EP4283225A1 - Refrigerator and home appliance - Google Patents

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EP4283225A1
EP4283225A1 EP22864814.3A EP22864814A EP4283225A1 EP 4283225 A1 EP4283225 A1 EP 4283225A1 EP 22864814 A EP22864814 A EP 22864814A EP 4283225 A1 EP4283225 A1 EP 4283225A1
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Yongwoo JOO
Hosang Park
Taekyun Kim
Wansu Park
Yountae Shin
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D19/00—Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors
    • F25D19/04—Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors with more than one refrigeration unit
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/065—Details
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/007—Linkable independent elements with the same or similar cross-section
    • A47B87/008—Rectangular cabinets or racks in a side-by-side arrangement
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/14—Refrigerator multi units

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  • the disclosure relates to a refrigerator and a home appliance, and more particularly, to a refrigerator and a home appliance including a bracket for maintaining a gap between a pair of refrigerators arranged side by side and between a pair of home appliances arranged side by side.
  • a refrigerator is an appliance including a main body having a storage room, and a cool air supplier for supplying cool air to the storage room to keep foods fresh.
  • the storage room includes a refrigerating room that is maintained at about 0 °C to 5 °C to keep foods refrigerated, and a freezing room that is maintained at about 0 °C to 30 °C below zero to keep foods frozen.
  • the storage room opens at the front side to take/put food out/in, and the open front side of the storage room is opened or closed by a door.
  • Refrigerators are classified according to the types of the storage rooms and doors, and there are a Top Mounted Freezer (TMF) type refrigerator in which a storage room is partitioned into upper and lower spaces by a horizontal partition wall to form a freezing room in the upper space and a refrigerating room in the lower space, and a Bottom Mounted Freezer (BMF) type refrigerator in which a refrigerating room is formed in the upper space and a freezing room is formed in the lower space.
  • TMF Top Mounted Freezer
  • BMF Bottom Mounted Freezer
  • SBS Side By Side
  • FDR French Door Refrigerator
  • various home appliances including refrigerators are provided with outer appearances having a sense of unity.
  • a sense of unity and an esthetic sense may be improved.
  • a refrigerator comprises a first refrigerator including a first cabinet, a second refrigerator including a second cabinet, and configured to operate independently from the first refrigerator, a first connector coupled to the first cabinet, and a second connector coupled to the second cabinet and configured to be coupled to the first connector, a movement of the first cabinet in a first direction and a second direction with respect to the second cabinet and a movement of the second cabinet, in the first direction and the second direction with respect to the first cabinet, being allowed based on the first and second connectors being coupled to each other, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and a movement of the first cabinet in a third direction with respect to the second cabinet and a movement of the second cabinet in the third direction with respect to the first cabinet, being restricted based on the first and second connectors being coupled to each other, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
  • the first direction is a forward direction
  • the second direction is a backward direction
  • the third direction is a left direction or a right direction.
  • the first connector is coupled to the second connector to maintain a gap between the first cabinet and the second cabinet in a left-right direction.
  • the first connector is coupled to an upper surface of the first cabinet
  • the second connector is coupled to an upper surface of the second cabinet.
  • the first connector is coupled to one side of a rear end of the first cabinet, and the second connector is coupled to the other side of a rear end of the second cabinet to correspond to the first connector.
  • the first connector in a state in which the first connector is coupled to the second connector, the first connector is separated from the second connector by moving the first cabinet in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second cabinet, and the second connector is separated from the first connector by moving the second cabinet in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the first cabinet.
  • the first connector in a separated state of the first connector and the second connector, is coupled to the second connector by moving the first cabinet in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second cabinet, and the second connector is coupled to the first connector by moving the second cabinet in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the first cabinet.
  • the first connector comprises a first bracket including a first guide rib and a second guide rib guiding a coupling position of the first bracket with respect to the first cabinet, the first guide rib limits a movement range of the first bracket in the first direction with respect to the first cabinet by contacting a rear surface of the first cabinet.
  • the second guide rib limits a movement range of the first bracket in the third direction with respect to the first cabinet by contacting a side surface of the first cabinet.
