EP1992770B1 - Türgriff für einen Kühlschrank - Google Patents

Türgriff für einen Kühlschrank Download PDF

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EP1992770B1
EP1992770B1 EP20070380142 EP07380142A EP1992770B1 EP 1992770 B1 EP1992770 B1 EP 1992770B1 EP 20070380142 EP20070380142 EP 20070380142 EP 07380142 A EP07380142 A EP 07380142A EP 1992770 B1 EP1992770 B1 EP 1992770B1
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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 door handle of the invention comprises a substantially vertical arm that is joined to the door with freedom of rotation in relation to a substantially vertical axis of rotation in order to open said door, and at least one actuator that may act against a front part of the main body to help in the opening of said door when the arm rotates in relation to the axis of rotation, the actuator being joined to the arm and rotating in conjunction with said arm in relation to the axis of rotation, said rotation causing said actuator to push against the front part of said body, the arm being rotatable, in order to open the door, in both directions in relation to an axis of rotation, the actuator comprising a first end that pushes against the front part of the body when said arm rotates in relation to said axis of rotation in a first direction, and a second end that pushes against said front part when said arm rotates in relation to said axis of rotation in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the actuator being joined to a first end of the arm transversally, in a direction towards the body of the refrigerator, and
  • 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 and, 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, 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 opposite to the first direction
  • the actuator 11 helps in the opening of the door 21, both if the arm 10 rotates in one direction or another 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 joined to a first end 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 of said arm 10, the second end being opposite to the first end.
  • 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 projection 40a 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.
  • 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, 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'.

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  1. Türgriff für einen Kühlschrank, wobei der Kühlschrank (2) einen Hauptkörper (20) umfasst und mindestens eine Tür (21), die mit Drehfreiheit mit dem Körper (20) verbunden ist, und wobei der Griff (1) einen im Wesentlichen vertikalen Arm (10) umfasst, der mit der Tür (21) mit Drehfreiheit in Bezug auf eine im Wesentlichen vertikale Rotationsachse (3) verbunden ist, um die Tür (21) zu öffnen, und mindestens einen Aktuator (11), der gegen einen vorderen Teil (20a) des Hauptkörpers (20) wirken kann, um dabei zu helfen die Tür (21) zu öffnen, wenn sich der Arm (10) mit Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) dreht, wobei der Aktuator (11) mit dem Arm (10) verbunden ist und sich zusammen mit dem Arm (10) in Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) dreht, wobei die Drehung verursacht, dass der Aktuator (11) gegen den vorderen Teil (20a) des Körpers (20) schiebt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Arm (10), um die Tür (21) zu öffnen, in beiden Richtungen mit Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) drehbar ist, wobei der Aktuator (11) ein erstes Ende (11a) umfasst, das gegen den vorderen Teil (20a) des Körpers (20) schiebt, wenn sich der Arm (10) mit Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) in einer ersten Richtung dreht, und ein zweites Ende (11 b), das gegen den vorderen Teil (20a) schiebt, wenn sich der Arm (10) mit Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) in einer zweiten Richtung, entgegen der ersten Richtung, dreht, wobei der Aktuator (11) mit einem ersten Ende des Arms (10) quer, in einer Richtung hin zum Körper (20) des Kühlschranks (2), verbunden ist, und wobei der Griff (1) einen zweiten Aktuator (11') umfasst, ähnlich dem Aktuator (11), und quer verbunden mit einem zweiten Ende des Arms (10) gegenüber dem ersten Ende des Arms (10), wobei der Griff (1) im Wesentlichen eine U-Form aufweist.
  2. Türgriff nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Aktuator (11, 11') eine im Wesentlichen rechtwinklige Form aufweist.
  3. Türgriff nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Aktuator (11, 11') einen zylindrischen Schaft (5, 5') aufweist, und die Tür (21) einen Hohlraum (21 b) auf einer horizontalen Kante (22, 23) aufweist, so dass der Aktuator (11, 11') mit der Tür (21) mit Drehfreiheit verbunden ist, wobei der zylindrische Schaft (5) in dem Hohlraum (21 b) angeordnet ist, wobei der zylindrische Schaft (5) mit der Rotationsachse (3) übereinstimmt, und der Arm (10) durch den Aktuator (11, 11') mit der Tür (21) verbunden ist.
  4. Türgriff nach Anspruch 3, umfassend ein Verriegelungsstück (4) mit einer hohlen Achse (40), die den zylindrischen Schaft (5) umgibt und in dem Gehäuse (21 b) ohne Drehfreiheit angeordnet ist, und mit einer Quererweiterung (41 a, 41 b), die sich auf beiden Seiten der hohlen Achse (40) erstreckt, wobei der Aktuator (11, 11') eine Feder umfasst (12, 12'), die mit jeder Erweiterung (41a, 41b) durch ein erstes Ende assoziiert ist und durch ein zweites Ende mit dem Aktuator (11, 11') verbunden ist, so dass, wenn sich der Aktuator (11, 11') dreht, eine der Erweiterungen (41 a, 41 b) auf ihre entsprechenden Federn (12, 12') wirkt und verursacht, dass sich die Feder (12, 12') zusammenzieht, wobei der Arm (10) aufgrund der Kraft der Feder (12, 12') in seine Ausgangsposition zurückkehrt, wenn er sich nicht mehr mit Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) dreht.
  5. Türgriff nach Anspruch 4, wobei der Aktuator (11, 11') einen Stopper (13, 13') zwischen jeder Feder (12, 12') und ihrer entsprechenden Erweiterung (41a, 41b) umfasst, und eine Stange (14, 14'), die durch jeden Stopper (13, 13') führt, wobei beide Enden der Stange (14, 14') aus beiden Seiten des entsprechenden Stoppers (13, 13') hervorstehen, wobei ein Ende der Stange (14, 14') mit einem ersten Ende der entsprechenden Feder (12, 12') verbunden ist, und das andere Ende der Stange (14, 14') gegen die entsprechende Erweiterung (41 a, 41 b) aufliegt, so dass, wenn sich der Aktuator (11, 11') mit Bezug auf die Rotationsachse (3) dreht, eine der Erweiterungen (41 a, 41 b) auf die entsprechende Stange (14, 14') wirkt und die Bewegung der Stange (14, 14') mit Bezug auf den Stopper (13, 13') hervorruft und verursacht, dass sich die entsprechende Feder (12, 12') zusammenzieht.
  6. Kühlschrank, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er einen Türgriff (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche umfasst.
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