WO2014090733A1

WO2014090733A1 - Refrigeration appliance comprising a bottle holder

Info

Publication number: WO2014090733A1
Application number: PCT/EP2013/075927
Authority: WO
Inventors: René Alt; Christoph Becke; Max Eicher; Christine Hartwein; Maike Kirschbaum; Ralph Staud; Thomas Tischer
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2012-12-13
Filing date: 2013-12-09
Publication date: 2014-06-19
Also published as: CN204963397U; DE102012223132A1; EP2932174A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigeration appliance comprising a cooling chamber inside which a shelf (106) is arranged. A bottle holder (108) which includes a stationary bracket (312) and a bracket (314) that can be pivoted between an operational position (II) and a non-operational position is secured to the shelf (106). According to the invention, a bottle support (318) is associated with the stationary bracket (312) or the pivotable bracket (314).

Description

Refrigerating appliance with a bottle holder

The invention relates to a refrigerator with a refrigerator in which a shelf is arranged, to which a bottle holder is attached, wherein the bottle holder has a fixed bracket and a pivotable between a use position and a non-use position bracket.

Refrigeration appliances, in particular designed as household appliances refrigerators are known and are used to housekeeping in households or in the catering sector to store perishable food and / or drinks at certain temperatures.

From WO 2004/083749 A1, a refrigerator is known, in the refrigerator compartment a shelf is arranged, on which a bottle holder is mounted displaceably in refrigeration device width direction. The bottle holder has a fixed bracket and a pivotable between a use position and a non-use position bracket, each made of plastic. However, such a

Bottle cage has a hard contact surface for bottles to be stored.

It is therefore the object underlying the invention to provide a refrigeration device having an improved bottle holder.

This object is achieved by the subject matter having the features of the independent claim. Advantageous developments are the subject of the dependent

Claims, the description and the drawings.

The present invention is based on the recognition that such a bottle holder can be improved by an additional part.

According to a first aspect, the object of the invention is achieved by a refrigeration device, in which at the fixed bracket or on the pivotable bracket a

Bottle rest is attached. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the storage of bottles is improved by an additional part designed as a bottle support. A refrigeration appliance is understood in particular as meaning a household appliance, that is to say a refrigeration appliance which is used for household management in the household or catering sector and serves, in particular, for storing food and / or drinks at specific temperatures, such as, for example, a refrigerator

Freezer, a fridge freezer, a freezer or a

Wine fridge.

In an advantageous embodiment, the fixed bracket and / or the

pivotable bracket made of a first material, and the bottle support is made of a second material, wherein the second material is different from the first material. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved by two

different materials for one or both of the stirrups and the bottle rest, a bottle holder with a new appearance is provided, which can be made more contrast, for example, characterized in that the first material and the second material each have a different color.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the first material is metal. The material may be, for example, aluminum that has been injection molded. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the bottle holder a particularly high-quality appearance is given by the metal version of one of the two straps or two brackets.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the second material is plastic.

As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the bottle support are particularly easy to manufacture by injection molding and can be brought into any shape.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the second material is more elastic than the first material. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the storage of bottles on the bottle support is improved, since the bottle support can adapt to the shape of the bottles. Furthermore, so the noise at a

Removal of bottles or storage of bottles reduced. In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle support is molded or glued to the stationary bracket or on the pivotable bracket. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that no additional fastening means, such as screws, pins, bolts or nubs, are required to attach the bottle support to one of the two brackets. As a result, the production is simplified.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder is stationary on

Fastened shelf. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the am

Shelf-mounted bottle holder during transport, for example, in the context of the delivery of the refrigerator, and / or during a move, does not need to be secured.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder extends over the width of the shelf. This achieves the technical advantage that the

Bottle holder uses the entire width of the refrigerator and thus a bottle holder with a particularly large storage capacity is provided.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder has a

Fastening device which is attached to side edges of the shelf. This achieves the technical advantage that the shelf itself does not have to be modified, e.g. through the introduction of breakthroughs. As a result, the production is simplified.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the fastening device extends from a rear wall to the middle of the cooling space in the refrigerator depth direction. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the area of the shelf extending from the center of the refrigerator compartment in refrigerator depth direction to its front end, is formed free of the fastening device and therefore has a not impaired by the fastening device optical appearance. In a further advantageous embodiment, the pivotable bracket has a

Imprint on. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that by the imprint of an operator directly the function and operation of the swivel bracket is visible without a comprehensive study of a manual would be required. In a further advantageous embodiment, the imprint of the pivoting bracket is visible to a user when the pivotable bracket is in the non-use position. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that just in the non-use position of the swivel bracket a user by the imprint the function of the swivel bracket is immediately apparent.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle support is formed having a trough. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a bottle in the bottle holder is safely and reliably stored by the trough-shaped design of the bottle support.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the fixed bracket is a

Bottle shelf and the swivel bracket associated with a bottle shelf. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that a bottle can be stored safely at two points simultaneously.

