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US 8,911,040 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMyungdong You, Minsup Kim, Seonkyu Kim, Junyi Heo, Insun Yeo
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a body having a cooling chamber, a door configured to open or close the cooling chamber, and a cover disposed at a front region of the cooling chamber so as to be movable up and down. Under such configuration, a temperature change occurring from a predetermined region inside the cooling chamber when the cooling chamber is open, can be prevented.
Claims12
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a body having a cooling chamber divided into a plurality of compartments by one or more shelves;
- a door configured to open or close the cooling chamber;
- a rail concaved from a surface of side walls of the cooling chamber and extended in upper and lower directions;
- a cover disposed at a front region of the cooling chamber and the cover is configured to be movable up and down along the rail, wherein an insertion portion is inserted into the rail and provided at the cover, and whereby the cover selectively blocks a part of the plurality of compartments;
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- a position fixing unit configured to fix the cover to an upward or downward-moved position, wherein the position fixing unit includes:
- a protrusion unit provided at the cover;
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- an engaging portion engaged with the protrusion unit, wherein the protrusion unit comprises a body having a plate shape and a protrusion supporting portion elastically-transformable back and forth directions of the body according to a shape of the engaging portion when a protrusion moves on the engaging portion, wherein the protrusion is provided at the protrusion unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.