EP1992770A1 - Poignée de porte pour un réfrigérateur - Google Patents

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EP1992770A1
EP1992770A1 EP07380142A EP07380142A EP1992770A1 EP 1992770 A1 EP1992770 A1 EP 1992770A1 EP 07380142 A EP07380142 A EP 07380142A EP 07380142 A EP07380142 A EP 07380142A EP 1992770 A1 EP1992770 A1 EP 1992770A1
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Igor Herrarte Letona
Emmanuel Pouzin
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Fagor Electrodomesticos SCL
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    • 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
    • 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
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/0042—For refrigerators or cold rooms
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F11/00—Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening
    • E05F11/54—Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening for doors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
    • E05Y2900/31—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for refrigerators

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  • the present invention relates to handles for refrigerators, and more specifically to handles that make it easier to open a door on said refrigerator by reducing the suction effect.
  • refrigerators which comprise a main body and at least a door that can be closed against said body, following a closure of the door and due to the difference in temperatures between the inside of the body and the outside, a suction pressure is generated that makes it difficult to open said door subsequently, as more force needs to be exerted in order to open it.
  • the European patent EP 1174668 B1 discloses a refrigerator with a handle of these characteristics.
  • Said handle comprises an arm, which, as it rotates in respect to a vertical axis, causes a movement of an actuator disposed on one side of said door, one end of said actuator acting against the refrigerator body so that it helps in the opening of the door.
  • the arm rotates it pushes the actuator causing a transverse movement of said actuator, which pushes with one end on the body of said refrigerator.
  • the door handle of the invention is mainly used in refrigerators.
  • Said refrigerators comprise a main body and a vertical door, the handle being used to separate said door from said body (in order to open the door).
  • the handle of the invention comprises a substantially vertical arm that may rotate in relation to a substantially vertical axis of rotation to open the door, and at least one actuator that may act against the body of the refrigerator helping in the opening of said door, when the arm rotates in relation to the axis of rotation.
  • Said actuator is connected to the arm so that it rotates in relation to the axis of rotation in conjunction with said arm, said rotation causing said actuator to push against said body.
  • both the actuator and the arm move in conjunction with each other and in a single type of movement (rotational), enabling the construction of a door handle that is less complex than those known in the prior art.
  • Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the door handle 1 of the invention disposed on a refrigeration appliance, and more specifically on a refrigerator 2, said refrigerator 2 comprising a main body 20 and a door 21 joined with freedom of rotation to said body 20.
  • the handle 1 comprises a substantially vertical arm 10 that is joined to the door 21 with freedom of rotation, and which can rotate in relation to a substantially vertical axis of rotation 3, preferably in both directions S1 and S2 (although it could rotate only in one direction S1 or S2), in order to open said door 21.
  • Said handle 1 also comprises an actuator 11 that acts against a front part 20a of the main body 20 of the refrigerator 2 when the arm 10 rotates in relation to the axis of rotation 3, the actuator 11 helping in the opening of said door 21.
  • the actuator 11 comprises a first end 11a that pushes against the front part 20a of the body 20 when the arm 10 rotates in relation to the axis of rotation 3 in a first direction S1, and a second end 11b that pushes against said front part 20a when said arm 10 rotates in relation to said axis of rotation 3 in a second direction S2 opposite to the first direction S1 (although it could act only with one end 11a or 11b, if said arm 10 can only rotate in one direction S1 or S2 in respect to said axis of rotation 3).
  • the actuator 11 helps in the opening of the door 21, both if the arm 10 rotates in one direction S1 or another S2 in relation to the axis of rotation 3.
  • the actuator 11 is joined to the arm 10 transversally in a direction towards the body 20 of the refrigerator 2, and preferably comprises a rectangular shape. In this way, when said arm 10 rotates in relation to the axis of rotation 3 in order to open the door 21, said actuator 11 rotates in conjunction with said arm 10. This rotation causes one end 11a, 11b of said actuator 11 to push against the front part 20a of the main body 20, in such a way that it helps in the opening of the door 21 by reducing the force that has to be exerted in order to open said door 21.
  • the actuator 11 is preferably joined to a first end 101 of the arm 10, and the handle 1 comprises a second actuator 11' similar to said actuator 11 and which is joined transversally to a second end 102 of said arm 10, the second end 102 being opposite to the first end 101.
  • said handle 1 comprises a substantially U-shape.
  • Each actuator 11, 11' comprises a substantially vertical cylindrical shaft 5, and the door 21 comprises a cavity 21b on a horizontal edge 22, 23 shown in Figure 3 , so that said actuators 11 and 11' are joined to said door 21 with freedom of rotation, said cylindrical shafts 5 being disposed in said cavity 21b, and the arm 10 being joined to said door 21 by means of said actuators 11 and 11'.
  • the door 21 comprises a cavity 21b on its top horizontal edge 22 where the cylindrical shaft 5 of the actuator 11 is disposed, and a cavity (not shown in the figures) on its bottom horizontal edge 23 where the cylindrical shaft of the second actuator 11' is disposed.
  • the cylindrical shafts 5 are aligned when both actuators 11 and 11' are joined to said door 21, said cylindrical shafts 5 corresponding with the axis of rotation 3.
  • Each actuator 11, 11' comprises a cavity 11c that faces the corresponding edge 22, 23 when said actuator 11, 11' is joined to the door 21, and the handle 1 comprises a locking piece 4 for each actuator 11, 11' which is disposed in the corresponding cavity 11c.
  • said locking piece 4 comprises a hollow axis 40 that envelops the cylindrical shaft 5, said hollow axis 40 being disposed in the cavity 21b of the corresponding edge 22, 23 without freedom of rotation, in order to join said actuator 11, 11' to the door 21.
  • the internal surface of the hollow axis 40 is substantially cylindrical, the external surface of said hollow axis 40 also being cylindrical but with at least one projection 40a that extends along the entire length of said hollow axis 40.
  • said hollow axis 40 is disposed in the cavity 21b without freedom of rotation in relation to the door 21, the locking piece 4 remaining static when the actuator 11, 11' rotates in relation to the axis of rotation 3 in one or another direction S1, S2.
  • the locking piece 4 extends on both sides of an end of the hollow axis 40.
  • the handle 1 comprises a spring 12, 12' to work in conjunction with said extension 41a, 41b of said locking piece 4, which are disposed in the cavity 11c of said actuator 11 and 11' and fixed by a first end to the corresponding actuator 11, 11', and associated by a second end to said extensions 41a and 4ib respectively.
  • Each actuator 11, 11' comprises a stopper 13, 13' between each spring 12, 12' and its corresponding extension 41a, 41b, and a rod 14, 14' that passes through each stopper 13, 13', both ends of said rod 14, 14' projecting out on both sides of the corresponding stopper 13, 13'.
  • One end of said rod 14, 14' is joined to a first end of the corresponding spring 12, 12', the other end of said rod 14, 14' being supported against the corresponding extension 41a, 41b, so that when the actuator 11, 11' rotates in relation to the axis of rotation 3 in one or another direction S1, S2, one of the extensions 41a, 41b acts on the corresponding rod 14, 14' causing the movement of said rod 14, 14' in relation to its stopper 13, 13', said movement causing the corresponding spring 12, 12' to contract.
  • Each extension 41a, 41b of the locking piece 4 comprises a rubber stud 41a', 41b' on the surface upon which the corresponding rod 14, 14' is supported, thereby preventing noise from being generated when said extensions 41a and 41b act against their respective rods 14 and 14'.
  • each spring 12, 12' comprises a rubber seal 12a, 12a' on the end connected to its corresponding rod 14, 14', so that when the arm 10 returns to its initial position, returning the spring 12, 12' to its initial position, the generation of noise being prevented when said seal 12a, 12a' hits the stopper 13, 13'.
  • one of the actuators 11 and 11' does not act against the front part 20a of body 20 when the arm 10 rotates in order to open the door 21, but comprises the rest of characteristics of the actuator 11, 11' which acts against said front part 20a when said arm 10 rotates in order to open said door 21.
  • the actuator 11, 11' that does not act against said front part 20a is joined to the door 21 by means of its corresponding cylindrical extension 5, said door 21 comprising a cavity 21 b in one horizontal edge 22, 23 in which said cylindrical extension 5 is disposed, said actuator 11, 11' being able to comprise a blocking piece 4, two springs 12 and 12', two rods 14 and 14' and two stoppers 13 and 13' in order to help the arm 10 to return to the same initial position automatically, once said arm 10 has been rotated to in order to open the door 21.

