EP3077745A1

EP3077745A1 - Domestic refrigeration appliance comprising a horizontal partition in the interior

Info

Publication number: EP3077745A1
Application number: EP14805240.0A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Christoph Becke; Max Eicher; Klaus Försterling; Christine Hartwein; Andreas Kessler; Philipp Kleinlein; Ralph Staud; Thomas Tischer
Original assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2013-12-06
Filing date: 2014-11-26
Publication date: 2016-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 2034-11-26
Also published as: PL3077745T3; CN205980549U; WO2015082265A1; DE102013225094A1; EP3077745B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance (1) comprising an interior space (4, 5) for holding food, which is delimited by walls (3a, 3b) of an interior container (3), a horizontal partition (11) which is arranged in the interior space (3), and a door for closing the interior space (3), the partition (11) having a downwardly sloping platform (16) in the front part thereof, when seen in the depth direction of the domestic refrigeration device (1).

Description

Domestic refrigerator with a horizontal partition in the

inner space

The invention relates to a household refrigerator with an interior for receiving food, which is limited by walls of an inner container. In addition, the household refrigerating appliance comprises at least one partition wall arranged in the interior.

From WO 201 1/026749 A2 a refrigerator with a vegetable compartment is known. A bowl for receiving the vegetables can be introduced into the interior and taken out. This shell can be covered from above by a lid. At obliquely formed upper edges of the shell of the lid is in the closed state. Above the lid, a further plate is arranged, on which a front strip is formed, on which an operating element is movably positioned. The operating element can be displaced parallel to the front strip and is coupled with an inclined guide track in the form of a slot formed in the cover. Depending on this displacement of this slide then takes place a lifting of the lid, which is coupled via a corresponding mechanical coupling with the plate arranged above.

In addition, from DE 40 40 341 C2 a freshness box with a closable lid known. This box is also used in an interior of a household refrigerator.

In both known from the prior art embodiments, it is provided to store the refrigerated goods introduced therein, for example in the form of vegetables, salads, meat, fruits and the like from undesirable rapid drying out. The problems occurring in the context are already adequately explained in DE 40 40 341 C2.

The interior is fully occupied here and components are far forward. As a result, the space for the door and door racks in the closed state is limited. It is an object of the present invention to provide a household refrigerator, in which the space of the interior is utilized improved.

This object is achieved by a household refrigerator, which has the features of claim 1.

The invention relates to a household refrigerator with an interior for receiving food, which is limited by walls of an inner container. In addition, the household refrigerator comprises a horizontally oriented partition or partition which is arranged in the interior. Furthermore, the household refrigerator comprises a door for closing the interior. An essential idea of the invention is to be seen in the fact that the partition wall in a viewed in the depth direction of the household refrigeration appliance front area has viewed in the vertical direction of the household refrigeration device lowered down pedestal. As a result, the partition wall is stepped in its entire surface. By this configuration, the space of the interior is utilized improved and the arrangement of the components to each other can be made more flexible and compact.

It is preferably provided that the pedestal extends over the entire width of the partition wall. This can be done over the entire width of an improved use of space in the interior.

It is preferably provided that an upper side of the pedestal with a rear edge adjoins an obliquely upwardly and rearwardly oriented surface region of the dividing wall. This embodiment is specified on the one hand by the stepped top design of the partition and thus there is no discrete vertical transition. As a result, this surface area can also be used as a slide-on lamp for other components. In essence, however, this surface area in its orientation in space is advantageous in that it can be used for receiving further elements, for example a display unit. As a result of this inclination of the surface area, it is thus also possible for the perceived information to be improved to be perceived by a user and thus also by observers. Preferably, the display unit is for displaying a symbolic moisture content in a preservation container, which is arranged in the interior of the household refrigerator, formed.

It is preferably provided that the surface area extends over the entire width of the dividing wall. On the one hand, a uniform geometry is created here, which has little protrusions and corners and edges in the width direction.

