# US 10,502,467 B2 · Refrigeration appliance comprising a cleaning device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,467 B2 - Document ID: US10502467B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/520,961 - Filed: 2015-10-15 - Published: 2017-11-30 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-22 - Assignees: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH - Applicants: Bsh Hausgeraete GmbH - Inventors: Alexander Koch; Niels Liengaard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502467B2 ## CPC - F25B 39/04: Condensers - F25B 39/022: {with plate-like or laminated elements} - F25D 23/12: Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove - F25D 2400/22: Cleaning means for refrigerating devices - F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A refrigeration appliance has a refrigeration appliance component and a cleaning device for cleaning the component. The cleaning device includes a cleaning element, an actuating element, and a connection element. The cleaning element is connected to the actuating element by the connection element. The refrigeration appliance has a cavity which extends from the front side of the refrigeration appliance to the back side of the refrigeration appliance, and in which the connection element is accommodated. The cleaning element is moveable across a surface of the refrigeration appliance component upon actuation of the actuating element in order to remove dirt deposits from the surface of the refrigeration appliance component. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refrigeration appliance, comprising: a refrigeration appliance housing having a front side and a back side; a refrigeration appliance component having a surface to be cleaned; a cleaning device for cleaning said refrigeration appliance component, said cleaning device including a cleaning element, said cleaning element being a brush or a lip, an actuating element and a connection element connecting said actuating element to said cleaning element; said actuating element being a manual actuating element provided as a handle disposed at said front side of said refrigeration appliance housing and projecting out of the refrigeration appliance for actuation by a user; the refrigeration appliance housing being formed with a cavity that extends from said front side to said back side; said connection element being movably disposed in said cavity; and wherein when said actuating element is actuated, said cleaning element is caused to move across said surface of said refrigeration appliance component in order to remove dirt deposits from said surface of said refrigeration appliance component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein said brush comprises a brush rear and a brush edging, and said brush edging comprises synthetic fibers, natural fibers or metal fibers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein said lip comprises a lip rear or a lip edging and said lip edging comprises a flexible plastic flange. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) . The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein said refrigeration appliance component and said cleaning element are arranged at said back side of said refrigeration appliance housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein said connection element is arranged opposite cleaning element at an angle of between 60° and 120°. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 5, wherein said connection element is arranged opposite said cleaning element at an angle of 90°. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein said refrigeration appliance component is a condenser. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 7, wherein said refrigeration appliance component is condenser made of a multi-port extruded pipe. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 8, wherein said condenser comprises a plurality of fins. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein said refrigeration appliance component has a component front side and said cleaning element is disposed to move across said component front side in order to remove dirt deposits from the surface of said component front side. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, which further comprises a fan disposed on a rear side of said refrigeration appliance component. ### Claim 12 A refrigeration appliance, comprising: a refrigeration appliance housing having a front side and a back side; a refrigeration appliance component having a surface to be cleaned; a cleaning device for cleaning said refrigeration appliance component, said cleaning device including a cleaning element, said cleaning element being a brush or a lip, an actuating element and a connection element connecting said actuating element to said cleaning element; said actuating element being a manual actuating element provided as a handle disposed at said front side of said refrigeration appliance housing and projecting out of the refrigeration appliance for actuation by a user; said cleaning device having a cleaning device longitudinal extent and said actuator having an actuator longitudinal extent being perpendicular to said cleaning device longitudinal extent; the refrigeration appliance housing being formed with a cavity that extends from said front side to said back side; said connection element being movably disposed in said cavity; and wherein when said actuating element is actuated, said cleaning element is caused to move across said surface of said refrigeration appliance component in order to remove dirt deposits from said surface of said refrigeration appliance component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The refrigeration appliance according to claim 12, wherein said actuator is linearly displaceable in said cavity along said actuator longitudinal extent to move the cleaning element across said surface.