EP2743621A2 - Cooling device with a shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

The apparatus (100) has a cold shed housing forming a cold shed inner space (112). A shelf (108) is arranged in the cold shed inner space. The shelf is located in sections with a holding element (110) that is provided with two connectors. The first connector is engaged with a first recess of the cold shed housing for forming a plug connector. The second connector is engaged with a second recess of the cold shed housing for forming another plug connector. The housing comprises a side wall, in which the first recess is arranged.

Description

The invention relates to a refrigerator with a refrigeration compartment housing, which limits a refrigeration compartment interior, wherein in the refrigerated compartment interior, a shelf is arranged, and wherein the shelf is partially in contact with a holding element.

Refrigeration appliances, in particular designed as household appliances refrigerators are known and are used to housekeeping in households or in the catering sector to store perishable food and / or drinks at certain temperatures.

Such refrigerators may have a shelf, can be stored on the cooled food and / or drinks. For this purpose, it is known to attach a retaining element by screwing to two spaced-apart positions in the refrigeration compartment housing. However, the manufacture of the screw increases the assembly effort and makes it difficult to change the height of the shelf.

It is therefore the object underlying the invention to provide a refrigerator in which the height of the shelf can be easily changed.

This object is achieved by the subject matter having the features of the independent claim. Advantageous developments are the subject of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings.

The present invention is based on the recognition that a connector assembled without a tool insert, but can also be easily removed by a user to allow an arrangement of the shelf in a different altitude.

According to a first aspect, the object of the invention is achieved by a refrigeration device, wherein the first connection element engages in a first recess of the refrigeration compartment housing for forming a plug connection and / or the second connection element in a second recess of the refrigeration compartment housing to form a Plug connection engages. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the assembly is simplified and at the same time a carried out by a user disassembly for reassembly of the retaining element is simplified in a different altitude, since no screw must be solved and restored.

In an advantageous embodiment, the refrigerated compartment housing has at least one side wall, wherein the first recess is arranged in the side wall. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a stable attachment of the shelf near an opening of the refrigeration compartment housing is possible.

In an advantageous embodiment, the refrigerated compartment housing has at least one rear wall and one side wall, wherein the rear wall and the side wall connect an arch wall section, and wherein the second recess is arranged in the arch wall section. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that an additional portion of the rear wall and / or side wall can be formed free of depressions, so that additional evaporator sections can be attached to the rear wall and / or side wall, which increase the energy efficiency of the refrigerator.

In an advantageous embodiment, the first recess has a first main extension direction, and the second recess has a second main extension direction, wherein the first main direction of extension and the second main direction of extension are different. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the first recess and the second recess can be arranged in different sections of the refrigeration compartment housing. Thus, other sections of the refrigeration compartment housing can remain free of depressions.

In an advantageous embodiment, the first main extension direction extends in refrigeration device width direction of the refrigeration device. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the first recess can be particularly easily introduced into a side wall of the refrigeration compartment housing.

In an advantageous embodiment, the second main extension direction extends in the refrigeration device depth direction of the refrigeration device. This will be the technical advantage achieved that the second recess can be particularly easily introduced into a rear wall or the rear wall connected to the side wall arc wall portion of the refrigeration compartment housing.

In an advantageous embodiment, the first connecting element and / or the second connecting element are integrally formed on the holding element. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the holding element can be integrally formed with the first connecting element and the second connecting element. This simplifies assembly, since attachment of the first connecting element and / or second connecting element to the holding element is eliminated. Furthermore, the holding element as well as first and / or second connecting element may be formed as a unitary material or as a two-component component (2K component), wherein the holding element and the first connecting element and / or second connecting element have different properties, e.g. in terms of flexibility.

In an advantageous embodiment, the holding element has a support surface for the shelf. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the shelf rests large area on the support surface of the support member and not only selectively. This ensures safe positioning of the shelf.

In an advantageous embodiment, the holding element has a securing means, which ensures the contact of the shelf with the holding element. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an unwanted displacement of the shelf is prevented. Thus, the operating safety of the refrigeration device is further increased.

In an advantageous embodiment, the securing means on a spring element. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that an unwanted displacement of the shelf by lifting, e.g. When a user lifts an object frozen on the shelf, it is reliably prevented.

In an advantageous embodiment, the securing means on a retaining clip. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an unwanted shift of the Tray by pulling out, for example, when a user shifts an frozen on the shelf object on the shelf, is reliably prevented.