  • the second connector comprises a second bracket including a third guide rib and a fourth guide rib guiding a coupling position of the second bracket with respect to the second cabinet, the third guide rib limits a movement range of the second bracket in the first direction with respect to the second cabinet by contacting a rear surface of the second cabinet.
  • the fourth guide rib limits a movement range of the second bracket in a fourth direction with respect to the second cabinet by contacting a side surface of the second cabinet, the side surface of the second side cabinet facing the side surface of the first cabinet, the fourth direction being opposite to the third direction.
  • the first connector comprises a first bracket including a first interfering protrusion
  • the second connector comprises a second bracket including a second interfering protrusion restricting a movement of the second bracket in the third direction by being caught by the first interfering protrusion, based on movement of the second bracket in the third direction with respect to the first bracket.
  • the first interfering protrusion and the second interfering protrusion do not interfere with each other based on movement of the first bracket or the second bracket in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second bracket or the first bracket.
  • the first bracket includes a first groove in which the second interfering protrusion is inserted
  • the second bracket includes a second groove in which the first interfering protrusion is inserted.
  • the first interfering protrusion is inserted into the second groove, and the second interfering protrusion is inserted into the first groove.
  • the first interfering protrusion and the second interfering protrusion are positioned between a side surface of the first cabinet and a side surface of the second cabinet that face each other.
  • an appliance comprises a first appliance including a first cabinet, a second appliance including a second cabinet, a first connector extending from the first cabinet, and a second connector extending from the second cabinet and configured to be coupled to the first connector, the first and second connectors being configured to allow movement of the first and second cabinets in a first direction and a second direction based on the first and second connectors being coupled to each other, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and the first and second connectors being configured to restrict movement of the first and second cabinets in a third direction and a fourth direction based on the first and second connectors being coupled to each other, the third direction and the fourth direction being opposite to each other, and the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
  • a refrigerator and a home appliance including a bracket for maintaining a gap between a pair of refrigerators arranged side by side and between a pair of home appliances arranged side by side.
  • a refrigerator and a home appliance which enable a user to take any one of a pair of refrigerators connected to each other and a pair of home appliances connected to each other out in a forward direction without having to access the corresponding refrigerator or home appliance from a rear direction.
  • a refrigerator and a home appliance including a bracket for allowing forward and backward movements of any one of a pair of refrigerators connected to each other and a pair of home appliances connected to each other with respect to the other one and restricting lateral movements of the corresponding refrigerator and home appliance with respect to the other one.
  • a refrigerator and a home appliance including a bracket for coupling/separating rear ends of a pair of refrigerators and a pair of home appliances with/from each other without a separate coupling member.
  • FIG. 1 shows a pair of home appliances arranged side by side, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • a pair of home appliances may be refrigerators 1 and 2 having the same structure and including a single door 30 and a single door 40, respectively.
  • the pair of home appliances may include any type of appliances, such as a refrigerator and a clothes care apparatus.
  • the pair of home appliances may include a first refrigerator and a second refrigerator having different structures.
  • the pair of home appliances may include other home appliances that are different from a refrigerator and a clothes care apparatus. That is, the kind of the home appliances is not limited.
  • the pair of refrigerators 1 and 2 may include a first refrigerator 1 and a second refrigerator 2.
  • the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may operate independently.
  • the first refrigerator 1 may include a first cabinet 10, and a first door 30 rotatably coupled to the first cabinet 10
  • the second refrigerator 2 may include a second cabinet 20, and a second door 40 rotatably coupled to the second cabinet 20.
  • the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may be arranged side by side.
  • a gap g (see FIG. 2 ) between the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may change.
  • the reason may be because the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 are structurally not restricted. Because the first refrigerator 1 is structurally not coupled to the second refrigerator 2, a gap between the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may change, which deteriorates a sense of unity of the pair of refrigerators 1 and 2 and lowers an esthetic sense and a user's satisfaction.
  • the first refrigerator 1 may include a first bracket 100 (also referred to as a first connector 100 or a first coupler 100), and the second refrigerator 2 may include a second bracket 200 (also referred to as a second connector 200 or a second coupler 200).
