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US 10,330,371 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJaehun Jung
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Abstract
A refrigerator may include a cabinet disposed at a storage compartment, a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, a basket configured to accommodate goods, a moving frame coupled to a lower part of the basket, the moving frame being configured to support the basket, and to move vertically at the door in an integrated manner with the basket, a rail disposed at the door, and a supporter disposed between the moving frame and the rail to support the moving frame with respect to the rail.
Claims16
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet disposed at a storage compartment;
- a door that is configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- a basket that comprises a plastic material and that is configured to accommodate goods;
- a moving frame that comprises a metallic material, that includes an extending frame, that is coupled to a lower part of the basket, that is configured to support the basket, and that is configured to move vertically at the door in conjunction with the basket;
- a rail that includes a roller guide configured to vertically move an upper roller and a lower roller disposed at the door;
- a supporter disposed between the moving frame and the rail that is configured to support the moving frame with respect to the rail, the supporter being coupled to the extending frame of the moving frame, and including the upper roller disposed at an upper side of the supporter, the lower roller disposed at a lower side of the supporter, and a lever configured to limit vertical movement of the moving frame,
- wherein the roller guide includes a plurality of roller openings vertically spaced apart from one another at one side of the roller guide, the lever and at least one of the upper roller and the lower roller being configured to be selectively inserted into the roller openings to support vertical load and bending load applied to the basket and the moving frame,
- wherein the upper roller and the lower roller each have outer parts formed of an elastic material, and
- wherein one side of the upper roller and one side of the lower roller is elastically deformed when the upper and lower rollers roll along the roller guide, and the lower roller is inserted into at least one of the roller openings when the lever is inserted into the roller openings to limit the vertical movement of the moving frame.
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