EP1831620B1 - Appareil de réfrigération - Google Patents

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EP1831620B1
EP1831620B1 EP05799107.7A EP05799107A EP1831620B1 EP 1831620 B1 EP1831620 B1 EP 1831620B1 EP 05799107 A EP05799107 A EP 05799107A EP 1831620 B1 EP1831620 B1 EP 1831620B1
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Manfred Lorek
Joachim Kinscher
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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
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F25D11/02—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cooling compartments at different temperatures
    • 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
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/025—Secondary closures
    • 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
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/069—Cooling space dividing partitions
    • 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
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/16—Convertible refrigerators

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  • the invention relates to a refrigerator, comprising a housing and a cooling unit.
  • a built-in part can be arranged, which divides the interior of the refrigerator into at least two cooling zones.
  • a cooling device is for example from the FR 1 485 432 A known.
  • refrigerators have an insulating housing with a particularly isolated for low temperatures and closed with a flap or door compartment.
  • refrigerators may additionally be equipped with a freezer, i. There are devices with and without freezer available. As a rule, therefore, when choosing a refrigerator for a particular application, the decision must be made as to whether a freezer should be integrated or not.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device that can be equipped flexibly and with little effort with or without a refrigerated compartment or converted accordingly.
  • the cooling device comprises a housing and a cooling unit, wherein the cooling device is adapted such that the interior of the cooling device is divisible by inserting a fitting in at least two cooling zones, wherein the cooling device comprises at least one further cooling unit, wherein each of the at least two cooling zones has at least one cooling unit and wherein one of the cooling zones is formed as a separate freezer or a freezer.
  • the refrigerator according to the invention is characterized in that the built-in part of a bottom part and a the flap connected to the bottom part, wherein the flap for closing the freezer compartment or freezer is pivotally connected to the bottom part.
  • a separate freezer or a freezer By inserting the built-in part of a cooling area a separate freezer or a freezer can be separated.
  • the two cooling zones therefore have different temperatures. In the area used as a refrigerator, these are generally temperatures above 0 ° C, in the freezer or freezer used area, however, the temperatures are below 0 ° C.
  • the invention is based on the concept that the cooling device without built-in part should already have as many devices that allow it to deliver the interior of the refrigerator depending on the desire of the consumer as a refrigerator without freezer, or to integrate a freezer in a particularly simple manner.
  • the built-in part should be as cost-effective and easy to install.
  • the built-in part is preferably no expensive technical components, such.
  • the required technical components for the variant with freezer compartment for example corresponding cooling units which generate different cooling temperatures in the individual cooling zones, should already be integrated in the refrigerator.
  • the insulation of the refrigerator housing in different wall portions of the refrigerator can be adapted to it, for what temperatures the adjacent interior may be provided. The insulation will be improved in particular in the wall areas of the possible freezing area over the conventional insulation of refrigerator walls.
  • both variants with or without a cooling compartment, can be realized in a simple manner. Retrofitting can also be done in a cost-effective and uncomplicated manner, such as converting from the version with freezer compartment to the version without freezer compartment.
  • the flexibility in production and equipment since no decision must be made in advance in which quantities refrigerators with and without freezer. Such a decision can also be made only when buying or when setting up the recreational vehicle.
  • the invention should not be limited to refrigerators for recreational vehicles. Rather, the refrigerator according to the invention may be suitable for different applications.
  • the housing has guide elements for insertion and / or for fitting the built-in part into the housing interior.
  • the built-in part is preferably designed as a preassembled unit for insertion into the interior of the refrigerator.
  • the built-in part can be inserted with the aid of the guide elements as a whole in the interior of the refrigerator or pulled out of this. In addition to a simplification of the assembly can be avoided in this way also errors during installation. The installation or conversion can be made in case of doubt even by the consumer himself.
  • the built-in unit can be supplied with the refrigerator to give the consumer a cost-effective option for equipment with a freezer compartment. In this way, high flexibility is achieved in deciding whether a freezer is to be integrated, or whether the entire interior of the refrigerator should be used as a refrigerator.
  • the guide elements are formed on the inner wall of the housing.
  • the guide elements may comprise recesses and / or guide grooves in the side walls and / or the rear wall of the housing of the refrigerator.
