EP2965027B1 - Refrigerator with a displaceable drawer - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a refrigerator with a refrigeration compartment in which a drawer is mounted displaceably between an inserted position and an extended position.

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 have the possibility of a door stop change, i. Depending on the situation or installation situation of the refrigerator, the opening direction of a refrigerator door can be adjusted by implementing a door hinge. A full extension of the drawer should be possible with a door opening angle of at least 90 °. To ensure this, a certain minimum distance between the pull-out drawer and a collision edge of the refrigerator door must be maintained on both sides. The result is unused Kühlgutvolumen in the refrigeration compartment.

EP 2 218 992 A2 discloses a refrigerator having a body and a door hinged to the body, which together define a storage compartment, and a carriage slidable in the body in the depth direction, a coupling mechanism between the carriage and the door being operative to move the carriage outwardly in an open position the storage compartment and with the door closed at a position within the storage compartment to keep.

EP 0 498 485 A2 contains the technical features of the preamble of claim 1 and discloses a cooling device with at least one mounted on lateral guides in the container, extendable refrigerated goods and with a door that projects in 90 ° -open position with parts in the pull-out area, where schanierseitig between the refrigerated goods and the adjacent gap a gap is provided adjacent side wall, which allows a disability-free extension of the refrigerated goods in the 90 ° -Open position, and wherein the refrigerated goods carrier is guided on the handle side, leaving a narrow guide gap to immediately adjacent to the side wall.

DE 20 2011 004 549 U1 discloses a drawer in refrigerators for holding refrigerated goods, which guided by means of extension pieces attached to connectors and a shelf is provided consisting of two plate members with clamps, wherein the connectors are releasably secured to the plate members, wherein a plate member has longitudinal bores, wider than the other plate member is and both plate parts have recesses.

It is therefore the object underlying the invention to provide a refrigeration device with an increased Kühlgutvolumen.

This object is solved by the features of independent claim 1. Advantageous developments are subject of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings.

The present invention is based on the recognition that the refrigerated goods volume can be increased if the drawer in the refrigeration compartment can be displaced.

The object of the invention achieved by a refrigeration device, wherein the drawer in a first position and a second position in the refrigeration compartment extendable and / or insertable can be arranged, wherein the first position and the second position in refrigerator-width direction of the refrigerator are different. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that not on both sides of the drawer, but only on one side of the drawer, a minimum distance to the collision edge must be maintained. Therefore, the refrigerated goods volume is increased.

A refrigeration device is understood in particular to be a household appliance, that is to say a refrigeration device that is used for household purposes in households or in the gastronomy sector, and in particular serves to store food and / or drinks at specific temperatures, such as, for example, a refrigerator, a freezer, a refrigerator - / Freezer, a freezer or a wine fridge.

According to the invention, a spacer can be arranged at a first location or at a second location in the refrigeration compartment, with a spacer the first place the drawer in the first position is extendable and / or retractable and with a spacer at the second location, the drawer in the second position is extendable and / or retractable. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that in a simple manner with the spacer, the position of the drawer can be fixed. Thus, neither the drawer nor the refrigerator must be structurally changed, which simplifies the production.

The spacer has a guide surface for a roll of the drawer. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the spacer defines the position of the roller in the refrigeration compartment through the guide surface. Thus, the spacer can be made small and takes up little space in the claim.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the spacer has a roll-down holder for a roll of the drawer. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that a tilting movement is reliably prevented during the displacement of the drawer from the inserted position to the ejected position. Thus, the operability is increased.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the spacer is fastened by means of a latching connection in the refrigeration compartment. This achieves the technical advantage that without additional connecting means, such as screws or bolts, the spacer can be mounted in the refrigeration compartment.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the latching connection is formed releasably without tools. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a displacement of the position of the spacer without the aid of tools is possible. For this purpose, for example, the latching connection can be designed such that it triggers automatically when a minimum force is exceeded.

In a further advantageous embodiment, a spacer in a first state or in a second state can be brought, wherein with a spacer in the first state, the drawer in the first position extendable and / or retractable, and with a spacer in the second state, the drawer in the second position is extendable and / or retractable. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the spacer can be mounted in the refrigeration compartment and thus can not be lost, but clearly defines the position of the drawer.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the spacer has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is pivotally connected to the second portion. This achieves the technical advantage that with a simple movement, e.g. a folding movement, the spacer can be brought from the first state to the second state. Thus, the two sections need not be assembled and disassembled to effect a change from the first to the second state and vice versa.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the first section and the second section of the spacer are connected to each other by a film hinge. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the spacer can be integrally formed with the first and the second portion and thus has a particularly simple structure.

