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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicants:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation, Busan, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 1/10 (2006.01); F24C 15/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 15/023 (2013.01); A47L 15/4261 (2013.01); E05F 1/1025 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/638 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/30 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/308 (2013.01); Y10T 16/5387 (2015.01); Y10T 16/53885 (2015.01); Y10T 16/53888 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a home appliance. The home appliance includes a cabinet having a chamber configured to receive an object therein, a door configured to open or close the chamber, a cam assembly configured to convert rotation into horizontal linear movement upon rotation of the door, and a spring configured to be compressed by horizontal linear movement of the cam assembly. The cam assembly has a variable horizontal linear movement distance for compression of the spring according to a rotation angle of the door.