FR2831952A3 - Extensible shelf surface for refrigerator has two panel section with intercalating fingers to allow sliding engagement - Google Patents

Extensible shelf surface for refrigerator has two panel section with intercalating fingers to allow sliding engagement Download PDF

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FR2831952A3
FR2831952A3 FR0210252A FR0210252A FR2831952A3 FR 2831952 A3 FR2831952 A3 FR 2831952A3 FR 0210252 A FR0210252 A FR 0210252A FR 0210252 A FR0210252 A FR 0210252A FR 2831952 A3 FR2831952 A3 FR 2831952A3
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Rosanna Martinoia
Enrico Brambilla
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/02Shelves
    • A47B96/025Shelves with moving elements, e.g. movable extensions or link elements
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2325/00Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/021Shelves with several possible configurations
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2325/00Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/023Shelves made of wires
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/803Bottles

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Abstract

The extensible shelf surface (1) for a refrigerator has two flat panels (2,3) which are relatively movable and intercalate. The support surface remains constant independent of the relative positions of the two panels. The panels can have lateral extensions (11,16,3d) for engagement with the refrigerator.

Description

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Le présent modèle d'utilité se réfère à une tablette pour réfrigérateurs et similaires.  This utility model refers to a shelf for refrigerators and the like.

Dans le domaine auquel se réfère l'invention, il est souvent nécessaire de disposer sur des tablettes des récipients d'une hauteur relativement importante, comme par exemple des bouteilles, puisque, spécialement l'été, la capacité consacrée à ces récipients dans la porte du réfrigérateur n'est pas suffisante. Il est vrai que certains types de récipients peuvent être placés horizontalement sur les tablettes du réfrigérateur, mais cela est possible en pratique pour des récipients fermés et qui n'ont pas été précédemment ouverts puisqu'il n'existe aucune garantie qu'une fois ouverts et refermés, après une consommation partielle du contenu correspondant, ils puissent empêcher les fuites de leur contenu. Souvent, en outre, les récipients ont une capacité telle, par exemple de deux litres ou plus, qu'ils ne peuvent pas être disposés dans la porte du réfrigérateur. Dans tous les cas, les récipients ouverts ou semi-ouverts, comme par exemple les carafes, ne peuvent pas être placés dans la porte puisque la manipulation de celle-ci peut provoquer la fuite du produit liquide.  In the field to which the invention refers, it is often necessary to have containers of relatively high height on shelves, such as bottles, since, especially in summer, the capacity devoted to these containers in the door from the refrigerator is not sufficient. It is true that certain types of containers can be placed horizontally on the shelves of the refrigerator, but this is possible in practice for closed containers that have not been previously opened since there is no guarantee that once opened and closed, after a partial consumption of the corresponding content, they can prevent leakage of their content. Often, moreover, the containers have a capacity such, for example of two liters or more, that they cannot be placed in the refrigerator door. In all cases, open or semi-open containers, such as decanters, cannot be placed in the door since handling it may cause the liquid product to leak.

La présente invention a donc comme but principal de réaliser une tablette ayant une profondeur réductible qui, du fait de cette réductibilité, permet de placer sur la tablette située en dessous des récipients de grandes dimensions et des récipients ouverts, tout en permettant dans ces cas une utilisation partielle de sa profondeur.  The main object of the present invention is therefore to produce a shelf having a reducible depth which, because of this reducibility, makes it possible to place on the shelf situated below large containers and open containers, while in these cases allowing partial use of its depth.

Ce but, ainsi que d'autres qui apparaîtront mieux dans la description détaillée jointe, est atteint par une tablette pour réfrigérateurs et similaires conforme aux enseignements des revendications jointes.  This object, as well as others which will appear more clearly in the detailed description attached, is achieved by a shelf for refrigerators and the like in accordance with the teachings of the appended claims.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description détaillée suivante, fournie à simple titre  The invention will be better understood on reading the following detailed description, provided simply

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indicatif et réalisée en se référant aux dessins joints, dans lesquels :
La figure 1 montre une vue en perspective de la tablette de l'invention avant la jonction de ses deux éléments ;
La figure 2 montre une vue en perspective partielle d'un des composants de la tablette de l'invention ;
La figure 3 montre une vue en perspective partielle d'un détail de l'autre composant, et
La figure 4 montre une vue en plan partielle de la tablette dans ses deux positions de profondeur maximale et minimale.
indicative and made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the tablet of the invention before the junction of its two elements;
Figure 2 shows a partial perspective view of one of the components of the tablet of the invention;
FIG. 3 shows a partial perspective view of a detail of the other component, and
Figure 4 shows a partial plan view of the shelf in its two positions of maximum and minimum depth.

Les figures 5 et 6, ayant une simple fonction d'explication générale de l'invention, reproduisent respectivement dans une vue en perspective très schématique de la tablette ses deux positions.  Figures 5 and 6, having a simple general explanation function of the invention, respectively reproduce in a very schematic perspective view of the tablet its two positions.

En se référant initialement aux figures 5 et 6, la tablette de profondeur variable prévoit deux composants 2, 3, substantiellement plans et en forme de peignes, dont les dents (2a et 3a) de l'un sont décalées par rapport aux dents de l'autre, de façon à ce que les dents de l'un pénètrent et coulissent dans les intervalles interdentaires (2b, 3b) de l'autre. Les dents et les intervalles inter-dentaires ont de préférence la même largeur. La position de profondeur minimale de la tablette est reproduite sur la figure 6 dans laquelle les dents pénètrent dans les intervalles inter-dentaires et cette figure montre qu'il est possible de poser (dans un réfrigérateur), sur une tablette située en dessous, des bouteilles, conteneurs de hauteur (relativement) importante, tout en laissant un espace pour placer sur la tablette en retrait certains récipients.  Referring initially to Figures 5 and 6, the variable depth shelf provides two components 2, 3, substantially planar and in the form of combs, the teeth (2a and 3a) of one are offset from the teeth of the 'other, so that the teeth of one penetrate and slide in the interdental intervals (2b, 3b) of the other. The teeth and the inter-dental intervals preferably have the same width. The position of minimum depth of the shelf is shown in Figure 6 in which the teeth penetrate into the inter-dental intervals and this figure shows that it is possible to place (in a refrigerator), on a shelf below, bottles, containers of (relatively) high height, while leaving a space to place certain containers on the recessed shelf.

