KR100846902B1 - A refrigerator door - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator door is provided to facilitate a mounting operation of an ice maker and to improve the assembly efficiency and productivity by preventing assembly defect caused by separation of a fastening member. A refrigerator door comprises an out case(200) forming an external appearance of a refrigerator door. A fastening member(500) is provided at an inner side of the out case to fasten a connection device(220) and a water feeding hose(240) connected to an ice maker. A restrain member(600) is installed at one side of the out case, at which the fastening member is mounted, to facilitate mounting of the fastening member. The fastening member is made of adiabatic material. The fastening member includes a connection device mounting unit(540) and a water feeding hose mounting unit(550) for guiding the water feeding hose. The connection device mounting unit provides a space in which the connection device is coupled with one side of the ice maker.

Description

Refrigerator door {A refrigerator door}

1 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a typical refrigerator.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the back shape of the refrigerator door according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal configuration of the refrigerator door according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a partially exploded perspective view showing the combination of the fixing member and the restraining member of the main portion of the refrigerator door according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100. Refrigerator door 120. Insulation

140.Capdeco 160.Gasket

200. Outcase 220. Connection means

240. Water supply hose 300. Door liner

310. Coupling protrusion 320. Guide protrusion

330. Drilling section 340. Screw hole

400. Ice maker 420. Ice maker

440. Ice Bank 460. Ice Maker Case

500. Fixed member 510. Upper protrusion

520. Side projections 530. Projections

540. Mounting means mounting part 550. Feed hose mounting part

560.Screw fastener 570. Bracket mounting part

580. Fixed bracket 600. Restraint member

620. Bends 640. Combined parts

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator door having a restraining member provided on an inside of the refrigerator door to support and restrain a fixing member for fixing a connecting means and a water supply hose. will be.

In general, a refrigerator is a device for low temperature storage of food, and is configured to freeze or refrigerate food according to a state of food to be stored.

The inside of the refrigerator is cooled by continuously supplied cold air, and the cold air is continuously generated by the heat exchange action of the refrigerant repeatedly performing a cycle of compression-condensation-expansion-evaporation. The cold air supplied to the inside of the refrigerator is evenly transferred to the inside of the refrigerator by convection, so that food in the refrigerator can be stored at a desired temperature.

Such refrigerators are in a trend of being enlarged and multifunctional in order to diversify the user's preferences and satisfy these preferences, and products having various configurations have been released.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a configuration of a general refrigerator. As shown in the drawing, a main body 10 of the refrigerator is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and an inside of the main body 10 is divided into left and right sides, respectively, in the refrigerating chamber 12. And the freezer compartment 14 are formed.

Although not shown inside the refrigerating chamber 12 and the freezing chamber 14, a plurality of shelves and drawers are provided to partition the space therein, and cold air is selectively guided to each of the different foods. The storage state can be implemented.

Front surfaces of the refrigerating chamber 12 and the freezing chamber 14 are formed to be opened, and the opened front surface is provided with a refrigerator door 20 for selectively shielding the refrigerating chamber 12 and the freezing chamber 14 by rotation.

On the other hand, the refrigerator door 20 is provided with a dispenser 30 for the convenience of the user. The dispenser 30 is for taking out ice or purified water iced from the outside by a user's operation, and selectively selects ice or water by manipulating the take-out cock 32 exposed to the front of the refrigerator door 20. Can be taken out.

In addition, an ice maker 40 is provided inside the refrigerator door 20. The ice making device 40 is for making and storing ice, and it is preferable that the ice making device 40 is provided on the rear surface of the refrigerator door 20 that shields the freezing compartment 14. It may also be provided inside the refrigerator door 20.

The ice maker 40 is composed of an ice maker 42 for making ice as a whole, and an ice bank 44 for storing the made ice and guiding it to the dispenser 30, each of which has a rear surface of the refrigerator door 20. It is installed on the door liner (not shown) to form, or is installed on the door liner in a state of being mounted in a separately formed case.

Although not shown, a water supply for supplying water to the ice maker 40 and a connector for electrical connection with the ice maker 40 is provided inside the refrigerator door 20 in which the ice maker 40 is mounted. A fixing member (not shown) to which the hose 22 is fixed is further provided to determine a mounting position of the ice maker 40.

