Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoong Ho KIM, Youn Tae SHIN, Wan Hyeong LEE
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Abstract
A refrigerator having a structure in which, when a first door or a second door is opened, a lamp installed at sidewalls of an opening in the first door emits light so that food stored in a door guard disposed in the opening can be illuminated. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment; a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and opens/closes the storage compartment, and has an opening formed therein, where at least one door guard is disposed in the opening; a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door, opens/closes the opening, and is rotated in the same direction as the first door; and a lamp installed at the sidewalls of the opening.
Claims1
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body having a storage compartment;
- a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body, opens/closes the storage compartment, and has an opening formed therein, wherein at least one door guard is disposed in the opening;
- a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door, opens/closes the opening, and is rotated in the same direction as the first door;
- a hinge unit that is coupled to an upper portion of the main body and causes the first door to be rotatably coupled to the main body;
- at least one lamp installation hole disposed in sidewalls of the opening;
- at least one lamp fixing member disposed in the sidewalls of the opening in a position corresponding to the at least one lamp installation hole;
- at least one lamp fixed to the at least one lamp fixing member through the at least one lamp installation hole from an outside of the sidewalls of the opening;
- an opening/closing detection sensor that is disposed in the hinge unit, detects whether the first door is opened/closed, and causes the at least one lamp to emit light when the first door is opened;
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- a sensor detection unit that is disposed in an upper portion of the second door in a position corresponding to the opening/closing detection sensor, the sensor detection unit being configured to transfer the result of detection regarding whether the second door is opened/closed to the opening/closing detection sensor, and cause the at least one lamp to emit light when the second door is opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.