It is preferably provided that the rear edge of the pedestal extends parallel to a front edge. As a result, a uniform rectangular top area of the pedestal is created, which is thus dimensioned equal in the depth direction and in the width direction respectively at the then opposite edges and thus a particularly notable lowering is formed with respect to an additional volume increase then generated.

It is preferably provided that a receiving space for a door racks on the door in the closed state of the door is limited by the pedestal from below and through the surface area from the rear. This lowering of the partition wall in the front area by generating the pedestal deeper with its upper side thus an increase in volume and an additional receiving space is created, which can be used in particular by a door racks on an inside of the door.

It can be provided that the front side lowered pedestal of the partition is designed by a material dilution and thus a thinner in the vertical direction design of the partition in comparison to the then other partition wall areas. As a result of this refinement, a dilution alone achieves a correspondingly equal growth behavior of the increase in volume for other components, in particular a door racks.

It is preferably provided that a wall part of the dividing wall adjoining the pedestal in the depth direction to the rear is made thicker in the vertical direction than the pedestal. As a result, the stability of the partition wall is increased, in particular when this wall part in the vertical direction extends both upwards and downwards further than the pedestal. It is preferably provided that air ducts for cooling air are formed in this rear wall part. As a result, in particular by means of a back-coupling of an air inflow, these can accordingly be guided in the dividing wall and be led out again at defined air outlet openings. The partition wall is thus a multifunctional component, which, in addition to a volume separation and possibly a functionality as a shelf for setting up other objects and / or food is also part of an air guide device. By integrating such air ducts, these are also minimized space and also protected accordingly against external forces, since they are quasi embedded and enclosed in this regard in the partition. It is preferably provided that the partition wall is a thermally insulating element, wherein it is preferably provided here that it has a casing which surrounds a thermally insulating material, for example a foam material. This creates a further functionality of this partition. It is preferably provided that at least one air outlet opening is formed on an underside of the partition wall at a transition between the pedestal and the wall part. As a result, a cooling air flow can be directed locally and directed downwards in a very targeted manner, and a freshness holding container, which is preferably arranged below the dividing wall, can be supplied with cooling air from above.

Preferably, it is provided that the household refrigerating appliance has a food storage container arranged in the interior, which has a drawer or tray and a cover arranged to cover the drawer, which is mounted with a storage device for opening and closing the drawer in the interior raised and lowered, is arranged under the partition directly above the lid. By this configuration and arrangement of the partition thus the full functionality of the Frischhaltebehälters and the movable lid is fully achieved and in the context then the partition also an additional shelf, so that immediately above the Frischhaltebehälters also a setting up of other components and food is possible without the lid would be directly affected then.

In particular, it is provided that the lid can be actuated by means of an operating element, this operating element being arranged on the pedestal of the dividing wall. As a result, a very exposed position of the operating element is given, which is easily accessible to a user and thus the control is fully and ergonomically operable. It is particularly advantageous if the operating element is arranged on the upper side of the pedestal and is thus accessible from above and in particular rotatable. For this purpose, a rotation about a vertical axis can be advantageously provided.

A preferred household refrigeration appliance comprises an interior for receiving food, which is bounded by walls of an inner container. In the interior, at least one freshness container is arranged, which is designed to hold food. The fresh food container has a shell. He also has a lid, which is designed to cover the shell. In addition, a storage device is formed, with which the lid for opening and closing of the shell is mounted in the interior raised and lowered. The household refrigerator also includes an operating element with which the lid can be actuated. In addition, a partition or a partition plate is provided, which is arranged directly above the lid in the interior and on which the operating element is arranged. The partition has on a side facing away from the top of a display unit for displaying the moisture content in the fresh container. By such a configuration, the user is basically informed about the moisture content, so that even if the position of the lid is not immediately and clearly visible, he is informed accordingly. Moreover, it is precisely through this specific exposed position that the information can be perceived and viewed by a user at any time and intuitively. Immediately when it is practically in the direction of the cling container with the door of the household refrigerator open and in the interior in the direction of Frischhaltebehälters looks, falls the information about the moisture content in the field of view.

