Domestic refrigerator with a dispensing unit with two closure elements on a discharge channel
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorKarl-Friedrich Laible
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Abstract
A domestic refrigerator includes a housing surrounding a receiving area for food and a dispensing unit disposed in the housing. The dispensing unit is constructed to dispense refrigerated pourable goods and has a container for receiving the refrigerated goods and a discharge channel coupled to the container for discharging the refrigerated goods from the container to the exterior of the housing. A first closure element is provided for closing the discharge channel. A second closure element, which is separate from the first closure element, is also provided for closing the discharge channel. The second closure element lies closer to the container than the first closure element when viewed along the discharge channel.
Claims12
A domestic refrigerator, comprising:
- a receiving area for food;
- a housing surrounding said receiving area, said housing having an exterior, said housing having an inner surface delimiting said receiving area and an outer surface opposite said inner surface;
- a dispenser disposed in said housing and configured to dispense refrigerated pourable goods, said dispenser having a container for receiving the refrigerated goods, and said dispenser having a discharge channel coupled to said container for discharging the refrigerated goods from said container to said exterior of said housing, said discharge channel having a first end at said inner surface defining an inlet thereof and a second end at said outer surface defining an outlet thereof;
- a first closure closing said outlet;
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- a second closure disposed at said inlet, said second closure being separate from said first closure and closing said inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.