EP2932175B1 - Refrigerator having a bottle holder - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a refrigerator with a refrigeration compartment, in which a shelf and a bottle holder are arranged, wherein the bottle holder is attached to the shelf and the bottle holder has a displaceably mounted between a use position and a non-use position bottle support.

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

From the DE 10 2009 028 782 A1 For example, a bottle holding device is known, which is attached to a shelf and has a foldable bottle shelf which is displaceable between a non-use position and a use position. However, the foldable bottle shelf has a complicated structure.

The DE 196 31 372 A1 discloses a household refrigerator with a refrigerator, in which the refrigerator compartment dividing shelves are introduced. At such an intermediate floor a holding device for the storage of bottle-like stored goods is arranged. This holding device has as a bottle support a plurality of interconnected channel-like shaped support sections. The bottle rack can be moved and swiveled.

The WO 2011/076833 A2 discloses a refrigerator with a shelf under which a support plate is attached. The support plate is mounted via a swing arm and corresponding joints in an interior of the refrigerator in the vicinity of the shelf. The carrier plate can be moved by pivoting to the shelf and stowed there in a non-use position.

The US 4,528,825 A discloses a foldable floor for a refrigerator, in which a lower floor can be fixed in position directly under an upper floor (locked position) and over a plurality of sliding and pivoting joints in different positions can be brought. The lower floor is also provided for the storage of bottles.

It is therefore the object underlying the invention to provide a refrigeration device with a bottle holder, which has a simpler structure.

The present invention is disclosed in independent claim 1. Advantageous developments are subject of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings.

The present invention is based on the recognition that the structure of such a bottle holder can be simplified if the bottle support and a guide portion displaceably mounted in a guide are rigidly connected to one another.

According to a first aspect, the object of the invention is achieved by a refrigeration device, wherein the bottle support is rigidly connected to a guide portion, wherein the guide portion is guided in a guide of the bottle holder. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that due to the immovable connection of the Bottle support with the guide section a particularly simple construction of the bottle holder is possible.

A refrigeration device is understood in particular to be a household appliance, that is to say a refrigeration device that is used for housekeeping in households or in the gastronomy sector, and in particular serves to store food and / or drinks at specific temperatures, such as, for example, a refrigerator, a freezer, a refrigerator - / Freezer, a freezer or a wine fridge.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the guide portion and the bottle support are integrally formed. This achieves the technical advantage that the guide section and the bottle support can be manufactured from a single piece of material, e.g. a rod made of aluminum or stainless steel. As a result, an easy-to-manufacture bottle rest is provided with a guide portion, which is also very stable.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the guide section has a main extension direction, and the bottle support has a main extension direction, wherein both main directions of extension are oriented differently. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the bottle support is optimally adapted to the storage space conditions in the refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator with a simple structure.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the main extension direction of the bottle support extends in the refrigerator depth direction. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that bottles lying in refrigerator depth direction can be stored on the bottle support. Thus, the storage space is optimally used in the cold room.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the main extension direction of the guide element extends in the direction of the refrigeration appliance. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the bottle support by a shift in refrigeration unit upright from the use position to the non-use position and can be shifted vice versa. Thus, in the non-use position of the bottle holder takes up very little storage space in the refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle support comprises two parallel extending rod sections. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the surface support is not formed over the entire surface, but is formed by the training by two rods particularly light and material-saving.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bar sections are connected to each other at one end of the bottle support by an arc section. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that free rod section ends are connected to each other by the sheet section and so the risk of injury to a user of the bottle holder is reduced.

In an advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder has a fastening device with which the bottle holder is fastened to the shelf, wherein the fastening device comprises the guide. The technical advantage is achieved that the fastening device has a double function, namely once to attach the bottle holder to the shelf, and second, to provide a guide in the form of, for example, a through bore for the guide section. As a result, the number of components is reduced, thereby simplifying production.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder has a latching device for fixing the bottle support. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that the bottle support can be fixed in the non-use position and / or in the use position.

According to the invention, a control lever for displacing the bottle support from the non-use position to the use position and / or vice versa is assigned to the bottle holder. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that is given by the operating lever a particularly convenient operation of the bottle holder by a user.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the operating lever is arranged on the upper side of the shelf, and the bottle support is arranged on the underside of the shelf. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that the operating lever for a user can be easily reached from the top of the shelf, while the bottle rest uses storage space under the shelf for storing bottles.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the operating lever is arranged at one end of the bottle support. For example, the operating lever may be arranged at the end of the bottle holder, which is opposite to the end at which the curved portion is arranged. Thus, in this case, the operating lever is located at one end of the guide portion, which is connected at its other end to the bottle support. As a result, a particularly simple structure is achieved.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder is mounted displaceably in refrigerating appliance width direction on the shelf. As a result, the technical advantage is achieved that, if necessary, the bottle support can be moved in refrigeration device width direction to optimally use the storage space in the refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the bottle holder has a plurality of bottle supports which are displaceable independently of one another into their use position and their non-use position. Thereby, the technical advantage is achieved that a number of bottle holders can be brought from its non-use position to the use position, which corresponds to the number of bottles to be stored. Thus, the storage space in the refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator can be optimally utilized.

