EP3559569B1 - Door rack having a bottom latched on a basic body, and domestic refrigeration appliance having a door rack - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a door rack for a household refrigeration appliance. The door rack has a base body which is designed to accommodate stored goods. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a household refrigeration appliance with at least one such door maker.

Door racks for household refrigeration appliances are known in many different configurations.

Door compartments can be designed in one piece or in several pieces. In the case of multi-part configurations of door racks, which are thus made up of at least two separate components, it is usually provided that the door rack is covered on the side and also on the front by boundary walls. Accessibility in such configurations is then only possible via an opening at the top, via which storage goods can be brought into the door rack or removed from it. This limits accessibility and user-friendliness.

WO 2013/182429 A1 and WO 2013/050399 A2 disclose a door storage compartment having a body having 2 opposed side walls, a rear wall and a front wall extending between the side walls, and a storage shelf. A support member is attached to the front wall and extends partially across the shelf so that the shelf is fixed to the body.

DE 10 2011 006 798 A1 discloses a household appliance, having a heat-insulated inner container with a coolable interior, a heat-insulated door leaf provided for closing the interior, with an outer side and an inner side facing the interior, and at least one refrigerated goods receiving device having the outer walls, the refrigerated goods receiving device having a shaped metal part, which forms at least two of the outer walls and that a holding device has, on which another of the outer walls is mounted.

It is the object of the present invention to create a door rack which is more variable in terms of its accessibility but which, on the other hand, is constructed in a mechanically stable manner in its multi-part configuration.

This object is achieved by a door rack and a household refrigeration appliance according to the independent claims.

One aspect of the invention relates to a door rack for a household refrigeration appliance. The door rack has a base body which is designed to accommodate stored goods. The base body has a rear wall and an upper bracket which faces away from the rear wall of the base body and is oriented towards the front. The bracket is designed to be continuous and without interruption, and its two ends open into specific areas of the base body. The door rack has a plate that is separate from the base body and serves as the bottom of the door rack on the base body is attachable. A latching device is designed as the fastening device, so that this base is latched to the base body. In the end position of the panel arranged in the base body, viewed in the height direction and thus in the vertical direction of the door rack, an uncovered and exposed and thus permanently exposed reach-through area is formed between the bracket and the panel. In this mounted state, the plate is thus formed at a distance from this upper bracket and it is possible to reach through the reach-through area from the outside. Such a configuration creates a door rack that is constructed in several parts and yet has a minimized number of components. Due to the specific design of the base body, it is also mechanically stable and inherently torsion-resistant. In particular, this is also made possible by the bracket. The position of the bracket as the upper bracket also promotes this mechanical stability, since it has an advantageous effect on the stability of the door compartment in connection with the plate, which is arranged on a lower area of the base body. By latching the plate to the base body, it is also attached to it in a non-destructively detachable manner. It can also be assembled and disassembled quickly. The latching also enables the plate to be attached to the base body in a secure position. The design as a separate and thus removable plate is also very advantageous for cleaning purposes.

In addition, the door rack not only allows storage goods to be removed or inserted into the door rack via an upper opening defined by the rear wall and the upper bracket, but also allows storage goods to be removed or inserted into the door rack via the reach-through area. It is thus also possible for storage goods to be removed from the side or the front and inserted into the door rack or out of the door rack. Nevertheless, a limitation is created by the upper bracket, which prevents stored goods from simply slipping down or falling out of the door racks.

In an advantageous embodiment, the plate is arranged cantilevered in its end position on the front side facing away from the rear wall or on a relevant front area. This means that it is not covered or supported by additional components in this front area and also in some areas on the side areas. At this front area and on In some side areas, the panel is thus designed and arranged as a visible component of the door rack. Such a configuration further reduces the number of components and, on the other hand, maximizes accessibility to the door compartment via the reach-through area. Since the panel is of very flat construction, the distance from the panel to the upper bracket is at a maximum and is not reduced by other additional components that would be arranged on the front and sides of the panel. In addition, a calmer optical impression is also created, since the plate leaves a very filigree impression and its front edge and parts of the side edges are therefore exposed and can be recognized. Especially when the plate is also specified in terms of material, these specifications can appear without restriction and are not otherwise covered up.

