EP3315884A1 - Container valve assembly for a beverage dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

A container-valve assembly for use in a refrigerator includes a reservoir (22) and a valve (29, 29 ') disposed on the bottom (61) of the reservoir. At least one closing body (40) of the valve (29, 29 ') is releasably connected to the container (22). The closing body (40) can be tilted about a pivot point between a closed position adjoining a valve seat (41, 41 ') and an open position.

Description

The present invention relates to a container-valve assembly for a beverage dispenser, which is suitable for dispensing various drinks, and a refrigeration device having a beverage dispenser with such an assembly. In order for a beverage dispenser to be used for beverages other than water, it must be possible to disassemble the assembly so that the valve can be cleaned. A refrigeration device and a container-valve assembly in which the container and valve are releasably screw-connected, are out CN 103 48 665 A known.

In this known container-valve assembly is a closing body via a driven by a cam mechanism displacement of a valve seat is detachable to tap beverage. In order to supply the beverage, after passing through the valve seat, to an outlet movable with the closing body, two telescopically intermeshing sleeves are arranged downstream of the valve seat. If the movement of the closing body is not an exact translation, there is a risk that the sleeves will tilt against each other and the valve will not close again tightly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simply constructed and reliably functioning container-valve assembly.

The object is achieved by providing in a container-valve assembly for use in a refrigerator, with a container and a valve disposed at the bottom of the valve, at least one closing body is detachably connected to the container, the closing body between a valve seat on a adjacent closed position and an open position about a pivot point is tilted.

The term pivot point can be understood in particular that the closing body always touches the valve seat at the pivot point. In other words, that the closing body is in contact with the valve seat in the closed position and the closing body is in contact with the valve seat also in the open position. The pivot point can therefore also be used as a contact point or contact area or touch point or Touch area are understood. The closing body is in particular movable about the pivot point relative to the closing body or tiltable or pivotable.

The releasable connection between the closing body and the container can be ensured by an adapter portion, on which the closing body is movable, in particular pivotable about the pivot point, mounted and which in turn is detachably connected to the container.

According to a first embodiment of the invention, the adapter portion is screwed to the bottom of the container. Preferably, the adapter portion and the container for this complementary threads. To reduce the amount of rotation required to secure the adapter portion, a bayonet coupling may be provided instead of a screw thread.

According to a second embodiment, the adapter portion is slidably guided along a bottom of the container by rails. In particular, a simple linear displacement of the adapter portion may be sufficient to anchor the adapter portion to the container or to detach the adapter portion from the container. In a rail guided adapter section, a valve comprising laterally against the valve seat staggered parts, can be accommodated to save space.

The rails may, in particular, comprise grooves or tongues which extend on two mutually parallel walls of the adapter section and which can cooperate with complementary tongues or grooves on the bottom of the container. In other words, there may be a tongue and groove connection between adapter section and container.

In particular, the valve seat may be formed in the adapter section. Advantageously, the valve seat can also be separated from the container and cleaned in this case.

According to a simplified embodiment, the valve seat may also be part of the container.

To ensure a safe closing, the closing body should be acted upon by a spring in the closed position.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the above-mentioned pivot point can be a point of the valve seat itself, which still touches the closing body in the open position.

In particular, in this embodiment, the valve seat extending annularly around an opening of a base plate, the closing body and a cap can be arranged on different sides of the base plate and connected via a extending through the opening connecting element sein.Die spring, to the closing body against the valve seat to be compressed between the cap and the base plate. The connecting element may be a pin.

The base plate may be part of the adapter portion or part of the container here.

To completely disassemble the valve and in particular to be able to expose the valve seat for cleaning, the cap and the closing body should be releasably connected via the connecting element, in particular screw-connected.

To open the valve, an actuating portion may be provided which protrudes from the closing body in the direction of flow of the valve. By the actuating portion is deflected transversely to the flow direction, the closing body is tilted, thereby opening the valve. The longer the lever arm of this operating portion, the more favorable the ratio between the force required to open the valve and the sealing force with which the closing body is pressed in the closed state against the valve seat.

To collect the beverage passing the valve lossless and to guide it into a collecting vessel held under the valve, a cup-shaped element attached to the operating section and having an outlet opening for the beverage in the cup bottom is helpful.

