IP Library Granted Patent US 9,228,777
Granted Patent B2
US 9,228,777 · App. 14/319,146 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Cooling device comprising a dispenser

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Patent No.
US 9,228,777
App. No.
14/319,146
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention is a cooling device, possibly a refrigerator, comprising a dispenser for distribution of ice and/or water having a housing, which is disposed on an outer wall of the cooling device and has an opening on a front face thereof for a fixing element to fix position of the housing on the outer wall; a front cover disposed on the housing as covering the front face of the housing; and that the front cover comprises an opening corresponding with the opening of the housing and providing access to the fixing element; and a cover for covering the opening of the front cover.

Claims (14)

1. A cooling device comprising a dispenser for distribution of ice and/or water comprising:

a removable housing configured to be installed within a cavity within an outer wall of the cooling device;

a first opening on a front face of the housing, the first opening being configured to receive a fixing element, the fixing element being configured to fix the housing in a position on the outer wall within the cavity;

a front cover configured to substantially cover at least a plurality of vertical surfaces of the front face of the housing;

a second opening on the front cover, the second opening correspond with the first opening and further being configured to provide access to the fixing element within the first opening; and

a cover configured and arranged to cover the second opening.

2. A cooling device according to claim 1 ; wherein the cover comprises a connection element in connection with the front cover.

3. A cooling device according to claim 2 ; wherein the connection element is configured as fixed to a rear wall of the cover.

4. A cooling device according to claim 2 ; wherein the front cover comprises a connection element in connection with the connection element of the cover.

5. A cooling device according to claim 2 ; wherein one of the connection element of the cover and the connection element of the front cover comprises a holding element in connection with a holding edge of other one of the connection element of the cover and the connection element of the front cover corresponding with the holding element.

6. A cooling device according to claim 1 ; wherein the first opening of the front cover is configured such that a front face of the cover and a front face of the front cover is aligned when the cover is disposed in the second opening.

7. A cooling device according to claim 1 ; wherein the front cover and the cover are made of a same material.

8. A cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is configured and arranged to fit within the second opening.

9. A cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is configured and arranged to have a shape corresponding to the second opening such that upon installation, the cover and the front cover of the housing form a substantially continuous surface.

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 Apr 16, 2015
From: ARSLANKIRAY, ZIYA; HASTÜRK, CEMALETTIN; SÖGUT, MURAT
To: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035423/0102 →