EP1860392B1 - Réfrigérateur avec tiroir amovible - Google Patents

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EP1860392B1
EP1860392B1 EP20060114564 EP06114564A EP1860392B1 EP 1860392 B1 EP1860392 B1 EP 1860392B1 EP 20060114564 EP20060114564 EP 20060114564 EP 06114564 A EP06114564 A EP 06114564A EP 1860392 B1 EP1860392 B1 EP 1860392B1
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Katarina Esteve
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Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
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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
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers
    • 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
    • F25D2400/32—Removal, transportation or shipping of refrigerating devices from one location to another

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  • the present invention refers to a refrigerator having a drawer of improved removability.
  • refrigerator used herein means refrigerated cabinets in which the temperature is normally higher than 0°C, and freezers in which the temperature is maintained below 0°C, as well as combination thereof.
  • a refrigerator can be provided with one or more drawers slidably associated to the refrigerated cabinet for better organising the articles storage or for creating specific storage regions for particularly perishable articles, like for example, vegetables and fruits.
  • a refrigerator having a removable drawer is disclosed in the European Patent Application No. EP 0 611 932 .
  • Such drawer comprises a hollow body defined by a base from which four walls projects upwards, one of said walls being provided with through or dead-ended recess for allowing a user to move the drawer within the refrigerator.
  • a pair of through or dead-ended recesses acting as handgrips are formed in opposing walls to enable the drawer to be removed from the refrigerator.
  • the drawer disclosed in EP 0 611 932 does not allow it to be securely handled because of the shape of the recesses or handgrips if these recesses are dead-ended. If these are through recesses, the drawer is not only complex to be constructed but a handling problem still exists. In fact, in order to hold the drawer the user hands have to access the through recesses that can be obstructed by the drawer contents.
  • the European Patent Application EP 1 467 166 discloses a drawer for a refrigerator having a gripping element hinged on a pair of spaced apart walls, wherein the element assumes at least one working position in which it lies above the cavity of the drawer body.
  • a drawback of this kind of drawer consists in that the transverse arm of the gripping element is subject to a relevant bending stress when the user removes the drawer form the refrigerator and therefore there is the risk that the element breaks if the load carried by the drawer is heavy.
  • further regions particularly stressed are those where the gripping element is pivotally fixed to the drawer walls. When the drawer is removed from the refrigerator, forces acting in such regions can deform progressively the hinges causing blockage of the gripping element.
  • a further drawback of the drawer disclosed in EP 1 467 166 is that, when the user places the drawer in a chamber inside a refrigerator, he/she has to remember to lower the gripping element from the working position, extending over the drawer storage cavity, to the rest position. If the user does not perform this operation at all or if he/she does not perform it correctly, the drawer cannot be slidably inserted in the refrigerated chamber. This is particularly frustrating for the user who can face the bothersome situation in which the drawer neither can slide inside the refrigerated chamber nor it can be securely hold by the incompletely lowered gripping element.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to solve the noted problems and thus providing a refrigerator having a removable drawer which can be easily and securely handled by a user.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator having a removable drawer of improved reliability, the same drawer being suitable for carrying relatively heavy loads without breaking.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator with a removable drawer having an improved ergonomics.
  • Figure 1 shows a refrigerator according to the invention with the drawer in an extracted position
  • Figure 2 shows the refrigerator of Figure 1 with the drawer inserted in a refrigerated chamber
  • Figure 3 shows a detail of a gripping element of the drawer.
  • a refrigerator according to the invention comprises a cabinet 1 having a bottom wall 2 and a pair of spaced apart walls 3, 4 facing each other and rising from the bottom wall 2.
  • a backward wall 5 connects the opposing walls 3 and 4.
  • a front door and a ceiling wall (not shown in the drawings) together with walls 2, 3, 4, 5 define a refrigerated compartment 7.
  • Such compartment 7 is divided into storing chambers 8 by the one or more further walls 6 that extend between said opposing walls 3, 4 parallel to the bottom wall 2.
  • Said walls 6 are preferably in the form of removable shelves, made for example of glass, disposed into grooves 18 formed in the inner side of the opposing walls 3 and 4.
  • a drawer 9 is slidably received in the chamber 8 and can be removed from it.
  • the drawer 9 comprises an internally hollow body 10 presenting a base 11 from which pairs of opposing walls 12, 13 and 14, 15 rise substantially perpendicular.
  • the front and back walls 12 and 13, the side walls 14, 15 and the base 11 define a cavity 16.
  • a handle 17 formed in the front wall 12 is provided for allowing the user to insert and extract the drawer 9 in and from the chamber 8.
  • a pair of gripping elements 19 are provided on side walls 14, 15 in their upper region. Such gripping elements 19, as described in more detail further on, are resiliently associated to the drawer 9 such that when the drawer 9 is extracted from the chamber 8 they pop-up automatically, raising from the side walls 14 and 15, displacing in a working position. i.e. in a position in which the elements 19 can be gripped by the user's hands for removing the drawer 9 from the refrigerator.
  • FIG 2 it is shown the refrigerator with the drawer 9 inserted in the refrigerated chamber 8.
  • the gripping elements 19 are kept pressed down by the wall 6 so as to be displaced in a rest position along the side walls 14, 15.
  • FIG 3 it is shown a detail of a gripping element 19 and its resilient association to the drawer 9.
  • the drawer 9 In its upper region, at least along the side walls 14, 15, the drawer 9 comprises a bent edge 20 forming a channel 21 with said side walls 14 and 15.
  • the edge 20 has a recess 26 in which the gripping element 19 is movable.
  • the gripping element 19 comprises a first arm 22 from which a second arched arm 23 protrudes forming an aperture 24 having a substantially triangular shape.
  • the aperture 24 is wide enough to allow the fingers of a user to be inserted in for securely holding the gripping element 19.
  • the arched arm 23 has a portion 27 forming an acute angle ⁇ with the first arm 22, said angle ⁇ being an internal angle of the substantially triangular aperture 24.
  • the gripping element 19 is pivotally associated to the drawer 9 by means of a hinge 28 extending through the channel 21 transversally in respect to the sliding direction of the drawer 9.
  • Resilient means 29 are arranged between the gripping element 19 and the drawer 9 so as to force the element 19 in the working position shown in figure 1 , i.e. in a position in which the element 19 can be gripped by a user hand. In this position the first arm 22, which is longer than the recess 26, rests inside the channel 21.
  • the resilient means 29 are preferably in the form of a spring 30 wound around the hinge 28 and having a first end portion removably fixed to a side wall 14, 15 by means of a protrusion 31 raising therefrom and a second end portion removably fixed to the element 19.
  • the arched arm 23 of the gripping elements 19 contacts the wall 6, i.e. the ceiling portion of the chamber 8, and the elements 19 begin to lower.
  • the downward movement of the elements 19 continues while the drawer 9 slides into the chamber 8; at the same time the potential energy of the resilient means 29 increases until a maximum value is reached when the drawer 9 is completely inside the chamber 8, as shown in figure 2 .
  • the gripping element 19 raises progressively under the effect of the resilient means 29 which release the potential energy because of the interaction of the element 19 with the wall 6.
  • a rib 25 is preferably formed on the arched arm 23. In this way, when the drawer is moved in or away the chamber 8 only a small area of the rib 25 contacts the wall 6 and the sliding movement of the drawer 9 is not slowed down.
  • the refrigerator according to the present invention is provided with a drawer of improved ergonomics, the same drawer being more reliable compared to refrigerator drawers of known type.

