Door assembly and refrigerator using the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSang Oh Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a body, a compartment within the body, a container within the compartment, a door movable along a first direction with respect to the body and rotatable along a second direction, and a lifting mechanism supporting and elevating the container when the door rotates along the second direction. The lifting mechanism includes a hinge connecting the door with a frame connected with the rail assembly and allowing the door to rotate in the second direction, and at least one lifting bars coupled to the door and supporting and elevating the container when the door rotates about the hinge in the second direction.
Claims20
A door assembly for a refrigerator having a body, the door assembly comprising:
- a door;
- a rail assembly connectable with the body and connected to the door to guide a movement of the door in a first direction;
- a frame connected with the rail assembly, the frame rotatably connected to the door so that the door rotates along a second direction;
- and
- a lifting mechanism supporting and elevating a container,
- wherein the lifting mechanism includes at least one lifting bar coupled to the door, the at least one lifting bar supporting and elevating the container when the door rotates along the second direction, and,
- wherein the lifting mechanism further includes a roller provided at the at least one lifting bar, the roller rolling on a bottom surface of the container when the door rotates in the second direction.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a compartment within the body;
- a container within the compartment;
- a door;
- a rail assembly connected with the body and the door to guide a movement of the door in a first direction;
- a frame connected with the rail assembly, the frame rotatably connected to the door so that the door rotates along a second direction;
- and
- a lifting mechanism supporting and elevating the container,
- wherein the lifting mechanism includes at least one lifting bar coupled to the door, the at least one lifting bar supporting and elevating the container when the door rotates along the second direction when the door is fully opened so that the lifting bar elevates the container, and
- wherein the lifting mechanism further includes a roller provided at the at least one lifting bar, the roller rolling on a bottom surface of the container when the door rotates in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.