EP2464926A2

EP2464926A2 - Storage compartment for a refrigerator

Info

Publication number: EP2464926A2
Application number: EP10737324A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Robert Sachon; Ralph Staud; Thomas Tischer
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2009-08-10
Filing date: 2010-07-29
Publication date: 2012-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-29
Also published as: CN102472556A; RU2535168C2; PL2464926T3; DE102009028435A1; WO2011018344A3; CN102472556B; RU2012105351A; WO2011018344A2; EP2464926B1; TR201904464T4

Abstract

The invention relates to a door shelf for a refrigerator, having a floor plate (2) and a front wall (3) extending between side walls (5). At least one mounting element (15; 37; 39) is accessible to a decorative part (16) on the inner side of the front wall (3).

Description

Storage compartment for a refrigeration device

The present invention relates to a storage compartment, in particular a door rack for a refrigerator, in particular for a household refrigerator. On the inside of the door of such a refrigerator usually several door racks are usually mounted to accommodate upright bottles and small-sized refrigerated goods. These

Door racks have a significant impact on the appearance of the device that a user perceives, not just a built-in device that has the interior

The surfaces of the storage room are the only surfaces of the device that the user can see in day-to-day operation, but also for floor-standing devices with visible external surfaces. Also have an impact on the appearance of the device

Refrigerator of a household refrigerator, such as a refrigerator or freezer or a fridge freezer arranged drawer-like storage compartments.

If a manufacturer manufactures different series of refrigeration appliances, it makes economic sense to use as many cross-unit uniform components as possible in order to keep the production costs low

receive different series or models but also a recognizable for the user individual character. To achieve this goal, it makes sense

Device housing largely uniform to manufacture and mounting parts, in particular door racks and drawers model or series to vary. If e.g. Although the door racks are essentially injection-molded in one piece, there is great creative freedom, but since expensive injection molds are required for each individual model of door racks, this approach is relatively expensive. In the search for a cheaper solution has already been considered a modular approach in which components of a door compartment such as bottom plate, front wall and side walls are manufactured separately and then to a

Door racks are joined together. This allows for the production of different sized panels by combining identical side panels with different length panels and walls. To different

It is possible to give refrigerator models an individual character,

device-specific sidewalls with uniform base plates and walls combine. It can be even more economical to manufacture the sidewalls uniformly and the bottom plate and the front wall, which can be extruded inexpensively,

to vary model-specific. To the appearance of all visible

Surfaces e.g. To vary a door compartment, however, both the front wall and the side walls of the door compartment must be made in different variants. That is, there are no cross-shared common

Components in which economic advantages could be achieved by manufacturing in large numbers.

Object of the present invention is to provide a storage compartment, in particular a door rack for a refrigerator, based on a single platform makes it possible to radically vary the appearance with simple and inexpensive means.

Basis of the inventive concept is a storage compartment, such. drawer-like container or the like, in particular a door rack for a refrigeration device, with a bottom plate, a front wall and side walls, wherein at least one fixing element for a decorative part on an inner side of the front wall is accessible. The fastener forms a point of attack for anchoring different types of decorative parts, but even, since it is located on the inside of the wall, visually hardly apparent, so that already the door rack without added decorative part is practically applicable and as such in a simply equipped refrigeration device can be installed.

To the front wall is also a handle to be expected, which is provided on the front wall, in particular one-piece mitangeformt to this, and which serves to move the drawer-like container from the refrigerator of a refrigerator. In this case, the decorative part is fixed to the inside of the handle.

Preferably, the front wall extends between serving as side walls sidewalls of the storage compartment or door compartment.

For fixing the decorative parts, it is expedient that the fastening element is arranged adjacent to an upper edge of the front wall. Preferably, the decorative part is formed areally and occupies a partial area or substantially the entire area of the front wall or the handle.

According to a preferred embodiment, the fastening element is at least one projection, such as a pin or the like, on which the decorative part can be plugged.

Particularly preferred is a fastener in the form of a horizontal web, on the one hand, because it allows an inexpensive production of the front wall as extruded profile, on the other hand because the web causes a stiffening of the front wall, which makes it possible to achieve a predetermined load capacity with low material usage , The web can be continuous or divided into individual, spaced-apart sections.

