Lg Electronics Inc.

Nami Kim

Jaeyoul Lee

Minsub Kim

Jungkyu Son

Hangbok Lee

Eugene Suh

Sangoh Kim

Jaehyun Soh

Jindong Kim

Jihyun Im

Hyunbum Kim

Ayoung Choo

Myeongha Yi

Taegyeong Kim

Myunghwan Kim

Raeyoung Park

Sunghun Lee

Disclosed is a refrigerator, more particularly a refrigerator including dual doors that are convenient to use. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage space therein, a first door hinged to the main body for opening and closing the storage space, a door frame provided at the first door, a second door hinged to the first door, the second door having a side wall, at least a portion of which is inserted into the door frame, and a catching part provided in the side wall, and a locking device for selectively allowing the second door to be turned with respect to the first door, wherein the locking device includes a moving member, the displacement of which is changed depending on the open or closed state of the first door, and a catching member, the displacement of which is changed depending on the displacement of the moving member, whereby the protruding length of the catching member from the door frame is changed, the catching member being selectively caught in the catching part.

Refrigerator

The present invention provides a door for a home appliance including a panel assembly including a front panel defining at least a portion of a front appearance of the door, a rear panel disposed behind the front panel, and a spacer disposed between a peripheral portion of the front panel and a peripheral portion of the rear panel so as to maintain a spacing between the front panel and the rear panel, a frame assembly for supporting the panel assembly, the frame assembly including a side frame disposed along a side surface of the door, the side frame contacting outside air, and a heat transfer structure for transferring heat of outside air from the side frame to an interior region defined between the front panel and the rear panel and between the spacer and a side end of the door, and a home appliance including the same.

Door for home appliance and home appliance having the same

A refrigerator equipped with a door that becomes transparent as necessary to make the interior thereof visible is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein, a lighting device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door, which is hingedly coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, and has an opening and a panel assembly including a front panel disposed on the front surface thereof, a sensor for detecting sound waves, which are generated by a knock input applied to the door and are transmitted through the front panel, and a controller for controlling the lighting device to allow light to be transmitted through the panel assembly, thus making the storage compartment visible from outside the door through the opening when a predetermined knock input is detected.

Disclosed are a fixing device and a refrigerator having the same. The fixing device includes a clasp () installed to a first member (), the clasp having a contact portion () defining a plane, and a coupler () installed to a second member (), the coupler serving to fix the second member to the first member to enable selective coupling or release of the second member and the first member. The coupler includes a hook () having a protruding tip portion () configured to come into contact with the contact portions () so as to be caught by the contact portion (), the hook being rotatable, and an elastic member () configured to elastically support the hook such that the hook is rotated toward the clasp. A contact position of the protruding tip portion and the contact portion is spaced apart from a rotation center of the hook by a predetermined distance (d).

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a cabinet () defining a first storage region () for storing food, a door () for opening and closing the first storage region (), a gasket () which is provided on an inner surface of the door () and seals the first storage region () from outdoor air by forming a sealing boundary when the door () closes the first storage region (), a first hinge member () which has a rotary shaft () and rotatably connects the door () to the cabinet () out of the sealing boundary, a container () which defines a second storage region for storing food and is received in the first storage region (), and a second hinge member () which is fixed, at one side thereof, to the container () within the sealing boundary while being rotatably connected, at the other side thereof, to the door (), the second hinge member () having a rotary shaft () which is vertically and linearly aligned with the rotary shaft () of the first hinge member ().

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a cabinet () defining a first storage region () for storing food, a door () opening and closing the first storage region () and filled with a thermal insulator therein, a gasket () provided on an inner surface of the door () and sealing the first storage region () from outdoor air by forming a sealing boundary when the door () closes the first storage region (), a first hinge member () rotatably connecting the door () to the cabinet (), a container () defining a second storage region for storing food and received in the first storage region (), a second hinge member () rotatably connecting the door () to the container (), and a connection member () structurally coupled to the second hinge member () within the door (), in order to prevent distortions of a direction and a position of a rotary shaft () of the second hinge member () relative to a rotary shaft () of the first hinge member ().

A tower pantry includes a guide mechanism mounted on a bottom of an opened space inside a refrigerating room and a basket attached to the guide mechanism and configured to move forward and backward on the first guide mechanism. The tower pantry also includes frames that are fastened to corners of the first basket and that vertically extend from the first basket. The tower pantry further includes a frame cover fastened on the frames and defining a space that accommodates a large-size beverage container.

Tower pantry in refrigerator

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a main body having at least one storage chamber, a drawer mount installed in the at least one storage chamber that guides at least one drawer provided therein so as to be inserted into and pulled out of the at least one storage chamber, a cover configured to cover an upper opening of the at least one drawer and including guide grooves formed at left and right edges of the cover and guide rails mounted in the guide grooves and formed of metal, a shelf supported by the cover so as to be slidable on the cover by the guide rails, and a pair of supports provided at both sides of a lower surface of the shelf.

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Seoul, South Korea

Nami Kim