Refrigeration device with ice storage container

Abstract

A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigeration device, comprises an ice maker and a storage container which can be moved between a collecting position for receiving ice produced by the ice maker and a discharging position. The storage container is supported in the collecting position by a compartment base of the refrigeration device and is guided between the collecting position and the discharging position by means of at least one rail fitted on the compartment base.

1 . A refrigeration device, in particular a domestic refrigeration device, having an ice maker and a storage container which can be moved between a collecting position for receiving ice produced by the ice maker and a discharging position, wherein the storage container supported in the collecting position by a compartment base of the refrigeration device and is guided between the collecting position and the discharging position by means of at least one rail fitted on the compartment base. 
     
     
         2 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail separates a part of the compartment base occupied by the storage container from a part of the compartment base which can be occupied by other chilled goods. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail is mounted in detachable fashion on the compartment base. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail is mounted such that it lies on the compartment base. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail has an edge, along which a first side wall of the storage container can be moved in sliding contact between the collecting position and the discharging position. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a second rail  30  has an edge lying opposite the edge of the first rail and that the storage container engages between the edges. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail has a continuous seating surface, along which a floor panel of the storage container can be moved in sliding contact between the collecting position and the discharging position. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the width of the seating surface is greater than the height thereof above the compartment base. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the storage container is guided by the rail on a path rising from the collecting position. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the seating surface is horizontal and that an upwardly sloping ramp adjoins a front end of the seating surface. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail has a stop projection, against which a rear wall of the storage container rests in the collecting position. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the compartment base is a wire lattice and the rail is fitted or snapped onto at least one wire of the wire lattice. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the rail has a retaining claw which is locked on the wire. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the retaining claw has a slot with an inclined insertion surface. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigeration device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rail is formed in a single piece from plastic.