Patent ID: 7517031
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: E05Y,F25D

Abstract:
1. A housing for a refrigerator, comprising: a body defining an interior and having; at least one side part formed from a panel of flat material; side walls; and a front side with an opening open to said interior; vertical border strips and horizontal end bars surrounding said opening, at least one of said border strips together with at least one of said side walls being a constituent part of said at least one side part; said side part having a joining element for joining said side part together with at least one of said end bars; and said at least one end bar being introduced into said joining element, and subjecting said border strip to a force having an effect of widening an angle at which said border strip is connected to said side wall, said at least one end bar has a front side and a rear side, said joining element forms a clamp clamping in said at least one end bar between at least two points of contact on a respective one of said front and rear sides, said two points of contact each being spaced apart by different distances from a side wall of said body, and said at least one end bar has a joint-on buffer body forming at least one of said points of contact.