WO2011144483A2

WO2011144483A2 - Refrigeration device with shelves

Info

Publication number: WO2011144483A2
Application number: PCT/EP2011/057450
Authority: WO
Inventors: Anne Schlehahn; Tobias Schmidt
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2010-05-17
Filing date: 2011-05-10
Publication date: 2011-11-24
Also published as: DE102010029009A1; WO2011144483A3

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigeration device comprising a heat-insulating housing (1, 4) surrounding a storage compartment (3), and at least one shelf (2) which is arranged inside said storage compartment (3), characterised in that a first separation wall (7) dividing the support surface of the shelf (2) is detachably secured to said shelf (2).

Description

Refrigerating appliance with shelf

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator. The storage space of such a refrigerator is conventionally divided by internals of different types such as shelves, pull-out boxes, etc. For

Pull-out boxes are known different order systems, which usually attachable to the side walls of an excerpt box, the interior of a pull-out box in several subjects dividing wall elements. Such wall elements are useful to sort compactly shaped refrigerated goods of different types such as fruit or fruit vegetables in different subjects. This allows the individual species to be kept separate and guarantees quick and easy access to each species.

Similar attachable wall elements are also known for door racks, where they serve primarily to improve the stability of bottles or other slender, placed in a door racks containers.

Sausages, cheese and the like, the consumer finds today in the

Supermarkets mainly in large-format, flat plastic packaging offered. However, housing such packages in a refrigerator poses problems. Since consumers of each such article usually buy only a single pack or a small number of packs, but often many different varieties, a large number of packs come together, which must be accommodated in the refrigerator space-saving and easily accessible. When the packages are stacked on a shelf, it is possible, to a limited extent, to identify packages in the middle of the stack and to pull them out of the stack in a targeted manner. However, the packages often have different dimensions, in part they are irregularly shaped and / or yielding. Therefore, it is difficult to stably stack them in larger numbers on a shelf, and the space utilization in the refrigerator is poor. Better space utilization can be achieved when the packages are stacked in a drawer. Higher stacks are possible here, because even if a stack becomes unstable and falls over, unlike a shelf, no pack can fall to the floor. However, only a few packs on top are easily accessible; one Access to underlying packages is particularly difficult when the upper ones are already open.

Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a refrigeration device that combines convenient access to flat packs with good space utilization.

The object is achieved by providing in a refrigerator with a heat-insulating housing enclosing a storage space and at least one arranged in the storage compartment shelf a first partition on the shelf whose

Subdivision surface dividing, releasably secured. Thus, at least the lower packs of a stack, which can be supported on the partition wall, secured against slipping, which allows to stack a larger number of packages. The height of the partition wall can also be adapted to the refrigerated goods usually parked on the bearing surface of the shelf or at least have half the height of the distance between two shelves arranged one above the other.

In order to allow convenient removal of packages from the stack and, if possible, identification of the packages prior to withdrawal, the first partition is preferably oriented in the depth direction of the storage space. The first partition can at least one for releasable attachment to the shelf

Have adhesive, in particular a suction cup. The adhesive then interacts with a suitable adhesive partner. The sucker is securable to any desired location on a solid, smooth surface of the shelf, thus allowing placement of the first divider in a space adapted to any dimensions of the stacked packages from a side wall of the housing or another divider adjacent to the shelf.

For releasable attachment to the shelf, the first partition may also have a hook which engages around an edge of the shelf. To facilitate assembly and disassembly of the partition wall, the edge encompassed by the hook is preferably a front edge of the shelf. The edge encompassed by the hook can expediently have an undercut which is open towards a rear side of the refrigeration device and on which the hook acts. Depending on the contour of the undercut or depth of engagement of the hook in the undercut demounting the first partition by pulling forward in the horizontal direction by the interaction of the hook and the undercut may be impossible, or it may be to pull off the partition only a resistance to overcome ,

If the shelf in a conventional manner comprises a glass plate and at least one edge of the glass plate bordering edge profile, the undercut may be formed on one of the glass plate facing inside of the edge profile.

In addition, a second partition may be mountable at right angles to the first partition on the first partition.

This second partition preferably has a first end connectable to the first partition and an unconnected second end.

For attachment to the first partition, the second partition wall may comprise a rider attachable to an upper edge of the first partition wall.

