US20060232177A1 - Mounting arrangement for the internal dividing means in refrigerators and freezers - Google Patents

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US20060232177A1 US10/564,996 US56499604A US2006232177A1 US 20060232177 A1 US20060232177 A1 US 20060232177A1 US 56499604 A US56499604 A US 56499604A US 2006232177 A1 US2006232177 A1 US 2006232177A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/30—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
    • F16B12/10—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like
    • F16B12/12—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics
    • F16B12/26—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics using snap-action elements
    • 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
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  • the present invention refers to a constructive arrangement for mounting dividing means, such as shelves, compartments, and other accessories, in different positionings inside the cabinet of a refrigerator or freezer, after the formation of said cabinet still in the manufacturing phase of the refrigeration appliance, or even after the latter has been acquired by the user.
  • refrigerators and freezers comprising a simple or combined cabinet which is made of a generally metallic external box, and an internal box defining a respective refrigeration compartment, usually molded in plastic material and which is maintained affixed within the external box, with a layer of thermal insulating material, which is normally defined in polyurethane foam and provided between said internal and external boxes.
  • each internal box of the cabinet is molded so as to have its lateral walls configured to provide means that define support members for the seating or fitting of different accessories to be positioned inside the cabinet, such as shelves, compartments, etc.
  • the manufacture of the internal boxes presently known is made according to the project of the internal arrangement of the accessories for each line of refrigeration appliance, compulsorily requiring the provision of different designs and, consequently, of different molds for the injection of the internal boxes, each being structurally configured to make the support members compatible with the project of the refrigerator or freezer.
  • the present arrangement comprises: at least two holes, horizontally spaced from each other and which are produced through a respective lateral wall of the internal box and through part of the thickness of the adjacent portion of the thermal insulator; a tubular bushing which is tightly fitted in each of said holes; and at least one support member, which is configured to support, laterally, an internal dividing means of the cabinet, and to incorporate at least one pin to be fitted and axially removably retained in each of said tubular bushings, securing the support means against a respective lateral wall of the internal box at a height which is defined upon the provision of the respective holes in the already formed cabinet.
  • FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a combined refrigerator cabinet, whose internal box carries, on one of its lateral walls, two already mounted support members and several sets of tubular bushings already fitted in the respective holes of the cabinet;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a wall portion of the cabinet of FIG. 1 , illustrating a tubular bushing fitted into a respective hole provided in the cabinet;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the support member in the form of a rail illustrated in FIG. 1 and incorporating a pair of pins to be fitted in respective tubular bushings;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to that of FIG. 2 , but with the tubular bushing securing a respective pin of the support member illustrated in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the support member illustrated in the upper part of the internal box in FIG. 1 , incorporating a pair of mounting pins; and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the support member illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 .
  • the present mounting arrangement is directed to refrigerators and freezers having a simple or combined cabinet 10 , consisting of a generally metallic plate external box 11 , and at least one internal box 12 , generally injected in plastic material and which is made in a single piece with a substantially parallelepipedic shape, defining a respective refrigeration compartment C. Between the internal box 12 and the external box 11 , a thermal insulator 13 , generally in polyurethane foam, is injected.
  • the refrigeration compartment C is limited, on both sides, by lateral walls 14 , only one being illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • the mounting arrangement comprises, initially, the provision of at least two holes 15 , horizontally spaced from each other and which are produced through a respective lateral wall 14 of the internal box 12 and through part of the thickness of the adjacent portion of the thermal insulator 13 .
  • each lateral wall 14 of the internal box 12 is provided with a plurality of pairs of holes 15 , horizontally spaced from each other and which are positioned in different levels along the useful height of said lateral walls 14 , the positioning of said holes 15 being defined as a function of the mounting possibilities of support members for shelves and compartments to be described below.
  • the latter after the assembly of both the external box 11 and the internal box 12 and after the injection of the thermal insulator 13 , is submitted to a perforating step, in which the lateral walls 14 receive the pairs of holes which are designed to match the requirements for the assembly of the internal dividing means, as a function of the different models of refrigerator or freezer to be produced from the same internal box that is molded in a single type of mold.
