WO2011009773A2

WO2011009773A2 - Height-adjustable tray for refrigerated goods

Info

Publication number: WO2011009773A2
Application number: PCT/EP2010/060069
Authority: WO
Inventors: Boris Angele; Christoph Becke; Christian Hoisl
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2009-07-21
Filing date: 2010-07-13
Publication date: 2011-01-27
Also published as: EP2457043B1; EP2457043A2; DE102009027887A1; WO2011009773A3

Abstract

The invention relates to a tray for refrigerated goods for a refrigeration device, especially a domestic refrigeration device, comprising a shelf and two supporting bodies which extend along the lateral edges of the shelf. At least one of the supporting bodies can be pivoted about an axis which is parallel to the lateral edge and has at least two storage surfaces at different distances to the axis.

Description

Height-adjustable refrigerated goods carrier

The present invention relates to a refrigerated goods for a refrigeration appliance, in particular for a household refrigerator, which, without having to be removed from the device and without unloading it, can be adjusted in height.

There are refrigerated goods for refrigerators commonly used in which a plate between support bodies, eg. Example, in the form of a surrounding the plate surrounding frame or attached to edges of the plate webs, is bordered, wherein the support body are adapted to the shape of Auflagerippen on inner walls of the refrigerator to give the plate to the support ribs secure fit.

It is a refrigeration device has become known in which a refrigerated goods between two levels with the aid of eccentric wheels is adjustable, which on side walls of the

Refrigeration unit housing are mounted rotatably about an axis perpendicular to the side wall. Since the eccentric between a plate of the refrigerated goods and the

Side walls to reduce space, reduce the width of this plate and thus the usable storage space. In addition, the side wall of the refrigerator must be designed from the outset to mount the eccentric wheels, so that the retrofitting of a height-adjustable refrigerated goods in a refrigerator, which has conventionally on the side walls projecting support ribs for refrigerated goods is not possible.

Object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerated goods for a refrigeration device or a refrigeration device, in which a simple adjustment of the height of the loaded refrigerated goods carrier is possible, the refrigerated goods is to be retrofitted in a conventional refrigerator.

At least one of the support bodies is pivotable about an axis parallel to the lateral edge and has at least two footprints at different distances from the axle in the case of a refrigerated goods carrier with a plate and two support bodies each extending along a lateral edge of the plate. By each one or the other of these footprints on a Auflagerippe the refrigerator housing is placed, the plate can be arranged at different distances above the rib.

Furthermore, this object is achieved by a refrigeration device, in particular a household refrigerator according to claim 13.

Preferably, the support body is a strip which extends substantially over the entire length of the lateral edge. By such a bar provides contact surfaces extending substantially over the entire length of the edge, the applicability of the refrigerated goods is largely dependent on the shape of the bearing ribs of the refrigerator; these may extend continuously over the side walls of the device or may be reduced to protrusions at the front and rear edges of the sidewall respectively.

Preferably, the support body has at least two edges meeting each other at right angles at one edge, and the contact surfaces are formed on these two flanks.

The footprints may be recessed in flanks of the support body to at least in the direction parallel to the lateral edges of the plate a positive connection with

Produce support ribs of the refrigeration device housing and so to secure the refrigerated goods in its position in the refrigerator.

The support body is preferably rectangular in section across its axis with a rounded edge. The rounded edge facilitates the pivoting of the

Support body.

According to a first embodiment of the plate may be associated with an elastic hook which engages around a journal of the support body. According to a second embodiment, to form a hinge between the plate and the support body, an axle body is received in mutually aligned bores of the support body and fixed to the plate bearing block. In such a refrigerated goods carrier, the radius of curvature of the rounded edge is preferably at most as large as the distance between the rounded edge and the axis. If the radius of curvature and the distance are the same, the

Swing the support body between its two positions without deforming the hook or the axle body. If the radius of curvature is smaller, the rounded edge can be placed to the axis so that the hook or the axle body is slightly elastically bent during pivoting. Thus, by resisting the hook or the axle of a pivoting movement of the support body, this is secured in the orientation once set. Preferably, the two support bodies are pivotable independently of one another, in order to be able to adjust an oblique position of the plate if required.

For ease of handling, a handle is preferably formed at a front end of each support body.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying figures. 1 shows a view of a refrigerated goods carrier according to the invention, mounted in a

Refrigerator housing;

Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of the refrigerated goods with support body in

raised position;

3 is a perspective view of the refrigerated goods with support body in

lowered position;

4 shows a schematic partial section through the refrigerated goods carrier;

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the support body and a support rail of the plate. Fig. 6 is a schematic longitudinal section through the support body and the

Support rail according to a modified embodiment;

7 shows a section similar to FIG. 4 according to a third embodiment of FIG

Invention; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a carrier rail according to the third

Design.