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ES07380142T ES2426613T3 (es) 2007-05-17 2007-05-17 Tirador de puerta para un frigorífico
EP20070380142 EP1992770B1 (fr) 2007-05-17 2007-05-17 Poignée de porte pour un réfrigérateur

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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2363739A1 (es) * 2009-12-14 2011-08-12 Fagor, S. Coop. Tirador de puerta para un aparato electrodoméstico de refrigeración.
EP2508822A3 (fr) * 2011-04-06 2017-11-01 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Porte d'appareil ménager
CN108468470A (zh) * 2018-02-28 2018-08-31 青岛海尔特种电冰柜有限公司 具有折叠功能的门提手及卧式冷柜

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0849551A2 (fr) * 1996-12-18 1998-06-24 Bosch-Siemens HausgerÀ¤te GmbH Réfrigérateur
EP1081449A1 (fr) 1999-09-04 2001-03-07 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Réfrigérateur et/ou congélateur
JP2006010124A (ja) * 2004-06-23 2006-01-12 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 冷蔵庫
DE202005002960U1 (de) * 2005-01-21 2006-06-01 Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH Kühl- und/oder Gefrierschranktürgriff
DE202005008449U1 (de) * 2005-05-03 2006-09-07 Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerät

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0849551A2 (fr) * 1996-12-18 1998-06-24 Bosch-Siemens HausgerÀ¤te GmbH Réfrigérateur
EP1081449A1 (fr) 1999-09-04 2001-03-07 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Réfrigérateur et/ou congélateur
JP2006010124A (ja) * 2004-06-23 2006-01-12 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 冷蔵庫
DE202005002960U1 (de) * 2005-01-21 2006-06-01 Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH Kühl- und/oder Gefrierschranktürgriff
DE202005008449U1 (de) * 2005-05-03 2006-09-07 Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerät

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2363739A1 (es) * 2009-12-14 2011-08-12 Fagor, S. Coop. Tirador de puerta para un aparato electrodoméstico de refrigeración.
EP2508822A3 (fr) * 2011-04-06 2017-11-01 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Porte d'appareil ménager
CN108468470A (zh) * 2018-02-28 2018-08-31 青岛海尔特种电冰柜有限公司 具有折叠功能的门提手及卧式冷柜
CN108468470B (zh) * 2018-02-28 2023-10-10 青岛海尔特种电冰柜有限公司 具有折叠功能的门提手及卧式冷柜

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