(19)
(11) EP 0 974 797 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04

(21) Application number: 99500126.0

(22) Date of filing: 24.07.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7F25D 23/06, F25D 17/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 24.07.1998 ES 9801566

(71) Applicant: BSH Fabricacion, S.A.
31191 Esquiroz (Navarra) (ES)

(72) Inventors:
  • Diaz Landibar, Fernando
    31010 BARANAIN (Navarra) (ES)
  • Melero Armendariz, José Ramon
    31005 PAMPLONA (ES)

(74) Representative: Ungria Lopez, Javier et al
Avda. Ramon y Cajal, 78
28043 Madrid
28043 Madrid (ES)

   


(54) Refrigerator, such as fridge or freezer


(57) The refrigerator includes a casing determined by a wall with an internal covering (4), an external covering (3) and an intervening heat-insulating layer (2), through which wall is fed, via a penetration duct, a breather tube from the refrigerator storage space to the outside. The penetration duct has a first section (5) followed by a second section (7) separated by means of an intervening wall (6 or 6') which can be perforated or even removed. The first section (5) has a surrounding lip (11) which fits externally over the external insulation (3), while the second section (7), shaped internally as a truncated cone (8), is pressure-fitted onto a formation (9) of the internal covering (4), said formation (9) being provided with a seal (10) which can also be perforated or removed. The penetration duct is prepared to prevent the injection of the foam that is to constitute the heat-insulating layer (2), from reaching the outside or from penetrating into the refrigeration compartment of the corresponding refrigerator.







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