Refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit
AssigneeLiebherr-Hausgerate Lienz GmbH
InventorMarkus Koefele
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit having at least one coolant circuit which has at least one condenser which is connected to at least one damping element which damps vibrations of the condenser and which is arranged between the condenser and at least one part of the unit, wherein the damping element consists of or comprises in part or in full a foamed and/or expanded material, preferably foam, in particular PP or PE, and/or an expanded polymer material, and in particular expanded polypropylene (EPP).
Claims11
A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit with at least one refrigerant circuit which comprises
- at least one condenser and
- at least one damping element which is arranged between the condenser and at least one part of the unit,
- wherein the damping element surrounds the condenser at at least two sides,
- the damping element forms a flow passage in which the condenser is arranged, and
- the damping element is arranged such that the damping element defines an inlet opening and an outlet opening through which air flows to the condenser or away from the condenser,
- wherein
- the at least one condenser is connected to the at least one damping element,
- the least one damping element damps vibrations of the condenser,
- the damping element is configured to only partly contact the condenser, so that a gap remains between an inner side of the damping element and an outer side of the condenser, and
- the gap defines a flow path between the inner side of the damping element and the outer side of the condenser which connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening without entering the condenser.
A method of installing a condenser of a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit comprising the steps:
- placing the condenser into a mount bounding the condenser at at least two sides and installing the mount at a unit part or installing the mount at a unit part and placing the condenser into the installed unit part, with the mount being a damping element by means of which vibrations of the condenser are damped, the damping element being arranged to define an inlet opening and an outlet opening through which air flows to the condenser or away from the condenser, wherein the condenser is connected to the one damping element and the damping element is configured to only partly contact the condenser so that a gap remains between an inner side of the damping element and an outer side of the condenser, the gap defining a flow path between the inner side of the damping element and the outer side of the condenser which connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.