Classifications

• • 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
  • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
  • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
  • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
  • F25D25/025—Drawers
• • 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
  • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
  • F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
  • F25D17/042—Air treating means within refrigerated spaces
  • F25D17/045—Air flow control arrangements
• • 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
  • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • F25D2317/04—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments
  • F25D2317/041—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments by purification
  • F25D2317/0413—Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments by purification by humidification
  • F25D2317/04131—Control means therefor
• • 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
  • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
  • F25D2400/36—Visual displays

Definitions

• the invention relates to a household refrigerator with an interior, which is designed to hold food.
• the interior is limited by walls of an inner container.
• the household refrigerator also includes a freshness container, which is arranged in the interior.
• the fresh food container is closed by a lid.
• a storage device is formed, with which the lid for opening and closing of the fresh food container is mounted in the interior raised and lowered.
• the lid can be operated with a control element.
• WO 201 1/026749 A2 shows a corresponding refrigerator with a vegetable compartment.
• a bowl for receiving the vegetables can be introduced into the interior and taken out.
• This shell can be covered from above by a lid.
• a further plate is arranged, on which a front strip is formed, on which an operating element is movably positioned.
• the operating element can be displaced parallel to the front strip and is coupled with an inclined guide track in the form of a slot formed in the cover.
• a lifting of the lid which is coupled via a corresponding mechanical coupling with the plate arranged above.
• DE 40 40 341 C2 a freshness box with a closable lid known. This box is also used in an interior of a household refrigerator.
• An inventive domestic refrigerator comprises an interior for receiving food, which is bounded by walls of an inner container.
• the household refrigerating appliance comprises at least one food storage container arranged in the interior, which can be closed by a lid.
• the freshness container includes in addition to the lid and a shell or a drawer in which the food can be introduced, and which is then closed by the lid from above.
• the household refrigerator comprises a storage device with which the lid for opening and closing of the fresh food container is mounted in the interior raised and lowered.
• the domestic refrigerator comprises an operating element with which the lid can be actuated.
• the household refrigerating appliance has a display unit for the symbolic display of a moisture content in the fresh food container.
• the display unit comprises a display element with which the operating element is mechanically coupled.
• the display element is movable depending on the movement of the control element for moisture content display item.
• the display unit thus provides a device which is not to be understood as representing detailed values of moisture content information presently present in the freshness-keeping container, but only an information is to be presented here to a user on the basis of which he subdivides the information into a high moisture content, a low moisture content and at least one intermediate, average moisture content recognizes.
• the display unit has a plurality of separate objects or object elements and each object symbolizes a different moisture content. It is envisaged that the object active for the momentary clarification of the moisture content is marked individually by the display element. Color differentiation and information about the different moisture contents is easily recognizable and intuitively perceptible by a user. Due to the coloring, which can be formed in different colors on the one hand or in view of the shape and / or size of a color representation of a color on the other hand, it is easy for a user to recognize which moisture content information is to be transmitted. Also, a certain signaling effect is given to the user by such a colored information message, and Attention to the moisture content information is also increased if primarily another area of the interior is actually viewed by the user and the moisture content information should not be in the foreground.
• a change in the color coding is coupled to the actuation of the operating element and the associated adjustment of the lid.
• the change in the color coding is simultaneous with the adjustment of the lid.
• the immediacy of the moisture content information is further improved.
• the display element is designed for color underlay with a moisture content symbolizing objects.
• the objects may represent, for example, foods such as fruits, vegetables or meat, such as fish. However, they can also be word information about the particular food.
• the combination of such specific emblems with a then colored deposit or underlay further improves the traceability for a user.
• the deposit of the object is also advantageous because then the object is not hidden as such and thus is still recognizable even with changing color deposit.
• this embodiment also protects the display element, which then has the color areas or markings, so that scratching or other wear of the colored areas of the display element is prevented.
• the display element is a displaceable plate-like strip. This is in terms of its mechanical mobility on the coupling with the control particularly easy and smooth and in particular to move straight, so that in this regard, corresponding advantages are achieved.
