Installation structure for display unit of refrigerator

An installing structure for a display unit of a refrigerator, comprising:

• an accommodating portion recessed into a front surface of a door of the refrigerator and configured to receive the display unit therein;
• at least one supporting device configured to support the display unit so that the display unit can be adjusted within the accommodating portion between a substantially vertical position with respect to a longitudinal axis of the refrigerator and a tilted position in which a bottom portion of the display unit has been tilted forward;
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• one or more fixing devices configured to secure and support the display unit, which has pivoted on the at least one supporting device, at the tilted position, wherein the at least one supporting device comprise a pair of hinge shafts protruding from sides of the display unit, and a pair of hinge recesses located at sides of the accommodating portion configured to pivotably receive the hinge shafts and wherein the one or more fixing devices comprises fixing projections formed on sides of the display unit, and corresponding elastic devices configured to elastically bias the fixing projections against sides of the accommodating portion, thereby keeping the display unit at the tilted position.

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a main body;
• a door openably attached to the main body;
• a display unit;
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• an installing structure configured to tiltably install the display unit in a front surface of a door of the refrigerator, the installing structure comprising:
• a recess on the front surface of the door and configured to receive the display unit therein;
• at least one hinge configured to support the display unit so that a vertical tilt of the display unit can be adjusted within the recess;
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• at least one protrusion configured to frictionally secure and support the display unit, which has pivoted on the at least one hinge, at a predetermined tilted position, wherein the vertical tilt of the display unit can be adjusted within the recess between a substantially vertical position with respect to a longitudinal axis of the refrigerator and a tilted position in which a bottom portion of the display unit has been tilted forward, and wherein the at least one protrusion is spring-loaded, thereby keeping the display unit at the tilted position.