Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8950836-B2
Application number	US-201313864363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2013
Priority date	Apr 18, 2012
Publication date	Feb 10, 2015
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015

Abstract

A refrigerator includes a main body and a storage room defined in the main body. The refrigerator also includes a cooling device configured to cool the storage room, a first storage area disposed inside the storage room, and a door mounted to the main body. The refrigerator further includes a second storage unit disposed at the door and a third storage unit configured to move between an inserted position inside the storage room and an extracted position in which at least a portion of the third storage unit is extracted outside of the storage room.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body;
a storage room defined in the main body;
a cooling device configured to cool the storage room;
a first storage area disposed inside the storage room;
a door mounted to the main body and configured to open and close the storage room;
a second storage unit disposed at the door; and
a third storage unit configured to move between an inserted position inside the storage room and an extracted position in which at least a portion of the third storage unit is extracted outside of the storage room,
wherein, in the extracted position, the portion of the third storage unit extracted outside of the storage room defines an obtuse inclination angle with respect to a portion of a front surface of the storage room that extends from the third storage unit toward a wall of the main body to which the door is mounted,
wherein the third storage unit includes a frame configured to store products therein, a first link rotatably connected to each of the main body and the frame, and a second link spaced apart from the first link and rotatably connected to each of the main body and the frame, and
wherein each of the first and second links is a bent link.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein a width of the third storage unit is smaller than a width of the door.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein, when the third storage is in the inserted position inside the storage room and the door is closed, the third storage unit is positioned adjacent to a rear surface of the door.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein, when the third storage unit is in the inserted position inside the storage room and the door is closed, the third storage unit is positioned adjacent to a front of the first storage area, and the second storage unit is positioned adjacent to a front of the third storage unit.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein, when the door is opened and the third storage unit is in the extracted position, the third storage unit protrudes from the storage room in a direction opposite to the door.

6. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein, when the door is opened and the third storage unit is in the extracted position, at least a portion of the third storage unit is opposite to the second storage unit in a lateral direction.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the third storage unit includes a plurality of keeping portions arranged to be vertically spaced apart from one another.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7 , wherein the third storage unit has one or more openings between the plurality of keeping portions, and the one or more openings are open in a front-back direction when the third storage unit is in the inserted position inside the storage room such that the first storage area is accessible through the one or more openings.

9. The refrigerator of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of keeping portions includes a support, and a holder configured to restrict products supported by the support from being overturned.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the first link is rotatably connected to a rear wall of the storage room and an end of the frame, and the second link is rotatably connected to a side wall of the storage room and a rear end of the frame.

11. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the first link is longer than the second link.

12. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body;
a storage room defined in the main body;
a cooling device configured to cool the storage room;
a first storage area disposed inside the storage room;
a door rotatably mounted at a side of the main body and configured to open and close the storage room;
a second storage unit disposed at the door; and
a third storage unit configured to move between an inserted position inside of the storage room and an extracted position in which at least a portion of the third storage unit is extracted outside of the storage room,
wherein, when the third storage unit is in the inserted position inside the storage room and the door is closed, the third storage is positioned at a rear of the door, and
wherein, when the door is opened and the third storage unit is in the extracted position, the third storage unit protrudes from the storage room in an opposite direction to the door at an obtuse inclination angle with respect to a front surface of the storage room that extends from the third storage unit toward the side of the main body to which the door is mounted,
wherein the third storage unit comprises a frame configured to store products therein, a first link rotatably connected to each of the main body and the frame, and a second link spaced apart from the first link and rotatably connected to each of the main body and the frame,
wherein the first link is longer than the second link.

13. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein, when the door is open and the third storage unit is in the extracted position, the second storage unit is positioned at a first side of a front of the storage room, and the third storage unit is positioned at a second side of the front of the storage room that is opposite of the first side of the front of the storage room.

14. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein the third storage unit includes a frame configured to store products therein, a first link rotatably connected to each of the main body and the frame, and a second link spaced apart from the first link and rotatably connected to each of the main body and the frame.

15. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body;
a storage room defined in the main body;
a cooling device configured to cool the storage room;
a first storage area disposed inside the storage room;
a door mounted to the main body and configured to open and close the storage room;
a second storage unit disposed at the door; and
a third storage unit configured to move between an inserted position inside the storage room and an extracted position in which at least a portion of the third storage unit is extracted outside of the storage room,
wherein the third storage unit comprises a frame configured to store products therein, a link assembly movably connected to each of the main body and the frame,
wherein the link assembly comprises a plurality of links that guides a movement of the frame in an extracted position, and at least one of the plurality of links is a non-linear shape.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Sanghun
• Kim Seonkyu
• Kim Minsup

Classifications

• F25D23/028 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• F25D25/025

  Drawers · CPC title

• F25D23/04 Primary

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

• F25D23/00

  General constructional features (F25D21/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25D23/02

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