WO2013037663A1

WO2013037663A1 - Refrigerating device, in particular a domestic refrigerating device

Info

Publication number: WO2013037663A1
Application number: PCT/EP2012/067168
Authority: WO
Inventors: Swetlana Gorodezki; Maike Kirschbaum; Ralph Staud; Thomas Tischer; Christoph Becke; Max Eicher
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2011-09-15
Filing date: 2012-09-04
Publication date: 2013-03-21
Also published as: DE102011082790A1; EP2756245A1; ES2552019T3; EP2756245B1; CN103814263A; CN103814263B

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigerating device, in particular a domestic refrigerating device, comprising at least one device door (1, 3), the peripheral narrow face (19) of which merges with the door inner face (14) and the device front (13) at outer edges (21) and which has operating and display elements (16, 18). According to the invention, the operating and display elements (16, 18) are grouped in an operating field (35) and in a display field (37), respectively. The operating field (35) and the display field (37) are arranged on the door narrow face (19) and on the device front (13), respectively, such that the fields are spatially separated from each other via an outer edge (21).

Description

Refrigerating appliance, in particular household refrigerating appliance

The invention relates to a refrigeration device, in particular a household refrigerating appliance, according to the preamble of claim 1.

In domestic refrigerators, especially in freestanding devices, the control and display elements can be arranged, for example, on a front side trim of the device body, which limits an upper door edge upwards. Alternatively, the control and display elements can not be provided on the Gereätekorpus, but directly in the door.

From DE 10 2009 027 891 A1 a generic household refrigeration appliance is known, in which the operating and display elements are provided on an upper door closure strip of the appliance door. The upper door edge trim limits one with

Thermal insulation foam filled cavity of the appliance door upwards. In addition, the door seal strip goes over the edges at the edges of the door, which delimit the cold room, and into the front of the device. In addition, the equipped with the control and display elements upper door closure strip is covered with the door closed by an upper end bar of the device body. Both the operator and the

Display elements are therefore arranged protected view with the door closed, whereby neither information about operating parameters are still visible or a

Operation of the controls is enabled.

The object of the invention is to provide a refrigeration device, in which an ergonomically favorable and comfortable operation of the refrigerator is possible.

The object is solved by the features of claim 1. preferred

Further developments of the invention are disclosed in the subclaims. The refrigeration device according to the invention has at least one appliance door, whose peripheral narrow side of the door merges at marginal edges into the door inner side bounding the refrigerator compartment and into the front of the appliance. In addition, in the door the operating and Display elements provided. In order to achieve a clear operation of the refrigeration device, the operating and display elements are each functionally separated from each other in a control panel and arranged in a display panel grouped. This means that only display elements for displaying operating parameters are provided in the display panel. In the same way, only operating elements for actuating the refrigeration device are provided in the control panel. In addition, the control panel and the display panel are spatially separated from one another by a marginal edge on the door narrow side and on the front of the appliance door.

The display panel or the control panel can be arranged in any position on the circumferential narrow side of the door, i. on the horizontal door narrow sides and / or on the vertical door narrow sides. It is preferred if the display panel at the

Device front and thus always arranged immediately visible. The control panel, in contrast, can be arranged on a door narrow side which is perpendicular thereto. In this way, therefore, the operation of the refrigerator on the door narrow side. At the same time, the operating parameters can be read via display displays on the front of the device. A particularly convenient and ergonomic operation of the refrigeration device is given if the, the control and display panels separated from each other peripheral edge runs in a horizontal orientation on the top of the door. Accordingly, an operation and in reading the operating parameters from the top at the optimum height is guaranteed.

For optical reasons, it is particularly preferred if, with the appliance door closed, the door narrow side provided with the control panel is covered in a visible manner. In this case, only the display panel can be viewed by the user to check the functionality of the refrigerator. The control panel is in front of you

arranged unintentional operation protected.

The refrigerator according to the invention is used for housekeeping and can, for example, a refrigerator, a freezer, a freezer, a

Wine storage cabinet or a fridge freezer. In the case of such a refrigerator / freezer combination, the refrigerator may be two-door, that is with two in the

Hochrichtung arranged one above the other and be provided on a separating gap spaced from each other device doors. The separating gap ensures that the Motion paths of the laterally hinged device doors do not overlap. Each of the appliance doors can each close a separate refrigerator compartment.

