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20110214440 | REFRIGERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A refrigerating apparatus having two or more climate controlled compartments is disclosed. The refrigerating apparatus has a climate control device capable of controlling the climate of the compartments. The control device is electrically connected to an interactive display, wherein the display presents a compartment selection element to a user and, upon selection of a compartment by the user, the display presents a predetermined climate control element corresponding to the selected compartment. The compartment selection element comprises a plurality of compartment icons corresponding to the climate controlled compartments of the refrigerating apparatus. The climate control element may comprise, for example, a temperature control icon or a plurality of food-type icons. Preferably, the elements of the display are presented sequentially as the user makes selections. It is also preferred that the user's selections should be highlighted in some manner, for example a color change of the selected icon within an element. | 09-08-2011 |
20130345835 | OPERATING ELEMENT FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, OPERATING UNIT FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE THAT HOLDS SUCH AN OPERATING ELEMENT, AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH SUCH AN OPERATING UNIT AND SUCH AN OPERATING ELEMENT - An operating element for a household appliance includes a base part with a projector and a sensor and an operating part that is movable relative to the base part. The projector of the base part is configured to display a selection menu as a function of a position of the operating part, with the selection menu being disposed in physical proximity to the operating element. The sensor is configured to detect a selection made in the selection menu. | 12-26-2013 |
20150068233 | REFRIGERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A refrigerating apparatus having two or more climate controlled compartments is disclosed. The refrigerating apparatus has a climate control device capable of controlling the climate of the compartments. The control device is electrically connected to an interactive display, wherein the display presents a compartment selection element to a user and, upon selection of a compartment by the user, the display presents a predetermined climate control element corresponding to the selected compartment. The compartment selection element comprises a plurality of compartment icons corresponding to the climate controlled compartments of the refrigerating apparatus. The climate control element may comprise, for example, a temperature control icon or a plurality of food-type icons. Preferably, the elements of the display are presented sequentially as the user makes selections. It is also preferred that the user's selections should be highlighted in some manner, for example a color change of the selected icon within an element. | 03-12-2015 |
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20100001624 | REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING A TELESCOPIC PULL-OUT MECHANISM - A refrigerator is provided that includes a carcass, a door, and a support for goods to be cooled. The support is mounted within the carcass via telescopic pull-out mechanisms for extending movement outwardly of the carcass and retracting movement inwardly relative to the carcass. A shell covers each telescopic pull-out mechanism on a top side, a longitudinal side facing the support, and a front side facing the door thereof. | 01-07-2010 |
20100001625 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE COMPRISING SHELVES THAT ARE SUSPENDED ON A RAIL - A refrigeration device is provided having a vertical rail that has through-openings arranged at a distance from each other and that is securely connected to a body of the refrigeration device. The refrigeration device includes a shelf support having a rear flank oriented towards the front side of the vertical rail and upper and lower hooks each having a downward oriented tip that protrudes over the rear flank and engages in one of the through-openings of the vertical rail. Only the tip of the upper hook touches the rear side of the rail and only the section of the rear flank that is arranged below the lower hook touches the front side of the rail. | 01-07-2010 |
20100019641 | REFRIGERATING DEVICE WITH TELESCOPIC EXTENSION - A refrigerating device is provided that includes a body, a door and a carrier for refrigerated products, the carrier being supported on adapters anchored on movable rails of telescopic extensions and displaceable between an inserted and a pulled-out position. The movable rails of the telescopic extensions are hidden under a tray and the tray of each telescopic extension is clamped between the movable rail thereof and the adapter anchored thereon. | 01-28-2010 |
20100066224 | TELESCOPIC PULL-OUT ARRANGEMENT - A telescopic pull-out arrangement for a refrigerator is provided that includes two telescopic pull-out mechanisms each provided with a stationary rail on a common frame and a movable rail, and a storage part retained on the movable rails by a pair of identical adapters. The storage part has a first engagement contour cooperating with a first adapter of the couple and a second engagement contour cooperating with the second adapter of the couple. Each adapter is provided with a third and a fourth engagement contour. The first engagement contour of the storage part and the third engagement contour of the first adapter engage into one another with less tolerance transverse to the pull-out direction than the engagement of the second engagement contour of the storage part and the fourth engagement contour of the second adapter engage into one another. | 03-18-2010 |
20100109496 | BUTTER COMPARTMENT FOR A REFRIGERATOR - A door-mounted storage device is provided for a refrigerator and includes a four-sided frame that can be anchored to a refrigerator door and a receptacle which is mounted within the frame. The frame is subdivided into a first frame part forming three sides of the frame and a second frame part that forms a fourth side of the frame and is connected to the first frame part so as to be pivotable about a longitudinal axis. | 05-06-2010 |
20100164342 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE COMPRISING A SUPPORT SYSTEM - A cupboard-type domestic appliance is provided having an interior in which a height-adjustable support system is mounted. The support system includes a vertical rail provided with a plurality of snap-in recesses and a supporting arm that has a plurality of projections each of which engages with one of the snap-in recesses. The rail includes a profiled element that is immobilized on a wall via an at least one fastener and a strip is provided that can be vertically displaced in the profiled element between a position in which the at least one fastener is accessible through an opening on one side of the profiled element that faces away from the wall and another position in which the at least one fastener is concealed behind the strip. | 07-01-2010 |