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US 10,520,245 B2Granted
Home appliance device and assembly method
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsSerdar Akca, Ziya Arslankiray, Emre Emek, Tanzer Yildizgoecer
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Abstract
A home appliance device with improved characteristics regarding a user's convenience, in particular a chiller home appliance device, includes at least one holding unit configured to at least partly hold at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf. The holding unit is configured to hold the first shelf next to the second shelf with respect to at least one width direction.
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A home appliance device, comprising:
- at least one inner liner having at least one planar wall section;
- at least one holding unit disposed mostly behind said at least one planar wall section and configured to at least partly hold at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf, the holding unit being configured to hold the first shelf next to the second shelf with respect to at least one width direction;
- said at least one holding unit having a base body connected to said at least one planar wall section, said base body having ends and said base body including guiding grooves and holding elements each configured to be inserted in a respective one of said guiding grooves to define a height level and position of said shelves;
- said holding unit including at least one end cap mounted to and covering at least one of said ends of said base body, said at least one end cap partially passing through at least one aperture in said inner liner;
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- alignment elements being separate from said holding elements for fixing said holding elements in a position relative to said base body.
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A method for assembling a home appliance device, the method comprising:
- providing the home appliance device with at least one inner liner, which has at least one planar inner liner wall section;
- providing at least one holding unit, which is configured to at least partly hold at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf, the holding unit being configured to hold the first shelf next to the second shelf with respect to at least one width direction, and thereby connecting the holding unit mostly behind the at least one planar inner liner wall section, and the holding unit having at least one end cap;
- connecting a base body of the at least one holding unit to the at least one planar wall section, the base body having ends;
- inserting holding elements into respective guiding grooves of the base body to define a height level of the shelves;
- covering at least one of the ends of the base body with the at least one end cap of the holding unit and passing the at least one end cap partially through at least one aperture in the inner liner;
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- using alignment elements being separate from the holding elements for fixing the holding elements in a position relative to the base body.
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