Cooling appliance

Abstract

A refrigerator ( 1 ) with a goods space ( 4 ) for industrially produced frozen goods shall be designed in such a way that it can be supplied with new goods as efficiently as possible. For this purpose, a goods space ( 4 ) of a refrigerator ( 1 ) is provided with a level sensor.

1 . A refrigerator with a goods space for industrially produced frozen goods, provided with a level sensor.  
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein a balance is provided as a level sensor.  
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , whose balance is provided with a weighing cell with a strain gauge.  
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein an RFID system is provided as a level sensor.  
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , where in the level sensor is connected with a data-transfer unit.  
   
   
       6 . A goods management system for industrially produced frozen goods, wherein each of a plurality of decentral refrigerators according to  claim 1  are connected, concerning their data, by means of a data-transfer unit, with a central evaluation unit.  
   
   
       7 . A method for transmitting the levels of the goods spaces of the refrigerators of a goods management system according to  claim 6 , wherein a level of a refrigerator is transmitted by means of a data-transfer unit to the evaluation unit.  
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the transmission of a level includes the transmission of an individual code of a refrigerator.  
   
   
       9 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein a level of a refrigerator is stored in a data memory of the refrigerator.  
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 7 , designed for a bidirectional data transfer.  
   
   
       11 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein a measured level of a refrigerator is assigned to a specified level category, wherein afterwards the respective level category is transmitted for characterizing the level.  
   
   
       12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein a level is transmitted in each case when a level of a refrigerator reaches a new level category.