MX2011007719A

MX2011007719A - Refrigerator.

Info

Publication number: MX2011007719A
Application number: MX2011007719A
Authority: MX
Inventors: Jiwon Kim
Original assignee: Lg Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2010-07-20
Filing date: 2011-07-20
Publication date: 2012-01-23
Also published as: EP2410270A3; CN102338525B; EP2410270A2; US20120018435A1; EP2410270B1; CN102338525A

Abstract

A refrigerator is disclosed. The present invention includes a body having at least one storage space, a door mounted to the body to selectively open/close the storage space, at least one rail part provided to a backside of the door, and a basket assembly including a basket and a sliding module guided along the rail part together with the basket, the sliding module to be selectively fixed to the rail part by a lever..

Description

FRIDGE FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a refrigerator. Although the present invention is suitable for a wide range of applications, it is particularly suitable for storing food at low temperature.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Generally, a refrigerator is a device to allow storage at low temperature of stored materials to keep the food fresh for a long time. In the refrigerator, the matter is maintained in a way that adjusts a state of a cooling according to a state of the matter that will be maintained.

The cooling supplied in a refrigerator is generated from the heat exchange reaction of the refrigerant. In particular, the cooling is continuously supplied to an internal space of the refrigerator by the repeated execution of a cycle consisting of compression, condensation, expansion and evaporation. The supplied cooling is evenly distributed to the internal space of the refrigerator by convection to allow the food to be stored in the refrigerator at a temperature desired.

The refrigerators can be classified into a normal-type refrigerator, a side-by-side type refrigerator, a refrigerator of the type that has the freezer on the bottom, and the like according to the configuration of a freezer compartment and a cold refrigerator.

With respect to the configuration of the refrigerator of the normal type, a freezer compartment is located in an upper part of the refrigerator and a cold compartment is located in a lower part of the refrigerator. With regard to the configuration of the refrigerator type side by side, a freezer compartment and a cold compartment are arranged laterally side by side.

Refrigerators of the type that have the freezer in the bottom are widely used in the United States, Europe and the like. With respect to the configuration of the refrigerator type of the freezer in the bottom, a cold compartment, which is larger than a cold compartment, is located in an upper part of the refrigerator and a freezer compartment is located in a lower part of the refrigerator. fridge.

Meanwhile, a refrigerator includes a body having at least a storage space for low temperature storage and a door rotatably attached to the body to selectively open / close the storage space.

Regarding the configuration of the body, although an outer cover is arranged inside an outer cover, a space between the outer cover and the inner cover is filled with a thermal insulator for insulation between a space for cold storage or frozen storage and an external space. And, a plurality of shelves are loaded on the inner cover.

Recently, several functions are applied to a refrigerator for the convenience of the user in the use of the refrigerator. For the purpose of implementing such functions, the door is provided with a main bar to facilitate the reception and storage of food or food containers to some degree or a plurality of baskets are provided to a rear side of the door.

In particular, a plurality of the baskets can be provided on the back side of the door in a way that they are spaced apart from one another while maintaining an intermediate prescribed space. And, each of the baskets is usually fixed on the back side of the door. However, since the height of each of the baskets and a space between two adjacent baskets are fixed, the configuration of the basket of the related art has difficulty in meeting a height of a storage container or convenience of the user in the reception.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention relates to a refrigerator that substantially makes one or more problems obvious due to limitations and disadvantages of the related technique.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator, by which a position of a basket can be adjusted according to a height of a storage container or convenience of the user in the reception.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cooler, by which the lateral clearances of a basket can be prevented in the course of adjusting a position of the basket.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator, by which the user's convenience can be increased by using a lever structure considering a user user interface.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator, by which a basket can be prevented from separating when receiving the food.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator, by which a basket can be easily removed for cleaning.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator, by which the rigidity of a basket can be enhanced with a fancy exterior.

Additional advantages, objects and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description that follows and in part will be apparent to those skilled in the art upon examining the following or may be understood from the practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention can be realized and achieved by the structure in particular indicated in the written description and its claims as well as the attached drawings.