  • the first refrigerator 1 may be structurally paired with the second refrigerator 2. More specifically, the gap g between the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may be maintained.
  • the pair of refrigerators 1 and 2 may provide a sense of unity in outer appearance, and furthermore improve an esthetic sense. Also, a user's satisfaction may be improved.
  • the first bracket 100 may be separated from the second bracket 200 without releasing a separate coupling member.
  • pairing of the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may be released. That is, the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may move without interference.
  • the first bracket 100 is separated from the second bracket 200 without releasing a separate coupling member, the first refrigerator 1 may be moved out alone in a forward direction to be repaired, or the second refrigerator 2 may be moved out alone in the forward direction to be repaired. Therefore, time and manpower required for product repair may be greatly reduced.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing an area A of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a first bracket and a second bracket shown in FIG. 2 , at another angle.
  • the first bracket 100 may be coupled to the second bracket 200.
  • the first bracket 100 and the second bracket 200 may allow movement in first and second directions with respect to each other, and restrict movement in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions.
  • the first direction may be a forward direction with reference to the front of the refrigerator
  • the second direction may be a backward direction with reference to the back of the refrigerator
  • the third direction may be a left or right direction with reference to the sides of the refrigerator.
  • first bracket 100 After the first bracket 100 is coupled to the second bracket 200, movement of the first bracket 100 in a left-right direction with respect to the second bracket 200 may be restricted. More specifically, the first bracket 100 may be prevented from moving away from the second bracket 200 in the left-right direction. The reason may be because of a first interfering protrusion 140 is in contact with a second interfering protrusion 240 and caught and restricted by the second interfering protrusion 240. Likewise, after the first bracket 100 is coupled to the second bracket 200, a movement of the second bracket 200 in the left-right direction with respect to the first bracket 100 may also be restricted.
  • first bracket 100 is coupled to the second bracket 200
  • movement in the left-right direction may be restricted, and accordingly, movement of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 with respect to each other may be restricted.
  • first bracket 100 is fixed to the first cabinet 10 and the second bracket 200 is fixed to the second cabinet 20
  • movement of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 may be restricted with respect to each other due to the restriction of the first bracket 100 and the second bracket 200.
  • a movement in left-right direction of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 may be restricted, and a movement in front-rear direction of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 may be not restricted.
  • a movement of the first bracket 100 in the forward and backward directions with respect to the second bracket 200 may be not restricted.
  • a movement of the first bracket 100 in a front-rear direction with respect to the second bracket 200 may be allowed.
  • the first interfering protrusion 140 and the second interfering protrusion 240 may be in contact with each other upon movement in the left-right direction, and may not interfere with each other upon a movement in the front-rear direction.
  • a movement of the second bracket 200 in the front-rear direction with respect to the first bracket 100 may be not restricted.
  • FIG. 4 shows a state in which the first bracket 100 has moved in a forward direction from a position of the first bracket in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 5 shows a state in which the second bracket 200 has moved in the forward direction from a position of the second bracket in FIG. 2 .
  • the first bracket 100 in a state in which the first bracket 100 and the second bracket 200 are coupled to each other, the first bracket 100 may move in the forward direction with respect to the second bracket 200. That is, a movement of the first bracket 100 in the forward direction with respect to the second bracket 200 may not be restricted.
  • the second bracket 200 may move in the forward direction with respect to the first bracket 100. That is, a movement of the second bracket 200 in the forward direction with respect to the first bracket 100 may not be restricted.
  • a separate structure and process such as screw coupling or decoupling has been required.
  • one side of a bracket has typically been coupled to a rear surface of the first home appliance, and the other side of the bracket has been coupled to a rear surface of the second home appliance.
  • the bracket and the rear surface of the first home appliance and the bracket and the rear surface of the second home appliance have been coupled to each other through coupling members such as screws.
  • a process of coupling/separating, upon coupling and separating of the first refrigerator 1 as the first home appliance with and from the second refrigerator 2 as the second home appliance, a separate coupling member with/from the first refrigerator 1 and the second refrigerator 2 may be omitted.
