Title:
REFREGERATOR DOOR OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005299314
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a refrigerator door opening/closing device, in which a micro-switch can turn on when the handle is only lightly touched with one's hand, and a geared hinge motor provided at the side of door or hinge top rotates together with the micro-switch turn-on operation to automatically open or close the door.
By lightly pulling a hand hook 10 of a handle 9, it rotates around a fulcrum 11 to actuate a switch pusher 12, which turns on a micro-switch 13 within the handle 9. A geared hinge motor 16 provided at the pivot side of the door 16 rotates together with the micro-switch operation to enable the automatic opening/closing of the door 6 through gear engagement.
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Inventors:
KAWAMURA TADAHIRO
Application Number:
JP2004120175A
Publication Date:
October 27, 2005
Filing Date:
April 15, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
International Classes:
E05F15/12; F25D23/02; F25D23/08; (IPC1-7): E05F15/12; F25D23/02; F25D23/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fumio Iwahashi
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito