WO1993021487A1 - Panneau interieur pour portes de meuble - Google Patents

Panneau interieur pour portes de meuble Download PDF

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WO1993021487A1
WO1993021487A1 PCT/BR1993/000014 BR9300014W WO9321487A1 WO 1993021487 A1 WO1993021487 A1 WO 1993021487A1 BR 9300014 W BR9300014 W BR 9300014W WO 9321487 A1 WO9321487 A1 WO 9321487A1
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internal panel
shelf
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locking portion
retaining housing
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Cristiane Furiatti Costa
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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
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners

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  • the present invention refers to an internal panel for the doors of refrigerated or non-refrigerated cabinets, particularly used in refrigerators and freezers, which allows a better utilization of the useful space of said internal panel, by distributing removable accessories, such as shelves, along the extension of the internal panel, according to an arrangement preferred by the user.
  • the utilization of the internal panel of their doors is previously defined during the manufacturing process of said panel, which incorporates in a single piece a plurality of shelves, thereby not allowing to modify the original arrangement of the shelves.
  • Another type of known refrigerator presents a more versatile door design, which permits the modification in the positioning of the shelves along the longitudinal extension of the internal panel of its door, said shelves presenting a width that is substantially equal to the internal width of said panel.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a panel for cabinet doors as mentioned above, which permits quick and easy modifications in the arrangement of said shelves by the user.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a panel for cabinet doors, which reduces the amount of raw material required to manufacture said doors, with a consequent cost reduction.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator, according to the present invention, provided with a removable shelf in the internal panel of one of its doors;
  • Fig. 2 is a partial exploded perspective view of a portion of a refrigerator panel, showing a system for fitting a removable shelf onto the internal panel of one of the doors of said refrigerator;
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal cross sectional view of the fitting system of figure 2; and
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged exploded view, as that of figure 3, of another system for fitting the removable shelf onto the internal panel of one of the doors of the refrigerator.
  • a refrigerated cabinet such as a vertical refrigerator having two refrigerating compartments, which are frontally closed by respective doors D, internally defined by a premolded panel 10, presenting a generally flat face, which faces the inside of the refrigerator and in which a frontal face portion 11 and an opposite face portion are defined, the latter facing the inside of the door D.
  • Each frontal face portion 11 of the panel 10 is previously shaped, to receive and retain against involuntary displacements, a plurality of removable shelves 20 for receiving and holding several articles that need to be kept within the refrigerator, said removable shelves 20 generally presenting a parallel shape, with a pair of lateral walls 21, a front wall 22, a rear wall 23 and a bottom wall 24.
  • said bottom wall 24 is hollow.
  • the retention of the removable shelves 20 onto the frontal face portion 11 is achieved through retaining means 30, preferably of the dove-tail type, and through stop means 40, said retaining means 30 and stop means 40 being premolded onto the frontal face portion 11 of the panel 10, and to the rear wall 23 of the removable shelves 20.
  • the retaining means 30 may present other shapes, according to the same principle, such as a "T" shaped cross section, having ends with sharp or rounded edges. All these embodiments, including the preferred and illustrated one, may further present the retaining means 30 disposed in a continuous or non-continuous way, forming rails to be fitted into the corresponding retaining means 30, at. the other part of the door/shelf assembly.
  • each internal panel 10 presents each retaining means 30 defined by a locking portion 31, in the form of a corresponding projection of the frontal face portion 11 of the panel 10, each projection being incorporated in the panel through a restricted portion 31a, with a longitudinal extension generally equal to that of the respective locking portion 31.
  • the frontal face 11 of the panel 10 incorporates two parallel vertical alignments of locking portions 31, with their longitudinal axes also being vertically disposed, presenting an extension adequate to a stable and firm retention of the models of shelves that are going to be suspended.
  • each locking portion 31 is fittable into a respective retaining housing 32, provided on the rear wall 23 of a respective removable shelf 20, said housing 32 being presented in the form of a recess with a peripheral contour similar to that of the corresponding locking portion 31, except with slightly larger dimensions, in order to allow a fast and easy slidable fitting between each shelf 20 and the panel 10.
