Refrigerator

• US 20170219275A1
• Filed: 10/14/2015
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SUH, Eugene, SON, Jungkyu, LEE, Hangbok, KIM, Minsub
• Granted Patent: US 10,247,469 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/025 Secondary closures
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/04 with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/022 Baskets
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/025 Drawers

Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a first storage compartment, an inner door pivotably rotatably installed to the cabinet, the inner door having a second storage compartment, an outer door configured to open or close the second storage compartment, and a drawer installed in the second storage compartment, the drawer being movable forward and rearward. The drawer includes a basket part (120) configured to receive food therein and a frame unit (140) configured to allow the basket part (120) to be separably seated thereon.

Claims

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet having a first storage compartment;

an inner door pivotably rotatably installed to the cabinet, the inner door having a second storage compartment;

an outer door configured to open or close the second storage compartment; and

a drawer installed in the second storage compartment, the drawer being movable forward and rearward,

wherein the drawer includes a basket part configured to receive food therein and a frame unit configured to allow the basket part to be separably seated thereon.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the basket part has, formed in a lower surface thereof, a fixing groove, indented to a prescribed depth to enable insertion of the frame unit.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the fixing groove takes the form of a rectangle conforming to the shape of the lower surface of the basket part.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the frame unit includes a central hollow region, and

wherein the basket part is provided with a protrusion configured to be inserted into and coupled to the hollow region.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the frame unit includes:

a coupling member coupled to the inner door; and

a support member movably coupled to the coupling member, the support member being configured to support the basket part seated thereon.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the coupling member has a shorter length in a front-and-rear direction than the support member.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the length of the coupling member in the front-and-rear direction is shorter than a length of the inner door in the front-and-rear direction.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the coupling member includes:

a horizontal piece extending from the inner door in a horizontal direction; and

a vertical piece extending perpendicular to the horizontal piece, the vertical piece being coupled to the support member.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the support member is formed with a guide groove for movement of the coupling member in a front-and-rear direction.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the basket part is formed of a transparent material.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the frame unit includes:

two first members extending in a front-and-rear direction; and

two second members connecting the two first members to each other.

12. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the first members and the second members are respectively connected to each other and define a hollow rectangle therein.

13. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the first members have a shorter length in a front-and-rear direction than the basket part.

14. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the second members have a shorter length in a left-and-right direction than the basket part.

15. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the drawer is configured to be pulled out and forward when the outer door is in an open state.

16. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the drawer includes a plurality of drawers, and the drawers are arranged on the inner door at different heights.

17. The refrigerator according to claim 16, wherein a distance between the drawers is greater than a height of the drawers.

18. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the basket part has an open top and defines an empty rectangular space in an interior thereof.

19. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the inner door has a left outer door and a right outer door and

wherein the inner door is coupled to the cabinet by a hinge and open or close the first storage compartment.

20. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the second storage compartment is longer than the drawer the front and the rear.