Refrigerator or freezer with a shelf for goods to be cooled.

p0001The invention relates to a refrigerator or freezer according to the preamble of the first claim.

p0002In a conventional refrigerator or freezer of this kind (DE-GM 86 16 360) is of the material to be cooled receiving inner container at its vertical, ending at the door opening side walls provided with opposing guide rails which are open at the front to the door opening. this plate-shaped Kühlgutablagen be inserted into the inner container through the doorway, the two respective side edges of these Kühlgutablagen be pushed onto the guide rails. The bracket is thus a chilled goods depository to opposing guide strips on the mutually parallel vertical side walls. In addition, a chilled goods depository is provided in which a support rod of a support of a guide strip extends on a side wall to the opposite guide strip in the other side wall. This support rod case runs within the inner container closely adjacent to the vertical rear wall of the inner container. On the supporting structure a support surface is on, which also engages on an inside running in the device depth side edge with a U-shaped piece as a holding means in one of the guide rails on which also the support rod resting on one end. The opposite side edge of the support surface terminates approximately in the center of the cooling space, that is, with distance from the opposite vertical side wall. Although a shortened thus constructed chilled goods allows the setting to be cooled goods, ranging from an underlying chilled goods beyond the level of shortened chilled goods, however, the structural complexity of the forms and joining of the actual Auflageflagefläche carrying strap of the support frame is considerably Should this shortened chilled goods are removed from the inner container, then to the laterally adjacent and extending beyond their level are taken out to be refrigerated goods from the inner container.

p0003The invention has for its object to meet with a cooling device according to the preamble of the first claim measures, by which a simplified structure shortened chilled goods is achieved

p0004This object is carried out according to the invention by the characterizing features of the first claim.

p0005In a structure of a cooling apparatus according to the invention the shortened chilled goods depository is held at only one guide rail, wherein the engagement of the provided on the chilled goods depository holding means associated behind which the respective guide strip undercut edge gives support against tilting of the chilled goods depository. The one side edge of the chilled goods associated retaining means preferably extends in longitudinal direction of the guide rail, so that the force introduction of the forces takes place via a correspondingly long section of the guide rail. The retaining means form with the guide strip preferably has a hook connection, so that the chilled goods depository can be pushed not only by Launching in the guide strip from the opening side of the inner container forth, but also after the introduction into the inner container from the side suspended by gentle tilting in the guide rail can be. If an accidental raising of the holding means can be avoided from the guide bar, but then the sliding guide formed by the holding means and the guide bar can also be equipped with a hammer or dovetail-shaped cross-sectional profile which allows only a sliding in the longitudinal direction of the guide strip from the opening side of the inner container from , The retaining means may also be hollow and formed into an open grip, to easily handle the chilled goods after removal of the guide bar can.

p0006Other advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the remaining claims.

p0007The invention is explained in more detail with reference to drawings of exemplary embodiments.

p0008It shows:<ul><li>Figure 1 arranged a perspective view of a refrigerator with the door removed and with a view of the inner container, Kühlgutablagen inserted into guide rails,</li><li>Figure 2 shows an enlarged partial section in plan view of the end sides of guide rails,</li><li>Figure 3 is a side view of a cup or bowl-shaped chilled goods,</li><li>Figure 4 is a plan view of the chilled goods according to Figure 3,</li><li>Figure 5 is a designed as a plate chilled goods with snapped-support bracket,</li><li>Figure 6 shows a partial section along the line AA of Figure 5 with latching webs of the support bracket,</li><li>Figure 7 shows a cross section through a mold part, are formed on the guide strips and </li><li>8 shows another embodiment of a holding means on a chilled goods depository.</li></ul>

p0009In a refrigerator or freezer a thermally insulated inner vessel 2 is disposed within an outer housing which is open on its side facing the user, and can be closed with a door, not shown. The inner container 2 has on its opposing vertical side walls 3 each include a plurality of stacked spaced, horizontally extending guide strips 4, which are also open to the open side of the inner container 2 back and present end at a distance from a rear wall 5 of the inner tank. 2 At preferably all guide rails 4 a downward undercut edge 6 is formed, which is formed by a distance from the plane of the associated side wall 3 to the guide rail 4 molded support strip. 7 This support strip 7 extends over the entire free, in looking into the depths of the inner container length of the respective guide rail and directed towards the respective underlying guide rail. In some of these guide rails 4 Kühlgutablagen 8 are mounted, which only extend over part of the entire clear width of the inner container 2 of the accompanying Seitenwan 3 of, ie at a distance from the opposite side wall 3 ends. Here 3 Kühlgutablagen 8 can be arranged on one side on both side walls. Further, a conventional chilled goods depository 9 is provided which extends from a guide rail 4 on one side wall 3 to the respective guide rail on the opposite side wall 3 and is supported at both outer ends in the width direction cer. The Kühlgutablagen 8 can be configured as a storage disk with different depths and width dimensions. However Kühlgutablagen 8 can also be designed bowl or cup-shaped, so that in small parts, such as tubes, films, medicines can be accommodated and so ordered.

