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EP 2492619 B1 20180926 - Cooling device

Title (en)

Cooling device

Title (de)

Kältegerät

Title (fr)

Appareil frigorifique

Publication

EP 2492619 B1 20180926 (DE)

Application

EP 12153607 A 20120202

Priority

DE 102011004590 A 20110223

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2492619A1] The refrigeration appliance comprises a motor chamber (4), which receives components of a refrigerant circuit, where mounting points for the components are provided in the motor chamber. A vacant mounting point is blocked by a component mounted in another mounting point. A wall of the motor chamber is covered with a wall panel (10,11), in which the mounting points are formed.

IPC 8 full level

F25D 23/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F25D 23/006 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2492619 A1 20120829; EP 2492619 B1 20180926; DE 102011004590 A1 20120823; PL 2492619 T3 20190329

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 12153607 A 20120202; DE 102011004590 A 20110223; PL 12153607 T 20120202