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Basket assembly and basket carrier for refrigerator

  • US 8,157,339 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2007
  • Issued: 04/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A basket operation device of a refrigerator, comprising:

  • a basket providing a food storage space and freely pushed in and pulled out of the refrigerator, the basket including a frame formed from a plurality of wires;

    a hanger wire fastened to the basket;

    a rail member configured to support the hanger wire and extended inside the refrigerator in a back-and-forth direction;

    a rotation shaft supported by the basket and moved with the basket and respectively rotated;

    a pair of pinions supported by both sides of the rotation shaft and configured to guide a movement of the basket when the basket moves in a back-and-forth direction;

    a rack formed in the refrigerator in a back-and-forth direction to contact with the pinions;

    a support wire coupled to the frame, the support wire being bent at both sides of the basket to support the pinions;

    a shaft hole through which the rotation shaft is passed, the shaft hole being a space formed between the frame and the support wire; and

    a shaking prevention cap connected with one of the pinions,wherein the shaking prevention cap is coupled to the rotation shaft inside the support wire, and said one of the pinions is coupled to the shaking prevention cap outside the support wire.

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