Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• • 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
  • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• • 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
  • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
  • F25B2700/00—Sensing or detecting of parameters; Sensors therefor
  • F25B2700/02—Humidity
• • 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
  • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
  • F25D11/02—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cooling compartments at different temperatures
• • 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
  • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
  • F25D2331/807—Eggs
• • 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
  • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
  • F25D2400/36—Visual displays
  • F25D2400/361—Interactive visual displays
• • 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
  • F25D2500/00—Problems to be solved
  • F25D2500/06—Stock management
• • 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
  • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
  • F25D2700/12—Sensors measuring the inside temperature
  • F25D2700/123—Sensors measuring the inside temperature more than one sensor measuring the inside temperature in a compartment

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a refrigerator or freezer with at least one zone for cooling, freezing and / or air conditioning and with a display device, information which is specific to the at least one refrigerator, freezer and / or can be displayed on the display device climate zone.
• This refrigerator has a refrigerator control area for controlling essential elements of the refrigerator, a touch panel for providing key signals related to the operation of the refrigerator, and key signals for carrying out communication with the Internet according to a selection of the user. It is equipped with a display area located on the outside of the refrigerator for displaying information related to the operation of the refrigerator and information obtained from the Internet in response to the key signals from the touch panel and the key signals from external devices through the Internet.
• It is also equipped with a main control area for performing bidirectional communication with the refrigerator control area and the Internet and for controlling the display area in response to the key signals from the touch panel, the signals from the Internet and the key signals from the remote control.
• the refrigerator has a selected communication control area to manage the bidirectional communication between the refrigerator control area and the main control area.
• the refrigerator has an internet connection device connected between the internet and the main control area through a selected communication line for bidirectional communication between the internet and the main control area.
• the known refrigerator and freezer is equipped with a number of storage locations.
• it has a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment and, as shown in FIG. 9 of the patent application, also a drying zone. It is the object of the invention to further improve the refrigerator and freezer according to the prior art.
• this object is achieved in a refrigerator and freezer of the type mentioned at the outset in that the display device is interactive, that there is an input device via which an operator can input data and that displays can be generated by the display device on the basis of data entered by the operator are.
• the invention enables a comfortable handling of the refrigerator and freezer for the operator.
• the multi-zone cooling unit can be used properly by providing information about the optimal storage location for a good directly on the cooling unit via an interactive display.
• a good in the sense of this invention is either a food, a medicinal or medicinal product or any other goods that can be stored in a certain climate, in particular a certain temperature and a certain humidity.
• Entering data in the sense of the invention is understood to mean the selection and control of functions and the direct entry or editing of data records.
• a refrigerator or freezer proves to be particularly suitable, in which detectors for zone-wise detection and control of zone-specific data (control parameters for control loops), which are displayed zone-related by the display device. This allows the microclimate in the individual zones to be set individually.
• a refrigerator or freezer in which the temperature and / or the humidity can be detected by the detectors and displayed by the display device is advantageous. The detectors can either be controlled or regulated.
• the refrigerator or freezer is advantageously designed in such a way that storage instructions or storage recommendations are displayed by the display device. Because all information about the refrigerator or freezer and the food to be stored is available on the display of the refrigerator or freezer, the user does not have to resort to information or instructions for use in printed form. Based on the information shown on the display, the Users set the optimal conditions for each good to be refrigerated or frozen.
• a particular advantage for warehousing results when the display device displays storage instructions and storage recommendations that are specific to the respective zone.
• microclimate can be set individually in each refrigerator, freezer and / or climate zone.
• the data in particular storage instructions and storage recommendations, are retrieved from a database on the display device.
• the data from the database are advantageously matched to associated climatic zones.
• a refrigerator or freezer can be used in a variety of ways, in which the climate zones can be individually set and the database contains storage instructions and storage recommendations that can be correlated with current data from the refrigerator, freezer and / or climate zone.
• the optimal storage space can be determined depending on the data determined by the correlation.
• a database that is stored in an EPROM is suitable.
• a refrigerator or freezer which is connected to the Internet is particularly suitable for carrying out the invention, data relevant to the refrigerator or freezer being stored on a server.
• This data can be downloaded from the server and stored on a local memory, in particular an EEPROM.
• the database contains product and food-specific information about the storage location, ie the zone or the Cormpartment, as well as the shelf life and the freshness period of the food.
• the climate zones can be individually adjusted.
• the database contains information on optimal storage, which is correlated with current sensor data of the cooling zones.
• the optimal storage location is determined depending on the correlation data.
• the scope and range of the database can be adapted to the language and culture area of the sales area of the refrigerator or freezer. If the database is stored in an EPROM, it can only have a limited scope. If, on the other hand, the database, if the device is Internet-compatible, is stored on a server computer, the size of the database is unlimited because it is not stored locally. Then individual data records can be downloaded from the server computer and stored locally on an EEPROM.
• the refrigerator or freezer is equipped with a system for automatically recognizing goods, in particular for recognizing barcodes and transponder codes. All of the information required for the database is thus contained in the barcode or in the transponder code. They are then processed by a data processing system contained in the refrigerator or freezer and data relevant to the user are displayed. The corresponding database record is accessed via the code of the recognized product
• all data of the refrigerator or freezer in particular the refrigerator, freezer and / or climate zones, can be displayed graphically, in particular in the form of a pictogram, in particular by means of LCDs.
• a refrigerator or freezer in which the display device has an imprint, in particular on the cover of the refrigerator or freezer, with a division of the refrigerator, freezer and / or climate zones.
• the refrigerator or freezer can also include a display device with light guides and LEDs.
• a refrigerator or freezer in which the microclimate can be individually adjusted by the user in zones is also particularly suitable.
• the refrigerator or freezer is graphically visualized with its climate zones; and the recommended subject is displayed or graphically highlighted.
• a selected cooling zone is indicated by means of LEDs or by means of light guide technology, i. H. Light from the LEDs is coupled into the door and brought to the display in the door via light guides.
• the invention has the advantage that storage instructions and recommendations can be called up at any time, specifically where the information is required, namely in the area in which the food or the goods to be cooled are placed in the refrigerator.
• a learning effect occurs with regular use of the database.
• the user is trained in an indirect manner. Despite individual climatic zones, the user can make optimal use of his refrigerator or freezer.
• a display device 1 has control buttons on the one hand and a display 2 on the other.
• the control buttons include an on / off switch 3, a button 4 with which the compressor can be switched to continuous operation in order to cool or freeze a good quickly, a menu button 5 and selection buttons 6, 7 to select different submenus within menus.
• a status button 8 for confirmation and an alarm display 9 are also provided.
• the status key 8 can possibly also be omitted.
• the message "Food manager” appears on the display 1, which indicates to the operator that he can activate it by pressing the menu key 5 in order to call up various submenus which he can call up by pressing the selection keys 6, 7 in succession At any time, however, he can return to the initial display "Food Manager” by pressing the menu key 5.
• a “Food Manager” includes storage instructions and storage recommendations for refrigerators and Understand frozen goods, tips and tricks for optimal treatment and preparation for storing and storing the refrigerated and frozen goods, and the like.
• a "Fresh Safe Guide” display appears in a display area 20.
• the display indicates to the user that a subsequent submenu is used to arrange a large number, for example in alphabetical order Can select products using one of the selection buttons 6, 7.

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