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
  • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
• • 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
  • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
• • 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
  • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
  • F25D2331/807—Eggs
• • 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
  • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
  • F25D2331/809—Holders

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an egg tray for a refrigerator.
• Such egg trays usually have the shape of an approximately cuboid body, which can be placed in a door rack of a refrigerator and has a number of circular recesses on its top, each of which is provided to receive an egg in an upright orientation.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a novel egg tray in which the production of different models with different capacities is possible with minimal effort.
• the object is achieved by an egg tray with the features of claim 1.
• the extruded profile from which the egg tray is made can be made with a uniform cross-section for any capacity, and the different capacities of different models of egg tray desired for different refrigerator models is realized by cutting the extruded profile to the appropriate length.
• a single nozzle that defines the cross section of the profile is sufficient for all models.
• the body can have a cross section that remains constant in the longitudinal direction. Since the eggs come to rest in the tray in a lying orientation, they cannot easily fall out of the tray without being held in a lateral direction.
• a projection which at least partially blocks the cross section of the groove can also be formed at one end of each groove.
• Such a projection can be realized in a simple manner by heating and deforming the plastic material of the body, one for this used mold for fixed lengths of egg tray can be the same.
• two or three parallel channels are preferably formed on the top. Each of these preferably has a length sufficient to accommodate several eggs in a row.
• Another advantage of the gutter shape of the wells is that they are no longer limited solely to the use for storing eggs. For example, a gutter that is not required for eggs can be used to accommodate a tube or small cans and glasses, such as tomato puree jars or olive tubes.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an egg tray according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows a modification of the egg tray from FIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 the egg tray from FIG. 1 in a door goods rack, together with a side closure element
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the egg tray from FIG. 1 in a door rack.
• the egg tray shown in FIG. 1 in a perspective view has a body 1 cut from an extruded profile, which in the exemplary embodiment shown consists of two semi-cylindrical segments 2, which each delimit an upwardly open channel 3, and two vertical side walls serving as feet 4 composed, which are integrally connected.
• the feet 4 protrude with their free ends against the bottom of the channel 3, whereby cooled air can sweep along the bottom of the channel 3.
• the channels 3 take up the majority of the top of the body 1. Their width corresponds to the typical diameter of a chicken egg 5, which is thus held stable in the groove 3 in a horizontal orientation. Since the egg 5 cannot roll in the channel 3, the channels 3 on the end faces 6 of the body 1 can be open without there being any significant risk of an egg falling out.
• the segments 2 are each supported along a lower apex line 7 on a base (not shown) on which the lower edges of the side walls 4 also rest.
• An egg tray with two or more channels 3, as shown in FIG. 1, would also be stable without the side walls 4, but the side walls 4 improve the stability particularly when only one of the channels 3 is occupied.
• the body 1 of the egg tray from FIG. 1 has the same length over its entire length. permanent cross section; in order to produce it from an extruded profile, it is sufficient to cut a piece of this in the required length.
• the length of the egg tray from FIG. 1 is dimensioned for two to three eggs per channel; Of course, shelves with any capacity can be made from the same extruded profile by cutting them to the required length.
• a user of a refrigerator can also shorten an egg tray supplied with this refrigerator if it is longer than meets his needs.
• the segments 2 on the end faces 6 are subsequently deformed to the desired length after the body 1 has been cut to form the projections 10 which close the channels 3 form.
• the projections 10 can in a simple manner, for. B. with the help of a mold open on one side with two elements each forming the top and bottom of the body 1, into each of which one end of the body 1 is inserted and heated to make the plastic of which the body is supple close.
• FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the egg tray from FIG. 1 in a door rack 11, which is provided for mounting on the inside of a refrigerator.
• the width of the box-shaped door rack 11 is adapted to that of the body 1; its length is greater than that of the body 1.
• an end face 6 of the body 1 touches an end wall 12 of the door rack, so that no eggs can escape on this side.
• an attachable end element 13 can be provided, in which recesses 14, which are complementary to the cross section of the body 1, can be plugged onto the Body 1 are formed and that blocks the free cross section of the grooves 3.

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