Multi-Part Refrigerator Body and Method for the Production Thereof

Abstract

A refrigerator housing comprising a door and a base body which comprises lateral walls, a rear wall, a cover and a base. The thickness of the isolation layer of the lateral walls is smaller than that of the rear wall, the base or the cover, and an additional isolation layers is mounted on the lateral walls. An additional isolation layer can be, in particular, a plate or a lateral wall of an adjacent base body.

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         26 . A refrigerator housing comprising: 
 at least one base body including lateral walls, a rear wall, a cover, a base, and at least one door, wherein the lateral walls, the rear wall, the cover, and the base include an insulating layer with the thickness of the insulating layer of the lateral walls being less than the thickness of the insulating layer of the rear wall, the base or the cover; and    an additional insulating layer mounted on each of the lateral walls.    
     
     
         27 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 26 , wherein at least one of the additional insulating layers includes a flat plate.  
     
     
         28 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 27 , wherein the flat plate includes a fixed hollow body filled with a foam.  
     
     
         29 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 26 , further comprising a second base body, the additional insulating layer being mounted on one of the lateral walls of the first base body by an adjacent lateral wall of the second base body.  
     
     
         30 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 29 , wherein corresponding walls are designed so that they are thicker on the first base body than on the second device body.  
     
     
         31 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 29 , wherein the first and second base bodies each have the same wall thicknesses.  
     
     
         32 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 29 , wherein the first and second base bodies are each provided with a flat plate as an additional insulating layer, wherein the two plates have different wall thicknesses.  
     
     
         33 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 26 , wherein edges of the housing on the door side are covered by a common decorative frame.  
     
     
         34 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 33 , wherein the decorative frame has a U-shaped section with which it encloses the door-side edges of the housing.  
     
     
         35 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 33 , wherein the decorative frame includes ferromagnetic material.  
     
     
         36 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 26 , wherein one of the additional insulating layers is mounted on the lateral wall adjacent to it by means of connecting profiles engaging in one another and fastened to each of the front edges of the lateral wall and of the additional insulating layer.  
     
     
         37 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 36 , wherein the connecting profiles form the decorative frame.  
     
     
         38 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 36 , wherein the engagement between the connecting profiles can be removed by swivelling the lateral wall and the additional insulating layer towards each other.  
     
     
         39 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 36 , wherein a layer of insulating material is inserted between each connecting profile and an outer skin of the lateral wall or additional insulating layer, on which the connecting profile is mounted.  
     
     
         40 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 36 , wherein one of the connecting profiles connects inner containers and the outer skin of the lateral to each other.  
     
     
         41 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 27 , wherein one of the connecting profiles connects outer skin pieces on opposite sides of the plate to each other.  
     
     
         42 . The refrigerator housing according to  claim 26 , wherein an air gap between one of the lateral walls and the additional insulating layer mounted on them is filled at least on its edges with a flexibly compressible material that is essentially impermeable to air.  
     
     
         43 . The refrigerator device according to  claim 26 , wherein widening elements are provided that are adapted to the increase in wall thickness produced by the additional insulating layer and which can be secured to lateral cheeks of the door.  
     
     
         44 . A method for producing a refrigerator housing including at least one base body including lateral walls, a rear wall, a cover, a base, and at least one door forming an insulating layer, and an additional insulating layer mounted on each of the lateral walls, the method including the following acts: 
 a) preparing base bodies in a plurality of types of different widths and of flat plates that can be mounted on the base body, in two wall thicknesses;    b) joining together at least one base body and two plates to form the refrigerator body;    wherein the widths of the base bodies and the wall thicknesses of the plates are chosen so that by combining different types of base body and plates, widths of the refrigerator body can be achieved which differ from each other by n-times a base diameter D, wherein n is a small natural number.    
     
     
         45 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein a first group of base body types is provided with a first set of widths and a second group of base body types is provided with a second set of widths, wherein there is one width in the second set for a plurality of widths of the first set, which width differs from that of the first set by  2   d , wherein d is the difference in wall thickness between two plates of different wall thicknesses.  
     
     
         46 . The method according to  claim 45 , wherein the thickness of the base, rear wall and cover in the base body types is substantially the same in one group and the thickness is different between the two groups.  
     
     
         47 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein the sum of the two different wall thicknesses of the plates is equal to the base diameter D.  
     
     
         48 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein in act b) a base body and two plates of the same thickness are joined together to form one refrigerator body.  
     
     
         49 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein in act b) two base bodies and two plates of different thicknesses are joined together to form one refrigerator body.  
     
     
         50 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein two existing plates are removed before act b).