p0010The laterally shortened or in width and possibly in depth Kühlgutablagen 8 need to be provided only on one side with holding means 10, which engage behind the respective guide rail 4 with its associated undercut edge 6 for their support on the guide strips. 4 This holding means 10 extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide bar 4 and, together with this guide rail 4 a hook connection. For this purpose, the retaining means 10 is formed on a vertical support wall 11 at each of the shortened Kühlgutablagen eighth In addition, the holding means is provided with a guide bar 12, which is seated on the guide rail 4 and beyond the contour of the chilled goods 8 and its support wall 11 protrudes horizontally. In addition, the hook 12 a parallel to the adjacent side wall 3 of the inner container 2 facing hook shank 13 which extends up to the side wall of the third The holding means 10 thus engages with the hook 12, the rear cutting edge 6 on the support bar 7 in the upper region, while the lower portion rests on the guide rail 4 via the guide web 24th For light, small Kühlgutablagen 8 it reaches the supporting force with which the hook shank 13 is supported on the side wall 3 in order not to let the chilled goods 8 tilt. Preferably, however, the vertical retaining wall is extended 11 over the guide member 24 downward so that it is supported with overturning when loaded on the front end of the associated guide rail 4 or other arranged underneath the guide strips. 4

p0011In this embodiment, the chilled goods can be pushed in the horizontal direction to the retaining means 10 from the open side of the inner container 3 from horizontal in the guide rail with the associated undercut edge 6th The chilled goods depository 8 may however also be tilted with upwardly directed hook 12 at its free end facing upwards, so that the hook 12 prior to engagement of the guide bar 24 with the associated guide rail 4, the undercut edge 6 can engage behind during insertion on the support bar. 7 By pivoting the free end of the chilled goods 8 then comes the guide bar 24 to lie on the guide rail. 4 Thus, the chilled goods 8 is also held securely. However, the hook 12 can also be directed downwards, in which case the undercut edge must be formed in the associated guide rail downwards. However, the hook connection of the handle and the guide bar formed with the support strip may also be dovetailed in cross section, so that it can be installed as a sliding guide only from the open side of the inner container from.

p0012The guide rails 4 are presently formed integrally with the side wall 3 of the inner container. However, it is also possible to form the guide strips 4 of Fig. 7 on a molded part 14, which is fixed separately on the respective side wall 3. In addition, it is expedient, behind the hook shank 13 form the retaining means 10 is hollow and so to create an open grip, so that the chilled goods is 8 easy to handle when it is not inserted into a guide rail. 4 The retaining means 10 can otherwise be continuous over the length of the bearing support wall 11 range or consist of several sections, which are in alignment and are spaced apart.

p0013The chilled goods depository 8 can be formed as a cup or mug as 3 and 4 show in particular the figures. It can be kept in small to be cooled goods, which in the use of medicine and tablets optionally lockable cover can be provided.

p0014If the chilled goods depository is formed as a horizontal plate 8, as particularly shown in Figure 5, then the holding means is integrally formed bearing 10 vertical side wall 11 expediently to the plate, which has, in particular vertically downwards. In this case, a one-piece, bent U-shaped support bracket 16 is preferably fixed to the stiffening of the plate, which extends along the outer edge of the plate and by bending its free ends on the vertical side wall eleventh To secure the support bracket 16 11 latching webs 17 are formed thereby to the plate as the vertical side wall, behind which the legs of the support bracket 16 are snapped. The faces of the angled leg portions are thereby tightly on a projection 18, so that a parallel shift of the support bracket 16 to the support wall 11 is suppressed in the vertical direction. The support wall extends 11 also here at least in the region of the holding element 10 associated guide rail 4, but preferably two of these support ribs 4. This is the contact force, with which the supporting wall 11 presses against the guide rails, is reduced in accordance with the laws of leverage.

p0015According to Figure 7, the molded part 14 is formed as a separate Bautteil and screwed to the side walls of the inner container 3 second This molded part has a plurality of horizontally extending, under superposed guide rails 4, to which on the inside end of a respective downwardly directed support ledge is formed with an undercut edge 6th It is shown by means of a chilled goods 8 shown in dashed lines, as the same the associated holding element 10 can be guided from the bottom with the hook behind the undercut edge 6 by tilting so that then by lowering the chilled goods 8, the guide web 24 at level with the guide rail 4 arrives, without the hook 12 becoming disengaged from the undercut edge 6th If the undercut edge 6 while extending over the entire length of the guide rail 4, the Kühlgütablage 8 can be pulled out in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 4 to the opening of the inner container towards and used from there.

p0016In accordance with Figure 8 a cross-sectionally substantially hammer-head-shaped retaining element 10 is integrally formed on the chilled goods depository 8 whose downwardly directed leg is also located at a distance from the support wall 11 and thus forms a recessed grip 15th