EP4356051A1 - Haushaltsgerätevorrichtung, haushaltsgerät, verfahren zur herstellung und/oder anpassung einer haushaltsgerätevorrichtung - Google Patents
Haushaltsgerätevorrichtung, haushaltsgerät, verfahren zur herstellung und/oder anpassung einer haushaltsgerätevorrichtungInfo
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- EP4356051A1 EP4356051A1 EP22730253.6A EP22730253A EP4356051A1 EP 4356051 A1 EP4356051 A1 EP 4356051A1 EP 22730253 A EP22730253 A EP 22730253A EP 4356051 A1 EP4356051 A1 EP 4356051A1
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- Prior art keywords
- inner liner
- household appliance
- surface element
- appliance device
- household
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D23/00—General constructional features
- F25D23/06—Walls
- F25D23/065—Details
- F25D23/066—Liners
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F24C15/00—Details
- F24C15/005—Coatings for ovens
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
- F25D2400/18—Aesthetic features
Definitions
- HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE
- the invention relates to a household appliance according to the preamble of claim 1, a household appliance according to claim 9 and a method for producing and/or adapting a household appliance according to the preamble of claim 10.
- the object of the invention is in particular to provide a generic device with improved properties in terms of comfort.
- the object is achieved according to the invention by the features of claims 1, 9 and 10, while advantageous configurations and developments of the invention can be found in the dependent claims.
- the invention is based on a household appliance device, in particular a household refrigeration appliance device, with an inner liner that at least partially delimits a usable space.
- the domestic appliance device has a surface element which, in an assembled state, is at least materially connected to at least one partial area of the inner liner facing the usable space.
- a configuration of this type can advantageously improve comfort, in particular user comfort.
- a surface refinement of at least a partial area of an inner liner can be provided by means of a surface element.
- a visual appearance of the inner liner can at least partially changed and/or adjusted.
- the surface element can possibly be connected to the inner liner for decorative purposes and/or for functional purposes, in which case at least the partial area of the inner liner can advantageously be protected from contamination and/or damage, in particular scratches, when the surface element is installed.
- the surface element can be used to decorate the inner liner, in particular individually, for example with lettering and/or shapes and/or a color and/or a material layer with an optical effect, for example an optical one shiny metal layer.
- the inner liner in particular a side of the inner liner facing a usable space, can preferably be made more visually appealing for the user by means of the surface element.
- the user and/or an installer may be able to choose between several surface elements, so that a household appliance device and/or a household appliance can be designed and/or manufactured in a more individual and flexible manner.
- additional fastening elements for example for a non-positive and/or positive connection, can preferably be dispensed with. Costs, in particular manufacturing and/or assembly costs, and expenditure, in particular manufacturing and/or assembly expenditure, can thus be reduced.
- the household appliance device could be, for example, a cooking appliance device, in particular an oven device and/or a microwave device and/or a grill device device, a household cleaning appliance device, for example a dishwasher device and/or a washing machine device and/or a dryer device, and preferably a household refrigeration appliance device, for example a refrigerator and /or freezer device.
- the household appliance device In an assembled state, the household appliance device preferably forms a subassembly of a household appliance, in particular a large household appliance and preferably a household refrigeration appliance.
- the household appliance device to encompass the entire household appliance, in particular the entire household refrigeration appliance.
- the household appliance and/or the household appliance device is intended in particular for use in and/or for use in a household.
- the household appliance could be a large household appliance, in particular a large household refrigeration appliance, for example a chest freezer and advantageously a refrigerator and/or freezer, and/or a cooking appliance, for example an oven and/or a microwave and/or a grill and/or a household cleaning appliance, for example a dishwasher and/or a washing machine and/or a dryer.
- the household appliance device it would be conceivable for the household appliance device to form a kit for assembling at least part of the household appliance.
- the kit could, for example, be provided for producing at least part of the household appliance.
- the household appliance device is particularly preferably provided for assembling, in particular finishing, the inner liner, with the household appliance device in the assembled state preferably providing a finished, in particular fully functional, inner liner for the household appliance.
- the household appliance device and/or the household appliance is/are advantageously provided for storing stored goods in the usable space.
- the stored goods are in particular designed as any storage goods preferably arranged and/or to be arranged in the household appliance, in particular as consumer goods and/or advantageously as consumables, preferably food.
