RU2458294C2 - Refrigerator with shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: refrigerating apparatus has a cooling chamber where at least one step shelf is installed with upper and lower bearing surfaces and a substantially vertical intermediate element. One of the bearing surfaces is retained in the frame with the ability to tilt in the direction of the intermediate element. In the frame a groove is made where the bearing surface tilted towards the intermediate element enters.

EFFECT: use of this invention enables to extend the possibility to store the products of different sizes.

4 cl, 3 dwg

Description

Technical field

The proposed invention relates to a stepped shelf, as well as a refrigerating apparatus in which such a shelf can be used.

State of the art

A refrigerated appliance with a stepped shelf is known, for example, from DE 100 39 362 A1. The stepped shape of the shelf makes it possible to create storage areas of different heights in the compartments located above and below the stepped shelf, which makes it possible to efficiently use the storage space inside the refrigerator.

Disclosure of invention

The objective of the proposed invention is to improve such a shelf so as to offer even more diverse possibilities for storing refrigerated products of various sizes.

The objective of the invention is solved in such a way that at the stepped shelf with upper and lower bearing surfaces and a vertical intermediate element, at least one bearing surface is rotatably held in the frame. With this, it is possible to turn the bearing surface to the side so as to combine the compartments at the top and bottom of the stepped shelf and provide the possibility of storing long refrigerated products.

If the bearing surface is rotated to a substantially vertical position, it can remain in the refrigerator when it is not in use, without occupying significant space there, so that, if necessary, it can be quickly and conveniently folded back to accommodate cooled products.

Preferably, the bearing surface is rotatable towards the intermediate element. Means can be provided on the intermediate element for fixing the bearing surface so that it does not accidentally lean back again.

It is also possible to lean the bearing surface rotated in a vertical position against the intermediate element or against the side wall of the refrigerator containing the shelf.

The groove into which the bearing surface enters in an upright position can serve to stabilize the bearing surface in a leaning position.

Further features and advantages of the invention follow from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings. They show the following.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stepped shelf according to a first embodiment of the invention with a bearing surface in a horizontal position;

Figure 2 - shelf of figure 1 with a vertically rotated bearing surface; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view of a bearing surface according to a second embodiment of the invention.

The implementation of the invention

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a shelf according to the invention. It is intended for use in a refrigerator, like a shelf, known from the previously mentioned DE 190 39362 A1, and is installed therein in the same way as a known shelf, so that the image of the refrigerator at this stage can be discarded.

The shelf includes the lower and upper bearing surfaces 1, 2, each of which is made in the form of a safety glass plate, which is installed in a frame 3 or 4, surrounding and supporting its four edges. The frames 3, 4 can, for example, be assembled of four extruded profiles each, and two of the extruded extruded profiles are rigidly connected using a vertically oriented rectangular intermediate element 5. The intermediate element 5 is shown here as a solid plate, it can also be perforated to save weight . Next to its two upper corners, the intermediate element 5 has a key 6, which engage with the front and rear profiles of the lower frame 3.

Figure 2 shows a shelf with a lower bearing surface 1, turned towards the intermediate element 5. It can be seen on it that extruded extruded profiles that form frames 3, 4 have crossbeams 7 facing each other, on which they rest in a horizontal position the edges of the bearing surfaces 1, 2. In the vertically rotated position of the bearing surface 1, as shown in FIG. 1, only one edge of the bearing surface 1 rests on the crossbar 7 of the extruded extruded profile 5, and dowels 6 hold the bearing surface 1 sandwiched between them. Thus, the bearing surface 1 is fixed in a vertical position.

Figure 3 shows a schematic sectional view of a bearing surface according to a second embodiment of the invention. As in the first embodiment, the two bearing surfaces 1, 2 are held in the frames 3, 4 extending around the perimeter and are supported by the beams 7, which form the frames 3, 4. At least on one of the beams, namely on the supporting lower bearing surface 1 at the base the intermediate element 5 of the crossbar, there is a groove 8 open at the top, the width of which corresponds to at least the thickness of the bearing surface 1. The groove 8 lies at a distance d of a few millimeters from the vertical intermediate element 5, so that pounding the surface 1 in the raised position, as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 3, could stably lean on the intermediate element 5. Since the width of the bearing surface 1 in this embodiment is not greater than the height of the intermediate element 5, there is very little risk that the inattentive user will touch vertically standing bearing surface 1 and overturn it. Additional fixation of the bearing surface 1, such as, for example, using the keys 6 according to the first embodiment, can be eliminated here.

Of course, the groove 8 can be combined with a locking mechanism, such as, for example, a key 6; this is primarily advisable if the width of the bearing surface 1 is greater than the height of the intermediate element, so that in the vertically rotated position of the bearing surface 1, the edge of the bearing surface 1 projects above the intermediate element 5. In this case, the distance d may be zero.

Claims (4)

1. A refrigerating apparatus with a refrigerating chamber in which at least one step shelf is installed with upper and lower bearing surfaces (1, 2) and a substantially vertical intermediate element (5), characterized in that one of the bearing surfaces (1) is held in the frame (3) with the possibility of folding towards the intermediate element (5), and in the frame (3) there is a groove (8), which includes the bearing surface (1) folded towards the intermediate element (5) . 2. The refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the tilting bearing surface (1) is rotatably supported at least in a region adjacent to the intermediate element (5). 3. The refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that means (6) are provided for fixing the bearing surface (1) on the intermediate element (5). 4. The refrigerator according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the lower bearing surface (1) is a bearing surface with the possibility of folding.

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