In a further advantageous embodiment, a drawer guide of the refrigeration device has a first guide and a second guide, wherein the first guide associated with the first position and the second guide of the second position is. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an adjustment to the selected door stop can be made by moving the drawer from one guide to the other guide.

In a further advantageous embodiment, a third guide is provided. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that in addition a third, central guide is provided, in which the drawer can be used symmetrically equidistant distance to both sides, or alternatively, a larger drawer can be used. This is especially true when the door can be opened over 90 °.

In a further advantageous embodiment, a drawer guide of the refrigeration device can be arranged at a first location or at a second location in the refrigeration compartment, wherein the first guide is assigned to the first position and the second guide to the second position. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an optional determination in the first position or second position is possible by moving the drawer guide of the drawer.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the drawer has a roller engaged with a guide of the refrigeration device, wherein the roller is designed to be displaceable in the refrigeration device width direction of the refrigeration device. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that an optional determination in the first position or second position is possible by moving the role of the drawer.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the role in refrigerator-width direction of the refrigerator can be locked. Thus, the position of the role in refrigerator width direction can be fixed and can not change unintentionally.

According to a second aspect, the object is achieved by such a drawer for such a refrigeration device. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that not on both sides of the drawer, but only on one side of the drawer, a minimum distance to the collision edge must be maintained.

According to a third aspect, the object is achieved by a spacer for such a refrigeration device. This achieves the technical advantage that not On both sides of the drawer, but only on one side of the drawer a minimum distance to the collision edge must be maintained.

Fig. 1

eine Vorderansicht eines Kältegerätes,

Fig. 2

eine weitere Vorderansicht des Kältegeräts,

Fig. 3

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Schublade,

Fig. 4

eine Draufsicht auf die Schublade in der ersten Position,

Fig. 5

eine Draufsicht auf die Schublade in einer zweiten Position, und

Fig. 6

eine schematische Darstellung eines Abstandhalters.

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

Fig. 1

a front view of a refrigerator,

Fig. 2

another front view of the refrigerator,

Fig. 3

a perspective view of a drawer,

Fig. 4

a top view of the drawer in the first position,

Fig. 5

a plan view of the drawer in a second position, and

Fig. 6

a schematic representation of a spacer.

Fig. 1 shows a refrigerator as an exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator 100 with a refrigerator door 102 on its refrigerator front. The refrigerator is used, for example, for cooling food and includes a refrigerant circuit with an evaporator (not shown), a compressor (not shown), a condenser (not shown) and a throttle body (not shown).

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

The compressor is a mechanically driven component that draws refrigerant vapor from the evaporator and expels it at higher pressure to the condenser.

The condenser is designed as a heat exchanger in which, after compression, the evaporated refrigerant is released by heat to an external cooling medium, i. the ambient air is liquefied.

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

The refrigerant is a fluid which is used for heat transfer in the refrigeration system and which operates at low temperatures and low pressure Fluid absorbs heat and gives off heat at higher temperature and higher pressure of the fluid, which usually includes changes in the state of the fluid are included.

With the refrigerator door 102, a refrigeration compartment 104 can be opened, which is formed in the present embodiment as a cooling compartment.

In the refrigeration compartment 104 is a drawer 106 between an inserted position I and an extended position II (see Fig. 2 ) arranged displaceable. In the present embodiment, the drawer 106 is formed as a vegetable box.

Fig. 1 shows that the refrigerator door 102 was pivoted by a door opening angle α of 90 ° in the present embodiment, to open the refrigeration compartment 104. In this position, the refrigerator door 102 forms a collision edge 108 for the drawer 106. Thus, the drawer 106 in a shift from the retracted position I to the extended position II (see Fig. 2 ) does not abut against the collision edge 108, in the present exemplary embodiment, the tray 106 is arranged at a distance 112 spaced from a side wall 110 which delimits the refrigeration compartment 104 of the refrigeration device 100. For this purpose, the drawer 106 has been arranged in a first position A in the refrigeration compartment 104 of the refrigeration appliance 100.

Fig. 2 shows that because of the distance 112, the drawer 106 passes the collision edge 108 when displaced to the extended position II. Thus, in the present embodiment, a full extension of the drawer 106 at door opening angle α of 90 ° is possible.