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Claims (9)

  1. Réfrigérateur ayant des premières parois (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) qui définissent une chambre de stockage (8) et un tiroir (9) reçu de manière coulissante à l'intérieur de ladite chambre (8), ledit tiroir (9) comprenant un corps intérieurement creux (10) défini par des secondes parois (12, 13, 14, 15) montant à partir d'une base (11) et une paire d'éléments de préhension (19) mobiles entre une première position de repos et une seconde position de travail pendant laquelle lesdits éléments (19) peuvent être saisis, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de préhension (19) sont associés de manière élastique audit tiroir (9) de sorte que suite à un mouvement coulissant du dernier, lesdits éléments de préhension (19) interagissent avec l'une desdites premières parois (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) pour se déplacer dans ladite première et ladite seconde position.
  2. Réfrigérateur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdits éléments de préhension (19) sont maintenus comprimés vers le bas dans la position de repos par ladite une des premières parois (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) lorsque le tiroir (9) est placé à l'intérieur de ladite chambre (8).
  3. Réfrigérateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdits éléments de préhension (19) comprennent un premier bras (22) à partir duquel un second bras arqué (23) fait saillie, formant une ouverture (24).
  4. Réfrigérateur selon la revendication 3, dans lequel ladite ouverture (24) a sensiblement une forme triangulaire.
  5. Réfrigérateur selon la revendication 3 ou 4, dans lequel ledit bras arqué (23) a une partie (27) formant un angle aigu β avec le premier bras (22), ledit angle étant un angle interne de l'ouverture (24).
  6. Réfrigérateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 5, dans lequel ledit bras arqué (23) comprend une nervure (25) agencée de sorte que, pendant un mouvement coulissant du tiroir (9), elle est en contact avec l'une desdites premières parois (2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
  7. Réfrigérateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdits éléments de préhension (19) sont associés de manière pivotante audit tiroir (9) au moyen d'une charnière (28).
  8. Réfrigérateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel des moyens élastiques (29) sont agencés entre l'élément de préhension (19) et le tiroir (9) afin de forcer l'élément (19) dans la position de travail.
  9. Réfrigérateur selon les revendications 7 et 8, dans lequel les moyens élastiques (29) se présentent sous une forme d'un ressort (30) enroulé autour de la charnière (28), lesdits moyens (29) ayant une première partie d'extrémité fixée de manière amovible à l'une desdites secondes parois (14, 15) au moyen d'une saillie (31) montant à partir de celle-ci, et une seconde partie d'extrémité fixée de manière amovible à l'élément de préhension (19).
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