Refrigerator having door position adjustment device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsManabu Kikuchi, Jun Yamashita
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Abstract
The disclosed refrigerator includes a cabinet and a door to open/close an opening of the cabinet. The door is rotatably supported by a hinge. A door position adjustment device is provided between the door and the hinge. The door position adjustment device adjusts steplessly at least the position of the door in a vertical direction. The door position adjustment device includes a vertical adjustment screw. The vertical adjustment screw includes a threaded portion. The vertical adjustment screw is provided between the door and the hinge and adjusts the position of the door in the vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction.
Claims13
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a door to open/close an opening of the cabinet;
- a hinge supporting the door to be rotatable with respect to the cabinet;
- a door position adjustment device provided between the door and the hinge and configured to adjust a position of the door,
- wherein the door position adjustment device comprises;
- a door base fixed to the door;
- a hinge base fixed to the hinge;
- a vertical adjustment screw provided between the door and the hinge, and configured to adjust a position of the door in a vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction;
- and
- an adjuster block provided between the door base and the binge base and including a screw hole to which the vertical adjustment screw is screw-coupled,
- wherein the vertical adjustment screw includes a threaded portion, and a connection portion connected to the door base to restrict a movement of the door base in the vertical direction,
- wherein the vertical adjustment screw moves the door base in the vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction with respect to the hinge base, and
- wherein the door base is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the adjustor block.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet:
- a door to open/close an opening of the cabinet;
- a hinge supporting the door to be rotatable with respect to the cabinet;
- and
- a door position adjustment device provided between the door and the hinge and configured to adjust a position of the door,
- wherein the door position adjustment device comprises:
- a door base fixed to the door;
- a hinge base fixed to the hinge;
- and
- an adjustor block comprising a first element facing and in contact with the door base from under the door base and a second element facing and in contact with the hinge base from above the hinge base, and provided between the door base and the hinge base;
- and
- a vertical adjustment screw including a thread portion, provided between the door and the hinge, and configured to adjust a position of the door in a vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction,
- wherein a screw hole, to which the vertical adjustment screw is fastened, is provided in the second element, and
- the vertical adjusting and fixing screw is provided between the first element and the second element and moves the first element and the door base in the vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction with respect to the second element.
A clothing care device comprising:
- a cabinet for storing clothes;
- a door to open/close an opening of the cabinet;
- a hinge supporting the door to be rotatable with respect to the cabinet;
- a door position adjustment device provided between the door and the hinge and configured to adjust a position of the door,
- wherein the door position adjustment device comprises;
- a door base fixed to the door;
- a hinge base fixed to the hinge;
- a vertical adjustment screw provided between the door and the hinge, and configured to adjust the position of the door in a vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction;
- and
- an adjuster block provided between the door base and the hinge base and including a screw hole to which the vertical adjustment screw is screw-coupled,
- wherein the vertical adjustment screw includes a threaded portion, and a connection portion connected to the door base to restrict a movement of the door base in the vertical direction,
- wherein the vertical adjustment screw moves the door base in the vertical direction by a tightening amount and a loosening amount in the vertical direction with respect to the hinge base, and
- wherein the door base is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the adjustor block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.