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US 10,480,228 B2Granted
Hinge supporting apparatus for door of refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin-ho Kim, Cheon-seok Ko, Sung-cheul Park
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Abstract
A hinge supporting apparatus is provided, which includes a connection member configured to hinge-connect a door to a main body, a cam member configured to vary an installation position of the connection member in order to control a gap between the main body and the door, and a fixing member configured to fix the connection member to the main body.
Claims17
A hinge supporting apparatus comprising:
- a connection member configured to hinge-connect a door to a main body;
- a cam member configured to vary an installation position of the connection member in order to control a gap between the main body and the door;
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- a fixing member configured to fix the connection member to the main body,
- wherein the connection member has an insertion hole which is formed thereon and into which the cam member is inserted,
- wherein the insertion hole includes a first end portion that corresponds to one flat side surface of the cam member and a second end portion which corresponds to another flat side surface of the cam member that forms a pair with the one flat side surface of the cam member, and
- wherein the first and second end portions are spaced apart from each other in a direction in which the door moves away from or approaches the main body, and form a gap that is equal to a gap between the one flat side surface and the other flat side surface of the cam member, so that the one flat side surface and the other flat side surface of the cam member are in contact with the first and second end portions, respectively, when the cam member is inserted into the insertion hole.
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A hinge supporting apparatus comprising:
- a connection member having one side portion that is variably fixed to a main body of a refrigerator and the other side portion that is hinge-connected to a door of the refrigerator;
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- a cam member configured to be inserted into the one side portion of the connection member to control a gap between the main body and the door in accordance with variation of an installation position of the connection member,
- wherein the cam member has a plurality of flat side surfaces which are even-numbered to form pairs with the flat side surfaces that are arranged in opposite directions to each other,
- wherein the connection member has an insertion hole which is formed on the one side portion of the connection member and into which the cam member is inserted,
- wherein the insertion hole includes first and second end portions that correspond to the flat side surfaces of one of the pairs of flat side surfaces of the cam member, and
- wherein the first and second end portions of the insertion hole are spaced apart from each other in a direction in which the door moves away from or approaches the main body, and form a gap that is equal to a gap between the flat side surfaces of the one of the pairs of flat side surfaces of the cam member, so that the flat side surfaces of the one air of flat side surfaces of the cam member are in contact with the first and second end portions when the cam member is inserted into the insertion hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.