Fig. 1

eine Vorderansicht eines Kältegeräts,

Fig. 2

einen Flaschenhalter mit zwei Flaschenauflagen in ihrer Nicht-Gebrauchsposition,

Fig. 3

den Flaschenhalter der Fig. 2 mit einer Flaschenauflage in der Gebrauchsposition, und

Fig. 4

den Flaschenhalter der Fig. 3, bestückt mit einer Flasche.

Further embodiments will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1

a front view of a refrigerator,

Fig. 2

a bottle holder with two bottle rests in their non-use position,

Fig. 3

the bottle holder the Fig. 2 with a bottle rest in the use position, and

Fig. 4

the bottle holder the Fig. 3 , equipped with a bottle.

Fig. 1 shows a refrigerator as an exemplary embodiment of a refrigeration device 100 with an upper refrigerator door 102 and a lower refrigerator door 104 on its refrigerator front. The refrigerator is used, for example, for cooling food and includes a refrigerant circuit with an evaporator (not shown), a compressor (not shown), a condenser (not shown) and a throttle body (not shown).

The evaporator is designed as a heat exchanger in which, after expansion, the liquid refrigerant is absorbed by heat from the medium to be cooled, i. Air inside the refrigerator, is evaporated.

The compressor is a mechanically driven component that draws refrigerant vapor from the evaporator and expels it at a higher pressure to the condenser.

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

The throttle body is a device for the continuous reduction of the pressure by reduction in cross section.

The refrigerant is a fluid used for heat transfer in the refrigeration system that operates at low temperatures and low pressure of the fluid Absorbs heat and at higher temperature and pressure of the fluid gives off heat, which usually includes changes in the state of the fluid is included.

With the upper refrigerator door 102, an upper refrigeration compartment 106 can be opened, which is formed in the present embodiment as a freezer. With the lower refrigerator door 104, a lower cooling compartment 108 can be opened, which is formed in the present embodiment as a cooling compartment.

In the lower refrigeration compartment 108 four shelves 110 are arranged in the present embodiment, of which, for reasons of simplicity, only one shelf was provided with the reference numeral 110.

The shelf 110 is made of glass in the present embodiment.

Fig. 2 shows that a bottle holder 200 is attached to the glass bottom 110. For this purpose, in the present exemplary embodiment, the bottle holder 200 has a fastening device 202, which in the present exemplary embodiment has a U-shaped groove 236, which comprises a rear edge 204 of the shelf 110. In the present embodiment, the bottle holder is mounted displaceably in refrigeration device width direction on the shelf.

The fastening device 202 further has in the present embodiment, a base 206, which is provided with a guide 208.

The bottle holder 200 has two bottle supports 210 in the present exemplary embodiment. Fig. 2 shows the bottle supports 210 in their non-use position I. For reasons of clarity, only one of the two bottle supports 210 in the Fig. 2 provided with reference numerals and will be explained below.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the bottle support 210 has two rod sections 212, which are arranged parallel to one another in the present exemplary embodiment. At its first end 232, the two bar sections 212 are connected to each other by an arc section 214.

Due to the extension direction of the two bar sections 212 in the refrigeration device depth direction X, the bottle support 210 has a main extension direction 228 which extends in the refrigerator depth direction X.

Integrally connected to the bottle support 210 in the present exemplary embodiment is a guide section 222. In the present exemplary embodiment, the guide section 222 comprises two guide rod sections 238. The guide section 222 is displaceably mounted in the guide 208 of the main body 206 of the fastening device 202. In the present embodiment, the guide 208 includes two through holes 240 extending through the main body 206.

At one end 234 of the guide portion 222, an operating lever 218 is provided, which is provided with an imprint 220 to alert a user to the function of the operating lever 218. The operating lever 218 is made of plastic in the present embodiment. Alternatively, the operating lever 218 may be made of metal, e.g. Aluminum or steel to be made.

In the present embodiment, the operating lever 218 is located on the upper side 224 of the shelf 110, while the bottle support 210 is located below the lower side 226 of the shelf 110. Thus, in the present embodiment, a particularly simple operability of the bottle holder 200 is given by the arrangement of the operating lever 218.

Due to its elongated shape, the guide section 222 has a main extension direction 230 which, in the present exemplary embodiment, extends in the refrigeration appliance upright Z.

