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US 8,556,440 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorChunhee Hong
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator can display state information on a storage space, direct a light to an inside of the storage space when the door is opened, requires no additional lighting enabling to utilize a storage space to the maximum and to produce a high quality appearance.
Claims10
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body including at least one storage space;
- at least one door mounted to the body for selective opening/closing of the storage space;
- and
- a display unit including a display portion mounted in the storage space to be exposed to a front side of the refrigerator when the door is opened for displaying state information on the storage space, and a light emitting unit positioned in rear of the display portion,
- wherein the display unit includes:
- a housing having a front side with the display portion provided thereto and a rear side for emitting a light toward the storage space, the housing being mounted to a top side of the storage space,
- a control unit for controlling the state information and operation of at least one light source, and
- a mounting portion for mounting the housing in the storage space, and
- wherein the light emitting unit includes the at least one light source provided at the rear side of the housing,
- wherein the rear side of the housing is sloped at a predetermined angle such that a distance between the front side and the rear side becomes smaller as the rear side goes toward a lower side of the housing more, so that the at least one light source emits light toward the storage space rearward and downward.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a body having a storage space;
- a door rotatably mounted to the body for selective opening/closing of the storage space;
- and
- a display unit mounted in the storage space for displaying state information on the storage space, and lighting the storage space,
- wherein the display unit includes:
- a housing having a first side for displaying the state information thereon and a second side for emitting a light toward the storage space, the housing being mounted to a top side of the storage space,
- a display portion mounted in the housing for displaying the state information on the first side,
- a light emitting module mounted in the housing for providing lighting through the second side, and
- a control unit for controlling the display portion and the light emitting module, and
- wherein the second side of the housing is sloped at a predetermined angle such that a distance between the first side and the second side becomes smaller as the second side goes toward a lower side of the housing more, so that the light emitting module emits light toward the storage space rearward and downward.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.