(19)
(11) EP 1 684 039 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.07.2007 Bulletin 2007/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/30

(21) Application number: 05112152.3

(22) Date of filing: 14.12.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F25D 23/02(2006.01)
E05C 17/02(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 20.01.2005 IT PN20050001 U

(71) Applicant: ELECTROLUX PROFESSIONAL S.p.A.
33170 Pordenone (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Scacco, Maurizio
    33089, Villotta di Chions (Pordenone) (IT)

(74) Representative: Giugni, Valter et al
PROPRIA S.r.l. P.O. Box 365 Via Colonna
33170 Pordenone
33170 Pordenone (IT)

   


(54) Refrigerated cabinet with an apparatus for keeping the door ajar


(57) Refrigerated cabinet comprising a compartment (2) for the storage of products to be preserved, a door (3) hinged on to the cabinet and adapted to move into contact with a frame (4) of said cabinet to close in an air-tight manner the storage compartment (2), retaining means adapted to hold the door (3) in the closed position thereof, and at least an apparatus (5) to keep the door (3) ajar so as to facilitate aeration of the storage compartment (2) during the periods in which the refrigerator is not in use. The apparatus (5) comprises an arm (6) that is coupled in a movable manner to an accommodating structure (7), which is adapted to support the arm (6) in an operative position and in a non-operative position thereof, said structure (7) being associated to said door (3) or said frame (4), and said arm (6) being capable of being selectively guided into said operative position and said non-operative position thereof; in said operative position thereof, said arm (6) protrudes from said door (3), or said frame (4), so as to abut against said door (3) or said frame (4) of the storage compartment (2), thereby preventing the door (3) from coming into contact with the abutting frame so as to keep the door (3) ajar; in the non-operative state thereof, said arm (6) is on the contrary fully contained within said accommodating structure (7), thereby enabling the door (3) to fully move into closing the storage compartment in an air-tight manner.







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