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Household refrigeration apparatus with a plug pin or a locking element in a wall unit of a housing of an ice maker as well as method for assembling a housing of an ice maker

US11326823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 28, 2018
Grant dateMay 10, 2022
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2321/146
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A household refrigeration apparatus has an interior container with a first wall and with a second wall arranged angled thereto. The interior container bounds a first receiving space for food of the household refrigeration apparatus. An ice maker has a housing formed by a wall area of the first wall of the interior container and a wall area of the second wall of the interior container in certain areas. The housing bounds a receiving space of the ice maker. The housing has a wall unit, which is a unit separate from the interior container. The wall unit includes at least one positioning element, which is formed integrally with the wall unit and which is a protruding plug pin or a locking element.

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