Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJaehun Jung
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Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a storage compartment, an inner case defining an external appearance of the storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing one side of the storage compartment, a second door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing a remaining side of the storage compartment, a pillar provided on the first door, the pillar being rotated so as to come into contact with the second door and having a pillar protrusion protruding from an upper side thereof, and a pillar rotation unit provided on a ceiling of the inner case for rotating the pillar.
Claims18
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet;
- an inner case that is located in the cabinet and that defines an interior area;
- a first door that is coupled to the cabinet and that is configured to cover a first portion of the interior area;
- a second door that is coupled to the cabinet and that is configured to cover a second portion of the interior area;
- a pillar that is coupled to the first door and that is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position about a first axis;
- and
- a pillar rotation unit that is coupled to the inner case and that is configured to rotate the pillar based on movement of the first door or movement of the second door, the pillar rotation unit including:
- a protruding piece that is configured to move based on movement of the second door,
- an elevating member that is coupled to the protruding piece and that is movable based on movement of the protruding piece, and
- a rotating member that is coupled to the elevating member and that is configured to rotate based on movement of the elevating member,
- wherein the pillar is configured to rotate between the first position and the second position based on rotation of the rotating member,
- wherein the protruding piece is configured to move based on a variable force that varies as a distance between the protruding piece and the second door changes,
- wherein the protruding piece includes a first magnet and the second door includes a second magnet, and
- wherein the variable force is a magnetic force between the first magnet and the second magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.