In an advantageous embodiment, the holding element has a compensation rib, which is in contact with the refrigeration compartment housing. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that despite Entformungsschrägen of the refrigeration compartment housing, the holding element is a large area in contact with a portion of the refrigeration compartment housing. Thus, a secure fixation of the retaining element is achieved.

In an advantageous embodiment, the first connecting element and / or the second connecting element are elastically deformable. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the assembly is simplified because the first connecting element and / or the second connecting element can be deformed while elastically.

In an advantageous embodiment, the first connecting element and / or the second connecting element are formed by a slot elastically deformable. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the first connecting element and / or the second connecting element can be formed elastically deformable by particularly simple means, without that the holding element with the first connecting element and / or the second connecting element must be a Zweikomponetenbauteil (2K component) , Therefore, the holding element is easier to manufacture.

Furthermore, the invention includes a holding element for such a refrigeration device.

• Fig. 1 eine Vorderansicht eines Kältegeräts,
• Fig. 2 eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Kühlgutbehälters,
• Fig. 3 eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Haltelements,
• Fig. 4 eine weitere perspektivische Darstellung eines Haltelements,
• Fig. 5 eine perspektivische Darstellung des Kältefachinnenraumes, und
• Fig. 6 eine weitere perspektivische Darstellung des Kältefachinnenraumes.
• Fig. 1 zeigt einen Kühlschrank als Ausführungsbeispiel für ein Kältegerät 100.

Further embodiments will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:

• Fig. 1 a front view of a refrigerator,
• Fig. 2 a perspective view of a refrigerated goods,
• Fig. 3 a perspective view of a holding element,
• Fig. 4 another perspective view of a holding element,
• Fig. 5 a perspective view of the refrigeration compartment interior, and
• Fig. 6 another perspective view of the refrigeration compartment interior.
• Fig. 1 shows a refrigerator as an exemplary embodiment of a refrigeration device 100.

The refrigeration device 100 has in the present embodiment, a cold compartment 102, which is formed in the present embodiment as a cooling compartment. In the refrigerating compartment 102, a second refrigerating compartment 104 with a refrigerating compartment interior 112 is provided above the refrigerating compartment in the present exemplary embodiment and designed as a freezer compartment. Thus, the refrigeration device 100 in the present embodiment, an internal freezer compartment, which can be opened and closed with a door 106.

In the refrigerating compartment interior 112, a shelf 108 is arranged in the present embodiment, can be stored on the cooling or frozen goods. In the present embodiment, the shelf 108 is formed as a glass plate.

The shelf 108 rests in the present embodiment on two holding elements 110, of which in Fig. 1 only one retaining element 110 is shown.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the refrigeration device 100 has a refrigerant circuit with an evaporator (not in FIG Fig. 1 shown), a compressor (not shown), a condenser (not shown) and a throttle body (not shown) on.

The evaporator is designed as a heat exchanger in which, after expansion, the liquid refrigerant is absorbed by heat from the medium to be cooled, i. Air inside the refrigerator, is evaporated.

The compressor is a mechanically driven component that draws refrigerant vapor from the evaporator and expels it at a higher pressure to the condenser. The condenser is designed as a heat exchanger in which, after compression, the evaporated refrigerant is liquefied by heat emission to an outer cooling medium, ie the ambient air.

The throttle body is a device for the continuous reduction of the pressure by reduction in cross section.

The refrigerant is a fluid used for heat transfer in the cryogenic system which absorbs heat at low temperatures and low pressure of the fluid and releases heat at higher temperature and higher pressure of the fluid, usually including changes in state of the fluid.

Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of the second refrigeration compartment 104 bound refrigerated goods container, which is formed in the present embodiment as a refrigeration compartment housing 200 of a freezer compartment. The refrigerator compartment housing 200 in the present embodiment was made of plastic by forming and then foamed with a thermosetting foam material.

The refrigerator compartment housing 200 has in the present embodiment, a rear wall 202, two opposing side walls 204, a roof 206, a bottom 208 and an opening 210 which can be opened or closed with the door 106.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the two side walls 204 each connect a rear arc wall section 212 to the rear wall 202. In the present exemplary embodiment, another rear arc wall section 214 connects the rear wall 202 to the roof 206. In addition, another rear arc wall section 216 connects the rear wall 202 in the present exemplary embodiment the ground 208.

Furthermore, in the present exemplary embodiment, the two side walls 204 each connect an upper-side arc wall section 218 to the roof 206. Furthermore, in the present exemplary embodiment, the two side walls 204 each connect a lower-side arc wall section 220 to the floor 208.

