DOOR GUARD ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME

• US 20100270902A1
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Yong, KIM, Po Cheon, Jung, Sang Gyu
• Application Number:
  US12/767,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20100270902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/405.100
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 17/042 Air treating means within refrigerated spaces air conditioning in general F24F
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/04 with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/067 Supporting elements
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2317/0413 by humidification
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/005 using containers

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a door guard assembly and a refrigerator having the same. In the door guard assembly, one side of a storage space of the door guard where food is stored is formed of a wooden material so that humidity of the storage space is adjusted.

Claims

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a storage chamber;

a door that opens and closes the storage chamber; and

an airtight container defining a storage space,

wherein the airtight container includes a tray made of a humidity-adjustable material, and a cover member that covers the tray.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the tray is made of a wooden material.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the wooden material comprises teak, iroko, beech, mahogany, oak, ash or maple.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a door guard mounted to an inside of the door to stably mount the airtight container.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising:

a door guard mounted to an inside of the door, wherein a bottom surface of the door guard is defined by the tray.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the door guard includes a separation prevention member restraining separation of the airtight container received in the door guard.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the separation prevention member comprises a locking bar member which is mounted along an outside of the cover member to be rotated as the airtight container moves from the door guard and is lowered by its own weight thereby surrounding the cover member as the airtight container is received in the door guard.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the separation prevention member comprises:

a locking bar member rotatably mounted at the door guard; and

stopping members connected to both ends of the locking bar member to restrict a rotational range of the locking bar member.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein each of the stopping members comprises:

a first stopping part restricting the locking bar member when the locking bar member is at a lifted position; and

a second stopping part restricting the locking bar member when the locking bar member is at a lowered position.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the tray comprises a stepped part and the cover member comprises a connection rib engaged in tight contact with the stepped part.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 10, further comprising a packing member provided between the stepped part and the connection rib.

12. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the tray comprises a leg part disposed at a lower part whereas the door guard comprises a mounting depression formed on a bottom surface thereof.

13. A door guard assembly comprising:

a storage chamber;

a door that opens and closes the storage chamber; and

an airtight container holding a storage space,

wherein the airtight container defining a tray made of a wooden material, and a cover member made of a transparent material to cover the tray.

14. A door guard assembly comprising:

a door guard mounted to an inner wall of a door that opens and closes a storage chamber; and

an airtight container received in the door guard and adapted to adjust humidity therein,

wherein the airtight container includes a tray made of a wooden material, and a cover member that covers the tray.

15. The door guard assembly according to claim 14, further comprising a locking bar member rotatably mounted to the door guard to surround a front side of the cover member when the airtight container is received in the door guard.

16. The door guard assembly according to claim 15, wherein the locking bar member comprises:

a fixed part surrounding a front side of the cover member;

a plurality of supporting parts bent from both ends of the fixing part; and

a plurality of hinge parts respectively formed at one end of each of the supporting parts.

17. The door guard assembly according to claim 16, wherein the door guard comprises a plurality of hinge recesses connected with the hinge parts, and the hinge recesses each comprise a first stopping part restricting a maximum lifted angle of the locking bar member so that the locking bar member is lowered by its own weight, and a second stopping part restricting a maximum lowered angle of the locking bar so that the locking bar member fixes the cover member.

18. The door guard assembly according to claim 14, wherein the tray comprises a stepped part, the cover member comprises a connection rib brought into tight contact with the circumference of the stepped part, and the connection rib comprises a first tight contact part tightly contacting a first side of the stepped part and a second tight contact part tightly contacting a second side of the stepped part.

19. The door guard assembly according to claim 18, further comprising a packing member provided between the stepped part and the connection rib.

20. The door guard assembly according to claim 14, wherein the cover member comprises a transparent material.