It is preferably provided that the upper side of the dividing wall is uneven and the display unit is arranged in an obliquely upwardly and rearwardly oriented surface region of the upper side, which thus in particular represents, as it were, an inclined step section. This is a particularly noteworthy embodiment, since thus the visibility and visibility is improved again and just because of the position of the fresh food container in the interior and the line of sight of a user's eyes here is given a very advantageous angle to perceive the display.

Preferably, it is provided that the surface area is arranged offset backward relative to a front edge of the partition wall and extends parallel to the front edge. By this configuration and a rear settling also a certain impact protection is achieved, so that when removing food from the interior or when filling this display unit is not directly represents the leading edge on which then an object could abut. In addition, an additional space is created by this set-back arrangement just in embodiments in which are arranged in a door with respect to the vertical location site specific door space to between the recessed arrangement of the display unit and a front edge even with the door closed a door rack to contribute.

It is preferably provided that the display unit is formed in a diaphragm. This thus also represents a carrier and allows a further improved display capability and additionally improved visibility.

It is preferably provided that the diaphragm is arranged non-destructively releasably on the partition wall. Thereby, a separate component can be provided for maintenance purposes, cleaning purposes or replacement purposes, which then offers advantages in terms of the aforementioned properties. Last but not least, a certain type differentiation can take place by such a reversibly provided decrease and re-attachment, so that in different household appliance types or different brands even with otherwise identical parts a different aperture can be used.

It is preferably provided that the diaphragm is arranged embedded in a base part of the partition wall. As a result, it is arranged stable position and fits into the overall picture of the partition accordingly.

It is particularly advantageous that the panel is placed in the inserted state in the base with its top flush with an adjacent to the panel top of the base. Such a flush arrangement avoids unwanted edges and projections and also creates a very uniform, soothing image. This is also advantageous with respect to the above-mentioned embodiment, in which in this front region with the door closed, a door shelf can extend between the front edge and this obliquely upwardly projecting, raised surface area.

It is preferably provided that viewed in the depth direction of the household refrigerating appliance, the panel extends from a rear edge of the surface area to the front edge and forms a partial area of the front edge. The advantages already mentioned above are reaffirmed here.

It is preferably provided that the operating element is arranged in the surface area of the panel and, viewed in the depth direction of the household refrigerating appliance, is arranged in front of the inclined surface area. This creates a very compact design of the display and operating options. In addition, the visual range to the display unit is not affected by this specific position of the control element, and yet a user can perceive easily perceptible already in the operation of the control element and the moisture content indicator. In addition, it is precisely this local attachment of the control element for a user advantageous because it is thus easily accessible and ergonomically operable. It can be provided that the operating element is offset backwards relative to the front edge. However, it can also be provided that the operating element projects slightly beyond the front edge with a jacket wall. Especially when the control is a disc-shaped or discus-shaped control element, which can be rotated about a vertical axis, this can also be an advantageous embodiment. The user can then already produce an operation in the form of a rotational movement by frontally touching the jacket wall.

It is preferably provided that the display unit is designed for the symbolic display of the moisture content. This means that numerical values on the moisture content are not explicitly displayed, but that it is only possible to draw conclusions about the moisture content by a user via symbol information. Thus, in this context, a plurality of discrete objects or object elements can be present, which are then also assigned to a specific position of the lid and thus represent a moisture content generated. Thus, for example, with a closed lid and an activated air conditioning in this fresh food container, a high moisture content prevails. If the lid is moved to the fully open position, this is accompanied by a reduced moisture content. In addition, it is also possible to provide a third intermediate position, at least between the completely open position and the fully closed position, in which case an intermediate moisture content prevails in the freshness-keeping container.

This information is usually sufficient for a user to be able to decide on the basis of whether the lid should be raised or lowered and thus a humidity should be increased or decreased.

