Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsChangwoan Yang, Hyeongil Kim, Heonjae Jang, Booyoun Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment, a door, a drawer, a roller at a side of the drawer, and a withdrawal frame in the storage compartment configured to support the drawer and move in a forward-rearward direction, and a link rotatably that is connected to the door and a connection shaft, that is configured to move the withdrawal frame forward based on the door being opened and to move the withdrawal frame rearward based on the door being closed, and that defines, along a longitudinal direction of the link, a connection hole that is configured to receive the connection shaft, the link being located at the withdrawal frame.
Claims14
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a storage compartment with an opening;
- a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet and configured to open and close the opening;
- a drawer located in the storage compartment and configured to store food;
- a roller located at a side of the drawer;
- a withdrawal frame that is located in the storage compartment, that is configured to support the drawer, and that is configured to move in a forward-rearward direction;
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- a link that is rotatably connected to the door at a side of the link and rotatably connected to a connection shaft at an other side of the link, that is configured to move the withdrawal frame forward based on the door being opened and to move the withdrawal frame rearward based on the door being closed, and that defines, along a longitudinal direction of the link, a connection hole that is configured to receive the connection shaft, the link being located at the withdrawal frame,
- wherein the withdrawal frame comprises:
- a horizontal base part that includes the connection shaft;
- a side part that extends upward from the horizontal base part;
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- a drawer guide that is located at the side part, that is configured to support the roller, and that is configured to guide the roller in the forward-rearward direction to enable the drawer to move in the forward-rearward direction relative to the withdrawal frame based on the withdrawal frame moving relative to the storage compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.