Home appliance having leveling door handle
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWan Gi PARK, Ji-Hoon Choi, Young Jun Cho, Han Seong Kang, Hwa Gyu Reo, Simon Ireland, Byeong Woo Ahn, Pung Yeun Cho
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Abstract
A home appliance in which an opening and closing operation of a door and a turning operation of a handle are connected through five joints, so that the turning operation of the handle can be performed smoothly, and a latch for fixing the door to a body moves to a position parallel to the door when the door is opened, so that a user is prevented from being interfered with the latch while opening the door and using a cavity of the home appliance.
Claims20
A home appliance comprising:
- a body provided with a cavity;
- a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the cavity;
- a handle coupled to the door to rotate in linkage with a rotation of the door with respect to the body;
- and
- a latch coupled to the door, the latch being configured to
- fix the door to the body when the door closes the cavity provided in the body of the home appliance,
- rotate in linkage with the rotation of the door with respect to the body, and
- rotate in linkage with a rotation of the handle with respect to the door.
A home appliance comprising:
- a body provided with a cavity;
- a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the cavity;
- a latch rotatably coupled to the door and configured to fix the door to the body when the door closes the cavity provided in the body of the home appliance;
- and
- a link rod configured to connect the body to the latch so that the latch rotates with respect to the door in linkage with a rotation of the door with respect to the body.
A home appliance comprising:
- a body provided with a cavity;
- a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the cavity provided in the body of the home appliance;
- a first link rod rotatably coupled to the body;
- and
- a second link rod rotatably coupled to the first link rod,
- wherein the door comprises a guide groove configured to guide the second link rod such that the second link rod moves linearly with respect to the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.