Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016178267-A1
Application number	US-201414908912-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 17, 2014
Priority date	Jul 31, 2013
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides a refrigerator, having a door ( 1 ), where one side of the door ( 1 ) is connected to a rotatable mullion bar ( 20 ), a cable ( 23, 33 ) is arranged inside the mullion bar ( 20 ), and the cable ( 23, 33 ) is connected to the inside of the door ( 1 ) by a cable-connecting part ( 32 ) between the mullion bar ( 20 ) and the door ( 1 ). According to the present invention, a shell forming the mullion bar ( 20 ) has a first accommodating part ( 31 ) that extends along a rotation axis ( 44 ) of the mullion bar, and the cable ( 23, 33 ) is at least partially received in the first accommodating part ( 30 ).

First claim

1 . A refrigerator, having a door, wherein one side of the door is connected to a rotatable mullion bar, a cable is arranged inside the mullion bar, and the cable is connected to the door by a cable-connecting part between the mullion bar and the door, wherein a shell forming the mullion bar his provided with a first accommodating part that extends along a rotation axis of the mullion bar, and the cable is at least partially received in the first accommodating part.

2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the cable inside the mullion bar is bent at least once to form a first segment and a second segment, wherein the second segment close to the cable-connecting part is almost completely located inside the first accommodating part.

3 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the second segment of the cable is parallel to the rotation axis of the mullion bar.

4 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the shell of the mullion bar further has a second accommodating part for accommodating a part of the cable-connecting part, and a shell of the second accommodating part extends along the rotation axis of the mullion bar to form a shell of the first accommodating part.

5 . The refrigerator according to claim 4 , wherein at least a pivot mechanism is further arranged between the door and the mullion bar, the shell of the first accommodating part further extends along the rotation axis of the mullion bar to form a third accommodating part, and a rotatable part of the pivot mechanism is received in the third accommodating part.

6 . The refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein the pivot mechanism is a pivot mechanism having a torsion spring.

7 . The refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein the shell of the second accommodating part, the shell of the first accommodating part, and a shell of the third accommodating part form an integral structure.

8 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the cable-connecting part is a hollow cylinder, which is received in the second accommodating part.

9 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a heating wire is arranged inside the mullion bar, a fixing part is arranged at a position where the heating wire and the cable are connected, and one end of the cable is fixed onto the fixing part.

10 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the cable passes through the cable-connecting part and is connected to a control apparatus located inside the door.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Hao Jingpeng
• Lu Songtao

Classifications

• F25D2201/12

  using an insulating packing material · CPC title

• E05D13/1276

  with coiled ribbon springs, e.g. constant force springs (E05D13/1253 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D23/02 Primary

  Doors; Covers (F25D23/08 takes precedence {locks or fastenings E05B65/0042}) · CPC title

• F25D2323/021

  French doors · CPC title