EP2618084B1 - Storage device with a flap fastening device and domestic cooler appliance with such a storage device - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a storage device and a household refrigerator with a shelf.

The US 4,225,203 discloses a household refrigerator having an inner container with a coolable interior. In the interior: several plastic shelves are arranged, which are each provided with a front flap.

DE 10 2008 043 615 A1 discloses a refrigerator with an insulated interior, at least one support for delimiting a compartment in the interior and a flap for separately closing the compartment, wherein the side walls of the interior are each a component connected to which both a bearing for the flap and a Holder are provided for the carrier.

DE 10 2008 063 390 A1 discloses a refrigerator with one or more shelves in its at least one inner container, along at least one edge portion of the respective shelf a rim or frame is attached, and on the skirt or framing of the respective shelf along a partial length or the total length of their extension additionally at least one Snap, plug and / or clamped connection.

Object of the present invention is to provide an improved storage device.

The object of the invention is achieved by a storage device comprising a flat, in particular rectangular and side edges having shelf, a flap fastening device for pivotally supporting a flap on the flat, in particular rectangular and side edges having shelf, wherein the flap fastening device is made in one piece and a fastening device with the the flap fastening device is mounted on the side edge of the tray, and has a storage device by means of which the flap is pivotally mounted relative to the tray and a flap pivotally mounted by the flap fastener relative to the tray, the flap fastener being an attachment mounted to the tray, and in which the fastening device is U-shaped and has an upper wall, a lower wall and a rear wall, which form a groove whose width is adapted to the thickness of the tray so that the plugged onto the side edges flap fastening device stuck on the side edge.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a household refrigerating appliance, comprising an inner container with a coolable interior, a cooling device provided for cooling the interior, which is designed in particular as a refrigerant circuit, a door opening provided for opening and closing the interior, and a storage device according to the invention arranged inside the interior , wherein the storage plate of the storage device is designed as a arranged on the inner container shelf. The domestic refrigerator according to the invention is for example a household refrigerator, a household refrigerator or a fridge freezer. That to open and close the door provided with the coolable interior is preferably pivotably mounted relative to the inner container with respect to a vertical axis.

The invention integrally executed flap fastening device, which is preferably made of plastic by injection molding, is therefore provided to pivotally support a flap relative to the tray. According to the invention, the flap attachment device can be plugged onto the side edge of the tray, making it possible to subsequently provide the tray with the hinged flap, so also subsequently a flat, rectangular and side edges having tray with the flap and the flap fastening device to provide the To obtain inventive storage device. The tray is e.g. made of glass. Other materials are also possible. For pivotally supporting the flap, the flap fastening device according to the invention comprises the storage device.

Particularly advantageous is the flap fastening device according to the invention when used for a household refrigerator. In this case, the shelf represents a shelf, which is located within the coolable interior of the household refrigerator. In this case, the household refrigerator according to the invention provides an improved domestic refrigerator with a shelf, which is provided with a flap.

In order to store the flap relatively easily pivotable, according to a preferred embodiment of the flap fastening device according to the invention, its storage device is designed as a pin which is intended to engage in an opening or a recess of the flap. Preferably, the storage device according to the invention comprises two flap fastening devices according to the invention, one of which is placed on the left and the other on the right side edge of the shelf, ie on both side edges of the shelf plate respectively a flap fastening device according to the invention are inserted, which are preferably mirror-inverted, so that their pin zueinender are turned so that an axis, with respect to which the flap is pivotally mounted, passes through the pins. Thus, it is possible to easily hang the flap in the pin.

In order to put the flap fastening device according to the invention relatively easily on the shelf, whose attachment device is U-shaped and has an upper wall, a lower wall and a rear wall, which form a groove. For a relatively good hold on the tray, it is provided that the width of the groove of the thickness of the tray is adjusted so that the plugged onto the side edges flap fastening device stuck on the side edge.

In order to limit a pivoting movement of the flap down, the U-shaped fastening device may have a front wall whose outwardly directed side serves as a lower stop, which limits pivotal movement of the flap down relative to the tray.

