Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/112828
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A refrigerator preventing a door thereof from drooping downward and allow the door to be automatically closed. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment provided in the body, a front thereof being open, a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the storage compartment, a support unit coupled to a center of a lower portion of the body, the support unit including at least one rotating member arranged to protrude from a front of the body to correspond to a position of the lower portion of the door, and at least one droop prevention unit coupled to the lower portion of the door at a position corresponding to the rotating member, and supported by the rotating member to prevent the door from drooping downward, the droop prevention unit cooperating with the rotating member to support the door in an upward direction when the door is closed.
Inventors:
KIM BYOUNG MOK (KR)
KIM SEONG WOO (KR)
SEO YONG BUM (KR)
YANG SEUNG YONG (KR)
KIM SEONG WOO (KR)
SEO YONG BUM (KR)
YANG SEUNG YONG (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2014/000521
Publication Date:
July 24, 2014
Filing Date:
January 17, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
F25D23/02; F25D23/06
Foreign References:
| KR0113756Y1 | 1998-04-13 | |||
| KR19990007718U | 1999-02-25 | |||
| KR970007232B1 | 1997-05-07 | |||
| US4947583A | 1990-08-14 | |||
| JPH11118335A | 1999-04-30 | |||
| JP2004037008A | 2004-02-05 | |||
| US20050251962A1 | 2005-11-17 | |||
| JPH04353184A | 1992-12-08 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2946154A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SELIM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM (Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-862, KR)
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