Provision is made for a receiving groove to be formed on a front side of the rear wall facing the receiving volume of the door compartment, in which groove a rear edge of the panel extends in the end position arranged on the base body. This is a very advantageous embodiment because the plate can be positioned very precisely and securely. Such a slot in the form of the receiving groove enables the plate to be attached to the base body in a targeted manner and held securely in the long term.

Provision is made for latching elements of the latching device on the body side to be formed in the receiving groove. This creates a concept which on the one hand enables targeted latching and on the other hand combines the mechanical mounts in the form of the latching elements on the one hand and the receiving groove on the other hand, so that a very space-saving design is also made possible here. With this combination, when the plate is inserted into the base body, the latching is automatically also achieved safely and reliably when the plate is pushed or plugged into the receiving groove with its lower edge. In addition, the latching elements that are formed on the base body are then also arranged protected to a certain extent and can thus also be protected against other unwanted impacts, so that they are also permanently protected against damage and their functionality is therefore permanently high. Provision is preferably made for the receiving groove to have an upper boundary wall, on which latching elements on the base body side are molded or formed in one piece. As a result, latching elements can be formed with a precise position and additional assembly work is saved.

In particular, the base body is made in one piece from plastic, in particular produced as an injection molded part.

The receiving groove is bounded at the top by the upper boundary wall and at the bottom by a lower boundary wall. The lower boundary wall can preferably be flush with a lower edge of the rear wall. With regard to the positioning of the panel, this also enables the panel to be arranged as far downwards as possible on the base body, whereby the storage volume of the door compartment is maximized and a distance between the panel and the upper bracket is also maximized, so that the reach-through area is very advantageous for Reaching through with a hand of a user is designed.

Provision is preferably made for the latching elements of the latching device on the body side to be designed as raised ramps. This is very advantageous in that the plate does not face an abrupt step on its way into the receiving groove, it does not have to be overcome to latch, but here the ramp provides a starting slope over which the plate can slide along and then close the rear of the ramp snap behind and thus form the locking connection.

The rear wall preferably has an opening in each case in the region of the latching elements. This favors the one-piece production from plastic, since demoulding is simplified. In particular, the demoulding of the latching elements is then simplified and significantly improved with regard to the shape precision of these latching elements.

Viewed in the width direction of the door compartment, the openings preferably have a width that corresponds to the width of the respective adjacent ones Corresponds to locking elements. In this width direction, the openings are formed exactly at the points at which the respective latching elements are also formed.

The base body preferably has side walls which open onto the rear wall. However, these side walls preferably only extend over part of the entire extent of the door compartment viewed in the depth direction of the door compartment. Thus, in an advantageous embodiment, the upper bracket extends forwardly as viewed from these side walls. The free ends of the upper bracket thus open onto these side walls.

The base body thus has side walls which extend only partially over the depth of the bracket measured in the depth direction of the door compartment and open onto the rear wall. In particular, viewed in the width direction of the door rack, the receiving groove opens out onto these opposite side walls. The receiving groove thus extends over the entire width of the rear wall measured in the width direction. Such a configuration increases the stability of the base body. In the rear area of the storage volume, a full-area delimitation formed over the entire height of the door rack is not only realized by the rear wall, but also over a partial area of the door rack viewed in the depth direction, in that these side walls extend accordingly. The side walls also preferably extend over the entire height of the rear wall. In particular, the reach-through area thus extends at the front and on the side areas, being formed on the side areas only up to the front edges of the side walls.

Provision is advantageously made for guide grooves for the plate to be formed on the insides of these side walls. Such a configuration, in addition to the already mentioned receiving groove, creates a further mechanical coupling that is locally separated and objected to, and by means of which the plate is held even more stably. Preferably, these guide grooves are offset to the front when viewed in the depth direction and spaced apart from the receptacles, and the guide grooves are open to the front at the front edges of the side walls. As a result, the plate can be inserted easily and securely, and appropriate guidance and mounting is achieved.

It is preferably provided that the receiving groove is adjacent to a lower edge of the rear wall, but is nevertheless delimited from below by a delimiting wall.

Provision is preferably made for plate-side latching elements of the latching device to be formed on a surface of the panel. An advantageous direct latching between the plate-side latching elements and the base body-side latching elements is then made possible.

Preferably, the plate-side latching elements are integrated in the plate and are thus formed in one piece with it. This also saves assembly work and allows the latching elements to remain securely in position over the long term.

The latching elements on the plate are preferably designed as latching depressions. This is advantageous in that no elements are formed on the plate that protrude upwards or out of the plane of the plate, which other components or a user could bump into when inserting or removing the plate. In addition, such a negative shape of the plate-side latching elements also means that a protected position of these latching elements in the panel is achieved.

In an advantageous embodiment, these plate-side latching elements are formed on an upper side of the plate, with the upper side facing the upper bracket when the plate is mounted on the base body. In such a configuration, it is then also advantageous if the latching elements on the base body side are formed on the upper boundary wall of the receiving groove.

In an alternative embodiment, it can be provided that the snap-in elements on the base body are formed on a lower boundary wall and the snap-in elements on the plate are formed on an underside of this plate.

Preferably, the upper bracket has a fastening device for fastening a panel that covers the bracket at least in regions and is separate from the upper bracket. The panel can be designed as a decorative element.

In particular, the plate is made of real glass. Coupling structures can be formed on the preferably present side walls of the base body on the outsides facing away from the receiving volume of the door compartment, with which the base body and thus also the entire door compartment can be attached to counter-coupling structures of a door of a household refrigeration appliance. In particular, such a coupling structure is formed on the base body as an upside-down U-shape.

Provision can be made for the base body to be opaque. However, provision can also be made for the base body to be transparent. Provision can also be made for the base plate to be opaque. The base body and the plate can have different or the same colors.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that viewed in the depth direction of the door compartment, the coupling structure formed on the outside of the side walls is formed further back than the preferably present guide grooves on the inner sides of the side walls facing the storage volume. In particular, viewed in this depth direction, the guide groove and the coupling structure are arranged so that they overlap at most over a delimiting web which delimits the coupling structure. Viewed in the depth direction, this coupling web is the one furthest to the front and is therefore the coupling web facing the guide groove.

Preferably, the door rack has a receiving trough on an upper side of the panel facing the upper bracket. Such a sink simplifies the setting up of stored goods, since they cannot slip out of the door compartment through the reach-through area. Such a design of the plate is thus created on the plate itself and integrated thereon, so to speak, a border that forms a slip protection for stored goods placed on it.

Furthermore, the invention also relates to a household refrigeration appliance with a housing and a storage space for food formed therein, which can be closed by a door. The household refrigeration appliance has at least one door compartment according to the above aspect or an advantageous embodiment thereof, which is arranged in particular on an inner side of the door facing the receiving space.

The information “top”, “bottom”, “front”, “back”, “horizontal”, “vertical”, “depth direction”, “width direction”, “height direction” are the intended use and intended arrangement of the device and a positions and orientations given to the observer standing in front of the device and looking in the direction of the device.

Further features of the invention result 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 feature combinations mentioned below in the description of the figures and/or shown alone in the figures, can be used not only in the combination specified, but also in other combinations or on their own, without the frame to abandon the invention. The invention is therefore also to be considered to include and disclose embodiments that are not explicitly shown and explained in the figures, but that result from the explained embodiments and can be generated by separate combinations of features. Versions and combinations of features are also to be regarded as disclosed which therefore do not have all the features of an originally formulated independent claim.

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels eines erfindungsgemäßen Haushaltskältegeräts;

Fig. 2

eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels eines erfindungsgemäßen Türabstellers;

Fig.3

eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Grundkörpers des Türabstellers gemäß Fig. 2;

Fig. 4

eine Vertikalschnittdarstellung eines Teilbereichs des Grundkörpers des Türabstellers gemäß Fig. 2;

Fig. 5

eine perspektivische Darstellung des Teilbereichs gemäß Fig. 4;

Fig. 6

eine vergrößerte Darstellung eines weiteren Teilbereichs des Grundkörpers des Türabstellers gemäß Fig. 2 in perspektivischer Ansicht;

Fig. 7

eine Seitenansicht auf einen Teilbereich des Grundkörpers des Türabstellers gemäß Fig. 2;

Fig. 8

eine Teildarstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels einer als Boden ausgebildeten Platte des Türabstellers; und

Fig. 9

eine Schnittdarstellung durch ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer als Boden ausgebildeten Platte des Türabstellers.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with the aid of schematic drawings. Show it:

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a perspective view of an embodiment of a household refrigeration appliance according to the invention;

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a perspective view of an embodiment of a door rack according to the invention;

Fig.3

according to a perspective view of a base body of the door rack 2 ;

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according to a vertical sectional view of a portion of the base body of the door rack 2 ;

figure 5

a perspective view of the portion according to FIG 4 ;

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an enlarged view of another portion of the base body of the door rack according to 2 in perspective view;

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according to a side view of a portion of the base body of the door rack 2 ;

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a partial representation of an embodiment of a designed as a floor plate of the door rack; and

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a sectional view through an embodiment of a designed as a floor plate of the door rack.

Elements that are the same or have the same function are provided with the same reference symbols in the figures.

In 1 is a perspective view of a household refrigeration appliance 1, which can be, for example, a refrigerator or a freezer or a fridge-freezer combination device, and which is designed for storing and preserving food. The household refrigeration appliance 1 has a housing 2 in which a receiving space 3 for food is formed. The receiving space 3 can be closed by a door 4 at the front. At least one door compartment 6 is arranged on an inner side 5 of the door 4, which faces the receiving space 3 when the door 4 is closed.

In 2 an embodiment of the door compartment 6 is shown in a perspective view. The door compartment 6 has a base body 7 . The base body 7 is preferably made in one piece, in particular made of plastic. The door rack 6 also has a plate 8 designed as the bottom of the door rack 6 , which is a separate component from the base body 7 . In 2 is the mounted one The final state of the plate 8 on the base body 7 is shown. The plate 8 is latched to the base body 7 by a latching device.

The door compartment 6 is designed in such a way that the panel 8 extends over the entire width of the base body 7 in the width direction (x-direction), which also corresponds to the width direction of the household refrigeration appliance 1 . The base body 7, which in 3 shown separately from the plate 8 has a rear wall 9 which delimits a receiving volume 10 of the door rack 6 to the rear. The base body 7 also has side walls 11 and 12 which open onto the rear wall 9 . The base body 7 also has an upper bracket 13 which is U-shaped. This upper bracket 13 in particular forms the upper edge and thus also the upper end of the base body 7 and thus preferably also of the door compartment 6. This upper bracket 13 opens with its ends on the side walls 11 and 12, in particular on front edges 11a and 12a of the side walls 11 and 12. Viewed in the depth direction and thus in the z-direction of the door compartment 6, the side walls 11 and 12 therefore only partially extend over the extent of the base body 7. The bracket 13 thus extends starting from these front edges 11a and 11a facing away from the rear wall 9 12a of the side walls 11 and 12 to the front.

The upper bracket 13 is designed as an open channel, in particular U-shaped, in a cross section perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. This configuration increases its mechanical stability and torsional rigidity. In addition, such a design makes it advantageous to form a fastening device 14 in this channel area, with a cover (not shown) and separate from the base body 7 or a decorative element being able to be fastened to this fastening device 14 . The upper bracket 13 is at least partially covered by this panel to the front and to the side.

As further in 2 as can be seen, the door rack 6 has a loading opening 15 which is open at the top and is delimited by the rear wall 14, the side walls 11 and 12 and the upper bracket 13. Stored goods can be introduced into or removed from the receiving volume 10 through this loading opening 15 . In particular, it is also provided that the door rack 6 has a reach-through area 16 on the front and side. This is limited in the height direction (y-direction) by the upper bracket 13 from above and by the plate 8 from below. Through this reach-through area 16 it is also possible to reach into the receiving volume 10 from the side and from the front and the removal of stored goods or the introduction of stored goods can also take place via this reach-through area 16 . The reach-through area 16 is therefore not covered by a component.