Further, in the present embodiment, between the opening 210 and the two side walls 204, the roof 206 and the bottom 208, a connecting portion 222 is provided, which is formed in the present embodiment as a closed frame.

In the present exemplary embodiment, an evaporator 224 belonging to the refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration appliance 100 is in heat-conducting contact with the rear wall 202, the two side walls 204, the roof 206 and the floor 208, so that a particularly energy-efficient cooling of the second refrigeration compartment 104 is achieved. For this purpose, the evaporator 224 is formed meander-shaped in the present embodiment. However, in the present embodiment, the rear arc wall portions 212, 214, 216, the upper-side arc wall portion 218, and the lower arc wall portion 220 and the connecting portion 222 are formed free of portions of the evaporator 224 due to their curved shape.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the connecting section 222 has two first recesses 226 on each side, which are arranged at two different height positions in the refrigerating device height direction Z. Further, in the present embodiment, the two rear arc wall portion 212, which connect the two side walls 204 with the rear wall 202, each have two second recesses 228, which are also arranged at two different height positions in refrigerator height direction Z. In this case, the lower first recess 226 and the lower second recess 228 and the upper first recess 226 and the second recess 228 each have the same height positions in the refrigerator height direction Z, so that the holding element 110 (see Fig. 1 ) can be arranged at two different height positions.

In the present embodiment, the first recesses 226 and the second recesses 228 are pulled outward, so that the risk of the formation of foam voids during the foaming of the refrigeration compartment housing 200 is minimized. The first recesses 226 have in the present embodiment, a first main extension direction 1, which is parallel to the refrigeration device width direction X, while in the present embodiment, the second recesses 228 have a second main extension direction II, which is parallel to the refrigerator depth direction Y.

The 3 and 4 show an embodiment of the retaining element 110.

In the present embodiment, the holding member 110 is integrally formed of plastic, e.g. made by injection molding.

The holding element 110 has a support surface 300 on which the shelf 108 can be supported. For attachment in the refrigeration compartment 104, the holding element 110 has a first connection element 302 and a second connection element 304. In the present embodiment, the first connection element 302 is formed in the first recess 226 of the refrigeration compartment housing 200 (see Fig. 2 ) intervene. Further, in the present embodiment, the second connection member 304 is formed into the second recess 228 of the refrigeration compartment case 200 (see FIG Fig. 2 ) intervene. Correspondingly, in the present exemplary embodiment, the first connecting element 302 extends in the main extension direction I parallel to the refrigerator width direction X, while the second connecting element 304 extends in the main extension direction II parallel to the refrigerator depth direction Y.

To secure the connection of the first recess 226 with the first connection element 302 and of the second recess 228 with the second connection element 304, the holding element 110 in the present exemplary embodiment has a respective plug element 306 which is assigned to the first connection element 302 and the second connection element 304 , The plug-in elements 306 engage in the first recess 226 and in the second recess 228, respectively. In the present embodiment, the plug-in elements 306 are elastically deformable by a slot 308 mounted on the first connecting element 302 and the second connecting element 304 so that they can be deflected during assembly, which facilitates assembly.

In order to ensure a secure contact with the respective side walls 204, in the present exemplary embodiment the retaining element 110 has a compensation rib 310.

The compensating rib 310 has in the present embodiment, a decreasing in refrigerator depth direction Y width. In other words, it is conically tapered to the decreasing in refrigerator depth direction Y. Width of the refrigeration compartment housing 200 compensate, which results from the demolding process in the manufacture of the refrigeration compartment housing 200.

To ensure that the shelf 108 (see Fig. 1 ) remains in contact with the bearing surface 300 of the retaining element 110, the retaining element in the present embodiment, securing means 312.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the securing means 312 is a spring element 314. In the present exemplary embodiment, the spring element 314 is integrally formed on the holding element 110 and formed integrally therewith. In the present exemplary embodiment, the spring element 314 is designed to elastically deform when the shelf 108 is placed on the support surface 300 and then exert a spring force on the shelf 108 which presses the shelf 108 onto the support surface 300.

On the other hand, the securing means 312 in the present exemplary embodiment is a retaining clip 316. In the present exemplary embodiment, the retaining clip 316 is integrally formed on the retaining element 110 and formed integrally therewith. In the present embodiment, the retaining clip 316 is disposed at one end of the support surface 300 and engages U-shaped to secure the shelf 108.