The inside of the refrigerator door 20 is filled with a heat insulating material to block heat exchange between the space inside the refrigerator main body 10 and the outside space, and the refrigerator is filled with the heat insulating material filled inside the refrigerator door 20. In addition to the fixing member inside the door 20, the water supply hose 22 can be fixed.

However, the prior art as described above has the following problems.

In the refrigerator according to the related art, a fixing member is provided inside the refrigerator door 20 to facilitate the installation of the ice making device 40, but the filling hose 22 including the fixing member is insulated during the filling of the insulating material. There is a problem in that the original position is pushed out by the foam liquid to be.

As such, when the positions of the fixing member and the water supply hose 22 are changed, it is difficult to mount the ice making device 40 at the correct position, and it becomes impossible to supply water for ice making normally. do.

In addition, when the foam liquid is injected at an excessive pressure, the fixing member and the water supply hose 22 provided inside the refrigerator door 20 are pushed to the inner side of the refrigerator door 20 to press the front of the refrigerator door 20. As a result, problems such as the front appearance of the refrigerator door 20 may be deformed or protruded.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the inner surface of the refrigerator door is a restraining member provided on the inside of the refrigerator door to support and restrain the fixing member for fixing the connecting means and the water supply hose It is to provide a refrigerator door provided.

Refrigerator door according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the refrigerator door is provided with an ice making device, the outer case forming the appearance of the refrigerator door; A fixing member provided inside the outer case to fix the connecting means and the water supply hose connected to the ice making device; It is installed on one side of the outer case in which the fixing member is mounted, and includes a restraining member to assist in mounting the fixing member.

The fixing member is formed of a heat insulating material.

The fixing member has a recess formed inwardly, the connecting means mounting portion for providing a space to which the connecting means and one side of the ice making device is coupled; A water supply hose mounting portion communicating with one side of the ice making device and guiding the water supply hose is included.

The restraining member is formed in a plate shape, the front end of the restraining member is bent to contact one side of the fixing member to support the fixing member.

The fixing member contacts one side of the outer case and one side of a cap deco forming an upper portion of the refrigerator door, and the other side not contacting the outer case and the cap deco is supported by the restraining member.

The fixing member is interposed between the door liner and the outer case forming the rear surface of the refrigerator door, and is formed to expose the connection means and the water supply hose to the perforations formed in the door liner.

In addition, the refrigerator door according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the outer case forming the outer shape of the refrigerator door; An ice making apparatus provided on a rear surface of the refrigerator door to make ice; A fixing member mounted inside the outer case to assist mounting of the ice maker; It is provided between the fixing member and the outer case, one side is bent and includes a restraining member for restraining the mounting position of the fixing member.

The fixing member is formed of the same material as the heat insulating material filled in the refrigerator door.

The restraining member is formed of a steel plate, and attached to the rear surface of the outer case with an adhesive.

The fixing member is installed to be in contact with the inner upper surface and one side of the refrigerator door, the other side of the lower surface and the fixing member is fixed to the mounting position in contact with the restraining member.

The fixing member further includes a protrusion formed to protrude to one side so as to be spaced apart from the fixing member and the restraining member.

The fixing member, the connecting means mounting portion is connected to the ice making device is mounted to the connecting means for supplying power; A water supply hose mounting unit to which a water supply hose for supplying water for making ice is installed at one side of the ice making device; A screw fastener for fastening the screw for fixing the ice maker is further formed.

In addition, the refrigerator door according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the refrigerator door having an ice making device, is provided inside the refrigerator door to fix the connecting means and the water supply hose connected to the ice making device A fixing member mounted to contact an inner upper surface and one side of the refrigerator door; It is provided on the inner surface of the refrigerator door to which the fixing member is mounted, and is formed in a plate shape bent one side is configured to include a restraining member for holding one side and the lower surface of the fixing member to fix the position of the fixing member. .

According to the present invention having such a configuration, the assemblability of the ice making device can be improved as well as the effect of reducing defects can be expected.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an ice maker mounting structure of a refrigerator door according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The overall configuration of the refrigerator employing the refrigerator door according to the present invention is the same as that of a general refrigerator, and can be variously applied regardless of the shape of the refrigerator, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the back shape of the refrigerator door according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal configuration of the refrigerator door according to the present invention.

