EP0903094A2 - Appareil de congélation,en particulier pour produits surgelés - Google Patents

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EP0903094A2
EP0903094A2 EP98117477A EP98117477A EP0903094A2 EP 0903094 A2 EP0903094 A2 EP 0903094A2 EP 98117477 A EP98117477 A EP 98117477A EP 98117477 A EP98117477 A EP 98117477A EP 0903094 A2 EP0903094 A2 EP 0903094A2
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Richard Beer
Thomas Göttfert
Richard Schopper
Thomas Vorndran
Peter Faisst
Frank Ocker
Andrea Maul
Claudia Kohlhoff
Hansjürgen Prof. Dr.-Ing. Linde
Uwe Neumann
Stauch Rüdiger
Andreas Rehklau
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0404—Cases or cabinets of the closed type
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0404—Cases or cabinets of the closed type
    • A47F3/0426—Details
    • A47F3/043—Doors, covers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0404—Cases or cabinets of the closed type
    • A47F3/0426—Details
    • A47F3/0434—Glass or transparent panels

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  • the invention relates to a freezer according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a freezer of this type is known as a freezer and is used, for. B. in Supermarkets used to provide packaged food, e.g. B. for Ice cream.
  • a known freezer has a z. B. box-shaped, open top Housing, the removal opening through a cover or several side by side arranged lid parts made of transparent material to be closed and opened. At a known embodiment with several cover parts, these are directly one above the other arranged levels arranged and optionally in horizontal sliding guides displaceable that part of the opening by sliding two cover parts on top of each other of the freezer and the part of the receiving space underneath it Housing becomes accessible. There is therefore a cover part for removing a food to move horizontally over another cover part and back in after removal to move its closed position.
  • a freezer of the present type There are several requirements for a freezer of the present type.
  • a The essential requirement is determined by the type and quantity of the product contained in the Freezer to be provided. For a product that already has one a relatively small amount is sufficient to provide several days, one is required comparatively small storage space, which can then be filled at certain intervals is. It should also be borne in mind that the frozen products are of different types or can be quality. An essential requirement is therefore different products both space-saving and clear and to be able to provide presentation-friendly. Another requirement is one to ensure good accessibility to the products. It is also about an existing freezer to a series product that is as inexpensive as possible should be producible.
  • the invention has for its object a freezer of the type specified Art in such a way that a better provision or presentation of the Frozen products and better accessibility to the frozen products is achieved and at the same time the energy requirement is reduced.
  • freezer containers are provided, which are arranged in stages and therefore not only a differentiated provision of the Frozen products allow, but also better accessibility to the Ensure freezer containers or frozen products.
  • the frozen products can therefore be better present, with good and direct accessibility both for filling the Freezer container as well as for removing the products is reached.
  • Another advantage The embodiment of the invention can be seen in the fact that when using the Freezer less cooling energy is lost because cooling energy when opening only the only a small amount of lid assigned to each freezer container can escape. The remaining freezer containers remain closed.
  • the Design according to the invention takes into account the achievable Capacity also for a space-saving design, as it increases in steps Container spaces can be used.
  • the freezer has a plurality of freezer containers 2 which with respect to the operating side 3 of the freezer 1 to the rear in steps or are arranged ascending in a step-like manner.
  • Each freezer container 2 has its own lid 4 assigned to selectively open and close its top opening 4a.
  • Of the Lid 4 is preferably made of transparent material such as glass or plastic.
  • the freezer is preferably a freezer unit 5 in the bottom area and in the back assigned.
  • freezer bodies are not shown in the freezer containers arranged by the cooling lines, also not shown, with the freezer unit 5 are connected, as is known per se in freezers.
  • the walls of the Freezer containers 2 are thermally insulated by thermal insulation 6. A can only deep-freeze unit 5 for the joint supply of several each one Freezer containers assigned to the freezer are used.
  • the rearward offset v1, v2 from freezer 2 to freezer 2 and the height H of the top freezer 3 are taking into account the Body size of an operator so dimensioned that the freezer containers from the Operating page 3 are manually accessible and can be viewed.
  • the individual offset dimensions v1, v2 can be the same or different. this is also valid for the individual heights h1, h2, h3 of the freezer container 2.
  • the Freezer containers 2 preferably in the vertical from each other, so that the rear walls the freezer container 2 is arranged one above the other or through a common rear wall 7 are formed.
  • the front walls of the freezer containers 2 are 8, the side walls 9 and the bottom walls designated 11. Overlap in the present embodiment the upper deep-freeze container 2 about half each of the lower deep-freeze container 2.
  • the Volumes of the freezer containers 2 decrease with their arrangement from bottom to top, so that the respective lower freezer container 2 has a larger volume than that upper freezer container 2.
  • the height h1 is the lowest Freezer container 2 dimensioned larger than the individual heights h2, h3 of those above Freezer containers 2.
  • the Reduce widths b1, b2, b3 of freezer containers 2 from bottom to top.
  • the Offset dimensions v1, v2 decrease from front to back.
  • the lengths L of the Freezer containers 2 can be different or the same as the exemplary embodiment shows.
  • the freezer containers 2 are placed on top of one another and to fasten them to one another.
  • there is an additional side wall 12 on each side arranged the width of which corresponds to the basic width b1 of the lowermost freezer container 2 is adapted and the front end of which is inclined obliquely or convexly rounded to the rear is preferably pointed at the top or at a small top end.
  • the side walls 12 can be improved on the back and / or bottom side be concave, in particular be rounded in the form of an arc of a circle.
  • the freezer containers 2 arranged one above the other are of the same length L, can the common inner side walls by an upright according to the Sidewalls 12 continuous middle wall 13 may be formed, said middle wall 13th can form a common middle side wall for the associated freezer containers 2 or the freezer containers 2 each with their own inner side walls on the Middle wall 13 can be attached.
  • the middle wall 13 can with the top of the or lock the top freezer container 2 or this in accordance with the side walls 12 tower over.
  • the top freezer container 2 has behind its opening 4a Ceiling wall part 4b.
  • Side walls 12 may be one or more arranged side by side Advertising surface supports 14 can be arranged releasably or non-releasably, the front surface 15 of which preferably finish with the front face of the side walls 12 and can serve as advertising space 16.
  • Other advertising spaces 17, 18 also offer themselves the outer surfaces of the front walls 8 and the outer side surfaces of the side walls 9 or 12 on.
  • the front wall 8 of the lowest freezer container 2 or the rest Front walls 8 are or are preferably at an acute angle W with the vertical leaning forward. This creates a space for the feet in the floor area Operator created and on the tops of the freezer concerned 2 created larger openings 4a.
  • the bottom walls 11 are preferably arranged inclined forward. As a result, the collect in the Freezer containers 2 located frozen products due to the inclined bottom surface in the front areas of the freezer containers 2. Furthermore, there is an improved Presentation of goods. With at least two freezer containers arranged side by side A common, longitudinally continuous front wall 8 can be provided.
  • the covers 4 can each be a sliding cover, which is in one transversely to the operating side 3 extending slide guide 21 at the top of the associated or on the underside of the freezer 2 located above is movable. It can also be a hinged lid, which is a preferably parallel to the operating side 3 in the area of the rear edge of the square opening 4a extending hinge axis 22 of a further not shown Joint can be opened and closed.
  • a hinged lid has the advantage that this through Gravity closes automatically.
  • the opening movement of the cover 4 can be carried out be limited to a stop before top dead center.
  • the front wall 8 can each form such a stop and that in particular the inclined front wall 8.
  • the window 23 over the entire length L of the or Extend freezer container 2.
  • a Side window 24 may be arranged, for. B. adjacent to the front window 23, preferably in the form of a half elongated ellipse.
  • an additional side wall 12 has this in the area of the side window 24 Recesses 25 in a corresponding form.
  • the heights h5, h6, h7 of the front and Side windows 23, 24 may be the same or different, being in the latter Reduce the fall upwards.
  • the window panes 23a, 24a made of glass or There are plastic and insulating washers, especially those with a cavity.
  • the cover 4 at its front end to form a downwardly projecting closure leg, which is made of transparent Material such as glass or plastic can exist and the pane 23a drove the window 23 can form.
  • the opening 4a is enlarged and the front opening edge moved down, which makes handling easier, especially for children.
  • the lid 4 with a lateral, downwardly projecting closure leg training, which also consist of transparent material such as glass or plastic and can form the window pane 24a of the side window 24.
  • a lid 4 that both has the front and the side closure leg, would be hood-shaped educated. This makes it possible to enclose the associated space of the cover Enlarge freezer container 2.
  • the information device 27 has the shape of an angle with a horizontal and a vertical device leg, with which it z. B. on the front corner areas of the freezer containers 2 can be placed. Of the In this position, the screen 27 is located on the side facing the operating side 3 Outer surface of the device leg protruding downwards.
  • the information device 26 can also be permanently connected to the freezer 1, e.g. B. in the area of or Advertising space support 14.
  • a cover element 28 is assigned to the cover 4 in the front area, of which one is indicated in Fig. 3.
  • the freezer 1 is advantageously also suitable with a second the same freezer 1 as shown in FIG. 7 with the backs to be placed against each other, which results in a space-saving block arrangement of large storage or storage capacity results that is accessible from two sides and an increased number of freezer containers 2 having.

