Home appliance having drawer-type movable container with a handle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10240858-B2
Application number	US-201515539285-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2015
Priority date	Dec 25, 2014
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A home appliance, particularly a domestic refrigerator, includes a container being a drawer-type movable container and having a handle for the container. The handle has a connection profile fixed to the container and a second profile fixed to the connection profile, for forming the handle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A home appliance, comprising:
a container being a drawer-shaped movable container; and
a handle for said container, said handle having a first profile being a connection profile affixed to said container and a second profile affixed to said connection profile, for forming said handle;
said handle including a lid forming a side wall of said handle, said lid having an inner face and first and second protrusions formed on said inner face, said first protrusion facing and being fixed to said connection profile and said second protrusion facing and being fixed to said second profile.

2. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said connection profile is connected to said container by at least one of a force-fitting connection and a form-fitting connection.

3. The home appliance according to claim 2 , wherein said container is formed with a connection edge and said connection profile has a connection housing for receiving said connection edge of said container.

4. The home appliance according to claim 2 , wherein said connection profile includes a tab for connecting to said container.

5. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said connection profile and said second profile are connected to one another by at least one connection selected from the group consisting of a force-fitting connection, a form-fitting connection, an adhesive connection and a fixing-element connection.

6. The home appliance according to claim 5 , wherein one of said second profile and said connection profile is formed with a housing for receiving an extension and the other of said second profile and said connection profile is formed with said extension.

7. The home appliance according to claim 6 , wherein said extension is a plate.

8. The home appliance according to claim 5 , wherein said connection profile has an adhesion wall for said second profile.

9. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said second profile is formed with a connection wall covering a side wall of said connection profile.

10. The home appliance according to claim 9 , wherein said connection wall of said second profile is formed with a hole for a fixing element.

11. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said second profile and said connection profile is formed with a gripping wall.

12. The home appliance according to claim 11 , wherein said second profile or said connection profile includes a stiffening rib for supporting said gripping wall.

13. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said handle includes a cover plate forming an upper wall of said handle.

14. The home appliance according to claim 13 , wherein said cover plate is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic and composite.

15. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said first protrusion is fixed to said connection profile and/or to and said second protrusion is fixed to said second profile by at least one connection selected from the group consisting of a force-fit, a form-fit and a fixing element.

16. The home appliance according to claim 1 , wherein one or both of said second profile or said connection profile is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of a metal, a plastic and a composite.

17. The home appliance according to claim 1 , formed as a domestic refrigerator have a refrigerator housing accommodating said container in the form of a drawer.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Ertik Mustafa
• Yildizgoecer Tanzer

Classifications

• A47B2095/024

  Drawer handles · CPC title

• F25D2400/18

  Aesthetic features · CPC title

• F25D25/025 Primary

  Drawers · CPC title