Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorNayoung Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes: a cabinet and a door configured to open and close the cabinet. The door includes a cap decoration defining an upper surface of the door and having an opening; an outer plate defining a front appearance of the door and including a display configured to indicate operation information; a door liner coupled to the outer plate and defining a rear surface of the door; an insulating material filled between the outer plate and the door liner; an inner case coupled to the outer plate and the cap decoration inside of the door and including an accommodating space that communicates with the opening; and a display assembly inserted through the opening from an outside of the door and disposed inside of the case, and the cap decoration includes a case inserting portion into which the inner case is inserted and restrained.
Claims18
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet;
- and
- a door configured to open and close the cabinet,
- wherein the door comprises:
- a cap defining an upper surface of the door,
- an outer plate having a front surface and a rear surface, the front surface defining a front appearance of the door, the outer plate comprising a display configured to indicate operation information at the front surface, and
- an inner case disposed at the rear surface of the outer plate and coupled to the display, the inner case defining an accommodating space,
- wherein a front surface of the inner case is coupled to the outer plate and an upper surface of the inner case is coupled to the cap,
- wherein the cap comprises a case inserting portion that restrains the upper surface of the inner case,
- wherein the inner case comprises a restraining end that extends along a circumference of the case upper surface,
- wherein the cap comprises a restraining protrusion that protrudes at an intermediate portion of the case inserting portion, the restraining protrusion being configured to be engaged with and restrained at the restraining end of the inner case,
- wherein a lower surface of the restraining protrusion includes an inclined surface, and
- wherein an upper surface of the restraining protrusion is configured to be engaged with and restrained at the restraining end of the inner case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.