Alternatively, the fastening element can also be designed as at least one opening or at least one depression of the front wall. From the point of view of inexpensive production, a configuration as a horizontal continuous groove is preferred. Also, individual mutually spaced groove sections are conceivable. If the groove is limited by two webs, a predetermined load capacity with low material usage is also achievable.

A decorative part can already be attached to the front wall by the manufacturer,

in particular be plug-connected with the fastening element; It is also conceivable to deliver such a decorative part as a separate accessory with the refrigerator and the

Leave the user to decide whether he wants to mount it or not or even to offer him the choice between several different decorative parts with different looks.

Preferably, the decorative part is positive and / or non-positive on the inside of the front

Wall or the inside of the handle attached.

Preferably, the front wall is transparent, in particular crystal clear, so that the decorative part can be placed on an inner side of the front wall and is visible through the front wall. Since the decorative part is protected by the wall, the requirements for the durability of its surface are low, and it suffices, for example, a thin superficial metallization on a substantially Plastic shaped decorative part to give the front wall the appearance of a metal surface. In particular, if the front wall itself has a glossy outer surface, the impression of a shiny metal surface, even if the decorative part behind it has a matte surface. For anchoring to the front wall, such a decorative part preferably comprises a plug-connected to the fastening element U-profile.

An upper flank of the U-profile is preferably flush with the upper edge of the wall, so that a viewer is not aware that the decorative part is a different component from the front wall.

To reinforce the viewer the impression of a one-piece wall, and also to secure the decorative part on the wall, it is useful if a plate of the decorative part completely fills the back of the wall between the fastener and the bottom plate.

In addition, to secure the decorative part an undercut on

Be formed fastener into which engages the plate. By inserting a filler in the transparent, preferably crystal clear

Side cheeks of the refrigerated goods carrier is possible, even the outer

Appearance with little effort to vary. If the fillers are used together with a decorative part mounted on the front wall, this is

Appearance of the refrigerated goods carrier modified on virtually its entire visible in the installed state surface. Since the fillers are protected in the interior of the side cheeks as well as the decorative part of the front wall, no high demands on the durability of the surface must be made even with the former.

Also from a design point of view it may be expedient to use the same surface finish on the decorative part and the random packings.

Preferably, the side cheeks on each of the rear side facing the door, through which the filler body can be inserted and optionally replaced. So here too a user can be given the opportunity between

to select and assemble the various fillers offered as accessories that suits them best.

Since the requirements for the transparency and the surface quality of the front wall and the side walls are the same, it may be appropriate to integrally form the side cheeks, front wall and bottom of the refrigerated goods carrier.

The inventive concept supports a further variant in which a decorative part is clamped on the outside of the front wall and covers it partially or completely. If the outside of the wall behind the front of the

Side panels springs back, the wall thickness of the decorative part can be chosen so that an outer surface of the decorative part is flush with the front sides of the side walls.

Although the appearance of the side walls should be modified, it is expedient in this modification, for this purpose, a decorative shell on the

Put on side cheeks.

In this case, the wall thickness of the decorative part is preferably dimensioned such that an outer surface of the decorative part is flush with a wall of a decorative shell covering the front side of a side wall.

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 is an exploded perspective view of a door compartment according to a first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the finished assembled

refrigerated goods;

3 shows a section through the front wall and the decorative part of the refrigerated goods carrier mounted thereon; Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a side cheek of the refrigerated goods carrier

Fig. 2;

5 shows a horizontal section through the side cheek; Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the refrigerated goods with a

second type of decorative part;

FIG. 7 shows the ready-assembled refrigerated goods carrier from FIG. 6; FIG. 8 shows a section through the front wall and the decorative part of

Refrigerated goods carrier from FIG. 7,

9 shows an exploded view of a refrigerated goods carrier according to a third embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 10 shows the refrigerated goods carrier of FIG. 9 in the assembled state; FIG.

11 is a section through the front wall and the decorative part of

Kühlgutträgers of Fig. 10;

FIG. 12 shows a cross section of the side cheek of the refrigerated goods carrier from FIG. 10; FIG.

