ES2628551A1 - Domestic refrigerator apparatus with an assembly element for transportation (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a domestic refrigerator (1) with an inner container (4) that defines a housing space (5) for products. The inner container (4) comprises a rear wall (6), two side walls (7, 8), an upper wall (9), and a lower wall (10). The domestic refrigerator (1) comprises a transport securing element (11) configured to hold in place at least one piece of equipment (12, 13, 14, 15) that is disposed inside the inner container (4). The securing element for transport (11) is fixed to one of the side walls (7) of the inner container (4) by means of at least one projection (22) which is fitted in a corresponding recess (19). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR APPARATUS WITH AN INSURANCE ELEMENT FOR TRANSPORT DESCRIPTION

The invention refers to a domestic refrigerator with an inner container

5 that delimits an accommodation space for products, and with a transport securing element configured to keep in place equipment items that are arranged in the inner container.

Document DE19621542A1 describes a refrigerator with a transport securing element that is fixed to shelves arranged inside an inner container of the

10 refrigerator The transport securing element also has recesses that house equipment elements arranged next to a refrigerator door when the door is closed.

Such a securing element for transport does not safely prevent the movement of the shelves and the equipment elements arranged next to the door

15 during transport. This is due to the fact that the shelves can move up along with the equipment arranged next to the door.

Also, WO2014 / 170167A1 describes a domestic refrigerator with a securing element for the "V" shaped transport. The transport securing element is fixed to the shelves arranged inside the container

20 refrigerator interior.

It is desirable that the equipment that is disposed within the inner container of a refrigerating apparatus, such as shelves, drawers, bottle racks, door shelves, and the like, is designed in such a way that the user can remove, move, and remove said equipment without difficulties. However, this advantage for the user turns out to be a

25 disadvantage during the logistic distribution, that is, the transport of these domestic refrigerating appliances. The reason is that the degree of freedom of such mobile or removable equipment can cause damage and friction if the equipment is not secured in place during transport.

To secure these items of equipment during transport, for example, adhesive tapes, cardboard pieces, or plastic parts can be used. However, adhesive tapes are not very safe. This is due to the fact that the correct placement of such adhesive tapes depends on the worker who applies them. Therefore, it is difficult to ensure that the equipment is properly secured or secured. The cardboard pieces have the disadvantage that the mobile equipment arranged inside the inner container of the refrigeration apparatus can suffer friction and abrasion caused by the cardboard material. This is due to the fact that the cardboard pieces have a rather rough surface structure that can cause scratches as a result of the relative movement between the cardboard piece and the mobile equipment during transport.

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Therefore, the present invention solves the technical problem of providing a domestic refrigeration apparatus of the type mentioned at the beginning with a better transport securing element.

This technical problem is solved by a domestic refrigerating apparatus with the features of claim 1. Advantageous configurations with other convenient developments of the invention are drawn from the dependent claims.

The domestic refrigerating apparatus according to the invention comprises an inner container that defines a housing space for products. The inner container comprises a rear wall, two side walls, an upper wall, and a lower wall. In addition, the domestic refrigeration apparatus comprises a transport securing element that is configured to hold at least one equipment element in place in the inner container. Here, the securing element for transport is fixed to one of the side walls of the inner container by at least one projection that is embedded in a corresponding recess.

The indications "upper", "lower", "upper", "forward", "lower", "ground", "horizontal", "vertical", "depth direction", "width direction", " height direction ”, and the like, refer to the positions and orientations of the apparatus in its intended use position with respect to an observer located in front of the apparatus and who is watching towards it.

Since the transport securing element is fixed to the side wall of the inner container, any movement of mobile equipment elements that are arranged inside the inner container can be safely prevented. This is due to the fact that the transport securing element holds itself securely when it is fixed to the side wall. Thus, the transport securing element can also safely keep in place the equipment elements that are arranged inside the inner container. To achieve this, the transport securing element does not have to extend over the entire height of the storage space of the inner container. Therefore, even a transport securing element or small transport securing part in comparison is sufficient to keep mobile or removable equipment elements in place during transport. Accordingly, the domestic refrigerating apparatus comprises an improved transport securing element.

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The securing element for transport, which is fixed to one of the side walls of the inner container, also makes it possible to keep in place the removable or movable equipment elements that are arranged next to a door of the domestic refrigerating apparatus. Therefore, by using the improved transport securing element or improved transport securing part, all the equipment elements arranged inside the inner container can be held in place or fixed in their correct position in a safe manner.

If the side wall to which the securing element for the transport is fixed has recesses, grooves or the like, the securing element for transport may have at least one projection corresponding to such emptying or groove for fixing the securing element for the transport to the side wall safely and reliably. Alternatively or additionally, if the side wall has at least one projection or protuberance, the transport securing element may have at least one corresponding recess to accommodate said projection or protuberance.

