Household Refrigerator Comprising A Door Stop Bar For Two Doors, Connected To A Partition Wall By Means Of At Least One Connector

Abstract

A household refrigerator includes a housing containing a receiving space for food as well as a first door and a separate second door which are disposed pivotably on the housing and close a receiving opening of the receiving space. A door stop bar located outside the doors is disposed vertically in the receiving opening and is connected, on an upper end, to an upper partition wall defining the receiving opening, and on a lower end, to a lower partition wall defining the receiving opening. The doors rest on the door stop bar in the closed state. The upper end of the door stop bar is connected to the upper partition wall by a first connector including an undercut, or the lower end of the door stop bar is connected to the lower partition wall by a second connector including an undercut.

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         15 . A household refrigerator, comprising:
 a housing forming a receiving space for food;   an upper partition wall and a lower partition wall defining a receiving opening of said receiving space;   a first door and a separate second door disposed pivotably on said housing, said doors closing said receiving opening;   a door stop bar disposed outside said doors and disposed vertically in said receiving opening, said door stop bar having an upper end and a lower end, said doors resting on said door stop bar in a closed state; and   a first connector including an undercut or a second connector including an undercut;   said first connector connecting said upper end of said door stop bar to said upper partition wall or said second connector connecting said lower end of said door stop bar to said lower partition wall.   
     
     
         16 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 said door stop bar includes a first bar part;   said first bar part has an upwardly projecting protuberance at said upper end of said door stop bar, said protuberance being engaged or inserted in an undercut in said upper partition wall, or   said first bar part has a downwardly projecting protuberance at said lower end of said door stop bar, said protuberance being engaged or inserted in an undercut in said lower partition wall.   
     
     
         17 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 said door stop bar includes a first bar part having an upper end with an undercut at said upper end of said door stop bar or a lower end with an undercut at said lower end of said door stop bar; and   said upper partition wall having a downwardly projecting protuberance being inserted in said undercut in said upper end of said first bar part or said lower partition wall having an upwardly projecting protuberance being inserted in said undercut in said lower end of said first bar part.   
     
     
         18 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein said undercut is a blind hole. 
     
     
         19 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 said upper partition wall includes a receiver being separate and spaced apart from said connector, said door stop bar being inserted in said receiver; and   said receiver includes at least one of:   lateral receiving walls, said door stop bar bearing against said lateral receiving walls in a mounted end position and said lateral receiving walls fixing a position of said door stop bar n a width direction of the household refrigerator, or   a rear receiving wall, said door stop bar bearing against said rear receiving wall in the mounted end position and said rear receiving wall fixing a position of said door stop bar rearwardly in a depth direction of the household refrigerator.   
     
     
         20 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 said lower partition wall includes a receiver being separate and spaced apart from said connector, said door stop bar being inserted in said receiver; and   said receiver includes at least one of:
 lateral receiving walls, said door stop bar bearing against said lateral receiving walls in a mounted end position and fixing a position of said door stop bar in a width direction of the household refrigerator, or 
 a rear receiving wall, said door stop bar bearing against said rear receiving wall in the mounted end position and fixing a position of said door stop bar rearwardly in a depth direction of the household refrigerator. 
   
     
     
         21 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 19 , wherein said receiver is open toward a front of the household refrigerator. 
     
     
         22 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 20 , wherein said receiver is open toward a front of the household refrigerator. 
     
     
         23 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein said door stop bar has a multipart construction. 
     
     
         24 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 23 , wherein said door stop bar includes a first bar part formed as a backing piece terminating said door stop bar toward said receiving space, and said first bar part has a trough shape defining a trough region with a trough opening facing away from said receiving space. 
     
     
         25 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 24 , wherein said door stop bar includes a second bar part being separate from said first bar part, being disposed on said first bar part and covering said trough region of said first bar part. 
     
     
         26 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 25 , wherein said second bar part includes a trough region, and a heating unit is disposed in said trough region of said second bar part for heating at least said door stop bar. 
     
     
         27 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 26 , which further comprises a separate front face cover covering said trough region of said second bar part. 
     
     
         28 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 27 , wherein said cover is a metal plate. 
     
     
         29 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 24 , which further comprises a thermally insulating material or foam at least partially filling said trough region of said first bar part. 
     
     
         30 . The household refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 said upper partition wall has exactly one blind hole formed therein with a hole axis extending in a depth direction of the household refrigerator, a backing piece disposed in said blind hole, and a screw configured to be screwed in said blind hole for fastening said door stop bar to said upper partition wall, or   said lower partition wall has exactly one blind hole formed therein with a hole axis extending in the depth direction of the household refrigerator, a backing piece disposed in said blind hole, and a screw configured to be screwed in said blind hole for fastening said door stop bar to said lower partition wall.