RU2408826C2 - Refrigerating unit with storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: refrigerating unit comprises integral wall element, where at least one protruding horizontal corbel is arranged, and also comprises at least the first storage device, which is fixed on wall element, having the first base. The first base jointly with corbel forms a shelf, and the second storage device is fixed on wall element, and the second storage device has the same depth as the first storage device. The second storage device has the second base, which forms a shelf together with the second corbel. The first and second corbels have different depth.

EFFECT: using this invention makes it possible to realise shelves of various depth with minimum quantity of various storage types, no matter whether they relate to one and the same refrigerating unit or to various models of unit.

6 cl, 4 dwg

Description

Technical field

The present invention relates to a refrigeration apparatus comprising a solid wall element, as well as at least one storage device mounted thereon, having a base for placing refrigerated products on it.

State of the art

Solid wall elements for refrigerating appliances, such as, for example, inner walls of doors or inner tanks, are usually made by deep drawing of plates from thermoplastic plastic. Often they are equipped with vertical beams that improve the flexural strength of the element and on which storage devices can be fixed at various heights. Horizontal beams are also known to improve bending strength. Storage devices mounted on a wall element, especially on the inner wall of the door, are, in most cases, box-shaped parts molded under pressure from plastic, containing a base and side walls surrounding the base around.

Shelves for refrigerated products are required, in most cases, of varying depths, for example, to place relatively large, wide bottles in the storage device in the lower area of the door, and small items in the storage devices located above. For this, storage devices must be designed and manufactured, as usual, with different dimensions for the same refrigeration unit and may also differ depending on the model of the refrigeration unit. The resulting variety of storage device types entails significant costs.

Disclosure of invention

The objective of the invention is the creation of a refrigeration apparatus, which would allow to realize shelves of various depths with a minimum number of different types of storage devices, regardless of whether they belong to the same refrigeration apparatus or to different models of the apparatus.

This problem is solved using a refrigeration apparatus with the features of claim 1 of the claims.

In the refrigerator of the present invention, the depth of the shelf is determined not only by the dimensions of the storage device, but also by the depth of the cornice. Since the wall element, as a rule, is made specifically for each model, it is possible to adjust the depth of the cornice at no extra cost, in order to create a shelf with a variable depth using a standard storage device.

Two storage devices, identical to each other or having at least the same parts, can be combined with cornices of different depths to create shelves of different depths in the refrigerator. However, one of the storage devices can be mounted on a wall element without an appropriate cornice, and thus the base of the storage device itself forms a shelf.

Preferably, the wall element is part of the door. After turning the door, there is convenient access to the shelves and, therefore, also to the refrigerated products delivered to them.

Also preferably beams are made on the wall element, on which the shelves are mounted. With the help of beams, the fastening of storage devices to the wall element is enhanced. Thus, a heavier refrigerated product can be placed on the shelves, and there is no danger that the storage devices will break off from the wall element. Depending on how far the corresponding curtain rod protrudes from the wall element, at the height of the curtain rods, the beams also protrude from the wall element to a different size to ensure reliable fastening of all storage devices. Thus, the beams at the height of the first cornice, which protrudes further from the wall element than the second cornice, protrude accordingly further from the wall element than at the height of the second cornice.

At least one of the storage devices may be removably mounted. In case of damage, it can be easily replaced with a new storage device. However, in the case of a removable mount, it may preferably be a detachable connection.

A hinged lid may be installed on at least one of the storage devices to shield refrigerated products on the shelf from other refrigerated products in the refrigerator. This is to prevent exposure to refrigerated products on the shelf of the smell of other refrigerated products in the refrigerator.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention is further explained in more detail using one preferred embodiment. The drawings show the following:

figure 1 is a cross section of part of a wall element with storage devices of the refrigeration apparatus of the present invention;

figure 2 is a perspective view of part of the wall element without storage devices in figure 1;

figure 3 is a perspective view of part of the wall element with the storage devices of figure 1;

4 is a cross section of part of a wall element with storage devices according to a modified embodiment.

