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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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- the present invention relates to a refrigerator such as a cabinet refrigerator or freezer, and in particular to the problem of splitting the internal area of such a refrigerator in a user-friendly manner by one or more compartment bases.
- the capability to adjust the height of such compartment bases is achieved in that, during the process of molding the inner container of a refrigerator such as this, two or more horizontal grooves are formed at different heights on the sidewalls of the inner container, into which compartment bases can be pushed.
- a further disadvantage of this known solution is the lack of capability in practice to correct the position of a compartment base if required, when it is loaded. Frequently, particularly when a user has to store relatively large amounts of purchased foodstuffs in a cabinet refrigerator, this results in the problem that it is only towards the end of the loading process, when there is little space left in the cabinet refrigerator, that it is found that the present positions of the compartment bases are not optimum for accommodation of the particular items to be refrigerated, and that one of the existing compartments lacks sufficient storage height, while there is unused height in an adjacent compartment which cannot conveniently be used. It is very difficult, if not completely impossible, to withdraw a loaded compartment base in a situation such as this, and to insert it once again at a higher or lower level.
- an inadequate maximum opening angle of the door makes it impossible to remove a compartment base oriented exactly horizontally and, if it is possible to remove it, there is, of course, a risk of the refrigerated items falling off.
- the user frequently has no choice but to unload the majority of the cabinet refrigerator and then to attempt to insert the items once again and in a more space-saving manner, or to move the position of a compartment base before loading it once again.
- a refrigerator contains a housing defining and surrounding an internal area and having walls, at least one compartment base mountable in the internal area at different heights on the walls of the housing, and supporting arms mounting the compartment base to the walls.
- Each of the supporting arms is connected to one of the walls such that the supporting arms pivot about a first axis and further connected to the compartment base such that the supporting arms can pivot about a second axis being offset with respect to the first axis.
- the capability to pivot the supporting arms in this case allows the height of a compartment base that is supported by the supporting arms to be adjusted and, to do this, there is no need to completely remove the compartment base from the refrigerator.
- the supporting arms can be pivoted independently of one another, this allows the compartment base to assume various inclined positions.
- a first preferred refinement of the invention results in there being a supporting arm which can pivot and a suspension device which can be moved horizontally on each edge of the compartment base. By pivoting the supporting arm up and down, this allows the compartment base to be adjusted between two differently inclined positions, while the suspension device that can be moved horizontally defines an axis for the pivoting movement of the compartment base.
- a configuration such as this makes it possible, for example, to adjust the compartment base between a horizontal position and a position in which it slopes forwards or towards the door, or rearwards or towards the rear wall of the refrigerator.
- a sloping position of the compartment base such as this may be expedient, for example, for storing cans or bottles horizontally, which always roll towards the deeper edge on the sloping compartment base, where they can easily be removed.
- At least three supporting arms that can pivot are provided on each side edge of the compartment base.
- a compartment base such as this can be moved only between horizontal positions, and the third supporting arm makes it impossible to change from a horizontal position to an inclined position. This refinement is thus particularly suitable for the problem mentioned above of adjusting the height of the compartment base when it is loaded.
- the supporting arms which are disposed on opposite side edges of the compartment base are not coupled to one another, then it is possible to move the supporting arms to different rest positions on different side edges, and thus to cause the compartment base to slope in the lateral direction.
- This variant has the advantage over sloping in the forwards/rearwards direction that there is no risk of the refrigerated items falling out, since they are always supported on the deeper side edge by the side wall of the refrigerator housing.
- supporting arms may in each case be connected to one another in pairs. This is once again expedient for adjusting the height of loaded compartment bases.
- the supporting arms may be formed in a simple manner as double-bent metal pins, with a first pin for engaging in an opening in the wall and a second pin for engaging in a cutout in the compartment base, as well as with an intermediate section that is angled with respect to the pins and connects them.
