A refrigeration appliance having - a refrigeration cabin enclosing an interior volume of the refrigeration appliance for preserving food items to be cooled, - a cabin door mounted to the refrigeration cabin to provide access thereinto, - a handle assembly attached to the cabin door for opening the same, the handle assembly being operably coupled to an impact imparting means having an end movable in the direction of the refrigeration cabin to effect separation of the cabin door therefrom, - a rotary handle grip extending behind a handle body that is fixedly attached to the cabin door, is disposed so as to be rotatable a certain limited amount relative to the handle body upon which the impact imparting means is movable in the direction of the refrigeration cabin to effect separation of the cabin door therefrom, wherein - rotation of the rotary handle grip relative to the handle body drives a rotary cam's shaft such that the impact imparting means is movable, - the rotary cam is provided with an extended end portion which is rotatable so as to displace the impact imparting means in the direction of the refrigeration cabin, - the extended end portion of the cam slides on a contact surface of the impact imparting means during rotation, - the rotary cam has an eccentric shaft by the rotational movement of which the extended end portion moves the impact imparting means out of an impact imparting means slot in a linear manner, characterized in that - the radius from the rotation axis of the rotary cam's shaft to the extended end portion of the cam is disposed perpendicular to the movement direction of the impact imparting means when the cam is in its resting position, and - said contact surface of the impact imparting means is slanted towards the refrigeration cabin when seen from its contact point to the cam that is assumed when the cam is in its resting position. - a refrigeration cabin enclosing an interior volume of the refrigeration appliance for preserving food items to be cooled, - a cabin door mounted to the refrigeration cabin to provide access thereinto, - a handle assembly attached to the cabin door for opening the same, the handle assembly being operably coupled to an impact imparting means having an end movable in the direction of the refrigeration cabin to effect separation of the cabin door therefrom, - a rotary handle grip extending behind a handle body that is fixedly attached to the cabin door, is disposed so as to be rotatable a certain limited amount relative to the handle body upon which the impact imparting means is movable in the direction of the refrigeration cabin to effect separation of the cabin door therefrom, - rotation of the rotary handle grip relative to the handle body drives a rotary cam's shaft such that the impact imparting means is movable, - the rotary cam is provided with an extended end portion which is rotatable so as to displace the impact imparting means in the direction of the refrigeration cabin, - the extended end portion of the cam slides on a contact surface of the impact imparting means during rotation, - the rotary cam has an eccentric shaft by the rotational movement of which the extended end portion moves the impact imparting means out of an impact imparting means slot in a linear manner, characterized in that - the radius from the rotation axis of the rotary cam's shaft to the extended end portion of the cam is disposed perpendicular to the movement direction of the impact imparting means when the cam is in its resting position, and - said contact surface of the impact imparting means is slanted towards the refrigeration cabin when seen from its contact point to the cam that is assumed when the cam is in its resting position.