Refrigerator provided with door opening/closing device
AssigneeDaewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJae Sang KIM
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Abstract
A refrigerator having facilitated door opening and sealing functionality and comprising: a refrigerator body having a storage space; a refrigerator door rotatably installed in the refrigerator body to open and close the storage space; and a door opening/closing device configured to selectively lock the refrigerator door to the refrigerator body. The door opening/closing device includes: a rod part hinged to the refrigerator door and having a hook-shaped one end to be latched with a latching groove of the refrigerator body; a door handle connected to the other end of the rod part to rotate the rod part; and a first elastic member configured to apply a resilient force to the other end of the rod part in an upward direction.
Claims20
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerator body having a storage space;
- a refrigerator door rotatably installed in the refrigerator body to open and close the storage space;
- and
- a door opening/closing device configured to selectively lock the refrigerator door to the refrigerator body,
- wherein the door opening/closing device includes:
- a rod part hinged to the refrigerator door and having a hook-shaped first end to be latched with a latching groove of the refrigerator body;
- a door handle coupled to a second end of the rod part to rotate the rod part;
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- a first elastic member configured to apply a resilient force to the second end of the rod part in an upward direction.
A refrigerator having facilitated door opening and sealing functionality, the refrigerator comprising:
- a body including a storage space and a latching groove;
- a door rotatably installed in the body to selectively open and close the storage space;
- and
- a door opening/closing device configured to selectively secure the door to the body and to facilitate door opening,
- wherein the door opening/closing device includes:
- a rod hinged to the door and comprising a hook-shaped first end to be latched with the latching groove of the body;
- a door handle coupled to a second end of the rod and configured to rotate the rod;
- and
- a first elastic member configured to apply a force to the second end of the rod in an upward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.