Refrigeration unit with framed door

Abstract

An appliance having a carcass, a door hinged onto the carcass, and a frame attached to the carcass surrounding edges of the door. In an exemplary embodiment, on at least one hinge-side sidewall of the carcass, the frame may form at least one sidewall of an open slot, and a leaf-type anti-trap element may extend in an outward direction from the door into the open slot.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a built-in refrigeration appliance, the door of which is surrounded on a number of sides by a fixed frame when the appliance is in its built-in state. These types of refrigeration appliances in which the arms of the frame are fastened in each case to sidewalls or to a roof of the carcass of the refrigeration appliance and extend out to the front edges of the walls of a recess in the furniture surrounding the refrigeration appliance in order to cover a gap between the refrigeration appliance and the walls of the recess are in widespread use, especially in the American market.[0002]The fixed frame surrounding the door restricts the freedom of movement of the door so that in general, the use of multilink hinges is necessary to guide an opening movement of the door away from the frame without the door hitting the frame. If a gap occurs between the door and the frame when the door is opened which is wide enough to get a fi...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The object is achieved, for a domestic appliance with a carcass, a door hinged onto the carcass, and a frame attached to the carcass surrounding edges of the door by the frame, at least on a hinge-side sidewall of the carcass, forming at least one sidewall of a slot open to the front and a leaf-type anti-trap element extending out from the door into the slot. The anti-trap element thus bridges a gap which is formed between its edge close to the hinge and the carcass when the door is opened, so that there is no space for anything to run the risk of becoming trapped in the gap.

[0008]To achieve good positional stability of the frame on the carcass it is expedient for the second sidewall of the slot to be formed at least in its rear area by the frame.

Problems solved by technology

If a gap occurs between the door and the frame when the door is opened which is wide enough to get a finger into, there is a danger of the finger being injured when the door is closed.

However, the use of such a cover element is precluded if a fixed frame is attached to the side wall of the domestic appliance as described above, since the frame occupies the space needed from the cover element disclosed in DE 2005 057 133 A1.

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