EP2454542B1 - Support for refrigerated products in a refrigeration appliance - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a refrigerated goods for a refrigeration appliance, in particular a household refrigerator, with a horizontally mounted in the refrigerator plate on which various items to be chilled can be placed in the depth direction, lateral walls of the plate enclosing strips and at least one bow below the Plate is arranged pivotally. In a projecting position from the plate, such a bracket can serve for the horizontal storage of bottles or other similar shaped refrigerated goods; when not in use, it can be pivoted in a position parallel to the plate to take up as little space in the refrigerator.

Such a refrigerated goods is, for example WO 98/05910 known. The strips enclosing the lateral edges of the plate are here part of a frame which surrounds the plate on four sides. At the front and rear last of this frame a U-shaped structure is clamped in the top view with two extending in the depth direction below the plate forth legs, wherein on the legs two hinged together pivotally mounted hangers are suspended. When not in use, these legs reduce the height of a compartment delimited upwards by the refrigerated goods carrier and thus make it more difficult to use. It would therefore be desirable to be able to remove the structure with the swivel brackets when not in use for a long time. However, this is only possible by being pushed in the lateral direction of the refrigerated goods, and for this purpose, the refrigerated goods must be cleared empty and removed from the refrigerator, which in turn is associated with the user with inconvenience. Outside the refrigeration device, the structure is difficult to store, on the one hand due to their dimensions, on the other hand due to the risk that one of the hooks used for clamping to the frame of the plate will be damaged, rendering the whole structure useless. KR200 0074255 A discloses a refrigerated goods carrier according to the preamble of claim 1.

Out KR 200 0074255A . CN 201 050 924Y and CN 2 869 718Y Refrigeration devices are known in which under a horizontal plate, a bracket between a protruding from the plate position and a voltage applied to her position is pivotable. According to KR 200 0074255A The bracket has at its ends journals, which are in recesses of itself intervene under the plate extending strips. When the bracket deforms under load, the stub axles may escape from their brackets.

Object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerated goods with a suspended bottle cage, which is safe to use and flexible.

The object is achieved by a refrigerated goods for a refrigeration device with the features of claim 1. A protruding in the radial direction over the journal element at a distal end of each axle journal prevents exiting a stub axle from its camp under load of the strap by stored thereon bottles. The use of adapters makes it easy to adapt the refrigerated goods carrier to the storage of bottles of different dimensions. Such an adjustment may be made by the user if there are multiple discrete attachment points for the adapter to choose from on a bar. Alternatively, a single attachment point, in particular in the form of an opening in the strip, can only be created in each case where an adapter is actually to be mounted. This allows a manufacturer to manufacture refrigerated goods carriers adapted to the storage of different bottle formats in a large number of variants with minimal tooling and cost.

Preferably, the storage level is formed as a plate, which are bordered in the depth direction extending lateral edges with strips.

The bearings may in particular comprise recesses in mutually facing flanks of the strips, in each of which a journal of the bracket engages.

The journal may be hook-shaped angled at its distal end to form the protruding element; Alternatively, the protruding element can also be mounted axially immovably on the journal, for example in the form of a bracket or a snap ring, which engages in a circumferential groove of the axle journal, or a pin inserted into a diametrical bore of the axle journal.

The bracket can be easily and inexpensively bent in one piece from a wire.

For a quick and easy installation of the adapter to the strips, it is advantageous if each adapter has a fixed and an elastic hook, which engage at opposite edges of one of the openings. Thus, the fixed hook can form an axis of rotation about which the bracket is pivoted into the opening upon engagement of the elastic hook.

To preclude mounting of an adapter in the wrong orientation, one of the hooks of each adapter may be wider than the one edge of one of the openings on which the other hook of the adapter engages.

As locking contours for fixing the bracket in the parallel or projecting from the plate position expediently two recesses are formed on the adapter, in which the bracket engages in one of these two positions.

The two recesses are preferably bounded on their sides facing each other by sloping flanks, so that in each case during pivoting of the bracket from one of its locking positions out a deformation resistance must be overcome, which fixes the bracket, as long as no external force acts in the locked position.

On its side facing away from the first recess side, the second recess is expediently limited by an edge parallel to the pivot axis, to prevent pivoting of the bracket beyond the projecting position of the plate. So it can be ruled out that when inserting a bottle, a hanger is accidentally pushed back away and a bottle already lying on it loses its support and crashes.

