Cooling device having a door closing assistant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11168503-B2
Application number	US-201815995169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Nov 9, 2021
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021

Abstract

A cooling device includes a body, a drawer door attached to the body by rails in a slidable manner, and a door opening assistant for facilitating opening of the drawer door. As an improvement, at least two door closing assistants, that are configured to close the drawer door when the drawer door reaches a predetermined position, are provided on the body and/or the drawer door in such a way that the door opening assistant remains at a location between the at least two door closing assistants.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooling device, comprising:
a body;
a drawer door;
rails slidably attaching said drawer door to said body;
a door opening assistant facilitating opening of said drawer door;
at least two door closing assistants configured to close said drawer door when said drawer door reaches a predetermined position;
said at least two door closing assistants being disposed on at least one of said body or said drawer door permitting said door opening assistant to remain at a location between said at least two door closing assistants;
said drawer door having at least two door carrier arms linked to said rails and connected to said drawer door;
catching pins each being provided on a respective one of said at least two door carrier arms, permitting each of said catching pins to be held by a respective one of said at least two door closing assistants; and
each of said at least two door closing assistants including at least one holder element for catching a respective one of said catching pins.

2. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one holder element includes at least one first arm and at least one second arm extending and defining a housing therebetween having a size corresponding to said respective catching pin.

3. The cooling device according to claim 2 , wherein one of said first arm or said second arm is longer than the other of said first arm or said second arm to facilitate insertion of said catching pin into said housing during at least one of opening or closing said drawer door.

4. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein each of said at least two door closing assistants includes a respective closing assistant body and at least one pin connecting a respective holder element to a respective closing assistant body.

5. The cooling device according to claim 1 , which further comprises at least one cocking spring for fixing said holder element at a predetermined open position.

6. The cooling device according to claim 1 , which further comprises at least one spring for guiding said holder element to a predetermined closed position.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Demiroez Taha
• Guentav Emre
• Oenver Rasit

Classifications

• F25D23/00

  General constructional features (F25D21/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05F1/16 Primary

  for sliding wings · CPC title

• E05B17/0025

  Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing (E05B15/022, E05B65/0817, E05B81/20, E05C19/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• F25D23/028

  Details · CPC title

• E05C19/024

  with a bifurcated latch · CPC title