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Patent No.:

US 9482459 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2013

Refrigerator with sealed state maintaining device for drawer

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Kyongbae Park, Seoul, KR;

Ahreum Park, Seoul, KR;

Deulre Min, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Dentons US LLP

Primary Examiner:

Len Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Ana Vazquez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/08 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/46 (2006.01); E05C 3/00 (2006.01); E05C 3/04 (2006.01); E05C 3/08 (2006.01); E05B 5/00 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/00 (2013.01); E05B 5/006 (2013.01); E05B 17/0025 (2013.01); E05B 65/0042 (2013.01); E05B 65/46 (2013.01); E05C 3/006 (2013.01); E05C 3/048 (2013.01); E05C 3/08 (2013.01); F25D 23/00 (2013.01); F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 23/087 (2013.01); F25D 25/025 (2013.01); F25D 17/042 (2013.01); F25D 2317/043 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator body having a cooling chamber; a case provided in the cooling chamber; a drawer having a handle, and accommodated in the case in a withdrawable manner; a sealing member provided at a contact region between the case and the drawer; a sealed state maintaining device having a locking portion provided at the case, and having a fixed arm disposed in the drawer, the fixed arm rotatable to a sealing position for sealing the drawer by compressing the sealing member by being coupled to the locking portion when the drawer is accommodated in the case, and a releasing position for releasing the sealed state by being separated from the locking portion; and a manipulation switch provided at the drawer, and configured to manipulate the fixed arm to move between the sealing position and the releasing position.

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