In the non-use position I, the bottle supports 210 are secured in this position by means of a latching device 242, which can be released in the present embodiment by exerting a minimum force on the operating lever 218. Thus, the locking device 242 in the present embodiment, no actuator. In this case, in the present embodiment, the latching device 242 is formed so that the applied minimum force greater than the weight of the bottle support 210 is. That is, the latch 242 secures the bottle rest 210 in the non-use position I against its own weight. Alternatively, a latching device having such an actuator may be used.

Fig. 3 shows the bottle support 210 after it has been solved by applying a minimum force on the operating lever 218 and brought from the non-use position I in its use position II.

For this purpose, the bottle support 210 along the guide 208 in refrigeration equipment Z direction was shifted so far, until the operating lever 218 with the body 206 of the fastening device 202 comes into contact and stops further displacement of the bottle support 210 in refrigeration equipment upright Z.

In the present embodiment, the operating lever 218 immerses in a recess 300 of the base body 206, so that, as in Fig. 3 represented, the imprint 238 is covered.

Based on Fig. 3 It can also be seen that the bottle support 210 has two bends 302. In the present exemplary embodiment, an angled portion 302 are respectively arranged between the two rod sections 212 arranged parallel to one another and the two guide rod sections 238. In the present embodiment, the bends 302 are formed as 90 ° -Knicke.

The bottle rest 210, which in the present embodiment comprises the two bar sections 212, the bends 302 and the guide bar sections 238, is integrally formed in the present embodiment, e.g. from a deformed metal rod, e.g. made of aluminum or stainless steel.

Fig. 4 shows, finally, that a bottle 400 of the shelf 110 is mounted on the bottle rest 210 located in the use position II.

If the bottle 400 is removed from the lower refrigeration compartment 108 as needed, then the bottle support 210 can be returned to the non-use position I by a shift in refrigeration appliance upright Z.

For this purpose, a user can press the bottle support 210 upwards or the user pulls the bottle support 210 by means of the operating lever 218 back up into the non-use position I.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100

The refrigerator

102

upper refrigeration door

104

lower refrigerator door

106

Upper cold compartment

108

lower cold compartment

110

Fold bottom

200

bottle Cage

202

fastening device

204

back edge

206

body

208

guide

210

bottle support

212

Staff section

214

arc section

218

operating lever

220

imprint

222

guide section

224

top

226

bottom

228

Main direction

230

Main direction

232

The End

234

The End

236

U-shaped groove

238

Joint Staff Section

240

Through Hole

242

locking device

300

deepening

302

angling

400

bottle

I

Non-use position

II

use position

X

Freezers depth direction

Y

Freezers width direction

Z

Freezers vertical direction

Claims (13)

1. Refrigeration appliance (100) comprising a refrigeration compartment (108), in which a shelf (110) and a bottle holder (200) are arranged, wherein the bottle holder (200) is secured to the shelf (110) and the bottle holder (200) has a bottle support (210) which is mounted in such a way that it can be moved between an operational position (II) and a non-operational position (I), wherein the bottle support (210) is rigidly connected to a guide section (222), wherein the guide section (222) is guided in a guide (208) of the bottle holder (200), characterised in that a control lever (218) is assigned to the bottle holder (200) to move the bottle support (210) from a non-operational position (I) to an operational position (II) and/or vice versa.
2. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 1, characterised in that the guide section (222) and the bottle support (210) are embodied as one piece.
3. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the guide section (222) has a main extension direction (230) and the bottle support (210) has a main extension direction (228), wherein both main extension directions (228, 230) are oriented differently.
4. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 3, characterised in that the main extension direction (228) of the bottle support (210) extends in the refrigeration appliance depth direction (X).
5. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 3 or 4, characterised in that the main extension direction (230) of the guide section (222) extends in the refrigeration appliance height direction (Z).
6. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bottle support (210) has two rod sections (212) extending in parallel.
7. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to claim 6, characterised in that the rod sections (212) are connected to one another at one end (232) of the bottle support (210) by an arm section (214).
8. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bottle holder (200) has a fastening device (202) with which the bottle holder (200) is secured to the shelf (110), wherein the fastening device (202) has the guide (208).
9. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bottle holder (200) has a latching device (242) for fixing the bottle support (210).
10. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the control lever (218) is arranged on a top side (224) of the shelf (110) and the bottle support (210) is arranged below an underside (226) of the shelf (110).
11. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the control lever (218) is arranged on one end (234) of the bottle support (210).
12. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bottle holder (200) is mounted in such a way that it can be moved along the shelf (110) in the refrigeration appliance width direction (Y).
13. Refrigeration appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the bottle holder (200) has a plurality of bottle supports (210) which can be moved independently of one another into their operating position (II) and their non-operating position (I).

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