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US 12,747,910 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsEun Heo, Huido Park, Kyoungsun Park, Jisick Hwang
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body; a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open; a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space; a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap; a cover vertically movably connected to the shelf and configured to cover the gap; and a cover position adjuster contacting the shelf and the cover and configured to adjust an area of the gap by vertically moving the cover.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body;
- a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open;
- a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space;
- a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap;
- a cover vertically movably connected to the shelf and configured to cover the gap;
- and
- a cover position adjuster contacting the shelf and the cover and configured to adjust an area of the gap by vertically moving the cover, wherein the cover position adjuster is on a frontmost surface of the cover nearest the front side of the storage chamber;
- wherein the cover comprises:
- a pair of extensions extending rearward from an end of the cover;
- and
- a pair of rotation shafts provided on the pair of extensions and rotatably connected to the shelf, and
- wherein the pair of rotation shafts are closer to the front surface of the shelf than to a rear surface of the shelf, the rear surface of the shelf being opposite the front surface of the shelf.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body;
- a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open;
- a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space;
- a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap;
- a cover vertically movably connected to the shelf and configured to cover the gap;
- and
- a cover position adjuster contacting the shelf and the cover and configured to adjust an area of the gap by vertically moving the cover,
- wherein the cover position adjuster comprises:
- a connecting shaft rotatably connected to the front surface of the shelf;
- a dial lever provided on a front end of the connecting shaft and configured to rotate with the connecting shaft;
- and
- a rotation gear fixed to the connecting shaft and configured to rotate with the connecting shaft according to rotation of the dial lever, and
- wherein the cover comprises:
- a cover part configured to cover the gap;
- an accommodation part provided in a central portion of the cover part to form a space in which the rotation gear is accommodated;
- a rack gear engaged with the rotation gear to vertically move according to rotation of the rotation gear;
- a pair of extensions extending rearward from two ends of the cover part;
- and
- a pair of moving shafts provided on the pair of extensions and vertically movably connected to the shelf.
16 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body;
- a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open;
- a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space;
- a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap;
- a cover configured to cover the gap and to vertically move to adjust an area of the gap;
- a cover position adjuster provided on a frontmost surface of the cover nearest the front side of the storage chamber, and configured to vertically move the cover to adjust a humidity in the storage space;
- wherein the cover comprises a pair of rotation shafts vertically rotatably connected to the shelf,
- wherein the cover is configured to vertically rotate around the pair of rotation shafts when the cover moves to adjust the area of the gap, and
- wherein the pair of rotation shafts are closer to the front surface of the shelf than to a rear surface of the shelf, the rear surface of the shelf being opposite the front surface of the shelf.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.