  • a tubular bushing 20 preferably constructed in plastic material and which comprises a front end portion 21 , opened to the inside of the cabinet 10 , and a median portion 22 and a rear end portion 23 which are positioned in the interior of the thermal insulator 13 .
  • the rear end portion 23 presents, internally, a diametrical widening 23 a in relation to the adjacent region of the median portion 22 .
  • the interior of the median portion 22 of the tubular bushing 20 is slightly frusto-conical, widening towards the front end portion 21 , the latter generally incorporating, externally, a peripheral flange 21 a to be seated against the lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10 .
  • each tubular bushing 20 presents, externally, close to the peripheral flange 21 a, a frusto-conical portion 21 b, tapering towards the peripheral flange 21 a and which has a longitudinal extension slightly larger than the thickness of the internal box 12 , said frusto-conical portion 21 b having its larger diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the respective hole 15 passing through the internal box 12 .
  • each tubular bushing 20 there is tightly fitted and axially retained a pin 30 incorporated to a support member 40 , 50 which is configured to support, laterally, an internal dividing means of the cabinet 10 , which internal dividing means can present the form of a shelf, of a sliding compartment, or any other accessory to be laterally supported inside the refrigeration compartment C, by seating on the lateral walls 14 of the cabinet 10 .
  • the dimensioning of the pin 30 is made so that it can be adequately retained inside a respective tubular bushing 20 , but also easily liberated from the lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10 , in order to allow the replacement of the support members 40 , 50 or the modification of their positioning for the different bushings which are previously fitted in different levels in the lateral walls 14 of the cabinet 10 .
  • the support means 40 , 50 can present different constructions, such as, for example, in the form of a rail laterally incorporating a pair of pins 30 to be fitted in respective tubular bushings 20 affixed to each lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10 , said support member 40 being configured to support, slidingly, a lateral edge of an internal dividing means of the cabinet 10 , which dividing means, as already mentioned, can be defined as a simple shelf, or a compartment, or even a sliding tray.
  • the support member 40 , 50 in the form of a rail can present a simple rectilinear construction to be horizontally secured to a respective lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10 , or take the form of complex rails, such as that illustrated in FIG. 5 and which allows the internal dividing means mounted thereto to be displaced between the different operative positions, spaced from each other at least on the vertical direction.
  • the support member 40 mentioned above is better illustrated in FIG. 6 .
  • each pin 30 of a support member 40 , 50 presents a tubular cross section, having an external contour which is similar to and slightly smaller than that of the internal cross section of the tubular bushing 20 , and a free end portion 33 , resiliently deformable in the radial direction and which is tightly fitted in the interior of the diametrical widening 23 a of the respective tubular bushing 20 , so as to axially lock the pin 30 inside the tubular bushing 20 .
  • the free end portion 33 of the pin 30 is longitudinally split in at least one position.

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A mounting arrangement for the internal dividing means in refrigerators and freezers, having a cabinet (10) formed by an external box (11); at least one internal box (12) and a thermal insulator (13) injected between the external box (11) and the internal box (12). The mounting arrangement comprises: at least two holes (15) which are horizontally spaced from each other and produced through a respective lateral wall (14) of the internal box (12) and through part of the thickness of the thermal insulator (13); a tubular bushing (20) tightly fitted in each of said holes (15); and at least one support member (40, 50) configured to support, laterally, an internal dividing means of the cabinet (10) and to incorporate at least one pin (30) to be fitted and axially removably retained in each of said tubular bushings (20), securing the support means (40, 50) against a respective lateral wall (14) of the internal box (12) at a height defined upon the provision of the respective holes (15) in the already formed cabinet (10).

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    FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention refers to a constructive arrangement for mounting dividing means, such as shelves, compartments, and other accessories, in different positionings inside the cabinet of a refrigerator or freezer, after the formation of said cabinet still in the manufacturing phase of the refrigeration appliance, or even after the latter has been acquired by the user.
