Refrigerator

Abstract

A cooling appliance has an appliance body and a door which closes it, with the door being automatically actuable.

1 . A cooling appliance having an appliance body and a door which closes it, wherein the door is automatically actuable. 
     
     
         2 . A cooling appliance in accordance with the  claim 1 , wherein the drive for the automatic opening of the door takes place electrically or pneumatically. 
     
     
         3 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein a triggering mechanism for the opening or closing of the door consists of a contact-free sensor. 
     
     
         4 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the triggering mechanism consists of a light barrier system. 
     
     
         5 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the triggering mechanism consists of a capacitive trigger. 
     
     
         6 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the elements of the automatic drive are integrated in the door. 
     
     
         7 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the door consists of a plurality of displaceably supported door elements. 
     
     
         8 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein two door elements are present which are each displaceable in opposite directions laterally outwardly beyond the boundary of the appliance body for opening. 
     
     
         9 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein two door elements are present which are each displaceable over one another for opening, whereby a respective half of the cooling appliance is closed and half is accessible. 
     
     
         10 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein four door elements are present of which the two respective door elements which are adjacent to the wall of the appliance body are stationary, with the middle door elements each being displaceable over the stationary door elements for opening. 
     
     
         11 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 10 , wherein the door or the door elements consist/consists at least predominantly of glass. 
     
     
         12 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the drive control is provided with finger-jamming protection or collision protection. 
     
     
         13 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the door with the individual door elements is pivotable as a whole around hinges. 
     
     
         14 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein a triggering mechanism for the opening or closing of the door consists of a contact-free sensor. 
     
     
         15 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein the triggering mechanism consists of a light barrier system. 
     
     
         16 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein the triggering mechanism consists of a capacitive trigger. 
     
     
         17 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 16 , wherein the elements of the automatic drive are integrated in the door. 
     
     
         18 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 15 , wherein the elements of the automatic drive are integrated in the door. 
     
     
         19 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein the elements of the automatic drive are integrated in the door. 
     
     
         20 . A cooling appliance in accordance with  claim 13 , wherein the elements of the automatic drive are integrated in the door.