Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016305706-A1
Application number	US-201615061001-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 4, 2016
Priority date	Apr 14, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet having a storage compartment, a door pivotably mounted to the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment, and the door may include a first door defining a front surface of the door, a door liner coupled to a rear surface of the first door, a basket holder mounted in a mounting recess provided in the door liner, the basket holder having a protrusion that protrudes out from the mounting recess, and a rear panel attached to a rear surface of the door liner, the rear panel having a through-hole configured to allow passage of the protrusion, and a basket mounted to the protrusion of the basket holder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet having a storage compartment; a door pivotably mounted to the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment, wherein the door includes:
a first door defining a front surface of the door,
a door liner coupled to a rear surface of the first door,
a basket holder mounted in a mounting recess provided in the door liner, the basket holder having a protrusion that protrudes out from the mounting recess, and
a rear panel attached to a rear surface of the door liner, the rear panel having a through-hole configured to allow passage of the protrusion; and
a basket mounted to the protrusion of the basket holder.

2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the basket holder includes a pair of basket holders fastened by screws into a pair of mounting recesses provided near opposite vertical edges of the rear surface of the door liner.

3 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the basket includes a pair of insertion recesses for insertion of a pair of protrusions of the respective pair of basket holders, wherein each of the pair of insertion recesses is provided at opposite sides of a lower portion of a rear surface of the basket.

4 . The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein each of the pair of protrusions has an inwardly bent shape at a distal end thereof.

5 . The refrigerator according to claim 4 , wherein each of the pair of insertion recesses includes a cover portion configured to prevent the protrusion inserted therein from being separated in the horizontal direction.

6 . The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the basket further includes a support having two ends inserted into and mounted in a pair of holes formed in upper corners of the insertion recesses, the support being provided along a rim of an upper surface of the basket.

7 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the rear panel includes a bent portion that extends from a rim of the through-hole.

8 . The refrigerator according to claim 7 , wherein the basket holder includes a receiving groove formed in a front surface thereof around the protrusion, and wherein the bent portion of the rear panel is inserted into the receiving groove.

9 . The refrigerator according to claim 8 , wherein the rear panel is a plated steel panel.

10 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the door liner further includes a gasket provided at the rear surface thereof, the gasket being mounted in a gasket mounting groove formed along an outer side of a rim portion of the rear panel.

11 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the door liner further includes a bush provided on the rear surface thereof, the bush being fastened with a screw having passed through a fastening hole of the basket holder and a through-hole formed in the mounting recess.

12 . The refrigerator according to claim 11 , wherein an insulation material is provided in a space between the door liner and the first door.

13 . A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet; a first door to allow access to a storage compartment within the cabinet; and a second door to allow access to a space provided between the first door and the second door, wherein the second door includes:
a front surface,
a door liner coupled to a rear surface of the second door,
a pair of basket holders mounted in a pair of respective mounting recesses provided in the door liner, each of the pair of basket holders having a protrusion,
a rear panel attached to a rear surface of the door liner, the rear panel having a through-hole configured to allow passage of the protrusion, and
a basket mounted to the protrusion of the basket holder.

14 . The refrigerator according to claim 13 , wherein the pair of basket holders are fastened by screws into the pair of mounting recesses, which are provided near opposite vertical edges of the rear surface of the door liner.

15 . The refrigerator according to claim 13 , wherein the basket includes a pair of insertion recesses for insertion of the protrusions of the respective pair of basket holders, wherein each of the pair of insertion recesses is provided at opposite sides of a lower portion of a rear surface of the basket,

16 . The refrigerator according to claim 15 , wherein the basket further includes a support having two ends inserted into and mounted in a pair of holes formed in upper corners of the insertion recesses, the support being provided along a rim of an upper surface of the basket.

17 . The refrigerator according to claim 15 , wherein the protrusions have a bent shape at a distal end thereof.

18 . The refrigerator according to claim 17 , wherein each of the pair of insertion recesses includes a cover portion to prevent the protrusion inserted therein from being separated in the horizontal direction.

19 . A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet; a door pivotably mounted to the cabinet; and at least one basket configured to be mounted to a rear surface of the door, wherein the door includes:
an outer door defining a front surface of the door;
a door liner coupled to a rear surface of the outer door;
at least one basket holder including a protrusion to mount the basket in at least one mounting recess provided in the door liner and a receiving groove formed around the protrusion; and
a rear panel attached to a rear surface of the door liner, wherein the rear panel is provided with a through-hole for the protrusion to pass through having a bent portion that extends from a rim of the through-hole, wherein the bent portion is inserted into the receiving groove.

20 . The refrigerator according to claim 19 , wherein the door liner includes a bush provided on the rear surface thereof, the bush being fastened with a screw having passed through a fastening hole of the at least one basket holder and a through-hole formed in the mounting recess.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Kiyoung

Classifications

• F25D23/04 Primary

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

• F25D23/067

  Supporting elements · CPC title

• F25D23/025

  Secondary closures · CPC title

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D25/02

  by shelves · CPC title