EP2313722A2 - A refrigerator - Google Patents

A refrigerator

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EP2313722A2
EP2313722A2 EP09781932A EP09781932A EP2313722A2 EP 2313722 A2 EP2313722 A2 EP 2313722A2 EP 09781932 A EP09781932 A EP 09781932A EP 09781932 A EP09781932 A EP 09781932A EP 2313722 A2 EP2313722 A2 EP 2313722A2
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shelf
refrigerator
door
movable shelf
fixed shelf
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French (fr)
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Oguz Cetinturk
Murat Ozden
Fatih Mehmet Ozturk
Kutay Edis
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Arcelik AS
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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
    • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
    • 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
    • F25D2325/00—Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/021—Shelves with several possible configurations

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising a shelf the position of which in the body or door can be changed.
  • shelves which generally extend along the width of the door and which are arranged as one on the top of the other, are located. More than one shelf can be present side by side in one line and when high items such as bottle are disposed on the shelf below, one of the shelves arranged side by side can be slid on the other by means of a rail assembly, thus the volume, which is emptied by the shelf slid on the other, is taken advantage of.
  • jamming can occur in telescopic, rail shelf assemblies and performing a sliding movement by one shelf on the other gets harder.
  • movable part of the shelf generally remains unused and the item carrying capacity of the shelf is decreased.
  • the aim of the present invention is the realization of a refrigerator comprising shelves whose position in the body or door can be changed and thus provide flexible usage possibilities to the user in disposing items.
  • the refrigerator of the present invention comprises a fixed shelf disposed in the door or body and a rear wall, a base, a movable shelf having two side walls and arranged side by side with the fixed shelf in the opened position, wherein the side wall is adjacent to the side wall of the fixed shelf, and which is attached to the fixed shelf by means of a hinge located on the front side of the side wall.
  • the movable shelf is folded to the side of the fixed shelf facing the inner volume of the body in the closed position whereto the movable shelf is brought by being rotated around the vertical hinge axis wherein it is connected to the fixed shelf and in the situation wherein the movable shelf and fixed shelf are disposed on the door, they become arranged adjacently as one in front of the other from the inner wall of the door into the body.
  • the fixed shelf and movable shelf comprise rectangular bases and are arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three walls in the first position, and are arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases such that they will form one loading volume closed on all four walls in the second position.
  • the fixed shelf and movable shelf have the same depth and items having this depth can be disposed on their bases in the first position, items having twice the depth in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by their bases in the second position.
  • the fixed shelf and movable shelf comprise open front faces that face the inside of the body or door in the first position and when the movable shelf is brought to the second position, the front faces this time face each other.
  • the refrigerator comprises separators that can be attached to the fixed shelf and/or movable shelf and detached therefrom, closing the open front faces and serving as a guardrail that prevents the items disposed on the bases of the fixed shelf and movable shelf from falling when the movable shelf is in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf and movable shelf into partitions in the second position of the movable shelf.
  • the movable shelf by means of the detent means located on the fixed shelf or movable shelf, the movable shelf is enabled to be locked to the fixed shelf in the second position.
  • the refrigerator comprises holders located on the movable shelf or on the inner wall of the body or door and enabling the movable shelf to be fastened to the inner wall of the body or door in the first position.
  • the movable shelf furthermore, can easily be detached from the hinge by being raised and taken out by the user when desired.
  • the refrigerator realized in order to attain the aim of the present invention is illustrated in the attached figures, where: [0017] Figure 1 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator.
  • Figure 2 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator wherein the door shelf is at the beginning of the rotation movement.
  • Figure 3 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator wherein the rotation movement of the door shelf is completed.
  • Figure 4 - is the schematic view of separators attached to the shelves on the refrigerator door.
  • the refrigerator (1) comprises a body (2), a door (3) and a fixed shelf (4) disposed in the body (2) or door (3).
  • the fixed shelf (4) comprises a rear wall (5), a base (6) and two side walls
  • the refrigerator (1) of the present invention comprises a movable shelf (10)
  • the base (6) of the fixed shelf (4) and the base (106) of the movable shelf (10) are rectangular and in the first position, the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) are arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three sides laterally.
  • the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) are arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form one loading volume closed on all four sides laterally.
  • the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) preferably have the same depth (D) and items having this depth (D) at most can be disposed on the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) arranged side by side when the movable shelf (10) is in the open position, that is, in the first position, items having twice the depth (2D) in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by the bases (6, 106) of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) when the movable shelf (10) is brought to the second position ( Figures 2, 3).
  • the volume occupied by the movable shelf (10) on the door (3) or body (2) in the first position becomes free in the second position and the volume emptied by the movable shelf (10) on the door (3) or body (2) in its second position can be used for example for high containers, bottles and similar.
  • the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) comprise open front faces (8, 108) that face the inside of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and when the movable shelf (10) is brought to the second position, the front faces (8, 108) face each other.
  • the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more separators (11) that can be attached to the fixed shelf (4) and/or movable shelf (10) and detached therefrom, closing the front faces (8, 108) and serving as a guardrail that prevents the items disposed on the bases (6, 106) from falling when the movable shelf (10) is in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) into partitions in the second position of the movable shelf (10) ( Figure 4).
  • the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more detent means (12) located on the fixed shelf (4) or movable shelf (10), enabling the movable shelf (10) to be locked to the fixed shelf (4) in the second position.
  • the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) is adjacent to the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and is separated from the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the second position.
  • the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more holders
  • the movable shelf (10) can easily be detached from the hinge (9) by being pushed upwards and taken out of the refrigerator (1), items are disposed in the volume emptied by the movable shelf (10) by being folded to the front of the fixed shelf (4) particularly in situations wherein high items are disposed on the fixed shelves (4) on the door (3), thus flexibility in use is provided.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator (1) comprising a fixed shelf (4) having a rear wall (5), a base (6), two side walls (7) and an opening (8) across the rear wall (5), disposed in the body (2) or door (3), and a movable shelf (10) having a rear wall (105), a base (106) and two side walls (107), wherein its side wall (107) is adjacent to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) and its rear wall (105) is adjacent to the body (2) or door (3), and attached to the fixed shelf (4) from its side wall (7) in its first position, being folded to the side of the fixed shelf (4) facing the inner volume of the body (2) when brought to the second position.