It is particularly preferred in this case if the door narrow side pointing upwards in the device vertical direction has the control panel or the display panel. In this case, the control panel / display field is always visible within the separating gap with the unit doors closed. In this case, the control panel / display panel may be formed in the upper door narrow side of the lower door of a refrigerator / freezer. The lower door narrow side of the upper door above it thus acts as a panel that covers the control panel / display panel.

The appliance door of a refrigeration appliance can typically be realized as a hollow body which is filled with a heat insulating foam. The hollow body may consist of a front door outer wall formed for example of stainless steel sheet and a

Door inner wall be constructed, which is for example a deep-drawn plastic board. In between, the space filled with Wärmeisolierschaum cavity is limited. The

Door outer wall may have in the device side direction angled profile strips, which are foam-tight connected to the door inner wall. The cavity of the appliance door filled with heat insulating foam is also delimited at the upper and at the lower edge of the door with an upper and a lower door closure strip.

In a preferred embodiment, the control panel and the display panel can be integrally integrated in one piece and directly in the door closure strip. In terms of manufacturing technology, however, it is preferred if the control panel and the display panel are arranged in a common control electronics housing. The control electronics housing may be detachably mounted on the outer side of one of the door closure strip mentioned above. In this way, in a first manufacturing step, the door cavity with the aid of the door closure strips, but still without the Steuerelektronik- housing, initially closed foam-tight. Subsequently, in a foaming process, the cavity can be filled with heat insulating foam. Only in a further manufacturing step can then the control electronics housing to the

Door closure strip to be mounted. The door closure strip can have an exposed visible to the outside surface, in which a recessed mounting recess is provided. In the mounting recess, the control electronics housing can be used. Preferably, the

Door closure strip in cross-section be performed approximately step-shaped, with a in the Bautiefenrichtung forwardly open mounting recess. The

Mounting recess may be defined by a mounting floor and by side walls, which at a transition edge in the exposed to the outside of the visible surface

Go over the door closing bar.

The control electronics housing can be used contour-adapted in the mounting recess. This means that preferably the overall height and depth of the

Mounting recess corresponds to the housing height and the housing depth. In this case, the housing top can be substantially flush with the above-mentioned visible surface of the door closure strip. Accordingly, the

Essentially, the housing front side is flush with the front of the device. The case top and the case front are by the, in the

Control electronics housing formed edge edge of each other locally separated. Preferably, the control panel and the display panel may be respectively provided in the housing top and the housing front. The control electronics housing can be spaced by lateral offset dimensions of the device door corners, where the door narrow sides converge. With regard to a door stop change, it is advantageous if the control electronics housing is arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical device center axis. This means that preferably also the two offset dimensions can preferably be identical. In the

Device side direction laterally outside of the control electronics housing, the

Edge be formed directly by the door closure strips. In contrast, the peripheral edge in the central region can no longer be formed by the door closure strips, but by the control electronics housing. The control electronics housing can via any form-fitting and / or

Frictional connections are in particular detachably mounted on the door closure strip. By way of example, screws or screws can be attached to the control electronics housing Be provided locking elements, which can be brought with corresponding mating contours in the door closure strip in screw or latching connection.

In an alternative embodiment, the control electronics housing, the

Cover the door sealing strip substantially completely protected from view. In this case, therefore, in contrast to the previous embodiment, the door closure strip is provided without outwardly exposed visible surface. Rather, the

Door closure strip on a mounting surface, the depth of which substantially corresponds to the depth of the door narrow side. In addition, the depth of the control electronics housing can extend over the entire depth of the door narrow side. Overall, therefore, results in a door that is extended edge up with the control electronics housing.

The advantageous embodiments and / or further developments of the invention explained above and / or reproduced in the dependent claims can be used individually or else in any desired combination with one another, for example in the case of clear dependencies or incompatible alternatives.

The invention and its advantageous embodiments and further developments and advantages thereof are explained in more detail below with reference to drawings.

Show it:

Figure 1 is a front view of a fridge freezer with two superposed cooling chambers, which can be closed with separate appliance doors.

