WO2002040931A1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents
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- WO2002040931A1 WO2002040931A1 PCT/TR2001/000059 TR0100059W WO0240931A1 WO 2002040931 A1 WO2002040931 A1 WO 2002040931A1 TR 0100059 W TR0100059 W TR 0100059W WO 0240931 A1 WO0240931 A1 WO 0240931A1
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- container
- rotatable
- vegetable
- storage compartment
- refrigerator
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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
- F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
- F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
- F25D25/027—Rotatable shelves
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/48—Drawers which can be rotated while or after sliding out
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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
- F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
- F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
- F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
- F25D25/025—Drawers
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- the invention relates to a rotating vegetable storage compartment on which a plurality of rotating and/or sliding storage containers may be attached, and which can be opened or closed by a rotating movement about one of its corners.
- the refrigerators are provided with a compartment wherein vegetables and fruits are stored.
- the vegetable storage compartment located in general, at the lower portions of the refrigerators must be easily opened/closed so that the user may have an easy access to the fruits and vegetables therein.
- the vegetable storage compartment cover on the vegetable storage compartment is formed of two parts. When said compartment is moved to and fro, one part of said cover moves up and down together with it. Thus the vegetable storage container cover moves together with the container and provides an easy accessibility for the user.
- said cover which is movable, cannot be used as a shelf, i.e. nothing can be put on it.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator comprising a rotatable vegetable compartment preferably with one or more movable and functional storage containers, which provides easy accessibility to the vegetables and fruits contained in it, which can easily be opened/closed by rotating and which can be fixated at a desired position.
- Figure la is the perspective view of the rotatable vegetable compartment comprising a rotatable storage container, pulled forward, in the refrigerator cabinet.
- Figure lb is the perspective view of the rotatable vegetable compartment comprising a slidable storage container, pulled forward, in the refrigerator cabinet.
- Figure lc is the perspective view of the rotatable vegetable compartment comprising a slidable storage container, placed in its recess in the refrigerator cabinet.
- Figure Id is the perspective view of the rotatable vegetable compartment reinforced by a support profile, in the refrigerator cabinet.
- Figure 2a is the general, three-dimensional view of the rotatable vegetable compartment comprising a slidable storage container.
- Figure 2b is the general, three-dimensional view of the rotatable vegetable compartment comprising a rotatable storage container.
- Figure 3 a is the general, three-dimensional view of the slidable storage container.
- Figure 3b is the general, three-dimensional view of the rotatable storage container.
- Figure 4 is the general, three-dimensional view of the connecting piece from the bottom.
- Figure 5 is the general, three-dimensional view of the adaptor piece from the top.
- Figure 6a is the general, three-dimensional view of the connecting piece assembly.
- Figure 6b is the cross-section view of the connecting piece assembly.
- Figure 7a is the bottom perspective view of the lower part of the refrigerator inner cabinet to which the adapter piece is attached.
- Figure 7b is the top perspective view of the lower part of the refrigerator inner cabinet.
- Figure 8 is the bottom view of the rotatable vegetable compartment.
- Figure 9 is the section view of the rotatable vegetable compartment and the connecting piece assembly attached to it.
- the refrigerators comprise a cabinet (3) and a door (2) over the cabinet (3).
- Said cabinet (3) consists of an inner body (10) and an outer body (11) with the insulation material sandwiched in-between.
- a bottom surface (4), a rear surface (5) and two lateral surfaces (6) connected to the bottom surface (4) are provided.
- a rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) is located between said bottom (4) and lateral surfaces (6) and the guide channel (8), which is the closest to the bottom surface (4).
- Said rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) comprises a vegetable storage compartment base (29), more than one vegetable storage compartment side walls (30) with curved forms, connected to the vegetable storage compartment base (29) and to each other, and a sliding surface (31) on the vegetable storage compartment side wall (30).
- a pin recess (26) and a positioning extension (27) are provided at the lower section, preferably at one lower corner of the vegetable storage compartment base (29), for mounting and moving the rotatable vegetable compartment storage .
- said rotatable vegetable compartment storage is divided into several portions by using more than one plain or perforated partition plates (44), preferably conforming to the vegetable compartment base (29) and/or side wall (30).
- partition plates (44) are intended for use, they are engaged by means of one or more channels (45) formed on the vegetable storage compartment side-walls (30).
- said plates (44) are disengaged from said channels (45) and are taken out of the rotatable vegetable compartment (9).
- the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) is mounted on the bottom surface (4) by a connection assembly (12).
- Said assembly (12) comprises a connection piece (13) and an adaptor piece (14).
- connection piece (13) comprises a connecting plate (42), one or more connecting screw holes (28), a preferably circular rotating pin (15) at the upper section of said connecting plate (42) and one or more coupling extensions (16) reinforced by a plurality of recesses and projections, arranged around the rotating pin (15) and more than one preferably "L" sectioned fixing claws (17) at the lower part of the connecting plate with a locking projection (18) provided on the open mouth of the fixing claw (17) and coupling recess (43) located between the coupling extension (16) and the connecting plate (42).