According to a variant, the flap fastening device has an upper stop which is provided to limit a pivoting movement of the flap upwards relative to the placement plate in such a way that the flap is oriented at right angles to the placement plate in a folded-up position. As a result, the folded flap closes the shelf or the shelf at the front, especially when used in household refrigeration appliance and it is prevented that the flap works on the upwardly directed surface of the shelf or the shelf.

For example, the top stop of the flap fastener may have a flat wall which is directed forwardly and upwardly with respect to the fastener and intended to limit pivotal movement of the flap upwardly relative to the shelf. The flat wall provides a relatively large-scale stop for the flap.

In order to fix the folded-up flap in this position, according to one embodiment of the depositing device according to the invention, the flap fastening device can have an upwardly projecting web, with the upper edge of which an undercut of the flap locks in its raised position. As a result, at least the risk of unintentional downward pivoting of the flap is reduced.

The web may preferably be formed as the upper stop, so that the upper edge, with which the undercut of the flap locked in the folded-up position, the upper edge of the upper stop.

According to a preferred embodiment of the household refrigerating appliance according to the invention, the fastening device of the flap fastening device comprises fixing means, which cooperate with counter-fixing means for fixing the flap fastening device inside the interior. The fixing means are attracted in particular to the direction of the interior side of the inner container. Due to the fixing means, the flap fastening device is fixed to the shelf and in the coolable interior, whereby e.g. a risk of jamming the flap is reduced.

On the directed towards the interior side of the inner container of the household refrigerator according to the invention projections may be tightened by means of which the shelf is stored and / or fixed. The projections are in particular formed as ribs on which e.g. the shelf rests. Preferably, one of these projections comprises the counter-fixing means. This allows the Gegenfixiermittel be realized with relatively little effort.

The fixing means may be formed, for example, as a recess in the lower wall of the fastening device of the flap fastening device and the counter-fixing device as a recess cooperating with the recess. The bulge may preferably be formed on one of the ribs. As a result, the flap fastening device is automatically fixed when inserting the shelf into the interior of the household refrigerator, whereby automatically a positionally accurate alignment of the flap fastening device is achieved.

The fixing means can also be designed, for example, as a latching device formed in the lower wall of the U-shaped fastening device and the counterfixing means as a counter-latching device cooperating with the latching device, which latching device is in particular formed on one of the ribs. This also makes it possible that the flap fastening device is automatically fixed when inserting the shelf in the interior of the household refrigerator, thereby automatically a positionally accurate alignment of the flap fastening device is achieved.

The latching device may preferably be formed as a downwardly inclined latching tongue and the counter-latching device as a recess in one of the ribs.

Depending on the embodiment, the invention thus provides a flap attachment to a particular designed as a glass plate shelf. In conjunction with the household refrigerator can thus be dispensed with a relatively complicated storage of the flap on the inner container.

Due to the flap fastening device according to the invention, e.g. via an additional on the example formed as a glass plate shelf especially left and right mounted additional part, i. the flap attachment device a storage compartment can be separated via the flap.

Fig. 1

ein Haushaltskältegerät mit einem kühlbaren Innenraum, in dem wenigstens ein Fachboden mit einer Klappe angeordnet ist,

Fig. 2

einer der Fachböden mit Klappenbefestigungsvorrichtungen in einer perspektivischen Darstellung,

Fig. 3

den Fachboden mit Klappe in einer Seitenansicht.

Figuren 4, 5

perspektivische Darstellungen einer der Klappenbefestigungsvorrichtungen,

Fig. 6

den Fachboden mit Klappe,

Fig. 7

einen Ausschnitt des kühlbaren Innenraums des Haushaltskältegerätes im Bereich des Fachbodens mit Klappe,

Fig. 8

eine alternative Klappenbefestigungsvorrichtung in einer perspektivischen Darstellung und

Fig. 9

eine Seitenansicht des im kühlbaren Innenraum des Haushaltskältegerätes angeordneten Fachbodens mit Klappe.

Depending on the embodiment, the flap mounting device may provide for the mounting of the flap, a stop of the flap upwards and / or downwards, and / or a latching function of the flap in the open or closed position. Embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying schematic drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1

a domestic refrigerator with a coolable interior, in which at least one shelf is arranged with a flap,

Fig. 2

one of the shelves with flap fasteners in a perspective view,

Fig. 3

the shelf with flap in a side view.

