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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator in which a storage box can be sufficiently drawn by placing a sliding shelf at the bottom of the storage box, and the storage box is easily inserted when it is inserted into inside the storage chamber, and less noise is generated, is provided. The refrigerator includes a storage box received in a storage chamber and inserted and drawn by sliding, a sliding shelf combined with a lower portion of the storage box and configured to guide the storage box to be inserted and drawn, and a combining unit provided at both sidewalls of the storage chamber to be combined with the sliding shelf, and the sliding shelf includes a sliding part combined with the lower portion of the storage box, a cover rail combined with the combining unit and guiding the storage box to be inserted and drawn by sliding, a slide rail provided at the sliding part to slide along the cover rail, and a self-closing unit combined with the sliding part, configured to accumulate an elastic force when the storage box is drawn and transfer the elastic force in a direction in which the storage box is inserted into the storage chamber when the storage box is inserted, and provided with an oil damper which absorbs a shock, which is generated by the elastic force when the storage box is inserted, is provided.