In order to ensure that beverage passing through the opening passes completely into the cup-shaped element, a web extending around the valve seat can be provided, which engages in the cup-shaped element.

According to an alternative preferred embodiment, the pivot point is formed by an axle mounted on the adapter section.

The closing body can here form an arm of a two-armed lever, which is pressed by the fact that the spring between a second arm of the lever and the bottom of the container is compressed to the valve seat.

A shaft extending along the axis may be an independent component or component of the adapter section; preferably it is part of the lever. In the latter case, the shaft may be extended out of the adapter section and carry at least one lever arm exposed outside the adapter section, via which the lever for opening the valve can be actuated.

At the bottom of the container, a sleeve may be formed, which receives the closing body to deflect in the open position of the valve and passing laterally between the valve seat and closing body hindurchtretendes beverage down. The axis can be stored in notches of this sleeve.

The sleeve may also receive the spring biased second arm of the lever.

In particular, the container may have at least one base which projects from the bottom down to below the valve. Advantageously, the container can be placed in this case on any flat surface, even outside the refrigerator, without having to be expected with an unintentional opening of the valve.

In particular, the container may have a lid on its upper side opposite the bottom. Advantageously, this facilitates the cleaning and refilling of the container.

The invention further relates to a refrigerator, in particular a household refrigeration appliance, with a heat-insulating housing which surrounds a storage compartment for refrigerated goods and has at least one passage between the storage compartment and a lying outside the heat-insulating housing Dispensernische, and in which a container-valve assembly of type described above in the storage compartment passing through the passage is releasably mounted.

Preferably, a control paddle is arranged on a rear wall of the dispenser niche and coupled to the valve, so that the valve is opened by pressing against the control paddle.

The coupling between the control paddle and valve may consist in that the control paddle itself forms an arm of a two-armed lever, the second arm of which acts on the actuating portion or on the lever arm exposed outside the adapter portion.

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Außenansicht einer Türbaugruppe eines erfindungsgemäßen Kältegeräts;

Fig. 2

einen horizontalen Schnitt durch die Türbaugruppe in Höhe von darin montierten Getränkebehältern

Fig. 3

einen Schnitt durch die Türbaugruppe in Höhe einer Dispensernische;

Fig. 4

eine zu Fig. 1 analoge Ansicht der Türbaugruppe ohne Behälter;

Fig. 5

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Tür von ihrer Innenseite her;

Fig. 6

einen Schnitt durch eine Behälter-Ventil-Baugruppe;

Fig. 7

das Ventil der Behälter-Ventil-Baugruppe in offener Stellung;

Fig. 8

eine Behälter-Ventil-Baugruppe mit einer Variante des Ventils;

Fig. 9

eine Behälter-Ventil-Baugruppe gemäß einer weiteren Ausgestaltung in auseinandergezogener Ansicht;

Fig. 10

das Ventil der Baugruppe aus Fig. 9 im Schnitt;

Fig. 11

das Ventil in Seitenansicht; und

Fig. 12

ein Kältegerät mit einer abgewandelten Abdeckung in offener Stellung.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying figures. Show it:

Fig. 1

an external perspective view of a door assembly of a refrigerator according to the invention;

Fig. 2

a horizontal section through the door assembly in the amount of beverage containers mounted therein

Fig. 3

a section through the door assembly at the level of a dispenser niche;

Fig. 4

one too Fig. 1 analogue view of the door assembly without container;

Fig. 5

a perspective view of the door from its inside;

Fig. 6

a section through a container-valve assembly;

Fig. 7

the valve of the container-valve assembly in the open position;

Fig. 8

a container-valve assembly with a variant of the valve;

Fig. 9

a container-valve assembly according to another embodiment in exploded view;

Fig. 10

the valve of the assembly Fig. 9 on average;

Fig. 11

the valve in side view; and

Fig. 12

a refrigeration device with a modified cover in the open position.

In Fig. 1 form a door assembly 1 and a part only shown body 2, a housing of a household refrigerator, which surrounds a storage compartment for refrigerated goods. The door assembly 1 is hinged to the body 2 about an axis 3 pivotally.

The door assembly 1 comprises a storage compartment closing door 4 in the strict sense and a cover 5 which is pivotable relative to the door 4 about the same axis 3. In the view of Fig. 1 the door 4 is covered for the most part by the cover 5.

