EP3032201B1 - Refrigeration and/or freezer device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a refrigerator and / or freezer with at least one device body and with at least one cooled interior, which is located in the device body, wherein in the cooled interior there is at least one drawer that can be pulled out of the cooled interior and inserted into it is.

With tall refrigerators and freezers in particular, it is particularly difficult for smaller people to reach into or look into the drawers on top. To remove the goods, you have to reach over the edge of the drawer and into the drawer.

In order to facilitate access to the goods stored in the top of a refrigerator or freezer, it is known from the prior art to replace the drawer with a flap. This is opened and the goods can be removed or placed on a glass plate or on a grate.

With such a configuration of a compartment with a flap there is the advantage that the refrigerated or frozen goods lying in front are easily accessible, but that the goods in the rear area cannot be reached or can only be reached with difficulty. Apart from this, in the case of a design of the receiving area in the form of a drawer, there is the advantage of being able to be removed by pulling out the drawer as a whole, which is not the case with a bare flap as a closure element.

The present invention is based on the object of further developing a refrigerator and / or freezer of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that good access to a drawer which is arranged comparatively high is ensured.

In the JP 2010 038499 A a device according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed.

This object is achieved by a refrigerator and / or freezer with the features of claim 1.

Thereafter, it is provided that the refrigerator and / or freezer has at least one guide, by means of which the drawer is guided when it is pulled out and when it is pushed in or out of the cooled interior, the guide being designed such that it extends in the direction of pulling out the drawer , ie rises from the back to the front in the depth direction of the device. Furthermore, at least one support is provided on which the drawer rests when it is pulled out.

The design of the guide means that the drawer is raised in its rear area relative to the front area during the pulling-out process when the drawer is pulled out of the cooled interior. This causes the drawer to tilt, i.e. the front of the drawer tilts down, which has the advantage that the accessibility of the drawer is improved compared to an embodiment in which the drawer remains in a horizontal position.

The at least one support prevents the drawer from tipping too far down when it is pulled out and thus refrigerated or frozen goods possibly falling out of the drawer.

The drawer of the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention also has a base, the base being designed such that the base, when the drawer is pushed in, has a smaller distance from the guide in the rear area of the drawer than in the front area of the drawer. Furthermore, a support is provided on which the drawer rests when it is pulled out.

When inserted, the bottom of the drawer does not run horizontally, but rises from the front of the drawer to the rear. When pulled out, the drawer is tilted forward and thus its interior is easily accessible to a user.

The support is preferably formed by a shelf which is located in the cooled interior and which rests on the drawer or which is arranged below the drawer.

A projection is provided which is received in the guide and runs in the guide when the drawer is moved.

The guide is arranged on the drawer or also on a part of the device which is not moved with the drawer. If the guide is arranged on the drawer, the projection that runs in the guide is arranged in a stationary manner on a shelf. If the projection is on the drawer, the guide is arranged in a fixed position, ie it does not move with the drawer.

It is furthermore conceivable that the part of the device that is not moved with the drawer is a storage shelf to which the guide or the projection is detachably or non-releasably attached.

The guide or the projection can form an integral part of the storage shelf or can also be connected in a suitable manner to the storage shelf.

A possible connection technique is that the guide or the projection is fastened to the storage shelf by a plug connection.

For example, it is conceivable that on both sides of the shelf, i.e. on the right and left side of the shelf, guides are inserted on the shelf.

This means that in this case the guides are arranged in push-on parts that are attached to the side of the shelf.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the guide is arranged in a stationary manner and that there is preferably at least one projection on both sides of the drawer which runs in the respective guide. This projection is preferably located in the rear area of the drawer, preferably in the rear third in the depth direction of the drawer and preferably at the very back of the drawer. The projections are preferably projecting outwards and in particular are arranged on the drawer side walls.

If the guide is on the drawer and the projection on the shelf, the projection is preferably arranged in a front area of the inner container or another part that is stationary relative to the drawer and preferably in the third of the inner container, the shelf, etc.

