US20190078835A1

US20190078835A1 - Food-receiving container with friction-grip positioning of a dividing wall in a tray, domestic refrigeration appliance, and method

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Publication number: US20190078835A1
Application number: US16/129,055
Authority: US
Inventors: Andreas Gatter; Thomas Tischer; Andrea Fink
Original assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2017-09-13
Filing date: 2018-09-12
Publication date: 2019-03-14
Also published as: DE102017216200A1; CN109489333A; CN109489333B

Abstract

A food-receiving container has a tray and a respectively separate dividing wall arranged in an interior of the tray for the purpose of separating the volume of the tray. A retaining device is realized with which the dividing wall can be positioned in a fixed setting, in which the dividing wall is fixed on the tray, and can be put into a respectively different moving setting. The dividing wall, when in the state of being arranged on the tray, can be moved in the interior relative to the tray. The retaining device has at least one friction-grip element by which the dividing wall is held on the tray secured against moving by frictional grip in the fixed position. The fixed setting can be released by lifting the dividing wall.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. § 119, of German application DE 10 2017 216 200.7, filed Sep. 13, 2017; the prior application is herewith incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a food-receiving container with a tray and a respectively separate dividing wall which is arranged in the interior of the tray for the purpose of separating the volume of the tray. The food-receiving container has a retaining device with which the dividing wall can be positioned in a fixed setting in which the dividing wall is fixed on the tray in that position. The dividing wall can be put into a respectively different moving setting in which this dividing wall, when in the state of being arranged on the tray, can be moved in the interior relative to the tray. Furthermore the invention also relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance with at least one food-receiving container of this type.
A food-receiving container with a relevant separate dividing wall is known from published, Japanese patent application JP 2004 089255 A for example. There, the dividing wall can be variously positioned with the aid of a retaining device which has compressible retaining clips. If these clips are in a clamping setting then side flange regions of the dividing wall are pressed against vertical side walls of the tray and the dividing wall is then fixed in its position in the interior of the tray. If these clips are operated and in particular moved toward each other, this fixed setting is released and the clamping effect of these retaining clips is at least definitively reduced such that the dividing wall can be moved in the interior of the tray.
In the known embodiment of the retaining device with these specifically graspable and operable retaining clips, adjustment of the fixed setting and the moving setting is very laborious for a user. Firstly the user must reach into the interior of the tray and take hold of the retaining clips located lower down in this regard. This is particularly difficult if stored goods are contained in the tray and the accessibility of these clips is restricted. Precisely when the stored goods are moist or frozen, unwanted harm can occur to the user's fingers here. Moreover the retaining clips are relatively filigreed and in a concealed position so that they can also be operated undesirably strongly, not just during gripping, in such a case, and can then also be impaired in their function or can be broken off in such a case.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to create a food-receiving container in which the adjustment of various settings of a dividing wall in the interior of the tray can be effected more easily.
This object is achieved by a food-receiving container and a domestic refrigeration appliance according to the independent claims.
An aspect of the invention relates to a food-receiving container with a tray and a respectively separate dividing wall which is arranged in the interior of the tray for the purpose of separating the volume of the tray. The food-receiving container has a retaining device with which the dividing wall can be positioned in a fixed setting in the interior of the tray. In this fixed setting the dividing wall is positionally fixed on the tray. The dividing wall can be put into a moving setting different from the fixed setting in which the dividing wall, when in the state of being arranged on the tray, can be moved in the interior relative to the tray. The moving setting is achieved when the retaining device has released its retaining effect. In the fixed setting on the other hand, the retaining effect of the retaining device is active. The retaining device has at least one plate-like friction-grip element by which the dividing wall is held on the tray secured against moving by frictional grip in