  • a coupling member needs to be coupled to install the first bracket 100 on the first cabinet 10 and the second bracket 200 on the second bracket 20, no coupling member may be required to couple and separate the first bracket 100 with and from the second bracket 200, which will be described below. That is, the second refrigerator 2 may be positioned beside the first refrigerator 1 or the first refrigerator 1 may be positioned beside the second refrigerator 2 without the need to couple the rear side of the first refrigerator 1 to the rear side of the second refrigerator 2.
  • time and manpower required for arranging and coupling the first home appliance and the second home appliance side by side may be reduced, and also, time and manpower required for moving any one of the first home appliance and the second home appliance which are coupled to each other, in the forward direction may be greatly reduced.
  • FIG. 6 is a front view of the first bracket and the second bracket shown in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view of the first bracket shown in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view of the second bracket shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the first bracket 100 may include a first body 110 coupled to an upper surface 11 (see FIG. 3 ) of the first cabinet 10, a first guide rib 130 and a second guide rib 120 guiding a coupling location of the first body 110 with respect to the first cabinet 10, and the first interfering protrusion 140. Also, the first bracket 100 may include a first connecting portion 141 connecting the first interfering protrusion 140 to the first body 110, and a first groove 150 formed by the first interfering protrusion 140, the first connecting portion 141, and the first body 110.
  • the first body 110 may be coupled to the upper surface 11 of the first cabinet 10.
  • the first body 110 may include first to third coupling holes 111, 112, and 113 penetrating the first body 110 in an up-down direction.
  • Coupling members such as screws may be coupled to the first to third coupling holes 111, 112, and 113. More specifically, the coupling members (not shown) may penetrate the first to third coupling holes 111, 112, and 113 and be coupled to the upper surface 11 of the first cabinet 10.
  • the first bracket 100 may be coupled to or installed on the first cabinet 10.
  • no separate coupling hole may be provided in the upper surface of the first cabinet 10.
  • the coupling members may penetrate the first to third coupling holes 111, 112, and 113 and be coupled to the first cabinet 10, and thereby, the first bracket 100 may be installed on the first cabinet 10, which will be described below.
  • the first bracket 100 may include the first guide rib 130 and the second guide rib 120.
  • the first guide rib 130 may restrict a movement of the first bracket 100 in the front-rear direction with respect to the first cabinet 10.
  • the first guide rib 130 may extend downward to be in contact with a rear surface 13 (see FIG. 3 ) of the first cabinet 10. Because the first guide rib 130 is in contact with the rear surface 13 of the first cabinet 10, a coupling location in front-rear direction of the first bracket 100 may be decided.
  • the first guide rib 130 may extend downward from one side of the first body 110.
  • the second guide rib 120 may restrict a movement range of the first bracket 100 in the left-right direction with respect to the first cabinet 10.
  • the second guide rib 120 may extend downward to be in contact with a side surface 12 (see FIG. 3 ) of the first cabinet 10. Because the second guide rib 120 is in contact with the side surface 12 of the first cabinet 10, a coupling location in left-right direction of the first bracket 100 may be decided.
  • the second guide rib 120 may extend downward from one end of a rib connecting portion 121 extending and bent from the other side of the first body 110.
  • the first bracket 100 may be positioned at a coupling location. After the first bracket 100 is positioned at the coupling location, the first bracket 100 may be installed on the first cabinet 10 by using the coupling members, as described above.
  • the first bracket 100 may include the first interfering protrusion 140.
  • the first interfering protrusion 140 may be formed at an end of the first connecting portion 141 extending from the first body 110.
  • the first interfering protrusion 140 and the second guide rib 120 may form two surfaces being parallel to each other.
  • the first interfering protrusion 140, the first connecting portion 141, and the first body 110 may form the first groove 150.
  • the first groove 150 may open in the front-rear direction.
  • the first body 110 and the first interfering protrusion 140 may be arranged in the left-right direction by the first groove 150.
  • the second interfering protrusion 240 which will be described below may be inserted into the first groove 150.
  • a lower side of the first groove 150 may open.
  • a portion of a lower surface of the first connecting portion 141 may be depressed upward to form the first groove 150 and the first interfering protrusion 140.