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Kühlgutträgers;

Fig. 2

ein vergrößertes Detail des Kühlgutträgers;

Fig. 3

eine Rückansicht eines Adapters;

Fig. 4

einen Schnitt durch eine Leiste, einen Adapter und einen daran aufgehängten Bügel; und

Fig. 5

einen zu Fig. 4 analogen Schnitt gemäß einer abgewandelten Ausgestaltung.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying figures. Show it:

Fig. 1

a perspective view of a refrigerated goods according to the invention;

Fig. 2

an enlarged detail of the refrigerated goods carrier;

Fig. 3

a rear view of an adapter;

Fig. 4

a section through a bar, an adapter and a bracket hung thereon; and

Fig. 5

one too Fig. 4 analog section according to a modified embodiment.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a Kühlgutträgers, which in the skilled person known per se and such as in DE 20 304 564 U1 described for installation in a refrigeration device is provided. The refrigerated goods carrier comprises a horizontal, in the installed position, serving as a storage level, rectangular glass plate 1, which could alternatively be replaced by a plate made of another material, a grid or the like. In the direction of the depth of the refrigerated goods receiving refrigeration device housing extending side edges 2 of the glass plate 1 two strips are attached, here in the form of attached extruded profiles 3 made of aluminum. The extruded profiles 3 have a cross section similar to the letter "a", with a hollow lower portion 5 and a hook-shaped over the lower portion 5 extending and with this a side edge 2 of the glass plate 1 receiving groove on an upper side facing away from the glass plate 2, outer edge of the lower portion 5 downwardly open recesses 4 are formed, which are provided to support, not shown, the Kühlgutträger supporting support projections, which protrude from an inner wall of the refrigerator housing.

The inner cavity of the lower portion 5 is filled at least at its front and rear ends by a plastic body 7. At the rear ends of the profiles 3 7 ends of a wire clip 8 are inserted into the plastic body, of which extends a central portion along the rear edge of the glass plate 1 above it, thus forming a railing, which prevents placed on the glass plate 1 Refrigerated material is pushed up to the rear wall of the refrigerator housing and it freezes.

On two mutually facing vertical edges of the lower sections 5 of the extruded profiles 3 two adapters 9 are mounted plastic. The two mounted on a same extruded profile 3 adapter 9 are equal to each other and mirror images of the adapters 9 on the other extruded profile 3. Each two adapters 9 together hold an integrally molded from a rigid wire bottle carrier bracket 12. The bottle carrier bracket each include one or more sheets 24th , which are dimensioned to insert a bottle therein, as well as from the outer sheets 24 outwardly angled stub axle 25th

One of these adapters 9 and a piece of the extruded profile 3 to which the adapter 9 is to be mounted are in Fig. 2 to see in an exploded perspective view. The adapter 9 has a base plate 10, which is mounted in a vertical orientation on the outside of a flank 26 of the lower portion 5 of the profile 3. A in the width direction of the glass plate 1 extending groove 11 at the upper edge of the base plate 10 is provided to serve as a bearing for a journal 25 of a bottle carrier bracket 12. The groove 11 extends on the one hand into a root portion 13 of the adapter 9, which engages in the mounted state in an opening 14 of the profile 3, and on the other hand passes continuously over into a downwardly directed groove 15 on the outside of the base plate 10. The groove 15 is provided to a leg of the bottle carrier bracket 12 in the in Fig. 1 shown, projecting from the glass plate 1 position.

The openings 14 on the mutually facing flanks 26 of the two extruded profiles 3 overlap with the recesses 4, which are formed on each of the flanks 26 opposite, mutually remote flanks of the profiles. Thus, tools for producing the openings 14, for example by milling or punching, can be brought to the flanks 26 from both sides, which facilitates the production of the openings. Since the recesses 4 are significantly larger than the openings 14, the openings 14 can be variably placed on the profiles 3 in adaptation to different bottle formats, without the overlap between them and the recesses 4 being lost. If necessary, openings 14 can also be produced, in particular by milling, which do not overlap with the recesses 4.

A recess 16 extends at the upper edge of the base plate 10 along the groove 11 forward; she picks up the leg of the temple 12, when referring to the perspective of the Fig. 1 is pivoted forward in a position parallel to the glass plate 1 position. The groove 15 and the recess 16 have adjacent inclined flanks 17, 18, which the bracket 12 can easily pass under a slight elastic deformation. A flank 19 at the back of the groove 15 is oriented parallel to the pivot axis of the bracket 12 defined by the groove 11, so that when in the protruding position of the Fig. 1 a rearward force on the bracket 12 acts, the edge 19 blocks pivoting of the bracket 12 to the rear, instead of like the flanks 17, 18 to deform the bracket 12 elastically and to let it pass in the deformed state.

The opening 14 of the extruded profile 3 has the shape of two intersecting rectangles, a larger, which receives the root portion 13, and a smaller, in which a fixed hook 20 of the adapter 9 engages.

As in the Fig. 3 shown rear view of the adapter 9 is formed on a side facing away from the fixed hook 20 side of the root portion 13 an elastic latching hook 21 which engages in the assembled state at an edge 22 of the opening 14, which engages behind the engaged behind the fixed hook 20 edge 23rd is opposite. The openings 14 in the two opposing extruded profiles 3 are arranged in mirror image to each other, that is, in both of the narrower edge 23 is directed forward and the wider edge 22 to the rear. So it is impossible to mistake one for to assemble the extruded profile 3 on the right side of the glass plate 1 provided adapter 9 in an opening 14 of the left extruded profile 3 and vice versa.