Preferably, the transport securing element has multiple emptyings. Here, a projection of the side wall is embedded in at least one of the recesses. Thus, the securing element for transport is fixed to the side wall securely. Also preferably, a leading edge or front part of at least one shelf disposed within the inner container is embedded in another of the recesses. This particularly simple configuration as a variety of emptyings provided within the transport securing element can be used to fix the transport securing element to the side wall, on the one hand, and to fix the shelves by means of the securing element for Transportation, on the other hand. Depending on the shape of the projection of the side wall and the shape of the leading edge of the shelves, the recesses may have the same shape. Alternatively, the shape of the recesses for the shelves may differ from the shape of the recesses for the protrusions that protrude from the side wall.

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It is possible to achieve a particularly secure fixing of the shelves and the securing element for transport if at least one shelf rests on one of the projections of the side wall, and two adjacent recesses house this projection, on the one hand, and the leading edge of the shelf that rests on the projection, on the other hand. Here, the recess for the projection can originate from the recess that houses or receives the leading edge or front part of the shelf that rests on this projection.

Emptyings can be spaced apart from each other to the same extent. This facilitates the use of the same securing element for transport for different types of household refrigeration appliances.

It has been shown to be advantageous if the transport securing element has a contact area that rests against a section of the side wall. Here, the thickness of the contact area is essentially equal to the space between an equipment element disposed next to a door of the domestic refrigerator and the side wall when the door is closed. The contact area, which preferably extends along the total height of the securing element for transport, causes a particularly good fixation of the securing element for transport to the side wall. This is due to the fact that movement of the securing element for transport relative to the side wall can be easily avoided, since a large plane of the securing element for transport, that is, the contact area, is supported Against the side wall.

Also, the contact area of the transport securing element may be trapped between the equipment elements arranged next to the door and the side wall. In other words, the thickness of the securing element for transport in the contact area essentially corresponds to the distance between a side face of at least one of the equipment elements arranged next to the door and the side wall. This also causes a particularly secure and reliable fixation of the securing element for transport to the side wall.

Preferably, the transport securing element has at least one projection configured to limit an upward and / or downward movement of at least one equipment element disposed next to the door of the domestic refrigerating apparatus. The at least one projection limits the respective movement of the equipment elements arranged next to the door when the door is closed. Such projections do not have to be in contact with the upper and / or lower side of the equipment element disposed next to the door. It is sufficient if these projections limit the movement of the equipment element arranged next to the door to such an extent that the equipment elements or the door shelves are prevented from falling.

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Therefore, the securing element for transport can have a small amount of such projections, for example, four projections, which are spaced apart from each other to the same extent and, however, the equipment elements arranged next to the door to different Heights can be safely kept in place.

Preferably, the at least one projection protrudes from the contact area of the securing element for transport to the opposite side wall of the inner container. Such projections are particularly effective in preventing the equipment elements disposed next to the door of the cooling apparatus from falling.

From the point of view of ease of manufacture, it is advantageous if the thickness of the securing element for transport in an area with multiple emptyings is essentially equal to the thickness of the securing element for transport together with at least one projection protruding from the contact area of the transport insurance element. This greater thickness of the securing element for transport with respect to the thickness in the contact area causes a very secure fixing of the securing element for transport to the side wall and a particularly secure fixing of the shelves, bottle racks, or the like, which they fit into the recesses of the securing element for transport.

Advantageously, the height of the transport securing element is less than the distance between the sides of the upper wall and the lower wall of the inner container that face each other. Thus, a quite small transport securing element can be used to fix all the mobile equipment elements inside the inner container. Since the transport securing element is fixed to the side wall, it is not necessary for it to reach the roof or floor of the inner container, that is, the upper wall and the lower wall of the inner container.

Preferably, the transport securing element comprises at least one projection that is in contact with a front face of a drawer disposed within the inner container. Such protrusion safely prevents any movement of the drawer during transport of the domestic refrigerator.

The at least one projection may be formed as the final section of the transport securing element, where this final section protrudes towards the bottom wall of the inner container.

Finally, it has been shown that it is advantageous if the transport securing element is made of plastic, in particular, of an expanded plastic material such as expanded polystyrene, which is commercially available as "porex". Molded porex can also be used to form the securing element for transport. Such expanded plastic materials are particularly light and securely prevent any abrasion due to friction between a surface of the transport securing element and the equipment elements.

The features and combinations of features mentioned above in the description, as well as the features and combinations of features mentioned below in the description of the figures and / or shown alone in the figures are usable not only in the combination indicated in each case, but also in other combinations or individually, without abandoning the scope of the invention. Therefore, it should be understood that those implementations that are not explicitly shown in the figures or explained, but that can be extracted through combinations of features separate from the exposed implementations are also understood and disclosed by the invention.