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EP98117477A 1997-09-17 1998-09-15 Appareil de congélation,en particulier pour produits surgelés Expired - Lifetime EP0903094B2 (fr)

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EP05013709A EP1586255A1 (fr) 1997-09-17 1998-09-15 Appareil de congélation à plusieurs étages
EP04003077A EP1417911B1 (fr) 1997-09-17 1998-09-15 Appareil de congélation à plusieurs étages
DE29824996U DE29824996U1 (de) 1997-09-17 1998-09-15 Tiefkühlgerät, insbesondere für Tiefkühlprodukte

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DE19740900A DE19740900C2 (de) 1997-09-17 1997-09-17 Tiefkühlgerät für Tiefkühlprodukte
DE19740900 1997-09-17

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EP0903094A3 EP0903094A3 (fr) 2000-10-25
EP0903094B1 EP0903094B1 (fr) 2004-07-28
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DE19740900A1 (de) 1999-04-22
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DE19740900C2 (de) 1999-07-22
DE59811706D1 (de) 2004-09-02
ES2243912T3 (es) 2005-12-01
EP0903094A3 (fr) 2000-10-25
DE29825172U1 (de) 2005-08-25
ATE271817T1 (de) 2004-08-15
EP1417911A1 (fr) 2004-05-12
ES2226045T3 (es) 2005-03-16
ATE298517T1 (de) 2005-07-15
EP1586255A1 (fr) 2005-10-19
EP0903094B1 (fr) 2004-07-28
EP0903094B2 (fr) 2007-07-25
EP1417911B1 (fr) 2005-06-29
DE59812903D1 (de) 2005-08-04
ES2226045T5 (es) 2008-02-16

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