EP1926953A1

EP1926953A1 - Door for a household device

Info

Publication number: EP1926953A1
Application number: EP06793350A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jürgen DIEBOLD
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2005-09-12
Filing date: 2006-09-08
Publication date: 2008-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2026-09-08
Also published as: WO2007031469A1; DE202005014379U1; EP1926953B1; RU2416062C2; RU2008110403A

Abstract

The invention relates to a door for a household device comprising a door leaf (2) and a hinge (10, 22, 41) which is used to couple the door leaf (2) to the body (1) of the household device. The hinge (10, 22, 41) comprises a hinge pin (22) and a hinge bushing (16) which engage in a rotating manner inside each other and from there one is secured to the door leaf (2) and the other to a carrier arm (10), which is provided for securing to the body (1). The invention also relates to an opening-limited body (41) whereon a first section (45) is fixed to the door leaf and from which a second section (44) is pushed against the door on the door arm (10) in an opening-limited position.

Description

Door for a household appliance

The present invention relates to a door for a household appliance, in particular for a refrigerator or freezer, with an opening limit, which defines a maximum pivot angle by which the door leaf can be swung out of the closed, applied to the body of the housing position.

Simple hinges used for the suspension of a household appliance door generally have a hinge pin which engages from above or below in a bearing sleeve of the door leaf and thus defines a pivot axis of the door leaf, and a support arm, via which the hinge pin is firmly connected to the body. This arm is visible on the fully assembled household appliance from the outside, which is distracting.

Although it would be conceivable to hide such a hinge behind a fixed to the door leaf housing, but such a housing would limit the freedom of movement of the door. That is, when the door is opened too wide, the support arm and housing obstructing it collide, and the housing is in danger of being damaged or destroyed by the collision.

It is known to limit the maximum pivoting angle of a door leaf, a chimney cover or the like by means such as a cord or chain which is fixed to the door leaf and a frame opposite the door leaf at a distance from the pivot axis and in the maximum open position the door is taut. From the furniture is also known an opening limitation by means of a rod, one end of which is articulated on the door leaf and the other on a sliding block which is slidable on a rail mounted on the door frame. Both the chain and the rod interfere in the open state access to the interior of a device or furniture body on which the door is mounted.

In particular, in the field of built-in home appliances, it is known to use multi-joint hinges whose hinged together arms by design have only a limited angular freedom. Such multi-joint hinges are expensive by their necessarily complicated structure, and they claim a considerable installation depth, the provision of which can be problematic especially in household appliances in stand construction.

The object of the invention is to provide a reliable opening-limited door for a household appliance with a simple hinge structure.

The object is achieved in that in a door with a door leaf and a hinge for hinging the door leaf to a door frame, wherein the hinge comprises a hinge pin and a hinge sleeve which rotatably engage with each other and one of which on the door leaf and the other on a support arm the hinge is fixed for attachment to the door frame, the hinge comprises an opening limiting body, of which a first portion is fixed to the door leaf and of which a second portion abuts in an opening-limited position of the door on the support arm.

The opening limiting body can be made resiliently with little cost and material, so that he is able to initiate the forces occurring when abutting the arm in the door leaf without jeopardizing this.

The first and second portions may be disposed projecting from a same side of the base plate. In this case, it is expedient if the first section is anchored to a fitting over the narrow side vertical wall of the door leaf fitting.

Alternatively, the first and second portions may protrude from opposite sides of the base plate. In the latter case, the first section preferably engages in a slot formed on the narrow side of the door leaf in order to initiate the impact forces of the door leaf.

The engagement of the first section in the slot of the door panel allows the forces which occur when the door strikes the opening boundary between the support arm and the second section to be considerable, to be distributed over a large area into the door leaf and thus overstress of the door panel, which could lead to damage, to prevent. Another possibility is that the first section is simply screwed to a narrow side of the door leaf, so that the stop forces on the one hand by positive engagement between the first section and a screw and between the screw and the door leaf and by frictional engagement between the screw head and the narrow side of the door leaf be introduced into the door leaf.

