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Granted Patent B2
US 11,137,196 · App. 15/833,627 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Household refrigerator with specific cover system in a receiving space for food

Inventors: Andreas Lindel (Heidenheim, DE); Thomas Schaefer (Giengen, DE); Marcus Wehlauch (Nattheim, DE)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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Patent No.
US 11,137,196
App. No.
15/833,627
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A household refrigerator has a receiving space for food which is delimited by walls of an inner container. A covering plate that is separate from the inner container is arranged in the receiving space in front of a wall of the inner container. A functional unit of the household refrigerator is arranged in the receiving space in front of the wall and in one spatial direction of the household refrigerator the covering plate ends next to the functional unit. The functional unit is covered, at least in certain sections, by a cover that is separate from the covering plate.

Claims (19)

1. A household refrigerator, comprising:

an inner container formed with walls delimiting a receiving space for food;

a functional unit of the household refrigerator disposed in said receiving space in front of a given wall of said inner container, said functional unit being a no-frost unit including an evaporator;

a substantially flat covering plate separate from said inner container and disposed in said receiving space in front of, and at a spacing distance from, the given wall, said covering plate having a footprint extending across an entire width of the given wall and ending next to said functional unit and said covering plate being fixed to the given wall at an end facing said functional unit, said functional unit being disposed outside of said footprint; and

a cover separate from said covering plate and disposed to cover said functional unit, said cover covering said functional unit at least in certain sections thereof in the one spatial direction.

2. The household refrigerator according to claim 1 , which comprises a spacer web formed on a back side of said covering plate, said spacer web abutting a front of the given wall.

3. The household refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein said spacer web is screwed to the given wall.

4. The household refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said cover has a bearing web that abuts a front of the given wall and that is screwed to the given wall.

5. The household refrigerator according to claim 1 , which comprises a separate panel covering a gap between said covering plate and said cover.

6. The household refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein said panel engages behind an end of said covering plate facing said cover.

7. The household refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein a front of said covering plate facing said receiving space and a front, facing said receiving space, of a section of said panel ending at said covering plate are arranged flush with one another.

8. The household refrigerator according to claim 5 , which comprises a spacer web formed on a back side of said covering plate, said spacer web abutting a front of the given wall, and wherein said panel covers the spacer web in a direction of said receiving space.

9. The household refrigerator according to claim 2 , which comprises a separate panel covering the spacer web in a direction of said receiving space.

10. The household refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein said panel is screwed to the given wall.

11. The household refrigerator according to claim 10 , wherein said cover and said panel together are screwed at an attachment point to the given wall by a screw.

12. The household refrigerator according to claim 10 , wherein said panel has a threaded plug in which a hole is formed on a plug base for passing through a screw.

13. The household refrigerator according to claim 12 , wherein said plug base abuts said bearing web.

14. The household refrigerator according to 13 , wherein a stop is formed on a top wall of said cover, said stop is raised in a direction of said covering plate, and said panel is supported on said stop in a direction of said given wall.

15. The household refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein said covering plate ends above said functional unit in a height direction of the household refrigerator and the functional unit is covered at least in certain sections from above by said cover that is separate from said covering plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2017
From: LINDEL, ANDREAS; SCHAEFER, THOMAS; WEHLAUCH, MARCUS
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
Reel/Frame 044336/0263 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 224 608.9 · Dec 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180164021A1 · Jun 14, 2018