Cooling appliance
AssigneeAHT Cooling Systems GmbH
InventorReinhold Resch
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Abstract
A cooling appliance or refrigeration unit having at least one refrigeration compartment that is contained in a housing and is accessible from above via at least one laterally movable sliding lid containing a transparent window, which has a heat-reflecting inner coating and at least in its front longitudinal region, via an outwardly convex curvature perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, comes to an end in a longitudinal edge that has a front frame. An effortless sliding action with a simultaneously reliable seal is achieved by the front frame having a bearing surface that is oriented horizontally relative to a vertical direction of gravity.
Claims17
A cooling appliance (1), comprising:
- a housing (6) including at least one refrigeration compartment that is accessible from above, the housing (6) including a cover frame (5) with a front frame part (50), the front frame part (50) including a support section (512) oriented horizontally relative to a vertical direction of gravity, and a front guide section (511) having a vertical inner surface extending vertical from the support section (512);
- at least one laterally movable sliding lid (2) extending over the at least one refrigeration compartment, the sliding lid having a transparent window (20) which has a heat-reflecting inner coating (21) and at least in a front longitudinal region via an outwardly convex curvature perpendicular to a longitudinal direction comes to an end in a longitudinal edge that has a front frame (30) adjacent the front frame part (50) of the housing (6), the front frame (30) having a bearing surface (312) oriented horizontally relative to the vertical direction of gravity, wherein the bearing surface (312) has a sealing element in contact with the horizontal support section (512);
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- spacer elements (314) that protrude beyond a frontal plane of the front frame (30) that is perpendicular to the bearing surface (312), wherein the spacer elements are spaced apart from the vertical inner surface of the front guide section (511), wherein the spacer elements (314) are formed convex outward toward the vertical inner surface of the front guide section (511) so that the spacer elements (314) provide a point-by-point support opposite to the vertical inner surface of the front guide section (511);
- wherein the sealing element forms a sealed sliding surface upon which the front frame (30) travels along the first surface of the front frame part (50) upon movement of the sliding lid (2), and wherein the spacer elements prevent the sliding lid (2) from wedging in the cover frame (5) as the sliding lid (2) is moved.
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