WO2014194954A1 - Réfrigérateur équipé d'une partie rangement pour entreposer un nécessaire d'inversion de porte - Google Patents

Réfrigérateur équipé d'une partie rangement pour entreposer un nécessaire d'inversion de porte Download PDF

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WO2014194954A1
WO2014194954A1 PCT/EP2013/061683 EP2013061683W WO2014194954A1 WO 2014194954 A1 WO2014194954 A1 WO 2014194954A1 EP 2013061683 W EP2013061683 W EP 2013061683W WO 2014194954 A1 WO2014194954 A1 WO 2014194954A1
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Kadir Ridvan Celik
Mehmet Ercan KAYMAK
Umud Yazgan
Faik Emre Ozyuksel
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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
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • 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
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
    • F25D2323/022—Doors that can be pivoted either left-handed or right-handed

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigeration appliance in particular a refrigerator for domestic use, which has at least one pivotally mounted door whose swing direction can be reversed for either left-hand or right-hand swing by using a corresponding door-reversal kit.
  • elements like the reversible hinges, the plugs, the covers, the washers, and the spacers are all rendered transferrable from one side of the main body to an opposite side of the main body when reversing the swing direction of the door.
  • the customer is enabled to easily reverse a swing direction of the door without the need of extra elements.
  • the customer generally removes any plugs concealing the demountable elements of the hinge system in order to change the swing direction of the door. Subsequently, the customer demounts the reversible hinges including any washers and spacers from their current position on the main body and re-mounts the same to an opposite position on the main body.
  • US 3389424 discloses a refrigerator with a reversible hinge system including elements which can be selectively located at a right-hand position and a left-hand position to respectively configure a right-hand or a left-hand door swing arrangement.
  • a manufacturer may instead alternatively provide the customer with a door-reversal kit which includes, for example, elements like plugs, covers, washers and the like which are essentially needed when reversing the swing direction of the door.
  • a door-reversal kit is generally delivered in a plastic bag which is put into the refrigerator cabinet.
  • the customer does not need to change the swing direction of the refrigerator door as the door already opens and closes in conformity with the customer’s kitchen layout.
  • the customer usually takes the door-reversal kit out of the refrigerator cabinet and stows it in a remote place, for example, in a stowage room or a cellar and the like. Once the door-reversal kit is removed out of the refrigerator cabinet, the door-reversal kit is very likely to get lost. This has consequences: When the same customer eventually decides to renovate the kitchen wherein a change of the swing direction of the door is involved, the customer must order a new door-reversal kit from the supplier or the manufacturer. This ordering does not only incur additional costs but is also time consuming and may retard any running renovation work in progress.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide a refrigeration appliance which overcomes the aforementioned problems of the prior art, and improves customer satisfaction in a cost-effective way by enabling a trouble-free reversal of a swing direction of an appliance door.
  • the refrigeration appliance comprises an integrated concealed storage for exclusively storing a door-reversal kit for reversing the swing direction of one or more appliance doors, wherein the storage has a void portion with physical dimensions which are substantially equal to the physical dimensions of the door-reversal kit such that the reversal kit can be properly put into and taken out of the void portion.
  • the door-reversal kit can be securely stowed in the concealed storage which is integrated into the refrigeration appliance.
  • the customer takes the door-reversal kit out of the storage not before it is needed for reversing a swing direction of the pivotally mounted door. Hence, any danger of losing the door-reversal kit is effectively eliminated.
  • the storage for storing the door-reversal kit can be integrated into any part of the refrigeration appliance including an inner and an outer lining of the main body as well as a lining of the door of a freezing compartment and a cooling compartment.
  • the storage is concealed such that it is evenly and smoothly integrated into a surrounding lining of the refrigeration appliance.
  • the storage for storing the door-reversal kit is integrated into the door of the freezing compartment and is concealed with an openable/closable lid which is only accessible from an inner side of the freezer door.
  • the storage for storing the door-reversal kit can be integrated into the door of the cooling compartment in the same way.
  • the customer When the customer decides to change a swing direction of a door, the customer takes the door-reversal kit out of the storage, and performs the demounting and mounting steps as specified by the supplier or the manufacturer while using the pieces of the door-reversal kit.
  • the installation instructions for reversing the swing direction of the door may also be delivered together with the door-reversal kit.
  • Figure 1 - is a schematic perspective view of a refrigeration appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 - is an enlarged schematic perspective view of the encircled detail A of Fig. 1, showing an integrated concealed storage for exclusively storing a door-reversal kit.
  • Figure 3 - is an exploded enlarged schematic perspective view of the encircled detail A of Fig. 1, showing a lid prior to concealing the integrated storage.
  • Figure 4 - is a schematic perspective view of a door-reversal kit prior to packing into a plastic bag according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 - is an exploded enlarged schematic perspective view of the encircled detail A of Fig. 1, showing the door-reversal kit stored in a void portion of the integrated storage, and the lid prior to concealing the integrated storage.
  • the refrigeration appliance (1) comprises a main body (2) including one or more compartments (3, 4) each for refrigerating articles, a hinge system (5) for selectively mounting one or more doors (6, 7) to the main body (2) for either left-hand or right-hand swing and one or more doors (6, 7) each pivotally connected to the main body (2) via the hinge system (5), for opening and closing one or more corresponding compartments (3, 4) (Fig. 1).
  • the refrigeration appliance (1) further comprises an integrated concealed storage (8) for exclusively storing a door-reversal kit (9) for reversing the swing direction of said one or more doors (6, 7), wherein the storage (8) has a void portion with physical dimensions which are substantially equal to the physical dimensions of the door-reversal kit (9) such that the reversal kit (9) can be properly put into and taken out of the void portion (Fig. 5).
  • the void portion of the storage (8) has a volume which is precisely sufficient for accommodating a door-reversal kit (9).
  • a size of the door-reversal kit (9) may vary depending on the model of the refrigeration appliance (1). Therefore, the exact physical dimensions of the void portion is to be determined in accordance with the shape and volume of the door-reversal kit (9) of interest.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the refrigeration appliance (1) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigeration appliance (1) is preferably a domestic refrigerator having two separate compartments (3, 4) arranged one above the other for respectively freezing and cooling the articles.
  • the present invention is applicable to a refrigeration appliance with any number of doors (6, 7) and compartments (3, 4).
  • the storage (8) is preferably integrated into one of said one or more doors (6, 7) respectively corresponding to said one or more compartments (3, 4). Thereby, the storage (8) can be unrestrictedly accessed by a customer even when the refrigeration appliance (1) is installed between the kitchen cabinets and integrated with the kitchen furniture.
  • the storage (8) is concealed by an openable/closable lid (10) accessible from an inner side of the door (6, 7). Thereby, the storage (8) is rendered inconspicuous to the customer. Moreover, the storage (8) is integrated into the door (6, 7) such that it does not interfere with other parts of the main body (2).
  • the lid (10) is configured to conceal the storage (8) flush with a surface of the door (6, 7) (Fig. 2).
  • the lid (10) is configured to detachably mounted to the door (6, 7) (Fig. 2).
  • the lid (10) has at least one resilient projecting portion (11) configured to snap-fittingly engage with a corresponding groove portion (12) formed in the door (6, 7) (Fig. 3).
  • the void portion is formed into an inner lining of the door (6, 7). As shown in Fig. 2, the lid (10) conceals the void portion by evenly matching with the lining surrounding the void portion (Fig. 3).
  • an upper surface of the lid (10) is flat.
  • the void portion has a rectangular cross section (Fig. 3).
  • the storage (8) is integrated into the door (6, 7) at a location frontally facing a doorframe (13) when the door (6, 7) is in a closed state. Thereby, sufficient installation area for storage bins for receiving articles to be refrigerated can be secured on an inner side of the doors (6, 7) (Fig. 1).
  • the refrigeration appliance (1) further comprises a gasket (14) fastened along an entire perimeter of the door (6, 7) facing the doorframe (13), for hermetically sealing the compartment (3, 4).
  • the storage (8) is preferably integrated into the door (6, 7), at a location which lies outside the region encircled by the gasket (14).
  • the storage (8) is integrated into the door (6, 7), at a location which lies between the gasket (14) and an upper edge of the door (6, 7).
  • the storage (8) is integrated into the door (6) corresponding to the freezing compartment (3).
  • the storage (8) is integrated into the door (7) corresponding to the cooling compartment (4) .
  • the hinge system (5) includes reversible hinges (15) each selectively installable on the main body (2) for either left-hand or right-hand swing of said one or more doors (6, 7).
  • the refrigeration appliance (1) comprises a text and/or image (not shown) provided on the storage (8), in particular on the lid (10), indicative of the therein stored door-reversal kit (9).
  • the refrigeration appliance (1) comprises the door-reversal kit (9) stored in the storage (8), for reversing the swing direction of said one or more doors (6, 7).