    • PRIOR ART
  • There are well known the refrigerators and freezers comprising a simple or combined cabinet which is made of a generally metallic external box, and an internal box defining a respective refrigeration compartment, usually molded in plastic material and which is maintained affixed within the external box, with a layer of thermal insulating material, which is normally defined in polyurethane foam and provided between said internal and external boxes.
  • In these known constructions, each internal box of the cabinet is molded so as to have its lateral walls configured to provide means that define support members for the seating or fitting of different accessories to be positioned inside the cabinet, such as shelves, compartments, etc.
  • Thus, the manufacture of the internal boxes presently known is made according to the project of the internal arrangement of the accessories for each line of refrigeration appliance, compulsorily requiring the provision of different designs and, consequently, of different molds for the injection of the internal boxes, each being structurally configured to make the support members compatible with the project of the refrigerator or freezer.
  • Besides the project inflexibility imposed by the present systems, these known constructions require the internal arrangement of the accessories to be defined by the manufacturer himself, according to the project of each refrigerator or freezer, making impossible to modify, during manufacture, commerce or use of the appliance by the end user, the arrangement of the shelves or internal compartments, according to the usage particularities of the refrigerator or freezer.
  • The attempts made to provide more versatile arrangements for the fixation of the support means, which at least allow modifying the internal positioning of such elements during manufacture of the refrigerator or freezer, have resulted in systems which require pieces of complex and costly construction to be adapted to the internal structure of the cabinet, through difficult operations which require special mounting tools.
    • OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
  • Considering the deficiencies mentioned above for the presently known mounting arrangements, it is a generic object of the present invention to provide a new mounting arrangement for the internal dividing means in refrigerators and freezers, which allows the definition and the simple, quick, and relatively inexpensive formation of the elements for the fixation of several support means in the interior of the cabinet, immediately after the manufacture of the latter or even after the refrigeration appliance is made available for sale or in use by the end user.
  • It is a complementary object of the present invention to provide a mounting arrangement of the type mentioned above, which allows the production of a single internal box for a determined dimensional design of a refrigeration cabinet, independently of the internal arrangement of the support members to be affixed for supporting the shelves, compartments and other internal dividing means.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • In order to comply with the above-mentioned objects of the invention, the present arrangement comprises: at least two holes, horizontally spaced from each other and which are produced through a respective lateral wall of the internal box and through part of the thickness of the adjacent portion of the thermal insulator; a tubular bushing which is tightly fitted in each of said holes; and at least one support member, which is configured to support, laterally, an internal dividing means of the cabinet, and to incorporate at least one pin to be fitted and axially removably retained in each of said tubular bushings, securing the support means against a respective lateral wall of the internal box at a height which is defined upon the provision of the respective holes in the already formed cabinet.
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  • The invention will be described below, with reference to the enclosed drawings, given by way of example of an embodiment of the invention and in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a combined refrigerator cabinet, whose internal box carries, on one of its lateral walls, two already mounted support members and several sets of tubular bushings already fitted in the respective holes of the cabinet;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a wall portion of the cabinet of FIG. 1, illustrating a tubular bushing fitted into a respective hole provided in the cabinet;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the support member in the form of a rail illustrated in FIG. 1 and incorporating a pair of pins to be fitted in respective tubular bushings;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to that of FIG. 2, but with the tubular bushing securing a respective pin of the support member illustrated in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the support member illustrated in the upper part of the internal box in FIG. 1, incorporating a pair of mounting pins; and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the support member illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4.
    • DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • As previously mentioned and as illustrated in the enclosed drawings, the present mounting arrangement is directed to refrigerators and freezers having a simple or combined cabinet 10, consisting of a generally metallic plate external box 11, and at least one internal box 12, generally injected in plastic material and which is made in a single piece with a substantially parallelepipedic shape, defining a respective refrigeration compartment C. Between the internal box 12 and the external box 11, a thermal insulator 13, generally in polyurethane foam, is injected. The refrigeration compartment C is limited, on both sides, by lateral walls 14, only one being illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • According to the present invention, the mounting arrangement comprises, initially, the provision of at least two holes 15, horizontally spaced from each other and which are produced through a respective lateral wall 14 of the internal box 12 and through part of the thickness of the adjacent portion of the thermal insulator 13. In the construction illustrated in FIG. 1, each lateral wall 14 of the internal box 12 is provided with a plurality of pairs of holes 15, horizontally spaced from each other and which are positioned in different levels along the useful height of said lateral walls 14, the positioning of said holes 15 being defined as a function of the mounting possibilities of support members for shelves and compartments to be described below. Thus, depending on the number and the position of the internal dividing means to be provided in the interior of the cabinet 10, the latter, after the assembly of both the external box 11 and the internal box 12 and after the injection of the thermal insulator 13, is submitted to a perforating step, in which the lateral walls 14 receive the pairs of holes which are designed to match the requirements for the assembly of the internal dividing means, as a function of the different models of refrigerator or freezer to be produced from the same internal box that is molded in a single type of mold.
  • In each hole 15 is tightly fitted a tubular bushing 20, preferably constructed in plastic material and which comprises a front end portion 21, opened to the inside of the cabinet 10, and a median portion 22 and a rear end portion 23 which are positioned in the interior of the thermal insulator 13. The rear end portion 23 presents, internally, a diametrical widening 23 a in relation to the adjacent region of the median portion 22. In the illustrated embodiment, the interior of the median portion 22 of the tubular bushing 20 is slightly frusto-conical, widening towards the front end portion 21, the latter generally incorporating, externally, a peripheral flange 21 a to be seated against the lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10.
  • Aiming at better axially retaining the tubular bushing 20 in the interior of the hole 15, the front end portion 21 of each tubular bushing 20 presents, externally, close to the peripheral flange 21 a, a frusto-conical portion 21 b, tapering towards the peripheral flange 21 a and which has a longitudinal extension slightly larger than the thickness of the internal box 12, said frusto-conical portion 21 b having its larger diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the respective hole 15 passing through the internal box 12. With this construction, after the introduction of the tubular bushing 20 inside the hole 15, said frusto-conical portion 21 b of the tubular bushing 20 is positioned exactly in the region of the hole 15 defined along the thickness of the internal box 12, making the external conical shape of this portion of the tubular bushing 20 to be axially retained against the wall of the internal box 12.
  • In order to improve the resistance of the tubular bushing 20, its rear end portion 23 is closed immediately after the diametrical widening 23 a, making the radial stresses, to which the bushing will be submitted during operation, to be supported by the closing of its rear end portion 23.
  • In each tubular bushing 20 there is tightly fitted and axially retained a pin 30 incorporated to a support member 40, 50 which is configured to support, laterally, an internal dividing means of the cabinet 10, which internal dividing means can present the form of a shelf, of a sliding compartment, or any other accessory to be laterally supported inside the refrigeration compartment C, by seating on the lateral walls 14 of the cabinet 10. The dimensioning of the pin 30 is made so that it can be adequately retained inside a respective tubular bushing 20, but also easily liberated from the lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10, in order to allow the replacement of the support members 40, 50 or the modification of their positioning for the different bushings which are previously fitted in different levels in the lateral walls 14 of the cabinet 10.
  • The support means 40, 50 can present different constructions, such as, for example, in the form of a rail laterally incorporating a pair of pins 30 to be fitted in respective tubular bushings 20 affixed to each lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10, said support member 40 being configured to support, slidingly, a lateral edge of an internal dividing means of the cabinet 10, which dividing means, as already mentioned, can be defined as a simple shelf, or a compartment, or even a sliding tray.
