Refrigerating device comprising a pressure compensation opening

Abstract

A refrigerating device having a body and a door that enclose a refrigerated interior, have frame surfaces oriented toward each other and delimit a gap filled by a seal, the refrigerating device including at least one wall in at least one frame surface being forming with a passage therein, said passage being configured to bridge the seal, thereby allowing the interior to communicate with the environment.

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       12 . A refrigerating device having a body and a door that enclose a refrigerated interior, have frame surfaces oriented toward each other and delimit a gap filled by a seal, the refrigerating device comprising at least one wall in at least one frame surface being forming with a passage therein, said passage being configured to bridge the seal, thereby allowing the interior to communicate with the environment. 
   
   
       13 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  wherein the passage extends through the frame surface in a non-linear path. 
   
   
       14 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  wherein the passage includes at least one section extending in the longitudinal direction of the seal. 
   
   
       15 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  and further comprising a heater mounted at a front of the body wherein the passage extends through an area of the housing heated by the heater. 
   
   
       16 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  wherein the seal is fixed in a groove formed in a first one of two frame surfaces and the passage is formed on the second one of two frame surface. 
   
   
       17 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  wherein the seal is fixed in a groove of one of the two frame surfaces and the passage is formed on the same frame surface as the groove to extend between the walls of the groove and an anchoring section of the sealing profile engaged in the groove. 
   
   
       18 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 17  wherein the groove is transversely divided by a rib which engages in a longitudinal channel of the seal, and wherein the rib has a cutout through which the passage extends. 
   
   
       19 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  wherein at least one end of the passage is disposed at a corner of a frame surface. 
   
   
       20 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 12  and further comprising a frame heater disposed on a frame surface of the body. 
   
   
       21 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 20  wherein the frame heater is formed using a refrigerant pipe extending annularly in a discontinuous manner on the frame surface of the body thereby defining an interruption of the refrigerant pipe, wherein the passage is formed on the frame surface of the body generally at the level of the interruption. 
   
   
       22 . The refrigerating device according to  claim 20  and further comprising a pressure compensation valve extending through a wall of at least one of the body and the door thereby proving an inflow of air from the environment into the interior and to thereby block an outflow of air from the interior into the environment.