Hinge assembly for a door of kimchi storage device

• US 6,766,563 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2002
• Issued: 07/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: WINIADiMCHAE Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: WINIADiMCHAE Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young-gil
• Primary Examiner(s): Mah, Chuck Y.
• Application Number:
  US10/154,161
• Publication Number:
  US 20030000955A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: 162/86, 162/80, 162/81, 162/90, 163/35, 163/36, 163/30
• US Class Current: 16/286
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 7/0425 the material not being transported through or in the apparatus, with or without shaping, e.g. in the form of powder, granules or flakes A23B7/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1064 with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/638 Cams; Ramps
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/306 for freezers
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/028 Details
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2323/024 Door hinges
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/10 Refrigerator top-coolers
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2500/02 Geometry problems

Abstract

A hinge assembly for a door of a kimchi storage device is disclosed. The hinge assembly has a support member 60 including a first contact surface 62a sloping down on the upper surface thereof and a second contact surface 62b sloping down thereon next to the first contact surface 62a and prevents the door 5 from coming off the upper surface of the body 6 of the kimchi storage device by maintaining the closed position of the door tightly and prevents cold air leakage by maintaining a sealed state. Also, in an embodiment of the present invention, a hinge housing 70 has a guard portion 71 formed at an upper end portion thereof, the guard portion 71 having an inwardly curved shape and being extended from the upper end of the hinge housing 70 toward inside of the turn member 20, thereby covering a gap formed in a conjunction area between the hinge housing 70 and the turn member 20.

Claims

1. A hinge assembly for a door of a kimchi storage device, comprising:

a turn member fixed to the door;

a hinge housing having a compartment;

a roller-shaped press roll disposed at one end of the turn member;

a hexahedral support member and a pair of spring members, both being placed in the compartment of the hinge housing; and

a cover plate fixed to a body of the kimchi storage device,

wherein the support member includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, both of which are formed on the upper surface thereof, the first contact surface sloping down toward a front side of the hinge housing and being in rolling contact with the press roll during an opening process and when the door is in an open position and, the second contact surface sloping down toward a back side of the hinge housing, being next to the first contact surface and being in rolling contact with the press roll during a closing process and when the door is in a closed position.

2. A hinge assembly for a door of a kimchi storage device, comprising;

a turn member fixed to the door;

a hinge housing having a compartment;

a roller-shaped press roll disposed at one end of the turn member;

a hexahedral support member and a pair of spring members, both being placed in the compartment of the hinge housing; and

a cover elate fixed to a body of the kimchi storage device,

wherein the support member includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, both of which are formed on the upper surface thereof, the first contact surface sloping down toward a front side of the hinge housing and being in rolling contact with the press roll during an opening process and when the door is in an open position and, the second contact surface sloping down toward a back side of the hinge housing, being next to the first contact surface and being in rolling contact with the press roll during a closing process and when the door is in a closed position, wherein the first and second contact surfaces have a slope angle of about 10 to 20 degrees respectively and a length ratio of the first and second contact surfaces is 3;

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3. A hinge assembly for a door of a kimchi storage device, comprising:

a turn member fixed to the door;

a hinge housing having a compartment;

a roller-shaped press roll disposed at one end of the turn member;

a hexahedral support member and a pair of spring members, both being placed in the compartment of the hinge housing; and

a cover plate fixed to a body of the kimchi storage device;

wherein the support member includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, both of which are formed on the upper surface thereof, the first contact surface sloping down toward a front side of the hinge housing and being in rolling contact with the press roll during an opening process and when the door is in an open position and, the second contact surface sloping down toward a back side of the hinge housing, being next to the first contact surface and being in rolling contact with the press roll during a closing process and when the door is in a closed position, wherein the hinge housing has a guard portion formed at an upper end portion thereof, the guard portion having an inwardly curved shape and is extended from the upper end of the hinge housing toward inside of the turn member, thereby covering a gap formed in a conjunction area between the hinge housing and the turn member.