Refrigerator

The refrigerator of claim , wherein the shelf fixing devices are inserted into an insertion groove of the pair of insertion grooves, respectively, and each of the shelf fixing devices further include:

• a case having a first opening provided to be open at an upper side thereof and a second opening provided to be open in a direction opposite to a direction in which the case is inserted into the insertion groove of the pair of insertion grooves;
• a first cover configured to cover the first opening;
• a second cover configured to cover the second opening;
• and
• an elastic member elastically supporting a lower portion of the shelf support portion.

A refrigerator comprising:

• a main body;
• a storage compartment provided in the main body, the storage compartment configured to have a shelf arranged therein;
• and
• shelf fixing devices provided at opposite sidewalls inside the storage compartment to fix the shelf,
• wherein each of the shelf fixing devices include:
• a shelf support portion configured to support a lower side of the shelf and move in a downward direction as a load on the shelf increases;
• a shelf fixing portion configured to fix the shelf at an upper side of the shelf, and move in the downward direction together with the shelf support portion;
• and
• a connecting portion including a pair of gears configured to connect the shelf support portion to the shelf fixing portion, the connecting portion allowing the shelf fixing portion and the shelf support portion to have different moving lengths on the basis of a gear ratio of the pair of gears so that a fixing force on the shelf is changed according to the load of on the shelf.