Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDongho Lee, Youngil Song, Jisu Rhie
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Abstract
The refrigerator includes a door including a door body and a front panel coupled to a front surface of the door so to cover a front surface of the door body. The front panel includes a display including a screen on which an image is displayed, and a glass panel provided in front of the display. The glass panel includes a glass member and a decorative layer formed in an area other than an area corresponding to the screen of the display among an entire area of the glass member. The front panel includes a support plate coupled to the glass panel and including a display mounting portion on which the display is mounted.
Claims8
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a door including a door body and a front panel coupled to a front surface of the door body so as to cover the front surface of the door body, the door configured to open and close a storage compartment in the main body,
- wherein the front panel includes:
- a display including a screen on which an image is displayable,
- a glass panel in front of the display and including a glass member and a decorative layer formed in an area of the glass member other than an area of the glass member corresponding to the screen of the display, and
- a support plate coupled to a rear surface of the glass panel and including a display mounting portion on which the display is rear-mounted and an opening through which the screen is exposed so as to be viewable through the area of the glass member corresponding to the screen,
- wherein the display mounting portion includes support portions formed around the opening to support a portion of a front surface of the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.