- the adaptor piece (14) comprises an upper plate (23), two lateral edges (24) connected to said upper plate (23), support extensions (22) connected to the lateral edges (24) and several reinforcing projections (25) connected to the lateral edge (24).
- said adaptor piece (14) Before mounting the inner body (10) and the outer body (11) for forming the cabinet (3), said adaptor piece (14) is placed under the bottom surface (4) such that the fixing recess (19) are stayed inside the trim hole (7). After fixing the adaptor piece (14), isolative ingredients are injected between the inner body (10) and outer body (11) such that the isolative ingredients cover the said support extensions (22) and said reinforcing projections (25). After the isolated surface is hardened, the fixing of the adaptor piece (14) is provided inside the bottom surface (4). In such a case, only the fixing recess (19) can be seen on the bottom surface (4).
- the fixing claws (17) are inserted into the fixing recess (19) in an inclined manner and the locking projection (18) is pushed until it enters the locking recess (21) in order to attach the connecting piece (13) to the bottom surface (4) by the help of the adaptor piece (14).
- said connecting piece (13) is fixed to the adaptor screw hole (41) and therefore to the cabinet (3), by means of a screw placed in the connecting screw hole (28).
- the rotating pin (15) is placed in the pin recess (26) and the positioning extension (27) is placed in the coupling recess (43) in order to attach said rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) to the bottom surface (4) in a movable way; only from its lower corner, leaving its upper side free.
- said rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) To use said rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9), the arrangement and handling of the fruits and vegetables are made possible by preferably pulling it in the same direction as the door (2) and it is brought back to its original position in the refrigerator cabinet (3) by pushing it in a direction opposite to the direction of opening.
- the rotation of said vegetable compartment (9) is provided by the rotary movement of the rotating pin (15) in the pin housing (26). During its rotary movement, the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) may be used by stopping it at desired positions.
- connection assembly (12) prevents the escape of the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) from its place during use.
- a preferably "L-sectioned" support profile (40) that is attached on the guide channel (8) closest to the side wall (6) and/or preferably to the bottom surface (4) which assists the connection assembly, is used in order to prevent the coupling extension (16) from escaping out of the coupling recess (43) and/or the rotating pin (15) from escaping out of the pin housing (26) during the rotary movement of the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9), or to prevent the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) from being tilted forwards, in the open position.
- the escape of the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9) inadvertently or its tilting forwards during use is avoided by the form of the inner body (10) of the bottom surface (4) where the compressor is situated.
- the sliding surface (31) moves in a recess formed on the inner body (10) and its movement except for that required by the user, is inhibited.
- a storage container (32) in a form suitable to the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9), that can removably placed exteriorly on the sliding surface (31) and which is movable slidingly and/or rotably on the sliding surface (31), is used.
- Said storage container (32) comprises a container base (33), a container lateral wall (34) and a container sliding surface
- one or more container partition plates are provided.
- Each divided portion of the container base (33) is fastened by one or more hinges (37) and/or one or more spring mechanisms (38) preferably underneath the container partition plate (36) so that they function as lids that can be opened by being pushed and closed automatically.
- the container sliding surface (35) is slided over the sliding surface (31) to displace said storage container (32); thus an easy access is provided to the vegetable or fruits below the storage container (32).
- the bottom of said container (33) may be formed of flat or curved, plain or perforated plates. In this way, a better cooling, moisturizing of the stored vegetable or fruits is ensured to lengthen their storage and usage lives, by circulating cold air also from their lower sections.
- a rotatable storage container (39) preferably in a circular form, that can be removably placed exteriorly on the sliding surface (31) and that can move in a rotary motion over said sliding surface (31), is used.
- Said rotatable storage container (39) comprises a preferably circular container base (33), a cylindrical container lateral wall (34) surrounding said container base (33) and an annular container sliding surface (35) on the container lateral wall (34).
- one or more container partition plates (36) that divide said storage container (39) into several portions, are used.
- Each divided portion of the container base (33) is fastened by one or more hinges (37) and/or one or more spring mechanisms (38) preferably underneath the container partition plate (36) so that they function as lids that can be opened by being pushed and closed automatically.
- the bottom of said container (33) may be formed of flat or curved, plain or perforated plates. In this way, a better cooling, moisturizing of the stored vegetable or fruits is ensured to lengthen their storage and usage lives, by circulating cold air also from their lower sections.
- the rotatable storage container (39) is preferably used on the lateral surface (30) with a partial circular cross section, of the rotatable vegetable storage compartment (9). During usage, the tilting of the part of said storage compartment (9) which is not supported by the lateral surface (30) of said storage container (39) while placing vegetable or fruits, is prevented by the form of the sliding surface (31) on the lateral wall (30).
