US 8,801,124 B2Granted

Refrigerator having storage container

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsMoongyo Jung, Jindong Kim, Gyeongjin Jang, Myoungju Kang, Jihyun Im

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Abstract

A refrigerator including a storage container that may be selectively coupled to a refrigerator body or to a door by a storage container support device is provided. The refrigerator may include a refrigerator body having a storage compartment formed therein, a rotatable door to open or close the storage compartment, a gasket provided between the door and the refrigerator body, a storage container that may be selectively coupled to the door or to the refrigerator body, a storage container support device provided at the door, the refrigerator body or the storage container to allow the storage container to be selectively coupled to and supported by the refrigerator body or the door, and a control device provided in the door to selectively control operation of the storage container support device from an exterior of the door.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A refrigerator, comprising:

a cabinet having a storage compartment;
a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to selectively close an access opening in a front surface of the cabinet;
a handle provided on the door;
a button provided on the handle;
a lever having a first end thereof coupled to the button;
a link having a first end thereof coupled to a second end of the lever;
a release pin coupled to a second end of the link, wherein the lever, the link and the release pin are provided in the door, and wherein the release pin is depressed in response to depression of the button, via the lever and the link;
a casing in which the link is received within the door;
and
at least one bearing that rotatably supports the link in the casing, wherein the lever comprises:
a slide provided within the handle, wherein a first end of the slide contacts the button;
a protrusion that extends outward from a second end of the slide;
a spring positioned between the second end of the slide and a lower inner surface of the handle, surrounding the protrusion, wherein the spring is configured to restore an initial position of the button;
a horizontal extension extending horizontally outward from the slide and out of the handle;
and
a vertical extension extending vertically outward from the horizontal extension, wherein the first end of the link is coupled to a distal end of the vertical extension.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.