To achieve these objectives and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as incorporated herein and amply described, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a body having at least one storage space, a door mounted to the body for selectively opening / closing the storage space, at least a part of the rail provided to a rear side of the door, and a basket assembly having a basket and a sliding module guided along the rail part together with the basket, the sliding module is selectively fixed to the rail part by a lever.

Preferably, the sliding module includes a sliding body, a bearing part provided on one side of the sliding body to be received in the rail part, and a lever part mounted rotatably to the sliding body.

More preferably, the lever portion includes a lever rotatably mounted to the sliding body, the lever having an insertion portion configured to selectively insert in the rail portion and a handle portion for manipulation of a rotational movement and an elastic member configured to apply an elastic force to the lever in a direction of pressurization of the rail part.

More preferably, if a pressurizing force is applied to the lever, the part of the lever moves along the rail part. If the pressurization is removed from the lever, the part of the lever is inserted in the part of the rail.

And, a retainer configured to allow the pivoting movement of the lever towards the rail part within a prescribed angle of rotation is provided to the sliding body.

In addition, a plurality of insertion holes configured to receive the insertion portion are provided to the rail portion in a height direction.

More preferably, the bearing part includes a projection part configured to be received in the rail portion.

More preferably, the bearing part includes at least one roller.

More preferably, the bearing part includes a first roller and a second roller separated from the first roller in a width direction of the rail part.

In this case, a width of the rail part is greater than that of each of the first and second roller.

And, a plurality of the first and second rollers are provided along a longitudinal direction of the rail part. In addition, the second roller is arranged between a pair of the first rollers adjacent to one another.

More preferably, the rail part includes a pair of rails arranged in a way that they are separated from each other with a space intermediate prescribed, each of a pair of rails has a plurality of insertion holes and a guide portion formed along a longitudinal direction, and the sliding module is provided on each of both sides of the basket.

Preferably, the basket includes a mounting boss configured to have the sliding module loaded and a basket body configured to be removably received in the mounting boss.

More preferably, the mounting boss is formed of metal substance.

More preferably, the basket body includes an insert part configured to be received in the mounting boss and a decorative part configured to be exposed externally and a boundary between the insert part and the decorative part is stepped in such a way that an area cross section of the decorative part is greater than that of the insertion part.

In this case, an outer circumference of the insert part closely adheres to an internal circumference of the mounting boss and the stepped limit is mounted to an upper surface of the mounting boss.

More preferably, a hanging part configured to have the mounting projection loaded thereon is provided to each of both lateral sides of the rear side of the door and a projection part configured to fit in the hanging part is provided to each of both side sides of the mounting boss.

It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide a further explanation of the invention as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment (s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. The above aspects and others, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent upon consideration of the following description of the preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective diagram of a refrigerator having an open door partly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is an exploded perspective diagram for details of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 is a perspective diagram of a basket assembly shown in Figure 2; Figure 4 is a perspective diagram of a sliding module shown in Figure 3; Figures 5A-5B are cross-sectional diagrams for describing the position adjustment of a basket shown in Figure 2; Figure 6 is an exploded perspective diagram for details of a refrigerator according to a second embodiment of the present invention; Figure 7 is a perspective diagram of a basket assembly shown in Figure 6; Figures 8A-8B are perspective diagrams of a sliding module shown in Figure 7; Figures 9A-9B are cross-sectional diagrams to describe the position adjustment of a basket shown in Figure 6; Figure 10 is an exploded perspective diagram of a basket assembly of a refrigerator according to a third embodiment of the present embodiment; Figure 11 is a perspective diagram of an assembled configuration of components of the basket assembly shown in Figure 10; Y Figure 12 is an exploded perspective diagram of the basket assembly shown in Figure 11.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part thereof, and which show by way of illustration specific embodiments of the invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art in this technological field that other embodiments may be used, and structural, electrical as well as procedural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. When possible, the same reference numbers will be used in all drawings to refer to the same or similar parts.

In the following description, a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings show exemplary embodiments of the present invention for details of the description only, whereby the technical scope of the present invention is not limited.

