Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYongwon Dong, Younseok Lee, Sanggyun Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator according to the embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a main door for opening and closing the storage space; a sub door capable of rotating relative to the main door; a hinge mechanism, which provides the rotation center of the main door and the rotation center of the sub door and in which the rotation center of the main door is positioned on the sub door; and a wire guide which guides, toward the sub door, a wire electrically connected to a component of the main door, the wire guide having an inlet, through which the wire drawn out from the main door enters, and an outlet, through which the wire is drawn out.
Claims19
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a hinge mechanism coupled to the cabinet;
- a main door coupled to the hinge mechanism and configured to open and close the storage space;
- a sub door coupled to the hinge mechanism to be relatively rotatable with respect to the main door, a rotation axis of the main door extending into the sub door;
- and
- a wire guide that guides a wire electrically connected to a component of the main door, the wire guide having an inlet through which the wire is received from the main door and drawn into the wire guide, and an outlet through which the wire is drawn out of the wire guide,
- wherein the hinge mechanism comprises a hinge pin configured to provide a rotation axis of the sub door,
- wherein at least a portion of the outlet of the wire guide overlaps the sub door in a vertical direction,
- wherein the wire passing through the outlet of the wire guide is extended toward the cabinet without passing through the hinge pin, and
- wherein the rotation axis of the main door and the rotation axis of the sub door pass through the outlet of the wire guide.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a main door rotatably connected by a hinge to the cabinet and configured to open and close the storage space;
- a sub door rotatably connected by the hinge to be relatively rotatable with respect to the main door;
- a wire guide coupled to the main door and configured to define a first passage that guides a wire electrically connected to a component of the main door toward the sub door;
- and
- a bracket cover coupled to the hinge and configured to define a second passage that guides the wire from the wire guide and toward the cabinet,
- wherein a rotation axis of the main door and a rotation axis of the sub door pass through an outlet of the wire guide and the second passage of the bracket cover.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a main door rotatably connected by a first hinge to the cabinet and configured to open and close the storage space;
- a sub door rotatably connected by a second hinge to be relatively rotatable with respect to the main door;
- a wire guide coupled to the main door and configured to define a first passage that guides a wire electrically connected to a component of the main door toward the sub door;
- and
- a bracket cover configured to define a second passage that guides the wire from the wire guide and toward the cabinet,
- wherein the wire electrically connected to the component of the main door is extended toward the cabinet by the wire guide and the bracket cover without passing through the second hinge,
- wherein a rotation axis of the main door and a rotation axis of the sub door pass through the first passage of the wire guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.