  • each recess is applied in a projection 12 incorporated into the frontal face 11 of the panel 10, whereas the locking portion 31 is incorporated in the bottom wall of a recess 28, provided at the rear face of the shelf 20, presenting a cross section dimensioned to lodge the projection 12 of the panel 10.
  • the locking portion is incorporated in the bottom wall of a recess provided at the frontal face 11 of the panel 10, presenting a cross section dimensioned to lodge a corresponding .projection incorporated into the rear face of the shelf 20, provided with a respective retaining housing 32. This disposition is similar to that illustrated in figure 4, except for the fact that the locking portion 31 and the housing 32 are in inverted positions in relation to the panel/shelf parts.
  • the housing 32 is opened towards a joining face 11a of the panel, or towards a joining face 23a of the shelf 20, forwardly displaced in relation to the plane of the frontal face 11 of the panel 10, or of the rear wall 23 of the shelf 20.
  • the joining faces of the panel 10 and shelf 20 are defined by the frontal face 11 and rear wall 23 of the panel 10 and shelf 20, respectively.
  • Each retaining housing 32 opens to an adjacent rear wall 23 of the shelf 20, or to the frontal joining face 11a of the panel 10, through a restricted region 32a, at least the lower end of the housing 32 being opened to allow the fitting of the locking portion 31 therewithin.
  • said retaining housing 32 extends along a portion of the height of the rear wall 23 of each respective shelf 20, from the edge of said rear wall 23, which is common to the bottom wall 24, up to a stop means 40, provided at the upper end of the housing 32, said stop means 40 taking the form of a projection, such as a transversal rib or a flange, which is preferably continuous or orthogonally projecting from the rear wall 23 of the shelf 20, stopping the fitting displacement of each removable shelf 20, in relation to the internal panel 10, and defining the relative positioning of the final fitting of the locking portion 31 into the housing 32.
  • the stop means 40 closes the upper end of the retaining housing 32.
  • transversal rib or flange 40 at least in the lower end of each locking portion 31, serving as a stop to the lower end of at least one lateral wall of the respective retaining housing 32.
  • said stop means 40 can be defined by the lower edge of said retaining housing 32, belonging to the frontal face portion 11 of the panel 10.
  • said stop means 40 can be placed away from the end of the respective retaining means 30.
  • Another possible embodiment includes the provision of portions of the transversal rib or flange 40 on at least one of the sides of at least one of the cosidered retaining means 30.
  • each shelf 20 onto the internal panel 10 is effected by the vertical downward displacement of said removable shelf 20, by slidably introducing its housing 32, in relation to the locking portion 31 of the panel 10, in a direction parallel to the plane of the latter, coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the housing 32. Said sliding proceeds, until the upper end of each locking portion 31 reaches a stopping rib 40 of the respective housing 32.
  • each panel 10 may comply with a variety of combinations, including the fittings as described above, and partial fittings, by using one shoulder and two recesses; one recess and two shoulders, etc., independently from the fittings being orthogonal, parallel or substancially orthogonal relative the longitudinal axis of the frontal face portion 11.
  • Such fittings can also be provided between the removable shelves 20, where the mutually fitting elements are defined on the lateral walls adjacent each removable shelf 20, or between said walls and a lateral peripheral projection provided on the internal panel 10, surrounding the frontal face portion 11, onto which said removable shelves 20 are fitted, said fittings being according to the same procedures and constructions described above.
  • the fitting and retention of said retaining means 30 avoid the relative movements of the shelves 20, in an orthogonal direction relative the plane of the door D, and in a lateral direction relative the direction of displacement of the shelves, when they are being fitted into the longitudinal axis of the housing 32.
  • each panel 10 Other variations of fittings of said removable shelves onto the frontal face portion 11 of each panel 10 are also possible, such as the removable shelves 20 and frontal face portion 11 being provided only with shoulders placed apart one from the other, so as to form, in this spacing, a gap that will serve as a recess, thus allowing the fitting between each shelf 20 and the frontal face portion 11.
  • the retaining means 30 has a partial pyramidal shape, the shelf 20 will enable, without needing previous fabrication, horizontal and vertical fittings, for the definition of the arrangement preferred by the user.
  • each removable shelf 20 and panel 10 can be simultaneously provided with more than one type of retaining means.
  • the locking portion 31 may present an aleatory distribution throughout the surface of the frontal face portion 11 of the panel, whereas the removable shelf 20 may present a variety of dimensions, with more than one form of optional fittings, as described above.

