A REFRIGERATOR

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising a shelf the position of which in the body or door can be changed.

[0002] In refrigerators, shelves mounted to the door or body, whereon food and beverage containers are disposed, are used. While high containers are disposed on the shelf, one or more shelves above this shelf are required to be removed or replaced. When low containers are disposed, dead spaces remain between the said container and the shelf above. In the state of the art, foldable or telescopic shelf assemblies are used in order to create flexible usage volume providing containers of several sizes to be stored.

[0003] On the refrigerator door, on the inside of the door, shelves, which generally extend along the width of the door and which are arranged as one on the top of the other, are located. More than one shelf can be present side by side in one line and when high items such as bottle are disposed on the shelf below, one of the shelves arranged side by side can be slid on the other by means of a rail assembly, thus the volume, which is emptied by the shelf slid on the other, is taken advantage of. However, jamming can occur in telescopic, rail shelf assemblies and performing a sliding movement by one shelf on the other gets harder. Furthermore in such embodiments, movable part of the shelf generally remains unused and the item carrying capacity of the shelf is decreased.

[0004] In the Patent Document No CN101025325, a retractable and extendable bottle base is explained. A refrigerator according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in DE102007022573 A1.

[0005] The aim of the present invention is the realization of a refrigerator comprising shelves whose position in the body or door can be changed and thus provide flexible usage possibilities to the user in disposing items.

[0006] The refrigerator realized in order to attain the aim of the present invention is explicated in the claims.

[0007] The refrigerator of the present invention comprises a fixed shelf disposed in the door or body and a rear wall, a base, a movable shelf having two side walls and arranged side by side with the fixed shelf in the opened position, wherein the side wall is adjacent to the side wall of the fixed shelf, and which is attached to the fixed shelf by means of a hinge located on the front side of the side wall.

[0008] The movable shelf is folded to the side of the fixed shelf facing the inner volume of the body in the closed position whereto the movable shelf is brought by being rotated around the vertical hinge axis wherein it is connected to the fixed shelf and in the situation wherein the movable shelf and fixed shelf are disposed on the door, they become arranged adjacently as one in front of the other from the inner wall of the door into the body.

[0009] In an embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf and movable shelf comprise rectangular bases and are arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three walls in the first position, and are arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases such that they will form one loading volume closed on all four walls in the second position.

[0010] In another embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf and movable shelf have the same depth and items having this depth can be disposed on their bases in the first position, items having twice the depth in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by their bases in the second position.

[0011] In another embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf and movable shelf comprise open front faces that face the inside of the body or door in the first position and when the movable shelf is brought to the second position, the front faces this time face each other.

[0012] In another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator comprises separators that can be attached to the fixed shelf and/or movable shelf and detached therefrom, closing the open front faces and serving as a guardrail that prevents the items disposed on the bases of the fixed shelf and movable shelf from falling when the movable shelf is in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf and movable shelf into partitions in the second position of the movable shelf.

[0013] In another embodiment of the present invention, by means of the detent means located on the fixed shelf or movable shelf, the movable shelf is enabled to be locked to the fixed shelf in the second position.

[0014] In another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator comprises holders located on the movable shelf or on the inner wall of the body or door and enabling the movable shelf to be fastened to the inner wall of the body or door in the first position.

[0015] The movable shelf, furthermore, can easily be detached from the hinge by being raised and taken out by the user when desired.

[0016] The refrigerator realized in order to attain the aim of the present invention is illustrated in the attached figures, where:

Figure 1 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator.

Figure 2 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator wherein the door shelf is at the beginning of the rotation movement.

Figure 3 - is the schematic view of a refrigerator wherein the rotation movement of the door shelf is completed.

Figure 4 - is the schematic view of separators attached to the shelves on the refrigerator door.

[0017] Elements shown in figures are numbered as follows:

1 - Refrigerator

2 - Body

3 - Door

4 - Fixed shelf

5 - 105 Rear wall

6 - 106 Base

7 - 107 Side wall

8 - 108 Front face

9 - Hinge

10 - Movable shelf

11 - Separator

12 - Detent means

13 - Holder

[0018] The refrigerator (1) comprises a body (2), a door (3) and a fixed shelf (4) disposed in the body (2) or door (3).

[0019] The fixed shelf (4) comprises a rear wall (5), a base (6) and two side walls (7).

