IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0358150
(2006-02-22)
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등록번호 |
US-7726753
(2010-06-22)
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우선권정보 |
IT-TO2005A0104(2005-02-22) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- ITW Industrial Components S.r.L.
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대리인 / 주소 |
Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
6 인용 특허 :
7 |
초록
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A drawer container device that can be inserted in a refrigerated cell to define a separate compartment, including at least a shelf provided with mating elements with the respective side walls of the refrigerated cell in a first position such as to define, immediately below the shelf, a first predete
A drawer container device that can be inserted in a refrigerated cell to define a separate compartment, including at least a shelf provided with mating elements with the respective side walls of the refrigerated cell in a first position such as to define, immediately below the shelf, a first predetermined volume and at least one cup-shaped drawer delimited by at least one side wall placed transversely to the shelf and located in a position beneath the shelf with its concavity facing the latter, the shelf being selectively moveable between the first position and a second position located at a different height from the first and in which the shelf delimits a second predetermined volume beneath itself; the side wall of the drawer being defined by a pair of adjacent elements sliding relative to each other and placed parallel to and at least partially facing each other; regulating elements of the pin-and-groove type being interposed between the relatively sliding elements to selectively position them such that the side wall substantially occupies the entire height of the first and second predetermined volumes; in this way, the volume of the compartment can be varied by simply lifting the side wall of the drawer and the above shelf.
대표청구항
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The invention claimed is: 1. A drawer container device for defining a plurality of predetermined volumes in an appliance, said device comprising: at least a pair of opposite side walls attached to a base thereof, wherein each of said side walls comprises: a support wall element; an inner wall eleme
The invention claimed is: 1. A drawer container device for defining a plurality of predetermined volumes in an appliance, said device comprising: at least a pair of opposite side walls attached to a base thereof, wherein each of said side walls comprises: a support wall element; an inner wall element supported on the base and disposed parallel to the support wall element; an outer wall element, slidably moveable relative to the inner wall element, the support wall element and to the base, said outer wall element is sandwiched between said inner and support wall elements, said inner, outer and support wall elements are transversely located relative to the base; a first adjustment element set only between and connecting respective opposite lateral sides of the outer wall element and the inner wall element for selectively and vertically displacing the outer wall element between at least one first position and one second position relative to the inner wall element, wherein said first adjustment element comprises a pin disposed on the lateral side of any one of the inner wall element and the outer wall element, said lateral side having a longitudinal groove for moveably retaining the pin therein; and a closed retaining groove provided on the lateral side of the other of the inner wall element and the outer wall element, said closed retaining groove having at least two blocking positions, arranged at different heights corresponding to said first and second positions, respectively, and engaged with a portion of the pin extending from the longitudinal groove to moveably retain the pin in said closed retaining groove, wherein while selectively displacing the outer wall element between the first and second positions, said pin moves relative to both said grooves. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the inner wall element and the support wall element are integral with the base. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the outer wall elements of the side walls are each provided with a respective enlarged top edge, and are integrally connected with each other at respective adjacent ends of the side walls via engagement elements located in the respective adjacent ends of the side walls. 4. An appliance, comprising: a cell having on side walls thereof supporting guides arranged at predetermined distances from a bottom of the cell; at least one shelf; at least one drawer container having at least a pair of opposite side walls attached to a base thereof; at least a first device for positioning said shelf at different heights within said cell of said appliance; and at least a second device for positioning said side walls of the drawer container at different heights within said cell of said appliance, wherein said first device comprises: a first coupling element having opposite first side and second side, said first side slidably engaged with one of the supporting guides in the cell; a first adjusting element coupled to the second side of said first coupling element while being moveable vertically with respect to the first coupling element, said first adjusting element holding a respective one of lateral sides of the shelf; and at least a first pin which is slidably mounted inside an elongated slot located on the second side of the first coupling element and extends outward from said slot; wherein said first adjusting element has a first retaining groove having a plurality of blocking structures corresponding to a plurality of relative vertical positions between the first adjusting element and the first coupling element; each said side wall of the drawer container comprises: a support wall element, an inner wall element supported on the base and disposed parallel to the support wall element, an outer wall element slidably moveable relative to the inner wall element, the support wall element and to the base, said inner wall element is adjacent to said outer wall element and said outer, inner and support wall elements are transversely located relative to the base; and said second device comprises: a second adjusting element set only between and connecting respective opposite lateral sides of the outer wall element and the inner wall element for selectively and vertically displacing the outer wall element between at least one first position and one second position relative to the inner wall element, wherein said second adjusting element comprises a second pin disposed on the lateral side of any one of the inner wall element and the outer wall element, said lateral side having a longitudinal groove for moveably retaining the second pin therein; and a second retaining groove provided on the lateral side of the other of the inner wall element and the outer wall element, said retaining groove having at least two blocking positions, arranged at different heights corresponding to said first and second positions, respectively, and engaged with a portion of the second pin extending from the longitudinal groove to moveably retain the second pin in said second retaining groove, wherein while selectively displacing the outer wall element between the first and second positions, said second pin moves relative to both said longitudinal groove and said second retaining groove; and said inner and outer wall elements are always connected by said second pin. 5. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein said first side of said first coupling element includes a horizontally elongated projection. 6. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein the slot is elongated horizontally. 7. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein said adjusting element of the first device has two parallel projections defining a fork slidably retaining the respective lateral side of the shelf. 8. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein said first pin, of said first device, extends from the slot into said first retaining groove and is moveable, when an upward or downward force is exerted on the first adjusting element, in a predefined path inside the first retaining groove until said first pin is retained by one of the blocking structures, thereby displacing the first adjusting element among the relative vertical positions of the first adjusting element and the first coupling element and thereby facilitating vertical movement of the shelf to a plurality of heights within the cell without having to move the first coupling element to the other supporting guides. 9. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein the inner wall element and the support wall element are integral with the base. 10. The device according to claim 4, wherein the outer wall elements of the side walls are each provided with a respective enlarged top edge, and are integrally connected with each other at respective adjacent ends of the side walls via engagement elements located in the respective adjacent ends of the side walls. 11. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein the drawer is located below the shelf. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the support wall element, the outer wall element and the inner wall element are plates extending along a breadth of the side wall. 13. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein the support wall element, the outer wall element and the inner wall element are plates extending along a breadth of the side wall of the drawer container. 14. The device according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal groove extends transversely to a displacement direction of the outer wall element between the first and second positions. 15. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein the longitudinal groove extends perpendicularly to a displacement direction of the outer wall element between the first and second positions. 16. The device according to claim 14, wherein the longitudinal groove defines at least two parallel straight edges. 17. The appliance according to claim 15, wherein the longitudinal groove is straight. 18. The device according to claim 1, wherein the pin is non-accessible from the outside of the outer wall element and the inner wall element. 19. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein said second pin is entirely confined between the outer wall element and the inner wall element. 20. The device according to claim 1, wherein, when said pin is retained at any one of the blocking positions, said pin is only dislodgeable from said blocking position by an upward force exerted by a user on the first adjustment element. 21. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein, when said second pin is retained at any one of the blocking positions, said second pin is only dislodgeable from said blocking position by an upward force exerted by a user on the shelf. 22. The appliance according to claim 1, wherein said first adjusting element further comprises a T-shaped slot joined with the closed retaining groove. 23. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein said first adjusting element further comprises a T-shaped slot joined with the retaining groove which is a closed groove.
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