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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Myung-ryul Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Seong-jae Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Seung-hwan OH, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body having cooling chambers for keeping food items therein, a base frame disposed to be movable in outward and inward directions in a lower cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the main body, and having a basket door at its front side, a lift frame disposed on the base frame, on which the basket is put, a fluid pressure cylinder mounted at the base frame and connected to the lift frame to lift the lift frame, and an fluid compressor connected to the fluid pressure cylinder by an fluid supply pipe and supplying compressed fluid to the fluid pressure cylinder. Accordingly, as the basket is lifted when being drawn out, a user can take out food items kept in the basket without bending his/her back, which enhances user's convenience.