En passant aux détails de réalisation et donc aux figures de 1 à 4, le composant 2, réalisé en plastique prévoit des guides rectilignes 5 le long des côtés  Moving on to the construction details and therefore to the figures from 1 to 4, the component 2, made of plastic, provides straight guides 5 along the sides

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internes faisant face à ses intervalles interdentaires.  internal facing its interdental intervals.

Les guides ont une embouchure 5a pour permettre l'entrée dans celles-ci de tourillons ou saillies qui sortent latéralement 3c des dents 3a de l'autre composant 3 en permettant ainsi l'accouplement par coulissement correspondant entre les deux composants. The guides have a mouth 5a to allow the entry into the latter of pins or protrusions which exit laterally 3c from the teeth 3a of the other component 3 thus allowing coupling by corresponding sliding between the two components.

Les dents du composant 3 sont jointes, à une de leur extrémité (l'extrémité frontale), à une entretoise 6 de manutention du composant 3 par rapport au composant 2.  The teeth of component 3 are joined, at one of their ends (the front end), to a spacer 6 for handling the component 3 relative to the component 2.

Le dimensionnement des parties est tel que la face ou le côté d'appui des dents est contenu dans un même plan, indépendamment de la position correspondante de ses deux composants 2,3.  The dimensioning of the parts is such that the face or the support side of the teeth is contained in the same plane, independently of the corresponding position of its two components 2,3.

Le composant 2 présente à son extrémité interne (en se référant au logement 10, fig. 4, du réfrigérateur dans lequel se trouve la tablette) une paire de tourillons ou saillies opposés 11 destinés à s'insérer dans des niches ou cavités 12 présentes dans des nervures conventionnelles 13 du logement 10, saillant des parois 14 dudit logement.  Component 2 has at its internal end (with reference to the housing 10, fig. 4, of the refrigerator in which the shelf is located) a pair of opposite pins or projections 11 intended to be inserted in niches or cavities 12 present in conventional ribs 13 of the housing 10, projecting from the walls 14 of said housing.

En outre, en position plus avancée, le composant 2 présente des saillies 16 pour son appui ultérieur sur lesdites nervures 13. In addition, in the more advanced position, the component 2 has projections 16 for its subsequent support on said ribs 13.

Le composant mobile 3 présente pour son appui sur les nervures 13 des saillies terminales 3d parallèles aux dents.  The movable component 3 has, for its support on the ribs 13, 3d terminal projections parallel to the teeth.

Dans la figure 4, le composant 3 est reproduit, en pointillés, dans une position de profondeur maximale de la tablette et par une ligne continue, dans la position de profondeur minimale de la tablette.  In FIG. 4, the component 3 is reproduced, in dotted lines, in a position of maximum depth of the tablet and by a solid line, in the position of minimum depth of the tablet.

Bien entendu, l'homme de l'art sera en mesure d'imaginer, à partir du dispositif dont la description vient d'être donnée à titre simplement illustratif et nullement limitatif, diverses variantes et modifications ne sortant pas du cadre de l'invention. Of course, those skilled in the art will be able to imagine, from the device whose description has just been given by way of illustration only and in no way limitative, various variants and modifications not departing from the scope of the invention .

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REVENDICATIONS 1. Tablette (1) pour réfrigérateurs ou similaires, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend deux composants substantiellement plans (2, 3) mobiles, l'un par rapport à l'autre et s'engageant réciproquement en peigne. 1. Shelf (1) for refrigerators or the like, characterized in that it comprises two substantially planar components (2, 3) movable, one with respect to the other and engaging reciprocally in comb. 2. Tablette selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que son plan d'appui reste tel quel, indépendamment de la position relative des deux composants (2,3) 2. Shelf according to claim 1, characterized in that its support plane remains as it is, regardless of the relative position of the two components (2,3) 3. Tablette selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que les composants présentent des dispositifs saillant latéralement (11,16, 3d) pour l'appui sur des parties (13) du réfrigérateur. 3. Shelf according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the components have laterally projecting devices (11,16, 3d) for the support on parts (13) of the refrigerator. 4. Tablette selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que l'engagement en peigne s'effectue au moyen de dents et d'espaces interdentaires des deux composants (2,3) qui, sur l'un d'eux, sont disposés de façon décalée par rapport à ceux de l'autre composant.  4. Tablet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the comb engagement is effected by means of teeth and interdental spaces of the two components (2,3) which, on one of 'them, are arranged offset from those of the other component. 5. Tablette selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce qu'un composant (2) présente sur les côtés de ses dents des guides rectilignes (5) pour des formations (3c) saillant latéralement des dents de l'autre composant (3), les dents du composant doté des guides (5) présentant des embouchures (5a) au niveau de ces guides pour lesdites formations saillant latéralement. 5. Tablet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a component (2) has on the sides of its teeth rectilinear guides (5) for formations (3c) projecting laterally from the teeth of the other component (3), the teeth of the component provided with guides (5) having mouths (5a) at these guides for said laterally projecting formations.
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