According to a second aspect, the object of the invention by a

Bottle holder solved for such a refrigerator. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the storage of bottles is improved by an additional part designed as a bottle support.

Further embodiments will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator,

2 is an enlarged portion of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bottle holder in its non-use position, and

Fig. 4 shows the bottle holder of Fig. 3 in its position of use. Fig. 1 shows a refrigerator as an embodiment of a refrigeration device 100 with a refrigerator door 104 on its refrigeration device front. The fridge serves

For example, for cooling food and includes a refrigerant circuit with an evaporator (not shown), a compressor (not shown), a

Condenser (not shown) and a throttle body (not shown).

The evaporator is designed as a heat exchanger in which, after expansion, the liquid refrigerant is absorbed by heat from the medium to be cooled, i. Air inside the refrigerator, is evaporated. The compressor is a mechanically driven component that draws refrigerant vapor from the evaporator and pushes up to the condenser at a higher pressure.

The condenser is designed as a heat exchanger in which, after compression, the evaporated refrigerant is released by heat to an external cooling medium, i. the ambient air is liquefied.

The throttle body is a device for the continuous reduction of the pressure by reduction in cross section. The refrigerant is a fluid used for heat transfer in the refrigeration system that absorbs heat at low temperatures and low pressure of the fluid and releases heat at higher temperature and pressure of the fluid, usually including changes in the state of the fluid. With the refrigerator door 104, a refrigeration compartment 102 of the refrigeration device 100 can be opened, which is formed in the present embodiment as a refrigerated compartment. In the refrigeration compartment, a shelf 106 is arranged, which is made of glass in the present embodiment. On the shelf 106, a bottle holder 108 is fixed, with the storage of bottles below the shelf 106 is possible. Fig. 2 shows that the shelf 106 with the bottle holder 108 in the

Refrigeration compartment arranged bearing surfaces 200 is supported.

FIG. 3 shows the bottle holder 108 fastened to a shelf 106. The bottle holder 108 has a fastening device 300 which comprises a U-shaped rail 302 which, in the present exemplary embodiment, partially covers the two side edges 304 of the shelf 106 in the refrigerator depth direction X and the rear side 306 of the shelf 106 in refrigerator device width direction Y completely surrounds U-shaped. In the present embodiment, the U-shaped rail 302 is made of plastic material, for example by injection molding.

With the fastening device 300, a stationary bracket 312 and a pivotable bracket 314 are connected. The fixed bracket 312 is in the present embodiment made of metal, such as

Example aluminum, manufactured by injection molding. The stationary bracket 312 extends in the present embodiment over the entire width of the refrigeration compartment 102 (see FIG. 1) in refrigeration device width direction Y. In a state used in a refrigeration compartment 102, the fixed bracket 312 is in the refrigerator compartment depth direction X rear portion of the refrigeration compartment 102, so that the stowage space volume in the refrigeration compartment 102 is not appreciably reduced by the fixed bracket 312.

In the present embodiment, the fixed bracket 312 has a depth in

Refrigeration device depth direction X, which is greater than the height in refrigeration device Z high.

The fixed bracket 312 is provided with a bottle support 318. The bottle rest 318 is made of a different material than the fixed bracket 312. The

Bottle support 318 is made in the present embodiment of an elastic plastic, for example polypropylene, and thus more elastic than the fixed bracket 312 made of metal. The bottle rest 318 is molded or glued to the stationary bracket 312 in the present embodiment. Furthermore, the bottle rest 318 in the present embodiment, a plurality of wells 320, which allow safe storage of bottles. As the stationary bracket 312 is in the present embodiment, the

pivotable bracket 314 made of metal, such as aluminum, manufactured by injection molding. In addition, the pivotable bracket 312 extends in the present

Embodiment also over the entire width of the refrigeration compartment 102 in

Refrigeration device width direction Y.