As moreover in 2 can also be seen, the plate 8 is designed to be exposed at its front edge 8a and partially at side edges 8b and 8c and is therefore arranged in a cantilevered manner towards the front and to the side in this respect. This means that the plate 8 is not covered by another component at the front and at these partial areas of the side areas. In this respect, the plate 8 is then arranged in a freely floating manner towards the front. It is therefore no longer supported or otherwise enclosed in these areas from below or from above.

The base body 7, as also shown in 3 is shown, has a coupling structure on the outer sides 11b and 12b facing away from the receiving volume 10, from which in 2 and 3 only the coupling structure 17a can be seen on the outside 12b. This coupling structure 17a is designed as a raised web which has an inverted U-shape. The door compartment 6 can be attached to a counter-coupling structure on the inside 5 via this coupling structure 17a.

A receiving groove 18 is formed in the base body 7 . The receiving groove 18 is delimited by an upper boundary wall 19 and a lower boundary wall 20 . The receiving groove 18 is formed on the rear wall 9 in the lower area. The receiving groove 18 extends over the entire width of the rear wall 9 and opens out on the inner sides 11c and 12c of the side walls 11 and 12. The receiving groove 18 is designed to be open towards the front and, as in FIG 2 can be seen, for receiving the rear edge of the plate 8 is formed. On the inside 11c of the side wall 11 there is also a guide groove 21 which, viewed in the depth direction, ends in front of the receiving groove 18 but is open at the front edge 11a of the side wall 11 . Correspondingly, a similarly designed guide groove 22 is formed on the inside 12c of the side wall 12 .

The door rack 6 has a latching device 23 ( 4 and 8 ) on. The plate 8 is arranged latched to the base body 7 by the latching device 23 .

The latching device 23 is formed with latching elements on the base body side in the receiving groove 18 .

For this is in 4 a vertical sectional view (section plane yz plane) of the body 7 according to 2 and 3 shown in the area of the receiving groove 18 . 4 shows a sectional view along the line IV-IV in 3 . As can be seen in this exemplary embodiment, latching elements 24 on the base body side, which are designed in particular as ramps, are designed to be integrated on the upper boundary wall 19 . The latching elements 24 on the base body side can, however, also be formed on the lower boundary wall 20 , for example.

As in 4 as can be seen, the latching elements 24 are in the form of raised elements which extend into the receiving groove 18 .

In figure 5 is a perspective view of the partial section according to FIG 4 shown. As in figure 5 , as well as in 2 and 3 As can be seen, the rear wall 9 has openings 25 at the points at which the locking elements 24 are formed, through which the demoulding of the locking elements 24 is simplified when the base body 7 is manufactured.

In 6 an enlarged view of the side wall 11 is shown, so that the guide groove 21 can be seen more clearly here.

As in 7 , in which a side view of the side wall 11 is shown, the coupling structure 17b shown there and the guide groove 21 are practically non-overlapping when viewed in the depth direction. At most, a maximum degree of overlap is given by a delimiting web 26 of the coupling structure 17b, this coupling web 26 being the web region of the coupling structure 17b that is arranged furthest to the front when viewed in the depth direction. With such a configuration Between the coupling structure 17b and the guide groove 21, a simplified assembly of the door rack 6 on the inside 5 is made possible, because the door rack 6 can then also be mounted on the door 4 from above and the counter-coupling structure, in particular a cam, does not have to be between the guide groove 21 and the coupling structure 17b are threaded. A simple linear sliding movement from top to bottom can then take place by immersing the counter-coupling structure in the direction of arrow P1 into the coupling structure 17b, since the guide groove 21 is not in the way in this direction.

In 8 In a partial view, the plate 8 is shown with surfaces formed by a top 27a and a bottom 27b. A view of an upper side 27a, which faces the upper bracket 13, is shown here. In the exemplary embodiment, a plate-side latching element 28 of the latching device 23 is integrally formed in this upper side 27a and is therefore integrated. This latching element 28 on the plate is a latching recess, which is thus designed as a pre-specified depression in this upper side 28 . In particular, the shape of this plate-side latching element 28 is complementary to the shape of the base body-side latching element 24, so that in the latched state, the base body-side latching element 24 fits precisely against the plate-side latching element 28.