It is preferably provided that a plurality of separate objects is formed on the surface region and each object symbolizes a different moisture content, the object active for instantaneous clarification of the moisture content being color-coded individually. This is a further advantageous embodiment, since the user can then immediately and intuitively recognize by the color coding the moisture content to the effect whether the lid is open or closed and thus prevails a high or low humidity in the preservation container. It may be provided here that, for example, the majority of the objects are simple geometric elements which are then made identifiable by depositing a color element. On the other hand, on the other hand, concrete objects, such as vegetables or fruits, may also be displayed in a row on the display unit, which can then also be individually color-coded. In an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that the color coding of an object is dependent on the position of the lid. As a result, a coupling is created, which automatically performs a corresponding color change and marking of an object with the actuation of the control element and thereby taking place raising or lowering the lid. As a result, the user is immediately presented with appropriate information about the moisture content.

It is preferably provided that a change in the color coding is coupled to the actuation of the operating element and the associated adjustment of the lid, in particular simultaneously with the adjustment of the lid.

Further features of the invention will become apparent from the claims, the figures and the description of the figures. The features and feature combinations mentioned above in the description, as well as the features and combinations of features mentioned below in the description of the figures and / or shown alone in the figures, can be used not only in the respectively specified combination but also in other combinations or in isolation, without the frame to leave the invention. Thus, embodiments of the invention are to be regarded as encompassed and disclosed, which are not explicitly shown and explained in the figures, however, emerge and can be produced by separated combinations of features from the embodiments explained.

Embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to schematic drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a household refrigerator according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a food storage container according to a first embodiment; FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a preservation container and a dividing wall; FIG. and Fig. 4 is a perspective sectional view through an embodiment of a

Partition wall.

In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements are provided with the same reference numerals.

In Fig. 1, a household refrigerating appliance 1 is shown in an exemplary representation, which is designed as a refrigerated-freezer Kombigerät. The domestic refrigerator 1 comprises a body 2 with an inner container 3. The inner container 3 defines with its walls a first interior space, which is a refrigerated space 4, and a second interior space separated therefrom, which is a freezer compartment 5. The cooling space 4 is generally used for frost-free cooling of refrigerated goods, preferably at temperatures between + 4 ° C and + 8 ° C. However, the refrigerator 4 can also be designed as a zero-degree compartment, in particular for keeping fresh fruit or vegetables. The refrigerator 4 is accessible when the door 6 is open, which closes the room 4 at the front.

The freezer compartment 5 is generally used for freezing frozen food, for example, at -18 ° C. The freezer compartment 5 is accessible with the freezer compartment door 7 open. In the cooling chamber 4, a refrigerated goods or fresh food container 8 is mounted extendable, which is closed by means of a lid 9 mounted above the fresh food container 8. As shown, an additional cover 10, for example in the form of a glass shelf, can be arranged above the lid 9. The inner container 3 has two opposite vertical side walls 3a and 3b.

It is preferably provided that between the cover 9 and the cover 10, a partition wall 1 1 is arranged. Through this, the fresh food container 8 is separated from the remaining remaining partial volume of the interior or cooling space 4.

The lid 9 is mounted by means of a storage device 12 for opening and closing of the fresh food container 8 in the interior 4 liftable and lowered. Especially the storage device 12 comprises an operating element 13 with which the cover 9 can be actuated. The operating element 13 is rotatable about an axis for actuating the cover 9 on an actuating path and can be latched at least in a rotational position along the actuating path. The control element 13 is arranged in a space between the cover 9 and the partition wall 1 1 and extends only partially forward out of this gap, so that it is freely accessible to the door 6 and thus front and operated by a user. The arranged in the vertical direction and thus in the y direction above the lid 9 partition wall 1 1 is designed in the embodiment shown to the effect that it also serves as a support plate for the lid 9. The cover 9 is thus stored in this embodiment exclusively on this partition wall 1 1 and can be moved relative to this partition wall 1 1, to then be raised or lowered relative to a tray or a drawer 15 of the fresh storage container 8 to the open or closed To be able to adjust state of the fresh food container 8.