In this case, the guide is preferably located on the outside on the two opposite side walls of the drawer.

As stated above, a preferred embodiment of the invention consists in that the projection or the guide is fastened to the storage shelf by a plug connection. So it is conceivable, for example, on the two opposite sides, i.e. right and left, put on a clip-on part on the shelf, in which the guide or the projection is located.

In a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that the mentioned shelf forms the support which prevents the drawer from tilting too much when pulled out. It is also conceivable that the support is formed by another part, for example by a part which is arranged on the storage shelf and, for example, is plugged onto it.

A part of the inner container can also be considered as a support.

The guide can have a stop which is designed such that it prevents the drawer from moving beyond the stop in the pull-out direction. This stop thus prevents the drawer from being accidentally pulled out completely from the cooled interior.

It is conceivable that the guide is designed as a groove and that the stop is formed by a closed groove end.

At this end of the groove abuts a projection which is moved relative to the guide when the drawer is pulled out or pushed in.

In a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that the guide and / or the stop is designed such that the drawer can be completely removed from the cooled interior. This can be realized, for example, by the guide being open in a partial area, so that the projection, which can be moved relative to the guide, can be removed from the guide and the entire drawer can thus also be removed from the cooled interior.

The present invention makes it possible to use the advantages of a drawer and at the same time to avoid major disadvantages with regard to the intervention or the inspection of the contents of the drawer.

Preferably, the drawer with its leading end, i.e. with its front end, slowly lowered and at the same time raised with its rear end.

As stated, a preferred variant of the invention consists in using push-on parts in which the guide is arranged and which are, for example, mounted on a glass plate. In order to optimize the sliding behavior, an optimal material pairing between guide and drawer can be selected with this version.

The guide can also be an integral part of the storage shelf.

If the guide, or the projection running in the guide, is not an integral part of the storage shelf, these are fastened to the storage shelf, for example, by form or force or material connection.

Figur 1:

eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Ablagebodens mit aufgesteckten Führungen,

Figur 2:

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Schublade mit seitlich vorstehenden Vorsprüngen,

Figur 3:

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Schublade mit Führungen im auf dem Ablageboden aufliegenden Zustand,

Figur 4:

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Schublade im ausgezogenen Zustand,

Figur 5:

eine Seitenansicht der Schublade im ausgezogenen Zustand mit dem die Führung fixierenden Innenbehälter,

Figur 6:

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Schublade im aus der Führung entfernten Zustand,

Figur 7:

eine weitere perspektivische Ansicht eines Ablagebodens mit aufgesteckten Führungen,

Figur 8:

eine schematische Seitenansicht der Schublade mit nach hinten ansteigendem Boden und

Figur 9:

eine weitere perspektivische Ansicht eines Ablagebodens mit aufgesteckten Führungen und frontseitig angeordneten Rollen.

Figuren 1-8

zeigen eine Ausführungsform aus dem Stand der Technik.

Further details and advantages of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:

Figure 1:

1 shows a perspective view of a storage shelf with attached guides,

Figure 2:

2 shows a perspective view of the drawer with projections projecting from the side,

Figure 3:

a perspective view of the drawer with guides in the state lying on the shelf,

Figure 4:

a perspective view of the drawer in the extended state,

Figure 5:

2 shows a side view of the drawer in the extended state with the inner container fixing the guide,

Figure 6:

2 shows a perspective view of the drawer when it is removed from the guide,

Figure 7:

another perspective view of a storage shelf with attached guides,

Figure 8:

a schematic side view of the drawer with the floor rising to the rear and

Figure 9:

another perspective view of a shelf with attached guides and rollers arranged on the front.

Figures 1-8

show an embodiment from the prior art.

Figure 1 shows with the reference numeral 10 a shelf, which can be designed for example in the form of a glass plate but can also have any other material. The shelf can be designed, for example, as a continuous plate or as a grate.

