Home appliance
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWan Gi PARK, Byoung Hak KIM, Yong Bin LIM, Jeong Hoon KANG, Dong Hyun SOHN, Ga Young JO
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Abstract
A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever.
Claims20
A home appliance comprising:
- a main body having an opening;
- a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening;
- and
- a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door,
- wherein the damping assembly comprises:
- a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed,
- a second lever connected to the first lever, and
- a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is linear to a movement path of the first lever.
A home appliance comprising:
- a main body having an opening;
- a door configured to open or close the opening;
- a lever installed in the main body, the lever being configured to be movable between a first position and a second position;
- a damper installed in the main body, the damper being configured to, when the lever is pressed by the door to move from the first position to the second position, generate a resistance in a direction that is opposite to a movement direction of the lever;
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- at least one elastic member configured to, when pressure applied on the lever is removed, elastically bias the lever such that the lever moves from the second position to the first position.
A home appliance comprising:
- a main body having an opening;
- a door connected to the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening;
- a lever installed in the main body, the lever being configured to be movable by the door when the door is closed;
- and
- a damper installed in the main body and being connected to the lever, the damper being configured to generate a resistance in a direction that is parallel to or vertical to a movement direction of the lever,
- wherein the movement direction of the lever is inclined with respect to a bottom of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.