Household refrigeration apparatus with an elongated ice chute

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11326824-B2
Application number	US-201916706049-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2019
Priority date	Dec 6, 2019
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A household refrigeration apparatus has a door with a rear side and an overhang. The overhang is arranged on the rear side and is formed with a top side wall. A water and ice dispenser is arranged in the door. The water and ice dispenser includes an elongated, or lengthened, ice chute. The ice chute is arranged in the overhang at least with an ice chute section. The ice chute is passed through the top side wall and the ice chute includes an entrance, which overhangs upwards beyond the top side wall in height direction of the household refrigeration apparatus and which is arranged above the top side wall at a distance to the top side wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household refrigeration apparatus, comprising:
a door having a rear side and an overhang, wherein the overhang is arranged on the rear side and the overhang includes a top side wall,
a water and ice dispenser arranged in the door, wherein the water and ice dispenser includes an ice chute arranged in the overhang at least with an ice chute section, wherein
the ice chute passes through the top side wall and the ice chute includes an entrance, which overhangs upwards beyond the top side wall in height direction of the household refrigeration apparatus and which is arranged above the top side wall at a distance from the top side wall.

2. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance is arranged completely without contact with the top side wall in height direction.

3. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the top side wall and the entrance are arranged at an angle greater than or equal to 5° and less than or equal to 35° viewed in a vertical cross-section of the household refrigeration apparatus.

4. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the surface of the entrance elongating in a first plane and the surface of top side wall elongating in a second plane and wherein said planes arranged inclined to each other with an angle greater than or equal to 5° and less than or equal to 35°.

5. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance comprises a radial ring flange.

6. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a seal is arranged at the entrance.

7. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the seal comprises a ring nut, into which a ring flange of the entrance is introduced.

8. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the seal comprises an elastic sealing ring, which is hollow and which comprises a radial opening.

9. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the sealing ring comprises a longitudinal axis, and the radial opening is formed over the entire length of the sealing ring along this longitudinal axis.

10. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ice chute is a tube, which comprises a tube wall, wherein a tube volume of the tube is bounded by the tube wall, wherein a flange is integrally formed on an outer side of the tube wall, by which the ice chute is attached to the top side wall.

11. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the ice chute comprises a longitudinal axis and the flange is arranged at a distance to the entrance viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis.

12. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the ice chute comprises a longitudinal axis and the household refrigeration apparatus comprises a holder, wherein between the flange and the holder a receiving slit is arranged, wherein said slit is radially outwards open viewed to the longitudinal axis, into which the top side wall is introduced.

13. The household refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the household refrigeration apparatus comprises a housing, and the door is pivotably arranged at the housing, wherein the household refrigeration apparatus comprises an ice maker, which is arranged in the housing, wherein the ice maker comprises an outlet opening, which is directly coupled to the entrance of the water and ice dispenser in the closed state of the door.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Moertl Florian
• Stahl Robert

Classifications

• F25C5/22 Primary

  particularly adapted for household refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D11/02

  with cooling compartments at different temperatures · CPC title

• F25D23/126 Primary

  Water cooler · CPC title

• F25D23/028

  Details · CPC title

• F25C2400/04

  Ice guide, e.g. for guiding ice blocks to storage tank · CPC title