FIGS. 4, 5

perspective views of one of the flap fastening devices,

Fig. 6

the shelf with flap,

Fig. 7

a section of the coolable interior of the household refrigerator in the area of the shelf with flap,

Fig. 8

an alternative flap fastening device in a perspective view and

Fig. 9

a side view of the arranged in the coolable interior of the household refrigerator shelf with flap.

The Fig. 1 shows a household refrigerator 1, which has an inner container 2 with a coolable interior, which is divided in the case of the present embodiment in a freezer compartment 3 and arranged below the freezer compartment 3 refrigerator 4. The freezer compartment 3 is used, for example, for freezing frozen food at, for example, about minus 18 degrees Celsius.

The domestic refrigerator 1 comprises at least one refrigerant circuit for cooling the freezer compartment 3 and the refrigerator compartment 4. For the refrigerator compartment 4 and the freezer compartment 3, a common refrigerant circuit may be provided, e.g. a provided for cooling the cooling chamber 4 evaporator and provided for cooling the freezer compartment 3 evaporator comprises. The household refrigerator 1 may also have separate refrigerant circuits for the freezer compartment 3 and the refrigerator 4.

The household refrigerator 1, in the case of the present embodiment, two door leaves 5, 6 for closing the freezer compartment 3 and the refrigerator 4. When the door leaves 5, 6 open the freezer compartment 3 and the refrigerator 4 are accessible. On the directed towards the refrigerator 4 side of the door provided for closing the refrigerator 4 door leaf 6 a plurality of door racks 7 are arranged for storing refrigerated goods in the case of the present embodiment.

In the freezer compartment 3, for example, at least one shelf 8 for storing frozen food and in the refrigerator 4 a plurality of shelves 8 are arranged for storing refrigerated goods. In the lower region of the cooling space 4, in particular a drawer 9 is arranged, can be stored in the refrigerated goods.

The household refrigerator 1 further comprises a control device, not shown, which is adapted to control the or the refrigerant circuits during operation of the household refrigerator 1 such that the freezer compartment 3 and the refrigerator 4 have at least approximately predetermined or adjustable target temperatures, as the Professional is known in principle.

In the case of the present embodiment, at least one of the shelves 8 is provided with a front flap 10. The flap 10 is fastened to the shelf 8 by means of two flap fastening devices 11, 12. The shelf 8 with the two flap fastening devices 11, 12 is in the Fig. 2 shown in a perspective view and the FIG. 3 shows a side view of the shelf 8 with flap 10. Die FIGS. 4 and 5 show one of the flap fasteners 11 in perspective views. The shelves 8 are mounted for example by means of the inner container 2 tightened ribs 16.

In the case of the present embodiment, the shelf 8 is formed as a substantially flat plate or shelf, in particular made of glass. The shelf 8 can also be made of another material, e.g. Plastic, be made. The shelf 8 is rectangular and includes side edges 13th

The flap 10 is provided in a in the Figures 3 and 6 shown first position to be folded upwards, so as to close the upwardly directed, designed as a bearing surface surface of the shelf 8 to the front. In one in the Fig. 7 shown second position, the flap 10 is folded down to make the storage area of the shelf 8 accessible.

In the case of the present exemplary embodiment, the flap fastening devices 11, 12 are each produced in one piece from plastic, in particular by injection molding. They are attached to the side edges 13 of the shelf 8. For this purpose, they each include a fastening device 14, by means of which the flap fastening devices 11, 12 are placed on the side edges 13. The fastening device 14 is formed U-shaped and comprises a top wall 14 a, a bottom wall 14 b and a rear wall 14 c, which thereby form a groove, the width of the thickness of the shelf 8 is adapted such that the plugged onto the side edges 13 Flap fastening devices 11, 12 stuck on the side edges 13 frictionally. When plugged in thus the upper wall 14a is located on the upwardly directed, designed as a storage area for frozen or Kältegut storage surface of the shelf 8 and the lower wall 14b on the downwardly facing surface of the shelf 8 at. The rear wall 14 c of the fastening device 14 abuts against the corresponding side edge 13 of the shelf 8.

In order to fit the flap fastening devices 11, 12 as accurately as possible or positionally accurate to the side edges 13 of the shelf 8 in the region of the front corners of the shelf 8, the fastening device 14 is closed to the front with a wall 15.

