Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a storage chamber enclosed by a thermally insulating wall and a water dispenser which has an outlet disposed at an inner face of the wall. The outlet is connected by a movable line segment to a line installed in a fixed position in the wall.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A domestic refrigeration appliance includes an ice and/or water-dispensing device for non-crushed ice pieces or ice flakes created therefrom by crushing or water created in the appliance, depending on an operational setting of a medium creation facility. The dispensing device has a user-actuatable dispensing lever movable to start dispensing. An adjustment facility adjusts an operational setting of the creation facility. An input facility has user-actuated controls selecting a medium dispensing type before actuating the lever. A control unit adjusts the adjustment facility depending on a signal created by actuation of a control and associated medium dispensing type, before actuating the lever to change the operational setting of the creation facility if the creation facility coupled with the adjustment facility is positioned in an operational setting different from that required for the selected medium dispensing type. A method of operating the appliance is also provided.

Abstract: A refrigerating appliance includes a cabinet, a dispenser for ice and/or water mounted within the cabinet, a valve controller for outputting a valve opening signal if the dispenser requires water, and a device for making the valve opening signal available outside the cabinet.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a supply pipe for water and a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe which shuts off a water supply connection. A controllable functional valve in a water circuit of the refrigeration appliance distributes water.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has a supply pipe for connecting the refrigeration appliance to a water supply connection and has a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe of the refrigeration appliance for shutting off the water supply connection. The refrigeration appliance further contains a leak detection device for detecting a leak in a water circuit, which leak detection device contains a micro-switch for interrupting a current supply to the safety valve when a leak is detected.

Abstract: A refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator, includes a body and a door, which enclose an upper and a lower storage chamber. An air passage between the storage chambers has an inlet in the lower storage chamber and an outlet in a lower region of the upper storage chamber. An air outlet in the upper storage chamber is located in an upper region thereof. The air passage extends into the door and spans at least one door tray or rack, which is mounted on the door and which encroaches into the upper storage chamber.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a water pipe inside the refrigeration appliance. A collecting tray collects leakage water and an empty conduit conducts the leakage water from the water pipe inside the empty conduit to the collecting tray.

Abstract: A system for fastening a furniture front to a door of a built-in refrigerator is provided and includes at least two retaining fittings interposed between the back of the furniture front and the front of the door of the built-in refrigerator. An ice/water dispenser is provided on the door of the built-in refrigerator, the dispenser being actuatable through a recess in the furniture front, and one of the retaining fittings is arranged directly next to the dispenser between the door and the furniture front.

Abstract: With a domestic appliance comprising a carcass (1), a door (2) hinged to the carcass (1) and a frame (8, 9, 10) fastened to the carcass (1) and surrounding the edges of the door (2), a foliate anti-trap element (17) extends from the door (2) through a recess (12) of the frame (8, 9, 10) to a hinge-side side wall (11) of the carcass (1).

Abstract: An ice-making device for a refrigerator or freezer comprises: an ice-making tray having an upper side, a lower side, a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of said tray, wherein said ice-making tray is mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation which is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tray; a collecting container arranged underneath the ice-making tray for catching ice which falls out of said ice-making tray when the latter is in an emptying rotational position; a wall structure which, when the ice-making tray is in an ice-making rotational position, delimits a first air duct which runs underneath said ice-making tray and is open towards the underside of said tray, wherein said first air duct runs in the longitudinal direction of the tray and extends over substantially the entire length of the ice-making tray, wherein the wall structure has at least one wall element which, when the ice-making tray is in the ice-making rotational position, projects into a falling tr

Abstract: A domestic appliance for installation in a furniture frame. The appliance includes an essentially rectangular body and a vertical cover section fixed to a front vertical edge of the body and extending laterally beyond the vertical edge onto the furniture frame. A leg of the section adjacent to a lateral wall of the body has a hole for a fixing screw and a head of the fixing screw is accommodated at least partially in a depression surrounding the hole. A floor of a depression surrounding the hole is level, and a shaft of the fixing screw maintains clearance as it passes through the hole.

Abstract: A device for covering a gap between a housing of a household appliance and a surface which is adjacent thereto. Said device comprises two profile elements, a first for securing to the surface and the second for securing to the housing. One of the profile elements comprises a groove and the other comprises a spring. The spring can be introduced into the direction of the width of the gap in the groove.

Abstract: An output unit of a refrigeration device having a niche with a rear wall, which is provided with a cover, and a method of installing the output unit. The cover includes a dish-shaped section, which is curved inward into the niche and bounded by opposite edge sections, which are connected with a niche frame. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the edge sections at front supporting surfaces of the niche frame are held in contact in an installation end position, wherein the dish-shaped section is pulled by fastening means against the rear wall of the niche. By these means, it is ensured that the narrowest or most uniform gap possible between the cover and the place of installation is guaranteed and, in addition, fastening means are not visible to the user.

Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.

Abstract: A cupboard-type domestic appliance is provided having a housing delimiting an interior in which a support can be displaced between a retracted and a pull-out stop position by a telescopic pull-out mechanism. The telescopic pull-out mechanism includes a first runner fastened on the housing and at least one second runner that can be displaced in a direction contrary to that of the first runner. A projection of the second runner is coupled to a self-retracting mechanism mounted on the housing at a distance to the runners.

Abstract: A door for a household appliance. The door includes a door body having an appliance-side plate and an outer-side decorative panel spaced from the appliance-side plate by a gap. A profiled cover extends at least between a portion of a side of the appliance-side plate to a portion of a side of the outer-side decorative panel such that the profiled cover closes off a side edge extent of the gap.

Abstract: A refrigeration device including a body and a first and a second door which jointly define an inner chamber. The first door bears an upright member which engages in the inner chamber and comes in contact with the first and the second door on their inner side in the closed position of the doors and which may be pivoted on opening the first door to pass the second door. The upright member is adjustable in height relative to the body.

Abstract: A door for a household appliance is provided. The door includes a door outer skin; a decorative panel attached to the door outer skin, the decorative panel and the door outer skin being separated by an intermediate space; a gap located in the intermediate space, the gap being formed on and parallel to the decorative panel or the door outer skin; and an angle piece having a first limb and a second limb. The decorative panel and the door outer skin are connected together by the angle piece, the first limb engages the gap, and the second limb is attached to an edge of the door outer skin or the decorative panel.