US 12,372,294 B2Granted

Refrigerator

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsJongwoo Han, Youngkyu Moon, Jaejin Lee, Sungwook Kang, Joongkyung Park

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Abstract

Provided is a refrigerator including a main body configured to form a storage chamber, a door configured to open and close the storage chamber, a hinge configured to rotatably support the door, and a height adjusting device configured to be coupled to the hinge and located inside the door, wherein the height adjusting device includes a lever provided to be operable from an outside of the door, a power transmission member provided to be movable as the lever rotates, and a support member configured to guide the power transmission member in a first direction as the lever rotates to move the power transmission member so that a height of the door is increased, and guide the power transmission member in a second direction, different from the first direction, as the lever rotates to move the power transmission member so that the height of the door is decreased.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A refrigerator comprising:

a main body configured to form a storage chamber;
a door configured to open and close the storage chamber;
a hinge configured to rotatably support the door;
and
a height adjusting device configured to be coupled to the hinge and located inside the door,
wherein the height adjusting device includes:
a lever that is operable from an outside of the door,
a power transmission member that is movable as the lever rotates,
a support member supported by the hinge, and configured to guide the power transmission member to move in a first approximately vertical direction as the lever rotates to move the power transmission member in a first approximately horizontal direction so that a height of the door is increased, and guide the power transmission member to move in a second approximately vertical direction as the lever rotates to move the power transmission member in a second approximately horizontal direction so that the height of the door is decreased, and
a case fixed to the door, in which the power transmission member is movably accommodated, and configured to allow movement of the power transmission member relative to the case in the first approximately horizontal direction or the second approximately horizontal direction while restricting movement of the power transmission member relative to the case in the first approximately vertical direction and the second approximately vertical direction.

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