Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorChangseok Oh
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a mounting bracket disposed at a top surface of the cabinet, a door configured to rotate relative to the cabinet, a hinge cover that is disposed at the top surface of the cabinet and covers the mounting bracket, a hinge including a door bracket disposed at the door, a hinge bracket disposed at the mounting bracket, and a plurality of links that connect the door bracket to the hinge bracket, a guide device having a first side disposed at the door and a second side that passes through a cover opening at a front surface of the hinge cover and is disposed inside the hinge cover, and an electric wire or a water pipe disposed along an inside of the guide device.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a storage space;
- a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space;
- a hinge that rotatably connects the door to the cabinet and comprises a plurality of links;
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- a wire guide disposed above the hinge and configured to guide an electric wire between the cabinet and the door,
- wherein the wire guide comprises:
- a first guide member having a first end that is rotatably connected to the cabinet,
- a second guide member rotatably connected to a second end of the first guide member, the second guide member extending over the hinge and passing the hinge,
- wherein an end of the second guide member is disposed at a position closer to a front surface of the door than the hinge, and
- a third guide member that is disposed on the second guide member and defines a passage in communication with an inside of the door,
- wherein the third guide member extends downward from the end of the second guide member and is inserted into an upper surface of the door, and
- wherein the wire guide is configured to guide the electric wire from an inside of the cabinet to the inside of the door via the first guide member, the second guide member, and the third guide member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.