EP1219909B1 - Refrigeration apparatus with butter-holding container - Google Patents

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EP1219909B1
EP1219909B1 EP20010125519 EP01125519A EP1219909B1 EP 1219909 B1 EP1219909 B1 EP 1219909B1 EP 20010125519 EP20010125519 EP 20010125519 EP 01125519 A EP01125519 A EP 01125519A EP 1219909 B1 EP1219909 B1 EP 1219909B1
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container
butter
metal surface
refrigeration apparatus
ptc device
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Santo Sist
Luigi Paroni
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Electrolux Home Products Italy SpA
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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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
    • F25D23/123—Butter compartment
    • 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
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers

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  • the present invention refers to an improved type of refrigeration apparatus, which is provided with at least a removable container adapted to hold food items that must be slightly heated up immediately before use, such as in particular butter.
  • the patent publication US 5,839.507 discloses a refrigeration apparatus that is provided with a removable container, which is arranged on a shelf of the door liner of said apparatus, and a cavity provided in the ceiling of the storage compartment in such a manner as to enable said container, the top portion of which is provided with an aperture, to be located exactly under said cavity when the door of the apparatus is closed.
  • a cavity accommodates the lamp used to illuminate the storage compartment of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • This lamp is switched on, ie. energized in a selective manner, in particular an intermittent manner, so that, when the door of the refrigeration apparatus is closed, said lamp is anyway able to illuminate and, as a result, slightly heat up the butter held in the container therebelow through the afore cited aperture.
  • a refrigeration apparatus preferably a household-type one, which is provided with at least a storage compartment adapted to solely heat up and, therefore, soften the upper layers of the pat of butter, is further capable of doing away with the afore described drawbacks, and is finally capable of being manufactured in a more economical manner, ie. at lower costs, as well as operating in a simple and reliable manner.
  • a refrigeration apparatus comprises at least an inner food storage compartment 1, in which there is arranged a container 2 for storing and selectively heating up a pat of butter 3 held therein.
  • This container 2 is mainly formed by: a lower body 4, an upper body 5, an irradiation screen 10 and a support tray 9.
  • This support tray 9 comprises a bottom plate 18 adapted to be inserted between appropriate ribs 8 provided internally on the lower body 4, and a vertical wall 7 which is applied on to the front edge of said bottom plate 18 and is so positioned and sized as to at the same time act as the closing element of the container and the seizing element for pulling out/pushing in said bottom plate 18 of the same container.
  • a metal surface 10 which is preferably a highly conductive one and, therefore, ideally made of such a material as aluminium.
  • this metal surface 10 is formed in the shape of roughly a barrel; in other words, it is constituted by two mutually opposing vertical walls 11 and 12, which are joined to each other by an upper curved surface 13 delimiting the central portion of said upper body 5 at the bottom thereof.
  • a PTC device 33 preferably of a flat construction.
  • the latter is so shaped, in the central portion thereof, so as to feature a downward protruding camber-like bulge 14 that forms, on the upper side of said curved surface 13, a niche 15 so sized as to be capable of at least partially accommodating said PTC element, as this is shown in a simplified manner in Figure 4.
  • a PTC device may also prove suitable, under certain points of view, for a PTC device to be still used as a heat-radiation source arranged in this case not above, but rather under the ceiling of said metal surface 10, in such a manner as to enable the latter to also act as a reflector to reflect part of the issued radiation and directs it again downwards.
  • said tray 9 must be as inert as possible to the effects of the radiations that can heat it up under the risk, therefore, that the tray itself may become capable of heating by conduction the pat of butter from the bottom upwards.
  • said tray 9 is advantageously made of a thermally insulating, heat resistant material, preferably a thermoplastic material containing polycarbonates.

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EP20010125519 2000-12-28 2001-10-25 Refrigeration apparatus with butter-holding container Expired - Lifetime EP1219909B1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITPN000077 2000-12-28
ITPN20000077 ITPN20000077A1 (it) 2000-12-28 2000-12-28 Apparecchio frigorifero con contenitore porta-burro

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EP1219909A2 EP1219909A2 (en) 2002-07-03
EP1219909A3 EP1219909A3 (en) 2002-09-18
EP1219909B1 true EP1219909B1 (en) 2005-12-21

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NL1020917C2 (nl) * 2002-06-21 2003-12-23 Jong Participatie Bakkum B V D Botervloot.
WO2010133502A2 (en) * 2009-05-22 2010-11-25 Arcelik Anonim Sirketi A household appliance
CN104101170B (zh) * 2014-07-30 2016-08-17 合肥华凌股份有限公司 冰箱

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US2594023A (en) * 1945-04-26 1952-04-22 Borg Warner Infrared ray butter softener
US2953357A (en) * 1956-08-27 1960-09-20 Gen Motors Corp Refrigerator with heating means
DE2902909A1 (de) * 1979-01-26 1980-07-31 Eichenauer Fa Fritz Schaltschrank-heizgeraet
JPH03175252A (ja) * 1989-12-04 1991-07-30 Matsushita Refrig Co Ltd 解凍室付き冷蔵庫
NZ286508A (en) 1996-05-03 1998-07-28 Fisher & Paykel Refrigerator door having subcompartment, typically butter conditioner, which is heated by adjacent heater, typically light, in refrigerator cabinet when door is closed
US6054692A (en) * 1997-06-25 2000-04-25 Takehiko Hitomi Heating device, heat storing type heat generating body and protective sheet for the heating device

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ITPN20000077A1 (it) 2002-06-28
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EP1219909A2 (en) 2002-07-03
DE60116039T2 (de) 2006-07-13

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