  • the second bracket 200 may include a second body 210 coupled to an upper surface 21 (see FIG. 3 ) of the second cabinet 20, a third guide rib 230 and a fourth guide rib 220 guiding a coupling location of the second body 210 with respect to the second cabinet 20, and the second interfering protrusion 240. Also, the second bracket 200 may include a second connecting portion 241 connecting the second interfering protrusion 240 to the second body 210, and a second groove 250 formed by the second interfering protrusion 240, the second connecting portion 241, and the second body 210.
  • the second body 210 may be coupled to or installed on the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20.
  • the second body 210 may include a first body portion 211 including a first coupling hole 214, a second body portion 212 including a fifth coupling hole 215 and a sixth coupling hole 216, and a third body portion 213 connecting the first body portion 211 to the second body portion 212.
  • the first body portion 211 and the second body portion 212 may be in contact with the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20, and the third body portion 213 may be spaced from the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20.
  • Coupling members such as screws may be coupled to the fourth to sixth coupling holes 214, 215, and 216. More specifically, the coupling members (not shown) may penetrate the fourth to sixth coupling holes 214, 215, and 216 and be coupled to the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20. Because the coupling members penetrate the fourth to sixth coupling holes 214, 215, and 216 to be coupled to the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20, the second bracket 200 may be installed on the second cabinet 20.
  • no coupling hole may be provided in the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20.
  • the second bracket 200 By locating the second bracket 200 at a preset coupling location by using the third guide rib 230 and the fourth guide rib 220, then passing the coupling members through the fourth to sixth coupling holes 214, 215, and 216, and coupling the coupling members with the second cabinet 20, the second bracket 200 may be installed on the second cabinet 20, which will be described below.
  • the second bracket 200 may include a third guide rib 230 and a fourth guide rib 220.
  • the third guide rib 230 may limit a movement range of the second bracket 200 in the front-rear direction with respect to the second cabinet 20.
  • the third guide rib 230 may extend downward to be in contact with the rear surface 23 (see FIG. 3 ) of the second cabinet 20. Because the third guide rib 230 is in contact with the rear surface 23 of the second cabinet 20, a coupling location in front-rear direction of the second bracket 200 may be decided.
  • the third guide rib 230 may include a first portion 231 extending downward from one side of the first body portion 211, and a second portion 232 extending downward from one side of the second body portion 212.
  • the fourth guide rib 220 may limit a movement range of the second bracket 200 in the left-right direction with respect to the second cabinet 20.
  • the fourth guide rib 220 may extend downward to be in contact with a side surface 22 (see FIG. 3 ) of the second cabinet 20. Because the fourth guide rib 220 is in contact with the side surface 22 of the second cabinet 20, a coupling location in left-right direction of the second bracket 200 may be decided.
  • the fourth guide rib 220 may extend downward from one side of the first body portion 211.
  • the fourth guide rib 220 may be connected to the first portion 231 of the third guide rib 230.
  • the second bracket 200 may be positioned at a coupling location. After the second bracket 200 is positioned at the coupling location, the second bracket 200 may be installed on the second cabinet 20 by using the coupling members, as described above.
  • the second bracket 200 may include the second interfering protrusion 240.
  • the second interfering protrusion 240 may be formed at an end of the second connecting portion 241 extending from the second body 210.
  • the second interfering protrusion 240 and the fourth guide rib 220 may form two surfaces being parallel to each other.
  • the second interfering protrusion 240, the second connecting portion 241, and the second body 210 may form the second groove 250.
  • the second groove 150 may open in the front-rear direction.
  • the second body 210 and the second interfering protrusion 240 may be arranged in the left-right direction by the second groove 250.
  • the first interfering protrusion 140 may be inserted into the second groove 250.
  • an upper side of the second groove 250 may open.
  • a portion of an upper surface of the second connecting portion 241 may be depressed downward to form the second groove 250 and the second interfering protrusion 240.
