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US 5,052,151 AGranted
Opening/closing device of a door member
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshio Inui
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Abstract
An opening/closing device of a door for a refrigerator or the like will open/close the door member at a desired side, namely, at the right side or at the left side, without requiring a movable operating handle. The device is simple in contruction, has a high adiabatic efficiency, and can be easily incorporated in the door member. Therefore, no special mechanism is necessary in the door member and no structural change is required inside the door member.
Claims15
An opening/closing device for a door member, the door member being mounted on a main body for opening and closing, the device comprising:
- a pair of hinge pin members projecting generally vertically from right and left end portions of one of the door member and the main body, the door member being supported for opening and closing by one of right and left hinge pin members as a center;
- a load receiving member disposed on one of the door and the main body which the pair of hinge pin members fails to be disposed on such that the load receiving member is disposed on the door member when the pair of hinge pin members is disposed on the main body and vice versa, the load receiving member supporting the door member through contact with tip ends of the hinge pin members when the door is closed;
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- an engagement pair mounted on the door member and the main body, the engagement pair raising the door member immediately before the door member is fully closed such that the hinge pin members are moved relative to the load receiving member to a noninterfering position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.