Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJinho Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a front panel door part, a drawer part located rearward of the front panel door part, and a connection device that is located at the front panel door part, that is configured to couple the front panel door part with the drawer part, and that is configured to transmit power from the front panel door part to the drawer part. The connection device includes an exposed portion that is exposed through the rear surface of the front panel door part and that allows a user to manipulate the connection device, and the connection device is configured to, based on a manipulation of the exposed portion of the connection device by the user, decouple the front panel door part from the drawer part.
Claims17
A home appliance comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a space;
- a drawer door including (i) a drawer part configured to insert into and withdraw from the space in a front-rear direction and (ii) a front panel door coupled to a front portion of the drawer part and configured to open and close at least a portion of the space;
- an elevation device provided in the drawer part and configured to elevate an object in the drawer part relative to a bottom surface of the drawer part;
- a driving device provided in the front panel door and configured to supply power for operation of the elevation device;
- a drawer shaft that extends in the front-rear direction of the drawer door, the drawer shaft having a first end connected to the elevation device;
- a coupling member that has a rod shape and that is rotatably disposed in the front-rear direction of the drawer door, the coupling member having (i) a first end connected to the driving device and (ii) a second end that is coaxially connected to a second end of the drawer shaft and that is configured to transmit the power of the driving device to the drawer shaft;
- a first connection member that connects the coupling member to the drawer shaft;
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- an elastic member that surrounds the coupling member and that is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the coupling member, the elastic member being configured to be compressed based on movement of the first connection member along the coupling member,
- wherein the drawer shaft is configured to transmit the power to the elevation device based on rotating together with the coupling member.
A home appliance comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a space;
- a drawer door including (i) a drawer part configured to insert into and withdraw from the space in a front-rear direction and (ii) a front panel door coupled to a front portion of the drawer part and configured to open and close at least a portion of the space;
- an elevation device provided in the drawer part and configured to elevate an object in the drawer part relative to a bottom surface of the drawer part;
- a driving device provided in the front panel door and configured to supply power for operation of the elevation device;
- a drawer shaft that extends in the front-rear direction of the drawer door, the drawer shaft having a first end connected to the elevation device;
- and
- a coupling member that is rotatably disposed in the front-rear direction of the drawer door, the coupling member having (i) a first end connected to the driving device and (ii) a second end that is coaxially connected to a second end of the drawer shaft and that is configured to transmit the power of the driving device to the drawer shaft,
- wherein the drawer shaft is configured to transmit the power to the elevation device based on rotating together with the coupling member, and
- wherein the elevation device comprises an elevation shaft extending along a vertical direction in the drawer part, the elevation shaft being configured to rotate based on the coupling member and the drawer shaft being connected and rotating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.