Household refrigeration appliance with an electromechanical opening assistance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9695624-B2
Application number	US-201615135843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A household refrigeration appliance includes a heat-insulated body which has an inner container with a coolable interior for storing foodstuffs, a refrigeration device for cooling the coolable interior, an electromechanical opening assistance device, and a door leaf hinged relative to the body for opening and closing the coolable interior, or a drawer which is pushed into the coolable interior in the closed state, to close the interior, and is withdrawn at least partially from the coolable interior in the open state. The electromechanical opening assistance device has an electromechanical actuator configured when activated to automatically open the closed door leaf or the closed drawer at least partially by repositioning an operating element of the electromechanical opening assistance device. The electromechanical actuator has an electric motor, a drive pinion, a cylindrical gear with dual gearing, and a toothed rack.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a heat-insulated body having an inner container with a coolable interior for storing foodstuffs;
a refrigeration device for cooling said coolable interior;
an electromechanical opening assistance device having an operating element;
a drawer;
a door leaf hinged relative to said heat-insulated body and provided for opening and closing said coolable interior or said drawer which is pushed into said coolable interior in a closed state, to close said coolable interior, and is withdrawn at least partially from said coolable interior in an open state; and
said electromechanical opening assistance device having an electromechanical actuator configured when activated to automatically open said closed door leaf or said closed drawer at least partially by repositioning said operating element of said electromechanical opening assistance device, said electromechanical actuator having an electric motor with a motor shaft, a drive pinion, a cylindrical gear with dual gearing and having an input gearing, and a toothed rack with a toothed rack profile, said toothed rack having a first rolling surface on a toothed rack wall on an opposite side to said toothed rack profile, said drive pinion connected to said motor shaft of said electric motor and meshing with said input gearing of said cylindrical gear with dual gearing, said cylindrical gear with dual gearing having output gearing engaging with said toothed rack profile of said toothed rack, and said toothed rack being connected to said operating element;
a housing; and
at least one rolling element rolling on said first rolling surface and being further supported, on a side thereof opposite said first rolling surface, against said housing.

2. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said drive pinion is disposed at such a distance from said cylindrical gear with dual gearing that an outside diameter of said drive pinion comes into contact with a pitch diameter of said input gearing of said cylindrical gear with dual gearing, or a pitch diameter of said drive pinion comes into contact with an outside diameter of said input gearing of said cylindrical gear with dual gearing.

3. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein:
said cylindrical gear with dual gearing forms a cheek; or
said toothed rack has a cheek on which said at least one rolling element or said output gearing is axially guided.

4. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 3 , wherein said electromechanical opening assistance device has a housing having two housing halves, and at least one of said housing, said housing halves, said drive pinion, said cylindrical gear with dual gearing, said toothed rack, said at least one rolling element or said operating element are made of glass-fiber reinforced polyamide.

5. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 3 , wherein said electromechanical opening assistance device has a housing in which at least said electric motor, said drive pinion, said cylindrical gear with dual gearing, said toothed rack, said at least one rolling element and said operating element are disposed, mounted or fastened.

6. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 5 , wherein said housing has two housing halves.

7. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said electric motor is a permanent-field alternating-current synchronous motor which is operated at a rotational speed between 500 and 1,000 revolutions per minute.

8. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one rolling element is at least one smooth-wall or toothed supporting roller.

9. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 1 , wherein said electric motor is a permanent-field alternating-current synchronous motor which is operated at a rotational speed between 700 and 800 revolutions per minute.

10. A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a heat-insulated body having an inner container with a coolable interior for storing foodstuffs;
a refrigeration device for cooling said coolable interior;
an electromechanical opening assistance device having an operating element;
a drawer;
a door leaf hinged relative to said heat-insulated body and provided for opening and closing said coolable interior or said drawer which is pushed into said coolable interior in a closed state, to close said coolable interior, and is withdrawn at least partially from said coolable interior in an open state; and
said electromechanical opening assistance device having an electromechanical actuator configured when activated to automatically open said closed door leaf or said closed drawer at least partially by repositioning said operating element of said electromechanical opening assistance device, said electromechanical opening assistance device having a first housing half and a second housing half, at least one of said first and second housing halves having a fastening projection, said electromechanical actuator having an electric motor with a motor shaft, a drive pinion, a cylindrical gear with dual gearing and having an input gearing, and a toothed rack with a toothed rack profile, and said electric motor having a stator with a central opening a fastening to one of said first and second housing halves, said fastening opening being fixed onto said fastening projection, said drive pinion connected to said motor shaft of said electric motor and meshing with said input gearing of said cylindrical gear with dual gearing, said cylindrical gear with dual gearing having output gearing engaging with said toothed rack profile of said toothed rack, and said toothed rack being connected to said operating element.

11. A household refrigeration appliance, comprising:
a heat-insulated body having an inner container with a coolable interior for storing foodstuffs;
a refrigeration device for cooling said coolable interior;
an electromechanical opening assistance device having an operating element;
a drawer;
a door leaf hinged relative to said heat-insulated body and provided for opening and closing said coolable interior or said drawer which is pushed into said coolable interior in a closed state, to close said coolable interior, and is withdrawn at least partially from said coolable interior in an open state; and
said electromechanical opening assistance device having an electromechanical actuator configured when activated to automatically open said closed door leaf or said closed drawer at least partially by repositioning said operating element of said electromechanical opening assistance device, said electromechanical opening assistance device having a first housing half, a second housing half, and a rigid axle pin mounted between said first and second housing halves, and said electromechanical actuator having an electric motor with a motor shaft, a drive pinion, a cylindrical gear with dual gearing and having an input gearing, and a toothed rack with a toothed rack profile, said electric motor having a rotor with a hollow rotor shaft being rotatably mounted on said rigid axle pin and being seated rotatably between said first and second housing halves, said drive pinion connected to said motor shaft of said electric motor and meshing with said input gearing of said cylindrical gear with dual gearing, said cylindrical gear with dual gearing having output gearing engaging with said toothed rack profile of said toothed rack, and said toothed rack being connected to said operating element.

12. The household refrigeration appliance according to claim 11 , wherein said rotor is

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Heydel Adolf
• Schmidt Nikolaus
• Dieckmann Klaus

Classifications

• E05F15/619

  using flexible or rigid rack-and-pinion arrangements · CPC title

• E05Y2900/31

  for refrigerators · CPC title

• E05F15/614

  operated by meshing gear wheels, one of which being mounted at the wing pivot axis; operated by a motor acting directly on the wing pivot axis · CPC title

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• E05F15/70 Primary

  with automatic actuation · CPC title