REFRIGERATION DEVICE
The invention relates to a refrigeration device ( 1 ) comprising: an inner container ( 2 ) with a coolable interior space ( 3, 4 ); a refrigerant circuit ( 21 ) provided for cooling the interior space ( 3, 4 ); a door panel ( 5, 6 ) provided for opening and dosing (lie interior space ( 3, 4 ); and a control device ( 22 ) designed to control at least one component ( 23, 24 ) of the refrigeration device ( 1 ) on the basis of the opening state of the door panel ( 5, 6 ). The refrigeration device ( 1 ) further comprises an electrical door opening assistance mechanism ( 25 ), which operates independently of the control device ( 22 ), is designed to at least support an opening of the door panel ( 5, 6 ), and therefore comprises information on the current opening state of the door panel ( 5, 6 ), and which is connected to the control device ( 22 ) and is designed to transmit information on the opening state of the door panel ( 5, 6 ) to the control device ( 22 ).
1 . A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigerator, comprising an inner container with a coolable interior space; a refrigerant circuit provided for cooling the interior space; a door panel provided for opening and closing the interior space; and a control device designed to control at least one component of the refrigeration device as a function of the opening state of the door panel, characterized by an electrical door opening assistance mechanism, which operates independently of the control device, which mechanism is designed to at least support an opening of the door panel, and therefore comprises information on the current opening state of the door panel, and which is connected to the control device and is designed to transmit information on the current opening state of the door panel to the control device.
2 . The refrigeration device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the door opening assistance mechanism has an electronic control unit and an actuator connected to the control unit, the actuator being designed to at least partially support the opening of the door panel controlled by the control unit.
3 . The refrigeration device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the door opening assistance mechanism has a sensor connected to the control unit, and this is designed to detect a movement of the door panel, and the control unit is designed to control the actuator on the basis of the signals generated by the sensor so the actuator at least assists in the at least partial opening of the door panel, and/or the refrigeration device has an input means connected to the control unit, on the basis of actuation of which input means the control unit controls the actuator so the actuator at least partially assists in the at least partial opening of the door panel.
4 . The refrigeration device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the door opening assistance mechanism has an independent power supply which is designed to generate, from a mains voltage for the refrigeration device, an electrical supply voltage for the control unit and/or a supply voltage for the actuator.
5 . The refrigeration device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the door opening assistance mechanism has an output by which the door opening assistance mechanism, and in particular its control unit, is connected to the control device.
6 . The refrigeration device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the component which the control device controls as a function of the opening state of the door panel is an interior space light for at least partially illuminating the interior space; a fan for conveying air cooled by the refrigerant circuit into the interior space, and/or a defrosting device for defrosting an evaporator of the refrigerant circuit.
7 . The refrigeration device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control device is designed to control the refrigerant circuit, in particular a compressor of the refrigerant circuit, in such a way that the actual temperature of the interior space is at least approximately the same as a desired temperature of the interior space.