FIG. 1 shows, in a perspective view from the front, a refrigerated goods carrier 1 according to the invention, mounted in a body of a household refrigerating appliance. The refrigerated goods carrier 1 comprises a plate 2, which extends substantially over the entire width of a storage space of the body between side walls 3. Shown is a frameless plate 2 made

Safety glass; it could also find a framed plate or a plate of other material, in particular a wire mesh, use. At a rear edge of the plate 2, a stop rail 4 made of plastic is attached to a

To prevent direct contact of stored on the plate 2 refrigerated goods with the rear wall of the body.

The plate 2 is supported by two along its lateral edges extending support body 5 on horizontal ribs, which are attracted to the side walls 3 of the body and in the view of Fig. 1 by the plate 2 and the support body 5 are hidden. The support bodies 5 are mirror-inverted shaped, elongated plastic strips of substantially rectangular cross-section, which are hinged about an axis parallel to the lateral edges of the plate 2 pivotally mounted on a support bar which is fixed under the plate 2. In Fig. 1, this support bar is hidden by the plate 2 and not visible.

The support bodies 5 are pivotable between a vertical orientation and a transverse orientation, which are shown in FIG. 1 in each case using the example of the left or the right support body 5. From a front end of the support body 5 projecting, in the illustrated embodiment, angular handles 6 facilitate a user pivoting the support body 5 between these positions. If both support bodies 5 are oriented the same, the plate 2 is horizontal, depending on the position of the support body 5 can occupy two different levels. If the support body 5 occupy different positions as shown, the plate 2 is sloping towards the transverse support body 5 so that a bottle 7 lying on the refrigerated goods carrier 1 assumes a stable equilibrium position in contact with the side wall 3 carrying the transverse support body.

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged perspective view from below of the refrigerated goods carrier 1 with the support body 5 positioned upright. A large, elongated recess 9 is formed on a narrow flank 8 of the support body 5 pointing downwards, which is provided on a support rib of the left Sidewall 3 to rest. One of these side wall 3 facing broad edge 10 of the support body has in its upper half also has a recess 11 whose shape is similar to that of the recess 9 and which is intended to receive the support rib when the support body 5 is placed transversely. A partially shown in Fig. 5 in perspective view support rail 14 of the

Substantially L-shaped cross-section is fixed to a narrow side 15 and an edge region of the underside of the plate 2, in particular by gluing. From the support rail 14 downwardly projecting bearing blocks 13 engage in rectangular cutouts 12 of the support body 5 a. Cylindrical axle body 16, which are inserted into mutually aligned bores of the support body 5 and the bearing blocks 13, define an axis 29 about which the support body 5 is pivotable.

Fig. 3 shows a partial view similar to FIG. 2 of the refrigerated goods carrier 1, wherein the

Support body 5 is in its transverse position. The wide flank 10 is turned down so that the recess 11 can receive the support rib of the refrigerator body.

4 shows a schematic partial section through the refrigerated goods carrier 1 and a part of a side wall 3, to which the already mentioned, here designated 17 support rib for supporting the refrigerated goods carrier 1 is tightened. The support body 5 is in his

Shown upright position. A second narrow flank 18 of the support body 5 touches the bottom of the support rail 14. Thus, the support rail 14 is supported substantially over its entire length by the support body 5, and not only on the axle 16. In the same way a second wide flank 19 of the support body 5 touches the

Bottom of the support rail 14 when the support body 5 that shown in Fig. 3

Transverse position occupies.

The flanks 18, 19 are connected by a rounded edge 20. Of the

Center of curvature of the edge 20 coincides with the pivot axis 29 of the support body 5. As a result, even the rounded edge 20 is always in contact with the underside of the support rail 14 when the support body 5 is pivoted.

An intermediate position, which passes through the support body 5 during pivoting between vertical and transverse position is shown in Fig. 4 as a dashed outline. In this position, an edge 21, on which the flanks 10 and 18 of the support body 5 meet, protrudes laterally beyond the support rail 14 and seems to overlap with the side wall 3 in FIG. 4. In practice, when pivoting the support body 5, the side wall 3 is displaced elastically outwards by the edge 21. In this way, the support body 5 is secured in each set by the user position, because he can not leave this position without the Beiseitedrängen the side wall 4 required force is exerted on him.