- the stored goods could also be at least one cosmetic and/or medical good.
- the household refrigeration appliance is particularly advantageously provided for cooling the stored goods, in particular refrigerated goods such as beverages, meat, fish, milk and/or milk products, in the utility space in at least one operating state, in particular in order to ensure that the stored goods last longer.
- the usable space could be divided into several partial usable spaces which, for example, could be cooled to different temperatures in at least the operating state.
- the usable space or at least a partial usable space could form a refrigerated compartment or a freezer compartment of the household refrigeration appliance.
- the inner liner is advantageously provided for at least partially delimiting the usable space.
- the inner liner delimits the usable space at least on one side.
- the inner liner is preferably a housing that delimits the usable space at least on three, advantageously at least five and preferably on six sides, in particular plastic housing, which could have an inner housing box, in particular trough-shaped and/or box-shaped.
- the inner liner includes an inner housing cover.
- the inner liner could be closed at least on one side by the inner housing cover.
- the inner liner advantageously has a side facing the usable space and/or a side facing away from the usable space.
- the partial area preferably extends on the side of the inner liner facing the usable space.
- the partial area could extend at least partially or completely along a wall of the inner liner.
- the wall preferably forms one side of the inner liner, in particular a side of the inner liner that faces the usable space and delimits the usable space.
- the partial area could extend at least 5%, advantageously at least 20%, preferably at least 50% and particularly preferably at least 90% along at least the wall.
- the partial area could also extend over at least two walls of the inner liner, in particular the wall and at least one further wall of the inner liner. It would be conceivable for the partial area to extend over at least one edge area of the inner liner, in particular in which the wall and at least the further wall are connected to one another.
- the partial area could possibly extend over the edge area and at least one further edge area of the inner liner.
- the edge area is a surface area that is convex along a stretch and that connects two at least essentially uncurved surfaces, in particular the wall and the further wall of the inner liner, to one another.
- the edge region preferably has a greater curvature on the path between at least two defined points, which are preferably less than 15 mm apart on the path, than at least one of the two walls on a correspondingly long path.
- the curvature is advantageously at least 30°, advantageously at least 60° and preferably at least 80°.
- the curvature of the edge region is particularly preferably at least essentially right-angled, with an angle between the wall and at least the further wall deviating from a right angle by at most 5°, preferably by at most 2° and particularly preferably by at most 1°.
- the inner liner could consist at least partially or for the most part or entirely of metal, for example aluminum, and/or a mineral, for example glass, and/or preferably of a plastic and/or a composite material.
- the expression "for the most part” should mean, for example, at least 55%, advantageously at least 65%, preferably at least 75%, particularly preferably at least 85% and particularly advantageously at most 95% of a volume and/or mass fraction are understood.
- the inner liner can be at least partially and preferably completely formed in one piece.
- “In one piece” is to be understood as being at least cohesively connected, for example by an adhesive process, a welding process, an injection molding process and/or another process that a person skilled in the art considers appropriate, and/or formed in one piece, for example by manufacture in a one- or multi-component injection molding process and/or by production from a single cast and/or from a stamping process from a single blank.
- one-piece should also be understood to mean one-piece.
- “One piece” is to be understood in particular as being formed in one piece. This one piece is preferably produced from a single blank, a mass and/or a cast, in particular a single-component and/or multi-component injection molding process.
- the inner liner could, for example, be produced at least partially and/or to a large extent by means of a deep-drawing process, by means of a 3D printing process or by means of a sheet metal bending process.
- the inner liner and in particular all inner housing parts, advantageously the inner housing box and the inner housing cover, are/are preferably produced to a large extent, preferably completely, by means of an injection molding process or by means of thermoforming.
- the surface element In the mounted state, the surface element preferably at least partially forms a visible inner surface of the inner liner.
- the inside visible surface can be a surface of the inner liner and/or of the surface element facing the usable space.
- the surface element In the assembled state, the surface element preferably at least partially delimits the usable space.
- the surface element in the assembled state is connected directly, specifically without any components arranged in between, to the partial area facing the usable space, at least in a materially bonded manner.
- the surface element could be glued or welded to the partial area of the inner liner.
