EP2593620B1 - Door opening mechanism for cooler devices - Google Patents
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- EP2593620B1 EP2593620B1 EP11724153.9A EP11724153A EP2593620B1 EP 2593620 B1 EP2593620 B1 EP 2593620B1 EP 11724153 A EP11724153 A EP 11724153A EP 2593620 B1 EP2593620 B1 EP 2593620B1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
- E05B17/0025—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing
- E05B17/0033—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing for opening only
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B7/00—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D23/00—General constructional features
- F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
- F25D23/028—Details
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- This invention relates to the mechanisms which ensure easy opening of the doors of the cooler devices.
- the document no DE29912563U1 discloses a cooler device according the preamble of claim 1, with an opening device for a refrigerator door, which comprises a seal positioned between body of the refrigerator and the door and a cylindrically shaped handlebar held by two gripping plates.
- Said opening device comprises a plate spring mounted into a plastic element from one end and connected to the handle and a polygon profile which is fixed by the plate spring.
- the plate spring encircles half circumference of the polygon profile and extends along the handle.
- the seal keeps the door tightly.
- a force is applied on the handle and the polygonal profile is rotated by the spring.
- the plastic element pushes the body of the refrigerator so as to deform the sealing property of the seal providing pressure equalization between interior of the refrigerator interior and ambient air so that the door can be opened.
- An aim of the invention is to create a cooler device, the door of which can be opened easily.
- Another aim of the invention is to develop a mechanism in order to ensure the door of the said cooler door to be opened easily.
- a further aim of the invention is to develop a door opening mechanism which is applicable to many cooler devices without difficulty.
- Still a further aim of the invention is to create an easy to produce, cheap and secure cooler device and a door opening mechanism related to this device.
- the cooler device (A) shown in the Figure 1 comprises at least one door (for example with hinge) which is used for accessing to the inner volume of the body (12) and is connected to this body (12), and also at least one door opening mechanism (2) which is developed for opening the door (1) easily.
- door for example with hinge
- door opening mechanism (2) which is developed for opening the door (1) easily.
- the door opening mechanism (2) shown in more detail in the Figure 2 comprises at least one body (4) which is fixed to device door (1), at least one skid (5) which can move within the body (4) by sliding and extends from one side towards the outside of the body (4), at least one arm (3) which is used for opening the device door (1) and activating the mechanism (2) (for moving the skid (5)) and is in connection with the body (4).
- the skid (5) moves out from the other side of the body (4) or moves in the body (4). After the skid (5) moves out, the skid (5) pushes the device body (12) and the door (1) is opened by moving off the device body (12).
- the skid (5) when the arm (3) is moved, the skid (5) is moved towards inside of the body (4) and it budges the seal (not shown in figures) between the device body (12) and device door (1) and pressure of the interior and exterior environment of the device (A) is get balanced, and then the door (1) is opened.
- the device door (1) can be opened easily.
- FIG 3 the interior structure of the mechanism (2) is shown.
- a crank (6) which is fixed to the arm (3).
- the crank (6) extends towards into the body (4) from an opening (13) in the part on which the arm (3) is provided and it can rotate about the pivot (8) within the body (4).
- the arm (3) can rotate about (within the angle in which the opening (13) limits the crank (6)) said pivot.
- the crank (6) is in connection with a skid (5) in the body (4) from its other side.
- the skid (7) has the feature of sliding within the body (4) and end part (18) of the skid (5) extending towards outside of the body (4) can move back and forth by means of the rotation of crank (6).
- At least one spring (14), (in the example in figure 3 , one end of the spring (14) is connected to a fixed part of the body (4) and its other end is connected to the crank (6)) which restores the positions of the arm (3) and thus the crank (6) and the skid (5), is used.
- the skid (5) used in the door opening mechanism (2) is made of a flexible material and in a thin and long form.
- One end of the skid (5) having the feature of stretching sideward in contrast to being Inflexible In the longitudinal axis is fixed on one side of the crank (6).
- the flexible skid (5) can slide in a channel (17) in the body (4).
- interspacing gap having the same width as the skid (5)
- the front part (19) of the skid (5) can slide in the gap between the body (4) and the crank (6). This gap is formed in such a way that it has the same width as the skid (5), and thus folding of the skid (5) is prevented during its movement.
- the sideward flexibility of the skid (5) and inflexibility along the longitudinal axis makes possible the skid to move without folding along the said longitudinal axis.
- the end part (18) of the skid (5) extending from the body (4) to outside (gets into the channel (17) partly) is hard and can push the body (4) to ensure the opening of the door (1) or can budge the seal (not shown In the figures) located between the device body (12) and its door (1).
- the door (1) can be opened easily by a slight movement of the arm (5).
- force transmission is also regarded and thus, the door (1) can be opened by desired force.