13 is an exploded view of a refrigerated goods carrier according to a fourth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 14 shows a section analogous to FIG. 8 according to a fifth embodiment of FIG

Invention;

FIG. 15 shows a section analogous to FIG. 8 according to a sixth embodiment of the invention; FIG. and

FIG. 16 shows a section analogous to FIG. 8 according to a seventh embodiment of FIG

Invention. Fig. 1 shows a door rack according to a first embodiment of the invention in an exploded perspective view. A base body 1 of the door compartment has substantially the shape of an elongated, upwardly open box with a bottom plate 2 and extending on the longitudinal sides of the bottom plate 2 front and rear walls 3 and 4, wherein in the present

Description "forward" the direction away from a not shown in Fig. 1

A refrigerator door to which the door rack is more familiarly mounted in the art and "rear" means the direction toward the door.The rear wall 4, when assembled, abuts or is spaced from an interior surface of the refrigerator door at most by a small gap Therefore, it serves only to stiffen or stabilize the base body 1, but not as the front wall 3 as a railing for securing refrigerated goods placed in the door compartment.

The bottom plate 2 and the walls 3, 4 extend between two side cheeks 5. The side cheeks 5 each comprise a front portion 6, which, as can be seen in particular in the section of Fig. 5, substantially the shape of a hollow, to a rear Entformöffnung 7 towards open cuboid or more precisely one

Prism stump with an inner and an outer wall 8 and 9, respectively, which converge slightly towards the front and by a front edge 10, an upper edge 11 and a lower edge 12 (see FIG. 4) are connected. The convergence of the walls 8, 9 facilitates in the one-piece production of the base body 1 by plastic injection molding removal via the opening. 7

A rear portion 13 is formed solely by an extension of the inner wall 8 and engages in a manner familiar to those skilled in the art between two vertical spars, which on the inside of the door, not shown on both sides of the above-mentioned

Inner surface extend. The rear section is stiffened by protruding ribs. From the ribs limited downwardly open recesses 14 of the rear portion 13 of the two side cheeks 5 are provided to be plugged onto support projections on facing flanks of the vertical spars and so the

Support door racks on the bars.

As can be seen in particular in the section of FIG. 3, a web 15 is formed on an inner side of the front wall 3, which is parallel to an upper edge of the wall. 3 extends horizontally between the side walls 5. The web 15 serves on the one hand the stiffening of the front wall 3, on the other hand it allows the anchoring of a decorative part 16 which is formed as an extruded profile of metal or plastic. The

Decor part 16 essentially comprises a flat plate 17, which fills the inside of the wall 3 of the bottom plate 2 to the bottom of the web 15, and formed on the upper edge of the plate 17 U-profile 18 which engages around the web 11 by clamping. The

Outside of an upper leg 19 of the U-section 16 is flush with the upper edge 11 of the adjacent side cheeks 5. The upper edge of the front wall 3 is not enough up to the level of the upper edge 11, a measure that is particularly useful if the Base body 1 is to be combined not only with the decorative part 16, but also with other types of decorative parts, which will be described with reference to Fig. 6 ff. In order nevertheless to produce a height-flush transition to the side walls 5, the upper leg 19 of the U-profile 18 extends beyond the

Upper edge of the wall 3. A lower leg of the U-profile 18 connected to the plate 17 engages in a downwardly open undercut 20 on the underside of the web 15, whereby a positive locking of the decorative part 16 is achieved on the wall 3.

The base body 1 is made of a crystal clear plastic material such as a polystyrene or polymethyl methacrylate, so that in the assembled state shown in Fig. 2, the decorative part 16 is visible through the wall 3 therethrough.

The decorative part 16 may be a simple, inexpensive extruded profile of colored

Be plastic; If the outer sides of the main body 1 are glossy, the impression of a colored, glossy surface can also with a directly obtained by the extrusion matte surface of the decorative part 16, without a

Post-processing of this surface can be obtained. The wall 3 can also do the

Appearance of a shiny metal surface can be awarded if the decorative part 16 made of metal, in particular aluminum, or if the decorative part 16 is metallized only superficially. Since the surface of the decorative part 16 is protected by the wall 3, there is no danger that the metallization is removed during the use of the door compartment. Also, the front flank 10 of the side walls 5 projects slightly over the outer surface of the front wall 3, as shown in Fig. 3 can be seen. This measure is primarily useful due to the ability to combine the body 1 with the later described alternative decorative parts. Fillers 21 are provided to be inserted via the Entformöffnungen 7 from behind into the hollow side walls 5. When the door rack is mounted in a refrigerator door, the fillers 21 are secured in the side walls 5 by the vertical bars of the refrigerator door, which close the Entformöffnungen 7. The filler 21 are visible as the decorative part 16 through the crystal clear material of the body 1 through and therefore determine in a similar manner as the decorative part 16 the

