Refrigeration appliance and siphon therefor

Abstract

A siphon has a housing with a first component, which has a first connection stub, and a second component, which has a second connection stub. An axis of one of the connection stubs extends through a free space of the other connection stub. In a sectional plane between the first and the second connection stubs, the sectional plane crossing over the axis, the siphon has the following: a first cavity, which adjoins the free space of the first connection stub, a second cavity, which on a first side of the sectional plane is separated from the first cavity by a first wall and on a second side of the sectional plane, the second side being directed towards the second connection stub, adjoins the first cavity, and a third cavity, which adjoins the free space of the second connection stub.

1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A siphon, comprising:
 a housing, containing:
 first and second connecting pieces each defining a free space, in which an axis of one of said first and second connecting pieces extending through said free space of another of said first and second connecting pieces and in a sectional plane between said first and second connecting pieces, said sectional plane crossing over the axis; 
 a first cavity, adjoining said free space of said first connecting piece; 
 a second cavity which on a first side of the sectional plane, said first side being directed towards said first connecting piece, being separated from said first cavity by a first wall and on a second side of the sectional plane, said second side being directed towards said second connecting piece, adjoins said first cavity; 
 a third cavity, adjoining said free space of said second connecting piece and which, on the first side of the sectional plane, adjoins said second cavity and, on the second side of the sectional plane, is separated from said second cavity by a second wall; and 
 a first and a second component, of which said first component contains said first connecting piece and one of said first and second walls, and said second component contains another of said first and second walls, said second component containing said second connecting piece. 
   
     
     
         17 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein said first and second connecting pieces have identical cross-sections. 
     
     
         18 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein said first and second connecting pieces are formed as a mirror-image with respect to one another. 
     
     
         19 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein said housing has an outer wall which crosses over the sectional plane and surrounds a larger cross-section than said first and second connecting pieces. 
     
     
         20 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein:
 said housing has an outer wall; and   said outer wall, said first wall and said second wall are disposed in a circular and concentric manner with respect to one another.   
     
     
         21 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein:
 said housing has an outer wall which crosses over the sectional plane and is an integral part of said first component; and   said outer wall has a distal edge which attaches in a leak tight fashion to said second component.   
     
     
         22 . The siphon according to  claim 21 , wherein said second component has a flange which is oriented at right angles to the axis, at a border of which said distal edge is added. 
     
     
         23 . The siphon according to  claim 22 , wherein said border of said flange has a circumferential recess formed therein, and into said circumferential recess said distal edge engages. 
     
     
         24 . The siphon according to  claim 20 , wherein said first wall is surrounded concentrically by said second wall and is an integral part of said first component. 
     
     
         25 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein in a first installation position, in which said first side is a top side and said second side is a bottom side of the sectional plane, said second wall is an outer wall of a beaker, into which said first wall immerses, that in a second installation position, in which said second side is a top side and said first side is a bottom side of the sectional plane, said first wall is an inner wall of a ring-shaped channel, into which said second wall immerses, and that a storage capacity of said beaker lies between 0.5 times and 2 times a storage capacity of said ring-shaped channel, or that the storage capacity of said beaker differs from that of said ring-shaped channel by at least one factor 1.25. 
     
     
         26 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein at least one of said first and second connecting pieces has an inner and an outer pipe section, which are concentric to one another. 
     
     
         27 . The siphon according to  claim 26 , wherein said outer pipe section has a distal edge which is further away from the sectional plane than a distal edge of said inner pipe section. 
     
     
         28 . The siphon according to  claim 16 , wherein at least one of said first and second components is injection molded in one piece from plastic. 
     
     
         29 . The siphon according to  claim 21 , wherein said distal edge of said outer wall is glued or welded to said second component. 
     
     
         30 . The siphon according to  claim 25 , wherein the storage capacity of said beaker lies between 0.8 times and 1.25 times the storage capacity of said ring-shaped channel, or that the storage capacity of said beaker differs from that of said ring-shaped channel by at least one factor 1.5. 
     
     
         31 . A household appliance, comprising:
 said siphon according to  claim 16 .   
     
     
         32 . The household appliance according to  claim 31 , further comprising an inner container, wherein said siphon has a fastening element for fastening to said inner container. 
     
     
         33 . The household appliance according to  claim 32 , wherein the household appliance is a household refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         34 . The household appliance according to  claim 32 , wherein:
 said inner container has a hole formed therein; and   said fastening element is a bayonet coupling for fixing in said hole of said inner container.