• a plate-like strip is also very thin and flat construction, so that little space is needed.
• the display element has a coupling receptacle, in which engages a coupling element of the control element. The mechanical connection and in particular then also immediate motion initiation of the display element upon actuation of the operating element is given. An undesirable separation and thus a loss of coupling are virtually prevented by such a configuration, since the coupling chain is short.
• the coupling element is a pin which engages in a trained as a guide slot coupling receptacle.
• an element is created, which on the one hand is robust and can absorb and transmit corresponding forces, on the other hand, is not a bulky element which can only be performed stiff and beyond possibly easily spreader or jam.
• the entire coupling mechanism is designed very reduced by such a configuration also in the complexity and the mechanical interaction of the elements.
• the domestic refrigerator has a partition or partition plate, which is arranged directly above the lid in the interior and forms and extends as a horizontal plate, and on which the operating element is arranged.
• the partition is usually arranged stationarily in the interior, in an advantageous embodiment, however, nondestructively releasably removable therefrom. Since the partition in the installed state does not have to be moved in order to be able to effect corresponding movements of other components, it also represents a preferred support for the operating element. The interaction and mechanical coupling with other components is thereby also favored for the operating element. since no other relative movements of the partition must be taken into account in a movement of the operating element, so that the motion control of the operating element and also the initiation of a movement of other components is also reduced complexity.
• the partition has on a top side facing away from the cover, the display unit for displaying the moisture content in the fresh food container. This is a very exposed position for the display unit, for a user Usually easy to see, even if the interior is fully equipped with food.
• the partition also represents a correspondingly solid component, which thus also serves as a multi-integral support for corresponding components.
• the mechanical coupling between the control element and the display element can be very simple and reduced component and yet implement highly functional.
• the upper side of the partition wall is uneven and the display unit is arranged in an obliquely upwardly and rearwardly oriented surface region of the upper side.
• the surface area is arranged offset backward relative to a front edge of the partition wall and extends parallel to the front edge.
• an undesirable abutment during loading and removal of food or other components is avoided from the interior.
• the functionality is maintained for a long time.
• the possibility of an arrangement, in particular integration of further functional components is made possible by such a configuration in a surface area between this surface area and the front edge.
• the operating element in a such flat horizontal surface area of the upper side between the surface area and the front edge is arranged.
• the operating element for actuating the lid can be actuated on an actuation path and can be locked in at least three different positions along the actuation path.
• This is designed in such a way that the cover can be positioned depending on a position of the operating element in a first closed position, in a second fully open position or in an intermediate position.
• the actuating travel of the operating element is a rotary movement.
• the operating element has a disc-shaped main body which has a guideway circulating around a rotation axis of the operating element.
• the guideway has rectilinear guideway sections, to which, depending on the position of the operating element, a locking element engages in order to lock the operating element in one of the three positions.
• the guide track sections are circle segment tendons which are subsequently formed on one another. It is thus virtually created a polygonal guide track area around the axis of rotation of the control element, wherein extending between the corners of each of these rectilinear track sections.
• the arrangement and geometry of these guideway sections gives advantages in terms of the coupling with the locking element and then the permanently reliable locking as such.
• a haptic feedback to a user when a corresponding guide track section then locked with the locking element.
• an angle between two connecting lines between the axis of rotation and the ends of a Kreissegmentsehne between 50 ° and 60 °, in particular between 53 ° and 54 °.
• These very specific angle values have particular advantages with respect to a smooth operation of the operating element even when the locking element is applied thereto.
• these angular positions also achieve a very preferred compromise between free movement possibility in the transition between two guideway sections and nevertheless sufficient locking functionality.
• no undesirably high amount of force will be required to guide the locking element past a kink between two guide track sections and / or to cause an undesirably strong snap-over in this regard.
• the reliable locking and mounting is easily achieved.
• the guideway sections are webs projecting downwards from the main body.