In the present embodiment, the refrigeration device 100 is designed such that the refrigerator door 102, as in the Fig. 1 and 2 can be arranged on the right side or alternatively also on the left side. Thus, a door stop change of the refrigerator door 102 is possible.

Fig. 3 shows the drawer 106.

The drawer 106 has in the present embodiment, a bottom 300, a front wall 302, two side walls 304 and a rear wall 306. In the present embodiment, the drawer 106 is integrally made of plastic manufactured. In order to facilitate the shifting from the inserted position I to the extended position II and vice versa, the drawer 106 in the present exemplary embodiment has an integrally formed handle 312.

In order to facilitate the displacement movement between the retracted position I and the extended position II, the drawer 106 in the present embodiment, two rear rollers 308 and two front rollers 310 on.

Based on Fig. 3 It can be seen that on the left side of the drawer 106, a spar 318 of the refrigerator 100, the rear roller 308 down to a tilting movement of the drawer 106 when moving from the retracted position I to the extended position II by the weight of the drawer 106 by a To prevent axis extending parallel to the refrigerator width direction Y.

On the right side of the drawer 106, however, a spacer 314 is arranged. The spacer 314 is connected in the present embodiment by means of a latching connection 320 with the refrigeration device 100 and can be dismantled without tools. In the present embodiment, the latching connection 320 is designed such that it dissolves automatically when a minimum force is exceeded.

The spacer 314 is in Fig. 3 disposed between the side wall 110 and the drawer 106 and so determines that the drawer is in the first position A.

In the present embodiment, the spacer 314 has a guide surface 322 which guides the roller 308 laterally and ensures that it remains in the retracted position I as well as in the extended position II in the position A drawer 106. Thus, the drawer 106 is displaceably mounted in the first position A between the retracted position I and the extended position II.

The spacer 314 in the present embodiment has a roller holddown 316 which, like the handlebar 318, acts on the rearward roller 308 on the left side and thus has the same function as the handlebar 318 on the right side. Thus, the spacer 314 with the roller holddown 316 holds the rear roller 308 down on the right side to prevent tilting movement of the drawer 106 when displaced from the retracted position I to the extended position II by the weight of the drawer 106 about an axis extends parallel to the refrigeration device width direction Y.

The Fig. 4 and 5 show the drawer 106 in the retracted position I. Further show the Fig. 4 and 5 in that the spacer 314 is optionally located at a first location 400 (see Fig. 4 ) or at a second location 500 (see Fig. 5 ) can be arranged.

In Fig. 4 For example, the spacer 314 is disposed below the drawer 106, while the spacer 314 is disposed in the drawer 106 Fig. 5 is arranged above the drawer 106. Thus, depending on the installation position 400, 500, the spacer 314 fixes the first position A or a second position B in which the drawer 106 can be displaced from the inserted position I to the extended position II and vice versa.

In this case, the spacer 314 ensures both at the first location 400 and at the position 500 that the drawer 106 has a sufficient distance from the collision edge 108 of the refrigerator door 102 when the refrigerator door 102 has an opening angle α of 90 °. Thus, by changing the spacer 314 from the first location 400 to the second location 500 and vice versa, a change from the first position A to the second position B of the drawer 106 and vice versa can be effected. Therefore, the drawer 106 no longer has to have a sufficient distance on both sides to the collision edge 108, but it can be used on one side of this space to increase the volume of the drawer 106, so that the total Kühlgutvolumen is increased.

Fig. 6 shows the spacer 314.

In the present embodiment, the spacer 314 has a base body 600, which forms the guide surface 322.

Furthermore, in the present exemplary embodiment, the spacer 314 has a latching hook 602 for forming the latching connection 320.

The latching hook 602 is integrally formed on the base body 600 in the present embodiment. Thus, the base body 600 is integrally formed with the latching hook 602 in the present embodiment and of the same material.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the latching hook 602 also has a latching nose 604 which engages in a depression in the refrigeration compartment 104 in order to secure the latching connection 320. The latching hook 602 is formed elastically deformable in the present embodiment, so that upon application of a minimum force of the latching hooks 602 deformed and so the latching lug 604 is disengaged. Thus, the spacer 314 can be detached from the refrigeration device 100 without tools and fastened at a different location 400, 500, in order to enable adaptation during a door stop change.