[0020] The refrigerator (1) of the present invention comprises a movable shelf (10)

• having a rear wall (105), a base (106) and two side walls (107),
• being attached to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) by means of a hinge (9) with a vertical axis (E) located on its side wall (107),
• arranged side by side with the fixed shelf (4) and wherein its side wall (107) is adjacent to the side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) in its first position,
• becoming arranged adjacently as one in front of the other with the fixed shelf (4) in the second position whereto it is brought by being rotated around the hinge (9) axis (E) (Figures 1, 2, 3).

[0021] In an embodiment of the present invention, the base (6) of the fixed shelf (4) and the base (106) of the movable shelf (10) are rectangular and in the first position, the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) are arranged side by side adjacently along the short sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three sides laterally. In the second position of the movable shelf (10), the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) are arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form one loading volume closed on all four sides laterally.

[0022] In the second position wherein the movable shelf (10) is brought to the front of the fixed shelf (4), the base (106) of the movable shelf (10) and the base (6) of the fixed shelf (4) come together and form a common support surface.

[0023] The fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) preferably have the same depth (D) and items having this depth (D) at most can be disposed on the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) arranged side by side when the movable shelf (10) is in the open position, that is, in the first position, items having twice the depth (2D) in comparison to the first position can be disposed on the common support surface formed by the bases (6, 106) of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) when the movable shelf (10) is brought to the second position (Figures 2, 3). The volume occupied by the movable shelf (10) on the door (3) or body (2) in the first position becomes free in the second position and the volume emptied by the movable shelf (10) on the door (3) or body (2) in its second position can be used for example for high containers, bottles and similar.

[0024] In an embodiment of the present invention, the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) comprise open front faces (8, 108) that face the inside of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and when the movable shelf (10) is brought to the second position, the front faces (8, 108) face each other.

[0025] In an embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more separators (11) that can be attached to the fixed shelf (4) and/or movable shelf (10) and detached therefrom, closing the front faces (8, 108) and serving as a guardrail that prevents the items disposed on the bases (6, 106) from falling when the movable shelf (10) is in the first position and dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf (4) and movable shelf (10) into partitions in the second position of the movable shelf (10) (Figure 4).

[0026] In another embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more detent means (12) located on the fixed shelf (4) or movable shelf (10), enabling the movable shelf (10) to be locked to the fixed shelf (4) in the second position.

[0027] In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) is adjacent to the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the first position and is separated from the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the second position.

[0028] In this embodiment, the refrigerator (1) comprises one or more holders (13) located on the movable shelf (10) or on the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) and enabling the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) to be fastened to the inner wall of the door (3) or body (2) in the first position.

[0029] In the refrigerator (1) of the present invention, the movable shelf (10), furthermore, can easily be detached from the hinge (9) by being pushed upwards and taken out of the refrigerator (1), items are disposed in the volume emptied by the movable shelf (10) by being folded to the front of the fixed shelf (4) particularly in situations wherein high items are disposed on the fixed shelves (4) on the door (3), thus flexibility in use is provided.

Claims

1. A refrigerator (1) comprising a body (2), a door (3) and a fixed shelf (4) having a rear wall (5), a base (6) and two side walls (7), disposed in the body (2) or the door (3), characterized by a movable shelf (10) having a rear wall (105), a base (106) and two side walls (107), said movable shelf (10) being attached to a side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) by means of a hinge (9) with a vertical axis (E) located on a side wall (107) of the movable shelf (10), wherein said movable shelf (10) can be arranged side by side with the fixed shelf (4), with a side wall (107) of said movable shelf (10) being adjacent to a side wall (7) of the fixed shelf (4) in a first position, or said said movable shelf (10) can be arranged adjacently in front of the fixed shelf (4) with the movable shelf (10) in a second position whereto it is brought by being rotated around the hinge (9) axis (E).

2. A refrigerator (1) as in Claim 1, characterized in that the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) have rectangular bases (6, 106), arranged side by side adjacently along short sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form two different loading volumes closed on three sides laterally in the first position, or arranged adjacently as one in front of the other along the long sides of their bases (6, 106) such that they will form one loading volume closed on four sides laterally in the second position.

3. A refrigerator (1) as in Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) have the same depth (D), wherein items having this depth (D) can be disposed on their bases (6, 106) in the first position, or wherein items having twice the depth (2D) can be disposed on the common support surface formed by their bases (6, 106) in the second position.

4. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized in that the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) comprise open front faces (8, 108) that face the inside of the body (2) or the door (3) in the first position and each other in the second position.

5. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by one or more separators (11) that can be attached to the fixed shelf (4) and/or the movable shelf (10) thereby closing the front faces (8, 108) and preventing the items disposed on the bases (6, 106) from falling in the first position, or dividing the common support volume of the fixed shelf (4) and the movable shelf (10) into partitions in the second position.

6. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized by one or more detent means (12) located on the fixed shelf (4) or then movable shelf (10), enabling the movable shelf (10) to be locked to the fixed shelf (4) in the second position.

7. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized in that the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) is adjacent to the inner wall of the body (2) or the door (3) in the first position and is separated from the inner wall of the body (2) or door (3) in the second position.

8. A refrigerator (1) as in Claim 7, characterized by one or more holders (13) located on the movable shelf (10) or on an inner wall of the body (2) or the door (3) thereby enabling the rear wall (105) of the movable shelf (10) to be fastened to the inner wall of the body (2) or the door (3) in the first position.

9. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the above Claims, characterized in that the movable shelf (10) can be detached from the hinge (9) by being pushed upwards.

Ansprüche

1. Kühlschrank (1), umfassend einen Gehäusekörper (2), eine Tür (3) und ein fest angeordnetes Regal (4) mit einer Rückwand (5), einer Basis (6) und zwei Seitenwänden (7), die in dem Gehäusekörper (2) oder der Tür (3) angeordnet sind, gekennzeichnet durch ein bewegliches Regal (10) mit einer Rückwand (105), einer Basis (106) und zwei Seitenwänden (107), wobei das bewegliche Regal (10) mittels eines Scharniers (9) mit einer vertikalen Achse (E), das an einer Seitenwand (107) des beweglichen Regals (10) angeordnet ist, an einer Seitenwand (7) des fest angeordneten Regal (4) angebracht ist, wobei das bewegliche Regal (10) in einer ersten Stellung Seite an Seite mit dem fest angeordneten Regal (4) angeordnet sein kann, wobei eine Seitenwand (107) des beweglichen Regals (10) benachbart zu einer Seitenwand (7) des fest angeordneten Regals (4) ist, oder das Regal (10) in einer zweiten Stellung, in die das bewegliche Regal (10) gebracht wird, indem es um die Achse (E) des Scharniers (9) gedreht wird, benachbart vor dem fest angeordneten Regal (4) angeordnet sein kann.

2. Kühlschrank (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das fest angeordnete Regal (4) und das bewegliche Regal (10) rechteckige Basen (6, 106) aufweisen, die Seite an Seite an kurzen Seiten der Basen (6, 106) benachbart angeordnet sind, derart, dass sie in der ersten Stellung zwei verschiedene Ladevolumina bilden, die auf drei Seiten lateral geschlossen sind, oder in der zweiten Stellung an den langen Seiten der Basen (6, 106) benachbart voreinander angeordnet sind, derart, dass sie ein Ladevolumen bilden, das lateral auf vier Seiten geschlossen ist.

3. Kühlschrank (1) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das fest angeordnete Regal (4) und das bewegliche Regal (10) die gleiche Tiefe (D) aufweisen, wobei Artikel mit der Tiefe (D) in der ersten Stellung auf ihren Basen (6, 106) angeordnet werden können, oder wobei Artikel mit doppelter Tiefe (2D) in der zweiten Stellung auf der gemeinsamen Trägerfläche angeordnet werden können, die von ihren Basen (6, 106) gebildet wird.

4. Kühlschrank (1) nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das fest angeordnete Regal (4) und das bewegliche Regal (10) offene Stirnseiten (8, 108) umfassen, die in der ersten Stellung dem Inneren des Gehäusekörpers (2) oder der Tür (3) und in der zweiten Stellung einander zugewandt sind.

5. Kühlschrank (1) nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch ein oder mehrere Trennelemente (11), die an dem angeordneten Regal (4) und/oder dem beweglichen Regal (10) angebracht sein können und dadurch die Stirnseiten (8, 108) schließen und verhindern, dass Artikel auf den Basen (6, 106) in der ersten Stellung herabfallen, oder in der zweiten Stellung das gemeinsame Trägervolumen des fest angeordneten Regals (4) und des beweglichen Regals (10) in Teilräume unterteilen.

6. Kühlschrank (1) nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch ein oder mehrere Rastmittel (12), die an dem fest angeordneten Regal (4) oder dem beweglichen Regal (10) angeordnet sind und es ermöglichen, dass das bewegliche Regal (10) in der zweiten Stellung an dem fest angeordneten Regal (4) verriegelt ist.