- non-positive and/or positive connections could also be used to fix the surface element to the inner liner, such as plug-in connections and/or rotary connections and/or screw connections.
- the surface element in the mounted state is connected to at least 30%, advantageously at least 50%, preferably at least 70% of the inner liner, in particular the partial area facing the usable space at least 30%, advantageously at least 50%, preferably at least 70% and more preferably at least 80% of the inner liner, in particular the side of the inner liner facing the usable space.
- the surface element could be made at least partially or for the most part or entirely of metal, for example aluminum or gold, and/or a mineral, for example glass, and/or a plastic and/or a composite material.
- Provided here and in the following is to be understood to mean specially programmed, designed and/or equipped.
- the fact that an object is provided for a specific function should be understood to mean that the object fulfills and/or executes this specific function in at least one application and/or operating state.
- the surface element is formed as a coating.
- comfort and efficiency can be increased in terms of product and/or work and/or manufacturing and/or cost efficiency.
- a particularly convenient surface refinement of at least a partial area of an inner liner can be provided by means of a surface element designed as a coating.
- At least the partial area could be coated.
- at least the partial area is preferably coated. It would be conceivable that in the assembled state at least 30%, advantageously at least 50%, preferably at least 70% of the inner liner, in particular the side of the inner liner facing the usable space, is coated.
- the coating can be a thin layer, a thick layer or several layers that are connected to one another.
- a thin layer, particularly a thin layer or film is a layer of solid matter on a micrometer or nanometer scale.
- the thin layer can have a thickness of at most 100 ⁇ m, in particular at most 10 ⁇ m, advantageously at most 100 nm, preferably at most 10 nm.
- the thin layer could be produced or vapour-deposited on at least the partial area, for example by sputtering or molecular beam epitaxy (MBE).
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- the thick layer could be a layer with a thickness of at least 0.5 mm, advantageously at least 2 mm, preferably at least 10 mm and particularly preferably at most 5 cm.
- the domestic appliance device has an appliance body which has the inner liner.
- convenience can be further increased in terms of user comfort, specifically in that a device body that has an inner liner can be at least partially adapted and a surface can be refined and/or decorated and/or protected.
- the body of the device could have an outer housing, which at least partially surrounds the inner liner, in particular in at least the assembled state.
- the outer housing could form an outer viewing surface.
- the external visible surface advantageously defines a surface of the device body that faces away from the usable space and a surface that faces the outside, for example the user.
- the device body can at least partially delimit the usable space.
- the inner liner could be at least partially connected, in particular fixed, to the outer housing. It would be conceivable for at least one insulation element, in particular a thermal insulation element, of the household appliance device to be arranged between the inner liner and the outer housing in the installed state.
- the thermal insulation element is preferably a component which is intended to prevent heat flow as much as possible.
- the thermal insulation element is made at least to a large extent from a plastic, preferably a foam, preferably a rigid foam (EPS and/or PU), for example from an in-situ foam or advantageously as a rigid foam panel.
- EPS and/or PU rigid foam
- the thermal insulation element is advantageously provided for at least thermally isolating the usable space.
- the surface element can possibly also be at least cohesively connected to the outer housing in at least a partial area. It would be conceivable for the surface element to at least partially form the outside visible surface.
- the household appliance device has a household appliance door which has the inner liner.
- comfort specifically user comfort
- a household appliance door can be provided, which can be at least partially adapted and a surface can be finished and/or decorated and/or protected.
- the household appliance door in particular rotatable about at least one door axis of rotation, could be arranged on the appliance body, with the household appliance door preferably being hinged on the appliance body in the assembled state.
- the household appliance door can be rotated about at least the axis of rotation of the door for opening and/or closing.
- At least one hinge of the household appliance device for example a hinge and/or a hinge, to be arranged on the appliance body, by means of which the household appliance door is connected to the appliance body, in particular at least partially fixed.
- the axis of rotation of the door can pass through the hinge.
- the inner housing cover is part of the household appliance door.
- the household appliance door can be designed as a household refrigeration appliance door.
- the household appliance door In a closed state, the household appliance door can delimit and/or close the usable space at least on one side.
- the household appliance door In the assembled state, the household appliance door can have a side facing the usable space and a side facing away from the usable space. The side facing away from the usable space could form a visible surface for the outside of the door.