the fixed position. The fixed setting can be released by lifting the dividing wall. The dividing wall is consequently arranged in the tray such that on the one hand the fixed setting and on the other hand the moving setting are adjusted by the different height settings of the dividing wall relative to the tray. These different height levels are viewed in the direction perpendicular to a loading aperture of the tray. The friction-grip element is an element which, based on its geometric and/or material embodiment, automatically builds up or releases this frictional grip depending on these different settings of the dividing wall relative to the tray. The friction-grip element is therefore realized for building up the frictional grip or for breaking down the frictional grip solely by the contact with the tray. The friction-grip element is not a user operating element which clamps or otherwise gives rise to a retaining effect by direct gripping and defined operation of the element in the gripped state. Direct gripping of the friction-grip element by a user is no longer necessary during adjustment of the dividing wall into its specific positions. This results in fundamentally improved handling being achieved for individual positional adjustment of the dividing wall. It is no longer necessary for a user to reach extensively into the interior of the tray in order to be able to definitively operate a concealed retaining element there by means of direct grasping; instead, relevant contactless operation of this friction-grip element by users is achieved by them definitively positioning the dividing wall and then also individually adjusting the fixed setting or the moving setting. The fixed setting is then retained solely through the generation or release of the frictional grip generated individually and automatically during the mechanical contact of the dividing wall with the tray. To release the fixed setting and therefore remove the frictional-grip-based contact between the friction element and the tray, the dividing wall is lifted perpendicular to the plane of the loading aperture and also perpendicular to the potential moving direction of the dividing wall in the interior of the tray. This very intuitive and user-friendly, and therefore also fast and accurate, positioning of the dividing wall has the aforesaid advantages.
The at least one plate-like friction-grip element is arranged on an edge side of the dividing wall, which edge side faces an inner side of a side wall of the tray, and is arranged standing raised above same at the edge side. This achieves the result that on the one hand a flat constructional embodiment of this friction-grip element is achieved, and on the other hand the mechanical contact with the inner side of the tray is then also advantageously and primarily accomplished by the projecting raised-up position, so that the frictional grip can then be built up here concretely and also continuously during this preferably vertical movement of the dividing wall and therefore during pressing downward into the tray.
Provision is preferably made for the friction-grip element to have a plate-like sub-element which is realized with a plate surface for the purpose of friction-grip contact. This is a particularly advantageous embodiment since on the one hand the flat constructional design is favored, and on the other hand the aforesaid advantages regarding build-up of the frictional grip during lowering or respectively pressing in of the dividing wall into the interior of the tray are particularly achieved. This plate surface makes it possible to then also accomplish the friction-grip state over the largest possible area so that the fixed setting is held particularly securely. Even if stored goods impact against the dividing wall during filling of the interior of the tray, this fixed setting is not undesirably released or a moving of the dividing wall prevented.
Provision is preferably made for this plate surface of the plate-like sub-element to extend over at least 80 percent of the height of the friction-grip element. The very large-area embodiment in this regard enables a continuous and constant build-up of frictional grip during lowering of the dividing wall into the interior of the tray. A sudden onset of what is then already a very high level of frictional grip is prevented. This embodiment in turn also supports user-friendly introduction of the dividing wall.
Provision is preferably made for the friction-grip element to be realized out of an elastomer. This material favors the aforesaid advantages with an eye on deliberate continuous build-up of frictional grip and also lastingly secure retention of this fixed setting. On the other hand the embodiment made of elastomer is viable for the most diverse ambient conditions so that frictional grip is reliably generated and stays in effect both at room temperature and also at cool temperatures in a domestic refrigeration appliance.
Moreover the required deformation elasticity is maintained over a long service life in the case of an embodiment out of elastomer so that here also, no slackening occurs and for example no brittleness or the like of the friction-grip element occurs.
