WO2009080531A1 - Distribution unit of a refrigerator and associated refrigerator - Google Patents
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- WO2009080531A1 WO2009080531A1 PCT/EP2008/067268 EP2008067268W WO2009080531A1 WO 2009080531 A1 WO2009080531 A1 WO 2009080531A1 EP 2008067268 W EP2008067268 W EP 2008067268W WO 2009080531 A1 WO2009080531 A1 WO 2009080531A1
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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
- F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
- F25D23/126—Water cooler
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- the present invention relates to a dispensing unit of a refrigerator, comprising a recess with a removable rear wall provided with a cover.
- the output unit is used in particular for dispensing water and ice cubes or shredded pieces of ice.
- a generic output unit of a refrigeration device is described in DE 10 2004 013 432 A1.
- a refrigerator door is revealed with a dispenser.
- This has an outer shell that determines its appearance.
- Mounted on both sides of the refrigerator door are first and second mounting frames having first and second mounting slots formed therearound in the longitudinal direction.
- the dispenser is detachably connected to the front of the outer shell and has a housing which determines the outer appearance of the dispenser and is provided with a recess portion.
- an outer panel portion is connected to determine the outer appearance of the refrigerator door.
- the object of the invention is to provide an easily accessible installation situation for installation components, which is still largely hidden.
- a refrigeration device with the features of claim 1.
- a line guide device which is also optically easy to see through the cover, electrical or other lines can be permanently displaced positionally accurate.
- the arrangement of the cable guide device behind the cover also serves as a lining for the cable guide device, so that trim parts can be saved.
- the rear wall By providing the rear wall with at least one routing device, the installations between an upper location of the dispensing unit and a lower drip tray behind a cover can be concealed. By combining with the removability of the cover, the routing devices can be made accessible in a simple manner. It is particularly advantageous to integrate the cable routing device in the rear wall. In this case, the cable routing device is preferably molded in one piece into the rear wall. Alternatively, the routing device may also be provided in the intermediate space between the cover and the rear wall or on the back of the cover. It is particularly advantageous if the cable routing device is integrated in the rear side.
- the installation components in particular the electrical lines of a water level sensor and a water drainage hose are hidden as hidden as possible for the user.
- the water drainage hose serves to drip water or melt water, for example. concealed from an above the dispensing unit arranged ice cube storage container to guide down into a drip tray without water drops are visibly derived.
- the hose required for this purpose is also covered, i. not visible to the user, led down.
- the cable guide device is integrated in the rear wall and can in particular be formed integrally therewith.
- the cable guide device can be formed by a channel-shaped installation channel, which is designed to be open towards the cover.
- the installations are therefore no longer performed inside the device, so not on a side facing away from the cover inside the rear wall. Rather, the channel-shaped installation channel can be arranged on a side of the rear wall facing the cover.
- the easier achievement also means easier disassembly and assembly of the installation components. To keep the pipes and installation channels hidden, they are covered with the cover. The hoses or electrical lines can thus be kept running between the rear wall and cover.
- the retaining tongues For holding the lines holding tongues may be provided which at least partially cover an open longitudinal side of the installation channel.
- the retaining tongues thus form hooks behind which the cable or cables can be hung.
- the holding tongues or the hooks can be made of plastic and in particular can be produced in one piece with the rear wall.
- the lugs embracing the lines can be provided at the free ends of the retaining tongues, or a plurality of retaining tongues can be arranged opening in opposite directions at a distance from one another.
- the channel-shaped installation channel may be provided for guiding electrical lines of a liquid level sensor.
- the liquid level sensor has two metallic contact pins which protrude into the drip tray. Starting from these two contact pins, a common or two separate electrical lines can extend from the drip tray up to an evaluation unit.
- the channel-shaped installation channel serves to create a free space in order to be able to guide the electrical lines between the rear wall and the cover.
- a cable guide device can be formed by at least one holder for a cable tie.
