Household refrigeration appliance with non-destructively releasable roller assembly in the base of a housing and method for producing the household refrigeration appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10473262-B2
Application number	US-201715834631-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2017
Priority date	Dec 7, 2016
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A household refrigeration appliance has a housing in which at least one receiving area for food is implemented. At least one roller is arranged on the housing and by which the household refrigeration appliance can be rolled on an underlying surface. The roller is arranged rotatably mounted on a plate-like, separate bearing bracket and a roller assembly containing the roller and the bearing bracket is arranged non-destructively releasably on a base of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a housing defining at least one receiving area for food and having a base, said base having an edge strip and a backing part; and
a roller assembly being attached to said base, said roller assembly having a plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket and at least one roller disposed on said housing, said roller for rolling the household refrigeration appliance on an underlying surface, said roller being disposed rotatably mounted on said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket and said roller assembly containing said roller and said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket disposed non-destructively releasably on said base of said housing, said edge strip being disposed between said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket and said backing part.

2. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said roller is disposed partially recessed into said housing.

3. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said roller is disposed in such a manner on said housing that there is a vertical spacing of between 17 mm and 19 mm between said base of said housing and a bearing point of a running surface of said roller, said bearing point is at a maximum distance from said base of said housing and is facing away from said housing.

4. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket is a one-piece bent sheet-metal part.

5. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein:
said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket has hooks; and
said base has lead-throughs formed therein through which said hooks of said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket pass and through which said roller assembly is suspended on said base.

6. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 , wherein said lead-throughs on said base have a clear spacing such that said roller assembly can be moved relative to said base on said base.

7. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket has a through-hole formed therein for a screw, and said roller assembly is then screwed into a final position on said base of said housing.

8. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein:
said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket has hooks; and
said edge strip and said backing part each have lead-throughs formed therein through which said hooks of said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket pass and through which said roller assembly is suspended on said edge strip and said backing part.

9. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said edge strip and said backing part are fixedly connected.

10. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a roller cover disposed on said base of said housing, by means of said roller cover said roller is completely covered toward an interior of said housing.

11. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 10 , wherein said roller cover is formed in one piece from plastic.

12. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 ,
further comprising doors including a first door, a second door, and a third door; and
wherein said at least one receiving area includes a first receiving area which is a refrigerating compartment, said first receiving area can be closed by said first and second doors, each of said first and second doors being pivotable about a vertical axis, said at least one receiving area including a second receiving area being separate from said first receiving area and is a freezer compartment, said second receiving area can be closed by means of said third door being separate from said first and second doors.

13. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 12 , further comprising a drawer having a front wall and can be slid into and out of said second receiving area, said front wall forming said third door.

14. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said edge strip and said backing part are clinched.

15. A method for producing a household refrigeration appliance, which comprises the steps of:
installing a roller assembly non-destructively releasably on a base of a housing, the roller assembly having a plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket and at least one roller disposed on the housing, the roller being rotatably mounted by the bearing bracket for rolling the household refrigeration appliance on an underlying surface, the plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket having hooks, the housing defining at least one receiving area for food, the housing having an inner container and an outer casing defining an interspace therebetween;

forming lead-throughs in the base and passing the hooks through the lead-throughs and suspending the roller assembly on the base;
providing a roller cover disposed on the base of the housing, the roller cover completely covering the roller toward an interior of the housing; and
subsequently filling an interspace between the base of the housing and an inner container, which delimits the receiving area with walls of the inner container, at least partially with a thermally insulating material being an insulating foam, defining a boundary with the roller cover toward the insulation foam for preventing the insulation foam from reaching the roller.

16. A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a housing defining at least one receiving area for food and having a base, said housing having an inner container and an outer casing defining an interspace therebetween; and
a roller assembly having a plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket and at least one roller disposed on said housing, said roller for rolling the household refrigeration appliance on an underlying surface, said roller being disposed rotatably mounted on said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket and said roller assembly disposed non-destructively releasably on said base of said housing, said plate-shaped, separate bearing bracket having hooks;
said base having lead-throughs formed therein said hooks passing through said lead-throughs and suspending said roller assembly on said base;
a roller cover being disposed on said base of said housing, said roller cover completely covering said roller toward an interior of said housing;
thermally insulating insulation foam provided in said interspace, said roller cover defining a boundary toward said insulation foam preventing said insulation foam from reaching the roller.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Lindel Andreas
• Spiller Ralf
• Krapp Michael

Classifications

• A47L15/4253

  Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or supporting legs · CPC title

• F25D23/00 Primary

  General constructional features (F25D21/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D2400/32

  Removal, transportation or shipping of refrigerating devices from one location to another · CPC title

• F25D23/021

  Sliding doors · CPC title

• F25D11/02

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title