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US 7,992,257 B2Granted
Mounting structure of a door-handle for refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYoung Nam Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a door-handle for a refrigerator. By means of the mounting structure of the door-handle for the refrigerator according to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the door-handle is fixedly connected to a door and the fluctuation of the door-handle is decreased while opening the door.
Claims12
A mounting structure of a door-handle for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a door for selectively opening/closing a refrigerating chamber or a freezing chamber;
- a door-handle attached on a front surface of the door;
- a handle fixture, of which one end is inserted into the door and the other end is inserted into the door-handle;
- a support bracket provided in the door-handle, in which one end of the handle fixture is inserted;
- a fixing element for maintaining the connection of one end of the handle fixture to the support bracket;
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- an inserting hole formed at the support bracket for connection to an end of the handle fixture,
- wherein a peripheral portion of the inserting hole contacts an outer circumferential surface of the handle fixture, the outer circumferential surface formed to be inclined.
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A mounting structure of a door-handle for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a door for selectively opening/closing a refrigerating chamber or a freezing chamber;
- a door-handle attached on a front surface of the door;
- a handle fixture, of which one end is inserted into the door and the other end is inserted into the door-handle;
- a support bracket provided in the door-handle, in which one end of the handle fixture is inserted;
- a fixing element for maintaining the connection of one end of the handle fixture to the support bracket;
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- an inserting hole formed at the support bracket for connection to an end of the handle fixture,
- wherein a peripheral portion of the inserting hole contacts an outer circumferential surface of the handle fixture, and
- wherein the outer circumferential surface of the handle fixture has a diameter which increases toward an end thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.