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US 9,353,984 B2Granted
Refrigerator having double doors
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByoung Mok Kim, Seong Woo Kim, Jae Hak Kim, Seung Yong Yang
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a first door that is rotatably provided so as to open/close a storage compartment, a second door that is rotatably provided in the front of the first door so as to open/close the first door, and a door anti-opening unit that prevents or allows opening of the second door depending on whether the first door is opened or closed. The door anti-opening unit prevents the second door from being unintentionally opened when the first door is opened.
Claims19
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body having a storage compartment;
- a first door that is rotatably provided in the front of the main body to open/close the storage compartment, the first door having an opening in which at least one door pocket is provided;
- a second door that is rotatably provided in the front of the first door to open/close the opening, the second door being rotated in the same direction as a rotating direction of the first door;
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- a door anti-opening unit that prevents or allows opening of the second door depending on whether the first door is opened or closed, the door anti-opening unit including:
- a latch that is coupled to a lower face of the first door, wherein the latch includes:
- a working bar that is pressurized by the main body and performs a linear motion, and
- a rotating bar that is rotated in cooperation with the linear motion of the working bar, the rotating bar including a rotational shaft acting as a center of rotation and a connecting shaft, which is integrally formed with and connected to the rotational shaft, offset from the center of rotation, wherein the working bar is rotatably coupled to the connecting shaft.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body having a storage compartment;
- a first door that is rotatably provided in the front of the main body, opens/closes the storage compartment, and has an opening in which at least one door pocket is provided;
- a second door that is rotatably provided in the front of the first door, opens/closes the opening, and is rotated in the same direction as a rotating direction of the first door;
- a first gasket that is provided on a rear face of the first door so as to maintain airtightness between the main body and the first door and has a first magnet drawing the main body;
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- a second gasket that is provided on a rear face of the second door so as to maintain airtightness between the first door and the second door and has a second magnet drawing the first door;
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- a door anti-opening unit including a latch that is coupled to a lower face of the first door, the latch including:
- a working bar is pressurized by the main body when the first door is closed and performs a linear motion, and
- a rotating bar that is rotated in cooperation with the linear motion of the working bar, the rotating bar including a rotational shaft acting as a center of rotation and a connecting shaft, which is integrally formed with and connected to the rotational shaft, offset from the center of rotation, wherein the connecting hole of the working bar is rotatably coupled to the connecting shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.