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US 9,285,155 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWoo Yeol Yoo, Hyun Sang Yoo, Byoung Mok Kim, Seong Woo Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus is automatically inserted.
Claims22
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment provided at an inside of the body so as to be open at a front surface thereof, and having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment;
- an inner door formed with an opening in which a plurality of door guards are provided, the inner door being configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment;
- an outer door to open and close the opening provided at the inner door;
- a guide rail allowing at least one of the plurality of door guards to move through the opening;
- a case is coupled to a lower portion of the at least one door guard;
- a slide unit connected to the at least one door guard, and provided to move along the guide rail;
- an elastic unit coupled to the slide unit to transmit a tensile force in a direction of the at least one door guard being inserted;
- and
- an automatic closing unit coupled to the at least one door guard, and configured to allow the elastic unit to transmit the tensile force to the at least one door guard when the outer door is closing, the automatic closing unit comprises a first lever rotatably coupled to the vase and configured to come into contact with the outer door, a second lever rotatably coupled to the case and configured to come into contact with the elastic unit, and a link connecting the first lever to the second lever;
- wherein the guide rail comprises a support part supported by both side walls of the opening, and a rail part extending from the support part to guide the at least one door guard.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment provided at an inside of the body so as to be open at a front surface thereof, the storage compartment comprising a plurality of storage containers;
- a door to open and close the storage compartment;
- a guide rail allowing at least one of the plurality of storage containers to move from the storage compartment;
- a case is coupled to a lower portion of the at least one door guard;
- a slide unit coupled to the at least one storage container, wherein the slide unit is capable of moving along the guide rail;
- an elastic unit coupled to the slide unit to transmit a tensile force in a direction of the at least one storage container being inserted;
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- an automatic closing unit coupled to the at least one storage container and allowing the elastic unit to transmit the tensile force to the at least one storage container, the automatic closing unit comprises a first lever rotatably coupled to the vase and configured to come into contact with the outer door, a second lever rotatably coupled to the case and configured to come into contact with the elastic unit, and a link connecting the first lever to the second lever;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of storage containers is configured to move along the guide rail.
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A sliding device allowing a door guard provided at an opening provided at an inner door to be moved through the opening, the inner door being configured to open and close a storage compartment of a refrigerator and an outer door of the refrigerator being configured to open and close the opening, the sliding device comprising:
- a guide rail supported by both side walls of the opening and adapted to allow at least one of the plurality of door guards to be moved through the opening;
- a case coupled to a lower portion of the at least one door guard;
- a slide unit coupled to the case so as to be slid along the guide rail such that the at least one door guard can be moved through the opening;
- an elastic unit coupled to the slide unit to transmit a tensile force in a direction of the at least one door guard being inserted;
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- an automatic closing unit coupled to the case, and capable of allowing the elastic unit to transmit the tensile force to the at least one door guard if the outer door is being closed, the automatic closing unit comprises a first lever rotatably coupled to the vase and configured to come into contact with the outer door, a second lever rotatably coupled to the case and configured to come into contact with the elastic unit, and a link connecting the first lever to the second lever;
- wherein the guide rail comprises a support part supported by both side walls of the opening, and a rail part extending from the support part toward an inside of the storage compartment to guide the at least one door guard.
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A sliding device configured to allow a storage container, which is provided inside a storage compartment of a refrigerator, to be moved, the sliding device comprising;
- a case coupled to a lower portion of the storage container;
- a guide rail capable of allowing the storage container to be moved;
- a sliding unit coupled to the case so as to be moved along the guide rail;
- an elastic unit coupled to the slide unit so as to transmit a tensile force in a direction of the storage container being inserted;
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- an automatic closing unit coupled to the case and configured to allow the elastic unit to transmit the tensile force to the storage container if a door of the refrigerator is being closed, the automatic closing unit comprises a first lever rotatably coupled to the vase and configured to come into contact with the door, a second lever rotatably coupled to the case and configured to come into contact with the elastic unit, and a link connecting the first lever to the second lever;
- wherein the sliding device is configured to allow the storage container to be moved along the guide rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.