• the locking element is a strip-shaped detent spring. This is a very simple locking element, which, however, in terms of its functionality and mechanical coupling with the guideway sections is particularly suitable.
• the widest possible contact with a rectilinear guideway section in the locked state is achieved by the strip-shaped configuration, so that the lock is also held reliably.
• the construction height is reduced by the strip-shaped configuration, so that no unwanted protrusion occurs here as well.
• the locking element is arranged on the top side facing away from the cover of the partition.
• an exposed position is created, which allows a reliable coupling with the operating element and in particular the guide track sections.
• the locking element is formed integrally with the partition wall.
• a base body of the operating element is formed at least partially hollow on its underside facing the lid and in the assembled state of the operating element, the locking element extends into a cavity of the base body. As a result, a corresponding meshing is achieved and reduces the height.
• the locking element is covered from above by the base body. As a result, it is also arranged protected, in particular when it extends from the top of the partition wall raised upward.
• the operating element extends through the horizontally oriented partition wall downwards and engages with a coupling element in a downwardly from an underside of the partition wall and engaging in an engagement region on the lid shifter, which is mechanically coupled to the lid engages.
• the coupling element is arranged eccentrically to the axis of the operating element.
• the coupling element on the one hand remain dimensionally stable and stable in length, on the other hand also be arranged stationarily on the operating element, in particular integrally and integrally formed therewith, and yet a precise transmission of motion is made possible directly from the operating element to the slide. Only by the rotational movement of the control element and due to the eccentric arrangement of the coupling element then the change in position of the coupling element is transmitted to the slide, which then adjusts the lid accordingly in its position.
• the bearing device comprises guideways on opposite vertical side walls of the inner container, on which the lid is mounted.
• these guideways are arranged sloping to the rear, so that when adjusting the lid a simultaneous lifting and sliding movement is completed.
• a lifting height of the lid relative to the drawer dimensioned in the vertical direction may preferably be up to 10 mm, in particular between 3 mm and 5 mm, wherein preferably at an intermediate position, a half-stroke height is formed.
• the operating element has a disc-shaped basic body, which has a guide slot circulating in regions around the axis of rotation and predetermining the length of the actuating travel.
• the guide slot can preferably be realized as a curved, in particular banana-shaped configuration.
• a control element external sliding block which locks the operating element in the at least one rotational position.
• a control element external sliding block which locks the operating element in the at least one rotational position.
• Such a design is a highly effective, robust and yet very simple realized mechanical principle. It is achieved a user-friendly operation as well as a component-reduced and compact bodybuilt mechanics.
• a very smooth and smooth movement of the control element is made possible by the specific shape of the guide link and the coupling with a sliding block, so that the rotational movement can be performed very ergonomically by a user.
• the guide slot has a radially outwardly directed recess at the gate point provided for latching the rotational position and thus at a specific point of the actuating path, at a radially outer edge contour which delimits and defines the guide slot.
• the shape contour of the sliding block is adapted to this outward bulge, so that the largest possible investment of the sliding block is reached at this bulge. Unwanted position tolerances and a concomitant wobbling of the components in this latched rotational position are thereby avoided.
• the sliding block is radially prestressed in the rotational position to be locked. The above advantages are thereby promoted to a special degree.
• the divider when passing the sliding block through such a bottleneck then the divider is pressed outwards and with further movement of the sliding block in the guide slot of the sliding block then slides into the bulge. There he is then anchored and in this rest position then the divider at the bottleneck is automatically returned to its original position.
• the bulge is preferably formed so that the sliding block is positioned passgneau therein.
• the separating web is radially thinner at the bulge than outside the bulge.
• the deformability is thereby favored again and improves the above advantages when moving the sliding block along the actuation path before reaching the bulge.
• two separate recesses adapted to the shape of the guide slot are formed in the base body. These two recesses are extending on a same radius path, which means that they are arranged in the circumferential direction about a central axis, which also represents the axis of rotation of the base body, at the same radial distance from this axis of rotation.
• a spacer web is then formed between the recesses in order to separate them from one another.
