# US 12,007,158 B2 · Food-receiving container having a ventilation device on a handle of a front panel, and household refrigeration appliance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,158 B2 - Document ID: US12007158B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/375,044 - Filed: 2021-07-14 - Published: 2022-01-27 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-23 - Assignees: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH - Applicants: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH - Inventors: Herbert Cizik; Max Eicher; Ingo Heidenfelder; Andreas Kessler; Andreas Korte; Philipp Kupfer; Carlos Ramos Alzamora; Ralph Staud; Thomas Tischer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007158B2 ## CPC - F25D 17/045: {Air flow control arrangements} - F25D 17/042: {Air treating means within refrigerated spaces (air conditioning in general F24F)} - F25D 25/025: {Drawers} - F25D 23/028: {Details} - F25D 2317/04131: Control means therefor - 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 food-receiving container for a household refrigeration appliance includes a shell for receiving food and a ventilation device for carrying out an air exchange between the surroundings and the interior of the food-receiving container. The shell has a front panel on which a handle is disposed. The handle is disposed in an upper region of the front panel, when viewed in the vertical direction of the food-receiving container. The ventilation device is disposed on the handle. A household refrigeration appliance having the food-receiving container is also provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food-receiving container for a household refrigeration appliance, the food-receiving container comprising: an interior of the food-receiving container and a vertical direction of the food-receiving container; a shell for receiving food, said shell having a front panel with upper region as viewed in the vertical direction of the food-receiving container; a handle disposed at said upper region of said front panel; and a ventilation device disposed at said handle for carrying out an air exchange between the surroundings and said interior of the food-receiving container. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein said handle has a handle recess configured to be gripped from below, said ventilation device has sub-components, and at least said sub-components of said ventilation device are received partly or entirely in said handle recess. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The food-receiving container according to claim 2, wherein said ventilation device has a ventilation slider displaceably mounted in said handle recess for opening and closing said ventilation device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The food-receiving container according to claim 3, wherein said ventilation device has a rail-shaped carrier part being separate from said ventilation slider and from said shell, said carrier part is disposed on said shell, and said ventilation slider is movably disposed on said carrier part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The food-receiving container according to claim 4, wherein: said handle has walls defining said handle recess; said carrier part is at least one of U-shaped in cross section or directly fastened to said walls defining said handle recess; and said ventilation slider is directly mounted on said carrier part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The food-receiving container according to claim 4, wherein said ventilation slider has a top wall, said carrier part has a top wall, and symbols characterizing different ventilation operating states are disposed on at least one of said top wall of said ventilation slider or said top wall of said carrier part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The food-receiving container according to claim 2, wherein: said shell has a shell wall; said ventilation device has at least one ventilation opening integrally formed in said shell wall; and said ventilation device has a ventilation slider for uncovering and covering said at least one ventilation opening for opening and closing said ventilation device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The food-receiving container according to claim 7, wherein said handle has a rear handle recess wall defining said handle recess, and said ventilation opening is formed in said rear handle recess wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The food-receiving container according to claim 7, wherein said ventilation slider has at least one ventilation opening configured to at least partially overlap said at least one ventilation opening in said shell wall in an open position of said ventilation device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The food-receiving container according to claim 7, wherein said ventilation slider has an L-shaped or U-shaped cross section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The food-receiving container according to claim 7, wherein said ventilation slider has a further handle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The food-receiving container according to claim 7, wherein said handle has walls defining said handle recess, and at least one snap-in device directly fastens said ventilation slider to said walls defining said handle recess. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The food-receiving container according to claim 12, wherein said ventilation slider is displaceably mounted on at least one of said walls by said at least one snap-in device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein said ventilation device has a display unit for displaying ventilation operating states of said ventilation device, and said display unit is disposed in said handle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The food-receiving container according to claim 14, wherein said handle has an upper handle recess wall on which a displayed ventilation operating state is able to be observed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The food-receiving container according to claim 1, wherein: said ventilation device has a sub-component; said shell has a base body with a front side; said front panel is movably disposed on said front side of said base body; and said base body has at least one hook engaging in said front panel in a basic position of said front panel on said base body for retaining said sub-component of said ventilation device on said front panel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The food-receiving container according to claim 1, which further comprises a lid of the food-receiving container, said lid being separate from said shell and configured to be positioned onto said shell for closing said shell. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The food-receiving container according to claim 1, which further comprises symbols characterizing different ventilation operating states of said ventilation device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A household refrigeration appliance, comprising a food-receiving container according to claim 1.