Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyungkwen Ham, Hyeonkyu Lim, Hyunuk Park
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Abstract
A refrigerator including an inner door rotatably coupleable to a cabinet to open and close a storage compartment, the inner door having an opening, an outer door rotatably coupleable to the front of the inner door to open and close the opening of the inner door, a hook locking groove formed on the inner door, a manipulation handle provided to be rotatable with respect to a transverse shaft coupleable to the outer door and including a movable contact part, and a locking member provided to be rotatable with respect to a longitudinal shaft coupled to the outer door, wherein the locking member includes a hook lockable to and unlockable from the hook locking groove, and a passive contact part to selectively contact with the movable contact part.
Claims14
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage compartment;
- an inner door rotatably coupleable to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, the inner door having an opening;
- an outer door rotatably coupleable to a front of the inner door to open and close the opening of the inner door;
- a hook locking groove formed on the inner door;
- a manipulation handle provided to be rotatable with respect to a transverse shaft coupleable to the outer door and comprising a movable contact part;
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- a locking member provided to be rotatable with respect to a longitudinal shaft coupleable to the outer door, wherein the locking member comprises a hook lockable to and unlockable from the hook locking groove, and a passive contact part to selectively contact with the movable contact part,
- wherein the movable contact part rotates forward and rearward of the storage compartment with respect to the transverse shaft, and the passive contact part rotates forward and rearward of the storage compartment with respect to the longitudinal shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.