In 9 the plate 8 is shown in a partial view and in section. It can be seen that the upper side 27a has a receiving trough 29 which is formed separately from the latching elements 28 designed as latching troughs. This receiving trough 29 creates a placement area or installation area for stored goods. Through this receiving trough 29, which is delimited by edge webs 30, a structure is created in the plate 8 itself, which prevents storage goods from slipping off the upper side 27a.

Plate 8 is, like this, already in 2 was shown and explained, performed with lateral areas in the guide grooves 21 and 22 when inserting and then held in the assembled end position therein. In addition to the rear receiving groove 18 with the locking device 23 preferably formed therein and these additional separate guide grooves 21 and 22, a stable mounting of the plate 8 is made possible, even if it is arranged in a cantilevered manner towards the front.

Reference List

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domestic refrigeration appliance

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housing

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recording room

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door

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inside

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door rack

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body

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plate

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margin

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margin

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back panel

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recording volume

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Side wall

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front edge

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outside

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inside

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Side wall

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front edge

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outside

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inside

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hanger

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fastening device

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loading opening

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reach-through area

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coupling structure

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coupling structure

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receiving groove

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boundary wall

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boundary wall

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guide groove

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guide groove

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locking device

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locking elements

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breakthroughs

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coupling bridge

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top

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bottom

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plate-side locking element

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receiving recess

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edge ridges

Claims (13)

1. Door rack (6) for a household refrigeration appliance (1), having a basic body (7) which is designed for receiving items to be stored, and which has a rear wall (9) and a forwardly oriented upper bow (13) directed away from the rear wall (9) of the basic body (7), and has a plate (8) which is separate from the basic body (7), which plate, as the bottom of the door rack (6), is arranged in a latched manner on the basic body (7) by means of a latching device (23), and a reach-through region (16) is formed between the bow (13) and the plate (8) in the end position of the plate (8) arranged on the basic body (7), wherein a receiving groove (18) is formed on the rear wall (9), into which a rear edge of the plate (8) extends in its end position arranged on the basic body (7), characterised in that on-body latching elements (24) of the latching device (23) are formed in the receiving groove (18).
2. Door rack (6) according to claim 1, in which the receiving groove (18) has an upper boundary wall (20) on which on-body latching elements (24) are formed as integral parts.
3. Door rack (6) according to claim 1 or 2, in which the on-body latching elements (24) are formed as raised ramps.
4. Door rack (6) according to one of claims 1 to 3, in which perforations (25) are formed in the rear wall (9) in the region of the latching elements (24).
5. Door rack (6) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the basic body (7) has side walls (11, 12) that converge with the rear wall (9), wherein the upper bow (13) converges with the side walls (11, 12) at the front edges (11a, 12a) thereof which are directed away from the rear wall (9).
6. Door rack (6) according to claim 5, in which guiding grooves (21, 22) for the plate (8) are formed on inner sides (11c, 12c) of the side walls (11, 12).
7. Door rack (6) according to claim 6, in which the guiding grooves (21, 22) end in front of the receiving groove (18) as viewed in a depth direction (z).
8. Door rack (6) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the receiving groove (18) adjoins a lower edge of the rear wall (9).
9. Door rack (6) according to one of the preceding claims, in which on-plate latching elements (28) of the latching device (23) are formed on a surface (27a, 27b) of the plate (8).
10. Door rack (6) according to claim 9, in which the on-plate latching elements (28) are latching wells.
11. Door rack (6) according to one of the preceding claims, in which a receiving well (29) is formed in an integrated manner on an upper side (27a) of the plate (8).
12. Door rack (6) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the bow (13) has an attachment device (14) for attaching a fascia panel which covers the bow (13) at least locally.
13. Household refrigeration appliance (1) having a housing (2) and a receiving space (3) which is formed therein for food and can be closed by a door (4), and having at least one door rack (6) according to one of the preceding claims arranged on an inner side (5) of the door (4).

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