Abstract: A plastic profiled sealing element for household refrigeration appliances, such as freezers, refrigerators, freezer chests, freezer compartments, etc., includes a sealing bellows having a hose-shaped cross section. The sealing bellows is provided with two side walls and a covering wall and is made of a plastic which has been set by means of a softener so as to be continuously flexible. Further, the profiled sealing element is provided with an anchor member made of a plastic of the same or different material hardness, with the sealing bellows and the anchor member being connected with one another to form a unit. The cross sections of the two side walls of the sealing bellows narrow as the side walls rise from the region of the connection of the side walls with the covering wall of the anchor member to approximately half the height of the sealing bellows, so that the side walls become increasingly thinner.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrically insulating material having good mechanical properties by mixing a polyvinyl chloride polymer with a natural cellulose material in an amount of from 25 to 30% by weight to form a substantially homogeneous mixture consisting essentially of the polyvinyl chloride and natural cellulose material.