Therefore, those embodiments and combinations of features that do not have all the characteristics of an independent claim originally drafted will also be considered disclosed.

Other advantages, features and details of the invention can be drawn from the claims, the following description of the preferred embodiments, as well as based on the drawings, in which the elements with analogous functions are accompanied by the same reference symbols. Here, they show:

Fig. 1 a perspective view of a domestic refrigerator with an element of

securing for transport fixed to a side wall of an inner container

of the refrigerating apparatus;

Fig. 2 the transport securing element shown in Figure 1, in perspective view;

Fig. 3 the securing element for transport in another perspective view towards the

side that is in contact with the side wall of the inner container of the apparatus

refrigerator shown in figure 1;

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Fig. 4 a partially cut perspective view of the refrigerating apparatus with the transport securing element being fixed to the side wall of the inner container, where a door of the domestic refrigerating apparatus is shown in an open position; Y

Fig. 5 an enlarged view corresponding to figure 4, where the door is moved to the closed position.

In Figure 1, a domestic refrigerator 1 is shown in perspective view. Here, a door 2 of the refrigerator 1 is shown in the open position. Refrigerator 1 is shown as a combination of refrigerator and freezer. However, the domestic refrigerator 1 may also be only a refrigerator or a freezer.

The refrigerating apparatus 1 comprises an outer frame 3 in which an inner container 4 is arranged. The inner container 4 delimits a storage space 5 for products to be placed in the cooling apparatus 1. The inner container 4 comprises a rear wall 6 , two side walls 7, 8, an upper wall 9, and a lower wall 10. A transport-shaped securing element 11 generally formed as a plate is fixed to the side wall 7. This transport-securing element 11, which is preferably made of molded porex, that is, of an expanded polystyrene, keeps in place the movable or removable equipment elements that are arranged inside the inner container 4 and next to an inner side of the door 2. Such elements of equipment, which can be removed from the refrigerator 1 or that can be moved into the storage space 5, comprise, for example it, multiple shelves 12, a bottle rack 13, drawers 14, and door shelves 15 arranged next to the door 2. It is possible to arrange another securing element for transport 11 next to the opposite side wall 8. However, this is not necessary to keep removable equipment items in place.

The fixing of the securing element for transport 11 to the side wall 7 is explained with reference to Figures 2 and 3. The securing element for transport 11 has a first section 16 with a constant thickness 17. The thickness 17 corresponds to the extension of section 16 in the width direction of the inner container 4, if the transport securing element 11 is fixed to the side wall

7. The width direction is illustrated by the x-axis in Figure 1.

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In this section 16, the securing element for transport 11 has a number of hollows 18, 19 spaced apart in the same measure (see Figure 3). The first recesses 18 are essentially horizontal, that is, they extend in the direction of the depth illustrated by the z-axis in Figure 1. The first recesses 18 are configured to accommodate front edges 20 or front portions of the shelves 12 disposed within the inner container 4 (see figure 4). Other recesses 19 of section 16 (see Figure 3) are slightly inclined with respect to a plane defined by the x-axis and the z-axis of Figure 1. These other recesses 19 are configured to accommodate portions of projections 22 of the side wall 7, to which the securing element for transport 11 is fixed (see Figures 4 and 5). The inclined dumps 19 originate approximately half the length of the horizontal dumps 18 and terminate on a rear face 21 of the securing element for transport 11. This rear face 21 faces the rear wall 6 of the inner container 4 when the securing element for transport 11 is fixed to the side wall 7. The rear face 21 is a narrow side of section 16 of the securing element for transport 11 and is 17 in thickness (see Figure 2). Preferably, two adjacent recesses 18, 19 house a projection 22, on the one hand, and the leading edge 20 of the shelf 12 which rests on this projection 22, on the other hand (see Figure 4).

One side of section 16 of the transport securing element 11, which can be seen in Figure 3, rests against the side wall 7 when the transport securing element 11 is fixed to the side wall 7.

In addition, the transport securing element 11 comprises a contact area 23, which also rests against the side wall 7 when the transport securing element 11 is fixed to the side wall 7. In this contact area 23, the securing element for transport 11 has a reduced thickness 24. The thickness 24 of the securing element for transport 11 in the contact area 23 corresponds to the distance between the side faces 25 of the door shelves 15 and the side wall 7 when the door 2 is closed (see Figures 4 and 5).

The securing element for transport 11 also has multiple protrusions 26, which protrude from the contact area 23 towards the opposite side wall 8 of the inner container 4. These protrusions 26, which extend in the width direction (x axis) of the refrigerator 1, prevent movement up and down of the door shelves 15 to a sufficient extent to prevent them from falling.

