WO2011018342A2

WO2011018342A2 - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: WO2011018342A2
Application number: PCT/EP2010/061015
Authority: WO
Inventors: Christoph Becke; Stefan Deissler; Max Eicher; Jürgen FINK; Ralph Staud; Thomas Tischer
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2009-08-10
Filing date: 2010-07-29
Publication date: 2011-02-17
Also published as: EP2464928B1; CN102472557B; DE202009010794U1; EP2464928A2; WO2011018342A3; RU2529916C2; RU2012104838A; CN102472557A

Abstract

The invention relates to a door insert for a refrigerator, comprising a floor plate (2) and side walls (5) connected by means of the floor plate (2), at least one of which is covered by a mounted decorative element (10).

Description

The refrigerator

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator with a door, on the inside of a built-in part is arranged. On the inside of such a door usually several fixtures such as refrigerated goods, a butter compartment or the like are usually mounted. These built-in parts have a significant

Influence on the appearance of the device perceived by a user, not just in a built-in device where the internal surfaces of the storage space are the only surfaces of the device that the user normally perceives during operation, but also in outdoor units with visible external surfaces.

If a manufacturer manufactures different series of refrigeration appliances, it makes economic sense to use as many cross-unit uniform components as possible in order to keep the production costs low

receive different series or models but also a recognizable for the user, individual character. To achieve this goal, it makes sense

Device housing largely uniform to manufacture and vary mounting parts model or series-specific. If the built-in parts are substantially injection-molded in one piece, there is a great freedom of design, but there consuming

Injection molds are required for each individual fitting, this approach is relatively expensive.

In the search for a cheaper solution, a modular approach has already been considered in which components of a door component such as a

Bottom plate and side walls are manufactured separately and joined together to form the finished fixture. This allows the production of built-in parts with

different dimensions by combining identical sidewalls with floorboards of different lengths. In order to give different refrigerator models an individual character, it can be sufficient, in each case device-specific

Side cheeks to combine with uniform floor panels. Although this approach is already more cost-effective, the potential for savings is limited by the fact that the sidewalls usually have a more complex shape than the components of a door component extending therebetween so that the individual molds needed to make them are still quite expensive.

The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a door component for a refrigeration appliance, whose external appearance is fundamentally changeable with little effort.

The object is achieved by the case of a refrigeration appliance, in particular household refrigeration appliance with a door component, with a bottom plate and through the bottom plate

connected side cheeks is equipped, at least one of the side cheeks and preferably both is covered by a plugged decorative element. Since the attached decorative element does not have to perform static functions, it can be realized thin-walled and therefore inexpensive. Since the decorative element also does not contribute to the anchoring of the fixture to the door, its shape can be kept simple, so that simple and inexpensive tools for his

Manufacturing can be used. The side cheeks, on the other hand, can be used for

Various models or M od eil rows can be used uniformly, so that they can be manufactured inexpensively in large quantities.

The side cheeks are preferably further connected by a railing to provide an open top commonly referred to as a door shelf, particularly for standing storage of bottles.

On the railing of such a door compartment can also be a decorative part can be plugged to vary its appearance.

Alternatively, a flap may be pivotally suspended between the side cheeks of the door component to provide, for example, a butter compartment.

The decorative part of the side cheek should expediently cover their most conspicuous surfaces, namely a front side, an upper side and an outer side. According to a first embodiment, the decorative element also covers an inner side of the side cheek. Such a decorative element is generally from above the

Sidewall attachable.

To secure the decorative element on the side wall form-fitting, is

expediently formed on a lower edge of the outside covering flank of the decorative element inwardly projecting web.

The attached to the side wall decorative elements can be used to secure a plugged onto the railing decorative element. Run for this

expediently the inner flanks of plugged on both side panels decor parts forward together, and the plugged onto the railing decorative part has a dovetailed web which engages positively between the inner edges.

According to a second embodiment, the decorative element covers in addition to

Front, top and outside also a bottom of the side cheek. Such a decorative element is best plugged from the front on the side wall.

For form-fitting securing to the side cheek, a web extending onto the inside of the side cheek is preferably formed on a lower and / or an upper flank of the decorative element. This second embodiment is particularly suitable for the realization of a butter compartment, in which a closed ceiling can make attaching the decorative part from above af the side cheek impossible.

At a rear portion of the outsides are conventionally usually

Anchoring contours provided for a positive engagement of the door assembly part in a refrigerator door. This rear area is expediently recessed in the decorative element.

On an outside of the side cheek, a control element may be provided, which may be depressible, for example, to release an engagement between a support projection of the door assembly and a complementary recess of the door, thus enabling the release of the fitting from the door. Such an operating element can be completely hidden under the decorative part; then, when the control is operated is to be removed, first the decorative element. Alternatively, in the

Decor element be cut free a overlapping with the operating tongue, which can be pressed by a user to depress the control element of the side cheek. 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 an exploded view of an inventive

Door fixture; Fig. 2 shows the mounting part of Figure 1 in the assembled state.