  • the guide elements may also comprise projections on the housing inner wall.
  • the guide elements may also comprise projections on the housing inner wall.
  • strips may be provided for supporting the built-in part or guide rails.
  • the guide elements may also include a device for fixing and / or locking the inserted insert in its installed position.
  • a device for fixing and / or locking the inserted insert in its installed position may also include a device for fixing and / or locking the inserted insert in its installed position.
  • the device for fixing and / or locking the inserted insert part may comprise recesses and / or a pawl in the guide elements for fixing and / or locking the insert part in the guide elements.
  • a depression may be provided in a guide groove for engagement of a pawl arranged on the fitting, or vice versa.
  • the bottom part can be arranged as an intermediate wall between two cooling zones.
  • a seal may be arranged, which seals the cooling zones against each other when the built-in component is inserted together with the housing walls.
  • it can be molded onto the edge of the bottom part, for example in a 2-component injection molding process (2-component injection molding process), and be made of a softer plastic than the material used for the bottom part.
  • the housing of the cooling device is formed insulated from heat transfer or heat transfer, wherein the insulation in different wall regions is preferably adapted to the cooling zones provided in the interior.
  • the walls of the freezing area can be better insulated than the walls, which delimit only the cooling area. If, for example, the freezing zone is provided in the upper area of the housing, then the ceiling area and the side walls are particularly well insulated in this area of the housing.
  • the underlying cooling area is limited by walls with sufficient but less expensive insulation.
  • the cooling unit is designed such that it can generate different temperatures in the cooling zones.
  • Fig. 1 shows a cooling device 1 with a housing 2 and a cooling unit.
  • the invention is suitable for all types of refrigerators used.
  • the cooling device according to the invention can be an absorber cooling device, a compression cooling device, etc.
  • the housing 2 comprises the refrigerator door 2a and different degrees of heat-insulating wall areas.
  • the upper portions of the side walls 2b, 2d are the upper portion 2e of the rear wall and the ceiling 2c of the housing 2 better insulated than the other wall portions of the housing. 2
  • the cooling unit is arranged substantially at the rear of the housing.
  • the elements 3 and 4 of the cooling unit for example evaporator units, withdraw heat from the interior of the refrigerator 1.
  • the cooling unit may be provided with a temperature control or with a temperature control for each of the elements 3 and 4.
  • the refrigerator may be provided with conventional, known means, e.g. with lighting devices, in particular LEDs, warning devices that indicate malfunctions of the refrigerator or individual cooling zones, etc. equipped.
  • a horizontal recess 8 is provided as a guide for a built-in part for the separation of a freezing zone from the rest of the refrigerator.
  • this recess 8 can be inserted from the front an intermediate wall.
  • the recess 8 also extends along the inside of the rear wall of the housing 2.
  • a further vertical recess 9 is provided for locking and fixing an inserted fixture, for example by means of a corresponding pawl arranged on the fixture , serves.
  • Fig. 2 is the refrigerator off FIG. 1 shown with a built-in housing 2 of the refrigerator 1 insert 5.
  • the built-in part 5 forms a unitary preassembled element which comprises at least a base part 5a and a hinged door 5b.
  • the side edges and the rear edge of the bottom part 5 a are formed and adapted so that they engage in the recesses 8 when the component 5 is pushed into the interior of the housing 2.
  • the bottom part 5a may have a locking mechanism, for example a pawl.
  • the pawl arranged on the underside of the bottom part 5a snaps into the vertical recess 9 in order to fix the installation part 5 in its set position.
  • the built-in part 5 can be constructed overall relatively simple, so that the cost difference for a refrigerator with and without freezing option is low. In particular, do not need expensive technical facilities (eg fan, temperature control) or connections to the mounting part 5 to be provided. As far as possible all the technical requirements for the integration of a freezer should already in the basic version of the refrigerator 1 according to Fig. 1 be realized.
  • the mounting part 5 can therefore be easily used and may be supplied with each cooling device as an additional part.
  • edges of the bottom part 5a of the mounting part 5 is preferably a seal, for example, made of an elastomer disposed.
  • the seal can be injection-molded in 2-K injection molding to the edges of the bottom part 5a. It enables reliable separation and isolation of the freezing zone 6 from the cooling zone 7.