- a door inside visible surface of the household appliance door can be part of the inner liner.
- the side of the household appliance door facing the usable space forms the visible surface of the inside of the door.
- the household appliance door covers an opening plane of the appliance body, in particular of the household appliance, advantageously by arranging and/or aligning the household appliance door at least essentially parallel to the opening plane, with an at least essentially parallel direction to the opening plane being reduced by less than 10%, preferably less than 5% and more preferably less than 2% from a direction of the opening plane.
- the household appliance door could have a maximum opening angle of at least 90°, advantageously at least 180°, preferably at least 210° and particularly preferably at most 270°, with the opening angle advantageously being measured relative to the opening plane of the appliance body.
- the closed state is preferably a state in which the household appliance door is attached to the appliance body, in contrast to an open state of the household appliance door. beats.
- the usable space is at least partially and preferably fully accessible to the user.
- the inner liner could be part of the appliance body and the household appliance door. In the installed state, the inner liner could at the same time form at least part of the appliance body and the household appliance door.
- the device body and / or the household appliance door can / could at least partially and / or to a large extent and / or completely made of metal, such as aluminum, and / or a mineral, for example glass, and / or preferably made of a plastic and / or a composite material material consist.
- the appliance body and/or the household appliance door could/could be produced, for example, at least partially and/or to a large extent by means of a deep-drawing process, by means of a 3D printing process or by means of a sheet metal bending process.
- the appliance body and/or the household appliance door is/are preferably produced to a large extent, preferably completely, by means of an injection molding process or by means of thermoforming.
- the surface element is advantageously made from a material, in particular a liquid or powdered coating material.
- the surface element could be made at least partially from minerals, possibly pigments, in particular color pigments, and/or synthetic resin and/or binders and/or fillers.
- the substance, in particular the coating substance and/or the minerals could be applied to the subarea and at least cohesively connected to the subarea.
- the surface element is formed from the fabric and/or minerals. It would also be conceivable for the surface element to be designed in the manner of a plate and/or to be produced from a plate-like element which is at least integrally connected to the partial area in the assembled state.
- the surface element is particularly preferably made of a film, in particular a hot stamping film.
- comfort and efficiency can be increased.
- assembly of the surface element on an inner liner can advantageously be improved.
- Due to an embodiment as a film a particularly thin surface element can be provided, which can thus be connected to the inner liner in a particularly integrative and simple manner. This can point to breakthroughs in the Inner liner are dispensed with an arrangement of the surface element.
- flexibility in mounting the surface element can be increased in this way.
- the film can thus be flexibly applied to any desired location on the inner liner, in particular independently of recesses and/or punched-out portions of the surface element. Accordingly, assembly and/or manufacture of the surface element can be simplified, which means that costs can be reduced.
- the surface element differs particularly advantageously from components which, because of their thickness, are inflexible, in particular dimensionally stable, such as, for example, plate-shaped components.
- the film can be connected to the inner liner at least in a materially bonded manner.
- the film connected to the inner liner forms the surface element in the assembled state.
- the surface element made from a film can, for example, be made at least partially or largely from a mineral, in particular a glass, and/or a metal and/or a metal alloy and/or a plastic and/or a carbonaceous material and/or a composite material consist.
- the film could possibly consist of a through-dyed, colored plastic.
- the foil can be flexible and/or elastic.
- the film is at least flexible enough that a deformation of the film changes a curvature of the film with respect to a direction in which the film extends.
- the film is non-destructive and preferably reversible by at least 2%, advantageously by at least 10%, preferably by at least 20% and more preferably by at least 50% along its extension in one direction to another direction which is perpendicular to the direction bendable and/or deflectable.
- An elastic film should at least be understood to mean that the film can be deformed repeatedly without the film being mechanically damaged and/or destroyed as a result, and the film in particular automatically strives to return to a basic shape of the film after it has been deformed.
- a thickness of the foil could be in a range between at least 50 nanometers and preferably at most 10 millimeters.
- the film In an unfolding state, the film could have a maximum thickness of at most 5 mm, in particular at most 2 mm, in particular at most 1 mm, advantageously at most 0.5 mm and particularly advantageously at most 0.05 mm.