- the rotatable vegetable compartment (9) Due to its rotary structure, the rotatable vegetable compartment (9) can be opened as much as the door (2) and thus easy accessibility to the vegetable and/or fruits at the back is provided. Its fixation at the open positions is provided by the coupling (16) and positioning extensions (27). As the rotatable vegetable storage compartment can easily be mounted, it may be removed easily by the user out of the refrigerator cabinet (3) and may be mounted again after being used outside the refrigerator (1).
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Priority Applications (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP01996712A EP1337796B1 (en) | 2000-11-17 | 2001-11-19 | Refrigerator |
TR2003/00993T TR200300993T1 (en) | 2000-11-17 | 2001-11-19 | A refrigerator. |
DE60115088T DE60115088T2 (en) | 2000-11-17 | 2001-11-19 | FRIDGE |
AT01996712T ATE310220T1 (en) | 2000-11-17 | 2001-11-19 | REFRIGERATOR |
AU2002221260A AU2002221260A1 (en) | 2000-11-17 | 2001-11-19 | Refrigerator |
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TR2000/03423 | 2000-11-17 | ||
TR200003423 | 2000-11-17 |
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PCT/TR2001/000059 WO2002040931A1 (en) | 2000-11-17 | 2001-11-19 | Refrigerator |
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EP (1) | EP1337796B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE310220T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2002221260A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60115088T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2253452T3 (en) |
TR (1) | TR200300993T1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2002040931A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO2003060403A1 (en) | 2001-12-26 | 2003-07-24 | Arçelik A.S. | Refrigerator |
US11927388B2 (en) | 2021-07-20 | 2024-03-12 | Electrolux Home Products, Inc. | Reversible drawer assembly |
Citations (8)
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US2425232A (en) * | 1944-03-06 | 1947-08-05 | Hugh S Wertz | Food supporting rack for refrigerator drawers |
US3055184A (en) * | 1960-06-24 | 1962-09-25 | Whirlpool Co | Ice maker |
US3101227A (en) * | 1960-08-01 | 1963-08-20 | Studebaker Corp | Refrigerator construction |
CH474030A (en) * | 1968-09-18 | 1969-06-15 | Boesch Margrith | Use for a refrigerator |
US4735470A (en) | 1986-03-28 | 1988-04-05 | General Electric Company | Refrigerator including a secondary food storage arrangement |
US4762237A (en) * | 1986-04-01 | 1988-08-09 | Dart Industries Inc. | Storage system |
US4944566A (en) | 1989-01-09 | 1990-07-31 | Whirlpool Corporation | Refrigerator shelf accessory mounting system |
DE19751309A1 (en) | 1997-11-19 | 1999-05-20 | Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete | Refrigerator |
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- 2001-11-19 DE DE60115088T patent/DE60115088T2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-11-19 WO PCT/TR2001/000059 patent/WO2002040931A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2001-11-19 TR TR2003/00993T patent/TR200300993T1/en unknown
- 2001-11-19 ES ES01996712T patent/ES2253452T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-11-19 AU AU2002221260A patent/AU2002221260A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-11-19 EP EP01996712A patent/EP1337796B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-11-19 AT AT01996712T patent/ATE310220T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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US2425232A (en) * | 1944-03-06 | 1947-08-05 | Hugh S Wertz | Food supporting rack for refrigerator drawers |
US3055184A (en) * | 1960-06-24 | 1962-09-25 | Whirlpool Co | Ice maker |
US3101227A (en) * | 1960-08-01 | 1963-08-20 | Studebaker Corp | Refrigerator construction |
CH474030A (en) * | 1968-09-18 | 1969-06-15 | Boesch Margrith | Use for a refrigerator |
US4735470A (en) | 1986-03-28 | 1988-04-05 | General Electric Company | Refrigerator including a secondary food storage arrangement |
US4762237A (en) * | 1986-04-01 | 1988-08-09 | Dart Industries Inc. | Storage system |
US4944566A (en) | 1989-01-09 | 1990-07-31 | Whirlpool Corporation | Refrigerator shelf accessory mounting system |
DE19751309A1 (en) | 1997-11-19 | 1999-05-20 | Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete | Refrigerator |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO2003060403A1 (en) | 2001-12-26 | 2003-07-24 | Arçelik A.S. | Refrigerator |
US11927388B2 (en) | 2021-07-20 | 2024-03-12 | Electrolux Home Products, Inc. | Reversible drawer assembly |
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DE60115088T2 (en) | 2006-08-03 |
ES2253452T3 (en) | 2006-06-01 |
AU2002221260A1 (en) | 2002-05-27 |
EP1337796B1 (en) | 2005-11-16 |
EP1337796A1 (en) | 2003-08-27 |
DE60115088D1 (en) | 2005-12-22 |
TR200300993T1 (en) | 2004-11-22 |
ATE310220T1 (en) | 2005-12-15 |
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