IP Library Granted Patent US 8,955,352
Granted Patent B2
US 8,955,352 · App. 13/319,546 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Refrigerator

Inventors: Su Won Lee (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR); Hyeung Ju Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR); Kyung Eun Lee (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
F25D25/025F25D23/02F25D23/025F25D2331/803
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Patent No.
US 8,955,352
App. No.
13/319,546
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator. The present invention improves a structure of a door and a storage basket, thereby making it possible to facilitate the storage and a drawing out of articles.

Claims (27)

1. A refrigerator, comprising:

a main body having a storage chamber therein;

a main container that is provided to be able to be drawn out from the storage chamber, the main container including:

an upper surface which is open; and

a front surface having a hole;

a door that is tiltably connected to a lower position of the front surface of the main container by a hinge in order to selectively open and close the hole and draw out the main container from the storage chamber;

an auxiliary container that is received inside the main container and configured to move together with the main container based on movement of the door;

a latch protruding from a rear surface of the door;

a latch hole located at the front surface of the main container, the latch configured to be selectively received in or separated from the latch hole;

a pair of rails respectively installed on both side surfaces of the main container; and

a pair of rail guides respectively installed on both side surfaces of the storage chamber and coupled with the pair of rails such that the main container is configured to slide into and out of the storage chamber,

wherein, based on the door moving forward from the main body and tilting, the auxiliary container is drawn out together with the main container and is accessible by a user through the hole in the front surface of the main container and the upper surface of the main container,

wherein the auxiliary container is separable from the main container through the upper surface of the main container, and

wherein the auxiliary container is separable from the main container by being drawn out forward through the hole of the main container along a rear surface of the door in a state where the door is horizontally tilted to be separated from the main container.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the door is formed with a gripping groove.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a rear surface of the door is formed with at least one cup supporting groove.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a handle part that is formed at a front surface or a bottom surface of the door,

wherein the handle part is formed at a position near a rotational center of the door so that the door is vertically drawn out together with the main container.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising an auxiliary cooling chamber that is provided in an inner space of the main container and has a front surface portion exposed when the door is tilted.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary cooling chamber includes a bottle chamber in which beverage bottles are received.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary cooling chamber includes a quick cooling chamber for rapidly freezing beverage bottles.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an elastic member or a hydraulic damper that is provided at a rotational shaft of the door.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 4 , wherein the hinge is located at a lower end of the door, and

wherein the latch and the latch hole are respectively located at an upper part of the door and the main container.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein the handle part is located at a lower part of the door.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2011
From: LEE, SU WON; KIM, HYEUNG JU; LEE, KYUNG EUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 027221/0965 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0041166 · May 12, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120060544A1 · Mar 15, 2012