Easily opened door for upright freezers

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EP 1 559 977 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.07.2007 Bulletin 2007/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/31

(21)	Application number: 05100412.5

(22)	Date of filing: 24.01.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F25D 23/08^(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 MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

28.01.2004 IT MI20040031 U

(71)	Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
	Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Oldani, Edoardo, Patent Dept. 21025, Comerio (IT) Comai, Andrea, Patent Dept. 21025, Comerio (IT) Gianardoli, Michele, Patent Dept. 21025, Comerio (IT)

(74)	Representative: Guerci, Alessandro
	Whirlpool Europe S.r.l. Patent Department Viale G. Borghi 27 21025 Comerio (VA) 21025 Comerio (VA) (IT)

(54)	Easily opened door for upright freezers

(57) An easily opened freezer or refrigerator door (1) presenting an endless gasket (6) incorporating magnetic means (7), and presenting rigid therewith on its inner side, in correspondence with a small region of the endless gasket (6), a rigid means (2, 2a, 2b) which on opening the door operates on a part (5) of the gasket (6) such as to at least partly prevent it from deforming and hence open a passageway for compensating the pressure difference between the interior and exterior of the freezer (Figure 2).

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