IP Library Granted Patent US 7,908,880
Granted Patent B2
US 7,908,880 · App. 10/556,256 · Granted Mar 22, 2011

Compressor and evaporation tray for a refrigeration device

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Patent No.
US 7,908,880
App. No.
10/556,256
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressor for a refrigerating device including a housing and an evaporation tray mounted on the housing. The evaporation tray is formed from a sleeve-like element mounting on the housing around a partial surface of the top of the housing.

Claims (28)

1. A compressor for a refrigeration device, the compressor comprising:

a housing having a top; and

an element attached to the housing and having side walls that extend upward above the top of the housing,

wherein the top of the housing and the element form an evaporation tray for holding a liquid, and

the evaporation tray is configured such that the top of the housing is for coming in direct contact with the liquid.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising a seal for sealing the element against the housing.

3. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the seal includes a sealing ring arranged between the element and the housing.

4. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the element bears on the sealing ring.

5. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the seal is a sealing lip encircling a side of the element.

6. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the element is formed directly on the sealing ring in one piece.

7. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the seal is molded onto the element.

8. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the seal includes a cold shrinkable sleeve, which is in part shrink-fitted onto the element and in part shrink-fitted onto the housing.

9. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the seal includes an adhesive.

10. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the seal is made of silicon.

11. The compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising a pipe clamp, by which the element is fixed on the housing.

12. The compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising an encircling collar formed on the housing on which an end of the element rests.

13. The compressor according to claim 12 , wherein the housing is made from two parts, an upper housing part and a lower housing part, and the collar is made from a seam on a connecting point between the upper housing part and the lower housing part.

14. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the element is formed as a sleeve.

15. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the element is supported exclusively by the housing.

16. The compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the element is supported exclusively by the housing.

17. The compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the element is supported exclusively by the housing.

18. The compressor according to claim 12 , wherein the element is supported exclusively by the housing.

19. A compressor for a refrigeration device, the compressor comprising:

a housing, the housing having a top surface, a portion of the surface; and

an evaporation tray for holding a liquid;

the evaporation tray being formed from the top surface of the housing and an element forming a closed loop wall, the element being mounted on the housing such that the top surface of the housing and the element together form a structure in which the liquid can be directly retained with the forming at least a portion of a floor of the evaporation tray and the closed loop wall of the element forming an arrangement rising from the floor of the evaporation tray,

wherein the element is joined to the housing with no structure positioned intermediate the element and the top surface of the housing.

20. The compressor according to claim 19 , wherein the element is supported exclusively by the housing.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE USSN 14373413; 29120436 AND 29429277 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035624 FRAME: 0784. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 036000/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2015
From: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
To: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035624/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2005
From: FOTIADIS, PANAGIOTIS; IHLE, HANS; KONOPA, HELMUT
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 017938/0812 →