Description

Description
A REFRIGERATOR
[0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising a shelf the position of which in the body or door can be changed.
[0002] In refrigerators, shelves mounted to the door or body, whereon food and beverage containers are disposed, are used. While high containers are disposed on the shelf, one or more shelves above this shelf are required to be removed or replaced. When low containers are disposed, dead spaces remain between the said container and the shelf above. In the state of the art, foldable or telescopic shelf assemblies are used in order to create flexible usage volume providing containers of several sizes to be stored.
[0003] On the refrigerator door, on the inside of the door, shelves, which generally extend along the width of the door and which are arranged as one on the top of the other, are located. More than one shelf can be present side by side in one line and when high items such as bottle are disposed on the shelf below, one of the shelves arranged side by side can be slid on the other by means of a rail assembly, thus the volume, which is emptied by the shelf slid on the other, is taken advantage of. However, jamming can occur in telescopic, rail shelf assemblies and performing a sliding movement by one shelf on the other gets harder. Furthermore in such embodiments, movable part of the shelf generally remains unused and the item carrying capacity of the shelf is decreased.
[0004] In the Patent Document No CN101025325, a retractable and extendable bottle base is explained.
[0005] The aim of the present invention is the realization of a refrigerator comprising shelves whose position in the body or door can be changed and thus provide flexible usage possibilities to the user in disposing items.
[0006] The refrigerator realized in order to attain the aim of the present invention is explicated in the claims.
[0007] The refrigerator of the present invention comprises a fixed shelf disposed in the door or body and a rear wall, a base, a movable shelf having two side walls and arranged side by side with the fixed shelf in the opened position, wherein the side wall is adjacent to the side wall of the fixed shelf, and which is attached to the fixed shelf by means of a hinge located on the front side of the side wall.
[0008] The movable shelf is folded to the side of the fixed shelf facing the inner volume of the body in the closed position whereto the movable shelf is brought by being rotated around the vertical hinge axis wherein it is connected to the fixed shelf and in the situation wherein the movable shelf and fixed shelf are disposed on the door, they become arranged adjacently as one in front of the other from the inner wall of the door into the body.
[0009] In an embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf and movable shelf comprise rectangular bases and are arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three walls in the first position, and are arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases such that they will form one loading volume closed on all four walls in the second position.
[0010] In another embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf and movable shelf have the same depth and items having this depth can be disposed on their bases in the first position, items having twice the depth in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by their bases in the second position.
[0011] In another embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf and movable shelf comprise open front faces that face the inside of the body or door in the first position and when the movable shelf is brought to the second position, the front faces this time face each other.
[0012] In another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator comprises separators that can be attached to the fixed shelf and/or movable shelf and detached therefrom, closing the open front faces and serving as a guardrail that prevents the items disposed on the bases of the fixed shelf and movable shelf from falling when the movable shelf is in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf and movable shelf into partitions in the second position of the movable shelf.
[0013] In another embodiment of the present invention, by means of the detent means located on the fixed shelf or movable shelf, the movable shelf is enabled to be locked to the fixed shelf in the second position. [0014] In another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator comprises holders located on the movable shelf or on the inner wall of the body or door and enabling the movable shelf to be fastened to the inner wall of the body or door in the first position. [0015] The movable shelf, furthermore, can easily be detached from the hinge by being raised and taken out by the user when desired. [0016] The refrigerator realized in order to attain the aim of the present invention is illustrated in the attached figures, where: [0017] Figure 1 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator. [0018] Figure 2 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator wherein the door shelf is at the beginning of the rotation movement. [0019] Figure 3 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator wherein the rotation movement of the door shelf is completed. [0020] Figure 4 - is the schematic view of separators attached to the shelves on the refrigerator door.
