IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,270
Granted Patent B2
US 11,614,270 · App. 17/470,074 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Suspension device for a food-accommodating container comprising a profiled rail made of metal, arrangement and household refrigerator component

Inventors: Robert Briem (Laichingen, DE); Stefan Deissler (Noerdlingen, DE); Marco Reitwiessner (Nuremberg, DE); Ralph Staud (Munich, DE); Thomas Tischer (Haar, DE)
Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
F25D23/04A47B96/067F25D25/005F25D2331/809
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Patent No.
US 11,614,270
App. No.
17/470,074
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A suspension device enables a freely projecting suspension of a food-accommodating container. The suspension device has a central rail for the direct suspension of the food-accommodating container. The central rail is a profiled rail made of metal. There is also described an arrangement of a suspension device with a food-accommodating container suspended in a freely projecting manner on the profiled rail, and a household refrigerator component.

Claims (19)

1. A door for a household refrigerator having a suspension device for the freely projecting suspension of a food-accommodating container, the suspension device comprising:

a central rail configured for directly suspending the food-accommodating container therefrom; a first holding part and/or a second holding part;

said central rail being a profiled rail made of metal and being a roll-formed profile, and said profiled rail being formed with:

a first, upper hollow chamber being integrally formed on an upper edge of a front plate of said profiled rail,

a second, lower hollow chamber being spaced apart from said first hollow chamber and integrally formed on a lower edge of said front plate of said profiled rail, and

wherein, starting from said front plate, said first and second hollow chambers extend rearward;

along a longitudinal axis of said profiled rail, said profiled rail being formed with an open first end, and said open first end being configured as a first insertion holder for receiving said first holding part of the suspension device, and/or said profiled rail being formed with an open second end, and said open second end being configured as a second insertion holder for receiving said second holding part of the suspension device;

said first holding part and/or said second holding part being configured to fix the suspension device to the door of the household refrigerator, and said first holding part and/or said second holding part having insertion elements, said insertion elements being configured for insertion into said hollow chambers with a positive connection and a friction-lock connection.

2. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said profiled rail is formed integrally in one piece.

3. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said profiled rail is made of stainless steel.

4. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said profiled rail is a linear rail.

5. The door according to claim 1 , wherein each of said first and second hollow chambers is at least three-sided in cross section and is open in cross section.

6. The door according to claim 1 , wherein, in a depth direction of the suspension device, said first, upper hollow chamber has a smaller depth than said second, lower hollow chamber.

7. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said first insertion holder or second insertion holder is a hollow chamber that is laterally open in a direction of the longitudinal axis.

8. The door according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second holding parts is formed as an L-shaped part, and wherein one leg of said L-shaped part is said insertion element for insertion into said profiled rail, which is separate from said first and second holding part, and a further leg of said L-shaped part has a coupling part for coupling to a household appliance component.

9. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said first or second holding part is formed with a rear edge wall, wherein, in a mounted state of said first or second holding part on said profiled rail, a rear defining wall of said upper hollow chamber, when viewed in a width direction of the suspension device, is arranged flush with an upper edge wall portion of said rear edge wall and, in the mounted state of said first or second holding part on said profiled rail, a rear defining wall of said lower hollow chamber, when viewed in the width direction of the suspension device, is arranged flush with a lower edge wall portion of said rear edge wall.

10. The door according to claim 1 , wherein said profiled rail and said first and second holding parts which are separate from said profiled rail and which are fastened at mutually opposite ends of said profiled rail form a U-shaped suspension device.

11. An arrangement, comprising a door according to claim 1 and at least one food-accommodating container suspended in a freely projecting manner on said profiled rail.

12. A household refrigerator component having a door according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one food-accommodating container suspended in a freely projecting manner on the profiled rail of said suspension device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: BRIEM, ROBERT; DEISSLER, STEFAN; REITWIESSNER, MARCO; STAUD, RALPH; TISCHER, THOMAS
To: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 211 570.2 · Sep 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220082320A1 · Mar 17, 2022