Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11771239-B2
Application number	US-201917273052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2019
Priority date	Sep 5, 2018
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a refrigerator including a door frame enhanced to support a door glass. The refrigerator includes a main body including a storeroom, a plurality of door glasses separately arranged to insulate the storeroom, an outer frame supporting an outer glass arranged on an outer side among the plurality of door glasses, an inner frame supporting an inner glass arranged on an inner side among the plurality of door glasses and including a same type of material as the outer frame, and an insulation member arranged between the outer frame and the inner frame and including a different type of material from the outer frame and the inner frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body including a storeroom;
a plurality of door glasses separately arranged to insulate the storeroom;
an outer frame supporting an outer glass arranged on an outer side among the plurality of door glasses;
an inner frame supporting an inner glass arranged on an inner side among the plurality of door glasses and including a same type of material as the outer frame;
an insulation member arranged between the outer frame and the inner frame and including a different type of material from the outer frame and the inner frame; and
a coupling member passing through the outer frame, the insulation member, and the inner frame, extending in a front-to-rear direction, to couple the outer frame and the inner frame together,
wherein the outer frame and the inner frame are separate members.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the insulation member includes at least one of a resin and a plastic.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein a difference in coefficient of linear expansion between the inner frame and the outer frame is 10 um/mk or less.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member is a screw.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein
the outer frame and the inner frame comprise metals, and
the insulation member comprises a nonmetal.

6. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the insulation member is arranged along side edges of the plurality of door glasses.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the insulation member comprises a first insulation member arranged adjacent to the outer glass and a second insulation member bending from the first insulation member towards the inner glass.

8. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the outer frame comprises
a first cover part covering an outer surface of the outer glass,
a first insulation part extending from the first cover part and contacting the insulation member, and
a first coupling part provided at the first insulation part so that the outer frame is coupled with the inner frame and the insulation member.

9. The refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein the inner frame comprises
a second cover part covering an inner surface of the inner glass,
a second insulation part extending from the second cover part and contacting the insulation member, and
a second coupling part provided at the second insulation part so that the inner frame is coupled with the first coupling part and the insulation member.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the insulation member comprises a coupling hole through which the coupling member passes to couple the outer frame and the inner frame together.

11. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the inner frame comprises a first inner frame coupled with a gasket provided to seal the storeroom and a second inner frame arranged between the outer frame and the first inner frame.

12. The refrigerator of claim 11 , wherein
the first inner frame comprises a nonmetal, and
the second inner frame comprises a metal.

13. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the insulation member comprises a plurality of insulation members arranged along sides of the door glass and separated from one another.

14. The refrigerator of claim 1 , further comprising:
a heater arranged at the outer frame to prevent occurrences of dew condensation on the outer frame or the inner frame.

15. The refrigerator of claim 14 , further comprising:
a sensor measuring outside humidity of the refrigerator so that the heater operates according to the outside humidity.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hwang In-Yong
• Ryu Dong Nyeol
• Lee Oun Gu
• Hong Ki Hak
• Jeong Gwang Chel

Classifications

• A47F3/0434 Primary

  Glass or transparent panels · CPC title

• F25D21/04

  Preventing the formation of frost or condensate · CPC title

• F25D23/028

  Details · CPC title

• A47F3/125 Primary

  Doors for show cases · CPC title

• E06B3/26336

  with two metal frame members having interpenetrating or overlapping parts when mounted (involving sheet metal section members E06B3/2735) · CPC title