BASKET FOR REFRIGERATOR

• US 20150069066A1
• Filed: 09/08/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Daejin, JUNG, Bonggun, HAN, Tackwon
• Granted Patent: US 9,534,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/533
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/069 Cooling space dividing partitions
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/022 Baskets

Abstract

Provided is a basket for a refrigerator. The basket for a refrigerator, which defines a receiving space for a food includes a partition member disposed in the basket to partition an inner space of the basket, a pair of guide slots respectivley defined in both side surfaces of the basket and opened along a moving direction of the partition member, the pair of guide slots guiding movement of the partition member, and a guide member disposed outside the basket, the guide member being coupled to the partition member through the guide slots. The partition member partitioning the inside of the basket may smoothly move to improve manipulation feeling and convenience in use.

Claims

1. A basket for a refrigerator comprising:

a body having a receiving space for storing food, the receiving space formed by a plurality of walls including a first wall and a second wall facing the first wall;

a partition disposed in the receiving space to partition the receiving space of the basket;

a pair of guide slots respectively defined in the first and second walls of the basket and formed lengthwise in a direction in which the partition is movable, the pair of guide slots configured to guide movement of the partition; and

a pair of guide members disposed on a respective outer surface of the first and second walls, the guide members being coupled to the partition through the guide slots.

2. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the guide members are configured to move together with the partition.

3. The basket according to claim 1, wherein a pair of brackets are disposed at each of the guide slots, each pair of brackets including an inner bracket provided on an inner surface and an outer bracket provided on an outer wall of the respective walls.

4. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the guide members include a guide body that extends in a longitudinal direction of each of the guide slots,

a protrusion that protrudes from the guide body to pass through the guide slots, the protrusion being coupled to the partition, and

a plurality of contact protrusions that protrude from one side of the guide body to contact an outer surface of the basket.

5. The basket according to claim 4, wherein each of the contact protrusions has a rounded shape at a contact point with the outer surface of the basket.

6. The basket according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of contact protrusions contact the outer surface of the basket corresponding to each of the guide slots, at least one contact protrusion being vertically spaced a predetermined distance from another contact protrusion.

7. The basket according to claim 4, wherein the protrusion provided through the guide slots extends in a transverse direction through a corresponding slot, and a pair of coupling members are coupled to a distal end of the protrusion.

8. The basket according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of contact protrusions that protrude to contact the outer surface of the basket are disposed on a surface of the guide member facing the outer surface.

9. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the pair of guide slots are provided at heights different from each other.

10. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the guide member extends in a lengthwise direction corresponding to a direction in which the partition is configured to move.

11. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the partition is disposed perpendicular to the first and second walls.

12. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the basket for the refrigerator is configured to be mounted on a door that is opened or closed such that the basket is slidably inserted into or withdrawn from a storage space of the refrigerator.

13. The basket according to claim 1, wherein a handle hole is defined in an upper portion of the partition.

14. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the partition includes a flange provided around an outer edge of the partition, the flange to contact an inner surface of the basket.

15. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the partition includes a flange that protrudes to face the wall and configured to be fixed to a corresponding guide member.

16. The basket according to claim 1, wherein an inner bracket and an outer bracket are coupled to the first and second walls at each of the guide slots, and

a slot having a length corresponding to the guide slot is defined in each of the inner bracket and the outer bracket to allow a portion of the guide member to pass through the guide slot and the slot.

17. The basket according to claim 16, wherein the guide member includes a recess to accommodate the outer bracket.

18. The basket according to claim 16, wherein contact protrusions are arranged along upper and lower portions of the outer bracket and protrudes to contact the outer surface of the basket such that the outer bracket is spaced a prescribed distance from the wall.

19. The basket according to claim 16, wherein a coupling protrusion which passes through a recess part defined in each of upper and lower sides of each of the guide slots is provided on the inner bracket, and a coupling groove that is coupled to the coupling protrusion is provided on the outer bracket.