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Household refrigeration apparatus with an elongated ice chute

US11326824B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Florian Moertl · Neu-Ulm, DE
Robert Stahl · Herbrechtingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2019
Grant date	May 10, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 11, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25C2400/04
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A household refrigeration apparatus has a door with a rear side and an overhang. The overhang is arranged on the rear side and is formed with a top side wall. A water and ice dispenser is arranged in the door. The water and ice dispenser includes an elongated, or lengthened, ice chute. The ice chute is arranged in the overhang at least with an ice chute section. The ice chute is passed through the top side wall and the ice chute includes an entrance, which overhangs upwards beyond the top side wall in height direction of the household refrigeration apparatus and which is arranged above the top side wall at a distance to the top side wall.

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