Provision is preferably made for the dividing wall to have a strip-like side flange which faces an inner side of the tray, wherein the friction-grip element is arranged on the side flange. An embodiment of this type results in a widening of the edge-side being accomplished, more or less perpendicular to the plane in which the dividing wall extends, so that in this regard also a wider friction-grip element can have a stable location on it. This embodiment improves functionality in the generation of frictional grip. By means of this side flange the friction-grip element can then also more or less support itself on both sides and is more or less squeezed in like a sandwich during generation of the frictional grip. On the one hand by the inner side of the tray, on the other hand by this side flange. An undesirable deformation or other damaging of the friction-grip element is also prevented as a result. By means of this embodiment moreover the friction-grip element, when viewed in the width direction, does not then project at the side in the fixed setting so that here also, no undesirable impacting or striking of stored goods on the friction-grip element occurs, so that also the friction-grip element is not damaged.
This side flange is preferably wider than the friction-grip element, with the result that the aforesaid advantages are achieved to a particular degree.
Provision is preferably made for the dividing wall to be arranged at a higher level in the moving setting than in the fixed setting when viewed in a height direction of the food-receiving container. This height direction is oriented perpendicular to the plane of the loading aperture of the tray. In this context simple moving of the dividing wall can be achieved in the moving setting since it can more or less stand somewhat upward out of the interior of the tray, and therefore can be gripped easily by a user and can be moved correspondingly definitively. No unwanted outward projection of the dividing wall over the loading aperture of the tray then occurs in the relevant fixed setting, lying lower in the downward direction, so that here also no troublesome projection occurs and impacting by further components of the domestic refrigeration appliance is prevented.
Provision is preferably made for the dividing wall to be latched on the tray and a latching element of the dividing wall and a mating latching element on the tray to abut against each other in the moving setting, and the latching element and the mating latching element to be uncoupled in the fixed setting. An embodiment of this type therefore nevertheless prevents the occurrence of any unwanted release of the dividing wall from the tray in the moving setting, in which the defined moving is enabled. Since the moving direction is oriented in the plane in which the filling aperture of the tray extends, or respectively is oriented parallel to same, the desirable lifting-out of the dividing wall, upward perpendicular to this plane, is avoided by means of this latching connection. An unwanted releasing of the dividing wall, in particular during moving, is prevented as a result. Moreover this embodiment of the latching device therefore prevents the release of the fixed setting during pulling of the dividing wall upward out of the interior of the tray, or any pulling too far out in this regard.
On the other hand the latching device nevertheless then continues to be present in the fixed setting and in this context generates a release setting of the latched state of the latching element with the mating latching element. In this fixed setting also, the latching device continues to be realized such that the dividing wall could not be completely separated from the tray. Nevertheless the actually latched state and the mutual abutting of the latching element and of the mating latching element is not required in this fixed setting.
Provision is preferably made for a clip reaching outward from the side to be arranged with the latching element on an upper edge of the dividing wall, and a mating latching element to be arranged on an outer side of a side wall of the tray. A wing-like element, on which this latching element is arranged in a covered and therefore also protected manner, is created by means of this embodiment. This advantageously makes it possible to reach round the mating latching element from above. Not only is secure latching possible on the one hand but also the prevention of latching elements undesirably lying exposed upward, which could then be damaged or broken off by impact.
Provision is preferably made for the mating latching element to be realized in the form of a rail by means of which the latching element is guided when moving in the moving setting of the dividing wall. This multifunctionality of the mating latching element results in a saving being made in components and the overall handling concept for the dividing wall being constructed particularly simply.