It is particularly advantageous when the opening limiting body engages the hinge pin, because this allows to deflect the force exerted on the first arm to the first portion when striking the first portion and to induce a resultant force on the second portion in the door leaf, wherein the direction resulting force is adapted to the possibly direction-dependent load capacity of the door leaf.

Advantageously, the distance of the second portion from the axis is less than that of the first portion from the axis to make small the amount of force introduced into the door leaf via the second portion of the orifice restricting body utilizing the lever law.

To set the axis of the door leaf as a center of rotation for the lever of the opening limiting body, advantageously passes through the hinge pin a bore of the opening limiting body.

The opening limiting body preferably comprises a voltage applied to the narrow side of the door leaf base plate, from which protrude the first and the second portion.

This opening limiting body can be formed simply and inexpensively from a first flat material blank, in particular from a strong sheet metal.

Also, the support arm is preferably formed from a flat material blank. In order to achieve a high load-bearing capacity, this second flat material blank is preferably aligned with a main surface oriented parallel to the pivot axis of the door.

To form the sleeve of the hinge, one end of the second blank may be rounded. - A -

In a section perpendicular to the axis of the support arm preferably has a recess into which engages the second portion and at the edge thereof abuts in the opening-limited position.

The recess may in particular be obtained by shaping the blank of the support arm around it.

If the door leaf in a conventional manner comprises a central piece and upper and lower end pieces which close a cavity of the center piece, the slot is preferably formed on at least one of the end pieces.

These end pieces can be injection molded, in particular made of plastic.

The hinge may be hidden in the door according to the invention by the hinge pin is received in a recess open towards the back of the door leaf. This allows in particular to provide a front of the refrigerator, which is completely formed by the door leaf, without over the top edge of the door cross-reaching parts.

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a refrigerator, to which the present invention is implemented, with the door closed;

2 is a perspective view of the refrigerator with open door.

Figure 3 is an exploded view of an upper front corner of the body of the refrigerator, an arm and a journal for the rotatable suspension of a door.

4 shows a horizontal section through a front right corner of the refrigerator housing with the door closed. FIG. 5 shows a section similar to FIG. 4 with the door open; FIG.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section along the line Vl-Vl of Fig. 5;

7 is a perspective view of an opening-limiting body according to a second embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is an analogous to Fig. 4 section through a door with the

Opening limiting body of Fig. 7; and

9 is a perspective view of an opening-limiting body according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of an inventive household appliance, a refrigerator stand or table construction with a body 1 and a door leaf 2, which is hinged to the body about an axis 3 pivotally. The axis 3 extends through the door leaf 2 adjacent to a in Fig. 1 facing the viewer side surface 4 of the body. 1

The door leaf 2 is composed of an upper and a lower end piece 5 and 6, which is injection molded in one piece of plastic, and a center piece 7. The middle piece 7 has an outer wall formed of a bent sheet metal and a molded plastic inner wall, the their vertical walls are interconnected and which define a top and bottom closed by the end pieces 5, 6, filled with insulating foam material cavity.

The top of the body 1 is located at the same height as that of the upper end piece 5. In a body 1 facing the recess of the upper end piece 5 engages a projection 8 of the body 1, at its hidden in Fig. 1 front side displays and controls of the refrigerator are arranged.

A hinge connecting the body 1 and the door leaf 2 and fixing the axis 3 is concealed between the upper and lower end pieces 5, 6 and the body 1, respectively. Fig. 2 shows the refrigerator of Fig. 1 with the door open. A piece of the door leaf 2 facing the front frame 9 of the body 1 is exposed here, and the projection 8 can be clearly seen. The hinge is also largely hidden, only a voltage applied to the frame 9 tip of a hinge arm 10 can be seen.