- At least one device for locking a supporting arm such as this is desirable for securing the compartment base in its raised position.
- This may be formed in a simple manner by a tongue which may be moved elastically and has a stop surface which is oriented transversely with respect to the movement direction of the tongue and—preferably with the tongue in the unstressed state—supports a side of the intermediate section which faces the rear wall of the refrigerator.
- the cutout that is provided for holding the second pin is opened at the bottom. This allows the supporting arms to be inserted into the openings in the side walls first, after which the compartment base can be placed on the second pins, which project from the side wall, with the second pins being inserted into the cutouts from underneath.
- the sizes of the cutouts and of the pins are preferably such that the pins are clamped in the respective cutouts. This prevents the pins from falling out of the cutouts when the panel is raised, instead of following the movement of the panel.
- a clamping fit such as this can be produced while on a plastic body which is separate from the compartment base and is preferably plugged to it.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic, partially cut-away perspective view through a housing of a refrigerator with an adjustable compartment base according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic, side view of the compartment base in two different horizontal rest positions
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic, side view of the compartment base in a lower horizontal rest position, an intermediate position and an inclined rest position;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the refrigerator with the compartment base in an inclined rest position
- FIG. 5 is a detailed view of a supporting arm and how it is fitted to a sidewall of the refrigerator housing and to the compartment base;
- FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic, perspective view of a connecting body for holding the supporting arm on the compartment base;
- FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic, plan view of one corner of the compartment base, with a locking device for the supporting arm;
- FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic, side view of the corner of the compartment base and of the locking device shown in FIG. 7;
- FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic, front view of the compartment base in a position sloping towards one sidewall;
- FIG. 10 is a diagrammatic, a front view of the compartment base with the supporting arms coupled in pairs;
- FIG. 11 is a view of a modified form of the connection between the supporting arm and the compartment base;
- FIG. 12 is a diagrammatic, side view, analogous to FIG. 2, of the compartment base which can be moved between two horizontal rest positions but cannot assume an inclined position;
- FIG. 13 is a diagrammatic, perspective view showing a modification of the compartment base shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 1 there is shown the principle of the invention on the basis of a perspective view of a compartment base 1 and of a part of a sidewall 2 and of a rear wall 3 of a refrigerator.
- the walls 2 , 3 of the refrigerator are conventionally formed from an inner container 4 , which is thermoformed from plastic, an outer wall 5 , and a layer of insulating foam 6 , which fills the space between the inner container 4 and the outer wall 5 .
- the inner container 4 is flat in the area of the sidewall 2 , with the exception of blind holes 7 which are introduced during the thermoforming process, two of which can be seen cut open in FIG. 1, while a further two each hold a first pin 10 of a supporting arm 8 for the compartment base 1 such that it can rotate.
- Each supporting arm 8 has a first pin 10 that engages in a blind hole 7 in the sidewall and defines a first horizontal pivoting axis A 1 for the supporting arm.
- a second pin 11 which defines a second pivoting axis A 2 that is parallel to the first axis A 1 , engages in a manner that will be described in more detail later, on the compartment base 1 .
- the two are connected by an intermediate section 12 , oriented essentially at right angles to the pins.
- the supporting arms 8 can be produced in a simple manner by bending a round metal rod.
- Two supporting arms 8 which are not illustrated, hold the compartment base 1 on the second side wall which is not illustrated.
- the partially withdrawn compartment base is supported and raised by hand, it can be moved to a second rest position, in which the compartment base is illustrated by dashed lines in the side view in FIG. 2.
- the second rest position which is likewise horizontal, the intermediate sections 12 of the supporting arms 8 extend essentially vertically upwards, with a slight inclination to the rear, towards the rear wall 3 of the housing. This inclination has the effect that the compartment base 1 presses against the rear wall 3 with a force which corresponds to a small proportion of its mass and of the refrigerated items stored on it, so that it is also stable in the raised rest position.
