Refrigeration appliance and door body thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11262120-B2
Application number	US-202017036179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Sep 29, 2019
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A door body for a refrigeration appliance includes a main part and a frame surrounding the main part. The frame includes a housing with a cavity. The cavity is filled with an insulation material in contact with the main part. A door seal is mounted on a rear side of the housing and a seal strip is located between the housing and the main part. A refrigeration appliance including the door body is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door body for a refrigeration appliance, the door body comprising:
a main part;
a frame surrounding said main part, said frame including a housing with a rear side and a cavity;
an insulation material filling said cavity and being in contact with said main part;
a door seal mounted on said rear side of said housing;
a seal strip located between said housing and said main part;
said housing including a mounting part mounted with said door seal;
said mounting part protruding toward said main part;
said cavity including a first cavity disposed outside said mounting part and a second cavity disposed inside said mounting part;
said cavity including a slit located between said mounting part and said main part, said slit placing said first cavity in communication with said second cavity;
said slit being smaller in size in a thickness direction of the door body than said first cavity and said second cavity; and
said slit including said insulation material.

2. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said seal strip is located on an inner side of said door seal.

3. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said seal strip is located on a front side of said door seal.

4. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said seal strip includes a polyurethane adhesive.

5. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein:
said housing includes an inner wall;
said seal strip is filled-in between said inner wall and said main part; and
said second cavity is located between said inner wall, said main part and said mounting part.

6. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said second cavity accommodates said insulation material.

7. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said second cavity includes a gas insulation layer in contact with said insulation material.

8. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said insulation material includes an insulation material made of a foaming material.

9. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein:
said housing includes a rear frame part, a lateral frame part connected to said rear frame part, and an inner wall bent forward from an inner side of said rear frame part to extend toward said main part; and
said seal strip is located between said inner wall and said main part.

10. The door body according to claim 1 , wherein said main part includes at least two layers of separated glass plates.

11. A refrigeration appliance, comprising the door body according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Lv Ping
• Wang Xun
• Zhang Nanwei

Classifications

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D2323/021

  French doors · CPC title

• F25D23/087 Primary

  Sealing strips · CPC title

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D2201/122

  of loose fill type · CPC title