EP0157461A2 - Etagère amovible, en particulier pour un réfrigérateur - Google Patents

Etagère amovible, en particulier pour un réfrigérateur Download PDF

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EP0157461A2
EP0157461A2 EP85200502A EP85200502A EP0157461A2 EP 0157461 A2 EP0157461 A2 EP 0157461A2 EP 85200502 A EP85200502 A EP 85200502A EP 85200502 A EP85200502 A EP 85200502A EP 0157461 A2 EP0157461 A2 EP 0157461A2
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shelf
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Fiorenzo Casoli
Stefano Marzano
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Whirlpool International BV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2325/00—Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/023—Shelves made of wires
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/803—Bottles

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  • the invention relates to a shelf constructed to be removably attached to supporting means to be supported thereon in the manner of a cantilever, particularly but not exclusively a shelf for a domestic refrigerator.
  • Refrigerators which comprise in their refrigerated compartment or compartments a series of removable shelves generally formed from metal rods welded at right angles to each other. In some cases the shelves are supported both at their front and at their rear in seats provided in strip elements fixed to the walls of the preservation compartment or compartment of the refrigerator.
  • German patent application DE-OS 2.737.546 One example of this known construction is described in German patent application DE-OS 2.737.546.
  • the shelves in question are each provided with transverse rods of greater length so that the ends of these rods project laterally from the shelf.
  • the shelf is supported by the strip elements by means of these projecting ends, which are inserted into rack-like seats.
  • the shelf can be removed from the strips when required for cleaning or for changing its level.
  • the shelves are supported in the manner of cantilevers on two columns which are fixed to the rear wall of the refrigerated compartment and are provided with a series of slots (known as "racks") in which suitable teeth provided on the shelf are removably engaged.
  • racks a series of slots
  • a drawback of the first known construction is that mounting the strip elements for supporting the shelves requires considerable accuracy, which increases the refrigerator assembly costs.
  • the second known construction does not have this drawback, but the engagement teeth provided on the shelves are mechanically rather weak, unless the construction of the shelves is complicated in such a manner that their cost becomes substantial.
  • Various types of shelves can be used in any one refrigerator.
  • one type defines a simple plane
  • another type comprises a hinged part to enable bottles to be located on the underlying shelf
  • a further type comprises guides for drawers and the like.
  • these known shelves do not have interchangeable parts and thus special tools are required to produce each type of shelf.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a shelf which is of simple but very reliable construction and assembly to provide a product of good quality at low cost.
  • a shelf which is characterized in that it comprises mutually symmetrical plastics side pieces provided with lateral support projections which can be inserted into supports and with engagement means for at least one element which interconnects the two side pieces.
  • the reference numeral 1 indicates narrow elongate side pieces of moulded plastics construction, which each taper towards one end and which, together with other pieces which will be described hereinafter, are common to the embodiments of shelves shown in Figures 1 to 3.
  • the two side pieces of each shelf are mirror-images of one another and thus are mutually symmetrical, so that the description of one side piece is also valid for the other.
  • Each side piece 1 has at its rear end a flat face 2 designed to rest against a flat face 3 of an associated vertical support 4.
  • the side walls of the multifunctional support element for domestic refrigerators which forms the subject matter of a further utility model application filed on the same data by the present applicant can be used for supporting the shelves. Only two such supports are required for supporting the cantilevered shelves; in a domestic refrigerator two supports are disposed in positions corresponding to the two rear vertical corners of the refrigerator preservation compartment 5.
  • Each side piece 1 also comprises on its outer side near the end face 2 a cylindrical lateral projection 6 formed with an axial through-bore 6A and intended for engagement in slot-like seats 7 in the supports 4.
  • Each of the seats 7 is shaped in the form of an L turned through 90 0 in a clockwise direction,and a series ofthese seats spaced vertically above one another is provided in each support 4.
  • each side piece On its inner side, above the projection 6, each side piece is formed with a vertical slot 8 (see Figures 1 and 5) of limited height. Intermediate its ends each side piece is formed in its inner side with a blind bore 9 of preferably approximately elliptical cross-section.
  • the wall of the bore is formed around part of its circumference with a plurality of axially extending ridges 9A of triangular cross-section and of different heights, the heights being such that the crests of the ridges lie on an imaginary substantially cylindrical surface.
  • each side piece is formed near its front end with a blind bore 10 which is identical to the bore 9 and the central axis of which lies in a plane which also contains the central is situated on the straight line which joins this latter to axes of the bore 9 and the bore 6A in the projection 6 of the side piece.
  • the bore 10 is clearly visible in Figure 6, as are the triangular section ridges 10A of different heights on the wall of the bore and the imaginary cylindrical surface 10B on which the crests of these ridges lie.
  • Each side piece 1 comprises at its upper side near the bore 10, a laterally projecting lug 11 (see Figures 6, 7 and 8) formed with a bore 12 which extends parallel to the upper face 1A of the side piece and which is open at one side through a slot 13 in the end of the lug 11, the slot having a width which is smaller than the diameter of the bore 12.
  • each side piece 1 is formed with a peripheral recess 14 which extends back into the upper and lower sides of the side piece and is formed there with two transverse grooves 15 and 16 into which are snap-fitted the ends of an elastically deformable sheet- metal cover strip 17 of the U-shaped cross-section which constitutes a front boundary element for the shelf (see Figures 1, 2 and 3) of which the two side pieces 1 form part.
  • the shelf of Figure 1 is completed by a metal rod 18 which serves as a rear boundary element for the shelf, and of which the ends are disposed in the upper ends of the slots 8 in the side pieces and by a grid 19 of metal rods which acts as a support surface for the articles disposed on the shelf.
  • the grid 19 comprises a series of equispaced rods 23, 23A extending parallel to the side pieces 1 and welded to three transverse rods 20, 21, 22.
  • the rods 23 and 23A define the support surface for the articles which are to be placed on the shelf.
  • the two end rods, designated 23A are snap-fitted into the bores 12 in the lateral lugs 11 of the side pieces 1 by forcing them through the restricted mouths formed by the slots 13.
  • the ends of the three transverse rods 20, 21, 22 project beyond the two end rods 23A, and these projecting ends are inserted into the bores 10, 9 and 6A respectively in the side pieces 1.
  • the shelf of Figure 2 comprises the two side pieces 1 and the front cover strip 17 as in the case of the shelf of Figure 1. It further comprises:
  • Figure 3 shows the shelf of Figure 1 with a removable drawer support fitted on a section of the grid 19 of the shelf.
  • the drawer support can be positioned selectively on the grid; in Figure 3 it is shown fitted on the left-hand half of the grid as viewed from the front of the shelf.
  • the drawer support is of inverted channel shape with two downwardly projecting flanges 36 which are inserted between appropriate rods of the grid 19, the flanges being formed with slots 35' to pass over the middle transverse rod 21 of the grid.
  • Rails (not shown) are provided on the flanges 36 to slidably support a drawer 37 which can be used to contain, for example, butter and/or cheese.