- a device for locking the supporting arms 8 in the raised position is expediently provided, which is not shown in FIG. 2 but will be described in more detail later.
- the compartment base 1 passes through a position that is shown by solid lines in the side view in FIG. 3 and in which the intermediate sections 12 of the supporting arms are oriented horizontally and the two axes A 1 , A 2 lie on a horizontal plane.
- Each supporting arm 8 can be rotated further, both upwards and downwards from this position. This makes it possible to set the compartment base 1 in inclined positions, as shown by the dashed-dotted outline in FIG. 3.
- the rear supporting arm 8 which faces the rear wall 3 is in each case lowered, while the front supporting arm 8 , which faces the door, is raised.
- the compartment base 1 thus slopes towards the rear wall 3 , and objects that are stored on it tend to gather against the rear wall.
- the compartment base 1 is in the sloping position shown in the perspective view in FIG. 4, in which it slopes towards a door 14 of the refrigerator.
- the compartment base 1 is in this case equipped with a holding device 15 in the form of two or more vertical panels which, disposed like the tines of a rake, disposed from the front edge of the tine of a rake, extend upwards from the front edge of the compartment base 1 in order to hold round containers, such as bottles or cans, which are disposed horizontally on the compartment base, which in this case is in the form of a grating.
- a refinement such as this is useful, for example, for a refrigerator that contains specific drinks in bottles or cans for sale.
- a compartment base In order to load a compartment base, it can be moved to a horizontal position or to a position in which it slopes to the rear, so that the containers can conveniently be inserted on the front edge.
- the compartment base Once the compartment base has been completely loaded, it is moved to the sloping position shown in FIG. 4, so that whenever a container is removed from the front edge of the compartment base 1 , one behind it moves back, so that all the containers can be removed conveniently and quickly in series.
- FIG. 5 shows a detail view of the supporting arm 8 and all its attachments to the compartment base according to a first refinement.
- FIG. 5 clearly shows the first pin 10 inserted into the blind hole 7 in the sidewall 2 , the second pin 11 connected to the compartment base 1 , the pivoting axes A 1 , A 2 defined by the pins and the intermediate section 12 .
- the compartment base 1 is essentially in the form of a glass plate 17 , which is in the form of a peripheral profile 18 composed of metal, or a hard, load-bearing plastic.
- the profile 18 has two cutouts on each side edge of the compartment base 1 , into which a connecting body 19 made of a tough plastic material which can be deformed slightly, such as Delrin, is inserted.
- FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the connecting body 19 .
- a top panel 20 which has grooves on its top face so that it can be handled more easily, two limbs 21 extend downwards and between them bound a cutout or groove 22 with a cross section that is matched to the cross section of the second pin 11 .
- the size of the groove 22 is such that the second pin 11 is clamped in it and can be rotated subject to friction, and it is slightly tapered in its lower area so that, although it is possible to push the pin 11 downwards in the groove 22 , it can, however, not fall out of the groove 22 when a user is supporting the compartment base 1 by hand, in order to move it to a raised rest position.
- the two limbs 21 are each lengthened at the side by a tongue 23 that, together with the top panel 20 holds the side edge of the compartment base 1 clamped in.
- FIG. 7 shows a plan view of the front right-hand corner of the compartment base 1 , on whose lower face a locking device such as this is disposed.
- a locking device that is a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 7 is located on the left-hand front corner of the compartment base.
- FIG. 8 shows a side view of the corner and of the locking device.
- a short pin 25 extends downwards from the profile 18 that forms the side edge of the compartment base 1 , and is fitted with a tongue 26 that is flexible in the direction of the arrow P.
- the tongue 26 successively has a section 27 (which is parallel to the side edge of the compartment base 1 in its destressed position shown in FIG. 7), a section 28 (which runs obliquely outward at an acute angle to the side edge), a locking section in the form of a stop surface 29 (which is at right angles to the side edge) and an operating section 30 .