The cover 5 comprises a window pane 6 of clear or tinted glass or plastic, here enclosed by an opaque frame 7. An upper bar of the frame 7 is L-shaped in section, with a leg 8 extending vertically upwards from the window pane 6 and a leg 9 angled away from an upper edge of the leg 8 towards the body 2, extending over an upper flank of the door 4. Similarly, a right-hand ledge of the frame comprises a width from the right edge of the window pane 6 in the width direction of the door assembly 1 extending leg 10 and a body angled leg 11, however, is divided into two by a handle recess 12 into an upper and a lower half. A center piece 13 of the handle recess 12 extends from the edge into the leg 10 into it.

Fig. 2 shows a horizontal section through the door assembly 1 along a plane that runs at the level of the handle recess 12 just above the center piece 13. The door 4 includes in a conventional manner fixed outer and inner walls 14, 15, which are connected along their edges to form a filled with heat-insulating foam 16 cavity. Here is in outer and inner walls 14, 15 each cut an opening into which an insulating glass pane 17 is inserted and with the walls 14, 15 is tightly connected. In a lateral edge of the door 4, a sideways open handle groove 18 is recessed. On its side facing the cover 5, the grip groove 18 is bounded by a web 19. The leg 10 of the cover projects laterally over the web 19, so that a user who in the handle recess 12 at the level of the cutting plane of the Fig. 2 engages the legs 10 of the cover 5 gets to take, but not necessarily the web 19 of the door 4, so he, when he draws the leg 10 to himself, the cover 5 pivots about the axis 3, but not the door 4th ,

By pivoting only the cover 5 about the axis 3, a dispenser 20 is accessible, which is recessed in a lower part of the door 4 and in Figure 3 in a horizontal section through the door assembly 1 is shown.

In the amount of the center piece 13, however, the edge of the leg 10 is flush with the web 19, so that a user who engages in the amount of the center, engages in the grip groove 18 and so the entire door assembly 1 pivots about the axis 3, and a storage compartment 21 for refrigerated goods inside the body 2 is accessible.

Fig.2 shows in section a plurality of beverage containers 22, which are housed in one of the insulating glass pane 17 and adjoining these flanks of the inner wall 15 of the door 4 and the storage compartment 21 toward open niche 23 are housed. The beverage containers 22 fill the niche 23 in the width direction substantially free of play. As in Fig. 1 can be seen, the beverage container 22 through the insulating glass pane 17 and the window pane 6 through visible. They may be provided with a label indicative of their contents, through the discs 6, 17 visible. Preferably, the beverage containers 22 are made of a transparent plastic, so that the color and level of its contents are visible through the discs 6, 17 therethrough.

Beneath each beverage container 22, a control paddle 45 is mounted in the dispensing niche 20, which in a later explained manner serves to open a valve and to fill a vessel pressed against the control paddle 45 in the dispensing niche 20 with beverage from the overlying container 22 ,

Fig. 4 shows a view of the door assembly 1 from the same perspective as Fig. 1 but without the beverage containers 22, so that through the insulating glass pane 17, a bottom plate 24 of the niche 23 is visible, which would otherwise be covered by the beverage containers 22. The bottom plate 24 has to each beverage container 22 on a passage 25 which connects the niche 23 with the underlying dispenser 20.

At a rear edge of the bottom plate 24 projects an intermediate wall 26 which delimits the niche 23 from the storage compartment 21. Beyond the intermediate wall 26, a door rack 27 is suspended on the inner wall 15.

Fig. 5 shows a view of the storage compartment 21 facing inside of the door assembly 1. The beverage containers 22 are received in the niche 23 with sufficient play in the vertical, so that they raised in the niche 23, possibly tilted and over the intermediate wall 26 away from the niche 23 can be removed.

In order to facilitate the insertion and removal of the substantially cuboid beverage container 22 from the niche 23, these are each provided on its the intermediate wall 26 facing the rear side with a handle 28, here in the form of a over the entire width of the beverage container 22 extending projection which is hollow on its underside to allow the intervention of a user's fingers.

Fig. 6 shows a vertical section through one of the beverage container 22 and a valve 29 which is connected to the beverage container 22 to a container-valve assembly 30. The beverage container 22 comprises a preferably transparent plastic molded cuboid container base 31, the open top is closed by a lid 32. The lid 32 seals here by a projection of the lid 32 engages the container base 31 and frictionally abuts the inner sides of the walls.

