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US 2013/0093306 A1Published application
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJungil SHIN
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Abstract
A refrigerator in which a support connecting both rear ends of a rail assembly to each other is provided to maintain a state in which the rail assembly is perpendicular to a support. Thus, when a slidable door is closed, it may reduce the likelihood of a gap between the door and a cabinet from occurring so that the door is closely attached to the cabinet.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body defining a storage space;
- a sliding door disposed at the storage space and configured to slide away from and toward the storage space to open and close the storage space;
- a pair of rail assemblies that are configured to guide sliding of the sliding door and that include a first rail assembly disposed at a first side of the main body and a second rail assembly disposed at a second side of the main body that is opposite of the first side of the main body, a front end of the first rail assembly being connected to the sliding door and a front end of the second rail assembly being connected to the sliding door;
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- a support connecting a rear end of the first rail assembly to a rear end of the second rail assembly, the rear end of the first rail assembly being opposite of the front end of the first rail assembly and the rear end of the second rail assembly being opposite of the front end of the second rail assembly.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerating compartment;
- a freezing compartment;
- a barrier that separates the refrigerating compartment from the freezing compartment;
- a sliding door disposed at the freezing compartment and configured to slide away from and toward the freezing compartment to open and close the freezing compartment;
- a frame disposed on a back surface of the sliding door that faces the freezing compartment;
- a first rail assembly disposed at a first side of the freezing compartment, a front end of the first rail assembly being connected to a first end of the frame disposed on the back surface of the sliding door;
- a second rail assembly disposed at a second side of the freezing compartment that is opposite of the first side of the freezing compartment, a front end of the second rail assembly being connected to a second end of the frame disposed on the back surface of the sliding door that is opposite of the first end of the frame;
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- a support that connects a rear end of the first rail assembly to a rear end of the second rail assembly, the rear end of the first rail assembly being opposite of the front end of the first rail assembly and the rear end of the second rail assembly being opposite of the front end of the second rail assembly,
- wherein the frame, the first rail assembly, the second rail assembly, and the support are coupled to each other to define a square frame shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.