Lg Electronics Inc.

Younseok Lee

Junsoo Han

Dongseok Kim

Kangsoo Byun

Sanggyun Lee

Yongwon Dong

Yanggyu Kim

Yeonwoo Cho

Heejun Lee

Ahreum Park

Yongjin Lee

Hyunbum Kim

HyunJung Kim

Eunjeong Kim

Seongwon Gwon

Chungseob Lee

Yongjoon Kim

A refrigerator according to the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having storage spaces; a main door, which can rotate with respect to the cabinet and opens/closes the storage spaces; a sub door rotating with respect to the main door; and a hinge device, which is fixed to the front surface of the cabinet, supports the lower sides of the main door and the sub door and provides the center of rotation of the main door and the center of rotation of the sub door, wherein the center of rotation of the main door and the center of rotation of the sub door can be positioned on the sub door.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft provided at the hinge bracket, and which open/close the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided at the door at a position spaced from the rotational center line of the door, and which operates together with the hinge bracket during closing of the door, so that the door automatically closes, where the automatic closing device includes: a lever that rotates around a rotational center line spaced from the rotational center line of the door; an elastic member connected to the lever; and a body which is provided at the door and which rotatably supports the lever.

A refrigerator according to an embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a main door that can rotate relative to the cabinet and opens and closes the storage space; a sub door that rotates relative to the main door; and a hinge mechanism which is connected to the main door and the sub door and provides the axis of rotation of the main door and the axis of rotation of the sub door. The axis of rotation of the main door and the axis of rotation of the sub door may be positioned on the sub door.

A refrigerator of the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a refrigerator door which is rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge apparatus and opens and closes the storage space; an extension member which is drawn out from the cabinet and connected to the inside of the refrigerator door through a door opening spaced apart from the rotational center of the refrigerator door, the extension member including at least one of a wire or a tube through which a liquid flows; a guide housing for guiding the extension member positioned outside the cabinet and the refrigerator door; and a cabinet guide which is fixed to the cabinet and guides linear and rotational movements of the guide housing during the opening and closing of the refrigerator door.

A refrigerator having: a cabinet having a storage space; a refrigerator door that is rotatably connected to the cabinet by means of a hinge device and opens and closes the storage space; an extension member that is drawn out from the cabinet and connected to the inside of the refrigerator door through a door opening spaced apart from the rotation center of the refrigerator door and includes at least one of a wire and a tube through which a liquid flows; a guide housing that guides the extension member positioned on the outside of the cabinet and the refrigerator door and includes a plurality of individual housings rotatably connected to each other; and a door fixing unit that rotatably connects a first housing among the plurality of individual housings to the refrigerator door.

A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet including a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft included in the hinge bracket and opens/closes the storage space; and an auto-closing device installed at the door in a position spaced apart from the center line of rotation of the door, the auto-closing device operating such that same acts with the hinge bracket while the door is being closed, thereby causing the door to automatically be closed. The auto-closing device may include a lever and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lever. The hinge bracket may include a contact surface which is brought into contact with the lever while the door is being closed. The contact surface may be formed such that, with reference to the front surface of the cabinet, while a contact part of the lever moves along one portion of the contact surface, the contact part approaches the front surface of the cabinet, and, while the contact part moves along another portion of the contact surface, the contact part becomes more distant from the front surface of the cabinet.

A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to the shaft provided at the hinge bracket and which open/close the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided on the door at a position spaced away from the rotational center line of the door, and which is operated together with the hinge bracket when the door is being closed to automatically close the door. The automatic closing device includes a lever and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lever, and the hinge bracket includes: a bracket body including the shaft; and a cam member which is separably coupled to the bracket body and which has a contact surface that comes in contact with the lever when the door is being closed.

A refrigerator includes a partition wall provided between first and second storage chambers and having a partition wall insulator, an evaporator case arranged in the partition wall and communicating with the first and second storage chambers, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator case, a grill cover provided on a rear side of the evaporator case and configured to accommodate a blower fan, and support guides provided in the grill cover and supporting a rear portion of the evaporator, such that an internal storage space of the refrigerator is increased, and a withdrawal distance of a drawer provided in the refrigerator is increased.

A refrigerator may include a cabinet forming a storage compartment; a rear panel forming a rear wall of the storage compartment and having a cooling air outlet hole which discharges cooling air toward the storage compartment; a fan housing coupled to the rear panel and in which a fan configured to circulate cooling air is installed; an outlet port which is formed at the fan housing and discharges cooling air supplied by driving of the fan; and a drawer provided capable of being withdrawn forward from an inside of the storage compartment, wherein the drawer includes: a drawer body forming a storage space; and a cooling air duct provided above the drawer body and having a cooling air path in communication with the outlet port.

A refrigerator includes a first storage chamber, a second storage chamber, and a heat exchange chamber therebetween. At least one first inlet is configured to introduce cold air from the first storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber, and at least one second inlet is configured to introduce cold air from the second storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber. The first and second inlets are provided at sides of the refrigerator.

A under counter refrigerator includes a main body defining at least one of a first and second storage compartments, an evaporator to generate cool air to be supplied to the at least one of the first and second storage compartments, and a machine room provided at a lower portion of the main body to define an installation space in which a compressor and a condenser are provided. The machine room includes a suction portion provided in front of the main body to suction outside air into the machine room, a discharge portion provided in front of the main body to discharge the suctioned air in the machine room, a guide wall to separate the installation space into a first space in which the condenser is installed, and a second space in which the compressor is installed. A condensation fan is installed at the guide wall, the condenser is provided in a front portion of the first space, a defrosting water tray is provided at a rear of the condenser, and the condensation fan is disposed on one side of the defrost water tray.

Under counter type refrigerator

A refrigerator includes evaporator cases arranged in a freezing chamber and located on a bottom surface of a partition wall, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator cases, and grill covers arranged on a rear side of the evaporator cases and having a blowing fan installed therein. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to a refrigerating chamber and through which at least a portion of cold air passing through the blowing fan flows, and a freezing chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to the freezing chamber and through which the remaining cold air among the cold air passing through the blowing fan passes.

A refrigerator includes an evaporator inclined in a left-right direction and a defrosting water tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting water, and having inclined surfaces corresponding to a shape of the evaporator.

A refrigerator includes an evaporator arranged in a heat exchange chamber and having refrigerant pipes through which refrigerant flows and fins configured to guide heat exchange between the refrigerant and cold air, wherein the evaporator includes a first and a second side spaced apart from each other, and the fins of the evaporator guide flow of air such that the cold air introduce into the first and second sides is combined with each other in the space between the first and second sides.

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Seoul, South Korea

Younseok Lee