The freshness-keeping container 8 comprises the cover 9 and the drawer 15. The horizontal partition plate or partition 1 1 comprises a base body or base 14 and a plate-like element detachably and non-destructively releasably attachable to the base 14 in the form of a panel 21 on a pedestal 16 The base part 14 comprises a front edge 17 and an in the depth direction (z-direction) with respect to the front edge 17 rearwardly offset, obliquely upwardly and rearwardly oriented surface area 18. In this regard, a diagonal step is formed. This inclined surface region 18 is formed in a substantially strip-like manner and extends in particular over the entire width of the base part 14 and is formed on an upper side 19, which faces away from the cover 9. An aperture 20 is embedded in this base part 14, so that a top side 21 of the panel 20 is arranged flush with a top side 22, which represents a partial area of the top side 19. The panel 20 is thus arranged flush in the base 14 in the region of the front side in the vertical direction lowered pedestal. In addition, the panel 20 extends over the entire depth of this pedestal 16 and also the adjoining back, obliquely backwards and upwards oriented surface area 18. A front side 23 of the panel 20 forms a portion of the front edge 17th

In addition, a display unit 24 is formed in the aperture 20, by means of which a symbolic representation of a display of a moisture content in the fresh food container 8 can be displayed. For this purpose, in the exemplary embodiment, symbols are formed on the region of the diaphragm 20 which is oriented obliquely upwards and rearwards through the surface region 18. In the exemplary embodiment, three different object elements or objects 25, 26 and 27 are shown, which are associated with three different explicit positions of the lid 9 relative to the drawer 15. Thus, these respective lid positions specifying and associated moisture contents in the preservation container 8 are symbolized symbolically. The objects 25 to 27 can be printed on the panel.

In addition, the operating element 13 can be seen, which, viewed in the direction of the depth, is positioned between the front edge 17 and the surface area 18 and is thus accessible from above. By operating the operating element 13, the cover 9 is adjusted via a particularly exclusively mechanical interaction and coupling. The cover 9 can also be mounted on a bearing device 12, which is formed exclusively on the walls 3a and 3b. He can be adjusted positionally in a lifting and sliding movement. For this purpose, corresponding bearing elements of the bearing device 12 can be arranged obliquely backwards and upwards on the walls 3a and 3b.

With the adjustment of the lid 9 relative to the drawer 15 and the moisture content in the preservation container 8 is then changed. In the exemplary embodiment, it is provided that the symbolic display of the moisture content changes automatically with the adjustment of the lid 9 and to at least one of the objects 25 to 27 is marked differently in color. For this purpose, for example, a color slider can be automatically coupled coupled with the operation of the control element 13 and to the object are highlighted. This allows an observer then intuitive and instantly recognizable the information of the symbolic moisture content by the color information and defined deposit recognize. If the position of the lid 9 is then changed again by actuating the operating element 13, then preferably the color coding of one or more of the objects 25 to 27 also automatically changes again.

In Fig. 3, an alternative embodiment of the partition wall 1 1 is shown in a perspective view. In contrast to the embodiment in Fig. 2, the aperture 20 is formed over the entire width of the partition wall 1 1 here. In addition, it is provided here that the control element 13, which is embedded in the panel 20, extends beyond the front edge 17 and thus also the front edge 23 to the front and thus front side accessible on its shell side and can be touched. The shell side 13a is thus exposed like a segment towards the front.

In addition, as objects 25, 26 and 27 geometric recesses, such as rectangles, may be formed in a row next to each other and arranged behind a color slider, which is in particular also coupled to the control element 13 and depending on its operation displaced. In this way, individual symbolic information about the moisture content in the fresh food container 8 assigned by the color coding of these geometric shapes can also be conveyed.

It can be provided that the diaphragm 20 is formed from a transparent material, for example glass, or a plastic. The panel 20 may be snapped or latched or plugged into the base 14. As a result of the obliquely rearward and upward orientation of the surface region 18, a presentation slope for the display unit is virtually configured.

