Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004116842
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To improve external appearance design, operability and assembling performance of a door in the door of a refrigerator.
The door is formed by filling a foaming heat insulating material in a space composed of an outside plate 7 of bending upper-lower parts, a cap 9 arranged on the side surface and an inside plate 8. An door opening force reducing mechanism reduces door opening force of the door by the principle of a lever by a movable handle 12, a fulcrum shaft 15 and a lever 13, and is arranged in the upper part of the outside plate 7 independently of the cap 9 so that operability at door opening time is improved; a neat feeling of upper-lower end parts of the door is enhanced; and the design can be improved.
Inventors:
EZAKA TAKUNAN
TANAKA ITSUO
TANAKA ITSUO
Application Number:
JP2002278757A
Publication Date:
April 15, 2004
Filing Date:
September 25, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA REFRIGERATION
International Classes:
F25D23/02; (IPC1-7): F25D23/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fumio Iwahashi
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito