Refrigerator for bottles
View Patent ↗A refrigerator includes a housing having a cooled interior space. At least one drawer is disposed in the interior space for storing bottles in an inclined or horizontal position. The drawer has a frame with two opposite sides. The drawer also has a plurality of rods to be releasably mounted parallel to and spaced apart from one another between the two opposite sides of the frame at selectable distances from one another.
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a housing having a cooled interior space;
at least one drawer disposed in said interior space for storing bottles;
said at least one drawer having a frame with two opposite sides; and
said at least one drawer having a plurality of rods to be releasably mounted parallel to and spaced apart from one another between said two opposite sides of said frame at selectable distances from one another, the rods arranged spaced from each other an amount sufficient for supporting bottles on the drawer through engagement with bottles placed on the drawer with respective pairs of rods in a manner to promote vertical air flow to cool bottles when supported on respective pairs of rods,
wherein said rods have a cross section with an upwardly directed rounding.
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said rounding has a diameter of approximately 20 mm.
3. A refrigerator, comprising:
a housing having a cooled interior space;
at least one drawer disposed in said interior space for storing bottles;
said at least one drawer having a frame with two opposite sides; and
said at least one drawer having a plurality of rods to be releasably mounted parallel to and spaced apart from one another between said two opposite sides of said frame at selectable distances from one another, the rods arranged spaced from each other an amount sufficient for supporting bottles on the drawer through engagement with bottles placed on the drawer with respective pairs of rods in a manner to promote vertical air flow to cool bottles when supported on respective pairs of rods,
wherein said rods have a circular cross section.
4. A refrigerator, comprising:
a housing having a cooled interior space;
at least one drawer disposed in said interior space for storing bottles;
said at least one drawer having a frame with two opposite sides; and
said at least one drawer having a plurality of rods to be releasably mounted parallel to and spaced apart from one another between said two opposite sides of said frame at selectable distances from one another, the rods arranged spaced from each other an amount sufficient for supporting bottles on the drawer through engagement with bottles placed on the drawer with respective pairs of rods in a manner to promote vertical air flow to cool bottles when supported on respective pairs of rods,
wherein said frame has opposite side elements, and said rods are mounted to said opposite side elements by a plug-in connection, and
said plug-in connection includes a pin formed of a flexible material and having one end engaged in a drilled hole in one of said side elements and another end engaged in a blind drilled hole in one of said rods.
5. The refrigerator according to claim 4 , wherein said pin is oriented vertically.