• This spacer bar is preferably formed in a middle length fifth of the total length of the actuating path and thus also the length of the guide slot.
• the divider is thus stabilized in particular centrally by this spacer bar, so that it is here both fixed in position and mechanically stabilized. A breaking of a relatively long divider, which would not be supported radially by such a spacer bar, is thereby prevented.
• At least one curved, strip-shaped recess viewed in the direction of rotation about the axis of rotation over one end of the Extending guide slot out.
• This embodiment is also to be emphasized, since it allows a separating web which can be moved or deformed in the radial direction exactly at the circulation point at which a bulge is formed in the guide slot. If the recess in the radial extension of the bulge in the guide slot also terminated, an undesirable stabilization would result here, which would impair the radial deformation possibility of the separating bar to the outside.
• the disk-shaped base body has on its jacket wall a recess, in particular a wedge-shaped cutout, which is designed as an engagement region for a user for rotating the base body.
• a recess in particular a wedge-shaped cutout
• Such shape-specific design of the body has several advantages. On the one hand, an undesired slippage of the user when operating the operating element and thus during rotation is prevented. Since the jacket wall of this disk-shaped base body has a relatively small height, the contact area with, for example, a user's finger is also relatively small. Just then, even if a certain moisture attaches to this shell wall, an unwanted slipping when rotating the body can be prevented by this engagement area. However, another advantage to be mentioned is given by this indentation in that it also visually recognize the possible end positions of the operating element.
• the operating element and thus also the preferably formed disc-shaped base body is arranged in areas sunk between the cover and a partition wall disposed above and front side by a user only a portion of this disc-shaped base body is visible and actuated by this engagement area is a positional instantaneous arrangement of the body detect.
• the base body is arranged so that this engagement area protrudes out of the space between the cover and the partition wall raised forward and thus easily contactable and actuated by a user.
• this engagement area is designed in size so that its two ends occurring in the circumferential direction of the shell wall are spaced in an angular segment, which corresponds to the angular segment of the actuation path, so by the orbit of the engagement region on the shell wall the relevant Ends are each assigned an end position of the actuating path.
• the base body is oriented in such a way that a first end of the engagement region is arranged shortly before immersion or flush with the intermediate space formed by the cover and the partition arranged above it, then this end position can also be easily visually recognized by the user on the base body , The same applies then also for the second opposite end position.
• an eccentrically arranged engagement element is formed in particular integrated.
• This engagement element engages in a guideway in the lid, wherein depending on the rotational movement of the body in the guideway, the operation of the lid is enabled and thus closed by the displacement of the engaging member in the guideway of the lid, partially open or fully open.
• the main body with an upper side of a partition, which separates the fresh food container from the remaining part volume of the interior, facing and is rotatably mounted on the partition wall.
• the base body has a central passage or a central hole, in which engages a formed on the underside of the partition wall, in particular integrated, retaining pin engages. It may be provided here preferably a non-destructive detachable connection.
• the retaining pin may be in the context of a locking pin or a pin or the like.
• the base body is then rotatably mounted in the assembled state and around this retaining pin, so that the retaining pin also represents or comprises the axis of rotation.
• the control element external sliding block on an underside of the partition is spaced and arranged separately from this retaining pin and formed.
• the retaining pin and the control element external sliding block, which is also formed integrated in particular on the underside of the partition thus have functionally different tasks.
• control element external sliding block on the underside of the partition wall facing the base body eccentrically to a rotational axis having bearing point of the body is arranged on the partition wall.
• the storage location is defined in the context in particular by the retaining pin.
• the base body on the upper side facing away from the lid has a plurality of arranged on a same radius path motion stabilization elements.
• these motion stabilization elements are thus arranged in the direction of rotation about the axis of rotation with the same radius.
• this radius track, on which the motion stabilization elements are arranged is arranged with a larger radius compared to the guide slot and / or the recesses in the main body.
• the motion stabilization elements are thus preferably arranged relatively far out, in particular in a radius interval which is greater than 80%, preferably greater than 90% of the radius of the shell wall of the base body.
