Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10260798-B2
Application number	US-201816122074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2018
Priority date	Jun 14, 2013
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) configured to define a first storage region in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region, the first rotating shaft being located at the front of the cabinet (10), a gasket provided at the door (20) and a container (100) configured to define a second storage region, the second storage region being received in the first storage region, the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft via a second hinge member (200), the second rotating shaft being located at the door (20).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet;
a storage compartment provided in the cabinet and configured to store food therein;
a container provided to be rotatable relative to the cabinet and configured to open and close the storage compartment to selectively provide access to items in the storage compartment, the container comprising an opening formed in a center thereof;
a door rotatably provided on the container and configured to be rotatable relative to the container and to the cabinet, and to open and close the opening in the container; and
a fastening device provided on the door and configured to selectively couple and release the door to and from the container,
wherein the container comprises a frame cover and a first frame and a second frame provided inside the frame cover,
wherein the first frame comprises horizontal portions respectively forming an upper side and a lower side of the first frame and vertical portions provided perpendicular to the horizontal portions and respectively forming a left side and a right side of the first frame,
wherein the second frame is coupled to one of the horizontal portions of the first frame and to one of the vertical portions of the first frame to be in surface contact with the one of the horizontal portions and with the one of the vertical portions.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame of the container is disposed in surface contact with two surfaces of the one of the vertical portions of the first frame and with two surfaces of the one of the horizontal portions of the first frame of the container.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame of the container comprises a first extension portion configured to extend along a width direction of the container and a second extension portion configured to extend along a depth direction of the container,
wherein the width direction of the container corresponds to a width between the left side and the right side of the container, and
wherein the depth direction of the container corresponds to a depth between a front and a rear of the container.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion of the second frame is coupled to a first surface of the first frame of the container, and
wherein the second extension portion of the second frame is coupled to a second surface of the first frame of the container.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion of the second frame of the container together form an “L”-shaped form.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion of the second frame of the container comprises a bent portion that corresponds to a vertex of the first frame of the container.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion of the second frame of the container is in surface contact with a surface of the one of the vertical portions and with a surface of the one of the horizontal portions of the first frame of the container.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the second extension portion of the second frame of the container comprises a bent portion that corresponds to a vertex of the first frame of the container.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the second extension portion of the second frame of the container is in surface contact with a surface of the one of the vertical portions and with a surface of the one of the horizontal portions of the first frame of the container.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion of the second frame of the container is coupled to a first surface of the one of the vertical portions of the first frame of the container, and the second extension portion of the second frame of the container is coupled to a second surface of the one of the vertical portions of the first frame of the container.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion of the second frame of the container is coupled to a first surface of the one of the horizontal portions of the first frame of the container, and the second extension portion of the second frame of the container is coupled to a second surface of the one of the horizontal portions of the first frame of the container.

12. The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion of the second frame of the container extend so as to be angled relative to each other at a predetermined angle.

13. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising an integrated horizontal and vertical portion that corresponds to a vertex of the first frame and that is configured to couple the one of the horizontal portions with the one of and the vertical portions to each other.

14. The refrigerator according to claim 13 , wherein the second frame of the container comprises a plurality of second frames, and the plurality of second frames are disposed so as to be coupled to each other, and
wherein a first position at which the plurality of second frames are coupled to each other differs from a second position at which the one of the vertical portions and the one of the horizontal portions of the first frame are coupled to each other by the integrated horizontal and vertical portion.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Sungwoo
• Kim Myunghwan
• Park Jisu
• Kim Hyunbum
• Kim Jindong
• Im Jihyun

Classifications

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D23/025 Primary

  Secondary closures · CPC title

• F25D23/062

  defining a cabinet · CPC title

• F25D23/04

  with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners · CPC title

• E05D11/0054

  Covers, e.g. for protection · CPC title