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Drawer type door and refrigerator having the same

a drawer-type door and refrigerator technology, applied in the field of refrigerators, can solve the problems of degrading the external appearance of the product, inevitably generating step differences between two drawer-type doors, etc., and achieve the effect of reducing the step differen

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-27
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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[0008]Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator capable of reducing a step difference generated between a pair of drawer-type doors installed at left and right portions of the refrigerator in parallel with each other.
[0010]The foregoing and / or other aspects of the present invention are achieved by providing a refrigerator including a body provided at left and right portions thereof with a plurality of storage chambers which are aligned in parallel with respect to each other to store materials therein, a plurality of drawer-type doors installed in the storage chambers and capable of moving forward or backward, and a step difference adjusting device that adjusts installation positions of the drawer-type doors to reduce a step difference between adjacent drawer-type doors.
[0022]The foregoing and / or other aspects are achieved by providing a drawer-type door installed in one of a plurality of storage chambers, aligned at left and right locations in parallel with respect to each other to store materials therein, and movable in a forward direction or a backward direction in the storage chambers, the drawer-type door including a cover covering a front side of one of the storage chambers to open and close the storage chamber, a storage container opening in an upward direction to store materials therein, a support frame having a front end coupled with the cover to support the storage container installed thereon, and a step difference adjusting device adjusting an installation position of the support frame coupled with the cover in upward and downward directions to reduce a step difference between adjacent drawer-type doors.

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However, in the refrigerator equipped with the drawer-type doors, which are installed at left and right portions of the refrigerator in parallel with each other, a step difference is inevitably generated between two drawer-type doors installed in the storage chambers due to the process tolerance or the assembling tolerance.
Such a step difference significantly degrades the external appearance of the product.

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[0044]The storage chambers 11 are provided in the body 10 and are used as a cooling chamber to store the stored goods in a cooled state, a freezing chamber store the stored goods in a frozen state, etc. In the first embodiment, the body 10 is partitioned into a total of four storage chambers 11, two of which are located at an upper portion of the body, and two of which are located at a lower portion of the body. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the two storage chambers 11 located at the upper portion of the body have a pair of rotary doors 20a, each of which is hinged and rotated on one side of the body 10, and opens and closes the corresponding storage chambers 11. The two storage chambers 11 located at the lower portion of the body have a pair of drawer type doors 20b, each of which can be installed to move forward and backward in the corresponding storage chamber 11, and store the stored goods.

[0045]Among these components, each drawer type door 20b includes a cover 21 that covers a fron...

second embodiment

[0058]According to the present embodiment, the fixing installation section 23a is coupled to one side of the rear surface of the cover 21 and the variable installation section 23b, which is moved upward and downward by the step difference adjusting device 30, is coupled to the other side of the rear surface of the cover 21. Thus, the variable installation section 23b can be moved upward and downward while being rotated about and with respect to the fixing installation section 23a by the step difference adjusting device 30, so that the step difference between adjacent drawer-type doors 20b can be adjusted. However, the present embodiment is not limited thereto. For instance, as shown in FIG. 8 in a second embodiment, both of the installation sections provided at the rear surface of the cover 21 can be prepared in the form of variable installation sections 23b equipped with the step difference adjusting device 30.

[0059]As described above, the refrigerator according to the present embo...

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Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator having a plurality of drawer-type doors installed in a transverse direction in parallel to each other. The refrigerator includes a body provided at left and right portions thereof with a plurality of storage chambers which are aligned in parallel to each other to store materials therein, and a plurality of drawer-type doors installed in the storage chambers and capable of being moved forward or backward. A step difference adjusting device is provided to adjust installation positions of the drawer-type doors to reduce a step difference between adjacent drawer-type doors.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2006-91846, filed on Sep. 21, 2006, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a refrigerator having a plurality of drawer-type doors installed in a transverse direction in parallel to each other.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]In general, a refrigerator is an appliance that supplies cold air generated from an evaporator through a refrigeration cycle to storage chambers storing various foodstuffs so as to allow the foodstuffs to be kept in a fresh state for a long period of time.[0006]Among the refrigerators, as disclosed in Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2004-45808, there is provided a refrigerator including a drawer-type door, which is installed in a stor...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47B77/08A47B88/04
CPCA47B88/0055F25D25/025F25D23/028A47B88/956F25D23/02F25D25/00
Inventor PARK, SUNG CHEULSHIN, OONG IN
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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