3 shows a section through a side wall of the installation part of FIG. 1;

4 shows a partial plan view of the installation part with a front wall hidden by a decorative element;

Fig. 5 shows a section through the hidden from the decorative element front

Wall; 6 is an exploded view of a door assembly according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 7 shows the built-in part of FIG. 6 in the assembled state; FIG. and FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a door component according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a door rack according to a first embodiment of the invention in an exploded perspective view. A main body 1 of the door compartment has substantially the shape of an elongated, upwardly open box with a bottom plate 2, on the longitudinal sides of the bottom plate 2 extending front and rear walls 3 and 4 (in the context of the present specification "forward" the Direction away from a refrigerator door, not shown, at the door rack or another fitting part is mounted, and "rear" denotes the direction towards the door.) The rear wall 4 is in the mounted state on an inner surface of the refrigerator door or is at most spaced therefrom by a narrow gap and therefore serves only for stiffening or stabilization of the body 1, but not to secure refrigerated goods placed therein.

The bottom plate 2 and the walls 3, 4 extend between two side cheeks 5. The side cheeks 5 each comprise a front portion 6, which has substantially the shape of a hollow, downwardly open cuboid, and a rear portion 7, which is shaped to intervene between itself on an inside of the refrigerator door extending, known per se vertical struts and the downwardly open recesses 8, which are provided to be plugged onto support projections on mutually facing flanks of the vertical uprights and so support the door racks on the spars , The rear portion 7 is formed here as a thin, solid plate, projecting from the outside of ribs 9, which define the recess 8.

The side cheeks 5 can be injection molded integrally with the bottom plate and the walls 3, 4 of plastic, or they can be injection molded separately from the bottom plate 2 and the walls 3, 4 and then joined together with the latter,

preferably plug-connected, be. The bottom plate 2 and the walls 3, 4 may be designed in the latter case as a single contiguous extruded profile or be formed as each individual extruded profiles which are connected to each other directly or indirectly via the side walls 5. In particular, the latter, multi-part design makes it possible to use a material for the side walls 5, which alone static or processing technology

Must meet requirements, but not requirements for the external appearance, since the side panels 5 do not appear on finished assembled door compartments, but completely plugged in from above

Decorative elements 10 are hidden.

The decorative elements 10 are thin-walled hollow body made of colored or metallized plastic or metal, in particular aluminum, from the top of the side cheeks 5 are attached and in each case an outer side of the front portion 6 overlapping outer edge 11, an engaging in the base body 1 and the

Inner side of the side wall 5 overlapping inner edge 12, a flanks 11, 12 connecting upper side 13 and an adjacent to the upper side 13 and the outer edge 11 front edge 14 have. The front flank 14 and the inner flank 11 are separated by a slot 15 through which the front wall 3 of the

Base body extends. On this front wall, another, not shown decorative element may be plugged to cover the front of the wall 3 completely or at least partially. The material or at least the surface of this second decorative element is expediently identical to that of the decorative element 10.

Fig. 2 shows the door rack in the assembled state. There remain only the voltage applied to the vertical door pillars outer sides of the rear portion 7 of

Side cheeks 5 and the undersides of the decorative elements 10 uncovered. The exposed bottoms are generally not perceived by a user because a door racks shown in Figures 1 and 2 are generally mounted at eye level.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic section through the downwardly open side cheek 5 and the decorative element placed over it 10. At the bottom of the outer edge 11, a narrow web 16 is bent inwardly, which abuts against the lower edge of the outer wall of the side cheek 5. The web 16 secures the decorative element 10 positively on the side cheek 5. at the same time the thin outer edge 11 but so flexible that the web evades with a moderate train upwards to the outside and the decorative element 10 releases.

Fig. 4 shows a plan view of a front corner of the door compartment according to a modified embodiment, and Fig. 5 shows a section along the line V-V of Fig. 4. The front wall 3 of the main body 1 is behind a plugged

Decorative element 37 hidden in the form of an extruded profile. The decorative element is made of the same material or has the same surface coating as that

Decorative element 10. It is in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 5, substantially C-shaped with a center piece 38 covering the outside of the wall 3 and webs 39, 40 bent backwards from its upper and lower edges.

The side cheeks 5 and the decor body 10 placed thereon are formed in mirror image to one another and, as is apparent from FIG. 4, have mutually facing sides facing each other in front. The webs 39, 40 are widened in the dovetail shape in plan view to the rear, so that they engage positively between the decorative parts 10. To assemble the door racks, first the decorative body 37 must be pushed onto the wall 3 from the front. By then the decorative body 10 are attached to the cheeks 5, the decorative body 37 is locked to the wall 3.