Fig. 3 shows an exploded perspective view of a corner of the body 1 and the hinge arm 10. The arm 10 is formed from an upright-oriented strip thick sheet and by two approximately right angles 1 1 in three sections, one on the front frame 9 assembling first end portion 12, a parallel to the end portion 12 at a distance from the frame 9 extending second end portion 13 and a connecting portion 14 which connects the end portions 12, 13 with each other. The end portion 13 is longitudinally slotted at its free end, and tongues above and below the slot 15 are rolled up into a sleeve 16.

A recess 17 on the front frame receives the first end portion 12 in a form-fitting manner. At the bottom of the recess 17 are two threaded holes 18 can be seen, which are provided to receive (not shown) screws extending through holes 19 in the first end portion 12 and hold it pressed into the recess 17. Since the outline of the recess 17 mates exactly form-fitting with the shape of the first end portion 12, the arm 10 can be quickly and without taking dimension attached to a precisely predetermined position of the frame 9. Due to the positive engagement of the end portion 12 in the recess 17, the accuracy of the positioning is not affected if the diameter of the holes 19 is greater than that of the screws passing through them. Recesses 17 are located at all four corners of the frame. 9

Of the two holes 19 of the end portion 12 is one of a circular opening 21 and the other the slot 15 of the end portion 13 opposite. Through the opening 21 and the slot 15 through each of the individual screws can be inserted into the holes 19 and the threaded holes 18. To fasten the screws, a screwdriver or the like can also pass through the opening 21 or the slot 15.

In height of the angle 1 1 two beads 20 are embossed in the arm 10 for stiffening. A provided for insertion into the sleeve 16 hinge pin is designated 22. The hinge pin is in the form of a cylindrical pin, which is divided by a circumferential ridge 23 in an engaging in the sleeve 16 upper portion 24 and a lower portion 25. In the embodiment considered here, the upper portion 24 is rotatably received in the sleeve 16, and the lower portion 25 rotatably engages in a (not shown in Fig. 3) hinge sleeve of the door 2 a. It would also be conceivable, however, to anchor the hinge pin 22 in the door leaf in a rotationally fixed manner and to turn it in the sleeves 16, or to allow a rotation of the hinge pin 22 both relative to the arm 10 and the door leaf 2.

An opening limiting body 41 is like the support arm 10 of a blank made of strong sheet metal integrally formed. The opening limiting body 41 has a flat base plate 42 in which a bore 43 is formed, and is provided to be fitted on the lower portion 25 of the hinge pin 22. From the base plate 42 is on a side facing the arm 10, a plate-shaped first portion 44 which is radially aligned with respect to the pivot axis of the hinge. In the illustrated in Fig. 3, a closed door corresponding orientation of the Öffnungsbegrenzungskörper 41, the first portion 44 extends between the sleeve 16 and the opposite bore 19 of the first end portion 12. A second, also plate-shaped portion 45 is of the base plate 42 in opposite direction, away from arm 10, angled. The area of the second portion 45 is substantially larger than that of the first portion 44, and also the distance from the pivot axis at the second portion 45 is significantly larger than the first portion 44. The function of the opening limiting body 41 will be more apparent from the following description of FIG. 4 to 6.

4 shows a horizontal section through the upper right corner of the body 1 and the door leaf 2 at the level of the arm 10. The end piece 5 has on its rear side facing the frame 9 a spacious recess 26 into which the arm 10 engages. The arm 10 defines a recess 27 which is open to the side surface 4. The first portion 44 of the opening limiting body 41 extends transversely through the entrance area of the recess 27. A side wall 28 of the end piece 5 extends in front of the recess 27 and is substantially flush with the side surface 4. The distance between the front frame 9 and the end 29 facing it of the side wall 28 is selected so that when the door leaf 2 is pivoted about the axis defined by the hinge pin 22 in the position shown in Fig. 5, it on his by a Arrow 30 designated track just not touched the frame 9.