At the bottom of the container base 31, an outlet nozzle 33 is integrally formed, which, when the beverage container 22 is mounted in the recess 23 and rests on the bottom plate 24, engages in the passage 25. The outlet nozzle 33 has an external thread, onto which an adapter section 34 of the valve 29 is screwed. The diameter of the adapter portion 34 is sized to fill the passage 25 over its entire cross-section, thus keeping the relatively warm air of the dispenser niche 20 away from the bottom of the container bottom 31, thus minimizing heat transfer from that air to the contents of the beverage container 22.

The adapter portion 34 has a base plate 35, which covers the lower end of the outlet 33 and at the top in the screwed-on state, the contents of the beverage container 22 is present. Through a central opening 36 of the base plate 35, a connecting element 37 extends. The connecting element is a pin in this embodiment. On the upper end of the pin 37, a cap 38 is screwed, and a coil spring 39 is elastically compressed between the cap 38 and the top of the base plate 35. At a central portion of the pin 37, a circular disk-shaped closing body 40 is fixed, which is held pressed by the tension of the coil spring 39 around the opening 36 tightly against a valve seat 41 on the underside of the base plate 35. The valve seat 41 is surrounded by a web 42 which projects from the base plate 35 downwards.

The lower end of the pin 37 forms an actuating portion 58, at the lower end of a cup-shaped member 43 is attached. In the mounted state, the element 43 protrudes from above into the dispensing niche 20. An exhausted contents passage of the container 22 is formed at the bottom of the element 43. The - possibly formed of several individual openings - passage is outside the cutting plane of the Fig. 6 and is therefore not in the Fig. 6 visible, noticeable. In Fig. 6 it can be seen that a drip edge 59 surrounds the passage. A circumferential wall 44 of the element 43 around the bottom overlaps vertically with the web 42, but does not contact the web 42 or the base plate 35, so that it does not hinder tilting of the closing body 40 into the open position. The diameter of the cup-shaped element 43 is no greater than that of the adapter portion 34, so that when the container 22 is empty, the complete container-valve assembly 30 can be raised until the element 43 is in the niche 23 and can be removed from this towards the storage compartment 21 out.

This in Fig. 6 also shown in section control paddle 45 forms an arm of a about a plane perpendicular to the cutting axis 46 against the force of a return spring pivotable two-armed lever. A second arm 47 of the lever is shaped and dimensioned to press, when the control paddle 45 is deflected by a vessel pressed against it, from the lateral direction against the cup-shaped element 43. When the element 43 is deflected, the pin 37 tilts about a pivot point 60 on the valve seat 41, and the closing body 40 is released, as in Fig. 7 shown off the pivot point 60 on a portion of its circumference from the valve seat 41. The valve 29 is now open. The web 42 ensures that liquid passing therethrough can not escape laterally from the valve 29 between the base plate 35 and the upper edge of the cup-shaped element 43, but collects in the cup-shaped element 43 and flows out through the passage into the vessel.

The location of the pivot point 60 on the valve seat 41 is not determined by the structure of the valve 29, but only by the direction in which the element 43 is pushed to the side. Therefore, the correct functioning of the valve 29 is not dependent on how far it is screwed onto the outlet port 33; it works in any orientation and can therefore always be screwed on just as far as required for a tight connection to the outlet port 33.

When the empty container 22 has been removed, it can be disassembled in a few steps into individual parts that can be easily cleaned in a dishwasher. In particular, at the valve 29, after it has been unscrewed from the container base 31, the cap 38 are unscrewed from the pin 37, whereupon the pin 37 together with the closing body 40 from the adapter portion 34 dissolves and all come into contact with a beverage or liquid surfaces for Rinse off. The cup-shaped element 43 may also be unscrewable from the pin 37 in order to facilitate access to the interior of the cup-shaped element 43 which is largely closed during use by the closing body 40.

The passages 25 in the bottom plate 24 form in comparison to the foam layer of the door 3, through which they extend, although here inevitably a weak point of thermal insulation, but this falls in the refrigerator according to the invention is of little importance, since the cover 5 a free exchange of air between the dispensing niche 20 and the environment of the refrigeration device prevents and for this reason, when the cover 5 is not pivoted aside to access the dispenser 20, in the latter sets a much lower temperature than in the environment.