• the motion stabilizing elements are preferably pins which engage in a stabilizing track.
• the stabilizing path is in particular a stabilizing path formed on an underside of the underside of a separating wall which separates the freshness-retaining container from the remaining part volume of the inner space.
• the locking of a specific rotational position is thus also associated with a haptic perceptible resistance, so that the user can also very easily and intuitively recognize the respectively defined specific rotational position.
• a haptic perceptible resistance may also be a kind of brake, for example in the form of a silicone brake, according to a kind of a gear or the like may be formed with a mating contour on the partition.
• the here specific lockable rotational positions on the Operating element, in particular the disk-shaped base body are optically marked so that they are even more easily perceptible and approachable by a user.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a household refrigerator according to the invention
• Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a partial section of
• Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the partition wall
• Fig. 4 is a sectional view in perspective view of the components
• Fig. 5 shows the sectional view of FIG. 2 in a second position of
• Fig. 6 is a plan view of transparently illustrated controls
• Figure 7 is a plan view of the partition wall in a transparent representation of the partition wall and the operating element.
• Fig. 8 is a plan view of an operating element according to a second
• FIG. 9 is a perspective sectional view of the operating element according to FIG. 8 in a state mounted on the dividing wall; 10 is an enlarged view of a partial section of the operating element according to FIG. 8;
• FIG. 11 shows a plan view of the dividing wall with the operating element according to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 in a first end position of the operating element
• Fig. 12 is a plan view of FIG. 1 1 in a second end position of
• FIG. 13 is a plan view of FIG. 1 1 and FIG. 12 in an intermediate position of the
• a household refrigerating appliance 1 is shown in an exemplary representation, which is designed as a refrigerated-freezer Kombi réelle.
• the domestic refrigerator 1 comprises a body 2 with an inner container 3.
• the inner container 3 defines with its walls a first interior space, which is a refrigerated space 4, and a second interior space separated therefrom, which is a freezer compartment 5.
• the cooling space 4 is generally used for frost-free cooling of refrigerated goods, preferably at temperatures between + 4 ° C and + 8 ° C.
• the refrigerator 4 can also be designed as a zero-degree compartment, in particular for keeping fresh fruit or vegetables.
• the refrigerator 4 is accessible when the door 6 is open, which closes the room 4 at the front.
• the freezer compartment 5 is generally used for freezing frozen food, for example, at -18 ° C.
• the freezer compartment 5 is accessible with the freezer compartment door 7 open.
• a refrigerated goods or fresh food container 8 is mounted extendable, which is closed by means of a lid 9 mounted above the fresh food container 8.
• a lid 9 mounted above the fresh food container 8.
• an additional cover 10 for example in the form of a glass shelf, can be arranged above the lid 9.
• the inner container 3 has two opposite vertical side walls 3a and 3b.
• a partition wall 1 1 is arranged between the cover 9 and the cover 10. Through this, the fresh food container 8 is separated from the remaining remaining partial volume of the interior or cooling space 4.
• the lid 9 is mounted by means of a storage device 12 for opening and closing of the fresh food container 8 in the cooling chamber 4 liftable and lowered.
• the storage device 12 comprises an operating element 13 with which the cover 9 can be actuated.
• the operating element 13 is rotatable about an axis for actuating the cover 9 on an actuating path and can be latched at least in a rotational position along the actuating path.
• the operating element 13 is arranged on the partition wall 1 1.
• the arranged in the vertical direction and thus in the y direction above the lid 9 partition wall 1 1 is designed in the embodiment shown to the effect that it also serves as a support plate for the lid 9.
• the cover 9 is thus stored in this embodiment exclusively on this partition wall 1 1 and can be moved relative to this partition wall 1 1, to then be raised or lowered relative to a tray or a drawer 15 of the fresh storage container 8 to the open or closed To be able to adjust state of the fresh food container 8.
