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US 8,590,992 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Hoon Lim, Jong Eun Chae, Sun Keun Lee, Gi Joong Jeong, Yun Ho Yang, Sang Woon Jeon, Jae Moon Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container. The conveying unit includes a guide part to guide the movement of a partition member that divides a storage space of the extractable container, and a fixing part to restrict the movement of the partition member
Claims4
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body having a storage chamber;
- a door opening and closing the storage chamber;
- an extractable container withdrawably mounted in the storage chamber and having a vertical wall and a storage space defined by the vertical wall;
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- a partition unit comprising a partition member which divides the storage space of the extractable container,
- wherein the partition member comprises a lateral partition movable in forward and backward directions of the storage space, and a longitudinal partition movable in left and right directions of the storage space, the longitudinal partition intersecting the lateral partition,
- wherein the partition unit further comprises a conveying unit to guide movement of the partition member, the conveying unit being provided in a space defined inside the vertical wall,
- wherein the conveying unit comprises guide members to guide the movement of the partition member, and sliding members slidably coupled to the guide members while being respectively coupled to opposite ends of the lateral and longitudinal partitions, wherein each sliding member includes a connection part formed at one side thereof to removably connect with lateral and longitudinal partitions, and wherein the connection part includes a force-fit clamp opened upward and downward for force-fit engagement with the lateral and longitudinal partitions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.