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US 12,006,201 B2Granted
Refrigerator with dispenser
AssigneeBSH Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsHans Gerd Keller, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Florian Moertl, Senol Temizkan
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Abstract
A refrigerator contains a dispenser for ice and/or liquid. A dispenser housing covers an opening in an outer shell of the refrigerator. The dispenser housing delimits a dispenser recess that extends outward and upward over an upper edge of the opening and is assembled from at least one main part, which extends from a lower edge of the opening over a rear wall to a front edge of a ceiling of the dispenser housing, and a filling part, which extends from the front edge to an upper edge of the opening.
Claims20
A refrigerator, comprising:
- an outer shell having an opening formed therein;
- and
- a dispenser for at least one of ice or liquid and having a dispenser housing covering said opening in said outer shell of the refrigerator, said dispenser housing delimiting a dispenser recess extending outward and upward over an upper edge of said opening, said dispenser housing being assembled from a main part having a rear wall, opposing side walls and a ceiling with a front edge, said main part extending from a lower edge of said opening along said rear wall to said front edge of said ceiling of said dispenser housing, said side opposing side walls each having a respective front edge with a flange extending there along, said opposing sidewalls each have a respective cutout in an upper front corner thereof, said flanges terminating at said cutout, said dispenser housing further having a filling part extending behind said outer shell from said front edge of said ceiling to said upper edge of said opening, said filling part having a web and a wall panel offset from said web, said web being flush with said flanges and extending between said flanges, said filling part having releasable attachments to said main part at said sidewalls and at said front edge of said ceiling.
A refrigerator, comprising:
- an outer shell having an opening formed therein;
- and
- a dispenser for at least one of ice or liquid and having a dispenser housing covering said opening in said outer shell of the refrigerator, said dispenser housing delimiting a dispenser recess extending outward and upward over an upper edge of the said opening, said dispenser housing being assembled from a main part having a rear wall, opposing side walls and a ceiling with a front edge, said main part extending from a lower edge of said opening along said rear wall to said front edge of said ceiling of said dispenser housing, said dispenser housing further having a filling part extending behind said outer shell from said front edge to said upper edge of said opening, said filling part having a wall panel delimiting said dispenser recess and being separated from said outer shell by a gap, said wall panel having a convex side being convex between said opposing sidewalls on a side facing said gap said gap being narrowest in a middle of the gap and widening toward both said opposing sidewalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.