How this continues Figure 1 emerges, parts 20 are attached to the side of the shelf 10, each of which has a groove in which the right and left edge region or edge of the shelf 10 is received.

How this continues Figure 1 emerges, there are in each of these parts 20 a rising groove 22 which form the guides for receiving a projection of the drawer. The open sides of the grooves 22 on both sides face each other.

Out Figure 1 it can further be seen that the guide 22, which is designed as a groove, is arranged to rise over a substantial portion of its length, that is to say it rises from the rear to the front. In the foremost end region, which is identified by reference numeral 24, the groove 22 is open at the bottom, so that the drawer can be removed completely. The reference numeral 26 denotes a stop in the form of the groove or guide end. This prevents the drawer from being accidentally removed completely from the guide and thus falling down.

The reference numeral 25 denotes an insertion slope which rises towards the rear and which is used to insert the drawer 30.

Figure 2 shows the drawer 30 in a perspective view. The drawer 30 has a receiving space which is delimited by a base, a front, a rear wall and two side walls 32. A protrusion 34, which preferably represents an integral part of the drawer or the drawer side wall 32, extends from these walls 32 to the outside, ie facing away from the interior of the drawer.

Like this Figure 3 emerges, the projection 34 is received in the guide 22 in the inserted state of the drawer.

Like this Figure 2 the projection 24 is located at the rear, ie in the rearmost area of the side walls 32 of the drawer 30.

Figure 3 shows the state in which the drawer 30 is fully inserted. In this fully inserted state of the drawer 30, the projection 34 lies in the rear end of the groove or stationary guide 22.

The drawer 30 is otherwise on the shelf 10, which is preferably designed as a glass plate.

If the drawer 30 is now based on the in Figure 3 shown state moved to the right, ie pulled out of the cooled interior, due to the rising groove or guide 22, the rear area of the drawer is raised and at the same time the front area, ie the front area of the drawer is lowered. Since the drawer 30 rests on the front of the glass plate 10 or another storage shelf or support, a tilting movement thus occurs, by means of which the front of the drawer is lowered. The extent of this reduction can be individually designed depending on the device height. At the same time, there are no variants in the drawer.

Figure 4 shows the state in which the drawer 30 is fully extended. Like this Figure 4 can be seen, in this state the stop 34 is located at the front end region 26 of the groove or guide 22, as a result of which a further movement of the projection 34 is prevented, so that the drawer 30 cannot fall out of the cooled interior.

The front end portion 10 ', i.e. the front edge of the shelf 10 forms the support on which the drawer 30 rests, at least in the extended state, so that it does not tip down too far.

As stated above, it is conceivable that the guide is an integral part of the inner container. In this case, no special fixation of the leadership is required.

However, if the guide is not an integral part of the inner container, it must be ensured that the guide including the glass plate or the storage shelf does not tilt overall when the drawer 30 is aligned Figure 4 in the extended state. It is conceivable for the guide to be secured against tipping by the inner container or an inner container rib 100 or the like.

Like this Figure 5 a container rib 100 can secure the guidance from above, ie prevent an upward movement. In this case, the guide including the glass plate or the other storage shelf is secured in a recess 110 of the inner container. This results from, for example Figure 5 , This prevents the guide and the floor from moving up or tipping over.

If the drawer 30 is to be removed, the drawer is adjusted according to the state Figure 4 or 5 moved up front. This has the consequence that the projection 34 from the U-shaped groove end 26 or from the stop 26 is moved out and then the projections 34 can be removed from the guide through the downwardly open region 24.

The drawer 30 can thus be detached from the guide and removed from the device. When installing the drawer over the in Figure 1 Slant identified by reference numeral 25 is reintroduced. The stops 34 are thus pushed upwards along the bevel 25 and then pushed further back into the guide 22, so that the drawer is again received in the guide.

As already stated above, it is also conceivable not to arrange the stops but the guide on the drawer.