[0021] Elements shown in figures are numbered as follows: [0022] 1 - Refrigerator [0023] 2 - Body [0024] 3 - Door [0025] 4 - Fixed shelf [0026] 5 - 105 Rear wall [0027] 6 - 106 Base [0028] 7 - 107 Side wall [0029] 8 - 108 Front face [0030] 9 - Hinge [0031] 10 - Movable shelf [0032] 11 - Separator [0033] 12 - Detent means [0034] 13 - Holder [0035] The refrigerator (1) comprises a body (2), a door (3) and a fixed shelf (4) disposed in the body (2) or door (3). [0036] The fixed shelf (4) comprises a rear wall (5), a base (6) and two side walls
(7).
[0037] The refrigerator (1) of the present invention comprises a movable shelf (10)
[0038] -having a rear wall (105), a base (106) and two side walls (107),
[0039] -being attached to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) by means of a hinge (9) with a vertical axis (E) located on its side wall (107),
[0040] -arranged side by side with the fixed shelf (4) and wherein its side wall
(107) is adjacent to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) in its first position,
[0041] -becoming arranged adjacently as one in front of the other with the fixed shelf (4) in the second position whereto it is brought by being rotated around the hinge (9) axis (E) (Figures 1 , 2, 3).
[0042] In an embodiment of the present invention, the base (6) of the fixed shelf (4) and the base (106) of the movable shelf (10) are rectangular and in the first position, the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) are arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three sides laterally. In the second position of the movable shelf (10), the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) are arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form one loading volume closed on all four sides laterally.
[0043] In the second position wherein the movable shelf (10) is brought to the front of the fixed shelf (4), the base (106) of the movable shelf (10) and the base (6) of the fixed shelf (4) come together and form a common support surface.
[0044] The fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) preferably have the same depth (D) and items having this depth (D) at most can be disposed on the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) arranged side by side when the movable shelf (10) is in the open position, that is, in the first position, items having twice the depth (2D) in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by the bases (6, 106) of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) when the movable shelf (10) is brought to the second position (Figures 2, 3). The volume occupied by the movable shelf (10) on the door (3) or body (2) in the first position becomes free in the second position and the volume emptied by the movable shelf (10) on the door (3) or body (2) in its second position can be used for example for high containers, bottles and similar.
[0045] In an embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) comprise open front faces (8, 108) that face the inside of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and when the movable shelf (10) is brought to the second position, the front faces (8, 108) face each other.
[0046] In an embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more separators (11) that can be attached to the fixed shelf (4) and/or movable shelf (10) and detached therefrom, closing the front faces (8, 108) and serving as a guardrail that prevents the items disposed on the bases (6, 106) from falling when the movable shelf (10) is in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) into partitions in the second position of the movable shelf (10) (Figure 4).
[0047] In another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more detent means (12) located on the fixed shelf (4) or movable shelf (10), enabling the movable shelf (10) to be locked to the fixed shelf (4) in the second position.
[0048] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) is adjacent to the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and is separated from the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the second position.
[0049] In this embodiment, the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more holders
(13) located on the movable shelf (10) or on the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) and enabling the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) to be fastened to the inner wall of the door (3) or body (2) in the first position.
[0050] In the refrigerator (1) of the present invention, the movable shelf (10), furthermore, can easily be detached from the hinge (9) by being pushed upwards and taken out of the refrigerator (1), items are disposed in the volume emptied by the movable shelf (10) by being folded to the front of the fixed shelf (4) particularly in situations wherein high items are disposed on the fixed shelves (4) on the door (3), thus flexibility in use is provided.

