Home appliance device and assembly method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10520245-B2
Application number	US-201715582932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2017
Priority date	May 1, 2017
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A home appliance device with improved characteristics regarding a user's convenience, in particular a chiller home appliance device, includes at least one holding unit configured to at least partly hold at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf. The holding unit is configured to hold the first shelf next to the second shelf with respect to at least one width direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A home appliance device, comprising:
at least one inner liner having at least one planar wall section;
at least one holding unit disposed mostly behind said at least one planar wall section and configured to at least partly hold at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf, the holding unit being configured to hold the first shelf next to the second shelf with respect to at least one width direction;
said at least one holding unit having a base body connected to said at least one planar wall section, said base body having ends and said base body including guiding grooves and holding elements each configured to be inserted in a respective one of said guiding grooves to define a height level and position of said shelves;
said holding unit including at least one end cap mounted to and covering at least one of said ends of said base body, said at least one end cap partially passing through at least one aperture in said inner liner; and
alignment elements being separate from said holding elements for fixing said holding elements in a position relative to said base body.

2. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , configured as a chiller home appliance.

3. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , said holding unit being configured to hold the first shelf and the second shelf in at least one mounted position at at least substantially the same height level.

4. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , said holding elements being arranged parallel to each other.

5. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , said holding being arranged parallel to each other.

6. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , said holding elements being embodied identically to each other.

7. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , wherein said holding unit includes at least one retainer being integral with said at least one end cap and disposed in said at least one aperture for at least partly receiving said inner liner.

8. A home appliance, comprising at least one home appliance device according to claim 1 .

9. The home appliance according to claim 8 configured as a chiller home appliance.

10. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , wherein said holding elements each have an end with a respective L-shaped stopping part for stopping an insertion movement of each of said holding elements into a respective one of said guiding grooves.

11. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , wherein said alignment elements have projections each passing through a respective alignment aperture in said base body and an opening in a respective one of said holding elements.

12. A method for assembling a home appliance device, the method comprising:
providing the home appliance device with at least one inner liner, which has at least one planar inner liner wall section;
providing at least one holding unit, which is configured to at least partly hold at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf, the holding unit being configured to hold the first shelf next to the second shelf with respect to at least one width direction, and thereby connecting the holding unit mostly behind the at least one planar inner liner wall section, and the holding unit having at least one end cap;
connecting a base body of the at least one holding unit to the at least one planar wall section, the base body having ends;
inserting holding elements into respective guiding grooves of the base body to define a height level of the shelves;
covering at least one of the ends of the base body with the at least one end cap of the holding unit and passing the at least one end cap partially through at least one aperture in the inner liner; and
using alignment elements being separate from the holding elements for fixing the holding elements in a position relative to the base body.

13. The method according to claim 12 , which comprises assembling a home appliance device according to claim 1 .

14. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises providing an end of each of the holding elements with a respective L-shaped stopping part for stopping an insertion movement of each of the holding elements into a respective one of the guiding grooves.

15. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises inserting projections of each of the alignment elements through a respective alignment aperture in the base body and an opening in a respective one of the holding elements.

16. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises providing the holding unit with at least one retainer being integral with the at least one end cap, and placing the at least one retainer in the at least one aperture for at least partly receiving the inner liner.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Akca Serdar
• Arslankiray Ziya
• Emek Emre
• Yildizgoecer Tanzer

Classifications

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D2325/021

  Shelves with several possible configurations · CPC title

• F25D23/067

  Supporting elements · CPC title

• F25D25/02 Primary

  by shelves · CPC title

• A47B57/06

  with means for adjusting the height of the shelves (A47B57/04, A47B57/30 take precedence) · CPC title