IP Library Granted Patent US 7,762,292
Granted Patent B2
US 7,762,292 · App. 12/085,940 · Granted Jul 27, 2010

Dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products

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Patent No.
US 7,762,292
App. No.
12/085,940
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products, said device comprising a dispenser opening for the products, which is situated in a recess on the front of the device and a support that can be removed from the recess and has at least one first tray surface for a container that is to be filled from the dispenser opening. The support comprises a base part that is detachably fixed in the recess and a tray part, on which the first tray surface is formed. Said tray part is connected to the base part in such a way that it can be displaced between a first position, in which the first tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a first distance and a second position, in which the tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a second distance that is greater than the first.

Claims (15)

1. A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products comprising:

a dispenser opening for the products;

a recess at a front side of the device; the dispenser opening situated in the recess;

a support which is removably received in the recess; the support having at least a first shelf surface for a container which is to be filled at the dispenser opening; the support including a base part which is detachably fixed in the recess and a shelf part on which the first shelf surface is formed and which is connected to the base part in such a way that it can be moved between a first position, in which the first shelf surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a first distance, and a second position in which a shelf surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a second distance; the second distance being greater than the first distance, wherein the support includes a plurality of rails; the support being guided in the recess by the rails which extend in the withdrawal direction of the support and being secured by a pin that is inserted at right angles relative to the withdrawal direction.

2. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 further including a second shelf surface forming a part of the base part; in the second position the second shelf surface lies opposite the dispenser opening.

3. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein in the second position the first shelf surface lies opposite the dispenser opening.

4. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 further including a third shelf surface; in the second position the third shelf surface which is formed in the shelf part faces the dispenser opening.

5. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shelf part is hinged to the base part.

6. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base part lines at least a lower region of the recess.

7. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the support includes a projection and the recess includes an cavity; the projection and the cavity extending in the withdrawal direction of the support; the support being secured by a pin that is inserted at right angles relative to the withdrawal direction.

8. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 7 wherein the pin is concealed by the shelf part in the first position.

9. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 further including a mechanism; the shelf part being movable to its two positions by the mechanism.

10. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 9 wherein the mechanism is a uniformly geared mechanism.

11. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 10 wherein the uniformly geared mechanism is a toothed-wheeled mechanism.

12. The dispensing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the dispensing device is a refrigerator.

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 May 28, 2008
From: BUCHSTAB, MARTIN; DUMKOW, IRENE; FEINAUER, ADOLF; FLINNER, KLAUS; HEGER, BERND; NALBACH, PETER; YAZAN , KASIM
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 021073/0825 →