- the film In the mounted state, the film could be applied, in particular glued, to curved and/or curved and/or edged walls of the inner liner, in particular the edge area. It would be conceivable for the film to be a self-adhesive film.
- the surface element could be glued or printed onto the portion or welded to the portion. The sub-area could possibly also be varnished or painted. In the installed state, the surface element can be the paintwork or the printing or the painting of the inner liner.
- the surface element is hot embossed onto the partial area of the inner liner, comfort, in particular with regard to user and/or assembly comfort, can be advantageously improved.
- fixing a surface element to the inner liner can be optimized, in particular made more durable and/or safer.
- additional fixing elements for connecting the surface element to an inner liner can be dispensed with.
- a design can be improved in terms of integrativity, since the surface element in the assembled state can be connected to the inner liner in a particularly integrative manner due to the hot stamping. Costs, in particular manufacturing and/or assembly costs, and expenditure, in particular manufacturing and/or assembly expenditure, can thus be reduced.
- the surface element could be hot stamped onto the portion by means of a hot stamping unroll process or a hot stamping lift process.
- the foil in particular the hot embossing foil, could be connected to the inner liner at least in a materially bonded manner by means of pressure and heat.
- the surface element forms at least one decorative element in the assembled state.
- convenience specifically user convenience, can be increased.
- the visual appearance of an inner liner can be improved by means of a surface element that at least partially forms a decorative element.
- the inner liner in particular a side of the inner liner facing a usable space, can preferably be made more visually appealing for the user by means of the surface element.
- visible surfaces of the inner liner can be fitted, in particular embellished and/or refined.
- a construction can be further improved in terms of integrability, since the surface element is optically indistinguishable from the inner liner in the mounted state for the user.
- the surface element can thus be arranged and/or integrated on the inner liner in a particularly inconspicuous manner for the user.
- the surface element that forms at least the decorative element is preferably provided to change at least one visual appearance of the inner liner.
- the surface element can bring about and/or provide an optical effect, for example a color effect, in particular a certain one, for the user.
- the surface element is at least partially, in particular completely, adapted in terms of appearance to the inner liner at least substantially.
- the surface element could have an optical appearance, for example a color and/or a structure and/or an optical grain, which is at least partially and preferably completely identical to at least one optical appearance, in particular a color and/or a structure and/or an optical grain of the inner liner, in particular at least one side facing the usable space.
- the surface element could also be transparent and/or appear optically transparent to the operator, at least in the assembled state.
- the surface element, in particular the visual appearance of the surface element can be indistinguishable from the visual appearance, for example the color and/or the structure and/or the grain, of the inner liner for the operator in the mounted state.
- the surface element in particular the visual appearance of the surface element, is preferably distinguishable for the operator in the installed state from the visual appearance, for example the color and/or the structure and/or the grain, of the inner liner.
- the surface element is preferably arranged at least decoratively on the inner liner.
- the interface element could have at least one piece of information, in particular for the user.
- the information can be at least a color and/or an image and/or a number and/or a letter and/or a logo and/or a brand name.
- the surface element forms at least one functional element in the assembled state. As a result, comfort, in particular user comfort, can be further increased.
- a surface element forms at least one functional element, at least a partial area of an inner liner, to which the surface element is connected in a mounted state, can advantageously be protected.
- contamination which could occur, for example, from particles from the environment, in particular from a usable space, or from a user touching it, and/or damage, for example scratching, can be avoided by means of the functional element.
- cleaning can possibly be simplified.
- the surface element that forms the functional element can possibly be transparent, so that integrativity can be further improved, since the surface element is visually indistinguishable from the inner liner for the user in the installed state.
- the surface element that forms at least the functional element is preferably intended to provide the user with at least a protective effect and/or a function with special surface properties, such as a changed electrical conductivity compared to the inner liner.
- the functional element is preferably a protection element.
- the functional element preferably provides a protective function for the inner liner, in particular the partial area.
- the functional element could form a water-repellent layer and/or be a layer which is preferably impact-resistant and/or pressure-resistant and/or scratch-resistant.
- the surface element prefferably forms the decorative element and the functional element in the assembled state.
- the surface element has decorative and functional properties.
- the invention is based on a method for producing and/or adapting a household appliance device, in particular the aforementioned household appliance device.
- a surface element is at least materially connected to at least one partial area of an inner liner facing a usable space.