Fig. 5 shows an embodiment of a holding member 110 that has been mounted in the refrigerating compartment interior 112 of the refrigerating compartment 104. For this purpose, the first connection element 302 was inserted into the first recess 226 and the second connection element 304 into the second recess 228.

Furthermore, the in Fig. 5 shown embodiment of the holding member 110 a recessed grip 500, which facilitates disassembly of the holding member 110. The disassembly takes place in the present embodiment by a rotational movement about the in Fig. 5 shown arrow, which is combined with a movement in refrigerator depth direction Y. The grip 500 is formed in the present embodiment of the holding element 110.

In addition, this shows in Fig. 5 shown embodiment that the first recess 226 and the first connecting element 302, a first connector 502 and the second recess 228 and the second connecting element 304 form a second connector 502.

Fig. 6 shows a placed on a support surface 300 shelf 108 after the holding member 110 has been used in the cold compartment interior 112 of the refrigeration compartment 104. It can be seen that the spring element 314 presses the shelf 108 onto the support surface 300. Furthermore, it can be seen that the retaining clip 316 engages around the shelf 108 in a U-shape and thus secures. Thus, the shelf 108 is secured against undesired displacement, wherein in the region of the side walls 104 by fastening the holding element 110 in the refrigeration compartment 104 additional, by recesses 226, 228 free wall sections for heat-conducting attachment of additional evaporator sections of the evaporator 224 are available, so energy efficiency of the refrigerator 100 is further increased.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100

The refrigerator

102

first cold compartment

104

second cold compartment

106

door

108

Fold bottom

110

retaining element

112

Refrigeration specialist interior

200

Refrigeration specialist housing

202

rear wall

204

Side wall

206

top, roof

208

ground

210

opening

212

Back arch wall section

214

Back arch wall section

216

Back arch wall section

218

Upper arch wall section

220

underside arch wall section

222

connecting portion

224

Evaporator

226

first recess

228

second recess

300

bearing surface

302

first connecting element

304

second connecting element

306

plug-in element

308

slot

310

compensation rib

312

securing means

314

spring element

316

retaining clip

500

grip

502

connector

I

Main direction

II

Main direction

X

The refrigerator width direction

Y

The refrigerator depth direction

Z

The refrigerator height direction

Claims (15)

Refrigeration appliance (100) with a refrigeration compartment housing (200) which delimits a refrigeration compartment interior (112), wherein a compartment floor (108) is arranged in the refrigeration compartment interior (112), and wherein the compartment floor (108) is in sections in contact with a holding element (110) wherein the retaining element (110) comprises a first connecting element (302) and a second connecting element (304), characterized in that the first connecting element (302) engages in a first recess (226) of the refrigerating compartment housing (200) to form a plug connection and / or the second connection element (304) engages in a second depression (228) of the refrigeration compartment housing (200) to form a plug connection (502). Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the refrigerated compartment housing (200) has at least one side wall (204), wherein the first recess (226) in the side wall (204) is arranged. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the refrigeration compartment housing (200) has at least one rear wall (202) and one side wall (204), wherein the rear wall (202) and the side wall (204) form an arc wall section (212). connects, and wherein the second recess (228) in the elbow wall portion (212) is arranged. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first recess (226) has a first main extension direction (I), and the second recess (228) has a second main extension direction (II), wherein the first main extension direction (I). and the second main extension direction (II) are different. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 4, characterized in that the first main extension direction (I) extends in refrigerator device width direction (X) of the refrigeration device (100). Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the second main extension direction (II) extends in refrigerator depth direction (Y) of the refrigeration device (100). Refrigerating appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first connecting element (302) and / or the second connecting element (304) on the holding element (110) are integrally formed. Refrigerating appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding element (110) has a support surface (300) for the shelf (108). Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding element (110) has a securing means (312) which fixes the shelf (108) with the holding element (110) standing in contact. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 9, characterized in that the securing means (312) comprises a spring element (314). Refrigerating appliance (100) according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the securing means (312) has a retaining clip (316). Refrigerating appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding element (110) has a balancing rib (310) which is in contact with the refrigerating compartment housing (200). Refrigerating appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first connecting element (302) and / or the second connecting element (304) is elastically deformable. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 13, characterized in that the first connecting element (302) and / or the second connecting element (304) is formed by a slot (308) elastically deformable. Holding element (110) for a refrigeration device (100) according to one of the preceding claims.

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