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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2011
Sung Cheul Park, Gwangiu, KR;
Sung Cheul Park, Gwangiu, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a switch module and a refrigerator having the same. In the refrigerator with a dispenser installed on a door, a switch module to operate the dispenser includes a switch to operate the dispenser, a push button moving backwards by external force and applying pressure to the switch to operate the switch, and a switch case provided with a front surface on which the push button is arranged and receiving the switch therein, and the push button is installed on the switch case by a link assembly to simultaneously move upper and lower portions of the push button forwards and backwards. Therefore, the push button is uniformly operated regardless of a position to which the external force is applied.