US Patent 9410735 Refrigeration appliance

A refrigeration appliance includes a body having an interior sealed by a closeable door by a seal disposed between the door and the body, and at least one control unit for actuating an opening mechanism acting on the door, whose control signal, which triggers the opening of the door, is configured to be generated by at least one sensor cooperating with a plunger, wherein the plunger has a contact surface for engagement of the sensor, and the plunger is supported in a passage of the door or of the body so that it is configured to be movable, together with the sensor engaged against the contact surface, in an axial longitudinal direction of the plunger and against a force of a spring element.