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Household cooling appliance with specific external cooling of a sub-unit of the ice maker

US10663206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Mathias Sigl · Herbrechtingen, DE
Karl-Friedrich Laible · Langenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	May 26, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D2323/021
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A household cooling appliance includes an outer housing, a cooling compartment in the outer housing, and an ice maker unit, which is arranged in the cooling compartment. The ice maker unit includes a first sub-unit, which is configured for making crushed ice from ice form elements. The first sub-unit has a housing. A crusher device for crushing the ice form element is arranged in the housing. A cooling device cools the first sub-unit with cold air. The cooling device has an air duct. The air duct ends at the housing of the first sub-unit and at least partly is configured to extend along an outer side of the housing so that the cold air for cooling the housing flows along the outer side of the housing.

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