User interface unit for cooling appliance and cooling appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsXuehua Mao, Xiangfei Yang
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Abstract
A cooling appliance includes a main body, a first door and a second door connected to the main body, and a user interface unit. The first door has a front surface and an inner side portion facing a side surface of the second door. The first door includes an inclined side portion located between the front surface and the inner side portion of the first door. The user interface unit is disposed at the inclined side portion. A user interface unit for a cooling appliance is also provided.
Claims30
A cooling appliance, comprising:
- a main body;
- a first door and a second door connected to said main body and movable between open and closed positions;
- said second door having a side surface;
- said first door having a front surface, an inner side portion facing said side surface of said second door in said closed positions of said doors, and an inclined side portion located between said front surface and said inner side portion and being accessible to a user in said closed positions of said doors;
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- a user interface unit disposed at said inclined side portion.
A cooling appliance, comprising:
- a main body;
- a first door connected to said main body, said first door including a front surface, an inner side portion perpendicular to said front surface, and an inclined side portion located between said front surface and said inner side portion and being accessible to a user standing in front of said first door;
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- a user interface unit disposed at said inclined side portion.
A user interface unit for a cooling appliance having a door, the user interface unit comprising:
- an interface panel having an inner side, said interface panel being configured to be mounted on a user-accessible inclined side portion of the door located between a front surface of the door and an inner side portion of the door;
- a pair of mutually opposite and mutually parallel peripheral walls;
- each of said peripheral walls and said interface panel enclosing an angle therebetween of less than 90°;
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- an electrical component fixed to said inner side of said interface panel and disposed between said peripheral walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.