As shown in these figures, the refrigerator door 100 has an outer shape formed by the outer case 200 and the door liner 300.

The outer case 200 forms the exterior of the first half including the entire front surface of the refrigerator door 100, and is bent from a plated / painted steel plate or a stainless steel plate, and the front surface of the refrigerator door 100 is formed. Both sides are molded to be formed.

The door liner 300 forms the rear surface of the refrigerator door 100 and is combined with the bent end of the outer case 200 to form an outer shape of the refrigerator door 100. The door liner 300 is formed of a plastic or resin material, and is formed to protrude and recess so that a storage space such as an ice making device 400 or a basket (not shown) to be described below can be mounted.

Since the door liner 300 is coupled to an end of the outer case 200 bent at both sides to form a rear surface of the refrigerator door 100, a predetermined distance is formed between the outer case 200 and the door liner 300. The space is formed, the height of the space is formed to correspond to the thickness of the bent outcase 200.

In addition, a heat insulating material 120 is provided in the space formed by the outer case 200 and the door liner 300. The heat insulating material 120 is to block heat exchange between the inside and the outside of the refrigerator main body, and is formed by filling a foam material such as expanded polystyrene (EPS) in the inner space of the refrigerator door 100.

On the other hand, the outer case 200 and the door liner 300 to form a front and rear and both sides of the refrigerator door 100 by combining, the upper and the outer case 200 and the door liner 300 Cap deco 140 is coupled to the bottom to form a part of the exterior of the refrigerator door 100.

The cap deco 140 is formed of a plastic material, and is coupled to the outer case 200 and the door liner 300 to form the upper and lower ends of the refrigerator door 100, the outer case 200 and the door The upper and lower open spaces generated when the liner 300 is coupled are shielded.

A hinge portion 142 is formed at one end of the cap deco 140. The hinge part 142 is a portion to which a hinge assembly (not shown) coupled to the main body of the refrigerator is rotatably coupled to form a hole having a predetermined diameter, and the refrigerator door has a predetermined length. It is formed in the shape of a pipe extending inwardly of 100. Therefore, the power line and the water supply hose 240 guided to the inside of the refrigerator door 100 can be guided through the hinge part 142.

Meanwhile, an ice maker 400 is mounted on the rear surface of the refrigerator door 100, that is, the door liner 300. The ice making device 400 is manufactured and stored in ice, and is mounted to protrude rearward from the rear surface of the refrigerator door 100. In addition, the ice maker 400 has the same configuration as a generally used ice maker, and is detachably mounted to the door liner 300.

The ice maker 400 includes an ice maker 420 for manufacturing ice and an ice bank 440 for guiding the produced ice to a dispenser and the ice maker 420. The ice maker 420 and the ice bank 440 are separately formed ice makers. The shield is formed by the device case 460.

The ice maker case 460 is provided with a confirmation window 462 formed of a transparent material so as to check the inside of the ice maker case 460, and the confirmation window 462 is formed inside the ice maker 400. The ice maker case 460 is openably mounted to facilitate service.

One side of the ice maker 420 is further provided with an operating lever 464 for separating the iced ice from the ice tray. The actuating lever 464 rotates the ice tray where ice is made when ice making is completed in the ice maker 420 so that the ice can be taken out by torsion, without a separate actuating lever 464 as necessary. It will also be possible to configure the whole operation to be automatic.

Of course, the ice maker 400 may not be provided with the ice bank 440, the ice maker case 460 and the operating lever 464, if necessary, the ice maker 420 of the refrigerator door 100 In other words, any structure may be employed as long as it can be mounted on one side of the door liner 300.

A gasket 160 is provided along the rear surface of the refrigerator door 100, that is, the outer circumference of the door liner 300. The gasket 160 is formed of rubber or silicon material, and when the refrigerator door 100 is closed, the refrigerator door 100 is in close contact with the refrigerator main body to control cold air.

Although not shown, a bracket for supporting the ice maker 400 may be further provided on a rear surface of the door liner 300 on which the ice maker 400 is mounted. The bracket is formed of a plastic material, it will be preferable that one side is opened so that the connection means 220 and the water supply hose 240 to be described below when the bracket is mounted to the outside.