In addition, the same reference number is given to a same or corresponding component regardless of the drawing numbers and its redundant description must be omitted. For clarity and convenience of the following description, a size and / or shape of each component shown in the drawings can be exaggerated or reduced.

In the meantime, the terminologies including such ordinary number as first, second and the like can be used to describe several components. Even components are not limited by terminologies. And, terminologies are used just to discern a component of other components.

Figure 1 is a perspective diagram of a refrigerator having a door partially open according to one embodiment of the present invention.

First of all, a refrigerator 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention is applicable to all types of refrigerators (e.g., a general type, a side-by-side type, a type with the freezer in the bottom, etc.) , and more particularly, to a refrigerator that includes at least one body for storage at low temperature and a door rotatably connected to the body to selectively open / close a storage space. For clarity and convenience, the following description relates to a popularly used side-by-side refrigerator, including a freezer compartment and a cold compartment laterally arranged in parallel to selectively open / close with a corresponding door.

A refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a body 40 having at least a storage space 40 for storage at low temperature, a door 30 rotatably connected to the body 10 to open / close the storage space 40. , and a basket assembly 100 that includes at least one rail part (not shown in the drawing) provided to a rear side of the door 30 and a sliding module (not shown in the drawing) provided on one side of the basket for to be guided along the part of the rail and to be selectively fixed to the rail part by a lever.

With reference to Figure 1, a refrigerator 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a body 10 that provides a space and an exterior for storing food and food containers in a low temperature state. In particular, the body 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape approximately. A front side of the body 10 is configured open for receiving food and food containers. And, the body 10 includes an outer cover (without reference number) and at least one inner cover (without reference number) loaded inside the outer cover to provide a storage space for refrigeration or cold storage or refrigeration of food and Similary.

A door is rotatably joined to the open front side of the body 10 to selectively open / close. In Figure 1, a side-by-side type refrigerator is shown. In order to open / close a left storage space or a right storage space 40 selectively, a first door 20 and a second door 30 are joined to the body 10.

Recently, several functions are applied to a refrigerator for convenience in the use of the refrigerator. In order to implement the convenient functions, a dispenser 21 can be provided at the first door 20 to directly take purified water or ice to an external space. And, a main bar 31 for receiving and maintaining food and / or food containers conveniently to some degree and the like can also be provided to the second door 30.

An internal space of the body 10 is divided into a left space and right space. Generally, the left space plays a function as a freezer compartment (not shown in the drawing) to receive and maintain food and food containers at a temperature below 0 ° C and the right space plays a role as a cold compartment 40 for receive and maintain food and food containers at a temperature above 0 ° C.

In particular, the freezer compartment is used to hold food for long periods of time in a manner that maintains the food in the internal space at a temperature below 0 ° C. And, the cold compartment 40 is used to keep the food fresh in a manner that maintains the temperature below an ambient temperature and above 0 ° C.

A plurality of shelves 41 is provided to an internal space of each of the freezer compartment and the cold compartment 40. Therefore, the internal space of each of the freezer compartment and the cold compartment 40 can be divided into a plurality of compartments. layers. And, drawer (s) 42 can also be provided to the internal space of each of the freezer compartment and the cold compartment to receive said food such as vegetables, fruits and the like.

At least one basket assembly 100 is provided to a rear side of the first door 20 or the second door 30 along a corresponding door height direction 20/30 to receive and maintain the relatively small foods, beverages and so on. Similary. Figure 1 shows the case in which the basket assembly 100 is provided to the rear side of the second door 30 only. Still, of course it is a common thing that said basket assembly as shown in Figure 1 is provided to the rear side of the first door 20.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective diagram for details of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 is a perspective diagram of a basket assembly shown in Figure 2. Figure 4 is a perspective diagram of a slide module shown in Figure 3. And, Figures 5A-5B are cross-sectional diagrams to describe the adjustment of the position of a basket shown in figure 2.

As mentioned in the above description, the objects of the present invention are as follows. First of all, a position of a basket can be adjusted according to a height of a storage container or user convenience at reception. Secondly, the lateral clearances of a basket can be prevented in the course of adjusting a position of a basket. In a third point, the user's convenience can be increased by using a lever structure in consideration of a user user interface.

