US20170370633A1 - Regrigerator with glass shelves - Google Patents

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US20170370633A1
US20170370633A1 US15/634,675 US201715634675A US2017370633A1 US 20170370633 A1 US20170370633 A1 US 20170370633A1 US 201715634675 A US201715634675 A US 201715634675A US 2017370633 A1 US2017370633 A1 US 2017370633A1
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Pasquale Ciniello
Augusto Ribolzi
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    • 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
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • 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
    • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
    • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
    • A47B88/497—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor with other guiding mechanisms, e.g. scissor mechanisms
    • 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
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/06—Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves
    • A47B96/062—Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves for glass shelves
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/062—Walls defining a cabinet
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/065—Details
    • F25D23/067—Supporting 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
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers
    • 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
    • A47B2210/00—General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices
    • A47B2210/17—Drawers used in connection with household appliances
    • A47B2210/175—Refrigerators or freezers
    • 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
    • F25D2325/00—Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/022—Shelves made of glass or ceramic

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  • the present disclosure relates to a refrigerator, in particular a domestic refrigerator, having an internal compartment with side walls, each side wall being provided with molded parts for supporting at least one glass shelf.
  • a refrigerator having a plurality of side walls defining an internal compartment.
  • a glass shelf includes parallel sides, each having an element including a C-shaped cross-section for embedding, at least partially, respective edges of a glass member.
  • Each element includes a first elastic portion configured to cooperate with a corresponding seat of a molded part disposed on one of the plurality of side walls.
  • Raised portions are disposed on each element. The raised portions include hook-shaped parts configured to cooperate with corresponding side rails of a drawer for preventing tilting movement of the drawer.
  • a refrigerator having a plurality of side walls defining an internal compartment.
  • a glass shelf includes parallel sides that each have an element with a C-shaped cross-section for embedding, at least partially, respective edges of a glass member.
  • Each element includes a first elastic portion configured to cooperate with a corresponding seat of a molded part disposed on one of the plurality of side walls.
  • Yet another aspect of the present disclosure includes a refrigerator having a compartment defined by a plurality of side walls. Supports are formed on each side wall.
  • a glass shelf includes an element having a C-shaped cross-section for receiving a portion of a glass member. The element includes a first elastic portion configured to cooperate with a corresponding support disposed on one of the plurality of side walls.
  • One object of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator in which the user can easily pass from a cavity with shelves only to a cavity with shelves and drawers.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide the user with good feedback during the use of the drawers.
  • the present disclosure avoids the lateral wobbling of the drawer and vertical movement of the drawer. In this way, during use of the drawer, the user feels a precise extraction of the drawer, similar to the use of metal telescopic rails.
  • the basic concept of the present disclosure consists of two plastic elements inserted at the glass shelf sides.
  • lateral parts of the plastic elements maintain the glass shelf in the center of the compartment or cell.
  • two elastic ribs with pins block the glass shelf on the cell, such that the glass shelf avoids movement during handling of food items or during pull out of the drawer.
  • the elastic ribs compensate the unavoidable deformation of the cabinet.
  • Plastic elements are made of polyoxymethylene (POM) to allow a better sliding of the drawer.
  • plastic elements may be made of cheaper plastic material (for instance polypropylene (PP)) with co-molded shaped protrusion of POM on which the drawer can slide.
  • PP polypropylene
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a shelf according to the disclosure immediately before mounting of the shelf on the side walls of the refrigerator compartment;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the shelf mounted on the side walls of the refrigerator compartment;
  • FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the shelf of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a sliding drawer mounted on the shelf, where the side walls of the compartment have been removed;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged bottom perspective view of the shelf of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 6 is another enlarged bottom perspective view of the shelf of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a component according to the disclosure.
  • the terms “upper,” “lower,” “right,” “left,” “rear,” “front,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as oriented in FIG. 1 .
  • the term “front” shall refer to the surface of the device closer to an intended viewer of the device, and the term “rear” shall refer to the surface of the device further from the intended viewer of the device.