On the other hand, referring to Figure 3 in more detail with respect to the configuration of the refrigerator door 100, the upper portion of the door liner 300 forming the back of the refrigerator door 100 is the ice making device 400 Recesses inward to form a space

That is, the upper left and right sides of the door liner 300 to which the ice maker 400 is mounted are formed to protrude rearward (front in FIG. 3), and the protruding portion of the door liner 300 is formed of the ice maker case 460. Both sides are formed to form the same surface, and the door liner 300 and the ice maker case 460 are coupled to each other when the ice maker 400 is mounted.

In addition, coupling protrusions 310 protruding inwardly may be formed on inner surfaces of both protruding sides of the door liner 300 so as to be coupled to the ice making apparatus 400. The coupling protrusion 310 is to be engaged with the outer surface of the ice making device case 460, the cross-sectional shape is formed in a ring shape so that the ice making device 400 is fixedly mounted.

A guide protrusion 320 is formed below the coupling protrusion 310. The guide protrusion 320 protrudes inward so that the ice making device 400 may be inserted into the side of the ice making machine case 460 when the ice making device 400 is mounted to the door liner 300, and is formed long before and after. Therefore, when the ice maker case 460 is mounted, the ice maker case 460 is smoothly inserted and guided so that the ice maker case 460 can be mounted at the correct position.

In addition, a perforation part 330 is formed at an approximately central portion of the upper door liner 300. The drilling portion 330 is formed to be opened in a position corresponding to the position where the ice maker 420 is mounted, the connecting means mounting portion 540 and the water supply hose mounting portion 550 of the fixing member 500 to be described in detail below. Is formed at a position corresponding to In addition, screw holes 340 are formed at both sides of the perforated part 330 of the door liner 300 to expose the screw fastener 560 to which the screw for fixing the ice making device 400 is exposed. .

That is, one side of the door liner 300 corresponding to the connection means mounting portion 540 of the fixing member 500 is opened in a substantially rectangular shape so that the connection means 220 provided in the connection means mounting portion 540 is external. The first hole 332 is formed to be exposed to.

In addition, one side of the door liner 300 corresponding to the water supply hose mounting portion 550 is formed to be long and vertically open to expose the water supply hose 240 to supply water to the ice tray of the ice maker 420. The second punched portion 334 is formed to be.

In addition, the screw holes 340 formed on both sides of the connecting means mounting portion 540 corresponding to the screw fastener 560 is formed to match the screw fastener 560 is coupled to the ice maker 420 It is configured to facilitate screwing for.

The connecting means 220 mounted on the fixing member 500 is for supplying power to the ice maker 400, more specifically, the ice maker 420, and is formed in the imagination of a generally used male and female connector. do.

That is, a female connector to which a power line is connected is installed in the connection means mounting portion 540 of the fixing member 500, and a male connector protrudes from one side of the ice maker 420 corresponding thereto. Accordingly, when the ice maker 420 is seated on the upper portion of the door liner 300, the connection means 220, that is, the male and female connectors are connected to each other to enable connection of power.

In addition, the water supply hose 240 mounted on the fixing member 500 is introduced into the refrigerator door 100 through the hinge part 142, and the water for freezing ice includes the ice maker 420. It is fed to the ice tray of the supply.

To this end, the water supply hose 240 should be installed at the correct position, and it will be desirable to always be formed to stably supply water to freeze the ice to the ice maker 420.

On the other hand, the fixing member 500 is mounted on the rear surface of the door liner 300, that is, between the outer case 200 and the door liner 300. The fixing member 500 is for mounting the ice maker 400, more specifically, the ice maker 420, and the connection means 220 and the water supply hose 240 connected to the ice maker 420. It is configured to be fixed.

Looking at the fixing member in detail with reference to Figure 4 as follows.

4 is a partially exploded perspective view illustrating a combination of a fixing member and a restraining member, which are main parts of a refrigerator door according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the fixing member 500 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having a predetermined volume. It is preferable to be formed in the same shape as the heat insulating material 120 which is formed in a block shape and filled inside the refrigerator door 100.

That is, the fixing member 500 is formed of a foamed polystyrene material, and the refrigerator door with the connecting means 220 and the water supply hose 240 mounted before the foam liquid forming the heat insulating material 120 is filled. It is installed inside of 100.