- comfort in particular user comfort, can advantageously be improved and product efficiency and/or cost efficiency can be increased.
- an optical appearance of an inner liner can be changed and/or adjusted at least partially by means of a surface adjustment step.
- a surface element can possibly be connected to the inner liner for decorative purposes and/or for functional purposes, in which case at least the partial area of the inner liner can advantageously be protected from contamination and/or damage, in particular scratching, when the surface element is installed.
- the method for producing and/or adapting the household appliance device could have a number of method steps and/or partial method steps of method steps.
- the method for producing and/or adapting is a method for cladding and/or coating at least the partial area of the inner liner.
- the surface adaptation step particularly preferably takes place after a production step for producing the inner liner.
- an inner liner can still be adjusted flexibly and as required, in particular optically, even after it has been manufactured.
- convenience and costs, in particular manufacturing and/or assembly costs can be reduced.
- efficiency in terms of product efficiency and/or cost efficiency can be increased further.
- the inner liner is manufactured.
- the inner liner could be produced, for example, at least partially and/or to a large extent by means of the deep-drawing process, in particular by means of thermoforming, by means of the 3D printing process or by means of the sheet metal bending process.
- the inner liner, in particular special and all inner housing parts is preferably produced to a large extent, preferably completely, by means of the injection molding process.
- the inner liner could be made from a blank, a mass and/or a cast, for example made of metal and/or plastic, in particular liquid plastic, in the production step, preferably by means of the injection molding process.
- the blank could be deformed in the production step, in particular in such a way that the inner liner is produced.
- the inner liner is preferably produced from the blank after the production step before the surface adaptation step, in particular completely.
- a deformation step for producing the inner liner takes place after the surface adaptation step.
- comfort and efficiency can be increased.
- it can be ensured by means of a surface adaptation step, which takes place before a deformation step, that the blank, in particular a surface of the blank, is possibly adapted over the entire surface.
- the blank in particular a surface of the blank, can be adapted in the surface adaptation step, preferably before the blank is deformed. If the deformation step takes place after the surface adaptation step, the inner liner is preferably produced by means of the deep-drawing process, in particular by means of thermoforming.
- the inner liner is advantageously coated in the surface matching step.
- the surface element could be glued, printed or welded to the innerliner. Possibly the inner liner could also be varnished or painted in the surface matching step.
- the surface element be hot stamped onto the partial area facing the usable space.
- comfort, in particular user and/or assembly convenience, and efficiency, in terms of product efficiency and/or cost efficiency, can be further increased, in particular by dispensing with complex and complicated manufacture and/or assembly.
- Fixing a surface element to an inner liner can be optimized, in particular made more durable and/or safer, by hot stamping the surface element.
- an integrability can be improved since the surface element can be connected to the inner liner in a particularly integrative manner in the assembled state due to the hot stamping.
- the foil is placed on the blank or innerliner.
- the film is advantageously connected to the inner liner at least in a material-locking manner by means of pressure and heat.
- the foil is preferably the hot stamping foil.
- the hot stamping foil has at least one adhesive, which is in the surface chen adjustment step with the blank or the inner liner materially connected. Due to the pressure and heat, the adhesive of the hot stamping foil is activated in the surfacing step.
- the hot embossing of the surface element could be carried out in the surface adaptation step by means of a hot embossing lifting method and/or a hot embossing rolling method. If the surface element is formed two-dimensionally on the partial area, in particular manufactured, the hot embossing rolling method is preferred. In the case of a three-dimensional structuring of the inner liner, the hot embossing of the surface element is advantageously carried out by means of the hot embossing stroke process.
- the foil in particular the hot embossing foil, is applied to the blank or the inner liner with a heated embossing roller or a heated embossing wheel, preferably consisting of silicone and/or metal and/or a bandage material, in a continuous rolling process, in particular at least materially bonded to the blank or the inner liner.
- a heated embossing stamp which is preferably made of silicone and/or metal and/or a bandage material, in particular at least cohesively connected to the blank or the inner liner.
- the household appliance device and/or the household appliance and/or the method should/should not be limited to the application and embodiment described above.
- the household appliance device and/or the household appliance and/or the method for fulfilling a functionality described herein can have a number of individual elements, components, units and method steps that differs from the number specified herein.