7. Kühlschrank (1) nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rückwand (105) des beweglichen Regals (10) in der ersten Stellung benachbart zu der Innenwand des Gehäusekörpers (2) oder der Tür (3) ist und in der zweiten Stellung von dem Gehäusekörper (2) oder der Tür (3) getrennt ist.

8. Kühlschrank (1) nach Anspruch 7, gekennzeichnet durch einen oder mehrere Halter (13), die an dem beweglichen Regal (10) oder an einer Innenwand des Gehäusekörpers (2) oder der Tür (3) angeordnet sind und es dadurch ermöglichen, dass die Rückwand (105) des beweglichen Regals (10) in der ersten Stellung an der Innenwand des Gehäusekörpers (2) oder der Tür (3) befestigt ist.

9. Kühlschrank (1) nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das bewegliche Regal (10) durch Schieben nach oben von dem Scharnier (9) gelöst werden kann.

Revendications

1. Un réfrigérateur (1) comprenant un corps (2), une porte (3) et une étagère fixe (4) présentant une paroi arrière (5), une base (6) et deux parois latérales (7), disposée dans le corps (2) ou la porte (3), caractérisé par une étagère mobile (10) présentant une paroi arrière (105), une base (106) et deux parois latérales (107), ladite étagère mobile (10) étant fixée à une paroi latérale (7) de l'étagère fixe (4) au moyen d'une charnière (9) avec un axe vertical (E) situé sur une paroi latérale (107) de l'étagère mobile (10), où ladite étagère mobile (10) peut être arrangée côte à côte avec l'étagère fixe (4), avec une paroi latérale (107) de ladite étagère mobile (10) étant adjacente à une paroi latérale (7) de l'étagère fixe (4) dans une première position, ou ladite étagère (10) peut être arrangée de manière adjacente devant l'étagère fixe (4) avec l'étagère mobile (10) dans une deuxième position à laquelle elle est passée en étant tournée autour de l'axe (E) de la charnière (9).

2. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon la Revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'étagère fixe (4) et l'étagère mobile (10) présentent des bases rectangulaires (6, 106), arrangées côte à côte de manière adjacente le long des côtés courts de leurs baes (6, 106) de telle sorte qu'elles forment deux volumes de chargement différents fermés à trois côtés latéralement dans la première position, ou arrangées de manière adjacente l'un devant l'autre le long des côtés longs de leurs bases (6, 106) de telle sorte qu'elles forment un volume de chargement fermé à quatre côtés latéralement dans la deuxième position.

3. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon la Revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'étagère fixe (4) et l'étagère mobile (10) présentent la même profondeur (D), où des articles avec cette profondeur (D) peuvent être disposés sur leurs bases (6, 106) dans la première position, ou où des articles avec une profondeur deux fois la profondeur (2D) peuvent être disposés sur la surface de support commune formée par leurs bases (6, 106) dans la deuxième position.

4. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'étagère fixe (4) et l'étagère mobile (10) comprennent des faces frontales ouvertes (8, 108) faisant face à l'intérieur du corps (2) ou de la porte (3) dans la première position et l'une à l'autre dans la deuxième position.

5. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par un ou plusieurs séparateurs (11) qui peuvent être fixés à l'étagère fixe (4) et/ou à l'étagère mobile (10), donc recouvrant les faces frontales (8, 108) et empêchant les articles disposés sur les baes (6, 106) de tomber dans la première position, ou divisant le volume de support commun de l'étagère fixe (4) et l'étagère mobile (10) en partitions dans la deuxième position.

6. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par une ou plusieurs détentes (12) qui sont disposées sur l'étagère fixe (4) ou l'étagère mobile (10) et qui permettent le verrouillage de l'étagère mobile (10) à l'étagère fixe (4) dans la deuxième position.

7. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la paroi arrière (105) de l'étagère fixe (10) est adjacente à la paroi intérieure du corps (2) ou de la porte (3) dans la première position et est séparée de la paroi intérieure du corps (2) ou de la porte (3) dans la deuxième position.

8. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon la Revendication 7, caractérisé par un ou plusieurs supports (13) qui sont disposés sur l'étagère mobile (10) ou sur la paroi intérieure du corps (2) ou de la porte (3) et qui permettent la fixation de la paroi arrière (105) de l'étagère mobile (10) à la paroi intérieure du corps (2) ou de la porte (3) dans la première position.

9. Un réfrigérateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'étagère mobile (10) peut être détachée de la charnière (9) en étant poussée vers le haut.

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