The fixing member 500 is generally formed in an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is formed to protrude upward from the upper portion of the fixing member 500 to contact the upper protrusion 510 in contact with the inside of the cap deco 140 of the upper portion of the refrigerator door 100. Is formed, a side projection 520 is formed on one side (left side in Figure 4) of the fixing member 500 protruding outward to contact the bent inner surface of the outer case 200.

The upper protrusion 510 and the side protrusion 520 are to allow the fixing member 500 to maintain a constant position inside the refrigerator door 100, and the upper and one side directions of the fixing member 500. Constrain the flow.

On the other hand, the side protrusion 520 is located below the opened lower surface of the hinge portion 142 to guide the water supply hose 240 introduced into the refrigerator door 100 through the hinge portion 142. The back surface is formed in a shape recessed to a predetermined curvature so as to be possible.

In addition, a protrusion 530 protruding forward is further formed on the front surface (lower surface in FIG. 4) of the fixing member facing the rear side of the outer case 200. The protruding portion 530 is to allow the fixing member 500 and the back side of the outer case 200, more specifically, the restraining member 600 to be spaced apart from each other. It would be desirable.

A portion of the fixing member 500 may be spaced apart from each other so as to maximize an area in which the foaming liquid filled in the refrigerator door 100 contacts the fixing member 500 so as to maximize the area of the fixing member 500. As well as strengthening the fixing force is to minimize the problems, such as distortion caused by the surface pressure occurs in a certain portion during the injection of the foam liquid.

On the other hand, the rear of the fixing member 500 (front when viewed in Figure 4) is formed with a connecting means mounting portion 540 and the water supply hose mounting portion 550 for mounting the connecting means 220.

Looking at this in more detail, the connecting means mounting portion 540 is formed to be recessed inward so that the cross section has a substantially rectangular shape, the recessed upper surface is formed in a corresponding shape so that the connecting means 220 can be installed The connector mounting opening 542 is formed.

The connector mounting opening 542 may be formed to be opened upward or forward, through which a power line connected to the connection means 220 may enter and exit.

On the other hand, the connecting means mounting portion 540 is formed to have a predetermined space below the connecting means 220, one side of the ice maker 420 mounted to the door liner 300 is the connecting means mounting portion 540 It is preferably configured to be inserted into the inside of, the connector of the connection means mounting portion 540 is inserted into the inside of the ice maker 420 it will be preferable to be provided with a connector of the shape corresponding to the connection means 220.

In addition, left and right sides of the connection means mounting portion 540 is formed with a screw fastener 560 to which a screw for fastening and fixing the ice maker 420 is formed. The screw fastener 560 communicates with one side of the fixing bracket 580 to be described below, and is formed to match the screw hole 340 of the door liner 300 to fix the ice maker 420. When the screw is fastened through the screw hole 340 of the door liner 300, the fixing bracket 580 and the screw fastening holes 560 of the fixing member 500 in order.

Bracket mounting portion for mounting the upper and left and right sides of the fixing member 500 corresponding to the upper side of the inner surface of the connecting means mounting portion 540 and the outer side of the connecting means mounting portion 540 ( 570 is formed recessed. The bracket mounting portion 570 is formed to be recessed by the thickness of the fixing bracket 580 and is formed to correspond along its shape so that the fixing bracket can be seated.

The fixing bracket 580 is formed to be in contact with the inner surface of the connecting means mounting portion 540 to prevent the fixing member 500 from being damaged by an impact when the ice maker 420 is mounted, as well as the connecting means. In order to allow the 220 to be locked, a hole 582 coinciding with the screw fastener 560 is formed at portions extending in both the left and right sides of the connection means mounting portion 540, so that the screw is fastened. It is formed to act as a bush.

On the other hand, the water supply hose mounting portion 550 is formed on the side of the connecting means mounting portion 540. The water supply hose mounting portion 550 is to be mounted to the water supply hose 240, the lower surface of the fixing member 500 is formed so as to communicate with the rear surface of the fixing member 500, when viewed from the side ' The water supply hose 240 is formed in a '-' shape so that the water supply hose 240 is inserted from below and exposed through the opened rear surface of the fixing member 500.