Appearance of the refrigerated goods carrier. Preferably, the filler 21 are realized as a hollow plastic body, which consist of the same material as the decorative part 16 or are provided with the same type of surface coating as the decorative part 16. Thus, by adding the decorative part 16 and the filling body 21, the glass clear door racks formed solely by the base body 1 can be converted into, for example, a wholly white or all-over glossy refrigerated goods carrier.

6 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of the refrigerated goods carrier. The main body 1 and the packing 21 are the same as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and will not be explained again. A decorative part 22 is as

Extruded aluminum profile realized with a cross section similar to an inverted letter L or J. A plate 23 of the decorative part 22 is provided to abut on the outside of the front wall 3 as shown in Fig. 7 and to conceal its upper portion. An integrally formed on the plate 23, angled at its free edge web 24 extends beyond the upper edge of the wall 3 and the inner edge of the web 15, wherein a shallow groove 25 of the web 24 surrounds the tip of the web 15, as in Fig. 8 shown. To mount the decorative part 22, it is first brought into engagement with the orientation shown in FIG. 8 as a dashed outline at the tip of the web 15 and then pivoted under reversible elastic deformation in the position shown as a hatched contour, in which it then form-fitting is held.

The wall thicknesses of the decorative part 22 are matched to the dimensions of the main body 1 so that the latched position of FIG. 7, the outer surfaces of the decorative part 22nd flush with the upper flank 1 1 or the front flank 10 of the side walls 5 connect.

The packing 21 may also be omitted in this embodiment. If they are present, the appearance of their surface is preferably significantly different from that of the decorative part 22, since the shiny surfaces of the side cheeks 5 do not allow an appearance identical to the decorative part 22 anyway. That is, for example, if the decorative part 22 is an extruded metal profile, the filler 21 may consist in particular of white plastic. Figures 9 and 10 show in exploded or assembled

Represent a door racks according to a third embodiment of the invention, which differs from that of Figures 6 to 8 in two independently realizable aspects. The first aspect is the shape of the vorgeblendeten decorative part 22, the plate 23 here completely covers the front wall 3 of the body 1. The web 15 surrounding the web 15 of the front wall 3 is omitted here, and their function, for a

positive fit to ensure the decorative part 22 is taken over by a narrow web 26 which engages starting from the lower edge of the plate 23 under the bottom plate 2 of the body. Also, this cross-sectional shape allows a positive locking of the decorative part 22 on the base body. 1

The second different aspect, which is readily combinable with the decorative part 22 shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, is the replacement of the filling bodies 21 by shells 27 slipped from above over the side cheeks 5. As in particular in the section of FIG each shell 27 has an outer wall 28 which is bent slightly inwardly at its lower edge to lock the shell 27 to the side wall 5. An inner wall 29 of the shell 27 covers the inner wall 8 of the

Side wall down to the bottom plate 2. The front wall 3 of the body 1 extends through a slot 30 between the inner wall 29 and a front wall 31 of the shell 27. Since the front wall 31 on the leading edge 10 of

Side wall 5 applies, the wall thickness of the plate 23 is compared to the embodiment of Figures 5 to 7 is increased, as indicated by the dashed lines in Fig. 10 Outline of the outer edge 10 illustrates to make a flush transition between the outer surfaces of the decorative part 22 and the front wall 31.

By the decorative part 22 and the shells 27 are made of the same metal, the user gets the impression of a possibly to the bottom plate 2 and the rear wall 4 completely metallic door compartment.

FIG. 13 shows, in a view analogous to FIG. 9, a fourth embodiment of the invention

Door assembly, wherein the main body 1 is again the same as in the previously considered embodiments. The decorative part 22, which extends along the front wall 3 of the base body 1, is omitted in FIG. 13, since it may be identical to that of FIG. 6 or FIG. 9. Shells 32 are provided to be in

Depth direction to be pushed onto the side walls 5; For this purpose they have an outer wall 28, a front wall 31, with the walls 28, 31 integrally connected upper and lower walls 33, 34 and of the walls 31, 33, 34 angled narrow webs 35, which in the attached state at the Inner wall 8 of the side walls 5 attack.

