Refrigeration device comprising a transport securing element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9989303-B1
Application number	US-201615366177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 1, 2016
Priority date	Dec 1, 2016
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

A refrigeration device having a heat-insulated inner container, which is configured to delimit a cooling chamber for storing refrigerated goods, wherein the inner container has a lateral container wall. The refrigeration device includes a shelf mounted on the inner container, wherein the shelf has a lateral shelf edge, and a transport securing element for securing the shelf during transport of the refrigeration device, wherein the transport securing element is positioned between the lateral container wall and the lateral shelf edge, and wherein the transport securing element is formed with a recess, which is configured to enclose the lateral shelf edge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigeration device having a heat-insulated inner container, which is configured to delimit a cooling chamber for storing refrigerated goods, wherein the inner container comprises a lateral container wall, the refrigeration device comprising:
a shelf mount mounted on the inner container;
a shelf mounted on the shelf mount for fixing the shelf to the inner container in a mounting position,
the shelf including a lateral shelf edge, and
a transport securing element for securing the shelf during transport of the refrigeration device with the shelf is mounted on the shelf mount in the mounting position,
the transport securing element being positioned between the lateral container wall and the lateral shelf edge with the shelf is mounted on the shelf mount in the mounting position, and
the transport securing element including a recess configured to enclose the lateral shelf edge with the shelf is mounted on the shelf mount in the mounting position.

2. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the recess includes an inner recess wall, which abuts against the lateral shelf edge.

3. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the shelf includes a shelf bar, which is positioned at the lower surface, the recess includes an upper wall, which abuts against the upper surface, and the recess includes a lower wall, which abuts against the shelf bar.

4. The refrigeration device according to claim 3 , wherein the shelf bar includes an upper surface, which is connected to the lower surface of the shelf, and the lower wall abuts against a lower surface of the shelf bar.

5. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf mount is disposed on a rear container wall of the inner container.

6. The refrigeration device according to claim 5 , wherein the shelf includes a lower surface and a rear edge, and the shelf mount is connected to at least one of the lower surface or the rear edge.

7. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport securing element includes a lateral side, which abuts against the lateral container wall.

8. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein an evaporator cover sheet for covering an evaporator chamber of the refrigeration device is mounted on a top container wall of the inner container, the transport securing element includes a top surface, which abuts against the evaporator cover sheet.

9. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , comprising a bottom shelf, which is fixed to the inner container, the transport securing element including a bottom surface abutting against an upper surface of the bottom shelf.

10. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf includes a lateral extension between a front edge and a rear edge of the shelf, the transport securing element includes a lateral extension between a front side and a rear side of the transport securing element, and the lateral extension of the transport securing element is smaller than the lateral extension of the shelf.

11. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf includes a deco strip, which is positioned at a front edge of the shelf.

12. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , comprising an additional transport securing element, the shelf including an additional lateral shelf edge opposite to the lateral shelf edge, the inner container including an additional lateral container wall opposite to the lateral container wall, the additional transport securing element being positioned between the additional lateral container wall and the additional lateral shelf edge, and the additional transport securing element including an additional recess being configured for enclosing the additional lateral shelf edge.

13. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport securing element is made at least partially of plastic.

14. The refrigeration device according to claim 1 , comprising a further shelf mounted on the inner container, the transport securing element being positioned between the lateral container wall and a further lateral shelf edge of the further shelf, and the transport securing element including a further recess, which is configured to enclose the further lateral shelf edge.

15. The refrigeration device according to claim 12 , comprising a further shelf mounted on the inner container, the additional transport securing element being positioned between the additional lateral container wall and a further additional lateral shelf edge of the further shelf, and the additional transport securing element including an additional further recess configured for enclosing the further additional lateral shelf edge.

16. A refrigeration device comprising:
a heat-insulated inner container delimiting a cooling chamber, said inner container including a lateral container wall;
a shelf mount mounted on the inner container;
a shelf having a lateral shelf edge, said shelf being mounted on said shelf mount for fixing the shelf to the inner container in a mounting position defining a lateral gap between said lateral container wall and said lateral shelf edge;
a transport securing element for securing said shelf during transport of the refrigeration device, said transport securing element having a recess defined by a wall portion, said wall portion being disposed in said lateral gap between the lateral container wall with said recess receiving said lateral shelf edge in the mounting position.

Assignees

• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Demiroez Taha
• Altay Ibrahim Levent
• Engin Ercan

Classifications

• F25D23/08

  Parts formed wholly or mainly of plastics materials · CPC title

• F25D25/02 Primary

  by shelves · CPC title

• F25D29/006 Primary

  Safety devices · CPC title

• F25D2400/32

  Removal, transportation or shipping of refrigerating devices from one location to another · CPC title