- values lying within the stated limits should also be considered disclosed and can be used as desired.
- Fig. 1 designed as a household refrigeration appliance household appliance with a
- Household appliance device which has an inner liner and a surface element which is at least cohesively connected to the inner liner
- FIG. 2 shows a schematically illustrated process flow diagram for the production and/or adaptation of the household appliance device
- Fig. 3 shows a household appliance with a household appliance device in an old native embodiment
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic process flow diagram, shown in an alternative exemplary embodiment, for the manufacture and/or adaptation of the household appliance device according to FIG.
- FIG. 1 shows a household appliance 10a designed as a household refrigeration appliance, which is intended for use in a household.
- the household appliance 10a has a household appliance device 12a.
- the household appliance device 12a is presently embodied accordingly as a household refrigeration appliance device.
- the household refrigeration appliance is designed in the present case as a refrigerator. Alternatively and/or additionally, the household refrigeration appliance could also be designed as a chest freezer, freezer, chest freezer, fridge-freezer combination and/or the like.
- the household appliance device 12a has an inner liner 16a, which at least partially delimits a useful space 14a for storing stored goods.
- the inner liner 16a is part of an appliance body 28a of the household appliance device 12a
- the inner liner 16a is a housing that delimits the useful space 14a at least on five sides, in the present case a plastic housing.
- the inner liner 16a has a side facing the usable space 14a and/or a side facing away from the usable space 14a. Only the side facing the useful space 14a can be seen in FIG. 1, since the side facing away from the useful space 14a is surrounded by the device body 28a.
- the inner liner 16a has at least one wall. In the present case, the inner liner 16a has a rear wall, a bottom wall, a top wall and two opposite side walls (for the sake of clarity provided without reference numbers).
- a partial area 20a of the inner liner 16a facing the usable space 14a extends in the height direction at least partially along the back wall of the inner liner 16a.
- the partial area 20a extends along the rear wall up to a step 56a of the inner liner 16a (cf. FIG. 1). It would also be conceivable for the partial area 20a to extend over at least two walls, for example the rear wall and the top wall. In this case, the partial area 20a could extend over at least one edge area of the inner liner 16a.
- a household appliance door 30a of the household appliance device 12a is rotatably mounted on the appliance body 28a for opening and/or closing, for example by means of a hinge (cf. FIG. 1).
- a hinge cf. FIG. 1
- the usable space 14a is accessible to a user (as shown in FIG. 1).
- the household appliance door 30a strikes the appliance body 28a in a closed state and thus at least partially delimits the usable space 14a (not shown).
- the household appliance device 12a has a surface element 18a which, in an assembled state, is at least cohesively connected to at least the partial region 20a of the inner liner 16a facing the useful space 14a (cf. FIG. 1). In the mounted state, the surface element 18a forms an inside visible surface of the inner liner 16a.
- the visible inner surface is a surface of the inner liner 16a that faces the usable space 14a.
- the surface element 18a is connected directly to the partial area 20a, specifically at least in a materially bonded manner.
- non-positive and/or positive connections for fixing the surface element 18a to the inner liner 16a could also be used, such as plug-in connections and/or rotary connections and/or screw connections.
- the surface element 18a is designed as a coating 26a.
- the surface element 18a is made from a foil 32a (cf. FIG. 2).
- the surface element 18a is hot embossed onto the partial area 20a of the inner liner 16a.
- Surface element 18a is printed or glued onto the portion 20a or welded to the portion 20a.
- the surface element 18a forms at least one decorative element 36a.
- the surface element 18a forming at least the decorative element 36a is intended to change at least one visual appearance of the inner liner 16a.
- the surface element 18a has an optical effect, for example a color effect for the user (not shown).
- the surface element 18a is arranged at least decoratively on the inner liner 16a and can be distinguished by an optical appearance, for example the color and/or the structure and/or the grain, of the inner liner 16a for the user.
- the surface element 18a could also be at least partially indistinguishable for the user from the visual appearance of the inner liner 16a.
- the surface element 18a could be optically transparent.
- the surface element 18a is additionally designed as at least one functional element 38a in the assembled state.
- the surface element 18a has decorative and functional properties. However, it would also be conceivable for the surface element 18a to be designed only as a decorative element 36a or as a functional element 38a in the assembled state.