For this purpose, a guide can be placed, for example, on the side wall 32 or form an integral part of this side wall 32 of the drawer 30.

The protrusion or protrusions are then arranged in a stationary manner and can, for example, form an integral part of the inner container, a storage shelf or another part of the device. In this case too, the guidance increases from the back to the front. In this embodiment too, this arrangement of the guide means that when the drawer is pulled out, the rear area thereof is raised, while the front area is tilted downward.

In this case, the projection is preferably located in a front region of the storage shelf, the inner container or the like. In this case, in the inserted state, the stop is received in the region of the guide which is directed towards the front of the drawer.

Figure 7 shows a further perspective view of the shelf according to Figure 1 , the same elements being provided with the same reference numerals as in Figure 1 ,

Out Figure 8 shows an embodiment in which not the guide 22, but the drawer bottom B is inclined relative to the horizontal.

The guide 22 runs horizontally. In the in Figure 8 The state shown is the distance between the bottom B and the guide 22 in the rear area of the drawer 30, ie in the left area according to FIG Figure 8 smaller than in the front area of the drawer shown on the right.

A projection 34 arranged on the outside of the two drawer sides runs in the guide 22.

If the drawer is pulled out to the right from its illustrated inserted position, this results in the drawer 30 becoming increasingly inclined.

Out Figure 9 is finally a further development of the invention according to the embodiment Figure 1 seen. In addition to the guides, a bar L is attached to the front, which is provided with rollers R. These rollers are arranged on both sides, ie in front of both of the guides 22. The rollers R are located in the front area of the storage shelf 10 and from the point of view of the user standing in front of the device in front of the attached guides 20. When the drawer is pulled out, it runs on the rollers R. ,

Several roles can also be provided per side. The roles can be embedded in the bar L, as can be seen from the figure. However, they can also be arranged independently of such a bar.

Claims (6)

1. Refrigeration and/or freezer device, comprising
   a device body,
   a refrigerated interior space which is located in the device body,
   a drawer (30) which is located in the refrigerated interior space and which can be pulled out of the refrigerated interior space and can be inserted into said interior space,
   a guide (22), by means of which the drawer (30) is guided while being pulled-out and inserted, wherein
   the guide (22) is configured so that said guide rises from back to front in the pull-out direction of the drawer (30),
   the drawer (30) has a base which, in the inserted state of the drawer (30), has a smaller distance to the guide (22) in the rear region of the drawer (30) than in the front region of the drawer (30),
   a support is provided, on which the drawer (30) rests in the pulled-out state, wherein a protrusion (34) is provided, which is accommodated in the guide (22) and which is arranged so that it is moved relative to the guide (22) when the drawer (30) is pulled-out or inserted,
   wherein either the guide (22) is arranged on the drawer (30) and the protrusion (34) is arranged stationary on a storage base (10), or the protrusion (34) is located on the drawer (30) and the guide (22) is arranged stationary on a storage base (10),
   characterized in that
   the base of the drawer (30), in the inserted state thereof, ascends starting from the drawer front to the rear.
2. Refrigeration and or freezer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide (22) or the protrusion (34) is fastened to the storage base (10) by the plug connection.
3. Refrigeration and/or freezer device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage base (10) forms the support or that the support is arranged on the storage base (10), and/or in that the guide (22) is held on the interior container by a form-fit, which adjoins the refrigerated interior space.
4. Refrigeration and/or freezer device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide (22) comprises a stop (26), which is configured so that it prevents the movement of the drawer (30) beyond the stop (26), and/or in that a roll (R) is arranged in the front region of the pull-out path of the drawer (30).
5. Refrigeration and/or freezer device according to claim 4, characterized in that the guide (22) is configured as a groove (22), and in that the stop (26) is formed by the groove end (26).
6. Refrigeration and/or freezer device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that guide (22) and/or the stop (26) are configured so that the drawer (30) is completely removable out of the refrigerated interior space.

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