Household cooling appliance including a dispenser unit for liquid and/or free flow refrigerated goods, having an insert with a niche and a separate cover for insertion walls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10473386-B2
Application number	US-201715606971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2017
Priority date	Jul 19, 2016
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A household cooling appliance includes a dispenser unit for dispensing a liquid and/or free flow refrigerated goods. The dispenser unit includes an insert having side walls bounding a niche into which a receptacle can be inserted for receiving the liquid and/or the free flow refrigerated goods to be dispensed. At least the side walls are partly covered at the front side by a cover which is separate from the insert. At least one side wall includes an engagement recess for engagement with a tool and for lifting the cover from the insert with the tool and/or at least one side wall is partly covered on the front side by a plate-shaped cover that is separate from the insert and the cover is held on the side wall by at least one magnet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household cooling appliance, comprising:
a dispenser unit for dispensing at least one of a liquid or free flow refrigerated goods, said dispenser unit including an insert;
said insert having a front and said insert having side walls bounding a niche into which a receptacle can be inserted for receiving the at least one of liquid or free flow refrigerated goods to be dispensed;
a cover being separate from said insert, said cover partly covering at least said side walls at said front; and
at least one of said side walls having an engagement recess for engagement with a tool and for lifting said cover from said insert with the tool.

2. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said engagement recess is partly formed in a front surface area of said at least one side wall that is not covered by said cover.

3. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said engagement recess is partly formed in a surface area that is covered by said cover permitting said cover to be engaged from behind by the engagement of the tool in said engagement recess.

4. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said engagement recess is formed on a top end of said at least one side wall.

5. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said cover has a front edge, and said engagement recess is formed in said at least one side wall protruding beyond said front edge of said cover towards said front in a mounted state of said cover.

6. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein:
said at least one side wall includes recessed receiving area for said cover;
said cover is at least partly recessed in said receiving area in a mounted state; and
said receiving area is offset backwards in comparison with a front edge of said at least one side wall forming an elevated wall strip between said front edge and said receiving area.

7. The household cooling appliance according to claim 6 , wherein said engagement recess extends both into said receiving area as well as into said wall strip.

8. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said cover is formed in one piece.

9. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said cover is formed of metal.

10. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said cover has a trapezoidal shape.

11. The household cooling appliance according to claim 1 , which further comprises at least one magnet holding said cover on said insert.

12. A household cooling appliance, comprising:
a dispenser unit for dispensing at least one of a liquid or free flow refrigerated goods, said dispenser unit including an insert;
said insert having a front and said insert having side walls bounding a niche into which a receptacle can be inserted for receiving the at least one of liquid or free flow refrigerated goods to be dispensed;
a plate-shaped cover being separate from said insert, said cover partly covering at least one of said side walls at said front; and
at least one magnet holding said cover on said at least one side wall;
said at least one side wall including a receiving recess in which said at least one magnet is disposed, said receiving recess having an insertion slot said at least one magnet being insertable into said insertion slot, said insertion slot including a rear wall and stops bounding said insertion slot on opposite sides thereof and said stops being spaced apart from said rear wall offset towards said front for insertion of said at least one magnet between said rear wall and said stops.

13. The household cooling appliance according to claim 12 , wherein said at least one magnet disposed in said receiving recess has a front side facing said cover, said front side is flush with wall portions of said at least one side wall adjacent said receiving recess or offset backwards from said wall portions.

14. The household cooling appliance according to claim 12 , wherein:
said at least one magnet has a front side that faces said cover and depressions on opposite sides;
said depressions contact said stops on a rear side of said stops with said at least one magnet disposed in said insertion slot; and
said at least one magnet has an area that protrudes between said depressions and protrudes between said stops towards said front.

15. The household cooling appliance according to claim 12 , wherein said at least one magnet is non-destructively releasably disposed on one of said side walls.

16. The household cooling appliance according to claim 12 , wherein said at least one side wall has an engagement recess for engagement with a tool permitting said cover to be lifted from said insert with the tool.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Cakirca Volkan
• Ciyanoglu Mehmet
• Dinter Lars
• Yildizgoecer Tanzer

Classifications

• F25D2400/22

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• F25D23/126 Primary

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• B67D1/1256

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• B67D1/0894

  for the vessel to be filled · CPC title

• B67D2210/00036

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