  • The support member 40, 50 in the form of a rail can present a simple rectilinear construction to be horizontally secured to a respective lateral wall 14 of the cabinet 10, or take the form of complex rails, such as that illustrated in FIG. 5 and which allows the internal dividing means mounted thereto to be displaced between the different operative positions, spaced from each other at least on the vertical direction. The support member 40 mentioned above is better illustrated in FIG. 6.
  • According to the preferred embodiment illustrated in the drawings, each pin 30 of a support member 40, 50 presents a tubular cross section, having an external contour which is similar to and slightly smaller than that of the internal cross section of the tubular bushing 20, and a free end portion 33, resiliently deformable in the radial direction and which is tightly fitted in the interior of the diametrical widening 23 a of the respective tubular bushing 20, so as to axially lock the pin 30 inside the tubular bushing 20. In order to facilitate the elastic deformation of the pin 30 during the operations of fitting it into and removing it from the tubular sleeve, the free end portion 33 of the pin 30 is longitudinally split in at least one position.
  • While only one embodiment of the invention has been illustrated herein, it should be understood that changes in the form and relative arrangement of the elements could be made, without departing from the constructive concept defined in the appended claims.

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1. A mounting arrangement for the internal dividing means in refrigerators and freezers, having a cabinet (10) formed by an external box (11); at least one internal box (12) defining a respective refrigeration compartment (C) provided with lateral walls (14), and a thermal insulator (13) injected between the external box (11) and the internal box (12), characterized in that it comprises: at least two holes (15) horizontally spaced from other and produced through a respective lateral wall (14) of the internal box (12) and through part of the thickness of the adjacent portion of the thermal insulator (13); a tubular bushing (20) tightly fitted in each of said holes (15); and at least one support member (40, 50) configured to support, laterally, an internal dividing means of the cabinet (10) and to incorporate at least one pin (30) to be fitted and axially removably retained in each of said tubular bushings (20), securing the support means (40, 50) against a respective lateral wall (14) of the internal box (12) at a height which is defined upon the provision of the respective holes (15) in the already formed cabinet (10).
2. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the tubular bushing (20) comprises a front end portion (21), opened to the interior of the cabinet (10), and a median portion (22) and a rear end portion (23) which are positioned in the interior of the thermal insulator (13), said rear end portion (23) presenting, internally, a diametrical widening (23 a) in relation to the adjacent region of the median portion (22).
3. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 2, characterized in that the interior of the median portion (22) of the tubular bushing (20) is slightly frusto-conical, widening towards the front end portion (21).
4. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 2, characterized in that the front end portion (21) of the tubular bushing (20) incorporates, externally, a peripheral flange (21 a) to be seated against the lateral wall (14) of the cabinet (10).
5. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 4, characterized in that the front end portion (21) of the tubular bushing (20) presents, externally, close to the peripheral flange (21 a), a frusto-conical portion (21 a), tapering towards the peripheral flange (21 a) and which has an extension slightly larger than the thickness of the internal box (12), said frusto-conical portion (21 b) having its diameter larger than the diameter of the respective hole (15) passing through the internal box (12).
6. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 2, characterized in that the rear end portion (23) of the tubular bushing (20) is closed.
7. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 2, characterized in that each pin (30) of a support member (40, 50) presents a tubular cross section, with an external contour which is similar to and slightly smaller than that of the internal cross section of the tubular bushing (30), and a free end portion (33) which is resiliently deformable in the radial direction and tightly fittable inside the diametrical widening (23 a) of the respective tubular bushing (20), axially locking the pin (30) in the interior of the latter.
8. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 7, characterized in that the free end portion (33) of the pin (30) is longitudinally split.
9. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that each support member (40, 50) takes the form of a rail incorporating, laterally, a pair of pins (30) to be fitted in respective tubular bushings (20) affixed to each lateral wall (14) of the cabinet (10), said support member (40) being configured to support, slidingly, a lateral edge of an internal dividing means of the cabinet (10).
10. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 9, characterized in that the internal dividing means take the form of shelves.
11. The mounting arrangement as set forth in claim 9, characterized in that the internal dividing means take the form of compartments.
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