Provision is preferably made for two oppositely located side walls of the tray, between which the dividing wall extends, to be arranged sloping toward a loading aperture of the tray so that the interior of the tray widens out toward the loading aperture. An embodiment of this type means that the fixed setting and therefore the continuous build-up of frictional grip can be achieved particularly advantageously. Provision can be made, in an advantageous manner, for the oppositely located side walls to have different slopes. As a result the concept of the frictional grip can be structured individually on the individual walls. On the other hand an assembly coding is created so that the dividing wall can also not be installed wrongly.
Provision is preferably made for the dividing wall to reach over upper edges of oppositely located side walls of the tray with the aid of the clip already referred to. The concept for retaining the dividing wall on the tray is enabled particularly advantageously as a result. In particular these clips can then also sit on the edge from above, in particular in the fixed setting of the dividing wall in the interior of the tray, so that this sitting-on from above results in a further additional stabilization of the fixed setting being achieved.
Provision is preferably made for the moving path of the dividing wall relative to the tray to be limited by a lowered edge segment of at least one upper edge of a side wall of the tray. On the one hand defined part volumes of the interior of the tray can be adjusted advantageously as a result, on the other hand these lowered edge segments result in there being no unwanted projection of the dividing wall upward out of the tray.
A further aspect of the invention relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance with at least one food-receiving container according to the aforesaid aspect or an advantageously embodiment thereof.
A further independent aspect of the invention relates to a method for positioning a dividing wall of a food-receiving container in an interior of a tray of the food-receiving container. In the course of the method the dividing wall, when in the state of being arranged on the tray, is moved relative to the tray for the purpose of changing a volume division of the interior of the tray in a moving setting, and is held on the tray secured against moving in a fixed setting. The dividing wall is held on the tray by a retaining device. The dividing wall is held on the tray secured against moving by frictional grip of a friction-grip element of the retaining device, in particular in the direction perpendicular to a filling aperture or respectively loading aperture of the tray, in the fixed setting. The fixed setting is released by lifting the dividing wall, in particular in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the filling aperture and therefore in particular also perpendicular to the moving direction of the dividing wall.
Advantageously the concept means that the dividing wall can be operated and moved between the fixed setting and the moving setting by a user with only one hand. Simple handling is produced as a result. Precisely also in the case of disabled users who have a disability of a hand or an arm or who are otherwise at least temporarily restricted with one hand, handling of the dividing wall can nevertheless be carried out securely.
Further advantageous embodiments of the method are enabled by the aforesaid components of the food-receiving container and also by their at least partly individual interaction with each other.
The designations “up”, “down”, “front”, “rear”, “horizontal”, “vertical”, “depth direction”, “width direction”, “height direction”, etc. designate the given positions and orientations in the case of use as intended, and arrangement as intended, of the food-receiving container or respectively the appliance.
Further features of the invention arise from the claims, the figures, and the description of the figures. The features and feature combinations stated above in the description, and also the features and feature combinations stated below in the description of the figures and/or shown singly in the figures can be used not only in the respectively stated combination but also in other combinations or in a standalone context without departing from the scope of the invention. Embodiments of the invention which are not explicitly shown and explained in the figures but which arise and can be generated from the explained embodiments by means of separated feature combinations are therefore also to be regarded as comprised and disclosed. Embodiments and feature combinations which therefore do not have all the features of an originally formulated independent claim are also to be regarded as disclosed.
Other features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in a food-receiving container with friction-grip positioning of a dividing wall in a tray, domestic refrigeration appliance, and method, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of an inventive domestic refrigeration appliance;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a food-receiving container with a dividing wall in a fixed setting;