The flap 10 is pivotally mounted by means of the flap fastening devices 11, 12 with respect to a horizontal axis 17. For this purpose, the flap fastening devices 11, 12 each comprise a mounting device 18 integrally formed on the fastening device 14, in particular in the form of a pin 19. The pins 19 engage in openings or depressions of the flap 10 and are arranged such that, when the flap fastening devices 11, 12 are attached to the side edges 13 of the shelf 8, facing each other. The axis 17, with respect to which the flap 10 is pivotally mounted, passes through the pin 19th

In the case of the present embodiment, the flap fastening devices 11, 12 comprise a stop 20 integrally formed on the fastening device 14 with a flat wall 21. The wall 21 of the stop 20 is directed forward and upwardly with respect to the fastening device 14. The wall 21 of the stopper 20 is provided to limit pivotal movement of the flap 10 upwardly relative to the shelf 8 such that the flap 10 is oriented at right angles to the bearing surface of the shelf 8 in its first, upwardly folded position. The stopper 20 thus represents an upper stop for the flap 10.

In the case of the present embodiment, the flap 10 has a laterally arranged undercut 22 which engages with the upper edge 23 of the stopper 20 when the flap 10 is in its first position, ie in its raised position, to the flap 10 in this To hold position or to fix.

The flap 10 is in its second position, ie in its folded down position, then limited in the case of the present embodiment, the wall 15 of the fastening device 14, the folding movement of the flap 10 down. The wall 15 of the fastening device 14 thus represents a lower stop for the flap 10. In its second position, in particular the flap 10 is oriented such that it is also possible to close the corresponding door leaf 5, 6.

In the case of the present embodiment, the fastening device 14 is provided with a recess 24. The recess 24 is e.g. formed half-moon-shaped or semicircular. The recess 24 is formed in the lower wall 14b of the fastening device 14 and is intended to cooperate with a recess 25 formed on one of the ribs 16. The bulge 25 is formed corresponding to the recess 24 and supports at least one positionally accurate attachment of the flap fastening device 11, 12 on the shelf 8, when it is fixed in the freezer compartment 3 or in the refrigerator 4.

The FIGS. 8 and 9 show a further flap fastener 31, which instead of in the FIGS. 2 to 7 shown flap fastener 11 can be used for the flap 10. Unless otherwise stated, components of the FIGS. 8 and 9 shown flap fastener 31, which are substantially identical in construction and function with components of the flap fastener 11, provided with the same reference numerals.

In the case of the present embodiment, the flap fastening device 31 is also made in one piece from plastic, in particular by injection molding and is attached to the side edge 13 of the shelf 8.

The flap fastening device 31 differs substantially from the flap fastening devices 11, 12 in its fastening device 32, by means of which the flap fastening device 31 is fastened to the shelf 10. The fastening device 32, by means of which the flap fastening device 31 is placed on the side edge 13 of the shelf 8, is U-shaped and comprises in each case a top wall, a bottom wall 32 b and a rear wall 32 c, which thereby a groove form, the width of the thickness of the shelf 8 is adapted such that the plugged onto the side edges 13 flap fastening device 31 stuck on the side edges 13 frictionally. When plugged in, the upper wall thus abuts the upwardly directed surface of the shelf 8 and the lower wall 32 b, which is designed as a storage area for freezer or refrigerated goods, on the downwardly directed surface of the shelf 8. The rear wall 32 c of the fastening device 31 abuts against the corresponding side edge 13 of the shelf 8.

In the case of the present embodiment, the fastening device 32 and the lower wall 32 c is provided with a biased, downwardly directed latching tongue 33 which in the installed state of the provided with the flap fastening device 31 shelf 8 with the inner container 2 of the household refrigerator 1 with a recess 34 a the ribs 16 locked. Due to the locking, a positionally accurate fastening of the flap fastening device 31 on the shelf 8, if it is fixed in the freezer compartment 3 or in the refrigerator compartment 4, is at least supported.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Household refrigerator

