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US 11,112,167 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyunnam Park, Yongman Seo, Myoungjin Jang, Jinhong Yu, Woochul Cho
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Abstract
A refrigerator having an improved structure to maintain the humidity in a drawer. The refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a drawer configured to be inserted to or withdrawn from the storage chamber, a cover configured to cover an upper part of the drawer, and a rail device configured to guide the drawer to slide in a front-rear direction with respect to the cover and to allow the cover to be located in the storage chamber and to be moved upward with respect to the drawer when the drawer is withdrawn.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a storage chamber;
- a drawer configured to be inserted to or withdrawn from the storage chamber;
- a cover configured to cover an upper part of the drawer;
- a cover fixing protrusion protruded from the cover and configured to limit movement of the cover;
- a cover support groove provided on the storage chamber and corresponding to the cover fixing protrusion so that the cover is seated and supported therein and does not move together with the drawer when the drawer moves in the front-rear direction, the cover support groove having an open upper side to allow the cover to move in an up-down direction;
- and
- a rail device configured to guide the drawer to move in a front-rear direction with respect to the cover and to allow the cover to be moved upward with respect to the drawer at an inside of the storage chamber when the drawer is withdrawn from the storage chamber,
- wherein the rail device comprises:
- a first roller provided in a front of the cover;
- a second roller provided in a rear of the drawer;
- a first rail provided on opposite outer side surfaces of the drawer in the front-rear direction to support movement of the first roller;
- and
- a second rail provided on opposite inner side surfaces of the cover in the front-rear direction to support movement of the second roller, and
- wherein the cover is spaced apart from an upper side of the drawer in an upward direction when the drawer is withdrawn.
11 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a storage chamber having an open front surface;
- a drawer provided inside the storage chamber and configured to be inserted to or withdrawn from the storage chamber;
- a cover to cover the drawer and having a water collecting pattern formed on at least portion thereof;
- a cover fixing protrusion protruded from the cover and configured to limit movement of the cover;
- a cover support groove provided on the storage chamber and corresponding to the cover fixing protrusion so that the cover is seated and supported therein and does not move together with the drawer when the drawer moves in the front-rear direction, the cover support groove having an open upper side to allow the cover to move in an up-down direction;
- and
- a rail device configured to movably connect the drawer and the cover, and guide the drawer to move in a first direction of the storage chamber with respect to the cover,
- wherein the cover is configured to move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with respect to the drawer from the storage chamber,
- wherein the rail device comprises:
- a first roller provided in a front of the cover;
- a second roller provided in a rear of the drawer;
- a first rail provided on opposite outer side surfaces of the drawer in the front-rear direction to support movement of the first roller;
- and
- a second rail provided on opposite inner side surfaces of the cover in the front-rear direction to support movement of the second roller, and
- wherein the cover is spaced apart from an upper side of the drawer in an upward direction when the drawer is withdrawn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.