Refrigerator and handle assembly method thereof
A refrigerator which increases convenience in assembly of a handle and reduces generation of scratches on doors and drawers in assembly of the handle, and a handle assembly method thereof, is provided. The refrigerator includes doors rotatably combined with a main body, a handle combined with each door to open and close each door, a first handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and provided with an inclined part fixed to the handle by a fastening unit, a second handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and combined with the handle in a sliding manner, a first connector assembled with the handle and fastened to the first handle fixing unit by the fastening unit, and a second connector assembled with the handle and combined with the second handle fixing unit in the sliding manner.
1. A handle assembly method of a refrigerator which has a main body, doors rotatably combined with the main body and opening and closing the main body, and a handle combined with each door to open and close each door, the handle assembly method comprising:
assembling a first handle fixing unit and a second handle fixing unit with positions for each door corresponding to respective ends of the handle;
assembling a first connector and a second connector with respective ends of the handle;
inserting a body part of the second handle fixing unit into a guide groove of the second connector by slidably moving the handle toward an assembly position of the second handle fixing unit for each door, after insertion of an insertion part of the second handle fixing unit into an insertion recess of the second connector assembled with one end of the handle; and
inserting an insertion part of the first handle fixing unit into an insertion recess of the first connector assembled with the other end of the handle, and then combining the handle with the first handle fixing unit by a fastening unit,
wherein the handle for each door includes guide members to guide the first connector to connect with the handle at the one end of the handle and to guide the second connector to connect with the handle at the other end of the handle, and
wherein interference between the other end of the handle and the first handle fixing unit is prevented by inserting the insertion part of the second handle fixing unit into the insertion recess of the second connector after moving an upper portion of the handle in a forward direction.