Global Patent Index - EP 0449061 A2

EP 0449061 A2 19911002 - Refrigerator including a beverage dispenser.

Title (en)

Refrigerator including a beverage dispenser.

Title (de)

Mit Getränkeabgabevorrichtung versehener Kühlschrank.

Title (fr)

Réfrigérateur comprenant un distributeur de boissons.

Publication

EP 0449061 A2 19911002 (EN)

Application

EP 91104058 A 19910315

Priority

IT 3403090 U 19900330

Abstract (en)

In known refrigerators equipped with a beverage dispenser, one wall of the refrigerator housing is formed with a relatively deep recess for the accommodation therein of a cup to be filled with a beverage, and a dispenser nozzle or the like. The depth of this recess adversely affecst the thermal insulation of the respective wall, and the recess itself gives rise to the accumulation of dirt. According to the invention, a shallower recess (6) is formed in a wall of the refrigerator housing (4), and closed by a manually operable closure flap (7) which can be lowered to a use position in which it acts as a support for a cup of the like. The closure flap (7) is operatively connected to a rotatable dispenser spout (15), so that the latter (15) extends inside the recess (6) when the flap (7) is in the closed rest position, and projects outwards to a location above the closure flap (7) when the latter is lowered to its use position.

IPC 1-7

B67D 3/00; F25D 23/04

IPC 8 full level

B67D 1/08 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B67D 1/0858 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00036 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0449061 A2 19911002; EP 0449061 A3 19911113; EP 0449061 B1 19940119; DE 69101012 D1 19940303; DE 69101012 T2 19940505; ES 2050468 T3 19940516; IT 223514 Z2 19950720; IT 9034030 U1 19910930; IT 9034030 V0 19900330

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 91104058 A 19910315; DE 69101012 T 19910315; ES 91104058 T 19910315; IT 3403090 U 19900330