Door for refrigerator and refrigerator having the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsInsun Yeo, Seonkyu Kim
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Abstract
A door for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same are provided. The door includes an upper door member disposed in an upper portion and a lower door member disposed under the upper door member and spaced apart from the upper door member. The door also includes a dispenser housing positioned between the upper door member and the lower door member and inwardly depressed to allow a dispenser having a discharge duct for discharging water and/or ice to be installed therein. The door further includes a coupling member that couples the dispenser housing to the upper door member or the lower door member.
Claims14
A door for a refrigerator comprising:
- an outer door case;
- a door liner coupled to an inner side of the outer door case;
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- an insulator positioned in a space between the outer door case and the door liner, the outer door case comprising:
- an upper door member that includes a first metal plate of a first color;
- a lower door member that includes a second metal plate of the first color;
- a dispenser housing that includes a third metal plate of the first color;
- an upper connection member that is made of synthetic resin and that connects the upper door member and the dispenser housing;
- and
- a lower connection member that is made of synthetic resin and that connects the lower door member and the dispenser housing,
- wherein surfaces of the upper door member and the upper connection member and surfaces of the lower door member and the lower connection member are configured to be disposed in the same vertical plane,
- wherein the upper door member has a first coupling step that is positioned in a lower end portion thereof and that is inwardly bent,
- wherein the dispenser housing has a second coupling step that is positioned in an upper end portion thereof and that is inwardly bent,
- wherein an upper edge of the upper connection member inserts into the first coupling step, and
- wherein a lower edge of the upper connection member inserts into the second coupling step.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator body that defines a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber;
- a refrigerating chamber door configured to open and close the refrigerating chamber;
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- a freezing chamber door configured to open and close the freezing chamber, the freezing chamber door comprising:
- an outer door case;
- a door liner coupled to an inner side of the outer door case;
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- an insulator positioned in a space between the outer door case and the door liner, the outer door case comprising:
- an upper door member that includes a first metal plate of a first color;
- a lower door member that includes a second metal plate of the first color;
- a dispenser housing that includes a third metal plate of the first color;
- an upper connection member that is made of synthetic resin and that connects the upper door member and the dispenser housing;
- and
- a lower connection member that is made of synthetic resin and that connects the lower door member and the dispenser housing,
- wherein surfaces of the upper door member and the upper connection member and surfaces of the lower door member and the lower connection member are configured to be disposed in the same vertical plane,
- wherein the upper door member has a first coupling step that is positioned in a lower end portion thereof and that is inwardly bent,
- wherein the dispenser housing has a second coupling step that is positioned in an upper end portion thereof and that is inwardly bent,
- wherein an upper edge of the upper connection member inserts into the first coupling step, and
- wherein a lower edge of the upper connection member inserts into the second coupling step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.