Patent ID: 7886554

Claim:
A chest refrigerator and/or freezer with a carcass and a cover movable relative to the carcass, which includes a pane, preferably a pane of glass or plastics, or is formed by the same, wherein heating means are provided, by which the pane can be heated, the carcass and cover of the chest refrigerator and/or freezer include contact elements by which the heating means is connectable with a power source only when the cover is completely or largely closed, the contact elements additionally comprise movable contact pins ( 60 ) configured to extend from a wall ( 54 ) of a shoulder ( 52 ) at a terminal region ( 50 ) of the carcass or frame, said shoulder ( 52 ) configured such that the cover ( 10 ) rests against the shoulder in closed position and the contact pins ( 60 ) being both linearly movable and in contact, in all positions, with supply lines leading to the power source, and a switch is provided, configured to only be closed in completely or largely closed condition of the cover, and in this position closes an electric circuit for energizing the heating means.