A refrigerator and/or freezer with an appliance body and a door for closing and opening the appliance body, in which a pivot bearing pivotally supports the door relative to the appliance body about a pivot axis. The door relative to the pivot axis and/or the pivot axis relative to the appliance body
A refrigerator and/or freezer with an appliance body and a door for closing and opening the appliance body, in which a pivot bearing pivotally supports the door relative to the appliance body about a pivot axis. The door relative to the pivot axis and/or the pivot axis relative to the appliance body are movably mounted in the direction perpendicular to the pivot axis.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A cooling device having an appliance body (1) and a door (6) structured and arranged for closing and opening the appliance body (1), wherein the door (6) is pivotally supported relative to the appliance body (1) about a pivot axis (10), the pivot axis (10) relative to t
The invention claimed is: 1. A cooling device having an appliance body (1) and a door (6) structured and arranged for closing and opening the appliance body (1), wherein the door (6) is pivotally supported relative to the appliance body (1) about a pivot axis (10), the pivot axis (10) relative to the appliance body (1) is movably mounted in a direction perpendicular to length or axial direction of the pivot axis (10), and additionally comprising at least one door arrester (11, 22, 27) rotationally arranged on the pivot axis (10), the appliance body (1) fastened to the door arrester (11, 22, 27) which has elastic door arrester sections located on the pivot axis (10) which are pretensioned by a spring relative to the appliance body (1) in a direction of a side of the appliance body (1) facing away from the door (6), said elastic door arrester sections (11; 24,24) having a first holder section (13;23) rigidly connected to the appliance body (1) and a second holder section (12;24) rotatably holding the pivot axis (10), said second holder section (12;24) being movable relative to said first holder section (13;23) in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the appliance body (1) and the second holder section (12;24) being pretensioned by said spring relative to the first holder section (13;23) in a direction perpendicular to the appliance body plane and away from the appliance body side facing the door (6) to urge the door (6) towards the appliance body (1). 2. A device according to claim 1, additionally comprising a motion control device (17, 21) structured and arranged for controlling motion of the door (6) transverse to a sealing interface (2) between the door (6) and appliance body (1) when the door (6) is opened or closed. 3. A device according to claim 1, additionally comprising a cam device (17, 21) between the appliance body (1) and door (6), which cam device defines, as a function of pivot position of the door (6), distance of the door (6) from the appliance body (1) in a region of the pivot axis (5). 4. A cooling appliance device having an appliance body (1) and a door (6) structured and arranged for closing and opening the appliance body (1), wherein the door (6) is pivotally supported relative to the appliance body (1) about a pivot axis (5), the pivot axis (10) is movable relative to the appliance body (1) in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by either the door (6) or an opening in the appliance body (1) which is closable by the door (6), additionally comprising a cam device (17,21) between the appliance body (1) and door (6) which defines, as a function of a pivot position of the door (6), a distance of the door (6) from the appliance body (1) in a region of the pivot axis (10), the cam device (17, 21) having a cam (17) in turn having a first curved surface section (19) structured and arranged to allow positioning of the door (6) close to the appliance body (1) upon a completely closed pivoting position of the door (6), and a second curved section (20) adjoining the first curved section (19) and structured and arranged to effect a distant position of the door (6) perpendicularly or translationally away from the opening plane on the appliance body (1) upon pivoting of the door (6) from the appliance body (1), a spring device (12, 25, 32) structured and arranged to pretension the pivot axis (10) relative to the appliance body (1) in the direction substantially perpendicular to the appliance opening plane to urge the door (6) towards the appliance body (1) such that a pretensioning force is greater than sealing forces acting between the door (6) and appliance body (1), and the cam device (17,21) additionally comprising a support pin (21) structured and arranged such that the spring device (12, 25, 32) urges the door (6) toward the appliance body (1) in a direction perpendicular to length of the pivot axis (10), with the support pin (21) being urged into snug fit with the cam (17) and reliably falls into the first curved section (19) of the cam (17) which is in the shape of a sink, wherein the support pin (21) moves along the first and second curved sections (19, 20) of the cam (17) surface to effect movement of the pivot axis (10) against the force of the spring (12, 25, 32) in the direction substantially perpendicular to the door plane or the appliance opening plane. 5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the cam device (17, 21) and spring device (11, 25, 32) form an automatic closing device which effects an automatic closing of the door (6) in an end region of pivot motion of the door (6). 6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the pivot axis (5) is formed by two coaxially aligned hinge pins (10), rigidly fixed to the door (6), and the door (6) is movably mounted translationally relative to the appliance body (1) by a pivot axis guide (15) provided on the appliance body (1) and having elongated hole-shaped bearing slots (15) in which the pivot axis (5) is routed. 7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one door arrester (11, 22, 27) and a cam device (17) form an assembly unit. 8. A device according to claim 1, wherein a cam (17) having a curved surface (18) facing the door (6) is rigidly fixed to the appliance body (1) and the at least one door arrester (27) has a guide (28, 29) mounted displaceably perpendicular to front and rear sides of the appliance body (1). 9. A device according to claim 1, wherein a cam (17) comprises a curved control surface (18) facing the door (6) and is rigidly fixed to the appliance body (1) and of an integrated one-piece design, the at least one door arrester (11) structured and arranged to sit on the pivot axis (5), and comprising a spring section between the curved control surface (18) and one of the door arrester sections (12). 10. A device according to claim 1, additionally comprising projecting hinge plates (9) rigidly fixed to the door (6), one hinge pin (10) and one support bearing each are rigidly fixed to the hinge plates (9). 11. A device according to claim 4, wherein the cam is made of plastic. 12. A device according to claim 2, wherein the motion control device (17, 21) is structured and arranged to control motion of the door (6) essentially perpendicularly towards or away from the appliance body (1) at an end of pivot-closing or a beginning of pivot-opening. 13. A device according to claim 3, wherein the cam device (17, 21) has a cam (17) in turn having a first curved section (19) structured and arranged to allow positioning of the door (6) close to the appliance body (1) upon a completely closed pivoting position of the door (6), and a second curved section (20) adjoining the first curved section (19) and structured and arranged to effect a distant position of the door (6) perpendicularly or translationally away from a plane defined by the appliance body (1) upon pivoting of the door (6) from the appliance body (1). 14. A device according to claim 8, wherein the cam (17) additionally comprises a spring slot (26, 31) structured and arranged to accommodate the spring (25, 32). 15. A device according to claim 9, wherein the curved control surface (18) and said one door arrester section (12) together define an approximately U-shaped contour. 16. A device according to claim 10, wherein the support bearing is constituted by a bearing pin (21) mounted substantially parallel to the hinge pin (10), and additionally comprising a cam sliding surface (18) provided on an appliance body side and resting upon the support bearing pin (21). 17. A device according to claim 1, wherein the cooling device is at least one of a refrigerator and freezer. 18. A device according to claim 4, wherein the appliance device is at least one of a refrigerator and freezer.
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