Height adjusting apparatus of shelf for refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsByeong-Gyu Kang, Jae-Youl Lee, Ki-Hoon Song, Jeong-Ho Shin, Jong-Seok Yoon
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Abstract
A height adjusting apparatus of a shelf for a refrigerator in a refrigerator having the shelf on which objects to be stored are placed and which is movable up or down to a certain height, the apparatus comprising: fixing guides formed in parallel with the movement path of the shelf; and operation levers movable along the fixing guides when the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly, and restricted in the fixing guides to maintain the shelf at a height that the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly when the shelf is completely moved upwardly or downwardly.
Claims25
A height adjusting apparatus of a shelf for a refrigerator, in a refrigerator having the shelf on which objects to be stored are placed and which is movable up or down to a certain height, the apparatus comprising:
- fixing guides formed in parallel with a movement path of the shelf;
- and
- operation levers configured to be movable along the fixing guides when the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly, and to be restricted in the fixing guides to maintain the moved height or location of the shelf when the shelf is completely moved upwardly or downwardly.
A height adjusting apparatus of a shelf for a refrigerator in a refrigerator having the shelf on which objects to be stored are placed and which is movable up or down to a certain height, the apparatus comprising:
- fixing guides formed in parallel with a movement path of the shelf;
- and
- operation levers each having a through hole in which the fixing guide is inserted to be moved when the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly, and rotated such that the fixing guide is in contact with an inner surface of the through hole to maintain the shelf at the height moved when the shelf is completely moved upwardly or downwardly.
A height adjusting apparatus of a shelf for a refrigerator in a refrigerator having the shelf on which objects to be stored are placed and which is movable up or down to a certain height, the apparatus comprising:
- fixing guides formed in parallel with the movement path of the shelf and each having a fixing hole;
- and
- operation levers movable along the fixing guide when the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly, and rotated such that one end of the operation lever is connected to the fixing hole to maintain the shelf at the height moved when the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly.
A height adjusting apparatus of a shelf for a refrigerator in a refrigerator having the shelf on which objects to be stored are placed and which is movable up or down to a certain height, the apparatus comprising:
- operation levers rotatably connected to the shelf;
- fixing guides restricting the operation levers according to the rotation of the operation levers to maintain the shelf at a height that the shelf is moved;
- and elastic members supplying a rotation force to the operation levers.
A height adjusting apparatus of a shelf for a refrigerator in a refrigerator having the shelf on which objects to be stored are placed and which is movable up or down to a certain height, the apparatus comprising:
- operation levers rotatably connected to the shelf;
- and
- fixing guides restricting the operation levers according to the rotation of the operation levers to maintain the shelf at a height that the shelf is moved upwardly or downwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.