The water supply hose mounting portion 550 may be formed at a corresponding position such that the water supply hose 240 may be located at a position adjacent to an ice tray where ice is frozen in more detail than one side of the ice maker 420. The water supply hose 240 exposed through the water supply hose mounting portion 550 may be bent to face the ice tray of the ice maker 420.

On the other hand, between the fixing member 500 and the outer case 200, the restraining member 600 is provided. The restraining member 600 is formed in a plate shape having a predetermined area, it will be preferably formed of an iron plate having a certain strength.

The restraining member 600 is formed to have a size corresponding to the overall size of the fixing member 500, so that the fixing member 500 may be seated on the restraining member 600. In addition, at the lower end and one side end (right end when viewed in FIG. 4) of the restraining member 600, a bent part 620 is formed to be vertically bent backward.

The bent portion 620 is formed to be in contact with the right side (as seen in Figure 4) and the lower surface of the fixing member 500, the one side and the lower side of the fixing member 500 by the bent portion 620. The sides are fixed. Thus, the fixing member 500 is in contact with the bent portion 620 of the outer case 200, the cap deco 140 and the restraining member 600 is constrained on the slope so that the mounting position can be fixed.

In addition, a plurality of bent portions 620 that contact the bottom surface of the fixing member 500 to support the fixing member 500 are provided so as not to shield the space spaced by the protrusion 530 of the fixing member 500 as much as possible. It will be desirable to form.

On the other hand, the restraining member 600 is bonded to the back surface of the outer case 200 by an adhesive, the upper end of the restraining member 600 is formed to protrude upward and coupled to the cap deco 140 ( 640 is further formed.

Hereinafter, the assembly process of the refrigerator door 100 according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described.

In order to assemble the refrigerator door 100, the outer case 200 and the cap deco 140 are coupled to each other, and then the restraining member 600 is mounted on the rear surface of the outer case 200. In this case, the restraining member 600 is attached to the outer case 200 by an adhesive, and is positioned at the right side (as shown in FIG. 4) of the top of the rear surface of the outer case 200.

In such a state, the water supply hose 240 including the power line passes through the hinge part 142 of the cap deco 140 and is disposed in the refrigerator door 100. Then, the fixing member 500 is mounted to the restraining member 600.

At this time, the connecting means 220 is connected to the power line is mounted so as to be located in the connecting means mounting portion 540, the fixing member 500 so that the water supply hose 240 can be inserted into the water supply hose mounting portion 550. The connection means 220 and the water supply hose 240 is mounted on.

The upper protrusion 510 of the fixing member 500 is in contact with the inner surface of the cap deco 140, and the side protrusion 520 is in contact with the inner surface of the outer case 200. The member 500 is mounted. In this state, the lower surface and the other side of the fixing member 500 (as shown in FIG. 4) may be in contact with the bent portion 620 of the restraining member 600 to fix the fixing member 500.

Therefore, the fixing member 500 is mounted so that the circumferential surface is fixed by the bent portion 620 of the cap deco 140 and the outer case 200 and the restraining member 600 so that the mounting position is not changed by external force. do.

After the fixing of the fixing member 500 is completed, the door liner 300 is coupled with the outer case 200 and the cap deco 140, and the foaming liquid is injected into the refrigerator door 100. The heat insulator 120 is filled to complete the assembly of the refrigerator door 100.

When the assembly of the refrigerator door 100 is completed, the ice maker 420 is mounted on the door liner 300. At this time, one side of the ice maker 420 is inserted into the connecting means mounting portion 540 to be combined with the connecting means 220 so that power can be supplied to the ice maker 420.

In addition, the ice maker 420 is fastened by fastening a screw for fixing the ice maker 420 through the screw hole 340, the perforation 582 of the fixing bracket 580, and the screw fastener 560. The installation is complete.

By mounting the ice maker 420, the water supply hose 240 is adjacent to the ice tray of the ice maker 420 above the ice maker 420, so that smooth water supply is possible.

When the installation of the ice maker 420 is finished, the ice bank 440 is installed on the door liner 300 corresponding to the lower side of the ice maker 420 and covers the ice maker 420 and the ice bank 440. The ice maker case 460 is coupled to the door liner 300 to complete the mounting of the ice maker 400.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many other modifications based on the present invention will be possible to those skilled in the art within the above technical scope.