However, in contrast to the stationary bracket 312, the pivotable bracket 314 is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis S, which in the present exemplary embodiment extends parallel to the refrigeration device width direction Y. Thus, the pivotable bracket 314 can be brought by a directed in the direction of arrow pivoting about the pivot axis S from a non-use position I to a use position II (see Fig. 4).

Fig. 3 further shows that the pivotable bracket 314 is provided with an imprint 316, which is visible to an operator after opening the refrigerator door 104 and an indication of the function of the pivoting bracket 314 or the possibility of its displacement from the non-use position I in the use position II.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the front side 308 of the

Tray 106 covered with an attached metal rail 310.

Fig. 4 shows the pivotable bracket 314 in its use position II.

As can be seen with reference to FIG. 4, like the stationary bracket 312, the pivotable bracket is also provided with a bottle support 318, which is likewise formed with a multiplicity of recesses 320 for receiving bottles. The

Bottle support 318 of the swivel bracket 314 is in the present

Embodiment made of the same material as the bottle rest 318 of the stationary bracket 312. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the

Bottle support 318 of the swivel bracket 314 as the bottle rest 318 of the fixed bracket 312 sprayed or glued to the pivotable bracket 314. In this case, in the present exemplary embodiment, the two bottle supports 318 are colored in such a way that they optically settle from the stationary bracket 312 and the pivotable bracket 314, for example because of a different coloration.

Furthermore, the wells 320 of the respective bottle supports 318 are mutually

designed to correspond so that they cooperatively allow a particularly safe storage of bottles.

In the present embodiment, the pivotable bracket 314 in the

Use position II a depth in refrigerator depth direction X, which is greater than the height in refrigeration device upright Z.

In operation, an operator, having opened the refrigeration compartment 102 by opening the refrigeration appliance door 104, may, if necessary, pivot about the

Pivoting axis S bring the pivotable bracket 314 from its non-use position I (see Fig. 3) in its use position II (see Fig. 4) and then place below the shelf 306 bottles in the wells 320.

If, on the other hand, there is no longer any need for storage of bottles by means of the

Bottle holder 108, the operator can move the pivotable bracket 314 from the use position II to the non-use position I (see Fig. 3) by a displacement of the pivoting bracket 314 in the direction of arrow shown in Fig. 4, so that the below the shelf 106 located storage volume for other refrigerated goods can be used.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100 refrigeration unit

102 refrigeration compartment

104 refrigerator door

106 shelf

108 bottle holder

200 contact surface 300 fastening device

302 U-shaped rail

304 side edge

306 back side

308 front side

310 metal rail

312 fixed bracket

314 swiveling bracket

316 imprint

318 bottle rest 320 trough

I non-use position

II position of use S pivot axis

X refrigerator depth direction

Y refrigeration device width direction

Z refrigeration unit upright

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1 refrigeration device (100) with a refrigeration compartment (102) in which a shelf (106)

is arranged, to which a bottle holder (108) is attached, the

Bottle holder (108) has a stationary bracket (312) and a bracket (314) which can be pivoted between a position of use (II) and a non-use position (I), characterized in that on the stationary bracket (312) or on the pivotable bracket ( 314) a bottle support (318) is attached.

2 refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the stationary bracket (312) and / or the pivotable bracket (314) is made of a first material, and the bottle support (318) is made of a second material, wherein the second material differs from the first material.

3 Refrigeration device (100) according to claim 2, characterized in that the first material is metal.

4 refrigerator (100) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the second material is plastic.

5 refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that the second material is more elastic than the first material.

6 refrigeration device (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the bottle support (318) is molded or glued onto the stationary bracket (312) or on the pivotable bracket (314).

7 refrigeration device (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the bottle holder (108) is fixed in place on the shelf (106).

8. Refrigeration device (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the bottle holder (108) extends across the width of the

Shelf (108) extends.

Refrigeration device (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the bottle holder (108) has a fastening device (300) which is fastened to side edges (308) of the shelf (106).

characterized in that the fastening device (300) is from one

Rear wall extends to the middle of the refrigerator compartment (102) in the refrigerator depth direction (X).

characterized in that the pivotable bracket (314) has an imprint (316).

Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the print is visible to a user when the pivotable bracket (314) is in the non-use position (I).

characterized in that the bottle support (318) is designed to have a trough (320).

characterized in that a first bottle support (318) is assigned to the stationary bracket (312) and a second bottle shelf (318) is assigned to the pivotable bracket (314). 15. Bottle holder (108) for a refrigeration device (100) according to one of the above

Expectations.