Fig. 4 shows a section through an extruded profile 3, an adapter 9 locked in an opening of the extruded profile 3 and a part of the bracket 12 mounted in the adapter 12 in section along a groove 11 and 15 of the adapter 9 extending vertical plane. The bracket 12 is in the protruding position and extends in the groove 15. The axle journal 25 is received in the groove 11.

In the simplest case, the rigidity of the bracket 12 can be chosen so large that even in the fully loaded state, the deformation of the bracket 12 remains so small that the axle pin 25 can not be pulled out of the groove 11 out. A disadvantage of this solution, however, is that it also requires a large amount of force on the part of the user if he wants to remove the bracket 12 during prolonged disuse from the refrigerator and tries to extract the journal 25 from the groove 11.

At the in Fig. 4 shown embodiment, a circumferential groove is formed at a distal end of the axle journal 25, on which a snap ring 27 is pushed. The snap ring 27 secures the journal 25 against withdrawal from the groove 11, even if the bracket 12 is easily deformable in itself.

In order to attach the snap ring 27 on the journal 25 or remove again, it must be accessed on this one of the recesses 4 on the outside of the extruded profile 3, which is only possible if the refrigerated goods as a whole is removed. It is also conceivable, however, to use a clip in the form of a flat plate, for example of spring steel, instead of a snap ring 27, which can be inserted from below into the recess 4 when the refrigerated goods carrier is mounted and has two fingers flanking a slot at its upper end. which engage from two sides in the groove of the axle journal 25.

Fig. 5 shows an alternative embodiment in which at the distal end of the journal 25, a short hook 29 is bent. On an outside of the adapter 9 is inside the Extrusions a cavity kept clear in which the hook 29 extends downward when the bracket 12 is in the protruding from the plate 1 position. The distance between the hook 29 and the outside of the adapter 9 is large enough so that the hook 29 does not block a pivoting of the bracket 12 in the position parallel to the plate 1 position. The groove 11 is here significantly higher than wide, so that the hook 29 can pass through the groove 11 when the bracket 12 is raised in the protruding orientation, as illustrated in the figure with reference to a dashed outline of the bracket 12.

The recess 16 is higher than the bottom of the groove 11, so that when the bracket 12 is in the direction parallel to the plate 1 orientation, the journal 25 of the bracket 12 is lifted from the bottom of the groove 11 and at the bottom of a plate. 1 bordering leg 30 of the extruded profile 3 is applied. Thus, the distance of the bracket 12 to the panel 1 in the parallel orientation is minimized, and almost unlimited usability of the space under the panel 1 is ensured even when the bracket 12 remains mounted in the parallel orientation.

Claims (12)

1. Chilled goods support for a refrigeration appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, having a storage plane (1), in particular a plate, strips (3) extending in the depthwise direction of the storage plane (1) and forming lateral edges of the storage plane (1) and at least one bracket positioned in a pivotable manner below the storage plane and being held in a pivotable manner in bearings (11) disposed on the strips (3), said bearings (11) comprising cut-outs in mutually facing flanks of the strips (3), in which an axial pin (25) of the bracket (12) engages in each instance, characterised in that an element (27, 29) projecting in a radial direction beyond the axial pin is provided at a distal end of each axial pin (25) and the bearings (11) of each strip (3) are formed in an adapter (9) locked to the strip (3).
2. Chilled goods support according to claim 1, characterised in that the axial pin is angled at its distal end, to form the projecting element (29).
3. Chilled goods support according to claim 1, characterised in that the projecting element (27) is positioned on the axial pins (25) in such a manner that it cannot be displaced axially.
4. Chilled goods support according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bracket (12) is bent as a single piece from a wire.
5. Chilled goods support according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the adapters (9) are locked in openings (14), which are formed in mutually facing flanks (26) of the strips (3).
6. Chilled goods support according to claim 5, characterised in that each adapter (9) has a fixed hook (20) and an elastic hook (21), which engage with opposing edges (22, 23) of one of the openings (14).
7. Chilled goods support according to claim 6, characterised in that one (21) of the hooks (10, 21) of each adapter (9) is wider than the edge (23) of one of the openings (14) with which the other hook (20) of the adapter (9) engages.
8. Chilled goods support according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterised in that the adapter (9) has a first cut-out (16), in which the bracket (12) engages in a position parallel to the plate (1), and a second cut-out (15), in which the bracket (12) engages in a position projecting from the plate (1).
9. Chilled goods support according to claim 8, characterised in that the two cut-outs (15, 16) are delimited on their mutually facing sides by sloping flanks (17, 18).
10. Chilled goods support according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that the second cut-out (15) is delimited on its side facing away from the first cut-out (16) by a flank (19) parallel to the pivot axis.
11. Chilled goods support according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that when the bracket (12) is positioned parallel to the plate (1) a region of the bracket (12) away from the axis points towards a front edge of the plate (1).
12. Chilled goods support according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that a rail is formed on a rear edge of the plate (1) by a bracket (8) fixed to the strips (3).

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