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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Won Soo Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yong Soo Kyong, Seoul, KR;
Jea Won Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jee-Hoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of opening a first door with a small force using an auxiliary opening apparatus that decreases an opening force for opening the first door. A refrigerator includes a main body, a first door rotatably provided in the front of the main body and including an opening, a second door rotatably provided in front of the first door and configured to open or close the opening, a first handle coupled to a front surface of the first door and configured to open or close the first door, an auxiliary opening apparatus configured to separate the first door from the main body and decrease an opening force of the first door, a handle lever that is provided at the first handle and configured to operate the auxiliary opening apparatus, and a door cap coupled to an upper portion of the first door.