Fig. 6 shows an analogous to Fig. 1 exploded view of a door compartment according to a second embodiment of the invention. The basic body 1 can be completely identical to that shown in FIG. 1 here. Decorative elements 17 are provided to be pushed in the depth direction on the side walls 5. They lack the inner edge 12 of the decorative elements 10, instead, they have a bottom 18, the underside of the side cheeks 5 completely covered in the attached state, and at inner edges of the top 13 and the bottom 18 narrow webs 19 are formed, the attack on the inner surfaces of the side walls 5. The webs 19 do not extend to the front edge 14 of the decorative elements 17 in order to leave room for the front wall. 3

This second embodiment is particularly useful in the case of a refrigerated goods carrier, which is mounted approximately at eye level of a medium-sized user, so that the

It is more likely that a user will see the underside of the door compartment 7 than look up from high enough to see the uncovered inner surfaces of the side panels 5.

8 shows a perspective view of a butter compartment according to the invention with a body 20 and a flap 21 pivotally hinged to the body 20 about a horizontal axis. The flap 21 is shown in a partly open position; in the closed position, it is flush with the front sides of side cheeks 5 of the Carcass 20, and in the open position, it extends in a substantially horizontal orientation close to a ceiling 22 of the body 20th

Decorative elements 23 are similar to those of the second embodiment, with an outer edge 11, a front edge 14, a top 13 and a

Bottom 18 which cover all visible with the flap 21 closed surfaces of the side walls 5, and from above and below on the inner surfaces of the

Side cheeks 5 overarching webs 19.

Notwithstanding the previous embodiments, the body 20 of the

Butterfachs no recess 8 which receives a support projection of vertical bars of the refrigerator door, but in a rear portion 7, a projection 24 is formed, which engages in complementary recesses of the vertical bars. Of the

Tab 24 is elastically movable in the width direction of the butter compartment by pressing on a front panel 6 of the side cheeks 5 exposed control panel 25. Control panel 25 and projection 24 may be parts of a one-piece spring tongue extending in the interior of the side cheek 5 in the depth direction.

When a decorative element of the type shown in Fig. 6, with closed outer edge 1 1, is plugged onto the side walls 5, the operating element 25 is no longer accessible, and the butter compartment is protected against accidental unlocking.

Shown in Fig. 8 is a different embodiment, in which in the outer edge 1 1 of the decorative elements 23, a resilient tongue 26 is cut free. If the

Decor elements 23 are attached to the side walls 5, the tongue 26 is completely on the control panel 25, and by pressing the tongue 26, the control panel 25 can be pressed and the projection 24 from the corresponding locking recess of

Pull back the refrigerator door to unlock and remove the butter compartment. It is understood that a control panel 25 and optionally an overlapping with the control panel tongue of the decorative element can also be provided in a door rack of the types shown in Fig. 1 to 7.

Claims

1. Refrigeration appliance, in particular household refrigeration appliance, with a bottom plate (2) and

equipped by the bottom plate (2) connected side cheeks (5), characterized in that at least one of the side cheeks (5) by a plugged

Decor element (10, 17, 23) is covered.

2. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the side cheeks are further connected by a railing (3).

3. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 2, characterized in that a decorative part (37) on the railing (3) can be plugged.

4. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 3, characterized in that mutually facing sides of both side cheeks (5) plugged decorative parts (10) converge forward and that on the railing (3) plugged decorative part (37) engaging a form-fitting between the inner sides having a dovetailed web (39).

5. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that between the

Side cheeks (5) a flap (21) is pivotally suspended.

6. Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one front side, an upper side and an outer side of the at least one side cheek (5) of the decorative element (10, 17, 23) is covered.

7. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 6, characterized in that the decorative element (10) further comprises an inner edge (12) which covers an inner side of the side cheek (5).

8. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that at an inferior edge of an outer side covering flank (11) of the decorative element (10) is formed an inwardly projecting web (16).

9. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 6, characterized in that the decorative element (17, 23) further covers an underside of the side cheek (5).

10. Refrigerating appliance according to claim 6 or 9, characterized in that on a lower and / or an upper flank (13, 18) of the decorative element (17, 23) on the inside of the side cheek (5) ausgreifender web (19) is formed ,

11. Refrigerating appliance according to one of claims 6 to 10, characterized in that a rear region (7) of the outer sides anchoring contours (8; 24) for a positive engagement in a refrigerator door and that the rear region (7) in the decorative element (10 , 17, 23) is omitted.

12. Refrigerating appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on an outer side of the at least one side cheek (5) an operating element (25) can be pressed and in the decorative element (23) with the operating element (25) overlapping tongue (26) cut free is.