminates the translucent pane itself, so that the operating state indicated by the display can be read directly on the pane itself.

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