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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong Ho Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Geon Hee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jee-Hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jea Won Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Wan-Ku Kang, Uiwang-si, KR;
Nan Soo Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a sliding bar provided in each of a pair of doors and that moves between standby and contact positions to which the sliding bar moves from the standby position to seal a gap between the doors, and a moving device that operates the sliding bar in linkage with operations of opening and closing the doors, wherein the moving device includes a lever that is pressed by the main body and rotatably provided inside the doors to transmit a pressing force in a direction different from a direction in which the lever is pressed by the main body, and a sliding link that operates in linkage with rotation of the lever and configured so that the sliding bar moves between the standby position and the contact position. Through this configuration, the refrigerator minimizes noise related to opening and closing the doors and improves insulation performance.