Preferably, the second partition wall is optionally mountable to the first partition and to a door rack of the refrigerator. Such a dual function of the second partition is both convenient for the user, who only a small number of

Ordering elements to handle, as well as cost-saving for the manufacturer, by reducing the variety of items required for the refrigeration device needs.

In order to allow the optional installation of the second partition to the first partition and the door rack, have the first partition and a wall of the

Door compartment on which the second partition is attachable, preferably in at least one upper region identical cross-sections.

In order to save material costs, the first partition has expediently one

Middle piece whose wall thickness is less than that of the attachment of the partition wall on the shelf serving end pieces. By the center piece and end pieces steplessly merge into each other, sharp-edged contours are avoided, the cleanliness of which is cumbersome for a user.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying figures. Show it:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to the invention with the door open.

2 shows a schematic section through a shelf of the refrigerator with a mounted thereon first partition according to a first embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a section analogous to FIG. 2 according to a second embodiment; FIG.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a first and a second partition wall according to the invention; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the second

Partition wall; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the second

Partition wall.

The refrigerator shown in Fig. 1 in a perspective view has in a conventional manner a heat-insulating body 1 with a partitioned by side walls of the body shelves 2 divided storage space 3. A door 4 has in a conventional manner on its inside two vertical bars 5 , which engage in the closed position of the door in the storage room 3 and where door racks 6 are suspended in the form of an elongated, open-topped box. Two of the shelves 2 are shown in Fig. 1, each with a depth in the direction of the body 1 extending first partition 7. Fig. 2 shows such a shelf 2 in section and mounted thereon first partition 7 in a side view. The shelf 2 comprises a glass plate 8, the at least on a part of its circumference of

plugged or molded profiles 9, 10 is bordered. The profiles 9, 10 can be integrally connected in a frame extending around the glass plate 8; In the case considered here, they are injection molded separately from plastic and attached to the front or rear edge of the glass plate 8. The profiles 9, 10 each comprise a the glass plate 8 embracing U-profile section 1 1 and one of the U-profile section 1 1 protruding substantially in the vertical direction rib 12 and 13. The upwardly projecting rib 13 of the rear profile 10 serves as Stop for placed on the glass plate 8 refrigerated goods to avoid its direct contact with the possibly cooled to below 0 ° C rear wall of the storage room 3 and thus to prevent freezing thereto. The downwardly projecting rib 12 of the front profile 9 defines a downwardly and rearwardly of the body 1 open towards

Undercut 14, in which an integrally formed on a front end of the partition wall 7

Hook 15 can intervene. When the partition wall 7 is regularly mounted on the shelf 2, as shown in FIG. 2 by solid lines, the hook 15 engages so deep in the undercut 14 that a withdrawal of the partition wall 7 forward (to the right in Fig. 2) not possible. Only in a pivoted about the tip of the hook 15 position, shown in Fig. 2 as a dash-dotted outline, the partition 7 can be removed obliquely forward and downwards from the shelf 2.

At a rear end of the partition wall 7, a suction cup 16 is attached, which fixes the partition 7 in the regularly mounted position on the shelf 2.

When the suction cup 16 is detached from the glass plate 8, the partition wall 7 is in

Width direction of the body 1 freely movable. By pressing the suction cup 16 against the glass plate 8, it can be fixed again in any position. Fig. 3 shows a modified embodiment of the shelf 2 and the partition 7 in an analogous to FIG. 2 section. The shelf 7 differs from that of FIG. 2 only by the absence of the rib 12 on the front profile 9, ie the front profile 9 consists only of the U-profile section 1 1. An undercut 14 is here after bounded at the front by the rear end of a lower edge 17 of the U-profile section and up through the glass plate 8 itself. The hook 15 of the partition 7 engages in this undercut 14, but only so far that, if the suction cup 16 does not adhere to the glass plate 8, the partition 1 can be pulled horizontally forward from the shelf 2 by the hook 15 to Passing the profile 9 is slightly elastically bent.

Fig. 4 shows the partition wall 7 of Fig. 2 in a perspective view. It includes a slender centerpiece 19 of constant thickness and, with this one-piece

contiguous, two in the plan view drop-shaped widened end pieces 20, 21st The transition between the center piece 19 and the end pieces 20 is continuous, without a sharp edge, to obtain an easily cleanable surface. The broadening in relation to the center piece 19 has the function in the case of the front end piece 20, to create a sufficiently wide for a secure upright stand of the partition 7 contact surface to the top of the front profile 9, and to make the hook 15 wide and resilient. In the rear end piece 21, the broadening provides space to accommodate an anchoring portion of the suction cup 16 to its interior.

