Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11402147-B2
Application number	US-202017099689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2020
Priority date	Apr 15, 2019
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

A refrigerator including: a main body forming a storage compartment and a door provided to open and close the storage compartment, wherein the door includes a door frame, a cover arranged in front of the door frame and including a cover fixer, and a door panel arranged in front of the cover, the door panel including a first fixer and a second fixer on a rear surface of the door panel. When the door panel is coupled to a front side of the cover, the first fixer is coupled to the door frame and the second fixer is coupled to the cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a front side thereof open; and
a door configured to open and close the open front side of the main body, wherein the door includes:
a door panel including a panel body and a fixer provided at a surface of the panel body, and
a door body on which the door panel is separably mounted, the door body including a cover fixer including:
a cover fixer body forming a concave accommodation space into which the fixer is accommodated, and a hole positioned between the accommodation space and an inside of the door body, and
a fixer cap detachably mounted to the cover fixer body so as to cover the hole to thereby prevent insulating material from being discharged from the inside the door body through the hole into the accommodation space when the insulating material is being filled into the inside of the door body.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the fixer includes a hook having a coupling guide portion that is obliquely formed in a direction in which the fixer is inserted into the accommodation space.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the cover fixer includes a guide surface obliquely formed to guide the hook when the fixer is mounted on the cover fixer.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein
the door body further comprises a cover forming a surface that faces the door panel when the door panel is mounted on the door body,
the cover fixer is mounted on the cover, and
the cover includes a mounting hole formed to allow the accommodation space to be open toward the panel body.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the cover fixer is provided to be coupled to the cover by sliding in a self-load direction.

6. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the cover includes a guide bead formed along a circumference of the mounting hole to guide mounting of the cover fixer.

7. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the cover fixer is arranged to protrude from a surface of the cover opposite to the surface facing the door panel.

8. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein
the door body includes chassis arranged on opposite end portions of the cover to protrude forward further than the cover, and
the chassis form a space in which the door panel is mounted together with the cover.

9. The refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein the cover fixer is provided to support the fixer to space the door panel at a predetermined distance from the door body while the door panel is mounted on the door body.

10. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein
the door panel includes fixing members including a magnetic body and extending along at opposite side edges of a surface of the panel body facing the door body while the door panel is mounted on the door body, and
the cover is provided to have the fixing members attached thereto by a magnetic force.

11. The refrigerator of claim 10 , wherein
the door panel includes a buffer member arranged between the fixing members and including a shock absorbing material or a sound absorbing material, and
the fixer is arranged between the buffer member and one of the fixing members.

12. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the fixer includes a material different from a material forming the panel body.

13. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the panel body includes glass or metal.

14. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the fixer is attached to the panel body by an adhesive.

15. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a front side thereof open; and
a door configured to open and close the open front side of the main body, wherein the door includes:
a door panel including a panel body and a fixer provided at a surface of the panel body, and
a door body on which the door panel is separably mounted, the door body including a cover fixer concavely formed to have the fixer inserted thereinto and including a hole that is open toward an inside of the door body, an accommodation space into which the fixer is accommodated, and a fixer cap configured to cover the hole that is open toward the inside of the door body,
wherein the fixer includes a hook having a coupling guide portion that is obliquely formed in a direction in which the fixer is inserted into the accommodation space.

16. The refrigerator of claim 15 , wherein the cover fixer includes a guide surface obliquely formed to guide the hook when the fixer is mounted on the cover fixer.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chomin
• Kim Byoungmok
• Lee Oungu
• Lee Jeonghyun
• Kim Dongyeong
• Choi Minseok
• Gu Yang-Yeol
• Kim Ae-Ryun
• Shin Yountae
• Lee Donghyun
• Lee Seonju
• Lee Jaemin

Classifications

• F25D23/02 Primary

  Doors; Covers (F25D23/08 takes precedence {locks or fastenings E05B65/0042}) · CPC title

• A47F3/043

  Doors, covers (A47F3/0434 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D23/064

  formed by moulding, e.g. moulding in situ · CPC title

• F25D2323/021

  French doors · CPC title

• F25D23/10

  Arrangements for mounting in particular locations, e.g. for built-in type, for corner type · CPC title