6 shows a longitudinal section along the pivot axis 29 through the support rail 14 and the support body 5 hinged thereto according to a modified embodiment. In this embodiment, the side wall 3 facing (not visible in Fig. 6) edge 21 is rounded so that the support body 5 is pivotable about the axis 29, without displacing the side wall 3. The radius of curvature of the rounded edge 20 is slightly smaller than the distance of the flanks 18, 19 from the pivot axis 29. The axle 16 is slightly flexible, and aligned bores 22, 23 of the bearing blocks 13 and the support body 5, which receive the axle 16 are slightly widened at their ends facing each other to prevent bending of the

Achskörpers 16 admit. Due to the shape of the rounded edge 20 pivoting of the support body 5 between the upright position and the transverse position is only possible in this embodiment, when temporarily the axle 16 is bent, and the resistance that makes the axle 16 against such bending, secures the support body 5 in the respectively set position. A further embodiment of the refrigerated goods carrier will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. 7 is a partial section through the refrigerated goods carrier analogous to FIG. 4, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a carrier rail 14 used in this embodiment. The carrier rail 14 is essentially a U-shaped profile formed from sheet metal, which is dimensioned. to clamp the plate 2 between two horizontal legs 24, 25. From the lower leg 15 hooks 26 are bent downwards, the

Carrier rail 14 give the S-shaped cross-section shown in Fig. 7. Of the

Support body 5 has substantially the same shape as shown in Fig. 5, although in the embodiment considered here, a cylindrical axle body 27, each crossing a cutout 12 of the support body 5, as an alternative to the previously considered embodiment also be formed integrally with the support body 5 can. The hook 26 forms an open towards the side wall 3 receptacle into which the axle body 27 can be pressed from the side. An insertion bevel 28 at the free end of the hook 26 facilitates the pushing in of the axle body 27. As soon as the refrigerated goods carrier 1 is in the

Refrigerating appliance is mounted, the axle body 27 can no longer be detached from the hook 26, since the side wall 3 blocks this.

As discussed in connection with FIG. 4, here too the rounded edge 20 between the flanks 18, 19 of the support body 5 can be concentric with the pivot axis 29, and a securing of the support body 5 in the adjusted position results from the fact that the edge 21, to change the position of the support body, temporarily push back the side wall 3. Alternatively, the radius of curvature of the rounded edge 20 may also be smaller than the distance of the pivot axis 29 from the flanks 18, 19; in this case pivoting between the positions of the support body 5 is only possible by the meantime the hook 26 is deflected elastic.

Claims

1. refrigerated goods for a refrigeration appliance, in particular a household refrigerating appliance, with a plate (2) and two each along a lateral edge of the plate (2) extending support bodies (5), characterized in that at least one of the support body (5) to an axis parallel to the lateral edge (29) is pivotable and has at least two contact surfaces (9, 11) at different distances from the axis (29).

2. refrigerated goods according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting body (5) is a bar which extends substantially over the entire length of the lateral edge.

3. refrigerated goods according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supporting body (5) at least two at right angles to an edge

Having hitting flanks (8, 10) and that the contact surfaces (9, 11) at these two edges (8, 10) are formed.

4. refrigerated goods according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the contact surfaces (9, 1 1) in flanks (8, 10) of the support body (5) are recessed.

5. refrigerated goods according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supporting body (5) in cross-section transverse to the axis (29) is rectangular with a rounded edge (20).

6. refrigerated goods according to claim 5, characterized in that the supporting body (5) between two positions is pivotable, in each of which one of the rounded edge (20) adjacent flank (18, 19) of the support body (5) under the plate (2 ) is present.

7. refrigerated goods according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an elastic hook (26) of the plate (2) engages around an axle body (27) of the supporting body (5).

8. refrigerated goods carrier according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that an axle body (16) in mutually aligned bores (22, 23) of the support body (5) and one on the plate (2) fixed bearing block (13) is accommodated.

9. refrigerated goods carrier according to claim 7 or 8, as far as dependent on claim 6, characterized in that the radius of curvature of the rounded edge (20) is at most as large as the distance between the rounded edge (20) and the axis (29).

10. refrigerated goods carrier according to claim 9, characterized in that the axis (29) coincides with the center of curvature of the rounded edge (20).

11. refrigerated goods according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the two support bodies (5) are independently pivotable.

12. refrigerated goods according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a handle (6) at a front end of the support body (5) is formed.

13. Refrigerating appliance, in particular household refrigerating appliance, equipped with a refrigerated goods carrier according to one of claims 1 to 12.