# US 12,006,201 B2 · Refrigerator with dispenser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,201 B2 - Document ID: US12006201B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/778,881 - Filed: 2020-01-31 - Published: 2020-05-28 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-05 - Assignees: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH - Applicants: Bsh Hausgeraete GmbH - Inventors: Hans Gerd Keller; Karl-Friedrich Laible; Florian Moertl; Senol Temizkan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006201B2 ## CPC - B67D 1/0858: {using compression systems} - F25D 23/126: {Water cooler} - F25D 23/028: {Details} - F25D 31/002: {Liquid coolers, e.g. beverage cooler (receptacle coolers F25D31/006)} - F25D 23/064: {formed by moulding, e.g. moulding in situ} - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - 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 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising an operating component mounted in said dispenser housing adjacent to said upper edge of said opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said wall panel delimits said dispenser recess and is separated from said outer shell by a gap. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein said web is a plurality of webs that extend to said outer shell. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein one of said webs extends over an entire width of said wall panel and divides said gap into an upper, open-ended section and a lower section bounded on all sides. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The refrigerator according to claim 3, further comprising foam and said gap is at least partially filled with said foam. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein said filling part has a ventilation passage leading into said dispenser recess. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The refrigerator according to claim 7, further comprising a mandrel projecting from said wall panel into said gap, said ventilation passage extends inside said mandrel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The refrigerator according to claim 3, further comprising foam and said gap is at least partially filled with said foam. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein a prefabricated insulation body is inserted into said gap. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said wall panel has a convex side facing said gap. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising holding brackets carried by said wall panel, said holding brackets engaging said sidewalls. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein: said filling part has a groove formed therein; and said outer shell has an edge strip angled on said upper edge of said opening and engages into said groove of said filling part. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein: said main part has a groove formed therein; and said outer shell has an edge strip angled on a lateral or lower edge of said opening and said edge strip is accommodated in said groove of said main part. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said main part and said filling part are connected by means of a tongue-and-groove joint. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The refrigerator according to claim 15, wherein an insertion direction of said tongue-and-groove joint is perpendicular to said outer shell. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The refrigerator according to claim 15, wherein: said filling part has a tongue; said main part has a linear groove formed therein; and said outer shell has an edge strip accommodated in said linear groove in a lower area and said tongue of said filling part is accommodated in an upper area of said linear groove. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The refrigerator according to claim 15, wherein said tongue-and-groove joint has a tongue and a groove formed therein, one of said tongue and said groove of said tongue-and-groove joint is formed on a side of said wall panel that faces away from said outer shell. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said wall panel delimits said dispenser recess and is separated from said outer shell by a gap, said gap is narrowest in a middle of the gap and widens toward both said opposing sidewalls. ### Claim 20 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.