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US 12,663,205 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyun Ae Lim, Younghoon Gwak
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Abstract
Proposed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator may include a cabinet having a storage compartment (3) formed therein, and a storage assembly (100) installed in the storage compartment (3) and having a storage space (130a) defined therein. Additionally, a guide frame (110) provided with a drawer guide part (121) and a shelf guide part (125) having heights different from each other may be provided in the storage assembly (100), and a storage drawer (130) and a plurality of shelves (150, 170) may be disposed in the guide frame (110). In this case, each of the shelves (150, 170) includes a shelf frame (151, 171), and a top plate (160, 180) coupled to the upper surface of the shelf frame (151, 171).
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage compartment formed therein;
- and
- a storage assembly installed in the storage compartment and having a storage space defined therein,
- wherein the storage assembly comprises:
- a guide frame disposed in the storage compartment and provided with a drawer guide part and a shelf guide part having heights different from each other;
- a storage drawer which has the storage space defined therein and moves along the drawer guide part;
- and
- a plurality of shelves disposed on the storage space,
- wherein each of the shelves comprises:
- a shelf frame coupled to the shelf guide part;
- and
- a top plate coupled to an upper surface of the shelf frame,
- wherein the upper surface of the shelf frame is open toward a lower surface of the top plate and has an adhesive part depressed therein such that adhesive is filled in the adhesive part,
- wherein the shelf frame comprises a pair of shelf bodies disposed at opposite sides thereof, respectively, by being spaced apart from each other, and a front body located between the pair of shelf bodies to connect the pair of shelf bodies to each other, the front body being disposed on a front of the shelf frame,
- wherein the adhesive part is continuously formed in upper surfaces of the pair of shelf bodies and an upper surface of the front body, and
- wherein the depressed adhesive part on the upper surface of the shelf frame includes a first side adhesive groove extending along a longitudinal direction of each of the shelf bodies, and a parallel second side adhesive groove disposed outward with respect to the first side adhesive groove and at each of opposite sides thereof.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage compartment formed therein;
- and
- a storage assembly installed in the storage compartment and having a storage space defined therein,
- wherein the storage assembly comprises:
- a guide frame disposed in the storage compartment and provided with a drawer guide part and a shelf guide part having heights different from each other;
- a storage drawer which has the storage space defined therein and moves along the drawer guide part;
- a first shelf which covers a rear part of an upper part of the storage space and is provided with connecting guide parts, each of the connecting guide parts being connected to the shelf guide part;
- and
- a second shelf which covers a front part of the upper part of the storage space and slides forward and rearward along the shelf guide part and a connecting guide part of the connecting guide parts,
- wherein when the second shelf moves from the shelf guide part to the connecting guide part, the second shelf overlaps the first shelf,
- wherein the first shelf is coupled rotatably to the guide frame such that the first shelf and the second shelf overlapping the first shelf rotate together, and
- wherein each of the first shelf and the second shelf includes a glass top plate bonded to paired shelf bodies by an adhesive,
- wherein an upper surface of each of the paired shelf bodies is open toward a lower surface of the glass top plate and has an adhesive part depressed therein such that the adhesive is filled in the adhesive part,
- wherein the adhesive part on the upper surface of each of the paired shelf bodies includes a first side adhesive groove and a parallel second side adhesive groove disposed outward with respect to the first side adhesive groove and at each of opposite sides thereof, and
- wherein, when the second shelf is positioned in front of the first shelf, the two glass top plates are coplanar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.