Home appliance
AssigneesLG Electronics Inc., Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
InventorsJaemyung CHIN, Sungho Choi, Yoongho Jung
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Abstract
Disclosed is a home appliance. The home appliance includes a cabinet having a chamber configured to receive an object therein, a door configured to open or close the chamber, a cam assembly configured to convert rotation into horizontal linear movement upon rotation of the door, and a spring configured to be compressed by horizontal linear movement of the cam assembly. The cam assembly has a variable horizontal linear movement distance for compression of the spring according to a rotation angle of the door.
Claims20
A home appliance comprising:
- a cabinet having a chamber configured to receive an object therein;
- a door configured to open or close the chamber;
- a cam assembly configured to convert rotational movement of the door into horizontal linear movement upon rotation of the door;
- and
- a spring configured to be compressed by the horizontal linear movement of the cam assembly,
- wherein an amount of the horizontal linear movement per a prescribed amount of rotation of the door is variable according to a rotation angle of the door.
A home appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a door;
- and
- a cam assembly coupled to the cabinet and the door and configured to convert rotational movement of the door into horizontal linear movement upon rotation of the door,
- wherein the cam assembly includes:
- a first cam configured to rotate with the door;
- and
- a second cam configured to linearly move via rotation of the first cam, and
- wherein an amount of horizontal linear movement of the second cam per a prescribed amount of rotation of the door is variable according to a rotation angle of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.