Home appliance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9823013-B1
Application number	US-201615363023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	Nov 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

For the purpose of improving efficiency a home appliance device, in particular a home chiller appliance device, is proposed. The device includes an insert ( 16 ) which is insertable into a storage space ( 12 ) and which has a front cover element ( 32 ) and a cover support element ( 34 ), wherein the front cover element ( 32 ) is connected to the cover support element ( 34 ) in a form-fit manner in at least one first direction ( 36 ) and is in at least one pre-assembly state movable with respect to the cover support element ( 34 ) in at least one second direction ( 38 ) that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction ( 36 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A home appliance device, comprising:
an insert which is insertable into a storage space and which has a front cover element and a cover support element;
wherein the front cover element is connected to the cover support element in a form-fit manner in at least one first direction and is in at least one pre-assembly state movable with respect to the cover support element in at least one second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
the insert includes a lateral element embodying at least partly a lateral frame element of the insert.

2. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , the cover support element comprising a first guiding element and the front cover element comprising a corresponding second guiding element, the first guiding element and the second guiding element cooperating to connect the front cover element to the cover support element in a form-fit manner.

3. The home appliance device according to claim 2 , a projection of the first guiding element in a main extension direction of the cover support element and a projection of the second guiding element in a main extension direction of the front cover element being shaped at least substantially complementarily.

4. The home appliance device according to claim 2 , the first guiding element having a uniform cross-section along a main extension direction of the cover support element.

5. The home appliance device according to claim 2 , the second guiding element having a uniform cross-section along a main extension direction of the front cover element.

6. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , the front cover element having a main extension which is longer than a main extension of the cover support element.

7. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , the main extension of the front cover element being equal to the main extension of the cover support element plus at least twice an extension of the lateral element in parallel to the second direction.

8. The home appliance device according to claim 7 , the lateral element comprising a stopper for a sealing lip of the insert, the sealing lip being connected to the front cover element or to the cover support element and being provided for sealing an intermediate space between a base unit of the insert and a home appliance door in the closed state.

9. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front cover element or the cover support element is manufactured by extrusion.

10. The home appliance device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cover support element or the lateral element is at least partly made of plastic.

11. A home chiller appliance, comprising a home appliance device according to claim 1 .

12. An insert according to claim 1 for a home chiller appliance.

13. A home appliance device, comprising:
an insert which is insertable into a storage space and which has a front cover element and a cover support element;
wherein the front cover element is connected to the cover support element in a form-fit manner in at least one first direction and is in at least one pre-assembly state movable with respect to the cover support element in at least one second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
the cover support element including a first guiding element and the front cover element including a corresponding second guiding element, the first guiding element and the second guiding element cooperating to connect the front cover element to the cover support element in a form-fit manner; and
at least one of the first guiding element or the second guiding element at least partly having an at least substantially T-shaped cross-section.

14. The home appliance device according to claim 13 , wherein the insert includes a lateral element embodying at least partly a lateral frame element of the insert.

15. The home appliance device according to claim 14 , the main extension of the front cover element being equal to the main extension of the cover support element plus at least twice an extension of the lateral element in parallel to the second direction.

16. The home appliance device according to claim 15 , the lateral element comprising a stopper for a sealing lip of the insert, the sealing lip being connected to the front cover element or to the cover support element and being provided for sealing an intermediate space between a base unit of the insert and a home appliance door in the closed state.

17. A home appliance device, comprising:
an insert which is insertable into a storage space and which has a front cover element and a cover support element;
wherein the front cover element is connected to the cover support element in a form-fit manner in at least one first direction and is in at least one pre-assembly state movable with respect to the cover support element in at least one second direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
wherein the front cover element has a main extension which is longer than a main extension of the cover support element.

18. The home appliance device according to claim 17 , the main extension of the front cover element being equal to the main extension of the cover support element plus at least twice an extension of the lateral element in parallel to the second direction.

19. The home appliance device according to claim 18 , the lateral element comprising a stopper for a sealing lip of the insert, the sealing lip being connected to the front cover element or to the cover support element and being provided for sealing an intermediate space between a base unit of the insert and a home appliance door in the closed state.

20. A method for manufacturing a home appliance device, the method comprising:
providing an insert which is insertable in a storage space and has a front cover element and a cover support element;
providing the insert with a lateral element embodying at least partly a lateral frame element of the insert; and
moving the front cover element with respect to the cover support element in at least one second direction, whereby the front cover element is connected to the cover support element in a form-fit manner in at least one first direction that is perpendicular to the second direction.

Assignees

• Bsh-Hausgeraete Gmbh
• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Caglin Muharrem Uemit
• Ciyanoglu Mehmet
• Yildizgoecer Tanzer

Classifications

• F25D2325/022

  Shelves made of glass or ceramic · CPC title

• F25D23/087

  Sealing strips · CPC title

• F25D23/069

  Cooling space dividing partitions · CPC title

• F25D25/02 Primary

  by shelves · CPC title

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title