- the one or more lines can be fixed by means of cable ties on the rear wall.
- the cable ties can replace the otherwise required retaining tongues.
- the holder can be formed by two openings in the rear wall, through which the cable tie is guided.
- the design of the holder from only two openings in the rear wall allow either a support of the lines or hoses either on a side facing the cover or one of the cover bring- turned side of the back wall.
- the cable ties have the advantage that the line or the hose can be disassembled that the cable ties can be severed with the cover removed from a front of the rear wall and the so-dissolved lines or hoses, for example, can be pulled out in the vertical direction, without to open the housing of the device.
- the holder for guiding the line can therefore be formed on a side facing away from the cover side of the rear wall.
- This may be advantageous, in particular, when the line is formed by a hose for discharging water, which functionally generally has a larger diameter than an electrical line.
- the hose may have too large a diameter to guide it between the rear wall and the cover. Then it makes sense to let the hose on a rear side of the rear wall, so the cover facing away, since there is generally more space available.
- this mounting of the hose on the inner side of the rear wall of the hose can be easily solved, since the cable ties are still accessible from a front side of the rear wall via the niche of the output unit.
- the holder may be provided in particular for guiding a hose for discharging water from an upper point of the dispensing unit into a drip tray.
- the cover can be formed by a stainless steel sheet covering at least one line guide device.
- the invention also relates in particular to refrigeration appliances, in particular for household purposes, which have an output unit according to the invention.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an output unit of a refrigeration device for
- Figure 2 is a perspective view of the dispensing unit with the cover removed;
- FIG. 3 shows a sectional view through the dispensing unit according to FIG. 2 along the line.
- FIG. 4 shows a sectional view through the dispensing unit according to FIG. 2 along the line B-B without lines;
- Figure 5 is an enlarged partial perspective view with a device for holding the lines to a retaining tongue
- Figure 6 is an enlarged partial perspective view with a holder for a
- An output unit 1 according to FIG. 1 has a water dispenser and / or ice maker 2, which is arranged on a rear side of a furniture door 3.
- the furniture door 3 has an opening for a niche 4 of the output unit 1.
- the niche 4 is surrounded by a niche frame 5.
- At an upper end of the niche 4 is disposed an output chute 6 for either ice or water.
- At a lower end of the niche 4 is a drip filter 7, which covers a drip tray 8.
- a cover 9 extends in the niche.
- the cover 9 has a cup-shaped portion 10 and two opposite edge portions 11 a and 11 b.
- the edge portion 11 a shown on the left in FIG. 1, rests on a first front bearing surface 12 a of the niche frame 5.
- the edge portion 11 b shown on the right in FIG. 1, rests on a second front bearing surface 12 b of the niche frame 5.
- the dispensing unit 1 is shown without furniture door 3 and with the cover 9 removed.
- a rear wall 13 of the output unit is shown.
- the rear wall 13 is bent like a trough in accordance with the shape of the niche 4. educated.
- the rear wall 13 extends channel-shaped in a vertical direction, ie, in a horizontal section, the rear wall 13 has a C-shaped cross-section.
- a line guide device 14a along an inner side of the rear wall 13 in a in Fig. 2 in the left half of the rear wall 13 extends vertically a line guide device 14a.
- the plinscion- tion device 14 a serves to receive two electrical lines 15 and 16, which are electrically connected to a liquid level sensor 17.
- the liquid level sensor 17 is formed by a first contact sensor 18 and a second contact sensor 19.
- the two contact sensors 18 and 19 are arranged in the region of the drip tray 8.
- the contact sensors 18 and 19 terminate at a height H above the bottom 20 of the drip tray 8, which determine the maximum level.
- the two electrical lines 15 and 16 run parallel to one another in the vertical direction along the line guide device 14a upwards.
- the cable guide device 14a has a channel-shaped installation channel 21.
- the installation channel 21 should have a shape defining a gap in which the electrical leads 15 and 16 find sufficient space to be guided between the rear wall 13 and the cover 9 upwards.