In order to achieve the greatest possible temperature difference between the dispenser 20 and the environment, the cover 5 itself with a foamed thermal barrier coating 48 (s. Fig. 2, 3rd ), and the window pane 6 may be formed according to the insulating glass as a double or multiple glazing with heat-insulating gas filling between the glass plates. Further, similar to a conventional magnetic seal 49 between the door 4 and the body 1 - a seal 50, preferably attached to the inside of the cover 5 may be provided which in the closed position of the cover 5 around the dispenser 20 around between the cover 5 and the door 4 is clamped and thus prevents any air exchange between the dispenser 20 and the environment via a gap 51 between the cover 5 and 4 door.

Fig. 8 shows a cross section through the lower part of a container-valve assembly, which differs from the above with respect to 6 and 7 differs described in several independently realizable details.

A first of these details is that the arrangement of closing body 40 and cap 38 is reversed. The closing body 40 is here at an end of the pin 37 facing the container 22; the cap 38 acted upon by the helical spring 39, on the other hand, faces away from the container so that the helical spring 39 is not constantly in contact with the contents of the container.

In a second detail, the cap 38 and the cup-shaped element 43 are fused into a single component.

According to a third detail, instead of the cap 38, the closing body 40 is screwed to the pin 37.

Fourth, the adapter portion 34 is omitted, the base plate 35, on which the valve seat 41 'is located, and the web 42 engaging in the cup-shaped member 42 are here an integral part of the container 22. Each of these features contributes to the measure, in the valve 29 protrudes from a bottom 61 of the container 22 down, can be reduced.

Fifth, a plurality of feet 62 are molded to the floor 61, here e.g. in the form of arranged at the corners of the bottom 61 L-profiles. The feet 62 jump down so far that the valve 29 completely fits between them. The container 22 can therefore be e.g. be placed on a table to fill it from above, without the valve 29 could open under the load of the container contents.

Fig. 9 shows, upside down and in an exploded view, a container-valve assembly 30 'according to a second embodiment of the invention. A beverage container 22 of the assembly 30 'comprises a cuboid container bottom part 31, which is formed from preferably transparent plastic and whose open upper side is closed by a lid 32. The lid 32 seals by a projection of the lid 32 engages the container base 31 and frictionally applied to the inner sides of the walls.

At the bottom 61 of the container base 31, a short tubular outlet nozzle 33 is integrally formed. A lower end of the outlet nozzle 33 forms a valve seat 41 'of a valve 29'. Around the outlet port 33 around a sleeve 63 which also integrally connected to the bottom 61 extends. The sleeve 63 has an elongated base. Two side walls 64 of the sleeve 63 extend parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction. They each have a downwardly open cutout 65.

On both sides of the side walls are two ribs 66 from the bottom 61. The ribs 66 have a hook-shaped cross section and together define two longitudinally extending grooves 67 which are open towards the side walls 64.

A third hook-shaped rib 68 is disposed opposite an end wall 69 of the sleeve, transverse to the ribs 66, and defines a groove 70 open towards the end wall 69. The distance between it and the end wall 69 is greater than that between the ribs 66 and theirs opposite side walls 64.

At the edges of the bottom 61 feet 62 are formed. The feet 62 could, for example, as with reference to Fig. 8 mentioned, be arranged at the corners of the bottom 61 L-profiles; in the presentation of the Fig. 9 are ever two such L-profiles merged into a C-profile.

The cutouts 65 divide the sleeve 63 in two halves, one towards the center of the bottom 61, which receives the outlet port 33, and one adjacent to an edge of the bottom 61. This latter half has room for a coil spring 39.

The cutouts 65 are provided to receive a shaft 71 of a two-armed lever 72. From a central portion of the shaft 71 are two lever arms 73, 74 from. When the shaft 71 is placed in the cutouts 65, both lever arms 73, 74 find space within the sleeve 63. The lever arm 73 and a sealing ring 75 mounted thereon form a closing body 40 of the valve 29 '. The compressed between the bottom 61 and the lever arm 74 coil spring 39 holds the closing body 40 against the valve seat 41 'is pressed.

At the on both sides of the sleeve 63 on the side walls 64 protruding ends of the shaft 71, two further lever arms 76 are formed, which, as described in more detail later, interact with the control paddle 45 of the dispenser 20.

