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Refrigerator
| Content Provider | The Lens |
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| Related Links | https://www.lens.org/images/patent/103-352-769-584-839/pdf/US_2018_B2_10145603_103-352-769-584-839.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Alternative Title | Kühlschrank Réfrigérateur |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |
| Date Applied | 2015-12-30 |
| Agent | Gulde & Partner |
| Applicant | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |
| Application No. | 15877219 |
| Claim | A refrigerator comprising: a main body (10); a storage chamber (20) formed in the inside of the main body (10), wherein a front part of the storage chamber (20) is configured to be opened; and a door assembly (100, 200) rotatably coupled with the main body (10), and configured to open and close the open front part of the storage chamber (20), wherein the door assembly (100) comprises: a door plate (110) including a front plate (111) and a side plate (112) bent in a rear direction from both side edges of the front plate (111), wherein a bent portion (113) is formed in an upper end of the front plate (111), a door cap (120) configured to cover a top of the door plate (110); a door cap support (130) including a coupling portion (133) coupled with the door cap (120), and fixed at the bent portion (113) such that the coupling portion (133) is positioned behind the bent portion (113), wherein a gripping groove (101) is formed between the door cap (120) and the bent portion (113), the gripping groove (101) opening in an upward direction, and wherein the door cap (120) comprises a recessed portion (121) recessed in the downward direction to form the gripping groove (101) together with the bent portion (113), and a plurality of coupling hooks (123) coupled with the door cap support (130), wherein the bent portion (113) comprises a first bent portion (114) bent in the rear direction from a top end of the front plate (111) to be at right angles with respect to the front plate (111), and a second bent portion (115) bent downward from an end of the first bent portion (114) to be at right angles with respect to the first bent portion (114), wherein a fixing groove (116) is formed between the front plate (111) and the second bent portion (115), the fixing groove (116) opening in a downward direction, so that the door cap support (130) is inserted into the fixing groove (116) from bottom to top and fixed at the fixing groove (116), and wherein the door cap support (130) comprises an insertion portion (131) inserted into the fixing groove (116), and a plurality of protrusion ribs (132) protruding from at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the insertion portion (131), and wherein, if the insertion portion (131) is inserted into the fixing groove (116), the door cap support (130) is fixed to the door plate (110) by the plurality of protruding ribs (132). The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, if the insertion portion (131) is inserted into the fixing groove (116), the plurality of protrusion ribs (132) tightly contact at least one of the second bent portion (115) and the front plate (111). The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of coupling hooks (123) comprises a plurality of first coupling hooks (125) respectively disposed at both ends of the door cap (120), and a plurality of second coupling hooks (127) disposed on a lower part of the recessed portion (121). The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the coupling portion (133) comprises a plurality of coupling protrusions (134) disposed to correspond to the first coupling hooks (125) and coupled with the first coupling hooks (125), and a plurality of coupling holes (135) disposed to correspond to the second coupling hooks (127) and coupled with the second coupling hooks (127). The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the coupling holes (135) are disposed on a rear surface of the insertion portion (131) inserted in the fixing groove (116), and if the second coupling hooks (127) are coupled with the coupling holes (135), the second coupling hooks (127) coupled with the coupling holes (135) are prevented from being exposed on the front surface of the refrigerator by the door plate (110). |
| CPC Classification | REFRIGERATORS;COLD ROOMS;ICE-BOXES;COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES;FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR SPECIAL FURNITURE; FITTINGS; OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS; STOREHOUSES; BARS; RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE;PAYING COUNTERS |
| Extended Family | 037-597-356-282-000 187-332-408-901-877 041-864-320-507-165 097-955-852-280-796 112-451-587-624-211 181-085-918-618-04X 123-706-940-616-791 103-352-769-584-839 045-354-453-186-76X 012-068-917-343-272 |
| Patent ID | 3244147 |
| Inventor/Author | Kim Sung Mo Lee Sun Gyou |
| IPC | F25D23/02 |
| Status | Active |
| Simple Family | 037-597-356-282-000 187-332-408-901-877 041-864-320-507-165 097-955-852-280-796 112-451-587-624-211 181-085-918-618-04X 123-706-940-616-791 103-352-769-584-839 045-354-453-186-76X 012-068-917-343-272 |
| CPC (with Group) | F25D23/02 F25D23/028 F25D2400/04 F25D2400/36 E03D3/12 E03D1/142 A47F3/043 F25D23/006 |
| Issuing Authority | United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
| Kind | Patent/Patent 1st level of publication/Inventor's certificate |