The implementation of the invention

Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a part of a wall element 1 with storage devices 2, 3 of a refrigerator of the present invention. In this case, FIG. 1 represents a cross section along this part of the wall element 1, while FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a part of the wall element 1 without storage devices 2, 3, and FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a part of the wall element 1 with devices 2 3 storage.

In the case of the wall element 1 we are talking about a plate made by deep drawing. On the wall element 1 are made, firstly, two protruding vertical beams 4, and secondly, two protruding horizontal cornices 5, 6. In this case, the cornice 5 projects a little further than the cornice 6.

Storage devices 2, 3 include bases 7, 8. Both storage devices 2, 3 are identical, and thus the bases 7, 8 have the same depth. With the exception of their sides facing the wall element 1, the bases 7, 8 are framed by a vertical wall. To strengthen the stiffness, as a compensation for the missing wall facing the wall element, the storage devices have a stiffening rib 11 protruding downward on the edge of their bases 7, 8 facing the wall element 1.

Both storage devices 2, 3 are fixed on the beams 4 of the wall element 1. The fastening is a detachable connection 9, in which the edge part of the side wall of the storage device 2 or 3 is included in the recess 10 of one of the beams shown in Fig. 2. The recesses 10 are arranged in such a way that the bases 7, 8 of the storage devices 2 are continuously extended due to the cornices 5 or 6. Thus, the base 7 with the cornice 5 forms the first shelf 5, 7, and the base 8 with the cornice 6 forms the second shelf 6, 8. Due to the cornices 5, 6 having different depths, the first shelf 5, 7 is slightly deeper than the second shelf 6, 8. Thus, it becomes possible to place refrigerated products of various sizes on different shelves 5, 7 and 6, 8, and keep them in the refrigerator.

In order to fix the storage devices 2, 3 on the beams 4, the recesses 10 and the wall sections included therein can be equipped with fixing devices not shown in the figures.

As can be seen from the figures, the beams 4 at a height of the protruding cornice 6 and the storage device 3 protrude from the wall element 1 further than at a height less than the protruding cornice 5 and the storage device 2. Thus, the position of the recesses 10 relative to the leading edge of the cornices is the same for both cornices 5, 6, and it is guaranteed that each of the storage devices 2, 3 can be rigidly mounted on each of the cornices 5, 6, and a substantially continuous shelf is obtained without a nominal clearance between the bases 7, 8 and the cornices 5, 6.

Figure 4 shows a modified embodiment of the invention in a section similar to that shown in figure 1. The cornices 5, 6 here have a beveled leading edge 12, and the edges of the bases 7, 8 are beveled accordingly. Storage devices 2, 3 are firmly torn in the horizontal direction on the beams 4. The bevel allows the cornice 5 or 6 to support the base 7 opposite to it or 8, when it bends under the load of refrigerated products placed on it and, nevertheless, form a continuous shelf from the base and the cornice. Alternatively, the leading edge of the cornices may also be provided with a step on which lies the edge portion of the base.

Claims (6)

1. A refrigeration apparatus comprising an integral wall element (1), on which at least one protruding horizontal cornice (5, 6) is made, and also comprising at least a first storage device (2, 3) fixed to the wall element (1 ), which has a first base (7, 8), and the first base (7, 8) together with the cornice (5, 6) forms a shelf, and a second storage device (3, 2) is mounted on the wall element (1), having such the same depth as the first storage device (2, 3), characterized in that the second storage device (3, 2) has Thoroe base (8, 7) which with a second cornice (6.5) forms a shelf, said first and second rods (5, 6) have different depths. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, characterized in that the wall element (1) is part of the door. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, characterized in that the beams (4) are made on the wall element (1), on which storage devices (2, 3) are fixed. 4. The refrigeration apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that at least one of the storage devices (2, 3) is removably fixed. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, characterized in that the removable mount (9) is a detachable connection. 6. The refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the storage devices (2, 3) has a hinged lid.

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