Instead of a spacer 314, which may optionally be disposed at a first location 400 and at a second location 500 in the refrigeration compartment 104, a spacer may also be provided which has a first and a second portion, e.g. are hinged together by means of a film hinge. By e.g. a pivoting movement, this spacer can be brought from a first state in which it determines the first position A for the drawer 16, in a second state in which it determines the second position B for the drawer 106. Thus, a change between the first position A and the second position B by a state change of the spacer is possible. This spacer can be arranged fixed or detachable in the refrigeration compartment 104 of the refrigeration device 100.

Furthermore, two drawer guides for the drawer 106 may be provided in the refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator, which guide the drawer 106 at a displacement between the retracted position I and the extended position II. The first drawer guide sets in this embodiment, the first position A, while the second drawer guide determines the second position B. Alternatively, a drawer guide may be provided which can be arranged at two different locations in the refrigeration compartment 104. The first digit is assigned to the first position A, while the second digit is assigned to the second position B. For example, the drawer slide may have pins in holes in the refrigeration compartment 104 are used, wherein a first group of holes of the first position A and a second group of the second position B are assigned.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, the drawer 106 may be formed such that the front rollers 310 and / or the rear rollers 308 are displaceable and lockable in the refrigerator width direction Y of the refrigerator 100 so that the drawer can be moved by displacing the front rollers 310 and / or the rear roller 308 can be brought into the first position A or B in the second position. <B> LIST OF REFERENCES </ b> 100 The refrigerator 400 first place 102 Refrigerator door 104 refrigeration specialist 500 second place 106 drawer 108 collision edge 600 body 110 Side wall 602 latch hook 112 distance 604 locking lug 300 ground I inserted position 302 leading edge 304 Side wall II extended position 306 rear wall 308 role α Door opening angle 310 role 312 Handle A first position 314 spacer B second position 316 Rollenniederhalter X The refrigerator-depth direction 318 Holm Y The refrigerator-width direction 320 locking connection Z The refrigerator-high direction 322 guide surface

Claims (11)

1. Refrigeration appliance (100) with a refrigerating compartment (104), in which a drawer (106) is mounted displaceably between an inserted position (I) and a pulled-out position (II), wherein the drawer (106) can be arranged so as to be able to be pulled out and/or inserted in a first position (A) and in a second position (B) in the refrigerating compartment (104), wherein the first position (A) and the second position (B) in the refrigeration appliance width direction (Y) of the refrigeration appliance (100) are different and wherein a spacer (314) can be arranged at a first point (400) or at a second point (500) in the refrigerating compartment (104), wherein with a spacer (314) at the first point (400) the drawer (106) can be pulled out and/or inserted in the first position (A) and with a spacer (314) at the second point (500) the drawer (106) can be pulled out and/or inserted in the second position (B), characterised in that the spacer (314) has a guiding surface (322) for a roller (308, 310) of the drawer (106).
2. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that the spacer (314) has a roller pressure pad (316) for a roller (308, 310) of the drawer (106).
3. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims 1 or 2, characterised in that the spacer (314) is fastened in the refrigerating compartment (104) by means of a snap-fit connection (320).
4. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that a spacer (314) can be brought into a first state or into a second state, wherein with a spacer (314) in the first state, the drawer (106) can be pulled out and/or inserted in the first position (A) and with a spacer (314) in the second state, the drawer (106) can be pulled out and/or inserted in the second position (B).
5. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 4, characterised in that the spacer (314) has a first section and a second section, wherein the first section and the second section are connected to one another with an articulated connection.
6. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 5, characterised in that the first section and the second section of the spacer (314) are connected to one another with an articulated connection by means of an integral hinge.
7. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that a drawer guide of the refrigeration appliance (100) has a first guide and a second guide, wherein the first guide is assigned to the first position (A) and the second guide is assigned to the second position (B).
8. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 7, characterised in that a third guide is provided.
9. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that a drawer guide of the refrigeration appliance (100) can be arranged at a first point or at a second point in the refrigerating compartment (104), wherein the first point is assigned to the first position (A) and the second point is assigned to the second position (B).
10. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that the drawer (106) has a roller (108, 110) which engages with a guide of the refrigeration appliance (100), wherein the roller is embodied to be displaceable in the refrigeration appliance width direction (Y) of the refrigeration appliance (100).
11. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 10, characterised in that the roller (108, 110) can be locked in place in the refrigeration appliance width direction (Y) of the refrigeration appliance (100).

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