Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorDaekil Kang
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment provided therein; a first door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment; a second door rotatably coupled to the first door and comprising a stopper; a locking device configured to selectively allow the rotation of the second door with respect to the first door, wherein the locking device includes a moving member having different displacements according to an opening/closing state of the first door; and a hooking member having different displacements according to the displacements of the moving member and selectively hooking the stopper thereto.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet with a storage compartment;
- a first door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and that is configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- a second door rotatably coupled to the first door;
- a hinge that is configured to rotate the second door with respect to the first door, the hinge comprising a hinge shaft that forms a rotation axis of the second door, a hinge bracket coupled to the second door;
- a stopper that is configured to integrally rotate with the second door;
- a locking device that is configured to selectively allow the rotation of the second door with respect to the first door,
- wherein the locking device comprises:
- a moving member having different displacements according to an opening/closing state of the first door;
- and
- a hooking member having different displacements according to the displacements of the moving member and that is configured to selectively hook the stopper to the hooking member, and
- wherein the rotation axis of the second door extends in a first direction,
- wherein while the first door is opened or closed, the moving member moves in the first direction.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet with a storage compartment;
- a first door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and that is configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- a second door rotatably coupled to the first door via a sub-hinge;
- a stopper that is configured to integrally rotate with the second door;
- and
- a locking device configured to selectively allow the rotation of the second door with respect to the first door,
- wherein the locking device comprises:
- a moving member moved to be located in a first position in a state where the first door is closed and to be located in a second position when the first door is open;
- a hooking member located in a locking position and a unlocking position, in relation to a movement of the moving member, and that is configured to selectively lock the stopper;
- and
- wherein the moving member is located in a first position in a state where the first door is closed and in a second position when the first door is opened,
- wherein while the first door is opened, the moving member moves from the first position to the second position,
- wherein a height of the first position is different from that of the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.