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Apparatus to close a door of a refrigerator

  • US 20040040118A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2003
  • Published: 03/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus to dose a door of a refrigerator, comprising:

  • a hinge mechanism having a first hinge shaft provided at the door to allow the door to be coupled to a refrigerator cabinet and to allow the door to be rotated about the hinge shaft;

    a tension spring provided at the refrigerator cabinet to apply the door with a tension force to close the door;

    a shock absorbing unit to absorb shock generated when the door is dosed by the tension spring, the shock absorbing unit to absorb shock includes a housing coupled to the cabinet and a movable shaft which is received in the housing at one end and connected to the door at the other end to be linearly moved in the housing, and wherein the tension spring is connected to the cabinet at one end and connected to the movable shaft at the other end to provide the door with a tension force to dose the door.

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