- the stop surface 29 prevents the supporting arm 8 from rotating in the direction of the arrows P 2 in FIG. 8, and thus holds the compartment base 1 in the raised position. If a user wishes to lower the compartment base, then it is sufficient to push the operating section 30 slightly to the side, upwards in FIG. 7, for the stop surface 29 to release the supporting arm 8 . There is no need to operate the locking device when the compartment base 1 is being raised, because the supporting arm 8 automatically pushes the oblique section 28 sideways during raising, until the upper rest position is reached and the stop surface 29 latches in behind the supporting arm 8 in the position shown in FIG. 7.
- the supporting arms 8 which engage in opposite side walls 2 of the refrigerator housing, can be moved independently of one another, it is possible for a user to raise the supporting arms 8 further on one sidewall, the right-hand sidewall in FIG. 9, from the position of the compartment base 1 shown by solid lines in FIG. 3, in which the intermediate sections 12 of the supporting arms 8 are oriented horizontally, while he allows them to return to their low position on the opposite sidewall.
- This allows the naturally sloping position of the compartment base 1 , a front view of which is shown in FIG. 9, to be set. When round objects such as cans and bottles are stored horizontally, this position also allows these objects to gather on one side of the compartment base 1 .
- compartment base 1 The higher, free area of the compartment base 1 can thus be continually replenished, and whenever the lowermost container is removed from a compartment base, this ensures that this is only that container which has already been located on the compartment base for the longest time, and which is supposedly the best cooled.
- Single supporting arms 8 and supporting arms 8 ′ which are connected in pairs may be delivered as accessories for optional use by a user with the refrigerator according to the invention, so that each user can decide for himself whether or not he wishes to use the inclined position capability.
- FIG. 11 shows an alternative way to connect the supporting arm 8 to the compartment base 1 , on the basis of a section parallel to its side edge. If the material of the compartment base 1 or its frame profile 18 has a certain amount of elasticity, then it is possible to replace the connecting body 19 by the integral solution described here, in which the limbs 21 which bound the groove 22 for holding the second pin 11 are integrally formed on the compartment base 1 or on the frame 18 .
- FIG. 12 A further modification of the suspension device for the compartment base 1 is shown in the form of a side view in FIG. 12, analogously to the illustrations in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- This modification differs from the refinement shown in FIG. 2 only by the presence of a third supporting arm 8 on each side edge of the compartment base 1 . If the compartment base 1 shown in FIG. 12 is in this case raised from the position shown in the solid lines, then this third supporting arm prevents the front and rear supporting arms from having the capability to pivot in different directions, starting from the intermediate position, in which the intermediate sections 12 of the supporting arms 8 are in a horizontal position.
- This modification is thus particularly highly suitable for adapting the heights of the compartment bases in a loaded cabinet refrigerator to the particular requirements.
- a user can simply choose whether he wishes to use or inhibit the inclined position capability by in each case at least one third of the blind holes 7 on each sidewall of the refrigerator housing being disposed in a horizontal row, and by the compartment bases being provided with a corresponding number of cutouts 22 on each side edge. Depending on whether the user fits supporting arms 8 to two or more of the blind holes 7 and cutouts 22 , he can determine whether the inclined position is or is not possible.
- FIG. 13 shows a perspective view of a simplified modification of the suspension device for the compartment base 1 , in which in each case only one supporting arm 8 that can pivot is provided on each side edge of the compartment base 1 .
- the second supporting arm is replaced by a rigid pin 31 , which can be moved backwards and forwards horizontally in the direction of the arrow P 3 in an elongated hole 32 which is formed on the side wall of the refrigerator housing.
- the height of that area of the compartment base which is supported by the pin 31 and faces the rear wall 3 of the refrigerator housing is fixed, and only the front area can be moved between a horizontal position and a sloping position, or between two positions which slope in different directions.
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