EP1804012B1 - Verbesserter Türgriff für Kühlgerät - Google Patents

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EP1804012B1
EP1804012B1 EP06100009.7A EP06100009A EP1804012B1 EP 1804012 B1 EP1804012 B1 EP 1804012B1 EP 06100009 A EP06100009 A EP 06100009A EP 1804012 B1 EP1804012 B1 EP 1804012B1
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Fred Viol
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
    • F25D2323/022—Doors that can be pivoted either left-handed or right-handed

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  • the present invention refers to an improved kind of handle for opening a door that is closed against an abutting jamb.
  • the doors of refrigeration appliances are generally provided all along the perimeter thereof with a magnetic member and a sealing gasket that are associated to each other so that the combined action thereof ensures the final, aggregate effect of a substantially air-tight seal between the abutment edge of the same door and the front edge of the wall of the casing of the refrigeration appliance, against which the outer perimeter of said door comes to abut, thereby closing the inner storage compartment of the appliance.
  • handles have been devised and provided, in particular for the doors of refrigeration appliances, which are adapted to perform - via an appropriate leverage system - a specific separation action between the two mutually opposing and mating jambs of the door and the outer casing of the appliance.
  • these handles are designed to practically operate as first-class levers, in which the first lever arm, which includes the point of force, is comprised in a handle actuating lever, the second arm is the member that pushes against the mating jamb of the outer casing, and the pin is a rotation member positioned on the same door.
  • handles that are arranged to move on the vertical plane extending parallel to the surface of the door by rotating on a horizontal pin extending orthogonally to the surface of the door, these handles are not in general capable of being mounted in a symmetrical position on both sides of the door.
  • a rotating handle in particular for the door of a refrigeration appliance, which is adapted to be rotated on a vertical plane parallel to the front face of the door, which it is applied to, wherein this handle is provided with means for forcedly separate it from the abutment jamb of the outer casing of the appliance against which it closes, and is further capable of being equally well mounted on doors adapted to be hinged on either side for opening either way.
  • a rotating handle according to the present invention is substantially comprised of three major parts, i.e.:
  • this push-off bolt 6 is operated by said actuating lever, a portion of which acts as a cam that is capable of rotating, but not displacing axially relative to said base, it ensues that the outward movement of the push-off bolt against said wall 20 causes a reaction to take place on the lever 1, which therefore acts on said base that, in turn, acts on the door to be operated, thereby pushing it off the wall 20 and causing it to open.
  • said bolt 6 which is given an elongated shape, is adapted to slide inside the base 2 in a direction of displacement X that is substantially parallel to the axis of the pin 8 of the actuating lever 1, so that such direction X of the back-and-forth movement of the bolt 6 turns out as being orthogonal to said plane of rotation p (see Figure 3 ).
  • cam-follower position control mechanism formed by said sliding guide 12 and said tracking member 11 is substantially shaped and sized as described below.
  • Said sliding guide therefore, is practically formed of a curved contour, which is indicated by the three raised webs 12A, 12B, 12C shown in Figures 5 , 7 and 8 , wherein these raised webs are curved relative to two distinct planes extending orthogonally to each other, i.e.:
  • said lever 1 is fully symmetrical relative to the plane S extending horizontally through the axis of the pin 8 and said point O ( Figure 8 ). This fact is effective in enabling said lever 1 to be mounted in either one of the two opposite positions, i.e. both on the left side and the right side of the door, as desired (reversible handle), as this is symbolically illustrated in the two Figures 9 and 10 .
  • a first elastic means 30 is mounted, which acts between a point of application 31 of said base 2 and a point of application 32 of said lever 1.
  • This elastic means 30, which is positioned symmetrically relative to the handle and, as a result, symmetrically relative to both the lever 1 and the base 2, so that it practically lies in said plane of symmetry S, is provided and mounted so as to be capable of being brought into, i.e. to have a resting position, to which there corresponds the position of perfect symmetry of the lever 1 relative to the base 2 and, therefore, also the position in which the tracking member 11 comes to lie exactly at said point O of the guide 12.
  • said elastic means 30 happens to be working in a symmetrical manner relative to such lever and, ultimately, the latter is automatically biased to elastically return into said resting, inoperative position from any working position whatsoever it may also have been previously rotated.
  • said elastic means 30 is positioned relative to the base 2 and the lever 1; in an advantageous manner, said elastic means 30, which is formed of a thin metal rod, is also bent to be introduced in an appropriate arc-shaped slot 34 in the base 2, for it to be able to reach the respective point of application 32 without having to unaesthetically and impractically protrude from the same handle.
  • the bolt 6 should advantageously be provided with a respective elastic means; with reference to Figures 4 , 5 and 6 , a spiral spring 40 is therefore arranged between a kind of spur 41, which rises inwards from said tracking member 11, and is therefore firmly joined or integral with said bolt 6, and an abutment 42 provided - again in a symmetrical arrangement - on said base 2.
  • This spiral spring 40 is provided and mounted so as to be able to act in the sense of retaining the bolt 6 within the base 2, i.e. pushing the tracking member 11 toward the user standing outside, i.e. toward the interior of the lever 1.
  • said two springs 30 and 40 are made from a single length of appropriately processed metal wire, which - along a section thereof - is coiled into a spiral so as to provide said spring 40 adapted to rest against said abutment 42; the remaining section of said wire length is applied and stretched between a bore 43 in said same abutment piece 42 (see Figure 7 ) and said point of application 32 on the lever, by extending through the arc-shaped slot 34 in the base 2, as noted above.