- a plurality of retaining tongues 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d are provided.
- a possible shape for a retaining tongue 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d is shown in FIG. 5 in an enlarged detail view.
- the holding tongues 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d extend alternately from a right edge 23 and a left edge 24 of the channel-shaped installation channel 21 in the direction of the other side.
- the line guide device 14b serves to receive a hose 29.
- the hose 29 can serve in particular for draining off water, such as, for example, condensation water from an ice cube container, from an upper point of the dispensing unit into the drip tray 8.
- the Line guide device 14b has, for example, a first holder 28a and a second holder 28b for a respective cable tie 25a and 25b.
- each holder 28a, 28b has two openings 26a, 26b and 27a, 27b.
- the openings 26a, 26b, 27a, 27b can be formed by circular openings in the rear wall 13.
- Each opening 26a, 26b, 27a, 27b has for this purpose a diameter which is at least somewhat greater than the width of the cable tie 25a, 25b.
- the cable ties 25a, 25b are first inserted through both openings 26a, 26b and 27a, 27b and passed around the hose. How the hose 29 is secured to the brackets 28a and 28b by means of the cable ties 25a, 25b is shown more clearly in FIG. 6 in an enlarged detail view.
- the tube 29 ends with a lower tube opening 30 just above the drip tray. 8
- Fig. 3 the output unit of Fig. 2 along the line A-A is shown with inserted lines.
- the cover 9 is in front of the rear wall 13 in its operating position.
- the drip tray 8 has a first niche-like bulge 31, which forms a space for receiving the two contact sensors 18 and 19 of the liquid level sensor 17.
- a second bulge 32 Opposite this first bulge 31 is a second bulge 32, which forms a filler neck for discharging from the tube opening 30 leaking water in the drip tray. 8
- Fig. 4 the output unit of Fig. 2 along the line B-B is shown without lines.
- Fig. 4 shows a relation to the section along the line A-A higher located Ouerterrorism.
- a first line guide device 14a is shown on the left side and, on the right side, a second line guide device 14b is introduced into the rear wall 13.
- the line guide means 14a and 14b have above the drip tray channel-shaped installation channels 21a, 21b for the electrical lines 15 and 16 and the hose 29.
- the channel-shaped installation channels 21a, 21b form intermediate spaces for the guidance of the electrical lines 15 and 16 and the hose 29 between the rear wall 13 and the cover 9 or a housing 33 of the output unit 1.
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial perspective view of the means for holding the electrical leads 15 and 16 is shown on one of the retaining tongues 22a. It is a first eruption of the rear wall 13 is shown.
- the retaining tongue 22a is attached to the rear wall 13. shaped. To avoid undercuts, the rear wall 13 is provided with a window 34, so that the rear wall can be produced together with the retaining tongue 22a as a one-piece component, for example by plastic injection molding with simple design tools.
- a holding portion 36 extends perpendicular to the plane of the rear wall 13 to the outside. In approximately a right angle thereof, the actual tongue portion 37 extends in a plane parallel to the plane of the rear wall 13.
- a gap 38 for receiving the lines 15 and 16 is provided between the rear wall 13 and the tongue portion 37.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial perspective view of the holder 28a for one of the cable tie 25a is shown. It is a second outbreak of the rear wall 13 is shown.
- the two circular openings 26 a and 26 b are introduced.
- the openings 26a and 26b can be inexpensively introduced into the rear wall 13 in a production in the plastic injection molding process already in this step.
- the cable tie 25a is first threaded through the first opening 26a from one side of the rear wall 13 and then through the second opening 26b from the other side of the rear wall 13. Subsequently, the tube 29 is placed and fixed by closing the cable tie 25 a on the rear wall 13.
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CN2008801222632A CN101903724A (en) | 2007-12-21 | 2008-12-11 | Distribution unit of a refrigerator and associated refrigerator |
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