Claims

Claims
1. A refrigerator (1) comprising a body (2), a door (3) and a fixed shelf (4) having a rear wall (5), a base (6) and two side walls (7), disposed in the body (2) or door (3), characterized by a movable shelf (10): -having a rear wall (105), a base (106) and two side walls (107), -being attached to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) by means of a hinge (9) with a vertical axis (E) located on its side wall (107), -arranged side by side with the fixed shelf (4) and wherein its side wall (107) is adjacent to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) in its first position, -becoming arranged adjacently as one in front of the other with the fixed shelf (4) in the second position whereto it is brought by being rotated around the hinge (9) axis (E).
2. A refrigerator (1) as in Claim 1 , characterized by the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) having rectangular bases (6, 106), -arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three sides laterally in the first position and -arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form one loading volume closed on four sides laterally in the second position.
3. A refrigerator (1) as in Claim 1 or 2, characterized by the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) having the same depth (D) and wherein items having this depth (D) can be disposed on their bases (6, 106) in the first position and items having twice the depth (2D) in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by their bases (6, 106) in the second position.
4. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) comprising open front faces (8, 108) that face the inside of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and each other in the second position.
5. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by one or more separators (11) that can be attached to the fixed shelf (4) and/or movable shelf (10) and detached therefrom, closing the front faces (8, 108) and preventing the items disposed on the bases (6, 106) from falling in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) into partitions in the second position.
6. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by one or more detent means (12) located on the fixed shelf (4) or movable shelf (10), enabling the movable shelf (10) to be locked to the fixed shelf (4) in the second position.
7. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by the movable shelf (10) wherein its rear wall (105) is adjacent to the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and is separated from the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the second position.
8. A refrigerator (1) as in Claim 7, characterized by one or more holders (13) located on the movable shelf (10) or on the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) and enabling the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) to be fastened to the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position.
9. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by the movable shelf (10) that can be detached from the hinge (9) by being pushed upwards.
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