US2015068240A1PendingUtilityA1

Refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit

Assignee: LIEBHERR HAUSGERAETE LIENZ GMBHPriority: May 21, 2013Filed: Sep 24, 2014Published: Mar 12, 2015
Est. expiryMay 21, 2033(~6.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Richard Stocker
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Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit having at least one chilled inner space for receiving refrigerated goods or frozen goods, wherein the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit is designed with at least one lighting means and with at least one receiver for holding one or more information labels, in particular price labels, preferably related to the refrigerated good or frozen good. In accordance with the invention, the lighting means are arranged relative to the receiver such that they illuminate the information label located in the receiver or such that the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit is designed with at least one display on which at least on piece of information, preferably related to the refrigerated good or frozen good, is reproduced or can be reproduced, with the lighting means and the receiver or the display forming integral components of the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit.

Claims

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1 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit comprising at least one chilled inner space for receiving refrigerated goods or frozen goods, wherein the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit includes at least one lighting means and at least one receiver for holding one or more information labels relating to the refrigerated good and/or frozen good, with the lighting means being arranged relative to the receiver such that they illuminate the information label located in the receiver; or the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit includes at least one display on which at least one piece of information relating to the refrigerated good or frozen good, is reproduced or can be reproduced, with the lighting means and the receiver or the display forming integral components of the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit. 
     
     
         2 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the lighting means and the receiver or the display are located in the rear region of the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit. 
     
     
         3 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit is a chest refrigerator and/or chest freezer. 
     
     
         4 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the chest refrigerator and/or chest freezer has a cover frame forming the upper termination of the carcass; and in that the lighting means and the receiver or the display are arranged in the cover frame. 
     
     
         5 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the lighting means are arranged relative to the receiver such that the information label located in the receiver is backlit by the lighting means. 
     
     
         6 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the receiver is preferably releasably fixed to the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit by a latch connection. 
     
     
         7 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the lighting means are formed by one or more LEDs, in particular by at least one LED strip or by one or more fluorescent tubes. 
     
     
         8 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance  claim 1  wherein the receiver is configured such that the information label or labels is/are inserted therein or can be inserted therein. 
     
     
         9 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein one or more information labels are arranged in the at least one receiver; and in that these information label are designed as at least regionally transparent or translucent. 
     
     
         10 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the receiver has a larger extent than an information label and is in particular configured in strip form. 
     
     
         11 . A refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the information label contains price information.

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