- the surface element 18a that forms at least the functional element 38a is intended to provide the user with at least a protective effect and/or a function with special surface properties, such as a changed electrical conductivity compared to the inner liner 16a.
- the functional element 38a is designed as a protection element.
- the functional element 38a provides a protective function for the inner liner 16a, namely the partial area 20a.
- the functional element 38a could form a water-repellent layer and/or be a layer that is impact-resistant and/or scratch-resistant and/or pressure-resistant.
- the surface element 18a is connected at least in a materially bonded manner to at least the partial region 20a of the inner liner 16a facing the usable space 14a in a surface adaptation step 82a.
- the method for producing and/or adapting the household appliance device 12a could have several method steps and/or several Process sub-steps of the process steps include. In the present case, the method is only described by way of example with the aid of a diagrammatically illustrated method flow diagram in FIG.
- a manufacturing step 80a for manufacturing the inner liner 16a occurs before the surface adaptation step 82a.
- FIG. 2 shows a blank 50a.
- the blank 50a is shown in the form of a plastic circuit board.
- the production step 80a the blank 50a is deformed and the inner liner 16a is produced.
- the inner liner 16a is produced, for example, at least partially and/or to a large extent by means of an injection molding process, by means of a 3D printing process or by means of a sheet metal bending process.
- the inner liner 16a is produced entirely by means of a deep-drawing process, specifically thermoforming.
- the inner liner 16a is in the correct shape before the surface adaptation step 82a, namely completely produced from the blank 50a (cf. central illustration in FIG. 2).
- the inner liner 16a is formed in one piece, namely in one piece.
- the surface adaptation step 82a takes place, in which the surface element 18a is at least cohesively connected to the partial area 20a of the inner liner 16a.
- the inner liner 16a is coated.
- a substance namely a coating substance, for example minerals, could be applied to the partial area 20a and at least cohesively connected to the partial area 20a.
- the surface element 18a is produced from the film 32a (cf. right-hand illustration in FIG. 2).
- the film 32a is applied to the inner liner 16a and connected to the inner liner 16a, namely the partial area 20a, by means of hot embossing.
- the surface element 18a is hot-embossed on the partial area 20a facing the usable space 14a.
- the foil 32a is a hot stamping foil.
- the film 32a is at least materially bonded to the inner liner 16a in the surface adaptation step 82a by pressure and heat.
- the hot stamping foil has at least one adhesive which is bonded to the inner liner 16a in a materially bonded manner in the surface adaptation step 82a. Due to the pressure and heat, the adhesive of the hot stamping foil is activated.
- the hot stamping of the surface element 18a could be used in the surface adjustment solution step 82a by means of a hot embossing lifting method and/or a hot embossing rolling method. In this exemplary embodiment, the hot embossing process is described.
- the film 32a is applied to the inner liner 16a with a heated embossing roller 52a in a continuous unrolling process, specifically at least in a materially bonded manner to the inner liner 16a.
- FIG. 3 shows that the household appliance device 12b has a household appliance door 30b.
- the household appliance door 30b has the inner liner 16b.
- the household appliance device 12b has a surface element 18b which, in an assembled state, is at least cohesively connected to at least one partial region 20b of the inner liner 16b facing the usable space 14b (cf. FIG. 3). In the mounted state, the surface element 18b forms an inside visible surface of the inner liner 16b.
- the visible inner surface is a surface of the inner liner 16b that faces the usable space 14b.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematically illustrated process flow diagram for producing and/or adapting the household appliance device 12b just described.
- a deformation step 84b for producing the inner liner 16b takes place after a surface adaptation step 82b.
- Figure 4 shows in the left figure a blank 50b.
- the blank 50b namely a surface of the blank 50b, is first fitted in the surface fitting step 82b.
- a film 32b specifically a hot stamping film, is hot stamped onto the blank 50b, as already described above.
- the surface element 18b is made of the foil 32b.
- the hot embossing is also carried out using a hot embossing rolling method using an embossing roller 52b.
- the deformation step 84b takes place, in which the blank 50b is deformed.
- the blank 50b is deformed as the inner liner 16b of the household appliance door 30b.
- the surface member 18b is hot stamped onto the innerliner 16b.
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