EP1881281A1 - Réfrigérateur encastrable avec volume interne augmenté - Google Patents

Réfrigérateur encastrable avec volume interne augmenté Download PDF

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EP1881281A1
EP1881281A1 EP06116614A EP06116614A EP1881281A1 EP 1881281 A1 EP1881281 A1 EP 1881281A1 EP 06116614 A EP06116614 A EP 06116614A EP 06116614 A EP06116614 A EP 06116614A EP 1881281 A1 EP1881281 A1 EP 1881281A1
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cabinet
refrigerator body
refrigerating appliance
refrigerator
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Fiorenzo Casoli
Armando Luisi
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Whirlpool Corp
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Priority to US11/775,910 priority patent/US20080011006A1/en
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Publication of EP1881281A9 publication Critical patent/EP1881281A9/fr
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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
    • F25D23/10—Arrangements for mounting in particular locations, e.g. for built-in type, for corner type
    • 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
    • F25D23/006—General constructional features for mounting refrigerating machinery components

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerating appliance, of the type to be built in a cabinet of a kitchen or the like, comprising a refrigerator body having a cavity for food conservation.
  • the width of a built-in refrigerator body is at least 50 mm narrower than a freestanding cabinet of the same category/module (with category it is meant the footprint area on the floor including the enclosure of the kitchen column: total width x total depth), and this is indicative of how is relevant the loss of internal volume.
  • a first method to increase the volume of the refrigerator body is to increase its width by designing a kitchen cabinet (called also as "column") with very thin vertical walls, something like 2 - 4 mm instead of 18 - 20 mm of the traditional walls.
  • a kitchen cabinet (called also as "column") with very thin vertical walls, something like 2 - 4 mm instead of 18 - 20 mm of the traditional walls.
  • a second method to increase the volume of the refrigerator body is to increase its height, but this creates big problems in term of accessibility of food products placed in the upper shelves of the cavity.
  • such means comprises a plurality of reinforcing vertical rod-shaped elements adapted to be installed between vertical side panels of the cabinets and the refrigerator body in order to allow the use of thin side panels, without any risk of loosing structural stiffness of the cabinet.
  • said rod-shaped elements are installed substantially in correspondence of each vertical corner of the refrigerator body.
  • said means for increasing the volume of the cavity comprises a suspended tray-shaped support fixed on the bottom of the refrigerator body and adapted to contain functional components of the refrigerating appliance, such as the compressor, the condenser, the cooling fan and the like, the refrigerator body being supported on edges of a cut-out provided in a bottom wall of the cabinet.
  • a first embodiment of the present invention shows a method to increase the internal volume of the refrigerator by providing structural stiffness of the kitchen cabinet having very thin panels, combined to an original design of the external geometry of the refrigerator body.
  • the kitchen cabinet is only a "virtual" one. Practically it is made by two vertical thin side panel 10 having two pillars each, one on the front side, indicated with reference 12, and the other on the back, indicated with the reference 14.
  • a top panel 16 completes the cabinet or "column".
  • the side panels 10 and the top panel 16 are directly fixed on the lateral walls of the refrigerator body R by means of screws 18 flash with the surface, even if other means can be used too (for instance glue).
  • the screws 18 are placed in correspondence of the pillars 12 and 14, and the heads thereof are hidden in a known manner (for instance by means of wooden plugs).
  • the top panel 16 lies on top of the lateral panels 10.
  • the finishing of the visible sides of the panels 10 and front pillars 12 is the same of the rest of the kitchen furniture.
  • the wooden door/s 20 (with the same style of the rest of the kitchen) is/are hinged to the front pillars 12.
  • the body R of the refrigerator has two bottom extensions 22 that have the function of replacing the "legs" of the traditional cabinet or column. Such extensions 22 are supported directly by the floor. On the front of the extensions 22 a grid 24 is fixed for ventilation of the sealed system.
  • the front vertical corners of the refrigerator cabinet have each a recess 26 to accommodate the front pillars 12.
  • the back pillars 14 lay on the back side of back vertical corners 28 of the refrigerator body R and of back portions of side panels 10.
  • Each thin panel 10 is in direct contact with the vertical surfaces of the refrigerator body R. In this way the width of the refrigerator cabinet increases more than 50 mm reflecting a relevant increasing of the internal volume, i.e. the increase of the volume for a built-in refrigerator high 1750 mm is around 40 litres.
  • the cabinet as far as the thickness of the side panels is concerned, is similar to the usual cabinets used up to now for built-in refrigerators.
  • the refrigerator body of a built-in domestic refrigerating appliance has the same structure and configuration of a free standing refrigerator. This means to have the condensing unit on the back of the refrigerator body and the compressor in a space provided under the refrigerator cavity, supported by a mounting plate located at the same level of the bottom side of the cabinet. All the built-in refrigerator body is mounted in a base plate of the furniture cabinet. Since the base plate of the cabinet is usually from 160 to 300 mm from the floor, this means a relevant loss of internal volume of the built-in refrigerator in comparison with a free standing one of the same height (assuming that the twop kinds of cabinets have the same width and depth).
  • the cabinet 100 has a base plate which is provided with a cut-out 102 that occupies most of its surface.
  • the dimension of such cut-out is slighly higher than the dimension of a tray-shaped bottom protrusion 104 (figure 5) placed on the bottom of the refrigerator body R.
  • the size of the protrusion is slightly less than the refrigerator body foot-print.
  • the protrusion 104 is around 450x500 mm with a height of around 160 mm.
  • the funtional components of the refriogerator are contained, such as a condenser C, a compressor K and a cooling fan F (figure 5).
  • the cut-out 102 defines a sort of U-shaped edge 106 on which the refrigerator body R is supported by means of adjustable legs or levellers 108.
  • the refrigeration body R is adapted to be slided in the cabinet 100 and fixed in the same way of a traditional built-in refrigerator.
  • the cavity of the refrigerator is at leats 50 mm deeper than in the usual configuration.
  • the internal volume increases by 35 - 40 litres. Since the compressor K is installed in the same protrusion with the condenser C, it is possible to eliminate the so-called "dog house” that presently protrudes inside the cavity. This means another volume increase of about 10 litres.
  • louver 115 On the front of the cabinet 100 a louver 115 is mounted to allow the ventilation of condenser and compressor placed in the protrusion. Moreover a structural cross bar 116 is mounted on the cabinet 100 in order to tie the front sides of the cabinet and for providing structural stiffness.

