Refrigeration device with a vegetable drawer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9677806-B2
Application number	US-201013390690-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2010
Priority date	Sep 2, 2009
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A refrigeration device includes a housing which surrounds a storage compartment; and a container mounted in the storage compartment and including a drawer and a cover, with the cover being height-adjustable between a closed position of the drawer and an open position. The cover is guided on an obliquely sloping path between the closed position and the open position by ramps adjacent to corners of the cover.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigeration device, comprising:
a housing which surrounds a storage compartment;
a cooling device adapted to provide cooling to the storage compartment; and
a container mounted in the storage compartment and including a drawer and a cover, said cover being height-adjustable between a closed position and an open position while the drawer is closed, said cover being guided on an obliquely sloping path between the closed position and the open position by ramps adjacent to diagonally opposite corners of the cover.

2. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , constructed in the form of a domestic refrigeration device.

3. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the cover is stable in at least one intermediate position between the closed position and the open position.

4. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the cover is stable in each intermediate position between the closed position and the open position.

5. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the cover is arranged tightly below a horizontal wall extending thereabove.

6. The refrigeration device of claim 5 , wherein the horizontal wall is a plate inserted into the storage compartment.

7. The refrigeration device of claim 6 , wherein the cover is suspended from the plate.

8. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , further comprising a slider guided for movement in a horizontal direction, wherein one member selected from the group consisting of the cover and the slider has an oblique guiding contour and another member of the group has an element which interacts with the guiding contour and is displaceable relative to the guiding contour.

9. The refrigeration device of claim 8 , wherein the cover is arranged tightly below a horizontal wall extending thereabove, said slider being attached to a front edge of the horizontal wall.

10. The refrigeration device of claim 8 , wherein the guiding contour runs obliquely in a horizontal plane.

11. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein a flow path passes above the cover and across a top surface of the cover at least in the closed position of the cover.

12. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the drawer is removable independently of the cover.

13. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the drawer has a contact surface on which the cover rests in the closed position and which slopes downwards toward a rear wall of the housing.

14. The refrigeration device of claim 11 , wherein the flow path allows flow from behind a rear side of the cover to beyond a front side of the cover.

15. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the ramps comprise a first ramp and a second ramp, and the first ramp comprises a slot and the second ramp comprised a tongue.

16. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein an adjustable gap is provided in the closed position and the adjustable gap is substantially uniform around an entire periphery of an upper surface of the drawer as the cover is adjusted.

17. The refrigeration device of claim 1 , wherein the ramps are disposed on the housing.

18. A refrigeration device, comprising:
a housing that at least partially surrounds a storage compartment;
a cooling device adapted to provide cooling to the storage compartment; and
a container mounted in the storage compartment and including a drawer and a cover, said cover being height-adjustable between a closed position and an open position while the drawer is closed, said cover being adjustable to provide an adjustable gap between the cover and an entire periphery of an upper surface of the drawer.

19. The refrigeration device of claim 18 , wherein the cover is height-adjustable by way of a first ramp and a second ramp, and the first ramp comprises a slot and the second ramp comprised a tongue.

20. The refrigeration device of claim 18 , wherein the drawer has a contact surface on which the cover rests in the closed position such that the adjustable gap is closed and which slopes downwards toward a rear wall of the housing.

21. The refrigeration device of claim 18 , wherein when the cover is in the closed position, an air flow path is provided above the cover that allows air to flow across a top surface of the cover from rearward of a rear-most portion of the cover to forward of a front-most portion of the cover.

22. The refrigeration device of claim 21 , wherein when the cover is in the open position, an air flow path is provided below the cover from rearward of a rear-most portion of the cover to forward of a front-most portion of the cover.

23. The refrigeration device of claim 18 , wherein the cover is guided on an obliquely sloping path between the closed position and the open position by ramps adjacent to corners of the cover.

24. The refrigeration device of claim 23 , wherein the ramps are adjacent to diagonally opposite corners of the cover.

25. The refrigeration device of claim 18 , wherein the adjustable gap is substantially uniform around the entire periphery of the upper surface of the drawer as the cover is adjusted.

26. The refrigeration device of claim 18 , wherein the ramps are disposed on the housing.

Assignees

• Bischofberger Thomas
• Ihle Hans
• Klingshirn Astrid
• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Bischofberger Thomas
• Ihle Hans
• Klingshirn Astrid

Classifications

• F25D25/025 Primary

  Drawers · CPC title

• F25D2500/02

  Geometry problems · CPC title

• F25D2317/04131

  Control means therefor · CPC title