A dam 32 is provided to an edge portion of the rear side of the second door 30, whereby a basket configured to provide several reception spaces can be installed in the dam 32. In particular, the dam 32 can be configured to have substantially one shape of a rectangular frame. And, the dam 32 may have a structure to support both lateral sides of the main bar 31 or the basket assembly 100.

The dam 32 may have a rail structure to guide a sliding movement of the basket assembly 100. In case a part of the separate rail 170 for guiding the basket assembly 100 is provided to the rear side of the door 30, the dyke 32 can be configured to cover the rail part 170 in order to prevent the part of the rail 170 from being exposed externally.

In the following description, the case of the part of the rail 170 provided separately to the rear side of the door 30 is explained, for example.

With reference to Figure 2, the rail part 170 may have a bar structure configured to extend along a height direction of the rear side of the door 30. In particular, a pair of rail parts 170 may be provided to the rear side of the door 30 in a manner that separates from one another along a width direction of the door 30.

The portion of the rail 170 includes a guide portion 171 provided along the height direction and a plurality of insertion holes 172 configured to fix a position of the basket assembly 100 thereto.

With reference to figure 3 and figure 4, the sliding module 130 includes a sliding body 131, a bearing part 140 provided on one side of the sliding body 131 to be received in the rail part 170, and a part of the lever 150 rotatably mounted to slide body 131.

Meanwhile, the basket assembly 100 may include a mounting boss 110 having the sliding module 130 loaded thereon and a basket body 120 mounted to the mounting boss 110 to receive food therein.

In particular, the basket body 120 may have a concave shape for receiving food or a receiving container for food storage and may be formed of various types of resin.

Optionally, the mounting boss 110 and the basket body 120 can be constructed in a body or the basket body 120 can be removably mounted to the mounting boss 110, of which details can be described later.

For clarity and convenience of the following description, the basket body 110 and the mounting boss 110 can be called a basket. And, the mounting boss 112 and the basket body 112 can have various shapes and structures assembled considering design factors.

The part of the lever 150 is rotatably mounted to the sliding body 131. And, the lever part 150 may include a lever 151 having an insertion portion 152 to be selectively inserted in the rail part 170 and a part of handle 153 for manipulating a turning movement and an elastic member 154 configured to provide an elastic force to the lever 151 in a direction of pressurization of the rail part 170.

The elastic member 154 can be loaded so as to enclose a rotational axis (numbered without reference) of the lever 151 to be compressed in accordance with a rotation of the lever 151. A final portion of the elastic member 154 is fixed to one side of the lever 151 and the other end portion of elastic member 154 can be fixed to one side of slidable body 131.

In order to allow a rotational movement of the insertion portion 152 towards the rail part 170 within a prescribed angle of rotation, a detent 132 can be provided to the slidable body 131.

In particular, while a pressurizing force is applied to the lever 151 to face the rail part 170 by the elastic member 154, a position of the lever 151 can be maintained by the detent 132.

Figure 5A is a cross-sectional diagram for describing an adjustable height state of the sliding module 130 together with the rail part 170. And Figure 5B is a cross-sectional diagram to describe a state in which the sliding module 130 is fixed to the rail part 170.

Referring to Figure 5A, if a pressurizing force in a direction opposite to that of the elastic member 154 is applied to the handle portion 153 of the lever 151 by a user, the insertion portion 152 of the lever 151 can be separated. of the insertion hole 172 of the rail part 170. By doing this, of course, the bearing portion 140 of the slidable module 130 is arranged within the guide portion of the rail part 170.

Therefore, the user is able to adjust a mounting height of the basket 100 while applying the pressurizing force to the handle portion 153 of the lever 151.

Referring to Fig. 5B, if the basket assembly 100 reaches a desired height, the user is able to release the pressurizing force from the handle portion 153 of the lever 151. If so, the insertion portion 152 of FIG. the lever 151 is rotated towards the rail part 170 by the elastic member 154 and then received in the insertion hole 172 of the rail part 170. Therefore, the height can be maintained.

Referring to Figure 2, the number and positions of the sliding modules 130 mounted on the basket may correspond to the number and positions of the rail parts 170. In case a pair of the rail parts 170 is arranged in a manner separated from one another in a width direction of the door 30 by leaving an intermediate prescribed space, a pair of the sliding modules 130 can be provided on both sides of the basket. Through this structure, when the height of the basket assembly 100 is adjusted, it is able to prevent lateral clearance or fluctuation.

With reference to figure 2 and figure 3, the part of The bearing 140 can include at least one projection to be received in the guide portion 171 of the rail part 170. In addition, the guide portion 171 and the projection can be configured to engage with each other. For example, if the projection 140 of the sliding module 130 has a shape-shaped cross-section, the guide portion 171 may include a space portion having approximately an 'L' shaped cross-section.

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective diagram for details of a refrigerator according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is a perspective diagram of a basket assembly shown in Figure 6. Figures 8A-8B are perspective diagrams of a slide module shown in Figure 7. Y, Figures 9A-9B are cross-sectional diagrams to describe the position adjustment of a basket shown in figure 6.

First, a refrigerator according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes a body having at least one storage space for low temperature storage and a door rotatably attached to the body to selectively open / close the storage space .

In this case, the body and the door are identical to the front body and the front door described with reference to figure 1.

Still, the refrigerator according to the second embodiment differs from the previous refrigerator according to the first embodiment in the sliding module and the rail part only. In the following description, details of the common components are omitted and the difference of the first modality is mainly explained.

Referring to Figure 6, the rail part 270 may have a bar structure configured extending along a height direction of the rear side of the door 30. In particular, a pair of rail portions 270 may be provided at rear side of the door 30 so as to be separated with one another along a width direction of the door 30.

The rail part 170 includes a guide portion 271 provided along the height direction and a plurality of insertion holes 272 configured to fix a position of the basket assembly 200 thereto.

Referring to Figure 7 and Figures 8A-8B, a sliding module 230, which constitutes a refrigerator according to the second embodiment, includes a slidable body 231, a bearing part 240 provided on a side of the slidable body 231 is received on the rail part 270, and a lever part 250 rotatably connected to the slidable body 231.

The lever part 250 is rotatably mounted to the slidable body 231. And, the lever part 250 may include a lever 251 having an insertion portion 252 to be selectively inserted in the rail part 270 and a handle part 253 for manipulating a turning movement and an elastic member 254 configured to provide an elastic force to the lever 251 in a direction of pressurization of the rail part 270.

The elastic member 254 can be loaded so as to enclose a rotational axis (without numbered reference) of the lever 251 to be compressed in accordance with a rotation of the lever 251. A final portion of the elastic member 254 is fixed to one side of the lever 251 and the other end portion of elastic member 254 can be fixed to one side of slidable body 231.

In order to allow a rotational movement of the insertion portion 252 towards the rail part 270 within a prescribed rotation angle range, a detent 232 can be provided for the slidable body 231.

In particular, while a pressurizing force is applied to the lever 251 to face the rail part 270 by the elastic member 254, a position of the lever 251 can be maintained by the retainer 232.

Figure 9A is a cross-sectional diagram for describing an adjustable height state of the sliding module 230 together with the rail part 270. And, Figure 9B is a cross-sectional diagram to describe a state in which the sliding module 230 is fixed to the rail part 270.

With reference to Figure 6 and Figure 9A, if the pressurizing force in a direction opposite to that of the elastic member 254 is applied to the handle part 253 of the lever 251 by a user, the insertion portion 252 of the lever 251 can be separated from the insertion hole 272 of the rail part 270. By doing that, of course, the bearing part 240 of the slidable module 230 is arranged within the guide portion 271 of the rail part 270.

Therefore, the user is able to adjust a height of the basket assembly 200 while applying the pressurizing force to the handle part 253 of the lever 251.

Referring to Figure 6 and Figure 9A, if the basket assembly 200 reaches a desired height, the user is able to release the pressurizing force of the handle portion 253 of the lever 251. If so, the portion 252 of the lever 252 is rotated towards the rail part 270 by the elastic member 254 and then received in the insertion hole 272 of the rail part 270. Therefore, the height can be maintained.