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EP06116614A EP1881281A1 (fr) 2006-07-17 2006-07-17 Réfrigérateur encastrable avec volume interne augmenté
US11/775,910 US20080011006A1 (en) 2006-07-17 2007-07-11 Built-in refrigerator with increased internal volume

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FR1476903A (fr) * 1965-03-30 1967-04-14 Fargas Fabbriche Riunite Farga Mobilier composite pour cuisine formé par la combinaison d'éléments de série préfabriqués
US3653532A (en) * 1970-04-30 1972-04-04 Gen Motors Corp Plastic refrigerator with reinforcing framework
WO2003009723A1 (fr) * 2001-07-25 2003-02-06 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Ensemble meuble-refrigerateur
WO2006021809A2 (fr) * 2004-08-26 2006-03-02 Applied Design And Engineering Limited Ameliorations relatives a l'entreposage

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FR1476903A (fr) * 1965-03-30 1967-04-14 Fargas Fabbriche Riunite Farga Mobilier composite pour cuisine formé par la combinaison d'éléments de série préfabriqués
US3653532A (en) * 1970-04-30 1972-04-04 Gen Motors Corp Plastic refrigerator with reinforcing framework
WO2003009723A1 (fr) * 2001-07-25 2003-02-06 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Ensemble meuble-refrigerateur
WO2006021809A2 (fr) * 2004-08-26 2006-03-02 Applied Design And Engineering Limited Ameliorations relatives a l'entreposage

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