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US 8,506,026 B2Granted
Refrigerator with step adjustment device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKi Youn Kim, Man Soon Im
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Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigerator capable of adjusting a step difference of a refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a body, a door opening/closing the body, a hinge member having a hinge shaft to be coupled with the door, a mounting member fixed to the body to receive the hinge member, and an adjusting unit coupled with the hinge member to adjust a step difference of the door by moving the hinge member.
Claims8
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a body to store foodstuffs to be cooled;
- a door opening/closing the body;
- a hinge member having a hinge shaft configured to be coupled with the door;
- a mounting member fixed to the body receiving the hinge member, the mounting member including a first fixing section bent upward from one edge of the mounting member and a second fixing section bent upward from a rear edge of the mounting member, and the hinge member including a first bending section formed corresponding to a portion of the first fixing section, the first bending section including a first coupling section, and a second bending section corresponding to the second fixing section;
- and an adjusting unit coupled with the hinge member adjusting a step difference of the door by moving the hinge member, the adjusting unit including a first adjusting screw configured to move the hinge member in a first direction, the first adjusting screw including a screw head section, a fixed washer section spaced apart from the screw head section, a space section formed between the screw head section and the fixed washer section to be coupled with the first coupling section, and a thread section extending from the fixed washer section to an end of the first adjusting screw opposite the screw head section, the adjusting unit further including a second adjusting screw configured to move the hinge member in a second direction,
- wherein the refrigerator further comprises a washer member interposed between the second fixing section and the second bending section so that the second adjusting screw is rotatable at an original position thereof, the second adjusting screw including a washer fitting slot coupled with the washer member, and
- wherein the first coupling section is formed as a slot in the first bending section.
4 more elements
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a body to store foodstuffs to be cooled;
- a door opening/closing the body;
- a mounting member fixed to the body, the mounting member including a first fixing section bent upward from one edge of the mounting member and a second fixing section bent upward from a rear edge of the mounting member;
- a hinge member coupled with the door and the mounting member, the hinge member including a first bending section formed corresponding to a portion of the first fixing section, the first bending section including a first coupling section, and a second bending section corresponding to the second fixing section;
- a fixing member rotatably coupled with the mounting member such that the hinge member is fixed to the body;
- and
- an adjusting unit adjusting a step difference of the door by moving the hinge member, the adjusting unit including a first adjusting screw configured to move the hinge member in a first direction, the first adjusting screw including a screw head section, a fixed washer section spaced apart from the screw head section, a space section formed between the screw head section and the fixed washer section to be coupled with the first coupling section, and a thread section extending from the fixed washer section to an end of the first adjusting screw opposite the screw head section, the adjusting unit further including a second adjusting screw configured to move the hinge member in a second direction,
- wherein the refrigerator further comprises a washer member interposed between the second fixing section and the second bending section so that the second adjusting screw is rotatable at an original position thereof, the second adjusting screw including a washer fitting slot coupled with the washer member, and
- wherein the first coupling section is formed as a slot in the first bending section.
6 more elements
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a body to store foodstuffs to be cooled;
- a door opening/closing the body;
- a mounting member fixed to the body, the mounting member including a first fixing section bent upward from one edge of the mounting member and a second fixing section bent upward from a rear edge of the mounting member;
- a hinge member fixed to the body and coupling the door and the body, the hinge member configured to be moved in at least a first direction, and the hinge member including a first bending section formed corresponding to a portion of the first fixing section, the first bending section including a first coupling section, and a second bending section corresponding to the second fixing section;
- and
- an adjusting unit adjusting a step difference of the door by moving the hinge member, the adjusting unit including a first adjusting screw configured to move the hinge member in a first direction, the first adjusting screw including a screw head section, a fixed washer section spaced apart from the screw head section, a space section formed between the screw head section and the fixed washer section to be coupled with the first coupling section, and a thread section extending from the fixed washer section to an end of the first adjusting screw opposite the screw head section, the adjusting unit further including a second adjusting screw, the rotation of which causes the hinge member to move in the second direction,
- wherein the refrigerator further comprises a washer member interposed between the second fixing section and the second bending section so that the second adjusting screw is rotatable at an original position thereof, the second adjusting screw including a washer fitting slot coupled with the washer member, and
- wherein the first coupling section is formed as a slot in the first bending section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.