In the refrigerator door according to the present invention as described in detail above, the fixing member is supported by the restraining member to fix the mounting position of the fixing member.

In addition, even when pressure is applied by the foaming liquid when the foaming liquid is injected into the refrigerator door to form a heat insulating material, the fixing member may maintain a fixed position without changing the position.

Therefore, the connecting means for installing the ice maker, the water supply hose and the screw fastener can be located in the correct position, the position of the fixing member is fixed even in the situation of injection of various foaming liquid so that the mounting of the ice maker can be made stable do.

As a result, the mounting operation of the ice maker can be smoothly prevented, and the assembly failure due to the detachment of the fixing member can be prevented, thereby improving the assembly performance and productivity.

In addition, since the position of the water supply hose is always in the correct position, the water supplied to the ice maker is stably supplied to prevent the water splashing and the like, and thus the effect of improving the ice making performance can be expected.

The restraining member on which the fixing member is mounted may be formed in a plate shape having a predetermined strength to prevent the restraining member or the connection member and the water supply hose from being pushed onto the outplate to protrude or deform the surface of the outplate. As a result, the effect of remarkably reducing the defective rate may be expected.

Claims (13)

In the refrigerator door is provided with an ice maker, An outer case forming an exterior of the refrigerator door; A fixing member provided inside the outer case to fix the connecting means and the water supply hose connected to the ice making device; The refrigerator door is installed on one side of the outer case in which the fixing member is mounted, and includes a restraining member to assist in mounting the fixing member. The method of claim 1, The fixing member is a refrigerator door, characterized in that the molded insulated material. The method of claim 1, The fixing member, It is formed recessed inward, the connecting means mounting portion for providing a space for coupling the one side of the connection means and the ice making device; A refrigerator door communicating with one side of the ice making device and including a water supply hose mounting part for guiding the water supply hose. The method of claim 1, The restraining member is formed in a plate shape, the front end portion of the restraining member is bent in contact with one side of the fixing member is a refrigerator door, characterized in that for supporting the fixing member. The method of claim 1, The fixing member is in contact with one side of the outer case and one side of the cap deco forming the upper portion of the refrigerator door, The other side not in contact with the outer case and the cap decor is a refrigerator door, characterized in that supported by the restraining member. The method of claim 1, The fixing member is interposed between the door liner and the outer case forming the back of the refrigerator door, And a perforated part formed in the door liner to expose the connection means and the water supply hose. An outer case forming an outer shape of the refrigerator door; An ice making apparatus provided on a rear surface of the refrigerator door to make ice; A fixing member mounted inside the outer case to assist mounting of the ice maker; The refrigerator door is provided between the fixing member and the outer case, one side of the refrigerator door including a restraining member for restraining the mounting position of the fixing member. The method of claim 7, wherein The fixing member is a refrigerator door, characterized in that formed of the same material as the heat insulating material filled in the inside of the refrigerator door. The method of claim 7, wherein The restraining member is formed of a steel plate, the refrigerator door, characterized in that attached to the back of the outer case with an adhesive. The method of claim 7, wherein The fixing member is installed to contact the inner upper surface and one side of the refrigerator door, The lower surface of the fixing member and the other side of the refrigerator door, characterized in that the mounting position is fixed in contact with the restraining member. The method of claim 7, wherein The fixing member protrudes to one side, the refrigerator door, characterized in that the protrusion is further formed so as to be spaced apart between the fixing member and the restraining member. The method of claim 7, wherein The fixing member, A connecting means mounting part connected to the ice making device and equipped with a connecting means for supplying power; A water supply hose mounting unit to which a water supply hose for supplying water for making ice is installed at one side of the ice making device; The refrigerator door, characterized in that the screw fastener is further formed to fasten the screw for fixing the ice making device. In the refrigerator door is provided with an ice maker, A fixing member provided inside the refrigerator door to fix the connecting means and the water supply hose connected to the ice maker, and installed to be in contact with the inner top and one side of the refrigerator door; It is provided on the inner surface of the refrigerator door to which the fixing member is mounted, is formed in a plate shape bent one side is configured to include a restraining member for holding the one side and the lower surface of the fixing member to fix the position of the fixing member. Featured refrigerator door.

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