Domestic refrigerator having a closing cam which has a coupling projection with a recess

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10584524-B2
Application number	US-201515328101-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Jul 25, 2014
Publication date	Mar 10, 2020
Grant date	Mar 10, 2020

Abstract

A domestic refrigerator has a housing and a door pivotably disposed on the housing by way of hinges. At least one hinge has a door closing fitting part on the door side with a closing clip. A bearing element having a closing cam which is coupled to the locking clip in the closed state of the door is formed on the housing. The closing cam has a coupling projection formed, on a coupling contour which faces it in the state in which it is coupled to the locking clip, with a recess in which a projection end piece formed on the locking clip engages in the coupled state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A domestic refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a housing;
a door;
hinges pivotally mounting said door to said housing;
at least one of said hinges having a door closing fitting part with a closing clip disposed on an end wall of said door and a bearing element with a closing cam disposed on said housing, said closing cam being coupled to said closing clip when said door is closed;
said closing clip having opposing mounting surfaces, said closing clip being mounted to said end wall on one of said opposing surfaces, said opposing mounting surfaces being parallel to said end wall in an installed position of said closing clip on said end wall, said closing clip being formed with a projection end piece defining a projection outer contour having an external radius, said projection outer contour being a surface of said closing clip connecting said opposing mounting surfaces to one another;
said closing cam having a coupling projection and a recess formed in a coupling contour facing towards said closing clip in a coupled state, said coupling projection having a rounded contour, said recess being defined by an internal radius;
a pivot axis of said hinges, said coupling projection of said closing cam extending generally away from said pivot axis, said projection end piece of said closing clip extending generally toward said pivot axis when said door is closed; and said coupling contour having a surface which is generally perpendicular to said direction of extension of said projection end piece, said projection end piece of said closing clip engaging in said recess with said external radius contacting said internal radius, in the coupled state when said door is closed, where said surface of said coupling contour is configured to hold said projection end piece in direct contact at least in parts.

2. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling contour of said recess is configured without corners.

3. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said projection end piece has a corner-free contour on a side thereof facing towards said recess.

4. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling contour has a concave curvature to form said recess.

5. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said closing clip is arranged in a resilient manner on said door closing fitting part.

6. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said door closing fitting part is arranged on a lower end face wall of said door.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgaerete Gmbh
• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Fang Shizeng
• Flinner Klaus
• Goerz Alexander
• Raab Alfred

Classifications

• E05Y2900/31

  for refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D2323/024

  Door hinges · CPC title

• E05D7/081

  the pivot axis of the wing being situated near one edge of the wing, especially at the top and bottom, e.g. trunnions · CPC title

• E05D11/1014 Primary

  for maintaining the hinge in only one position, e.g. closed · CPC title

• E05D11/105

  the maintaining means acting perpendicularly to the pivot axis · CPC title