2

inner container

3

freezer

4

refrigerator

5, 6

door leaf

7

door racks

9

Fold bottom

10

flap

11, 12

Flap fastening device

13

side edge

14

fastening device

14a

upper wall

14b

bottom wall

14c

rear wall

15

wall

16

ribs

17

axis

18

storage device

19

spigot

20

attack

21

wall

22

undercut

23

top edge

24

recess

25

bulge

31

Flap fastening device

32

fastening device

32b

bottom wall

32c

rear wall

33

catch tongue

34

recess

Claims (13)

1. Storage device having
   a flat, in particular rectangular, shelf (8) having side edges (13),
   a flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) for pivotably mounting a flap (10) on the flat, in particular rectangular, shelf (8) having side edges (13), wherein the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) is made in one piece and has a fastening device (14, 32), with which the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) is snapped onto the side edge (13) of the shelf (8), and a mounting device (18), by means of which the flap (10) is pivotably mounted relative to the shelf (8), and
   a flap (10) pivotably mounted relative to the shelf (8) by means of the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31), wherein the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) is an attachment mounted on the shelf (8), characterised in that the fastening device (14, 32) is designed to be U-shaped and has an upper wall (14a), a lower wall (14b, 32b) and a rear wall (14c, 32c) which form a groove, the width of which is adapted to the thickness of the shelf (8), such that the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) snapped onto the side edges (13) is fitted onto the side edge (13) by force-fit.
2. Storage device according to claim 1, characterised in that the mounting device (18) is designed as a pin (19) which is provided to engage in an opening or a recess of the flap (10).
3. Storage device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterised in that the flap fastening device (11, 12, 21) has an upper stop (20) which is provided to limit a pivoting movement of the flap (10) upwards relative to the shelf (8), such that the flap (10) is aligned at right angles to the shelf (8) in a folded-up position.
4. Storage device according to claim 3, characterised in that the upper stop (20) of the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) has a flat wall (21) which is aligned forwards and upwards relative to the fastening device (14, 32) and is provided to limit the pivoting movement of the flap (10) upwards relative to the shelf (8).
5. Storage device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) has an upwardly projecting web (20), with the upper edge (23) of which an undercut (22) of the flap (10) latches in its folded-up position.
6. Storage device according to claim 5, characterised in that the web is designed as the upper stop (20), so that the upper edge (23), with which the undercut (22) of the flap (10) latches in the folded-up position, is the upper edge (23) of the upper stop (20).
7. Storage device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the U-shaped fastening device (14) has a front wall (15), the outwardly aligned side of which serves as a lower stop, which limits a pivoting movement of the flap (10) downwards relative to the shelf (8).
8. Household refrigeration device, having an inner container (2) with a coolable interior space (3, 4), a refrigeration device provided for cooling the interior space (3, 4), which is designed in particular as a refrigerant circuit, and a door leaf (5, 6) provided for opening and closing the interior space (3, 4), characterised by a storage device arranged within the interior space (3, 4) according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the shelf of the storage device is designed as a shelf (8) arranged on the inner container (2).
9. Household refrigeration device according to claim 8, characterised in that the fastening device (14, 32) of the flap fastening device (11, 12, 31) comprises fixing means (24, 33) which interact with counter-fixing means (25, 34) for fixing the flap fastening device (11, 12 , 31) within the interior space (3, 4), and which are fastened in particular to the side of the inner container (2) aligned towards the interior space (3, 4).
10. Household refrigeration device according to claim 8, characterised in that projections formed in particular as ribs (16) are fastened to the side of the inner container (2) aligned towards the interior space (3, 4), and by means of which the shelf (8) is mounted and/or fixed, wherein in particular one of the projections comprises counter-fixing means (25, 34).
11. Household refrigeration device according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the fixing means are designed as a cut-out (24) in the lower wall (14b) of the fastening device (14) and the counter-fixing means are designed as a convexity (25) which interacts with the cut-out (24) and is in particular integrally moulded on one of the ribs (16).
12. Household refrigeration device according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the fixing means are designed as a latching device formed in the lower wall (32b) of the fastening device (32) and the counter-fixing means are designed as a counter-latching device which interacts with the latching device and in particular is formed on one of the ribs (16).
13. Household refrigeration device according to claim 12, characterised in that the latching device is designed as a downwardly inclined latching tongue (33) and the counter-latching device is designed as a recess (34) in one of the ribs (16).

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