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La présente invention concerne un réfrigérateur (1), en particulier un réfrigérateur domestique, qui comporte : un corps principal (2) comprenant un ou plusieurs compartiments (3, 4), chacun pour refroidir des articles, un système de charnière (5) pour monter de manière sélective une ou plusieurs portes (6, 7) sur le corps principal (2), pour une ouverture par la main gauche ou la main droite, et une ou plusieurs portes (6, 7), chacune étant reliée par un pivot au corps principal (2) par l'intermédiaire du système de charnière (5), pour ouvrir et fermer un ou plusieurs compartiments correspondants (3, 4). Le réfrigérateur (1) selon la présente invention comporte également une partie rangement dissimulée et intégrée (8) pour entreposer uniquement un nécessaire d'inversion de porte (9), afin d'inverser la direction de l'ouverture de ladite ou desdites portes (6, 7).
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US20220074643A1 (en) * 2018-12-21 2022-03-10 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Wine cooler with reversible door

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US20050284159A1 (en) * 2004-06-28 2005-12-29 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator
EP1830144A2 (fr) * 2006-03-03 2007-09-05 Whirlpool Corporation Système de routage d'eau pour réfrigérateur à porte réversible avec distributeur
WO2010029094A2 (fr) * 2008-09-09 2010-03-18 Arcelik Anonim Sirketi Réfrigérateur

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US20050284159A1 (en) * 2004-06-28 2005-12-29 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator
EP1830144A2 (fr) * 2006-03-03 2007-09-05 Whirlpool Corporation Système de routage d'eau pour réfrigérateur à porte réversible avec distributeur
WO2010029094A2 (fr) * 2008-09-09 2010-03-18 Arcelik Anonim Sirketi Réfrigérateur

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US20220074643A1 (en) * 2018-12-21 2022-03-10 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Wine cooler with reversible door
US11703270B2 (en) * 2018-12-21 2023-07-18 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Wine cooler with reversible door

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