Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsGang U LEE, Jong Hoon Oh, Jee Hoon Lee, Sang Gyu Jung
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Abstract
A refrigerator provided with a door having the height thereof easily adjustable, the refrigerator including a hinge bracket configured to connect a body to a door of the refrigerator, a hinge shaft coupled to the hinge bracket so as to enable ascending and descending, and a door support on which a lower surface of the door is placed, wherein the hinge shaft includes a shaft adjusting part formed at an upper side of the hinge bracket to easily rotate the hinge shift. A user allows the hinge shaft and the door support by rotating the shaft adjusting part, thereby adjusting the door supported by the door support.
Claims15
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment formed inside the body;
- a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close a front surface of the storage compartment that is open;
- a hinge bracket provided with a fixing part coupled to the body and with an extension part disposed at a lower side of the door;
- a hinge shaft coupled to the extension part as to enable ascent or descent;
- a door support having a cam part comprising a plurality of cams and a stopper part configured to limit a height of the hinge shaft ascending or descending;
- and
- a nut coupled to a lower end of the hinge shaft such that the hinge shaft is fixed to the hinge bracket,
- wherein the hinge shaft comprises a screw thread part having a screw thread and a shaft adjusting part that is provided at a upper side of the screw thread part to rotate the hinge shaft, and the door support is supported by the shaft adjusting part, and
- wherein the hinge shaft and the door support ascend and descend as the shaft adjusting part is rotated.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment formed inside the body;
- a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close a front surface of the storage compartment that is open;
- a hinge bracket provided with a fixing part coupled to the body and with an extension part disposed at a lower side of the door;
- a hinge shaft coupled to the extension part as to enable ascent or descent;
- a door support having a cam part comprising a plurality of cams and a stopper part configured to limit a height of the hinge shaft ascending or descending;
- and
- a nut coupled to a lower end of the hinge shaft to fix the hinge shaft to the hinge bracket,
- wherein the hinge shaft comprises a shaft adjusting part disposed between the extension part and the door support to rotate the hinge shaft, and
- wherein the hinge shaft and the door support ascend or descend as the shaft adjusting part is rotated.
A lower hinge module configured to hingedly couple a door of a refrigerator to a body of the refrigerator, the lower hinge module comprising:
- a hinge bracket having a fixing part coupled to the body and an extension part disposed at a lower side of the door;
- a hinge shaft coupled to the extension part as to enable ascent or descent;
- a door support having a cam part comprising a plurality of cams and a stopper part configured to limit a height of the hinge shaft ascending or descending;
- and
- a nut coupled at a lower end of the hinge shaft to fix the hinge shaft to the hinge bracket,
- wherein the hinge shaft comprises a screw thread part having a screw thread and a shaft adjusting part that is provided at an upper side of the screw thread part to rotate the hinge shaft, and the door support is supported by the shaft adjusting part, and
- wherein the hinge shaft and the door support ascend and descend as the shaft adjusting part is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.