• the freshness container 8 comprises the lid 9 and the drawer 15th
• the horizontal partition plate or the partition wall 1 as shown in Fig. 2, comprises a base body or a base 14 and a separate and non-destructively releasably attachable to the base 14 plate-like element in the form of a panel 20 on a pedestal 16.
• Das Grundteil 14 comprises a front edge 17 and an in the depth direction (z-direction) with respect to the front edge 17 rearwardly offset, obliquely upwardly and rearwardly oriented surface area 18.
• a diagonal step is formed.
• This inclined surface region 18 is formed in a substantially strip-like manner and extends in particular over the entire width of the base part 14 and is formed on an upper side 19, which faces away from the cover 9.
• the diaphragm 20 is arranged embedded, so that an upper side 21 of the diaphragm 20 is flush with an upper side 22, which is a partial region of the upper side 19 is arranged.
• the panel 20 is thus arranged flush in the base part 14 in the region of the front side in the vertical direction lowered pedestal 16.
• the panel 20 extends over the entire depth of this pedestal 16 and also the adjoining back, obliquely backwards and upwards oriented surface area 18.
• a front side 23 of the panel 20 forms a portion of the front edge 17th
• a display unit 24 is formed in the aperture 20, by means of which a symbolic or not value-accurate representation of a display of a moisture content in the fresh food container 8 can be displayed.
• elements are formed on that region of the diaphragm 20 which is oriented obliquely upwards and rearwards through the surface region 18.
• three different elements or objects 25, 26 and 27 are shown, which are associated with three different explicit positions of the lid 9 relative to the drawer 15. Thus, these respective lid positions specifying and associated moisture contents in the preservation container 8 are symbolized symbolically.
• the objects 25 to 27 can be printed on the panel 20.
• the operating element 13 can be seen, which, viewed in the direction of the depth, is positioned between the front edge 17 and the surface area 18 and thus accessible from above accordingly.
• the cover 9 is adjusted via a particularly exclusively mechanical interaction and coupling.
• the cover 9 can also be mounted on a bearing device 12, which is formed exclusively on the walls 3a and 3b. He can be adjusted positionally in a lifting and sliding movement.
• corresponding bearing elements of the bearing device 12 can be arranged obliquely backwards and upwards on the walls 3a and 3b.
• the symbolic display of the moisture content changes automatically with the adjustment of the lid 9 and to at least one of the objects 25 to 27 is marked differently in color.
• a color slider can be automatically coupled coupled with the operation of the control element and to the object are highlighted.
• an observer can then intuitively and instantly recognize the information of the symbolic moisture content.
• the display unit 24 comprises a display element 28 which is mechanically coupled to the operating element 13 and is movable depending on the movement of the control element 13 for moisture content indicator position.
• the objects 25, 26 and 27 are recesses, in particular quadrangular recesses in the panel 20 in the surface area 18.
• the display element 28 as a plate-like strip is slidably disposed behind this panel in the x direction. It has different color-coded areas, depending on the relative position of the display element 28 to color the aperture 20 of these objects 25 to 27, wherein due to the different colors then a symbolic display of the moisture content is given.
• an embodiment is provided in which, depending on a rotational position of the operating element 13 about the axis A, which extends in the vertical direction and thus in the y-direction, a specific position of the lid 9 is connected.
• the control element 13 has a base body 29 which is designed disk-shaped or discusformig and is a flat cylinder. This main body 29 is rotatably mounted on the pedestal 16 between the surface portion 18 and the front edge 17. It is raised above the top 21 so that it is easily accessible by a user from above and from the side and can be gripped accordingly.
• Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the view in Fig. 2 is shown.
• the display element in its plate-like strip shape is shown, and color markings 28a, 28b, 28c and 28d can be seen.
• the display element 28 ' is present, which is displaceably arranged in the horizontal x-direction. 3, the display element 28 'is positioned in the viewing direction in front of it and, depending on the relative position and thus the relative displacement to the element 28, covers one or more of the markings 28a to 28d, so that here again a symbolic moisture content indicator is formed.
