Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9534832-B2
Application number	US-201313900039-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2013
Priority date	May 23, 2012
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A structure for packaging an interior part such as a shelf and a door guard to prevent the interior part from being damaged due to impact and friction during transportation of a refrigerator is provided. Each of the shelf and the door guard may be accommodated in a shock-absorbing member in a state of being separated from each mounting portion to be fixed within a storage chamber. The shock-absorbing member coupled with the shelf or the door guard may be packaged by a package member and be fixed to a shelf mounting portion of an inner case.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having an inner case and an outer case;
a storage chamber which is defined to be opened at a front surface thereof by the inner case;
a door to open and close the opened front surface of the storage chamber;
a shelf mounting portion which is provided in the inner case;
a shelf which is configured to be mounted horizontally to the shelf mounting portion; and
a shock-absorbing member which accommodates the shelf separated from the shelf mounting portion and which is fixed vertically within the storage chamber, so as to fix the shelf separated from the shelf mounting portion within the storage chamber,
wherein the shelf has a horizontal mounted position and a vertical stored position that is orthogonal to the horizontal mounted position,
wherein the shelf is secure in the vertical stored position within the shock-absorbing member when the shock-absorbing member is fixed vertically within the storage chamber, and wherein the shelf is configured to be mounted to the shelf mounting portion without use of the shock-absorbing member.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the shock-absorbing member comprises a fixing portion coupled to the shelf mounting portion; and
the shock-absorbing member is fixed within the storage chamber by coupling the fixing portion to the shelf mounting portion.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein:
the shelf mounting portion has a protrusion shape which protrudes from the inner case; and
the fixing portion has a groove shape into which the shelf mounting portion is able to be inserted.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a stopper member to fix the shock-absorbing member within the storage chamber,
wherein the shock-absorbing member is closely arranged between the inner case and the stopper member to be fixed within the storage chamber.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the shelf accommodated in the shock-absorbing member is spaced apart from the inner case and the door.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising a package member which packages the shock-absorbing member and the shelf accommodated in the shock-absorbing member.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6 , wherein the package member is a heat-shrinkable film.

8. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having an inner case and an outer case;
a storage chamber which is defined to be opened at a front surface thereof by the inner case;
a door to open and close the opened front surface of the storage chamber;
a shelf mounting portion which is provided in the inner case; and
a shelf packaging assembly, which comprises a shelf configured to be mounted horizontally to the shelf mounting portion, a shelf shock-absorbing member to accommodate the shelf vertically within the storage chamber, and a shelf package member to package the shelf shock-absorbing member and the shelf accommodated in the shelf shock-absorbing member, and which is fixed within the storage chamber,
wherein the shelf has a horizontal mounted position and a vertical stored position that is orthogonal to the horizontal mounted position, and
wherein the shelf is secure in the vertical stored position within the shock-absorbing member and the shelf package member when the shelf packaging assembly is fixed vertically within the storage chamber.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a door guard mounting portion which is provided on a rear surface of the door; and
a door guard packaging assembly, which comprises a door guard able to be mounted to the door guard mounting portion, a door guard shock-absorbing member to accommodate the door guard, and a door guard package member to package the door guard shock-absorbing member and the door guard accommodated in the door guard shock-absorbing member, and which is fixed within the storage chamber.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 8 , wherein the package member is a heat-shrinkable film.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Young Kyu
• Lee Hyun Myung
• Chang Eui Young
• Jo Gyu Hyun
• Lee Chang Sun

Classifications

• F25D23/00

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

• B65D81/053

  Corner, edge or end protectors · CPC title

• B65D2585/6815

  kitchen devices, including unspecified devices, e.g. Haushaltgeräte · CPC title

• B65D2585/6817

  refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D23/04

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