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US 9,285,156 B2Granted
Cooling device
AssigneeMiele & Cie. KG
InventorPatrick Linke
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Abstract
A refrigeration appliance includes a body having an interior compartment, a door, and a mechanism for opening and/or closing the door that is adapted to act on the door. The interior compartment is adapted to receive products to be cooled. The door is movably attached to the body and adapted to close the interior compartment. The mechanism for opening and/or closing the door is an integral module and is disposed in a corresponding pocket of the refrigeration appliance.
Claims15
A refrigeration appliance comprising:
- a body having an interior compartment adapted to receive products to be cooled;
- a door movably attached to the body, the door being adapted to close the interior compartment;
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- an electric door opening and/or closing mechanism for opening and/or closing the door that is adapted to act on the door, the door opening and/or closing mechanism being an integral module and being disposed in a corresponding pocket of the refrigeration appliance, the integral module including a first plug-and-socket connector having a first electrical contact and the corresponding pocket including a second plug-and-socket connector disposed on a surface of the corresponding pocket, the second plug-and-socket connector having a second electrical contact configured to contact the first electrical contact in a plug-and-socket connection of the first and second plug-and-socket connectors established by an insertion of the integral module into the corresponding pocket,
- wherein the corresponding pocket is one of a plurality of identically configured pockets provided along a contact area between the door and the body, each of the plurality of identically configured pockets being configured to interchangeably receive either the door opening and/or closing mechanism or a hinge, and
- further comprising hinges respectively disposed in at least two of the plurality of pockets other than the corresponding pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.