• Fig. 4 is a perspective sectional view along the section line IV-IV in Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of the components, as shown in Fig. 2, shown. at this view, the lid 9 is shown in the fully closed state and thus in a first end position.
• the operating element 13 is arranged in a first end rotational position.
• the base body 29 is at least partially hollow on its the pedestal 16 and thus also the diaphragm 20 facing bottom. For this purpose, it comprises a cavity 30. In these extends a locking element 31, which is designed as a strip-shaped detent spring. This locking element 31 is integrally formed on the partition wall 1 1 and is raised above the top 21 via. If the diaphragm 20 is arranged so that it can not be detached in a non-destructive manner, then this locking element 31 is preferably integrally formed on the panel 20. In the assembled state shown in Fig. 4, the base body 29 covers this locking member 31 completely from above.
• a coupling element 32 In the form of a coupling pin, which is perpendicular to the bottom. It is arranged off-center to the axis A.
• the operating element 13 is inserted with a downwardly extending connecting part 33 in a receptacle 34 of the partition wall 1 1 or inserted and held therein, in particular latched. As a result, an axial securing of the operating element 13 is achieved.
• the coupling element 32 extends through the partition wall 1 1 in this area of the pedestal 16 down through and engages in a slide 35 a.
• This slide 35 is slidably mounted on the partition wall 1 1 and coupled on the other hand, at its the control element 13 remote from the lower end with an engagement portion 36 which is formed on an upper side of the lid 9, which faces the partition 1 1.
• the operating element 13 is thus mechanically coupled to the cover 9 via the slide 35 and, on the other hand, mechanically coupled to the display element 28 or 28 '.
• the lid 9 is moved and at the same time automatically the display element 28th shifted in order to change the symbolic display of the moisture content of the display unit 24, in particular then displayed adapted to the respective lid position.
• a second end position of the operating element 13 is shown in an analog representation of Fig. 4, in which then the lid 9 in the second end position, namely the fully open position, is.
• Fig. 6 is a plan view of the control element 13 is shown, in which case the inner life is shown here in a transparent representation.
• the operating element 13 in the rotational position as illustrated in Fig. 4, shown.
• the operating element 13 in the second end position as shown in Fig. 5, shown.
• the operating element 13 has a guideway 37 which has straight-line guideway sections 38, 39 and 40.
• the guideway portions 38 to 40 are rectilinear ridges extending downward from the plate-like lid of the main body 29, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
• the linear guideway sections 38 to 40 are also directly adjacent to each other and connected to each other and arranged in pairs at an angle preferably greater than 90 ° and less than 150 ° to each other.
• an angle a which extends between two connecting straight lines between the axis A and ends of a guide track section, is preferably between 50 ° and 60 °, in particular between 53 ° and 54 °, preferably 53.3 °. This is preferably provided for all guideway sections 38 to 40, so that they are the same length in this respect and each cover corresponding equal angular sections.
• the locking element 31 By the locking element 31, the first end position of the operating element 13 shown in Fig. 4 and in the left image in Fig. 6 held captive, in particular latched, this is the locking member 31 on the guideway portion 40 on the outside, said locking member 31 in the radial direction is biased inside so that it presses inwardly against the guideway portion 40 and thus causes the locking.
• a coupling element 41 configured as a coupling pin is arranged radially far outward on the operating element 13 and is positioned adjacent to a jacket wall of the main body 29. This coupling element 41 is in the axial direction downwards and thus arranged extending in a cavity.
• the locking element 31 adjoins the guideway section 38 on the outside in the case of the second end position of the operating element 13 and the coupling element 41 has accordingly moved to the left into the corresponding end position.
• the eccentrically arranged coupling element 32 shifts in the depth direction and thus in the z-direction approximately 10 mm.
• FIG. 7 shows, in a further transparent plan view, an embodiment of the operating element 13 according to FIG. 6 and shows the end position, as explained in the right-hand image in FIG. 6 and furthermore in FIG. 5.
• the transparent display element 28 can be seen, in which case also the coupling state is shown and the coupling receptacle 42 is a slot in this regard.
