Domestic refrigeration appliance having an external housing of an icemaker and a frame at the front

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10627152-B2
Application number	US-201715716563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2017
Priority date	Sep 28, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A domestic refrigeration appliance has a housing in which there is formed at least one receiving space for food that is delimited by walls of an internal container. An icemaker has an external housing that is separate from the internal container and that is preferably inserted in an inset region of the internal container and that has a charging opening. A separate frame is arranged on a front edge of the external housing. The separate frame delimits the charging opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A domestic refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a housing in which there is formed at least one receiving space for food that is delimited by walls of an internal container;
an icemaker with an external housing that is separate from said internal container, said icemaker further including ice maker components selected from the group consisting of an ice shaping dish and a shaped ice receiving container, and said external housing being formed with a charging opening through which said ice maker components are to be inserted into or removed from said external housing; and
a frame separately formed and attached to a front edge of said external housing of said icemaker and delimiting said charging opening.

2. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said internal container is formed with an inset region and said icemaker is inserted in said inset region.

3. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said frame takes a form that runs around an entire periphery of said charging opening.

4. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said internal container has a wall that extends between the front edge and said frame, and is pressed against the front edge by said frame.

5. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , which comprises a sealing element arranged on a side of said frame facing the front edge.

6. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 , wherein said sealing element is a compressible sealing strip.

7. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said frame is formed as a channel, in cross section, at least in certain regions over a peripheral length thereof.

8. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said frame is mounted floating on the front edge.

9. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving container to be pushed into and pulled out of said external housing has a front wall, and wherein, when said receiving container is pushed in, said front wall of said receiving container abuts against a front side of said frame.

10. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 9 , which comprises a sealing element disposed on said front wall, wherein said sealing element abuts against the front side when said receiving container is pushed in.

11. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 9 , wherein at least one rib that projects in a direction of said front wall is formed on a front side, over a peripheral length of said frame.

12. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 11 , wherein said rib runs around an entire periphery.

13. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 11 , wherein, when said receiving container is pushed in, said rib abuts laterally against said sealing element of said front wall, as seen in a widthwise direction of the domestic refrigeration appliance, and/or abuts against said sealing element from the front, as seen in a depth direction of the domestic refrigeration appliance.

14. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , which comprises at least one connection element disposed on said frame, for enabling a supplementary component of the icemaker to be pivotally attached thereto.

15. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 14 , wherein said supplementary component is an additional cover for covering said charging opening at the front.

16. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said frame is latched to said external housing.

17. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said frame is formed with connection elements oriented to project toward, and latch with, undercuts formed on a front edge of said external housing.

18. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 17 , wherein said connection elements are eyelets and said undercuts are latching hooks, and wherein, in an assembled condition of said frame, said latching hooks are latched into said connection elements.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Ehninger Christian
• Hosamani Prashantagouda
• Maier Klaus
• Stahl Robert

Classifications

• F25D23/062 Primary

  defining a cabinet · CPC title

• F25D11/02

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title

• F25D23/025

  Secondary closures · CPC title

• F25C5/182

  Ice bins therefor · CPC title

• F25D23/087

  Sealing strips · CPC title