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  1. Drehgriff, insbesondere für die Tür von Haushalts-Kühlgeräten, folgendes umfassend:
    - eine Haltebasis (2), die dazu geeignet ist, mit einer Oberfläche derselben an einer Außenoberfläche (4) einer zu betätigenden Tür angebracht zu werden,
    - einen Betätigungshebel (1), der an einem in einem Loch (9) in der Haltebasis (2) eingebrachten, zugehörigen Stift (8) aufgehängt ist und der dazu geeignet ist, in einer Ebene (p) zu rotieren, die im wesentlichen parallel zur Außenoberfläche (4) ist;
    - einen Abstoßdorn (6), der dazu geeignet ist, per Rückwärts- und Vorwärtsbewegung aus der Haltebasis hervorzutreten oder sich in diese zurückzuziehen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    - sich der Abstoßdorn (6) durch die gesamte Breite oder Dicke der Haltebasis (2) hindurch erstreckt,
    - der Betätigungshebel (1) im wesentlichen symmetrisch im Verhältnis zur horizontalen Ebene ist, die durch die Achse des Stifts (8) geht, wenn der Griff an einer vertikalen Wand montiert und im wesentlichen in Ruhestellung ist,
    - der Betätigungshebel (1) ein Nockenelement umfasst,
    - der Abstoßdorn (6) ein Nachführelement oder einen Aufhalter (11) umfasst, der in das Innere des Betätigungshebel (1) vorragt,
    - das Nockenelement dazu geeignet ist, in das Nachführelement oder den Aufhalter (11) einzugreifen und im Verhältnis dazu verschoben zu werden, so dass, wenn der Betätigungshebel (1) in der Ebene (p) gedreht wird, dieser mit Mitteln versorgt wird, die geeignet sind, den Abstoßdorn (6) in die Lage zu versetzen, sich unter Einwirkung des Betätigungshebels (1) in eine Richtung (X) zu bewegen, die im wesentlichen im rechten Winkel zur Rotationsebene (p) des Betätigungshebels (1) steht.
  2. Drehgriff gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Abstoßdorn (6) auswärts über die Dicke der Haltebasis hinaus erstreckt, an der der Hebel angebracht ist, und gemeinsam mit einer Innenoberfläche des Betätigungshebels ein Mitnehmer-artiges Mittel ausbildet.
  3. Drehgriff gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Mitnehmer-artige Mittel das Nachführelement oder den Aufhalter (11) umfasst, das bzw. der am äußeren Endabschnitt des Abstoßdornes (6) angeordnet ist, und eine Gleitführung (12), die in den Betätigungshebel integriert und dazu geeignet ist, in das Nachführelement oder den Aufhalter (11) durch Herstellung eines Gleitkontakts mit diesen einzugreifen.
  4. Drehgriff gemäß Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Gleitführung (12) umfasst:
    - einen Außenumriss in Form eines Kreisbogens rund um den Stift (8) bei Projektion auf eine Ebene, die im rechten Winkel zur Drehachse des Stiftes (8) steht,
    - und einen Bogenumriss, wenn die Führung (12) auf eine Ebene projiziert wird, die sich durch den Stift (8) erstreckt und vertikal ist, wenn der Drehgriff an einer vertikalen Wand montiert ist und sich in seiner Ruheposition befindet.
  5. Drehgriff gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass erste elastische Mittel (30) vorgesehen sind, die geeignet sind, zwischen dem Nachführelement, oder dem Dorn, und der Haltebasis wirksam zu werden, und dadurch, dass die ersten elastischen Mittel so vorgesehen und angeordnet sind, dass sie fähig sind, eine Ruheposition einzunehmen, wenn das Nachführelement oder der Aufhalter (11) im Mittelabschnitt (O) der Gleitführung (12) positioniert ist.
  6. Drehgriff gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zweite elastische Mittel (40) vorgesehen sind, die dazu geeignet sind, zwischen der Haltebasis (2) und dem Betätigungshebel (1) wirksam zu werden, und dadurch, dass die zweiten elastischen Mittel so vorgesehen und angeordnet sind, dass sie fähig sind, eine Ruheposition einzunehmen, wenn der Betätigungshebel (1) so positioniert ist, dass er das Nachführelement oder den Aufhalter (11) dazu bringt, sich in eine Position zu bewegen, die im Mittelabschnitt (O) der Gleitführung (12) liegt.
  7. Kühlgerät, das eine Tür und einen Drehhebel gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche an seiner Tür angebracht aufweist.
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