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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
O Min Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Ki Young Lim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a refrigerator and a folding guide device provided therein. The refrigerator includes a body including a storage compartment, a door that opens and closes the storage compartment, a support provided to be changeable in position to an unfolded position to be unfolded outward from the storage compartment and a folded position to be folded in the storage compartment, a folding guide device interlinked with an opening and closing operation of the door to apply a rotational force for changing the position of the support to the support. Here, the folding guide device includes a slider pressurized by the door and linearly moved, and a conversion outputter provided to connect the slider with the support and configured to convert a linear force input by the slider that linearly moves into a rotational force for changing the position of the support and output the rotational force.