Device for fixing a door or flap
AssigneeLiebherr-Hausgerate Ochsenhausen GmbH
InventorsJürgen Gerner, Georg Dorner
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for fixing a door or flap, in particular a door or flap of a refrigerator and/or freezer, in the closed position, wherein the device includes a spring element and a holding element, in particular a closing cam, which are arranged such that in the closed position of the door or flap they cooperate such that separating the spring element and the holding element from each other only is possible by applying force, wherein the spring element is a leaf spring.
Claims15
A device for fixing a door (8) or flap in the closed position with respect to a carcass, wherein the device includes
- a spring element (1),
- a closing cam (3) adapted to be mounted on one of said carcass or door (8) or flap as a holding element, arranged such that in the closed position of the door (8) or flap, the cam (3) and spring element (1) cooperate such that separating the spring element (1) and cam (3) from each other only is possible by applying force to the cam (3) and/or spring element (1),
- the spring element is a leaf spring (1) which is made of metal and at least partially coated with at least one first plastic sheathing section (2) arranged to engage the cam (3), the at least one first plastic sheathing section extending inwardly towards an opening formed by the leaf spring for receiving the cam,
- a spring holder (13) constituted by a second plastic sheathing section (2) coated about said leaf spring (1) and extending away from said leaf spring (1) and the at least one first plastic sheathing section, and
- said spring holder (13) configured to also extend in a direction away from the opening in the leaf spring (1) for receiving the cam (3) and the spring holder configured to be mounted on the other of said carcass or door (8) or flap,
- such that the at least one first plastic sheathing section of the leaf spring retains the closing cam in the opening in the closed position.
A device for limiting the opening angle of a door (8) or flap with respect to a carcass, including
- a spring element (1) for fixing the door (8) or flap in the closed position,
- a seat for receiving and retaining the spring element (1),
- a closing cam (3) adapted to be mounted on one of said carcass or door (8) or flap as a holding element, wherein in the closed position of the door (8) or flap, the cam (3) and spring element (1) cooperate such that separating the spring element (1) and the holding element (3) from each other only is possible by applying force to the cam (3) and/or spring element (1),
- the spring element (1) being made of metal and at least partially coated with at least one first plastic sheathing section (2) arranged to engage the cam (3), the at least one first plastic sheathing section extending inwardly towards an opening formed by the leaf spring for receiving the cam, and
- the spring element additionally comprising a spring holder (13) constituted by a second plastic sheathing section (2) coated about said spring element (1) and extending away from said spring element (1) and the at least one first plastic sheathing section, the spring holder configured to extend towards and be mounted in the seat for the spring element (1),
- such that said spring holder (13) is received in the seat, said spring (1) is mounted in the seat through said spring holder (13) and thereby on the other of said carcass or door (8) or flap and the at least one first plastic sheathing section retains the closing cam in the opening in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.