  • the first bracket 100 and the second bracket 200 may be positioned such that the first interfering protrusion 140 and the second interfering protrusion 240 are positioned between the side surface 22 of the first cabinet 10 and the side surface 22 of the second cabinet 20. More specifically, upon interference of the first interfering protrusion 140 and the second interfering protrusion 240, the first interfering protrusion 140 and the second interfering protrusion 240 may be positioned between the side surface 12 of the first cabinet 10 and the side surface 22 of the second cabinet 20 (between dotted lines of FIG. 6 ), which face each other.
  • the first interfering protrusion 140 and the first connecting portion 141 of the first bracket 100 may not interfere with a structure located on the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20.
  • the second interfering protrusion 240 and the second connecting portion 241 of the second bracket 200 may not interfere with a structure located on the upper surface 11 of the first cabinet 10.
  • FIG. 9 shows a first bracket and a second bracket in a refrigerator and a home appliance according to another embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 shows the first bracket and the second bracket shown in FIG. 9 , at another angle.
  • FIG. 11 shows a state in which the first bracket has moved in a forward direction from a position of the first bracket in FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 12 is a front view of the first bracket and the second bracket shown in FIG. 9 .
  • the first bracket 300 may include a first body 310, a first guide rib 330, a second guide rib 320, a rib connecting portion 321, and a first connecting portion 341, which are respectively the same as the first body 110, the first guide rib 130, the second guide rib 120, the rib connecting portion 121, and the first connecting portion 141 of the first bracket 100, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 .
  • the second bracket 400 may include a second body 420, a third guide rib 430, a fourth guide rib 420, and a second connecting portion 441, which are respectively the same as the second body 210, the third guide rib 230, the fourth guide rib 220, and the second connecting portion 241 of the second bracket 200, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 .
  • the first bracket 300 may include a first interfering protrusion 340.
  • a first interfering protrusion 340 Upon interference of the first interfering protrusion 340 with a second interfering protrusion 440, at least one portion (a portion protruding to a right side from a right dotted line of FIG. 12 ) of the first interfering protrusion 340 may be positioned above the upper surface 21 of the second cabinet 20.
  • the second bracket 400 may include the second interfering portion 440 being in a shape of a cylinder. Upon interference of the second interfering portion 440 with the first interfering portion 340, at least one portion (a portion protruding to a left side from a left dotted line of FIG. 12 ) of the second interfering portion 440 may be positioned above the upper surface 11 of the first cabinet 10.
  • the second interfering portion 440 may be in a shape of a cylinder, and the first interfering portion 340 may include a depressed portion (not shown) depressed in a shape of an arc to correspond to the second interfering protrusion 440. At least one portion of the second interfering protrusion 440 may be inserted in the depressed portion.
  • the first interfering protrusion 340 may be more stably coupled to the second interfering protrusion 440. Accordingly, upon a movement of the first cabinet 10 in the right direction, the second cabinet 20 may stably move in the right direction together with the first cabinet 10. Likewise, upon a movement of the second cabinet 20 in the left direction, the first cabinet 10 may stably move in the left direction together with the second cabinet 20.
  • the first bracket 100 or 300 may be coupled to one side of a rear end of the first cabinet 10, and the second bracket 200 or 400 may be coupled to the other side of a rear end of the second cabinet 20.
  • the first bracket 100 or 300 and the second bracket 200 or 400 may restrict a movement in left-right direction of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 such that the first cabinet 10 is not spaced away from the second cabinet 20 in the left-right direction.
  • the first bracket 100 or 300 and the second bracket 200 or 400 may not restrict a movement in front-rear direction of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 although the first bracket 100 or 300 is coupled to the second bracket 200 or 400.
  • the first bracket 100 or 300 and the second bracket 200 or 400 may maintain a gap between the rear side of the first cabinet 10 and the rear side of the second cabinet 20 in the left-right direction.
  • a separate bracket that is different from the first bracket 100 or 300 and the second bracket 200 or 400 may be provided. Also, to couple a front surface of the first cabinet 10 with a front surface of the second cabinet 20, a separate bracket may be provided. Because the brackets are easily accessed from the front direction of the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20, a lot of time and manpower may be not required to couple/separate the brackets with/from the first cabinet 10 and the second cabinet 20 through coupling members.

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