Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJonghyun Son, Byoungmok Kim, Taecheol Park, Jeonghyun Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes: a main body including a storage area; an inner door including a door storage space, the inner door being rotatably coupled with the main body; an outer door; and a hinge rotatably coupling the outer door with the inner door, the hinge including a hinge bracket that includes a fixing plate coupled with the inner door, and a hinge shaft on which the outer door is rotatable, wherein the inner door further includes a front plate forming a front surface of the inner door, and an upper cap coupled with an upper end of the front plate, wherein the front plate includes a through hole, and wherein the hinge bracket penetrates the through hole such that the fixing plate is coupled with the upper cap.
Claims15
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body comprising a storage area;
- an inner door comprising a door storage space, the inner door being rotatably coupled with the main body;
- an outer door;
- a hinge rotatably coupling the outer door with the inner door, the hinge comprising a hinge bracket that comprises a fixing plate coupled with the inner door, and a hinge shaft on which the outer door is rotatable;
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- a hinge cover covering a portion of the hinge bracket, the portion being positioned outside the inner door,
- wherein the inner door further comprises a front plate forming a front surface of the inner door, and an upper cap coupled with an upper end of the front plate,
- wherein the front plate comprises a through hole spaced a first gap from an upper edge of the front plate and spaced a second gap from a side edge of the front plate,
- wherein the hinge bracket penetrates the through hole such that the fixing plate is coupled with the upper cap and is positioned inside the inner door, and
- wherein the hinge cover penetrates the through hole.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator door comprising an inner door and an outer door, the inner door being coupled with a main body, and the outer door being coupled with the inner door, wherein the inner door further comprises a front plate comprising a through hole spaced a first gap from an upper edge of the front plate and spaced a second gap from a side edge of the front plate;
- a hinge comprising a hinge bracket coupled with the inner door;
- a hinge cover covering a portion of the hinge bracket that is positioned outside the inner door, wherein the hinge cover penetrates the through hole;
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- a reed switch configured to detect opening and closing of the outer door based on an interworking between the reed switch and a magnet,
- wherein the reed switch and the magnet are positioned vertically with respect to each other when the refrigerator door is closed, and
- wherein the inner door comprises the front plate forming a front surface of the inner door, and an upper cap coupled with an upper end of the front plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.