Domestic refrigeration appliance containing a cover for a gap between a foam crossmember and an electronics box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10935311-B2
Application number	US-201816145522-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Oct 5, 2017
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A domestic refrigeration appliance contains a housing in which a receiving space for food is configured, a machinery compartment, and an electronics box which is arranged above the machinery compartment in the housing. The machinery compartment is separated in the upward direction by a foam cross-member from an intermediate space of the housing filled with a thermally insulating material at least in regions. A gap is formed between the foam cross-member, a cover and an interior of the electronics box. A cover element is arranged in the gap such that a flow of media is blocked from the machinery compartment into the interior of the electronics box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A domestic refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a housing in which at least one receiving space for food is configured, said housing having an intermediate space filled with a thermally insulating material at least in regions;
a machinery compartment;
at least one electronics box disposed above said machinery compartment in said housing;
a foam cross-member, said machinery compartment is separated in an upward direction by said foam cross-member from said intermediate space of said housing, said foam cross-member and an interior of said electronics box defining a gap being formed there-between; and
a separate cover element disposed in said gap such that a flow of media is blocked from said machinery compartment into said interior of said electronics box, said separate cover element being configured with an elongated L-shaped profile.

2. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said separate cover element is a strip.

3. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said separate cover element is configured integrally from plastics material.

4. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein:
said electronics box is one of a plurality of electronics boxes; and
said separate cover element is configured as a line receiving part for lines which are laid between said machinery compartment and said electronics box and/or which are laid between said electronics boxes.

5. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 4 , wherein said separate cover element has at least one wall in which at least one line slot is formed therein for guiding through a line.

6. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 4 , wherein said separate cover element contains at least one wall and at least one line clip being configured thereon for receiving a line.

7. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a separate sealing element having a line feed-through formed therein; and
wherein said foam cross-member has a line outlet formed therein remote from said separate cover element and is covered by said separate sealing element.

8. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 7 , wherein said separate sealing element is made of foam material.

9. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 , wherein said wall is a bottom limb of said elongated L-shaped profile.

10. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said bottom limb of said elongated L-shaped profile, in a depth direction of the domestic refrigeration appliance, is disposed so as to overlap with said foam cross-member and engages below said foam cross-member.

11. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said separate cover element is releasably disposed on said foam cross-member in a non-destructive manner.

12. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 11 , wherein said separate cover element is latched to said foam cross-member.

13. The domestic refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein in an assembled state said separate cover element and said foam cross-member form a cavity which is a line duct for laying lines.

14. A domestic refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a housing in which at least one receiving space for food is configured, said housing having an intermediate space filled with a thermally insulating material at least in regions;
a machinery compartment;
at least one electronics box disposed above said machinery compartment in said housing, said at least one electronics box having a housing part with an edge projection;
a foam cross-member, said machinery compartment is separated in an upward direction by said foam cross-member from said intermediate space of said housing, said foam cross-member and an interior of said electronics box defining a gap being formed there-between;
a separate cover element disposed in said gap such that a flow of media is blocked from said machinery compartment into said interior of said electronics box, said separate cover element having an edge projection; and
said separate cover element in a height direction of the domestic refrigeration appliance is disposed so as to overlap with said housing part of said electronics box and said edge projection of said separate cover element bears on an outer face against said edge projection of said housing part.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Dai Yun
• Lindel Andreas
• Krapp Michael

Classifications

• F25D23/006

  for mounting refrigerating machinery components · CPC title

• F25D23/065 Primary

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• F25D2201/126

  of cellular type · CPC title

• F25D29/005 Primary

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