US 9,310,126 B2Granted

Refrigerator

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsMyeongha Yi, Taegyeong Kim, Ayoung Choo

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Abstract

A refrigerator includes a cabinet with a storage chamber, and a shelf assembly. The shelf assembly includes guide members respectively mounted to opposite side walls of the storage chamber, a shelf vertically movable while being guided by the guide members, side walls extending downwards from opposite lateral ends of the shelf and vertically movable while being guided by the guide members, guide slots formed through the guide members while extending in forward and rearward directions, a pair of cam members pivotably mounted to an outer surface of each guide member, first and second links connected between the cam members, to simultaneously pivot the cam members, a handle link connected, at one end thereof, to the second link, and a handle member coupled to the other end of the handle link while extending through the corresponding guide slot, to protrude inside the guide member.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet defined with a storage chamber therein;
and
a shelf assembly mounted in the storage chamber, to be vertically movable,
wherein the shelf assembly includes
guide members respectively mounted to opposite side walls of the storage chamber,
a shelf vertically movable while being guided by the guide members,
side walls extending downwards from opposite lateral ends of the shelf and vertically movable while being guided by the guide members, respectively,
guide slots respectively formed through the guide members while extending in forward and rearward directions,
a pair of cam members pivotably mounted to an outer surface of each guide member, the cam members pivoting to vertically move the shelf,
first and second links connected between the pair of the cam members, to simultaneously pivot the cam members,
a handle link connected, at one end thereof, to the second link, and
a handle member coupled to the other end of the handle link while extending through a corresponding one of the guide slots, to protrude inside the guide member.

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A refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet having a storage chamber therein;
and
at least one movable shelf configured to move vertically and provided in the storage chamber, wherein the movable shelf includes
at least one flat panel,
first and second lateral walls extending vertically from ends of the at least one flat panel,
first and second guide supports configured to be coupled to in the storage chamber, the first guide support coupled to a first side wall of the storage chamber and the second guide support coupled to a second side wall of the storage chamber, the first and second lateral walls configured to be guided in vertical movement by the first and second guide supports, respectively,
a first guide slot provided on the first guide support and extending in a horizontal direction,
a pair of first cams configured to pivot over a first side surface of the first guide support to move the flat panel vertically,
at least one first coupling link to link the pair of first cams to allow simultaneous pivoting of the pair of first cams,
a first movable link coupled to the at least one coupling link, wherein when one end of the first movable link is move in a horizontal direction along the first guide slot, the flat panel is raised in a vertical direction based on pivot rotation of the pair of first cams.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.