An open stop position of the door is defined by the fact that the first portion 44 of the opening limiting body 41 bears against the inside of the end portion 13. When opening the door, the portion 44 abuts the end portion 13, acts on the end portion 44 relative to the pivot axis, a torque which must be compensated by an opposing same, acting on the second portion 45 torque. This counter-moment is, as will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 6, exerted by the end piece 5 of the door leaf into which the second section 45 engages.

In the swung-open position of Fig. 5, the side wall 28 engages deep into the recess 27 of the arm. Maximum opening angles of the door of well over 90 degrees are readily achievable with the geometry shown in the figures. Even larger opening angles can be realized if the end section 13 is not rectilinear, as shown in the figures, but is curved toward the front.

Fig. 6 shows a vertical section through the upper portion of the door 2 at the level of the line Vl-Vl of Fig. 5. The end piece 5 is here composed of two mold parts, a lower part 31 and an upper part 32. The upper part 32 is substantially plate-shaped with protruding on its underside anchoring pins 33 which engage frictionally engaged in blind holes 34 of the lower part 31. The lower part 31 has a bottom plate 38 which closes the hollow space 35 of the middle piece 7 which is filled with insulating foam (not shown in the figure). Front and rear wall 36, 37 of the center piece 7 abut against a web 39 protruding from the bottom plate 38. A hinge sleeve 40, which receives the lower portion 25 of the hinge pin 22, is integrally formed in the bottom plate 38 and engages in the cavity 35 of the center piece 7 a.

In the bottom plate 38 are integrally formed a hinge sleeve 40 which receives the lower portion 25 of the hinge pin 22, and an elongated transverse to the cutting plane pin 46 into the cavity 35 of the central piece 7 integrally formed integrally. The pin 46 defines an upwardly open slot 47 with the insulating foam of the cavity 35 toward closed walls, in which the second portion 45 of the opening limiting body 41 is received without play. The double-walled pin 46 and the closely adjacent thereto, on the rear wall 37 of the central piece 7 web 39 form a rigid structure which is able to exert the required torque on the second section 45. If necessary, an additional stiffening of the end piece, for example in the form of a perpendicular to the cutting plane extending steel bar 48, shown in Fig. 6 as a dashed outline, be inserted into the space between the pin 46 and the rear web 39.

The recess 26 extends over the entire width of the door, from the one side wall 28 of the end piece 5 to the mirror-symmetrically opposite. Adjacent to this opposite side wall, a second, not shown, hinge sleeve 40 is formed to allow a stop change of the door.

Fig. 7 shows an opening limiting body according to a second embodiment of the invention in a perspective corresponding to that of Fig. 4. The opening restricting body 41 'according to this embodiment has a base plate 42 with a hole 43 penetrated by the hinge pin 22, which is provided as in the case of Fig. 4 to lie flat on the base plate (not shown) of an upper end piece, and a vertically upstanding first portion 44, which is provided to abut with the door open on a (not shown) support arm, which is identical to the support arm 10 of Fig. 4.

Instead of a vertically downwardly projecting portion 45 on the body facing edge of the base plate 42 here an upwardly projecting second portion 45 'at the side remote from the body edge of the base plate 42' is formed. The second portion 45 'is wider in its planar upper portion than in its subsequent to the base plate 42, curved lower portion; the over the lower region protruding edge portions are designated 52.

The upper end piece is as shown in Fig. 6 in two parts with a lower part 31 'and a top part, not shown, which may be identical to the upper part 32 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the lower part 31 'has one with the outer wall of the middle piece 7 flush outer wall 49, on the inside of two over the height of the wall 49 extending projections 50 are integrally formed, each defining facing grooves 51. In these grooves 51, the protruding edge portions 52 of the portion 45 'of the Öffnungsbegrenzungskörpers 42' from above can be inserted, resulting in a positive anchoring of the opening limiting body 41 'on the wall 49 results. The projections 50 form stiffening ribs which allow considerable forces to be introduced into the wall 49 and, via these, into the bottom plate of the lower part 31 '. If, as shown at the left of the two projections 50 in Fig. 8, they are further provided with a blind hole 34 for receiving an anchoring pin of the (not shown) upper part of the end piece, one of the opening limiting body 41 'on the wall 49 transmitted force be transferred to the upper part of the end piece 5 ', whereby the load capacity is further improved.