2 is an enlarged perspective sectional view along the

Sectional plane l-l of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the sectional plane II-II of Fig. 1; and

4 and 5 are views corresponding to FIG. 3 of further

Embodiments. In Fig. 1 is shown as a refrigerator, a refrigerator / freezer combination, in which an upper door unit 1 and a lower door 3 each separate separate refrigerated spaces. The two appliance doors 1, 3 are each laterally about a vertical

Swivel axis 5 articulated and spaced apart in the device vertical direction z via a slight separating gap 7. Each of the appliance doors 1, 3 is constructed as a hollow body whose cavity 9 (FIG. 2) is filled during a foaming process with a heat insulating foam (not shown). The cavity 9 is limited according to the following figures 2 to 5 of a device front forming the door outer wall 13 and a door inner wall 14. At the respective TÜberber- and -Unterseiten the cavity 9 is closed foam-tight with each other by upper and lower door closing strips 17.

As is further apparent from FIG. 1, an electronic control unit housing 15 elongated in the device side direction x is provided on the door upper side of the lower appliance door 3. The housing 15 is spaced from the upper door corners 10 of the lower door 3 with approximately equally large offset dimensions a, b and arranged symmetrically to a vertical center axis M of the door. In addition, the housing 15 in a recess 20 which is open at the edge upwards (FIG. 3) is made of stainless steel sheet

Door front wall 13 edged. In the control electronics housing 15 dash-dotted line electronics components and each control and display elements 16, 18 are provided for the operation of the refrigerator. The control electronics housing 15 is

device front side exposed with a housing front 37, which forms a display panel in which only display elements 18, such as seven-segment displays or other visual displays are provided. According to FIG. 2 19 are at the facing door narrow sides

Appliance doors 1, 3 each upper and lower door closure strips 17 are provided. The facing door narrow sides 19 go according to FIG. 2 at the edge edges 21 in each case in the door inner wall 14 and in the door outer wall 13 via. In the

Device side direction x laterally outside of the control electronics housing 15, these marginal edges 21 are formed directly by the door closure strips 17 (Fig. 2).

In contrast, the front edge edges 21 in the depth direction y are no longer formed in the middle region by the door closure strips 17, but by the control electronics housing 15 (FIG. 3). The control electronics housing 15 is shown in the figures as a Rectangular closed hollow profile executed, which encloses the space for the electronic components 12. Alternatively, the control electronics housing 15 can also be designed as an open angle profile or as a flat profile, which encloses the installation space for the electronic components 12 together with the door closure strip 17. The upper door narrow side 19 of the lower door unit 3 will be described in more detail below: Thus, this door narrow side 19 is formed by means of the upper door closure strip 17 and the control electronics housing 15, which form a two-piece unit detachable from each other. As is apparent from Fig. 3, the upper

Door closure strip 17 of the lower door 3 forward angled stepwise to form a mounting recess 23. In the mounting recess 23 of the upper

Door seal strip 17 of the lower door 3, the control electronics housing 15 is inserted. The mounting recess 23 is bounded by a vertical side wall 25 and by a horizontal mounting base 27. The side wall 25 is shown in FIG. 3 at a transition edge 29 in an exposed upward visible surface 31 of the upper door trim strip 17 of the lower door 3 via. In contrast, the

Assembly bottom 27 in the Bautiefenrichtung y forward in conjunction with an angled edge web 33 of the example formed of stainless steel

Door outer wall 13. The installation depth t of the mounting floor 27 shown in FIG. 3 as well as the height h of the side wall 25 are dimensioned such that the top side 35 and the front side 37 of the control electronics housing 15 are approximately flush, i. continuously, with the formation of transition joints with the visible surface 31 of the door closing strip 17 and with the door outer wall 13 of the lower door 3 are aligned.

As already mentioned, the display elements 18 are all arranged in the housing front 37, which forms the display of the refrigerator. In a local demarcation to the display panel 37, the controls 16 are arranged exclusively in the housing top 35, which forms the control panel of the refrigerator. Accordingly, that is

Control panel 35 and the display panel 37 through the fronseitig horizontally extending

Edge edge 21 (Fig. 3) spatially separated. When the device doors 1, 3, therefore, the control panel 35 is covered by the lower door trim strip 17 of the upper door 1 with distance protected view, while the device front-side display panel 37 regardless of which is always readily visible. The control electronics housing 15 shown in FIG. 3 is detachably supported via latching elements 39 on corresponding counter-contours of the side wall 25 and of the mounting floor 27 of the mounting recess 23.

Alternatively or in addition to the latching connection shown in FIG

Control electronics housing 15 also indicated by a in Fig. 4

Screw 41 is mounted, in which a lower housing of the

Control electronics housing 15 is bolted via a screw, not shown, with a screw dome 43 of the door closure strip 17. For this purpose, the screw dome 43 is provided in the mounting base 27 of the mounting recess 23. In addition, in Fig. 4 locking elements 39 of the control electronics housing 15 with corresponding

Counter contours on the vertical side wall 25 of the mounting recess 23 in latching engagement.