FIG. 3 is a perspective and sectional view through the embodiment according to FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective and sectional view according to FIG. 3 in which, in contrast to FIG. 3, the dividing wall is arranged in a lifted moving setting.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Identical or functionally identical elements are labeled with the same reference characters in the figures.
Referring now to the figures of the drawings in detail and first, particularly to FIG. 1 thereof, there is shown a schematic view of a domestic refrigeration appliance 1 which is realized for storing and preserving food. The domestic refrigeration appliance 1 can be a refrigerator or a freezer or a combined refrigerator/freezer. In the exemplary embodiment, it is preferably a combined refrigerator/freezer. The domestic refrigeration appliance 1 has a casing or housing 2 in which at least one receiving space 3 for food is realized. The receiving space 3 can be a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment. In an advantageous embodiment the domestic refrigeration appliance 1 has, separately from the first receiving space 3, a second receiving space 4 which can likewise be a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment. In particular the second receiving space 4 is a freezer compartment.
The domestic refrigeration appliance 1 moreover has a door 5 which closes the receiving space 3. In an optional embodiment the domestic refrigeration appliance 1 has a second door 6 which closes the optionally present second receiving space 4 at the front. The doors 5 and 6 are arranged in a pivoting manner on the casing 2.
A separate food-receiving container 7 is arranged in the receiving space 4. The food-receiving container 7 is shown in FIG. 2 in a perspective view according to an exemplary embodiment. The food-receiving container 7 has a tray 8 which is realized in a tub-like manner. The tray 8 has, in the upper region, a loading aperture 9 which is open, and through which stored goods can be introduced into and can be removed from an interior 10 of the tray 8. Moreover the food-receiving container 7 has, separately from the tray 8, a dividing wall 11 which can be attached in the interior 10 for the purpose of separating the volume of the tray 8. The dividing wall 11 consequently separates the volume of the tray 8 into two separate part volumes. The tray 8 has a front boundary wall 12 and a rear boundary wall 13. The boundary wall 12 has an upper edge 14. The boundary wall 13 has an upper edge 15. As can be seen in the embodiment according to FIG. 2, an edge segment 14 a of the upper edge 14 is lowered with respect to the remaining part of the edge 14. Correspondingly an edge segment 15 a of the upper edge 15 is lowered with respect to the remaining region of the edge 15. A maximal moving path of the dividing wall 11 in the interior 10 of the tray 8 is defined by these lowered edge segments 14 a and 15 a.
The edge segment 14 a is strengthened or respectively stiffened by an optionally present bar 16. Correspondingly a further bar 17 can be provided in the edge segment 15 a in order to stiffen same also. Preferably a mating latching element 18 is arranged on an outer side 12 a of the side wall 12, offset downward with respect to this edge segment 14 a when viewed in the height direction (y direction), over the entire length of the edge segment 14 a. This mating latching element 18 is also realized here in particular in the form of a continuous and uninterrupted linear rail which sticks out, raised forward, from the outer side 12 a. Correspondingly a mating latching element 19 is molded on as a single piece, offset downward with respect to this edge segment 15 a, on an outer side 13 a of the rear side wall 13, which mating latching element is preferably realized correspondingly in the form of a continuous linear rail which extends over the entire length of the edge segment 15 a. This further mating latching element 19 is shown in FIG. 3.
The dividing wall 11 is realized in one piece, in particular of plastic. The dividing wall 11 has a base plate 20, as can be seen in FIG. 2. Side flanges 21 and 22 are realized on oppositely located edge sides of the base plate 20 (FIG. 3), which in this regard extend further in width than the base plate 20. These side flanges 21 and 22 face inner sides 13 b and 12 b of the side walls 12 and 13. A further bar 23, which is likewise wider than the base plate 20, is realized on an upper edge of the base plate 20. The dividing wall 11 is stiffened as a result.
In the upper region, in particular leading to the bar 23, clips 24 and 25 are molded on at oppositely located sides. These are oriented downward and reach round the edge segments 14 a and 15 a from above. FIG. 2 shows the fixed setting of the dividing wall 11. This means that it is arranged at a lower position in the height direction (y direction) and therefore is arranged at a lower height level than this dividing wall 11 has in the respectively different moving setting. This height direction is oriented perpendicular to the plane in which the loading aperture 9 extends.
As can be seen, latching elements 26 and 27 (FIG. 3) are molded on in a single piece at the lower free ends of the clips 24 and 25. The mating latching elements 18 and 19 form, together with the latching elements 26 and 27, a latching device with the aid of which the dividing wall 11 is arranged in a latching manner on the tray 8. In the fixed setting of the dividing wall 11 shown in FIG. 2 the dividing wall 11 is arranged in the tray secured against moving. This means that it cannot be moved in the width direction (x direction). In this fixed setting the dividing wall 11 is positioned such that the latching elements 18 and 19 are spaced away from the mating latching elements 26 and 27 and are therefore arranged out of contact with each other in the height direction. Nevertheless the latching device is realized such that even in this setting the dividing wall 11 cannot be taken out of the interior 10.
