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US 12,638,230 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorKi Bum Jeon
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Abstract
According to the present disclosure, in a refrigerator having a double door in which a first door and a second door are installed to overlap each other, a stopper limiting a rotation angle of the second door is integrally provided in a second hinge assembly. Accordingly, the components of the hinge assembly are minimized, and thus management and assembly work may be easily performed.
Claims12
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage compartment;
- a first door configured to open and close the storage compartment and rotatably installed in the cabinet;
- a second door rotatably installed at the first door to open and close the first door;
- a first hinge assembly fixed to the cabinet and in which the first door is rotatably installed;
- and
- a second hinge assembly fixed to the first door and in which the second door is rotatably installed,
- wherein the second door is provided with a first stopper which contacts any one portion of the second hinge assembly when the second door is rotated to reach a second door set angle, and the second hinge assembly is provided with a second stopper which contacts any one portion of the first hinge assembly when the first door is rotated to reach a first door set angle,
- wherein the second hinge assembly includes:
- a coupling end configured to contact and couple to a bottom surface of the first door;
- an extension end extending from the coupling end to face a bottom surface of the second door, the extension end having a second hinge shaft in which the second door is rotatably installed and a second cam portion configured to limit an opening angle of the second door located on the extension end;
- at least one coupling hole in a bottom surface of the coupling end;
- and
- a coupling protrusion on an upper surface of the second stopper and configured to be inserted into and fixed to the coupling hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.