Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyutae Park, Minsub Kim, Kyongsok Oh, Sangmyung Lee, Hangbok Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes: a cabinet forming a storage space; a door for opening and closing the storage space and provided with a receiving space; a see-through portion extending through the door and communicating with the receiving space; a door light for illuminating a rear space of the door; a transparent panel assembly for shielding the see-through portion and becoming transparent or opaque so as to selectively visualize the see-through portion according to On/Off states of the door light; and a heat insulating member, formed along a perimeter of the transparent panel assembly, for insulating a perimeter portion of the transparent panel assembly.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a storage compartment;
- a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage compartment;
- a hinge that rotatably connects the door to the cabinet, the hinge having (i) a first portion that has a plate shape and is coupled to the cabinet and (ii) a second portion comprising a hinge shaft that is coupled to the door;
- a wire that is disposed above the hinge and extends from the cabinet toward the door;
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- a hinge cover that is disposed above the hinge and covers at least a portion of the wire, the hinge cover defining a connection hole above the second portion of the hinge,
- wherein the wire extends through a wire passage defined below the hinge cover and then extends to an outside of the hinge cover through the connection hole,
- wherein the connection hole is defined above the hinge shaft and aligned with the hinge shaft,
- wherein the hinge cover defines the connection hole at an end of the wire passage, and
- wherein the wire passes through the connection hole and extends to an upper portion of the hinge cover.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a storage compartment;
- a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage compartment;
- a hinge that rotatably connects the door to the cabinet, the hinge having (i) a first portion that has a plate shape and is coupled to the cabinet and (ii) a second portion comprising a hinge shaft that is coupled to the door;
- a wire that is disposed above the hinge and extends from the cabinet toward the door;
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- a hinge cover that is disposed above the hinge and covers at least a portion of the wire, the hinge cover defining a connection hole above the second portion of the hinge,
- wherein the hinge that is disposed closer to a first side of the door than to a second side of the door opposite to the door,
- wherein the wire extends in an upward direction through the connection hole of the hinge cover and then extends in a direction from the first side of the door toward the second side of the door,
- wherein the connection hole is defined above the hinge shaft and aligned with the hinge shaft,
- wherein the hinge cover defines the connection hole at an end of a wire passage defined below the hinge cover, and
- wherein the wire passes through the connection hole and extends to an upper portion of the hinge cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.