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EP85200502A 1984-04-05 1985-04-01 Etagère amovible, en particulier pour un réfrigérateur Withdrawn EP0157461A3 (fr)

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IT2144784U 1984-04-05
ITMI1984U21447U IT8421447U1 (it) 1984-04-05 1984-04-05 Supporto amovibile portaoggetti a mensola, particolarmente per frigoriferi domestici

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EP0157461A2 true EP0157461A2 (fr) 1985-10-09
EP0157461A3 EP0157461A3 (fr) 1987-10-28

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Cited By (7)

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WO2003008884A1 (fr) * 2001-07-16 2003-01-30 Maytag Corporation Clayettes de refrigerateur dotees de crochets aplatis assurant une fixation en porte-a-faux
US6813896B1 (en) * 2003-07-30 2004-11-09 Whirlpool Corporation Power bus for removable refrigerator shelves
WO2006090331A3 (fr) * 2005-02-22 2007-06-21 Arcelik As Dispositif de refroidissement
WO2008122515A3 (fr) * 2007-04-10 2009-05-07 Bsh Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Élément de rangement de produit à refroidir et réfrigérateur équipé de cet élément
WO2014150762A1 (fr) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-25 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Ensemble étagère pour un réfrigérateur
EP3205960A1 (fr) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-16 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Dispositif d'appareil ménager
EP3783288B1 (fr) * 2019-08-21 2022-03-02 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Clayette pourvue de cadre de support à trois côtés

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GB365254A (en) * 1930-11-28 1932-01-21 William Henry Partridge Improvements in hanging rails and like equipment for the interior of refrigerating chambers
US2568153A (en) * 1945-03-26 1951-09-18 Bohn Aluminium & Brass Corp Shelf for refrigerators, ovens, storage cabinets, and the like
GB769051A (en) * 1954-05-26 1957-02-27 Gen Electric Improvements relating to the supporting of shelves
FR1224213A (fr) * 1959-02-04 1960-06-22 Perfectionnements aux supports des clayettes des meubles réfrigérants et autres étagères
US3185315A (en) * 1963-08-06 1965-05-25 Chamberlain Corp Shelf structure
US3212836A (en) * 1963-08-21 1965-10-19 Whirlpool Co Adjustable cantilever shelves
US3334954A (en) * 1966-01-13 1967-08-08 Gen Motors Corp Sliding shelving
US3446361A (en) * 1966-12-23 1969-05-27 United States Steel Corp Rack and method of making the same
US3859932A (en) * 1973-09-06 1975-01-14 Gen Electric Adjustable shelf assembly
US3982801A (en) * 1975-11-17 1976-09-28 General Motors Corporation Power-operating vertically adjustable cantilever shelves for appliance cabinets
FR2466724A3 (en) * 1979-10-05 1981-04-10 Thomson Brandt Cantilever refrigerator shelf supported by vertical rails - is made as trapezoidal wire frame with wire rails across centre and sides bent downward

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2003008884A1 (fr) * 2001-07-16 2003-01-30 Maytag Corporation Clayettes de refrigerateur dotees de crochets aplatis assurant une fixation en porte-a-faux
US6813896B1 (en) * 2003-07-30 2004-11-09 Whirlpool Corporation Power bus for removable refrigerator shelves
WO2006090331A3 (fr) * 2005-02-22 2007-06-21 Arcelik As Dispositif de refroidissement
WO2008122515A3 (fr) * 2007-04-10 2009-05-07 Bsh Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Élément de rangement de produit à refroidir et réfrigérateur équipé de cet élément
WO2014150762A1 (fr) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-25 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Ensemble étagère pour un réfrigérateur
US9033438B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2015-05-19 Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Shelf assembly for a refrigerator
EP3205960A1 (fr) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-16 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Dispositif d'appareil ménager
EP3783288B1 (fr) * 2019-08-21 2022-03-02 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Clayette pourvue de cadre de support à trois côtés

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EP0157461A3 (fr) 1987-10-28
ES285820U (es) 1985-11-01

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