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Modular refrigerator

US7886559B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

16Claims

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Erich Hell · Erlangen, DE
Michael Neumann · Therwil, CH
Jan-Grigor Schubert · Senden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2005
Grant date	Feb 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D2400/40
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A modular refrigerator, having a first planar thermally-insulated element, a second planar thermally-insulated element and further planar thermally-insulated elements, connected together and which can be subsequently detached, forming a housing of the refrigerator when assembled, a refrigerant circuit, with an evaporator, a condenser and a compressor, a first electrical line, arranged in the first planar element, a second electrical line, arranged in the second planar thermally-insulated element and an electrical contact/counter-contact device, by means of which both electrical lines may be electrically connected. The contact device is integrated in the first planar thermally-insulated element and the counter-contact device is integrated in the second planar thermally-insulated element such that contact device is automatically electrically connected to the electrical counter-contact during the mechanical connection of the first and second planar element.

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