IP Library Granted Patent US 7,665,814
Granted Patent B2
US 7,665,814 · App. 10/725,088 · Granted Feb 23, 2010

Cold goods container for a cooling apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,665,814
App. No.
10/725,088
Granted
Feb 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A guide assembly for a refrigerated-goods container of a refrigeration device is provided. The guide assembly includes a pair of guide rails for a drawer and the guide rails are mountable on walls of a refrigerated-goods container. The guide rails are mountable on the walls by a compensatory element at an acute angle to the respective wall. The angle is defined such that the rails of the pair run parallel to one another.

Claims (44)

1. A guide assembly comprising:

a compensating element;

at least one pair of guide rails, each of the guide rails being mountable on a respective sidewall of a cold goods container of a cooling apparatus and the pair of guide rails being operable to guide a pullout shelf of a cold goods container such that the pullout shelf is configured to be guided by the pair of guide rails at least partway out of the cold goods container through an open front side of the cold goods container; and

said compensating element being configured to mount at least one guide rail of each of said pair of guide rails at one of the sidewalls at an acute angle to the sidewall, said angle being defined to extend said rails of said pair of guide rails parallel to one another.

2. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

said compensating element is a plurality of compensating elements;

each of said guide rails has one of said compensating elements; and

said compensating elements of said guide rails of said pair of guide rails are mirror-symmetrical.

3. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said compensating element is formed at said guide rail in one piece.

4. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said compensating element is integral with said guide rail.

5. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said compensating element is wedge shaped and extends substantially over an entire length of said guide rail.

6. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

said guide rail has an end facing the front side; and

said compensating element is a local projection of said guide rail in a region of said end.

7. The guide assembly according to claim 3 , wherein:

said guide rail has an end facing the front side; and

said compensating element is a local projection of said guide rail in a region of said end.

8. The guide assembly according to claim 4 , wherein:

said guide rail has an end facing the front side; and

said compensating element is a local projection of said guide rail in a region of said end.

9. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

said guide rail has a C-shaped cross-section with a top leg, a bottom leg, and a center piece joining said top and bottom legs; and

said compensating element is formed in said center piece.

10. The guide assembly according to claim 3 , wherein:

said guide rail has a C-shaped cross-section with a top leg, a bottom leg, and a center piece joining said top and bottom legs; and

said compensating element is formed in said center piece.

11. The guide assembly according to claim 4 , wherein:

said guide rail has a C-shaped cross-section with a top leg, a bottom leg, and a center piece joining said top and bottom legs; and

said compensating element is formed in said center piece.

12. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

said compensating element has a contact surface; and

said guide rail carries, on said contact surface of said compensating element, at least one hook.

13. The guide assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said guide rail has at least one hook.

14. A cooling apparatus, comprising:

at least one cold goods container having:

an open front side;

at least one pullout shelf;

sidewalls diverging in a direction of said front side; and

a guide assembly having:

a compensating element;

at least one pair of guide rails guiding said pullout shelf at least partway out of said cold goods container through said front side; and

said compensating element mounting at least one guide rail of each of said pair of guide rails at one of said sidewalls at an acute angle to said sidewall, said angle being defined to extend said rails of said pair of guide rails parallel to one another.

15. The guide assembly according to claim 1 and further comprising a C-shaped cross-section with a top leg, a bottom leg, and a center piece joining said top and bottom legs, said compensating element being formed at said center piece.

16. The guide assembly according to claim 2 and further comprising at least one hook protruding through an opening of a sidewall of a cold goods container for a cooling apparatus.

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 Aug 8, 2005
From: LAIBLE, KARL-FRIEDRICH
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 016364/0150 →