US 12,331,985 B2
Refrigerator
Willem Jan Vellinga, Harlingen (NL)
Assigned to Horeca Engineering B.V., Harlingen (NL)
Appl. No. 18/010,247
Filed by Horeca Engineering B.V., Harlingen (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/065979
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/254966, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20180015 (EP), filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266048 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 23/087 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a housing with at least one door frame defining a door opening for access to the housing and having a sealing surface;
at least one door for closing the door opening defined by the at least one door frame; and
sealing means arranged between the at least one door and the at least one door frame for sealing the door opening in the closed position of the at least one door;
wherein the sealing means comprise a sealing frame secured directly and immovably to the at least one door, and magnetic means for urging the sealing frame in contact with a contact surface provided at the at least one door frame,
wherein the sealing frame is form retaining in the open position, during opening, during closing and in the closed position of the at least one door, wherein as form retaining, there will be no deformation, compression, expansion, or stretching of the sealing frame during normal use of the refrigerator, and
wherein the magnetic means comprise one or more magnets and one or more bodies of a magnetizable material, wherein the one or more magnets are embedded in one of the sealing frame and the contact surface, and wherein the one or more bodies are embedded in the other of the sealing frame and the contact surface.