FIG. 14 shows a section similar to FIG. 8 through the front wall 3 according to a fifth embodiment of the invention. The decorative part 16 here has the form of an elastically flexible plate, at the upper edge of a rib 36 projects obliquely upwards. The rib 36 is received in a groove 37 at the upper edge of the wall 3. At the same time, there is a sharp lower edge of the decorative part 16 in a groove 38 at the foot of the front wall 3. By means of this double engagement, the decorative part 16 is anchored in a form-fitting manner to the base body 1.

In the embodiment of FIG. 15, two webs 15, 38 are formed at the upper edge of the wall 3, between which a rib 36 of the decorative part 16 is clamped. The rib 36 is also part of a U-profile 18, which surrounds the web 15 as in the embodiment of FIG.

16 shows an embodiment in which fastening elements in the form of openings 39 of the wall 3, distributed along a line parallel to the upper edge of the wall 3 and perpendicular to the cutting plane, both from the inside of the wall 3 and from the outside are accessible. The decorative part 16 comprises a plate 17 to be placed on the inside of the wall 3 and two webs 40, 41, which are connected to one another and to the plate 17 by film hinges 42, 43. The web 43 carries a plurality of projections 44 arranged in a row. When attaching the decorative part 16, the plate 17 is first placed on the inside of the wall 3. In this case, slots 45 of the plate 17 each lie in front of the openings 39. The film hinges 42, 43 are kinked, so that the webs 40, 41 put around the top edge of the wall 3 and the upper portion of its outer side. In this case, the projections 44 of the web 41 engage in the openings 39 of the wall 3 and engage in the slots 45 of the plate 17th

Claims

1. storage compartment, in particular door rack, for a refrigeration device, in particular

Domestic refrigerating appliance, with a bottom plate (2), a front wall (3), and

Side cheeks (5), characterized in that at least one

Fastening element (15; 37; 39) for a decorative part (16) on an inner side of the front wall (3) is accessible.

2. Storage compartment according to claim 1, characterized in that the fastening element (15; 37; 39) is arranged adjacent to an upper edge of the front wall (3).

3. storage compartment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the

Fastening element at least one projection, in particular a web (15) on which the decorative part (16, 22) can be plugged.

4. storage compartment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the

Fastening element at least one opening (39) or at least one recess, in particular a groove (37) is, in which the decorative part (16) can be inserted.

5. storage compartment according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the front wall (3) is transparent, in particular crystal clear, and that the decorative part (16) through the front wall (3) is visible through.

6. storage compartment according to claim 5, characterized in that the decorative part (16) comprises a with the fastening element (15) plug-connected U-profile (18).

7. storage compartment according to claim 6, characterized in that an upper leg (19) of the U-profile (18) is flush with the upper edge of the front wall (3).

8. storage compartment according to claim 5, 6 or 7, characterized in that a plate (17) of the decorative part (16) at least substantially completely fills the back of the wall (3) between the fastening element (15) and the bottom plate (2).

9. storage compartment according to claim 8, characterized in that the decorative part (16) engages in an undercut (20) of the fastening element (15).

10. storage compartment according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that it is designed as a door rack, the transparent, in particular clear as side cheeks (5) formed hollow body, in each of which a filler (21) is added.

11. storage compartment according to claim 10, characterized in that the side cheeks (5) on one of the door-facing rear side have an opening (7) through which the filling body (21) are insertable.

12. storage compartment according to claim 1, 2, 10 or 11, characterized in that a

Decor part (22) on the outside of the front wall (3) is clamped.

13. storage compartment according to claim 12, characterized in that the outside of the front wall (3) behind the front flanks (10) of the side cheeks (5) springs back.

14. storage compartment according to claim 13, characterized in that an outer surface of the decorative part (16) with the front flanks (10) is flush.

15. storage compartment according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that a

Decorative shell (27, 32) is attached to the side cheeks (5).

16. storage compartment according to claim 15, characterized in that an outer surface of the decorative part (22) with a front edge (10) of a side cheek (5)

covering wall (31) of a decorative shell (27; 32) is flush.