US2026092732A1PendingUtilityA1

Refrigeration appliance

Assignee: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBHPriority: Sep 30, 2024Filed: Sep 29, 2025Published: Apr 2, 2026
Est. expirySep 30, 2044(~18.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
F25D 21/14F25D 2323/024F25D 23/028
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Abstract

A refrigeration appliance, with improved manufacturing yield and condensation phenomena at a top of the appliance, includes a body having an inner housing, an outer housing on an outer side of the inner housing, and a thermal insulation space between housings. The inner housing defines a storage compartment. A first door has first and second opposite sides. The first side is rotatably connected to the body. A second door parallel to the first door jointly close the storage compartment. A flipping beam connected to the second side of the first door rotates between a first position when opening and a second position when closing, the first door. A guide base on the inner housing rotates the flipping beam during opening and closing the first door. An anticondensation pipe includes a first pipe section extending from a front side of the inner housing into the insulation space near the guide base.

Claims

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1 . A refrigeration appliance, comprising:
 a body including an inner housing with a front side and an outer side, an outer housing located on said outer side of said inner housing, and a thermal insulation space located between said inner housing and said outer housing, said inner housing defining at least one open storage compartment;   a first door including mutually-opposite first and second sides, said first side of said first door being rotatably connected to said body;   a second door disposed parallel to said first door for jointly closing said at least one storage compartment along with said first door;   a flipping beam pivotally connected to said second side of said first door, said flipping beam configured for rotating between a first position of said flipping beam upon said first door being opened and a second position of said flipping beam upon said first door being closed, and said second door configured to seal a gap between said first door and said second door upon said flipping beam being at said second position;   a guide base disposed on said inner housing and cooperating with said flipping beam to guide said flipping beam to rotate during opening and closing of said first door; and   an anti-condensation pipe including a first pipe section extending from said front side of said inner housing into said thermal insulation space, said first pipe section extending in a vicinity of said guide base.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said first pipe section has a projection oriented along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance, and said projection is disposed around said guide base. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said first pipe section has a projection oriented along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance, and said projection at least partially falls within a range of a projection of said guide base along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , which further comprises:
 a convex hull protruding from said inner housing into said thermal insulation space, to form a sunken mounting portion on a top wall of said inner housing, said guide base being mounted on said sunken mounting portion; and   a projection of said first pipe section along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance, said projection of said first pipe section:
 being disposed around said convex hull, or 
 at least partially falling within a range of a projection of said convex hull along the height direction of the refrigeration appliance. 
   
     
     
         5 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 4 , wherein said first pipe section is at least one of:
 located between said convex hull and a top surface of said outer housing along the height direction of the refrigeration appliance; or   extended, on a rear side of said convex hull, from one side of said convex hull to another side of said convex hull.   
     
     
         6 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein a first distance between said first pipe section and a top surface of said outer housing is less than a second distance between said first pipe section and a top wall of said inner housing, along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 6 , wherein at least one of:
 a ratio of said first distance to said second distance is 2:3, or   a value of said first distance ranges from 10 mm to 20 mm, or   a value of said second distance ranges from 20 mm to 30 mm.   
     
     
         8 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said inner housing has a top wall with an edge folded toward said outer housing to form a first flange;   said outer housing has an edge folded to form an open groove toward said top wall;   said first flange extends into said open groove to enable said inner housing and said outer housing to be connected at a top and form an accommodating portion;   said anti-condensation pipe includes a second pipe section extending outside said thermal insulation space;   said first pipe section is in communication with said second pipe section; and   said second pipe section is accommodated in said accommodating portion.   
     
     
         9 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 8 , which further comprises at least one of:
 a convex hull which protrudes from said inner housing into said thermal insulation space to form a sunken mounting portion on said top wall of said inner housing, a guide base is mounted on said sunken mounting portion, and said first pipe section is disposed at least along a side of said sunken mounting portion facing away from said first flange, or   said second pipe section extends along a width direction of the refrigeration appliance to be flush with two ends of said first flange, or   said first pipe section and said second pipe section are located at a same height along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance, or   said first pipe section extends in a U shape.   
     
     
         10 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein said first flange includes a groove portion, said groove portion is sunken toward said thermal insulation space, to accommodate said second pipe section, a convex hull protrudes from said inner housing into said thermal insulation space to form a sunken mounting portion on said top wall of said inner housing, a guide base is mounted on said sunken mounting portion, and a projection of said sunken mounting portion on said first flange and said groove portion do not overlap along a depth direction of the refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein said first flange is provided with a first through hole through which said anti-condensation pipe extends into said thermal insulation space and a second through hole through which said anti-condensation pipe extends out of said thermal insulation space, and said first through hole and said second through hole are provided adjacent to a guide base and are each located on a respective one of two sides of said guide base. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein said first flange includes a sealing portion corresponding to said guide base, and said sealing portion protrudes into said thermal insulation space. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein:
 said first pipe section includes a first part extending parallel to said first flange; and   a distance between said first part and said first flange is greater than at least one of:
 a distance between said first pipe section and a top surface of said outer housing, or 
 a distance between said first pipe section and said top wall of said inner housing. 
   
     
     
         14 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , which further comprises:
 a convex hull protruding from said inner housing into said thermal insulation space to form a sunken mounting portion on a top wall of said inner housing;   said sunken mounting portion including a first area and a second area disposed in parallel along a width direction of the refrigeration appliance;   a guide base mounted on said sunken mounting portion;   said first pipe section including a first portion disposed around said first area and a second portion disposed around said second area;   said first area and said second area having a non-zero height difference therebetween, and said first portion and said second portion having a non-zero height difference between, along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance;   and at least one of:
 said height difference between said first portion and said second portion matching said height difference between said first area and said second area, or 
   said guide base basically not protruding from said top wall of said inner housing in said storage compartment, or   a first fixing member and a second fixing member, said first fixing member being fixed on said top wall of said inner housing and extending into said thermal insulation space, and said second fixing member passing through said guide base and being fixed on said first fixing member.   
     
     
         15 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said flipping beam includes a first guide member, one of said guide base or said first guide member includes a guide groove, and another of said guide base or said first guide member includes a protruding member configured for moving in said guide groove. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigeration appliance according to  claim 2 , wherein said projection of said first pipe section along a height direction of the refrigeration appliance bypasses said flipping beam and extends, on a rear side of said flipping beam, from one side of said flipping beam to another side of said flipping beam.

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