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By means of at least one of the recesses 19 corresponding in shape and geometry with at least one of the projections 22 protruding from the side wall 7, the transport securing element 11 is fixed to the side wall 7. A at the same time, the securing element for transport 11 fixes the shelves 12, since a front section of

5 the shelves 12 comprising the leading edge 20 is embedded in one of the other recesses 18, in particular, in a recess 18 adjacent to the recess 19 housing the projection 22, provided in section 16 of the transport securing element 11 (see figure 4).

As can be seen from Figure 4 in combination with Figures 2 and 3,

10 another projection 27 of the transport securing element 11 is in contact with a front face 28 of one of the drawers 14 disposed within the inner container 4. This projection 27 is formed as the final section of the transport securing element 11, which protrudes towards the bottom wall 10 of the inner container 4 (see Figure 3).

15 The projections 22, which act as guides for the shelves 12 inserted in the storage space 5 of the inner container 4, keep the securing element for transport 11 in its position within the storage space 5. In other words, the projections 22, which are embedded in the recesses 19 of the securing element for transport 11, maintain the securing element for the

20 transport 11 fixed to the side wall 7 (see Figure 4).

In the next step, door 2 is closed (see Figure 5). In this position of the door 2, the projections 26 of the securing element for transport 11 prevent movement up and down of the door shelves 15 to a sufficient extent to prevent them from being released from the door 2. Therefore,

25 by fixing the securing element for transport 11 to the side wall 7, also the door shelves 15 remain fixed or at least positioned in their correct position next to the door 2 by means of the transport securing element 11 once that door 2 is closed.

REFERENCE SYMBOLS

one

Refrigerator appliance

2

Door

3

Frame

4

Inner container

5

Storage space

6

Back wall

7

Side wall

8

Side wall

9

Upper wall

10

Bottom wall

eleven

Insurance element for transport

12

Shelf

13

Bottle rack

14

Drawer

fifteen

Door shelf

16

Section

17

Thickness

18

Emptying

19

Emptying

twenty

Leading edge

twenty-one

Upper side

22

Outgoing

2. 3

Contact area

24

Thickness

25

Side face

26

Outgoing

27

Outgoing

28

Front face

Claims (10)

image 1 1. Domestic refrigerator appliance with an inner container (4) that delimits a housing space (5) for products, where the inner container (4) comprises a rear wall (6), two side walls (7, 8), a wall higher 5 (9), and a bottom wall (10), and with a transport securing element (11) configured to keep in place at least one equipment element (12, 13, 14, 15) that is arranged inside the inner container (4), characterized in that the transport securing element (11) is fixed to one of the side walls (7) of the inner container (4) by at least one projection (22) 10 which is embedded in a corresponding recess (19). 2. Domestic refrigerating apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the transport securing element (11) has multiple drains (18, 19), where a projection (22) of the side wall (7) is fitted in at least one of the 15 dumps (19), and a leading edge (20) of at least one shelf (12) disposed within the inner container (4) is embedded in another of the dumps (18). 3. Domestic refrigerator apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one shelf (12) rests on one of the projections (22) of the side wall (7) and Two adjacent holes (18, 19) house this projection (22), on the one hand, and the leading edge (20) of the shelf (12) resting on the projection (22), on the other hand. 4. Domestic refrigerator apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the transport securing element (11) has a 25 contact area (23) that rests against a section of the side wall (7), where the thickness (24) of the contact area (23) is essentially equal to the space between an equipment element (15) arranged together to a door (2) of the domestic refrigerator (1) and the side wall (7) when the door (2) is closed. A domestic refrigerating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the transport securing element (11) has at least one projection (26) configured to limit an upward and / or downward movement of at least an equipment element (15) disposed next to the door (2) of the domestic refrigerator (1) when the door (2) is closed. 35 12 image2

6.

Domestic refrigerator apparatus according to claims 4 and 5, characterized in that the at least one projection (26) protrudes from the contact area (23) of the transport securing element (11) towards the opposite side wall (8) of the inner container ( 4).

7.

Domestic refrigerating apparatus according to claims 2 and 6, characterized in that the thickness (17) of the securing element for transport (11) in an area (16) with multiple emptying (18, 19) is essentially equal to the thickness of the securing element for transport (11) together with at least one projection (26)

5 10 protruding from the contact area (23) of the transport securing element (11). 8. Domestic refrigerator appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the height of the transport securing element (11) 15 is less than the distance between the sides of the upper wall (9) and the lower wall (10) of the inner container (4) that are facing each other. 9. Domestic refrigerator appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the transport securing element (11) 20 comprises at least one projection (27) that is in contact with a front face (28) of a drawer (14) arranged inside the inner container (4). 10. Domestic refrigerator apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the at least one projection (27) is formed as the final section of the heating element. 25 transport securing (11), protruding towards the bottom wall (10) of the inner container (4). 11. Domestic refrigerator appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the transport securing element (11) is made of plastic, in particular, of an expanded plastic material. 13