• the rectilinear horizontal displacement of the display element 28 by the rotational movement of the operating element 13 is indicated by the double arrow.
• FIG. 8 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a control element 13, wherein a corresponding plan view representation, as has been explained in FIGS. 6 and 7 in the first exemplary embodiment, can be seen here.
• an embodiment with guide slots and recesses or bulges is provided here as latching points instead of the guide track sections 38 to 40.
• the base body 29 has a guide slot 43, which is formed in a banana-shaped curved manner partially encircling the axis of rotation A.
• the guide slot 43 is formed completely continuous, so that it also represents a slot-like hole penetration.
• the guide slot 43 defines with its total length in Umurnnchtung about the axis A and the maximum mobility of the base body 29 about the axis A.
• the total length of the actuating path is predetermined by the guide slot 43.
• the guide slot 43 has in the embodiment at its ends 44 and 45 on a radially outer boundary contour or edge contour 46 radially outwardly directed bulges 47 and 48.
• two first rotational positions which represent the end positions of the base body 29 during the rotational movement about the axis A, formed as latching rotational positions.
• the related locking will be explained below.
• the main body 29 will be set out with its other specifications.
• three slot-like recesses 49, 50, 51 are formed radially outwardly adjacent and adjacent to the guide slot 43, which, viewed individually, also have curved, in particular banana-shaped, shapes.
• the recesses 49 to 51 are preferably located on a common radius path, but are separated in the direction of rotation about the axis A.
• a radial spacer bar 52 and a spacer bar 53 are provided.
• the recess 49 extends with respect to its length in the circumferential direction about the axis A, as the end 44 of the guide slot 43 is formed. This means that viewed in the radial direction, the end 44 is not on a same line as an end 54, which faces away from the further recesses 50 and 51 is located.
• one end 55 of the further recess 51 viewed in the circumferential direction about the axis A positioned further extending than the end 45 of the guide slot 43.
• the ends 45 and 55 are not formed on a straight line in the radial direction through the axis A.
• this separating web 56 Due to the corresponding thinness of this separating web 56, which forms specific to the shape through the continuous recesses 49 to 51 and the continuous guide slot 43, there is also a possibility in which this separating web 56 can deform elastically radially outward. As a result, the locking of a specific rotational position is favored.
• the separating web 56 is made thinner at those points where the bulges 47 and 48 are formed than at the other places.
• the deformability just at these points is favored and the engagement of a user interface external sliding block as a locking member 57 is thereby made particularly simple.
• a further bulge 58 is formed which defines a locking position as an intermediate position between the end positions.
• the lid 9 is opened in a central position.
• the control element 13 is here rotated to approximately half the actuating path between the end positions, and the lid 9 is raised about half the height of the maximum lifting height dimensioned in the vertical direction.
• FIG. 9 the embodiment according to FIG. 8 is shown in a sectional view analogous to the views in FIGS. 4 and 5.
• the other embodiment of the control element 13 and the mechanical coupling with the slide 35 and the arrangement on the partition wall 1 1 are analogous to the previous embodiment and reference is made to the relevant explanation.
• the coupling element 41 is also in FIG a guide slot 49 guided in the aperture 20 and engages from there into the coupling receptacle 42 a.
• FIG. 10 shows an enlarged illustration of the embodiment of the operating element 13 according to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9.
• FIG. 1 1 the embodiment of FIG. 8 to FIG. 10 is shown in a plan view, wherein here a first end position of the control element 13 and thus also a first end position of the display element 28 is shown. Based on this, the second end position of the operating element 13 is then shown by a rotation about the axis A, which is perpendicular to the plane of the figure, in a clockwise direction in the illustration according to FIG. 12. Due to the mechanical coupling with the operating element 13 and the display element 28 is displaced in the horizontal direction and thus in a straight line in the opposite other end position. In FIG. 13, moreover, in a transparent plan view, the intermediate position between the end positions illustrated in FIG. 8, as illustrated in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, is shown.

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