  • the invention may assume various alternative orientations, except where expressly specified to the contrary.
  • the specific devices and processes illustrated in the attached drawings, and described in the following specification are simply exemplary embodiments of the inventive concepts defined in the appended claims. Hence, specific dimensions and other physical characteristics relating to the embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered as limiting, unless the claims expressly state otherwise.
  • a refrigerator R includes an inner cavity defined by a compartment C, wherein a plurality of glass shelves G are mounted within the refrigerator R.
  • Each shelf G is provided, on parallel sides, with plastic elements 10 having a C-shaped cross-section mounted on an edge 12 of the shelf G.
  • Each plastic element 10 may have a continuous C-shaped portion 11 a (as shown in FIG. 7 ).
  • each plastic element 10 may have a C-shaped slotted portion 11 b (as shown in FIG. 6 ). Both C-shaped portions 11 a, 11 b (continuous or slotted) have the same purpose for mounting the plastic element 10 on the shelf.
  • Inner walls W of the compartment C present two molded parts 14 and 17 , each of which may define a lowered seat.
  • the two molded parts 14 and 17 may be obtained by thermoforming a plastic inner liner, or by using components (such as foam) obtained by injection molding, and insert the components into an aperture defined by the liner in a tight manner.
  • the term “molded parts” includes the above solutions, and any alternative solution as well.
  • a front molded part 14 includes a blind hole 14 a for receiving a pin 16 a of an elastic portion 16 of the plastic element 10 , which protrudes laterally and in a front portion thereof.
  • the elastic portion 16 extends downwardly from the shelf G.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 The detail of the mounted configuration is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , wherein the pin 16 a is elastically inserted in the blind hole 14 a.
  • the front portion of the plastic element 10 includes a cross part 10 a, which avoids any sliding of the glass shelf G toward the outside, while any backward movement of the shelf G is prevented by a similar cross part 10 b present in a rear portion of the plastic element 10 ( FIG. 5 ) or by a rear wall of the compartment.
  • each plastic element 10 includes two series of protrusions 18 , 20 .
  • a first series of protrusions 18 are simple linear protrusions on which a bottom portion or bottom wall of a plastic drawer 22 can slide.
  • the protrusions 20 of the second series are hook-shaped and are configured to cooperate with side rails 24 of the bottom of the drawer 22 for avoiding any tilting movement thereof.
  • Each hook-shaped protrusion 20 opens toward an adjacent linear protrusion 18 .
  • each plastic element 10 is provided with a guide protrusion 26 on the front part of the element 10 , which is shaped so as to guide the drawer 22 and its side rails 24 in the initial mounting sliding movement of the drawer itself.
  • the guide protrusion includes an angled forward portion and a rearward portion that is generally parallel with an adjacent protrusion 18 .
  • Each plastic element 10 is also provided with a second elastic portion in the form of a side elastic tongue 28 , which keeps the glass shelf G in the center of the compartment.
  • the mounting of the glass shelf G in the inner compartment C is simple and safe, since one plastic element 10 is coupled with each of two opposite sides of a glass plate, and then the glass shelf G (including the glass plate and the plastic element 10 ) is inserted elastically in the molded parts 14 , 17 . If a user wants to install a sliding drawer 22 in the space defined by two glass shelves G, the user simply inserts the drawer 22 on the glass shelf G, and in this coupling movement, the user is helped by the shaped guide protrusion 26 .
  • the drawer 22 includes a lateral protrusion 30 configured to cooperate with a corresponding protrusion (not shown) of the inner liner.
  • the series of protrusions 18 , 20 , wherein the drawer 22 slides may be of a plastic co-molded material different from the material of the plastic element 10 and having a lower friction coefficient may reduce the overall cost of the plastic elements 10 .
  • the term “coupled” in all of its forms, couple, coupling, coupled, etc. generally means the joining of two components (electrical or mechanical) directly or indirectly to one another. Such joining may be stationary in nature or movable in nature. Such joining may be achieved with the two components (electrical or mechanical) and any additional intermediate members being integrally formed as a single unitary body with one another or with the two components. Such joining may be permanent in nature or may be removable or releasable in nature unless otherwise stated.
  • elements shown as integrally formed may be constructed of multiple parts or elements shown as multiple parts may be integrally formed, the operation of the interfaces may be reversed or otherwise varied, the length or width of the structures and/or members or connector or other elements of the system may be varied, the nature or number of adjustment positions provided between the elements may be varied.
  • the elements and/or assemblies of the system may be constructed from any of a wide variety of materials that provide sufficient strength or durability, in any of a wide variety of colors, textures, and combinations. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present innovations. Other substitutions, modifications, changes, and omissions may be made in the design, operating conditions, and arrangement of the desired and other exemplary embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present innovations.

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