US 8,523,375 B2 · Refrigerator

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which performs a light emitting operation in connection with opening and closing of doors and a home bar door. The refrigerator includes a front glass, a light guide member disposed on a rear surface of the front glass, a light emitting device disposed at the outside of the light guide member to generate light toward the light guide member, scattering members provided within the light guide member to scatter the light of the light emitting device transmitted through the light guide member, and transmitting parts provided on the front glass corresponding to the scattering members to transmit the light of the scattering members toward the front surface of each door, and the light emitting device emits light in connection with opened and closed states of the doors.

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Dependent claims

A refrigerator comprising a main body, storage chambers provided within the main body, and doors to open and close the storage chambers, at least one of the doors including:

a front glass forming an external appearance of a front surface of each door;
a light guide member disposed on a rear surface of the front glass;
a light emitting device disposed at the outside of the light guide member to generate light toward the light guide member;
scattering members provided within the light guide member to scatter the light of the light emitting device transmitted through the light guide member;
and
transmitting parts provided on the front glass corresponding to the scattering members to transmit the light of the scattering members toward the front surface of each door,
wherein the light emitting device emits light in connection with opened and closed states of the doors.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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