A particularly simple embodiment is shown in FIG. 9. In this embodiment, the opening-limiting body, designated 42 ", consists essentially of a flat steel plate with a hole 43 penetrated by the hinge pin 22, an abutment portion 44 angled adjacent to the hole, and a base plate 42" extending along the base 38 of a door panel. whose end remote from the hinge pin 22 is held pressed by a screw 52 against the base plate 38. Since the distance of the screw 52 from the bore

43 is considerably larger than that of section 44, which is when the door is hit over the

Screw 52 to be introduced into the door leaf force significantly smaller than that which occurs between the stopper portion 44 and the arm 10. It is therefore sufficient for a secure and resilient anchoring of the screw 52 when it is screwed in a conventional manner in a blind hole in the base plate 38 of the end piece.

Claims

claims

1 . A door for a domestic appliance having a door leaf (2) and a hinge (10, 22, 41, 41 ', 41 ") for hinging the door leaf (2) to a body (1) of the domestic appliance, wherein the hinge (10, 22, 41, 41 ', 41 ") comprises a hinge pin (22) and a hinge sleeve (16) which engage rotatably and one of which is fixed to the door leaf (2) and the other to a support arm (10), which is for attachment to the body (1) is provided, characterized in that the hinge (10, 22, 41, 41 ', 41 ") comprises an opening limiting body (41, 41', 41"), of which a first portion (45, 45 ' ) is fixed to the door leaf (2) and of which a second portion (44) in an opening-limited position of the door to the support arm

(10) abuts.

2. Door according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening limiting body (41, 41 ', 41 ") further acts on the hinge pin (22).

3. Door according to claim 2, characterized in that the distance of the second portion (44) from the axis is smaller than that of the first portion (45, 45 ') from the axis.

4. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hinge pin (22) passes through a bore (43) of the Öffnungsbegrenzungskörpers (41).

5. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening limiting body (41, 41 ') on a narrow side of the door leaf (2) abutting base plate (42), of which the first and the second portion (44, 45, 45 ') protrude.

6. Door according to claim 5, characterized in that the first and the second portion (44, 45 ') protrude from a same side of the base plate (42).

7. Door according to claim 6, characterized in that the support arm (10) in a recess (26) of the door leaf (2) engages and that the first portion (45 ') on a projecting beyond the narrow side wall (49) of the door leaf ( 2) is anchored.

8. Door according to claim 6, characterized in that the first and the second portion (44, 45) protrude from opposite sides of the base plate (42).

9. Door according to claim 8, characterized in that the first portion (45) engages in a on a narrow side of the door leaf (2) formed slot (47).

10. Door according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the first portion is bolted to a narrow side of the door panel.

1 1. Door according to claim 9, characterized in that the door leaf (2) comprises a center piece (7) and upper and lower end pieces (5, 6) closing a cavity (35) of the center piece (7), and in that the slot (47 ) is formed on at least one of the end pieces (5, 6).

12. Door according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the end pieces (5, 6) are injection molded from plastic.

13. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening limiting body (41) is formed from a first flat material blank.

14. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support arm (10) is formed from a second flat material blank.

15. Door according to claim 14, characterized in that the main surface of the second blank is aligned parallel to the axis.

16. Door according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that one end of the second blank is bent around to form the sleeve (16).

17. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support arm (10) in a section perpendicular to the axis has a recess (27) into which the second portion (44) engages and at the edge (13) he in the opening-limited position abuts.

18. Door according to one of claims 14 to 16 and claim 17, characterized in that the second blank around the recess (27) is formed around.

19. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hinge pin (22) in a to the back of the door leaf (2) open towards

Recess (26) is added.