With the help of the partition 7, a stack of flat packaging can be stabilized against slipping or falling in the lateral direction. In order to stabilize such a stack in the depth direction and possibly to use part of the depth of the shelf 2 for other refrigerated goods, according to a further development of the invention, a second partition 18 is provided which can be plugged onto the first partition 7 at right angles to this as shown in FIG. 4. The second partition wall 18 has an end piece 22 which, like the end pieces 20, 21 of the partition wall 7, is drop-shaped in plan view and in which at its widest point a downwardly open slot 23 is formed. In the slot 23, the center piece 19 is frictionally inserted, so that the end portion rests on the partition wall 7 like a rider. Since the thickness of the center piece 19 is constant, the second partition wall 18 is displaceable on the center piece 19 in a similar manner as the partition wall 7 on the profile 9. A subsequent to the end piece 22 wall portion 24 has as the center piece 19 a constant wall thickness. As shown in Figure 1, various types of second partitions 18 may be provided, differing in the length of their wall sections 24, to divide the shelves 2 in depth direction into fields 25 of different widths. In one type of second partition wall 18, the length of the wall section 24 is dimensioned so that this second partition 18 can be plugged onto a wall of a door compartment 6 as shown in FIG. 1 in order to divide the interior of the door compartment 6 transversely. In order to ensure a firm hold of the second partition wall 18 on the door rack 6, its wall has the same thickness as the center piece 19th

Fig. 5 shows in a perspective view a first modification of the second

Partition 18. On a vertical flank 26 of its head 22, of which an upper portion defines the slot 23, a projection 27 is formed in a lower portion. Holes (not shown) complementary to the projection 27 are provided at regular intervals in the center piece 19 of the first partition wall 7. By engagement of the projection 27 in one of these holes, the second partition 18 is positively locked to the first partition 7 and against slipping or

Be moved. A second partition 18 according to a second modification is shown in FIG. 6 in an upside down position with the slot 23 facing upwards. A slot 28 crossing the recess 28 connects two vertical in the head piece 22 ersteckende holes 29. A U-shaped bracket 30 is provided after the attachment of the second partition 18 on the first 7 from below into the recess 28 and the holes 29th to be introduced. In this way, it prevents the slot 23 from being bent under load and ensures a permanently firm frictional contact between the two partitions 7, 18 over the entire length of the slot 23.

Claims

Refrigerating appliance, in particular household refrigerating appliance, with a heat-insulating housing (1, 4) enclosing a storage space (3) and at least one shelf (2) arranged in the storage space (3), characterized in that a first dividing wall (7) is provided on the shelf (2) ), the Absteilfläche of the shelf (2) dividing, releasably secured.

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the first partition wall (2) is oriented in the depth direction of the storage space (3).

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first

Partition (7) for releasable attachment to the shelf (2) at least one adhesive, in particular a suction cup (16).

Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first partition wall (7) for releasable attachment to the shelf (2) has an edge (9) of the shelf (2) embracing hook (16).

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that the edge (9) is a front edge of the shelf (2).

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the edge (9) encompassed by the hook (15) has an undercut (14) which is open toward a rear side of the refrigerating appliance and on which the hook (15) engages.

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 6, characterized in that the shelf (2) comprises a glass plate (8) and at least one edge of the glass plate (8) bordering edge profile (9), and that the undercut (14) on one of the glass plate (8). facing inside of the edge profile (9) is formed.

8. Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a second partition wall (18) at right angles to the first partition wall (7) on the first partition (7) can be mounted.

9. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 8, characterized in that the second partition wall (18) having a first partition wall (7) connectable first end (22) and an unconnected second end (24).

10. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the second

Partition (18) one on an upper edge of the first partition (7)

includes attachable tab (22).

1 1. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 8, 9 or 10, characterized in that the second partition wall (18) is selectively mountable on the first partition (7) and on a door rack (6) of the refrigerator.

12. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the first partition (7) and a wall of the door compartment (6) have at least in an upper region identical cross-sections. 13. Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a center piece (19) of constant thickness of the first partition wall (7) passes continuously into an end piece (21, 22) of greater strength.