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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Sung Cheul Park, Sinchang-dong, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 3/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); H01H 3/122 (2013.01); F25D 2327/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a switch module and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes with a dispenser installed on a door and a switch module to operate the dispenser. The switch module includes a push button having a front surface thereof disposed in a vertical direction and moving forwards and backwards by external force, and a link assembly allowing an upper portion and a lower portion of the push button to simultaneously move forwards and backwards while maintaining the front surface of the push button to be in a vertical direction during the forward and backward movement of the push button.