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L'invention décrit un panneau intérieur pour portes de meuble. Ce panneau (10) est du type moulé et il présente une face frontale (11) faisant face à l'intérieur du meuble. Au moins une partie du bord arrière d'une étagère amovible (20) est positionnée près de ladite face frontale (11). Au moins une desdites parties, définies par le panneau intérieur (10) et l'étagère amovible (20), comprend au moins un logement de retenue (32) qui est ouvert au moins à une de ses extrémités opposées et aussi à travers une zone restreinte (32a) vers une face de liaison (11, 11a, 23, 23a) de la pièce correspondante faisant face à l'autre pièce. Ladite autre pièce comprend au moins une zone de fermeture (31) à travers une zone en saillie (31a) restreinte respective de la face de liaison (11, 23) de la pièce correspondante faisant face à l'autre pièce. Ladite zone de fermeture (31) est positionnée dans le logement de retenue (32) respectif, grâce à son extrémité ouverte et au déplacement de l'étagère amovible (20), dans une direction parallèle au plan de la porte (D), de manière à éviter à l'étagère les mouvements relatifs, soit perpendiculairement au plan de la porte (D), soit latéralement par rapport à la direction de déplacement de l'étagère. Au moins une desdites pièces (10, 20) comporte des dispositifs de butée (40) agissant sur l'autre pièce de manière à définir le positionnement relatif final de chaque étagère (20) sur le panneau intérieur.
PCT/BR1993/000014 1992-04-22 1993-04-20 Panneau interieur pour portes de meuble WO1993021487A1 (fr)

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EP93911409A EP0636235A1 (fr) 1992-04-22 1993-04-20 Meuble comportant au moins une tablette amovible et une porte comprenant un panneau interne

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EP1030144A2 (fr) * 1999-02-19 2000-08-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Elément de maintien
WO2004023051A1 (fr) * 2002-08-13 2004-03-18 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Element de rangement pour appareil a temperature froide
WO2010112296A3 (fr) * 2009-03-31 2011-01-13 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Appareil frigorifique, en particulier appareil frigorifique domestique, ainsi que élément d'entreposage pour ledit appareil
WO2014197224A1 (fr) * 2013-06-05 2014-12-11 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Système de bac de porte sur rail
US10451338B2 (en) 2017-12-08 2019-10-22 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Door storage bin assembly for a refrigerator
WO2020178116A1 (fr) * 2019-03-05 2020-09-10 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Appareil de refroidissement domestique avec une paroi de porte intérieure comprenant, d'un seul tenant, une nervure de suspension
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DE1180763B (de) * 1962-09-13 1964-11-05 Siemens Elektrogeraete Gmbh Kuehlschranktuer
US3179367A (en) * 1963-04-11 1965-04-20 Illinois Tool Works Plastic quarter turn shelf support
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WO1998008037A1 (fr) * 1996-08-22 1998-02-26 Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte Gmbh Porte de refrigerateur
WO1998008036A1 (fr) * 1996-08-22 1998-02-26 Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte Gmbh Porte de refrigerateur
EP1030144A2 (fr) * 1999-02-19 2000-08-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Elément de maintien
EP1030144A3 (fr) * 1999-02-19 2002-01-09 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Elément de maintien
WO2004023051A1 (fr) * 2002-08-13 2004-03-18 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Element de rangement pour appareil a temperature froide
WO2010112296A3 (fr) * 2009-03-31 2011-01-13 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Appareil frigorifique, en particulier appareil frigorifique domestique, ainsi que élément d'entreposage pour ledit appareil
WO2014197224A1 (fr) * 2013-06-05 2014-12-11 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Système de bac de porte sur rail
CN105431695A (zh) * 2013-06-05 2016-03-23 伊莱克斯家用产品公司 导轨式门箱系统
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WO2020178116A1 (fr) * 2019-03-05 2020-09-10 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Appareil de refroidissement domestique avec une paroi de porte intérieure comprenant, d'un seul tenant, une nervure de suspension
US12066242B2 (en) 2019-05-03 2024-08-20 Electrolux Do Brasil S. A. Refrigerating apparatus

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