As can be seen in the perspective sectional view in FIG. 3, which shows a sectional view along the line of intersection III-III in FIG. 2, the dividing wall 11 is positionally fixed on the tray 8 exclusively by frictional grip in this fixed setting. For this purpose the food-receiving container 7 has a retaining device 28 which has at least two separate, in particular plate-like, friction- grip elements 29 and 30 here. These friction-grip elements 29 are realized as separate parts and in particular solid bodies which are preferably made of an elastomer. They are arranged on the dividing wall 11 on oppositely located sides, in particular held on the side flanges 21 and 22. The friction-grip element 29 has a plate-like sub-element 31 which, raised to the side, extends from the side flange 22 in the direction of the inner side 12 b. This plate-like sub-element 31 has a plate surface 32 which is realized and arranged for the purpose of direct friction-grip contact with the inner side 12 b. In this fixed setting the dividing wall 11 is pushed downward into the interior 10 in the height direction such that the dividing wall 11 is held fixed in that position by the friction- grip elements 29 and 30. In particular the plate-like sub-element 31 is compressed or respectively squashed between the inner side 12 b and the side flange 22 by this downward pushing such that the corresponding frictional grip is built up here. The further friction-grip element 30 is constructed correspondingly, and correspondingly acts identically in functional terms.
Preferably this plate surface 32 extends over at least 80 percent of the height of the entire friction-grip element 29, so that the largest possible area of abutment on the inner side 12 b is achieved here.
In this fixed setting the dividing wall 11 is also in particular sitting on a floor 33 of the tray 8. In addition to or in place of this provision can be made for the clips 24 and 25 to sit on the edge segments 14 a and 15 a in this fixed setting. This fixed setting is additionally stabilized by these two said alternatives, which can also occur in combination. Starting from the fixed setting of the dividing wall 11 shown in FIG. 3 the dividing wall is lifted relative to the tray 8 in the height direction and therefore moved upward. Transitioning the dividing wall 11 from the fixed setting into the moving setting is therefore effected in a direction which is oriented perpendicular to the moving setting P1 as shown in FIG. 4. This lifting is illustrated by the reference character P2 in FIG. 4.
This movement in a direction perpendicular to the loading aperture 9 of the tray 8 also results in the frictional grip between the friction- grip elements 29 and 30 and the inner sides 12 b and 13 b, which is generated and maintained in the fixed setting, being removed and in this regard released. In the moving setting, as shown in FIG. 4, there is therefore no direct abutting of the friction- grip elements 29 and 30 against the inner sides 12 b and 13 b and therefore no frictional grip is built up. Nevertheless in this moving setting, as shown in FIG. 4, the dividing wall 11 cannot be separated from the tray 8 since then the latching effect of the latching device comes fully into play. This is because in the maximum possible lifting setting, as shown in FIG. 4, the latching elements 26 and 27 abut directly against the mating latching elements 18 and 19. This embodiment also results in achieving a safeguard against pulling the dividing wall 11 out of the interior 10. In this moving setting according to FIG. 4 the dividing wall 11 can then be pushed backward and forward in a linear manner in the direction of the arrow P1. If the relevant desired setting of the dividing wall 11 relative to the tray 8 has then been reached this position is fixed again by pressing in the dividing wall 11 downward into the interior 10 according to the arrow P3 in FIG. 4 until the corresponding frictional grip is built up again and the fixed setting is achieved. In particular the dividing wall 11 is then sitting on the floor 33 and/or the clips 24 and 25 are sitting on the edge segments 14 a and 15 a in this fixed setting.
An advantageous embodiment provides for the side wall 12 to be arranged sloping obliquely and therefore not to be oriented completely vertical. Preferably this side wall 12 is arranged sloping obliquely outward or respectively forward coming from the floor 33. In particular an angle between 1° and 5°, in particular between 1° and 3°, preferably 1.5°, can be realized here.
In addition to or in place of this provision can be made for the further side wall 13, which is a rear side wall here when viewed in the depth direction (z direction), to be arranged sloping obliquely. An arrangement sloping outward starting from the floor 33 can then preferably also be provided here. An embodiment of this type results in the tray 8 therefore widening out toward the loading aperture when viewed from the floor 33. It is advantageous in particular if this side wall 13 has a slope between 5° and 10°, in particular between 6° and 9°, in particular 8°.
In particular provision can also be made for an air inlet 34 to be realized in this rear side wall 13. Via this air inlet 34 air can travel into the interior 10.
The following is a summary list of reference numerals and the corresponding structure used in the above description of the invention:

