# US 11,026,558 B2 · Home appliance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,026,558 B2 - Document ID: US11026558B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/684,957 - Filed: 2019-11-15 - Published: 2020-05-21 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-15 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jin Doo Kim; Ki Tae Park; Hyun-Woo Yu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026558B2 ## CPC - A47L 15/4265: {Arrangements of door covering/decoration panels or plinths, e.g. for integrated dishwashers} - F24C 15/02: Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges - A47L 15/4259: {Arrangements of locking or security/safety devices for doors, e.g. door latches, switch to stop operation when door is open} - A47L 15/4261: {Connections of the door to the casing, e.g. door hinges} - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION ## Abstract Provided is a home appliance including: a main body having a cavity; a door rotatably coupled to a front side of the main body to open and close the cavity; a holder moveably mounted to the door; a decorative plate mounted to the holder to be disposed on a front surface of the door; and a wire connected to the holder and the main body to vary a tension depending rotation of the door, and configured to move the holder by the tension. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A home appliance comprising: a main body having a cavity; a door rotatably coupled to a front side of the main body to open and close the cavity; a holder moveably mounted to the door and having an accommodation groove with an open upper surface; a decorative plate; a fixer coupled to the decorative plate and being insertable in a downward direction into the open upper surface of the accommodation groove to be accommodated in the accommodation groove, to thereby mount the decorative plate to the holder so that the decorative plate is disposed on a front surface of the door; and a wire connected to the holder and the main body so that, with the decorative plate mounted to the holder, rotation of the door varies tension of the wire, which thereby moves the holder, which thereby moves the decorative plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the tension applies a force to the holder when the door is opened, and the is force is removed from the holder when the door is closed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the holder is moved in an upper direction of the door by the tension of the wire when the door is opened. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The home appliance of claim 3, wherein the decorative plate, while mounted to the holder, is moved in a lower direction of the door by self-weight of the decorative plate when the door is closed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the door is provided with a guide slot for guiding movement of the holder, and the holder is inserted into the guide slot and moves along the guide slot. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, further comprising: a direction conversion member configured to convert a direction of a force exerted on the holder by the tension of the wire. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, further comprising: a wire guide member configured to guide a position of the wire. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The home appliance of claim 7, wherein the wire guide member is configured to adjust the tension of the wire at a time of rotation of the door. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, further comprising: another wire connected to the holder such that the holder is moved in a lower direction of the door when the door is closed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The home appliance of claim 9, further comprising: an elastic member connected to the another wire to elastically support the another wire. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The home appliance of claim 10, further comprising: an installation bracket coupled to the door to cover and support the elastic member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the holder further includes a stopper that couples to the fixer so that, while the fixer is accommodated in the accommodation groove, the fixer is prevented from being separated from the accommodation groove. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The home appliance of claim 12, wherein the holder includes an elastic pressing portion elastically supporting the stopper. ### Claim 14 A home appliance comprising: a main body having a cavity; a door rotatably coupled to a front side of the main body to open and close the cavity; a holder moveably mounted to the door and having a fixer accommodation groove with an open upper surface; and a fixer that is insertable into the open upper surface of the fixer accommodation groove in a downward direction to be accommodated in the fixer accommodation groove, wherein the fixer is configured to, while being accommodated in the fixer accommodation groove, couple a decorative plate to the holder so that the decorative plate is disposed on a front surface of the door, the holder further includes a stopper that couples to the fixer so that, while the fixer is accommodated in the fixer accommodation groove, the fixer is prevented from being separated from the fixer accommodation groove, and the stopper has an inclined surface inclined with respect to the downward direction in which the fixer is insertable into the open upper surface of the fixer accommodation groove, so that the stopper moves in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction when the fixer is inserted into the open upper surface of the fixer accommodation groove. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The home appliance of claim 14, wherein the holder includes an elastic pressing portion elastically supporting the stopper. ### Claim 16 A home appliance comprising: a main body having a cavity; a door rotatably coupled to a front side of the main body to open and close the cavity; a holder moveably mounted to the door and having an accommodation groove with an open upper surface into which a fixer coupled to a decorative plate is insertable in a downward direction to be accommodated in the accommodation groove, to thereby mount the decorative plate to the holder so that the decorative plate is disposed on a front surface of the door; and a wire connected to the holder and the main body so that, with the decorative plate mounted to the holder, rotation of the door varies tension of the wire, which thereby moves the holder, which thereby moves the decorative plate.