Refrigerating device with frame heating

Abstract

The invention relates to a refrigeration device having a main body with a frame and an access opening and a door. The door and the main body each have heat-insulated surfaces and together delimit a heat-insulated compartment and the door is movable between an open position in which access to the heat-insulated compartment can be had through the access opening of the main body and a closed position in which the door cooperates with the frame of the main body restricts access through the access opening of the main body to the heat-insulated compartment. An electrical frame heating assembly is disposed relative to the frame of the main body for heating the frame and has a Peltier element.

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       8 . A refrigerating device comprising:
 a.) a main body having a frame and an access opening;   b.) a door, the door and the main body each having heat-insulated surfaces and together delimiting a heat-insulated compartment and the door being movable between an open position in which access to the heat-insulated compartment can be had through the access opening of the main body and a closed position in which the door closes upon the frame of the main body to restrict access through the access opening of the main body to the heat-insulated compartment; and   c.) an electrical frame heating assembly disposed relative to the frame of the main body for heating the frame, the electric frame heating assembly having at least one Peltier element.   
   
   
       9 . The refrigerating device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the compartment of the main body is divided by a separating portion of the frame of the main body into two zones, the door is movable between its open and closed positions relative to one of the zones of the main body, a second door is movable between its open and closed positions relative to the other of the zones of the main body, and the at least one Peltier element is arranged in the separating portion of the frame of the main body. 
   
   
       10 . The refrigerating device as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the separating portion of the frame of the main body is movable in coordination with at least one of the doors. 
   
   
       11 . The refrigerating device as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the separating portion of the frame of the main body is linked to a side wall of the main body. 
   
   
       12 . The refrigerating device as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the separating portion of the frame of the main body and the doors are pivotable about the same axis. 
   
   
       13 . The refrigerating device as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the separating portion of the frame of the main body is linked to one of the doors. 
   
   
       14 . The refrigerating device as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the separating portion of the frame of the main body is pivotable about an axis that runs parallel to edges of the doors which face one another.