IP Library Granted Patent US 10,330,370
Granted Patent B2
US 10,330,370 · App. 15/841,232 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Refrigerator

Inventors: Sung Pil Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Cheon Seok Ko (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Yong Lee (Gwangju, KR); Hyun Gil Jeon (Gwangju, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
F25D23/028A47F3/043E06B1/00F25D23/02F25D23/10F25D11/00
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Patent No.
US 10,330,370
App. No.
15/841,232
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator may include a cabinet, a door which opens a front of the cabinet, a panel disposed in front of the door, and a coupling unit which couples the panel with the door. And the coupling unit may include a first adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in a left and right direction, a second adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in an up and down direction, and a third adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in a front and rear direction.

Claims (28)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet;

a door which opens a front of the cabinet;

a panel disposed in front of the door; and

a coupling unit which couples the panel with the door,

wherein the coupling unit comprises:

a first adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in a left and right direction;

a second adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in an up and down direction;

a third adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in a front and rear direction; and

a penetrating member through which the first adjustor, the second adjustor, and the third adjustor pass,

wherein the first adjustor comprises a first adjustment member which passes through the penetrating member in the left and right direction of the panel,

wherein the second adjustor comprises a second adjustment member comprising a screw part configured to pass through the penetrating member in the up and down direction of the panel and is screw-coupled with the penetrating member, and

wherein the third adjustor comprises a third adjustment member which passes through the penetrating member in the front and rear direction of the panel.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit further comprises:

a base bracket coupled to an end portion of the door; and

a pair of first door brackets extending upward from the base bracket and disposed on left and right sides of the penetrating member, and

wherein the first adjustment member comprises:

a rotator provided at one end of the first adjustment member and supported by one of the first door brackets;

a screw part configured to pass through the penetrating member; and

a supporter provided at the other end of the first adjustment member and supported by the other of the pair of first door brackets.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the coupling unit further comprises:

a coupling bracket coupled to a rear surface of the panel; and

an extension portion extending rearward from the coupling bracket and provided to be parallel to the base bracket,

wherein the second adjustment member further comprises a mounting portion on which the extension portion is mounted in the up and down direction of the panel.

4. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the coupling unit further comprises:

a coupling bracket coupled to a rear surface of the panel; and

a second door bracket extending upward from the base bracket and disposed in the rear of the penetrating member, and

wherein the third adjustment member passes through the second door bracket and the penetrating member in the front and rear direction of the panel and is screw-coupled with the coupling bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: CHOI, SUNG PIL; KO, CHEON SEOK; LEE, SANG YONG; JEON, HYUN GIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0172026 · Dec 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180172337A1 · Jun 21, 2018
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