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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Liebherr-hausgerate Lienz Gmbh, Lienz, AT;
Richard Stocker, Assling, AT;
Stefan Walder, Sillian, AT;
LIEBHERR-HAUSGERÄTE LIENZ GMBH, Lienz, AT;
Abstract
A refrigerator and/or freezer is described having at least one body that encloses at least one cooled interior space, and with at least one first and one second door opening in opposite directions, which doors are articulated to the body, wherein the interior space can be closed, wherein one or both doors include one or more seals that in the closed condition of the doors are disposed in the gap between the doors, wherein the at least one seal is in its closed end position when the doors are closed, characterized in that the appliance includes at least one door opening sensor and at least one drive unit communicating with the same, which is configured to move the at least one seal of a door away from the other door into an open end position, wherein the drive unit furthermore is configured such that the same is activated when the door opening sensor detects the opening of a door or the touching of the door by a user.