US 2014/0230483 A1 · REFRIGERATION DEVICE

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigeration device (1) comprising: an inner container (2) with a coolable interior space (3, 4); a refrigerant circuit (21) provided for cooling the interior space (3, 4); a door panel (5, 6) provided for opening and dosing (lie interior space (3, 4); and a control device (22) designed to control at least one component (23, 24) of the refrigeration device (1) on the basis of the opening state of the door panel (5, 6). The refrigeration device (1) further comprises an electrical door opening assistance mechanism (25), which operates independently of the control device (22), is designed to at least support an opening of the door panel (5, 6), and therefore comprises information on the current opening state of the door panel (5, 6), and which is connected to the control device (22) and is designed to transmit information on the opening state of the door panel (5, 6) to the control device (22).

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Dependent claims

A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigerator, comprising an inner container with a coolable interior space;

a refrigerant circuit provided for cooling the interior space;
a door panel provided for opening and closing the interior space;
and a control device designed to control at least one component of the refrigeration device as a function of the opening state of the door panel, characterized by an electrical door opening assistance mechanism, which operates independently of the control device, which mechanism is designed to at least support an opening of the door panel, and therefore comprises information on the current opening state of the door panel, and which is connected to the control device and is designed to transmit information on the current opening state of the door panel to the control device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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