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- Refrigerator Housings (AREA)
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Description
- This invention relates to the mechanisms which ensure easy opening of the doors of the cooler devices.
- In the state of art, lower pressure occurs in outer environment compared with the inner parts of the cooler devices' doors due to the air circulation occurring during the cooling cycle. This makes the door difficult to open. In case the user has his/her hands full, it turns much more difficult to open the door. As known, when the user would like to open the door, he/she exerts force on the door handle and the door is opened by rotating about the centre of a hinge. In this embodiment, the user can open the door only by pulling the door handle and exerting extra force on it. Various mechanisms are developed for ensuring the doors to be opened easily and the examples for these mechanisms are showed in the published patent applications No
JP2000018803 CN200989706 . - The document no
DE29912563U1 discloses a cooler device according the preamble ofclaim 1, with an opening device for a refrigerator door, which comprises a seal positioned between body of the refrigerator and the door and a cylindrically shaped handlebar held by two gripping plates. Said opening device comprises a plate spring mounted into a plastic element from one end and connected to the handle and a polygon profile which is fixed by the plate spring. The plate spring encircles half circumference of the polygon profile and extends along the handle. While the refrigerator door is in the closed state, the seal keeps the door tightly. As the door is opened, a force is applied on the handle and the polygonal profile is rotated by the spring. Thus, the plastic element pushes the body of the refrigerator so as to deform the sealing property of the seal providing pressure equalization between interior of the refrigerator interior and ambient air so that the door can be opened. - An aim of the invention is to create a cooler device, the door of which can be opened easily.
- Another aim of the invention is to develop a mechanism in order to ensure the door of the said cooler door to be opened easily.
- A further aim of the invention is to develop a door opening mechanism which is applicable to many cooler devices without difficulty.
- Still a further aim of the invention is to create an easy to produce, cheap and secure cooler device and a door opening mechanism related to this device.
- This objective is solved by a cooler device as defined by
claim 1. - An exemplary cooler device of the invention and the related door opening mechanisms are illustrated in the attached figures, in the figures
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Figure 1 is the general perspective view of the cooler device. -
Figure 2 is the general perspective view of the door opening mechanism. -
Figure 3 is the top sectional view of the interior structure of the door opening mechanism. - All the parts illustrated in the figures are individually assigned a reference numeral and the corresponding terms of these numbers are listed as follows:
- Cooler device (A)
- Device door (1)
- Mechanism (2)
- Arm (3)
- Body (4)
- Skid (5)
- Crank (6)
- Pivot (8)
- Device body (12)
- Opening (13)
- Spring (14)
- Channel (17)
- End part (18)
- Front part (19)
- The cooler device (A) shown in the
Figure 1 comprises at least one door (for example with hinge) which is used for accessing to the inner volume of the body (12) and is connected to this body (12), and also at least one door opening mechanism (2) which is developed for opening the door (1) easily. - The door opening mechanism (2) shown in more detail in the
Figure 2 comprises at least one body (4) which is fixed to device door (1), at least one skid (5) which can move within the body (4) by sliding and extends from one side towards the outside of the body (4), at least one arm (3) which is used for opening the device door (1) and activating the mechanism (2) (for moving the skid (5)) and is in connection with the body (4). - In the main embodiment of the invention, after the arm (3) is moved towards one side on the body (4), the skid (5) moves out from the other side of the body (4) or moves in the body (4). After the skid (5) moves out, the skid (5) pushes the device body (12) and the door (1) is opened by moving off the device body (12). In an another alternative embodiment, when the arm (3) is moved, the skid (5) is moved towards inside of the body (4) and it budges the seal (not shown in figures) between the device body (12) and device door (1) and pressure of the interior and exterior environment of the device (A) is get balanced, and then the door (1) is opened. In brief, after these embodiments, by a slight movement of the arm (3), the device door (1) can be opened easily.
- In
Figure 3 the interior structure of the mechanism (2) is shown. In this structure, there is a crank (6) which is fixed to the arm (3). The crank (6) extends towards into the body (4) from an opening (13) in the part on which the arm (3) is provided and it can rotate about the pivot (8) within the body (4). For this reason, the arm (3) can rotate about (within the angle in which the opening (13) limits the crank (6)) said pivot. The crank (6) is in connection with a skid (5) in the body (4) from its other side. The skid (7) has the feature of sliding within the body (4) and end part (18) of the skid (5) extending towards outside of the body (4) can move back and forth by means of the rotation of crank (6). In case the arm (3) is released by the user, at least one spring (14), (in the example infigure 3 , one end of the spring (14) is connected to a fixed part of the body (4) and its other end is connected to the crank (6)) which restores the positions of the arm (3) and thus the crank (6) and the skid (5), is used. - The skid (5) used in the door opening mechanism (2) is made of a flexible material and in a thin and long form. One end of the skid (5) having the feature of stretching sideward in contrast to being Inflexible In the longitudinal axis is fixed on one side of the crank (6). By means of the rotation of the crank (6), the flexible skid (5) can slide in a channel (17) in the body (4). By interspacing (gap having the same width as the skid (5)) between the channel (17) and the skid (5) as slightly as possible, it becomes possible that the skid (5) is moved by sliding longitudinally. In fact, the front part (19) of the skid (5) can slide in the gap between the body (4) and the crank (6). This gap is formed in such a way that it has the same width as the skid (5), and thus folding of the skid (5) is prevented during its movement.