In Fig. 4 is a perspective sectional view of an example of the partition 1 1 is shown. The pedestal 16 has the top 22, which is lower in the vertical direction and thus in the y-direction than the top 19 of a wall portion 28 of the partition 1 1. The top 22 is rectangular and extends in the horizontal xz plane. The wall part 28 represents the area of the partition wall 1 1, which connects in the depth direction to the pedestal 16 to the rear. A rear edge 16a forms the rear boundary of the pedestal 16, this rear edge 16a terminating in the surface area 18 and adjacent thereto. As can be seen in Fig. 4, the pedestal 16 is dimensioned thinner in the vertical direction than the wall portion 28, wherein it is formed so that in the embodiment, the wall portion 28 in both the positive y-direction and in the negative y-direction respectively extends further than the pedestal 16. In the wall portion 28, moreover, at least one air duct 29 is formed. This one is integrated in it. Air is preferably introduced into a rear area in the wall part 28 and thus also in this rear area opening air duct 29. At a transition 30 between the pedestal 16 and the wall portion 28, an air outlet opening 31 of the air duct 29 is formed on a bottom 32.

Through the upper side 22 and the surface area 18, a volume space 33 delimited in the downward and rearward direction is formed as a receiving space, in which, when the door 5 is closed, a door rack 34 (FIG. 1) extends into it. The door rack 34 thus overlaps in the depth direction and thus in the z-direction with the pedestal 16 and overlaps in the vertical direction and thus in the y-direction with the wall portion 28. As indicated in Fig. 4 by way of example, the pedestal 16 is measured in z- Direction preferably between 80 mm and 150 mm, in particular between 90 mm and 1 10 mm, in particular 100 mm.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 household refrigerator

2 corpus

3 inner container

3a vertical side wall

3b vertical side wall

4 refrigerator

5 freezer room

6 door

7 freezer door

8 food containers

9 lids

10 cover

1 1 partition

12 storage device

13 control element

13a shell side

14 basic part

15 drawer

16 podium

16a rear edge

17 front edge

18 surface area

19 top

20 aperture

21 top

22 top

23 front

24 display unit

25 icon

26 icon

27 icon 28 wall part

29 air duct

30 transition

31 air outlet opening

32 bottom

33 recording volume

34 door racks

Claims

claims

1 . Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) with an interior (4, 5) for receiving

Food, which is bounded by walls (3a, 3b) of an inner container (3), and with a horizontally oriented partition (1 1), which is arranged in the interior (3), and with a door (5) for closing the interior (4, 5), by

characterized in that the partition (1 1) in a depth direction of the

Household refrigeration appliance (1) seen front area has a lowered podium down (16).

2. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that extending the pedestal (16) over the entire width of the partition (1 1).

3. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that an upper side (22) of the pedestal (16) with a rear edge (16 a) to an obliquely upwardly and rearwardly oriented surface region (18) of the partition wall (1 ) adjoins.

4. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the rear edge (16 a) extends parallel to a front edge (17).

5. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the surface area (18) over the entire width of the partition wall (1 1) extends.

6. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to one of claims 3 to 6, characterized

characterized in that by the pedestal (16) from below and through the

Surface area (18) from the rear a receiving volume (33) for a door rack (34) of the door (5) in the closed state of the door (5) is limited and the door rack (34) extends into the receiving volume (33).

7. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the depth direction to the rear of the pedestal (16) adjoining wall portion (28) of the partition wall (1 1) is formed thicker in the vertical direction, as the pedestal (16).

8. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that in the wall part (28) air ducts (29) are formed for cooling air.

9. domestic refrigeration appliance (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that at least one Luftausströmöffnung (31) on a lower side (32) of the partition wall (1 1) at a transition (30) between the pedestal (16) and the wall part (28) is trained.

10. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a in the interior (4, 5) arranged Frischhaltebehälter (8) for food, which has a drawer (15) and a for covering the

Drawer (15) arranged lid (9), which with a

Storage device (12) for opening and closing the drawer (15) in the interior (4, 5) is mounted raised and lowered, and the partition wall (1 1) directly above the lid (9) is arranged.

1 1. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that it has control element (13), with which the lid (9) is actuated, and the

Operating element (13) on the pedestal (16) is arranged.

12. Domestic refrigerating appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the partition wall (1 1) at least partially comprises a shell which is filled with a thermally insulating material.