The cohesion of the valve 29 'and the container 22 is ensured by an adapter portion 34'. The adapter portion 34 'here has the shape of an elongated box with open top, longitudinal walls 77, end walls 78, 79 and a bottom plate 80, in which an outlet port 81 is located. The box is sized to receive the sleeve 63 with play in its longitudinal direction. On the longitudinal walls 77 of the box are two short springs 82, another spring 83 is located at the in Fig. 9 facing away from the viewer end wall 79. The longitudinal walls 77 each have an open-edge cutout 84.

When the end wall 79 of the adapter portion 34 'and the end wall 69 of the sleeve 63 touch each other, the adapter portion 34' so far over the sleeve 63 are slipped so that its walls 77, 78, the bottom 61 touch. By subsequently displacing the adapter portion 34 'in the longitudinal direction, the springs 82 move into the grooves 67 and the spring 83 into the groove 70. Thus, the adapter portion 34 'is anchored to the container 22.

Fig. 10 shows the lower part of the container-valve assembly 30 ', this time in normal orientation, in a section along a plane extending centrally between the side walls 64 of the sleeve 63 in the longitudinal direction thereof. By the cutouts 65, 84 overlap with each other, they form on both sides of the lever arms 73, 74 bearings in which the lever 72 is pivotally supported about an axis 85. Fig. 10 shows the lever 72 in an open position in which the closing body 40 from the valve seat 41 'spaced and the coil spring 39 is highly compressed.

Fig. 11 shows the mounted in the refrigerator container-valve assembly 30 'in a side view, also in the open position. The control paddle 45 associated with the assembly 30 'forms a lever arm of a two-armed lever pivotable about an axis 87. The second lever arm is forked into two tines 88, which engage around the adapter portion 34 'on both sides. By a in the Dispensernische 20 against the control paddle 45 depressed vessel 86, the lever is deflected about the axis 87 in the counterclockwise direction. As a result, the prongs 88 press the lever arms 76 and keep the valve 29 'open. Once the control paddle 45 is released, the coil spring 39 drives the valve 29 'back to the closed position.

To disassemble and clean the valve 29 ', it is sufficient to move the adapter portion 34' so that the engagement between the springs 82, 83 and 67, 70 is lost again.

At the in Fig. 12 shown refrigerator includes the housing as in the case of Fig. 1 a door assembly 1 of door 4 and cover 5, and a body 2. The cover 5 is here a rectangular flat plate, preferably made of safety glass, which covers the door 4 in the closed position. In a central region 52, the plate is transparent, so that in the closed position of the cover, the insulating glass pane 17 and the dispenser niche 20 are visible through the central region 52 therethrough. Behind the insulating glass pane are the containers 22 of several container-valve assemblies as described above. An edge region 53 may be provided with an opaque coating, which in the closed position z. B. fittings 54 hides over which the cover 5 is connected to the door 4. The gasket 50, when present, is adhered to the inside of the coating of the edge portion 53.

The side facing away from the fittings 54 side edge 55 of the cover is straight here. In a lying in the closed position behind the edge 55 edge 56 of the door 4, a handle groove 18 is formed, and a web 19 which extends between the handle groove 18 and the front of the door 4 is interrupted in a central portion 57. If a user grasps around the edge 55 at the level of this central portion 57, he does not get hold of the door 4, so that he can only open the cover 5. If, on the other hand, he grasps above or below the middle section 57 around the edge 55, he does not grasp the rear side of the cover 5, because he is covered by the web 19. In this case, his fingers can only be found behind the web 19 in the handle groove 18, and the entire door assembly is pivoted away from the body 2.

