Patent ID: 7975351

Claim:
A door handle for refrigerators or freezers for the opening of a door ( 2 ) of a refrigerator or freezer compartment having a handle ( 10 ) which is fixable to the door ( 2 ) in a manner pivotable by a pivot support ( 50 ; 29 ) arranged at the outer side of the door ( 2 ) and movable between an open position and a closed position, a pressure piece for the levering open of the door ( 2 ), said pressure piece having a slider ( 12 ) which is displaceably supported at the narrow side of the door ( 2 ), hingedly connected to the handle ( 10 ), said slider can be pressed by a movement of the handle ( 10 ) against a door frame or unit carcass into the open position for the levering open of the door ( 2 ), said pivot support ( 50 ; 29 ) having a coupling member ( 17 ) which is pivotably connected to the handle ( 10 ) about a first pivot axis ( 21 ) and hinged to the front side of the door or to a fitting ( 1 ) fastened thereto about a second pivot axis ( 18 ), a releasable snap connection, comprising a third pivot axis ( 15 ), provided between the handle ( 10 ) and the slider ( 12 ), wherein said first pivot axis ( 21 ), said second pivot axis ( 18 ) and said third pivot axis ( 15 ), define a roll center ( 24 ) around which the handle is effectively pivotable relative to the door ( 2 ), said roll center ( 24 ) being disposed on an inner side of the door ( 2 ) for at least a part of the movement of the handle ( 10 ) between the open and closed positions with said pivot support being fastened and arranged on an outer side of the door ( 2 ), said roll center ( 24 ) providing for a shallow construction height of the total door handle, with a sufficient actuating path of the slider ( 12 ) achieved without an excessively large pivot movement of the handle ( 10 ), a restoration device ( 53 ) for the automatic restoration of the handle ( 10 ) from the open position into the closed position, a movement damper ( 57 ) for damping the restoration force of the handle ( 10 ) from the open position into the closed position and an opening movement of the handle ( 10 ) from the closed position into the open position, said handle ( 10 ) having a toothed arrangement ( 59 ), said damper ( 57 ) having a toothed driving piece ( 58 ) configured to engage said toothed arrangement ( 59 ) during restoration or closing movement of said door ( 2 ) to dampen restoration movement, said toothed arrangement ( 59 ) and said toothed driving piece ( 58 ) move out of engagement with one another in a completely open position of the handle ( 10 ).