1 Domestic refrigeration appliance
2 Casing
3 Receiving space
4 Receiving space
5 Door
6 Door
7 Food-receiving container
8 Tray
9 Loading aperture
10 Interior
11 Dividing wall
12 Front boundary wall
12 a Outer side
12 b Inner side
13 Rear boundary wall
13 a Outer side
13 b Inner side
14 Upper edge
14 a Edge segment
15 Upper edge
15 a Edge segment
16 Bar
17 Bar
18 Mating latching element
19 Mating latching element
20 Base plate
21 Side flange
22 Side flange
23 Bar
24 Clip
25 Clip
26 Latching element
27 Latching element
28 Retaining device
29 Friction-grip element
30 Friction-grip element
31 Sub-element
32 Plate surface
33 Floor
34 Air inlet
P1 Moving setting
P2 Lifting
P3 Arrow

Claims

1. A food-receiving container, comprising:

a tray having an interior;

a separate dividing wall disposed in said interior of said tray for separating a volume of said tray; and

a retaining device with which said dividing wall can be positioned in a fixed setting, said dividing wall being fixed on said tray, and can be put into a respectively different moving setting, in which said dividing wall, when in a state of being disposed on said tray, can be moved in said interior relative to said tray, said retaining device having at least one friction-grip element by means of which said dividing wall is held on said tray secured against moving by frictional grip in a fixed position, wherein a fixed setting can be released by lifting said dividing wall.

2. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein:

said tray having a side wall with an inner side; and

said friction-grip element is disposed on an edge side of said dividing wall, said edge side faces said inner side of said side wall of said tray, and stands raised above said edge side.

3. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein said friction-grip element has a plate-shaped sub-element with a plate surface for a purpose of friction-grip contact.

4. The food-receiving container according to claim 3, wherein said plate surface extends over at least 80% of a height of said friction-grip element.

5. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein said friction-grip element is formed from an elastomer.

6. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein:

said dividing wall has a strip-shaped side flange which faces an inner side of said tray; and

said friction-grip element is disposed on said strip-shaped side flange.

7. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein said dividing wall is disposed at a higher level in a moving setting than in the fixed setting when viewed in a height direction of the food-receiving container.

8. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein:

said tray has a mating latching element; and

said dividing wall has a latching element, said latching element and said mating latching element form a latching device for latching said dividing wall on said tray, said latching element of said dividing wall and said mating latching element of said tray abut against each other in the moving setting, and said latching element and said mating latching element are uncoupled in the fixed setting, and a complete separation of said dividing wall from said tray is prevented by said latching device both in the fixed setting and also in the moving setting.

9. The food-receiving container according to claim 8,

wherein said tray has a side wall with an outer side; and

further comprising a clip reaching outward from a side and disposed with said latching element on an upper edge of said dividing wall, said mating latching element is disposed on said outer side of said side wall of said tray.

10. The food-receiving container according to claim 8, wherein said mating latching element is a rail by means of which said latching element is guided when moving in the moving setting of said dividing wall.

11. The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein said tray has a loading aperture and two oppositely disposed side walls, between said two oppositely disposed side walls said dividing wall extends, said two oppositely disposed side walls are disposed sloping toward said loading aperture of said tray so that said interior of said tray widens out toward said loading aperture.

12. The food-receiving container according to claim 11, further comprising clips, said dividing wall reaching over upper edges of said oppositely disposed side walls of said tray with an aid of said clips.

13. The food-receiving container according to claim 12, wherein said upper edges each have a lowered edge segment and a moving path of said dividing wall relative to said tray is limited by said lowered edge segment of at least one of said upper edges.

14. A domestic refrigeration appliance, comprising:

at least one food-receiving container, containing:

a tray having an interior;

15. A method for positioning a dividing wall of a food-receiving container in an interior of a tray of a food-receiving container, which comprises the steps of:

moving the dividing wall, when in a state of being disposed on the tray, relative to the tray for a purpose of changing a volume division of the interior in a moving setting, and the dividing wall being held on the tray secured against moving in a fixed setting;

holding the dividing wall on the tray by a retaining device, the dividing wall is held on the tray secured against moving by means of frictional grip of a friction-grip element of the retaining device in the fixed setting, the frictional grip is automatically built up during relative movement of the dividing wall with respect to the tray into the interior of the tray; and

releasing the fixed setting by lifting the dividing wall.