  • the hinged door 5b of the fitting 5 is pivotally connected to the bottom part 5a.
  • the fitting 5 By inserting the fitting 5, two cooling zones 6 and 7, which can be cooled by the elements 3 and 4 of the cooling unit to different temperatures.
  • the upper bounded area 6 is used as a freezing compartment with temperatures below 0 ° C, for example, while the lower bounded area 7 fulfills the function of a refrigerator with temperatures above 0 ° C.
  • the respective temperature of a region 6, 7 can be achieved, for example, by different cooling capacities generated by the elements 3 and 4.
  • the hinged door 5b can be folded down in the present embodiment from above to open the freezer compartment. As related to Fig. 3 becomes clear, the folding door 5b can rest with the freezer compartment 6 open on a formed in the side wall horizontal projection 10 and thus allow easy access to the freezer compartment 6. When closed, the folding door 5b isolates the freezer compartment 6 with respect to the cooling compartment 7.
  • cooling unit 1 With the cooling unit 1 shown, it is possible, depending on the desire of the consumer, to expand a recreational vehicle with a refrigerator in a simple manner to a freezer compartment 6. A conversion or retrofitting of the refrigerator 1 is easy and inexpensive to accomplish. A decision as to whether a refrigerator 1 should be equipped with a freezer 6, can be made in the short term according to individual ideas of the consumer.

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  1. Appareil de réfrigération (1), comprenant un boîtier (2) et une unité d'évaporation (3, 4), l'intérieur dudit appareil de réfrigération (1) étant apte à être sectionné, par installation d'un élément à intégrer (5), en au moins deux zones de refroidissement (6, 7), ledit appareil de réfrigération (1) comprenant au moins une autre unité d'évaporation (3, 4),
    chacune desdites au moins deux zones de refroidissement (6, 7) comprenant au moins une unité d'évaporation (3, 4) et une des zones de refroidissement étant réalisée en forme d'un compartiment de congélation (6) séparé, caractérisé en ce que ledit élément à intégrer (5) comprend une partie de fond (5a) et un abattant (5b) relié à ladite partie de fond (5a), ledit abattant (5b) étant relié à ladite partie de fond (5a) de façon pivotable pour fermer ledit compartiment de congélation (6) ou ledit congélateur.
  2. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit élément à intégrer (5) est réalisé comme unité prémonté qui est apte à être inséré dans l'intérieur de l'appareil de réfrigération (1).
  3. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit boîtier (2) comprend des éléments de guidage (8) pour insérer et/ou encastrer ledit élément à intégrer (5) dans l'intérieur dudit boîtier.
  4. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits éléments de guidage (8) sont formés sur la paroi intérieure dudit boîtier (2).
  5. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que lesdits éléments de guidage (8) comprennent une encoche et/ou une rainure de guidage dans les parois latérales et/ou dans la paroi arrière dudit boîtier.
  6. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes 3 à 5, caractérisé en ce que lesdits éléments de guidage (8) comprennent une partie en saillie formée sur la paroi intérieure dudit boîtier.
  7. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit appareil de réfrigération (1) comprend un dispositif (9) pour fixer et/ou verrouiller, après son insertion, ledit élément à intégrer (5) dans sa position de montage.
  8. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif (9) pour fixer et/ou verrouiller comprend un évidemment et/ou un verrou dans lesdits éléments de guidage (8) destiné à fixer et/ou bloquer ledit élément à intégrer (5).
  9. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ladite partie de fond (5a) est disposée en tant que cloison entre deux zones de refroidissement (6, 7).
  10. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, entre ladite partie de fond (5a) et les parois dudit boîtier (2), un joint d'étanchéité est disposé qui de préférence est intégré avec la zone du bord de ladite partie de fond (5a) lors du moulage par injection.
  11. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit boîtier (2) est réalisé de façon isolée contre un transfert de chaleur, l'isolation dans les régions différentes du boîtier (2) étant adaptée aux zones de refroidissement (6, 7) qui sont prévues dans l'intérieur de l'appareil de réfrigération (1).
  12. Appareil de réfrigération (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité d'évaporation (3, 4) est apte à générer des températures différentes dans les zones de refroidissement (6, 7).
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