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US 9,308,677 B2Granted
Door of refrigerator and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeong Wook Lee, Sang Chul Ryu
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Abstract
In a refrigerator door in which a decoration member is mounted to a door frame using a foam material, the foam material fills a space formed between the decoration member mounted to a front side of the door frame and a rear panel mounted to a rear side of the door frame. Accordingly, the decoration member can be fixed to the door frame through direct contact with the foam material.
Claims13
A method for manufacturing a refrigerator door, the method comprising:
- forming a door frame to have a front side, a rear side, a left lateral side, a right lateral side, a top side, and a bottom side, the front side forming a mounting part along a periphery of the door frame, the mounting part forming a position fixing projection having gaps allowing for contraction and expansion of the position fixing projection, and the door frame defining an inner space comprising at least one opening on the front side of the door frame:
- attaching an adhesive member to the mounting part;
- mounting a front panel to the mounting part via the adhesive member;
- fixing a rear panel to the rear side of the door frame;
- and
- injecting a foam material into the inner space, the foam material expanding through each of the at least one opening to come into contact with a rear surface of the mounted front panel so as to fix the front panel to the door frame by adhesion of the foam material, the front panel thereby being attached to the door frame without engaging any portion of the door frame with a front surface of the front panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.