Domestic refrigeration device having a storage region and a wetting apparatus, it being possible to move the tank of said wetting apparatus relative to an atomizer unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016377337-A1
Application number	US-201415103946-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2013
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A domestic refrigeration device includes an interior space in which a partial volume is formed as a separate storage region into which food products can be placed, and a wetting apparatus with which a fluid can be introduced into the storage region independently of the rest of the interior space. The wetting apparatus has a tank containing the fluid to be atomized and an atomizer unit connected to the tank for conducting the fluid. The tank can be moved relative to the atomizer unit in order to be filled with the fluid.

First claim

1 - 15 . (canceled)

16 . A domestic refrigeration device comprising:
an interior space, said interior space having a partial volume formed as a separate storage region into which food products can be placed and said interior space having a remaining volume; and a wetting apparatus for introducing a fluid into said storage region independently of said remaining volume of said interior space, said wetting apparatus having a tank for receiving the fluid to be atomized, and said wetting apparatus having an atomizer unit connected to said tank for conducting the fluid; said tank being movable relative to said atomizer unit for filling said tank with the fluid.

17 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said tank is non-destructively separable from said atomizer unit for filling said tank.

18 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 17 , wherein said tank is movable in a straight horizontal direction for removal.

19 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said tank is pivotably mounted relative to said atomizer unit about a horizontal axis for filling said tank.

20 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said tank has a lower leading end being pivotable about an axis oriented in a width direction of the domestic refrigeration device for filling said tank.

21 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said tank has an upper side with an opening formed therein for filling said tank with the fluid.

22 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 21 , wherein said opening is a funnel.

23 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 21 , which further comprises a cover for closing said opening.

24 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said storage region has a drawer with a height level, and at least said tank in a width direction does not overlap outside and next to said drawer at least in certain sections and is disposed at said height level of said drawer.

25 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 24 , wherein said tank and said atomizer unit in said width direction do not overlap next to said drawer at least in certain sections and are disposed at said height level of said drawer.

26 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said tank has a front and a handle at said front to be gripped behind from below as a recessed grip.

27 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 26 , wherein said handle is a wall section.

28 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein said atomizer unit has components, said wetting apparatus includes a housing having a bottom part containing at least some of said components of said atomizer unit, an upper part having a slide-in compartment for said tank and an upper part top panel covering said slide-in compartment from above.

29 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 28 , wherein said storage region has a drawer, and said upper part top panel has a mist outlet opening formed therein facing said drawer.

30 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein:
said storage region has a drawer being movable along a maximum movement path relative to said wetting apparatus; and said wetting apparatus and said drawer are interconnected by a line connection being permanently coupled along said maximum movement path even upon movement of said drawer, in order to introduce atomized fluid into said drawer.

31 . The domestic refrigeration device according to claim 16 , wherein:
said storage region has a drawer being movable relative to said wetting apparatus into a pushed-in end position; and said wetting apparatus and said drawer are interconnected by a coupling being coupled only in said pushed-in end position, as a connection for introducing atomized fluid into said drawer.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Kluger Axel
• Mettel Bernd
• Schuessler Andreas
• Wendel Darja

Classifications

• F25D23/12

  Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove · CPC title

• B01F2215/008

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F25D2317/04

  Treating air flowing to refrigeration compartments · CPC title

• F25D17/042 Primary

  Air treating means within refrigerated spaces (air conditioning in general F24F) · CPC title

• B01F3/04021

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic