Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJeonggil Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door, a motor assembly provided at the storage chamber and configured to provide a driving force that moves the drawer door relative to the storage chamber, and a rack gear assembly provided at the drawer door and having an extendable rack gear. The rack gear includes a fixed rack fixed to the drawer door and a moving rack slidably coupled to the fixed rack. The drawer door includes a drawer part that defines an upwardly open storage space, and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage chamber;
- a drawer part having a storage container;
- a door part coupled to the drawer part and configured to open and close the storage chamber;
- a motor assembly disposed at the storage chamber, the motor assembly comprising:
- a motor, and
- a pinion gear configured to be rotated by the motor;
- and
- a rack gear assembly disposed at the drawer part, the rack gear assembly comprising:
- a fixed rack mounted on the drawer part, and
- a moving rack slidably coupled to the fixed rack and configured to selectively contact the pinion gear based on the fixed rack being withdrawn from the cabinet, wherein the pinion gear is configured to selectively couple to the moving rack.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage chamber;
- a drawer part having a storage container;
- a door part coupled to the drawer part and configured to open and close the storage chamber;
- a motor assembly disposed at the storage chamber, the motor assembly comprising:
- a motor, and
- a pinion gear configured to be rotated by the motor;
- and
- a rack gear assembly disposed at the drawer part, the rack gear assembly comprising:
- a fixed rack mounted on the drawer part, and
- a moving rack slidably coupled to the fixed rack,
- wherein the pinion gear is configured to selectively couple to the moving rack,
- wherein the rack gear assembly further comprises a fixing assembly disposed at a side of the moving rack and configured to selectively couple the fixed rack and the moving rack to each other, and
- wherein the fixing assembly is configured to selectively fix the moving rack to one side of the storage chamber based on the drawer part being inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.