reference numeral

1

door assembly

2

corpus

3

axis

4

door

5

cover

6

windowpane

7

frame

8th

leg

9

leg

10

leg

11

leg

12

handle recess

13

centerpiece

14

outer wall

15

inner wall

16

cavity

17

insulating glass pane

18

handle groove

19

web

20

Dispensernische

21

warehouse specialist

22

beverage containers

23

niche

24

baseplate

25

passage

26

partition

27

door racks

28

Handle

29

Valve

30

Container-valve assembly

31

Container bottom

32

cover

33

outlet

34

adapter section

35

baseplate

36

opening

37

Connecting element, pin

38

cap

39

coil spring

40

closing body

41

valve seat

42

web

43

cup-shaped element

44

wall

45

operating paddle

46

axis

47

poor

48

thermal barrier

49

magnetic seal

50

poetry

51

gap

52

central area

53

border area

54

fitting

55

edge

56

flank

57

middle section

58

actuating section

59

drip

60

crucial point

61

ground

62

stand

63

shell

64

Side wall

65

neckline

66

rib

67

groove

68

rib

69

bulkhead

70

groove

71

wave

72

two-armed lever

73

lever arm

74

lever arm

75

seal

76

lever arm

77

longitudinal wall

78

bulkhead

79

bulkhead

80

baseplate

81

outlet

82

feather

83

feather

84

neckline

85

axis

86

vessel

87

axis

88

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Claims (22)

Container-valve assembly for use in a refrigerator, comprising a container (22) and a valve (29, 29 ') arranged on the bottom (61) of the container, at least one closing body (40) of the valve (29, 29') releasably connected to the container (22), characterized in that the closing body (40) between a valve seat (41, 41 ') adjacent, closed position and an open position about a pivot point (60) is tilted. Container-valve assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the closing body (40) on an adapter portion (34, 34 ') is movably mounted, which in turn is detachably connected to the container (22). Container-valve assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that the adapter portion (34) is screwed to the bottom (61) of the container (22) or anchored by a bayonet coupling. Container-valve assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that the adapter portion (34 ') along a bottom of the container guided by rails is displaceable. Container-valve assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the rails grooves or springs (82) which extend on two mutually parallel walls (77) of the adapter portion (34 '). Container-valve assembly according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the valve seat (41) in the adapter portion (34, 34 ') is formed. Container-valve assembly according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the valve seat (41 ') is part of the container (22). Container-valve assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closing body (40) is acted upon by a spring (39) in the closed position. Container-valve assembly according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the hinge point (60) is a point of the valve seat (41), which contacts the closing body (40) in the open position. Container-valve assembly according to claim 8 and claim 9, characterized in that the valve seat (41) extends annularly around an opening (36) of a base plate (35) that the closing body (40) and a cap (38) on different Sides of the base plate (35) are arranged and connected via a through the opening (36) extending connecting element (37) and the spring (39) between the cap (38) and the base plate (35) is compressed. Container-valve assembly according to claim 10, characterized in that the cap (38) and the closing body (40) via the connecting element (37) releasably connected, in particular screw-connected. Container-valve assembly according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that an actuating portion (58) protrudes from the closing body (40) in the direction of flow of the valve (29). Container-valve assembly according to claim 12, characterized in that the valve further comprises a cup-shaped member (43) which is attached to the actuating portion (58) and has a passage at its cup bottom. Valve according to Claim 13, characterized in that a web (42) which extends around the valve seat (41) engages in the cup-shaped element (43). Container-valve assembly according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the pivot point is formed by a at the adapter portion (34 ') mounted axis (85). Container-valve assembly according to claim 15 and claim 8, characterized in that the closing body (40) forms an arm (73) of a two-armed lever (72) and the spring (39) between a second arm (74) of the lever (72 ) and the bottom (61) of the container (22) is compressed. Container-valve assembly according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that a shaft (71) of the lever (72) is extended out of the adapter portion (34 ') and at least one lever arm (76) exposed outside the adapter portion (34'). wearing. Container-valve assembly according to one of claims 15 to 17, characterized in that at the bottom (61) of the container (22) has a sleeve (63) is formed, which receives the closing body (40), and the axis (85) further in cutouts (65) of the sleeve (63) is mounted. Container-valve assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (22) has at least one base (62) which projects from the bottom (61) down to below the valve (29, 29 '). Container-valve assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (22) has a lid (32) on its upper side opposite the bottom (61). Refrigeration appliance, in particular domestic refrigeration appliance, with a heat-insulating housing which surrounds a storage compartment (21) for refrigerated goods and at least one passage (25) between the storage compartment (21) and a dispenser niche (20) located outside the heat-insulating housing, characterized in that Container-valve assembly (30, 30 ') according to any one of the preceding claims in the storage compartment (21) is releasably mounted passing through the passage (25). Refrigerating appliance according to claim 21, characterized in that a control paddle (45) arranged on a rear wall of the dispenser niche (20) is coupled to the valve (29, 29 ').

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