- Even if the channel (17) is in curved form as shown in the
Figure 3 , the sideward flexibility of the skid (5) and inflexibility along the longitudinal axis makes possible the skid to move without folding along the said longitudinal axis. The end part (18) of the skid (5) extending from the body (4) to outside (gets into the channel (17) partly) is hard and can push the body (4) to ensure the opening of the door (1) or can budge the seal (not shown In the figures) located between the device body (12) and its door (1). By means of the simple structure of the flexible skid (5), the cost of the door opening mechanism may be low. - By adjusting and the position of the pivot (8) and sizes of the moving members (for example, the arm (3), the crank (6), the skid (5)) in the door opening mechanism (2) used in cooler device (A) of the invention, the door (1) can be opened easily by a slight movement of the arm (5). In other words, in movement transmissions, force transmission is also regarded and thus, the door (1) can be opened by desired force.
Claims (5)
- A cooler device (A) comprising at least one door (1) which is used for accessing to the inner volume of the device body (12) and is connected to this body (12);
at least one door opening mechanism (2) on which there are provided at least one body (4) fixed to device door (1); at least one skid (5) moving back and forth within the body (4) and extending from its one side to outside of the body (4); at least one arm (3) moving the skid (5) and being in connection with said body (4);
at least one crank (6) which is fixed to arm (3), extends towards inside of the body (4), which is able to rotate about a pivot (8), provided inside (6) of the body (4), by the movement of the arm (3), to one side of which one end of the skid (5) is fixed; an opening (13) in the part where the arm (3) is provided and through which the crank (6) gets inside the body (4) from the arm (3) to which the crank (6) is fixed; the skid (5) is made of a material having the feature of stretching sideward, is inflexible along longitudinal axis, is in thin and long form and is made of a flexible material; characterized in that the door opening mechanism (2) comprises
at least one spring (14) one end of which is connected to a fixed part within the body (4) and the other end of which is connected to the crank (6) so as to restore the positions of the arm (3), the crank (6) and the skid (5) when the arm (3) is released;
a bed (17) provided in the body, having an internal space in which the skid (5) is placed (4) and can slide, and the width of the internal space is almost equal to the width of the skid (5). - A cooler device (A) according to Claim 1, characterized in that; the skid (5) has an inflexible end part (18) which extends towards outside of the body (4).
- A cooler device (A) according to Claim 2, characterized in that; the end part (18) gets in the channel (17) partly.
- A cooler device (A) according to Claim 1, characterized in that; the skid (5) has the feature of pushing the device body (12).
- A cooler device (A) according to Claim 1, the skid (5) has the feature of budging the seal between the device body (12) and its door (1).
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TR2010/05874A TR201005874A2 (en) | 2010-07-16 | 2010-07-16 | Door opening device for cooling devices. |
PCT/EP2011/058737 WO2012007217A1 (en) | 2010-07-16 | 2011-05-27 | Door opening mechanism for cooler devices |
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EP2593620A1 EP2593620A1 (en) | 2013-05-22 |
EP2593620B1 true EP2593620B1 (en) | 2014-08-20 |
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EP11724153.9A Not-in-force EP2593620B1 (en) | 2010-07-16 | 2011-05-27 | Door opening mechanism for cooler devices |
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JP3375891B2 (en) | 1998-07-02 | 2003-02-10 | 松下冷機株式会社 | Refrigerator door handle |
DE29912563U1 (en) * | 1999-07-19 | 2000-11-30 | Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH, 88416 Ochsenhausen | Opening device for a cabinet door |
DE10347760A1 (en) * | 2003-10-14 | 2005-05-12 | Liebherr Hausgeraete | Door handle for opening a refrigerator or freezer compartment door |
DE202005002960U1 (en) * | 2005-01-21 | 2006-06-01 | Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH | Refrigerator and / or freezer door handle |
CN200989706Y (en) | 2006-11-15 | 2007-12-12 | 苏州三星电子有限公司 | Easy-to-open door refrigerator |
EP2245399B1 (en) * | 2007-12-31 | 2017-01-11 | Arçelik Anonim Sirketi | A cooling device |
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