Refrigeration unit having an air channel

Abstract

A refrigeration device, in particular a refrigeration/freezer combination unit, includes a housing encompassing first and second interior spaces for accommodating items to be chilled. The first and second interior spaces are joined by an air channel for establishing an air flow from the first interior space to the second interior space. At least one intermediate wall is provided in a region of the air channel for dividing the air flow into at least two partial flows.

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         11 . A refrigeration device, comprising:
 a housing encompassing first and second interior spaces for accommodating items to be chilled, said first and second interior spaces being joined by an air channel for establishing an air flow from the first interior space to the second interior space; and   at least one intermediate wall provided in a region of the air channel for dividing the air flow into at least two partial flows.   
     
     
         12 . The refrigeration device of  claim 11 , constructed in the form of a combined refrigerator/freezer, 
     
     
         13 . The refrigeration device of  claim 11 , wherein the housing includes a housing floor, and wherein the air channel has a horizontal section, a vertical section, and a bending section, with the horizontal section being substantially parallel to a plane defined by the housing floor, with the vertical section being substantially perpendicular to the horizontal section, and with the bending section having a bent shape and joining the horizontal section to the vertical section, wherein the intermediate wall is located in the region of the bending section. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigeration device of  claim 13 , wherein the first and second interior spaces are arranged next to each other above the housing floor, said housing having an intermediate housing wall extending in perpendicular relationship to the housing floor between the first and second interior spaces. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigeration device of  claim 14 , wherein the intermediate housing wall located between the first and second interior spaces has a feed-through opening for establishing an air flow from the second interior space into the first interior space. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigeration device of  claim 15 , wherein the housing has a third interior space for accommodating items requiring to be chilled, said third interior space being located above the first interior space so that the intermediate housing wall arranged between the first and second interior spaces also extends between the second and third interior spaces. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigeration device of  claim 14 , wherein the first interior space has a first air-channel opening, and wherein the second interior space has a second air-channel opening, with the air channel being joined to the first and second air-channel opening, said first air-channel opening being located on a first rear-wall section of the first interior space, and with the second air-channel opening being located on a second rear-wall section of the second interior space, wherein the first and second rear-wall sections extend in planes that are mutually offset in parallel perpendicular to the housing floor and perpendicular to the intermediate housing wall located between the first and second interior spaces. 
     
     
         18 . The refrigeration device of  claim 17 , further comprising a device located in the second interior space above the second air-channel opening for heat transmission. 
     
     
         19 . The refrigeration device of  claim 11 , further comprising a device for producing an air flow through the air channel from the first interior space into the second interior space. 
     
     
         20 . The refrigeration device of  claim 11 , wherein the first interior space is embodied as a drawer compartment for a pull-out receptacle for items requiring to be chilled. 
     
     
         21 . The refrigeration device of  claim 11 , wherein the air channel has two intermediate walls.