5, a further embodiment is shown, in which the control electronics housing 15 is connected via snap-in connections 39 with the door closure strip 17. In contrast to the previous embodiments, this extends

Control electronics housing 15 over the entire depth of the door narrow side 19. The top of the door closure strip 17 is therefore not only partially, as in Figs. 3 and 4, but rather - omitting the visible surface 31 - completely as a

Mounting surface on which the control electronics housing 15 can be mounted. As a result, the door closure strip 17 is completely covered by the control electronics housing 15 at the top. The door narrow side 19 is therefore completely formed by the housing top 35, which is also the control panel of the refrigerator at the same time.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1, 3 appliance doors

5 pivot axis

7 separation gap

9 cavity

12 control electronics components

13 outside door wall

14 door inner wall

15 control electronics housing

16 controls

17 door completion strips

18 display elements

19 door narrow sides

20 recess

21 marginal edges

23 mounting recess

25 side wall

27 mounting floor

29 transitional edges

31 visible surface

33 edge bar

35 control panel

37 display field

39 locking elements

41 screw connection

43 screw dome

a, b Offset dimensions

t construction depth

h height

Claims

Refrigeration appliance, in particular domestic refrigeration appliance, with at least one appliance door (1, 3), the peripheral narrow side of the door (19) on marginal edges (21) in the door inner side (14) and in the front panel (13) passes and the control and display elements (16, 18 ), characterized in that the operating and display elements (16, 18) in each case in a control panel (35) and in a display panel (37) are grouped, and that the control panel (35) and the display panel (37) via a peripheral edge (21) separated from each other locally on the narrow side of the door (19) and at the

Device front (13) are arranged.

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the display panel (37) on the front of the device (13) and the control panel (35) on the door narrow side (19) is arranged.

Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control and display panels (35, 37) from each other separating edge (21) in a horizontal orientation at the top of the appliance door (1, 3).

Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that with the appliance door closed (1, 3) with the control panel (35) or the

Display panel (37) provided narrow side of the door (19) is covered with a visible acting as a visor component.

Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the refrigeration device has two separate cooling chambers, which can be closed by superimposed appliance doors (1, 3), and that in particular at their in the device vertical direction (z) facing each other

Narrows of the door (19) the control panel (35) or the display panel (37) are provided.

6. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 5, characterized in that the lower

Door narrow side (19) of the upper door (1) to form a separating gap (7) in the upper narrow side of the door (19) of the lower door (3) provided control or display panel (35, 37) covered as a panel.

7. Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the door narrow side (19) has a door seal strip (17) is provided, on which a control electronics housing (15) having the control panel (35) and the display panel (37) , is mounted detachably from each other.

8. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 7, characterized in that the door closure strip (17) has an exposed visible to the outside surface (31) and a recessed mounting recess (23), in which the control electronics housing (15) is inserted, and that in particular the Door closure strip (17) is stepped forward to form the mounting recess (23).

9. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 8, characterized in that the mounting recess (23) of the door closing strip (17) by a mounting base (27) and through

Side walls (25) is defined, the height (h) and depth (t) corresponds to the height and depth of the control electronics housing (15).

10. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the exposed to the outside housing top (35) of the control electronics housing (15) and the

Housing front (37) respectively form the display panel and the control panel, and that in particular the housing top (35) flush into the visible surface (31) of the door closing strip (17) and / or the housing front side (37)

flush with the front of the device (13).

1 1. Refrigerating appliance according to one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the display panel (37) from the control panel (35) separating the peripheral edge (21) by the control electronics housing (15) is formed. 12. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 7, characterized in that the door closing strip (17) is protected by the control electronics housing (15) is covered, and / or that in particular the depth of the control electronics housing (15) corresponds to the depth of the door closure strip (17) , Refrigerating appliance according to one of claims 7 to 12, characterized in that the control electronics housing (15) on offset dimensions (a, b) of the appliance door corners (10) are spaced, where the door narrow sides (19) converge.

Refrigerating appliance according to one of claims 7 to 13, characterized in that the control electronics housing (15) via a form-fitting and / or non-positive connection (39, 41) is in particular releasably mounted on the door closing strip (17).