Domestic refrigeration device comprising a machine chamber having a carrier shell, on which carrier shell a further part is retained

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10634416-B2
Application number	US-201415100779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Dec 11, 2013
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration device (1), comprising a housing (2), in which an inner container is arranged, which inner container bounds an interior (3, 4) for accommodating foods, and comprising a machine chamber (12) separated from the interior (3, 4), in which machine chamber at least components (6 to 11) of a refrigeration circuit of the domestic refrigeration device (1) are arranged, wherein a carrier shell (11) is arranged in the machine chamber (12), on which carrier shell at least one further part (6, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48) is retained in such a way that the at least one further part is connected by at least one snap connection (49) and/or at least one plug-in connection (50, 53) and/or a locking connection (59) without any additional fastening elements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A domestic refrigeration appliance comprising a housing, in which an inner container which delimits an inner chamber for holding food is arranged, and comprising a machine chamber, which is separate from the inner chamber and in which at least components of a refrigeration circuit of the domestic refrigeration appliance are arranged, wherein a carrier tray is arranged in the machine chamber, the carrier tray including a base and longitudinal side walls having channels that are C-shaped in cross-section, on which said carrier tray at least one further part supported by the carrier tray is held in a connecting manner by a fastening assembly having at least one of at least one snap connection, at least one plug-in connection, and at least one locking connection, said fastening assembly not including additional fastening elements, wherein the at least one further part is supported by the C-shaped channels of the longitudinal side walls, the at least one fastening assembly configured to engage with the C-shaped channels of the longitudinal walls to fix a position of the at least one further part.

2. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening assembly includes the at least one locking connection, and the at least one locking connection includes at least one locking mount in the base that is configured for locking connection.

3. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one further part is connected to the carrier tray at two separate points at least.

4. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening assembly includes the at least one plug-in connection and the at least one locking connection, wherein a first part of the at least one further part is fastened to the base of the carrier tray with the at least one locking connection, and to a longitudinal side wall of the carrier tray with the at least one plug-in connection.

5. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first part of the at least one further part, when connected to the carrier tray, has a dimension in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the carrier tray that is smaller than a distance between two longitudinal side walls of the carrier tray.

6. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first part of the at least one further part is an operating capacitor housing of the domestic refrigeration appliance.

7. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening assembly includes the at least one plug-in connection and the at least one snap connection, wherein a part of the at least one further part is fastened to a first longitudinal side wall of the carrier tray with the at least one snap connection, and is connected to a second longitudinal side wall of the carrier tray with the at least one plug-in connection.

8. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening assembly includes the at least one snap connection, and the appliance further comprises a part of the at least one further part, the part of the at least one further part being connected to the carrier tray by the at least one snap connection, the snap connection having a pivotable snap element which engages in one of the channels on an upper edge face of one of the longitudinal side wall of the carrier tray.

9. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the pivotable snap element has at least one integral plug-in element for a plug-in connection.

10. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the part of the at least one further part is a water stop unit or a collection and evaporation tray for thawed water or an electronic unit or a refrigerant compressor of a refrigeration circuit of the domestic refrigeration appliance.

11. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening assembly includes the at least one plug-in connection, the at least one plug-in connection having plug-in elements in the form of projecting ribs formed on the at least one further part.

12. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening assembly includes the at least one snap connection, and wherein the at least one further part includes the at least one snap connection, the at least one snap connection interacting with at least one of the longitudinal side walls to support the at least one further part.

13. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one further part is arranged at a distance from the base such that the at least one further part does not contact the base of the carrier tray.

14. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one further part is configured to slide along the channels, and then the fastening assembly locks with a part of at least one of the channels.

15. A domestic refrigeration appliance comprising a housing, in which an inner container which delimits an inner chamber for holding food is arranged, and comprising a machine chamber, which is separate from the inner chamber and in which at least components of a refrigeration circuit of the domestic refrigeration appliance are arranged, wherein a carrier tray is arranged in the machine chamber, on which said carrier tray at least one further part supported by the carrier tray is held in a connecting manner by at least one snap connection and at least one plug-in connection, wherein the carrier tray includes a base and longitudinal side walls that extend parallel to an X axis and are spaced from each other along a perpendicular Z axis, and having a height along a Y axis, the longitudinal side walls having channels that are C-shaped in cross section on upper edge faces of the longitudinal side walls, the upper edge faces including gaps for receiving said at least one plug-in in at least one of said channels, the at least one snap connection including at least one snap element provided to the further part, the at least one snap element configured to engage with at least one of the C-shaped channels and fixing a vertical position along the Y axis of the at least one further part in which the further part is spaced from the base during and upon assembly.

16. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 15 , wherein said channels extend longitudinally over an entire length of the longitudinal side walls.

17. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the channels include a first channel on a first side of the tray and a second channel on an opposite second side of the tray.

18. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first channel includes a first opening and the second channel includes a second opening, the first opening and the second opening facing each other.

19. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one further part includes the at least one plug-in connection that is placed within one of the gaps in said channels.

20. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one plug-in connection extends through an upper surface of a C-shaped channel of the channels, and abuts a lower surface of the C-shaped channel.

21. The domestic refrigeration appliance as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one further part includes the at least one p

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Fähnle Elmar
• Krapp Michael

Classifications

• F25D23/006 Primary

  for mounting refrigerating machinery components · CPC title

• F25D29/005

  Mounting of control devices · CPC title

• F25D11/02

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title

• F25D2321/1411

  using compressor heat · CPC title

• F25D21/14

  Collecting or removing condensed and defrost water; Drip trays · CPC title