Referring to Figure 6, the number and positions of the slide modules 230 mounted for the basket 210 may correspond to the number and load positions of the rail parts 270. In case a pair of the rail parts 270 is arrange in a manner spaced apart from one another in a direction of the width of the door 30 by leaving an intermediate prescribed space, a pair of the sliding modules 230 can be provided on both sides of the basket 210. Through this structure, when the Height of the basket assembly 200 is adjusted, it is able to prevent lateral clearance or fluctuation.

Referring to Figures 6 to 8A-8B, the bearing portion 240 can include at least one roller 240 rotatably attached to the slidable body 231. And, the roller 240 rotates along an internal circumference of the guide portion 271 while receiving in the guide portion 271 of the rail part 270.

In particular, the bearing portion 240 of the second embodiment includes at least one roller 240, whereby the portion of the previous bearing of the first embodiment includes the projection 10.

Meanwhile, the guide portion 271 has a shape, which encloses a circumferential surface of the roller 240, to provide a contact surface for rotations of the roller 240. And, the guide portion 271 also has a curved portion 273 corresponding to a shape of the circumferential surface of the roller 240 to increase a contact size with the roller 240. In order to prevent interference between the roller 240 and the rear side of the door 30 or the interference between the door 30 and the rail part 270, the portion curved 273 can be provided to a separate position of the rear side of the door 30 with a prescribed intermediate space.

The bearing portion 240 may include a first roller 241 and a second roller 242 spaced apart from each other with a prescribed space d in a width direction of the rail portion 270. And, a plurality of the first and second rollers 241 and 242 are can provide in a length direction (ie, height direction) of the rail part 270.

With respect to the rollers 241 and 242, the second roller can be provided between a pair of the first rollers adjacent to one another. And, a width of the guide portion 271 of the rail portion 270 may be greater than each of the first and second rollers 241 and 242.

With reference to figure 6 and figures 8A-8B, when the first roller 241 or second roller 242 are mounted to slidable body 231, if the width of guide portion 271 is equal to that of the corresponding roller, a normal rotation or a reverse rotation can occur on the corresponding roller according to a movement of the sliding body 231. Said change of direction of rotation causes a movement of the sliding body 231 attributed to a sliding of the roller instead of the rotation of the roller. In this way, the sliding of the corresponding roller can interrupt a smooth movement of the sliding body 231.

Therefore, in order to lead to a smooth rotation of each of the rollers, a plurality of the rollers can be arranged in a way that a first central line connecting rotational axes of a plurality of the first rollers together is separated from each other. a second center line connecting rotational axes of a plurality of second rollers together.

Meanwhile, the basket 210 may have a concave shape to receive food or receptacles for food storage here and may be formed of various resin substances.

Unlike the anterior basket 110 described with reference to Figures 2 to 5A-5B, the basket 210 of the second embodiment is constructed in one body. Still, as mentioned in the above description, the basket assembly 200 of the second embodiment differs from the previous one in the slide module 230 and the rail part 270 only. And, it is common for the basket 210 to be a type in construction or a removable type.

Figure 10 is a perspective diagram of the exploded view of a basket assembly of a refrigerator according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Figure 11 is a perspective diagram of a assembled component configuration of the basket assembly shown in Figure 10. And, Figure 12 is an exploded perspective diagram of the basket assembly shown in Figure 11.

The present embodiment provides a refrigerator, by which the separation of a basket can be prevented during the reception of food and by which the disassembly of the basket is facilitated during cleaning.

In particular, a basket assembly 100 may have difficulty being removed from a rear side of a door 30 during the food receiving process while attaching to the back side of the door 30. The basket assembly 100 must have sufficient rigidity. And, the basket assembly 100 must have a configuration that facilitates the disassembly of the rear side of the door 30 for a cleaning procedure.

Referring to figures 10 to 12, the basket assembly 100 includes a mounting lug 110 provided to a rear side of the door 30 and a basket body 120 removably mounted to the mounting lug 110. In particular, the basket assembly 100 that configures the refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention separately includes a fixed part (i.e., the mounting flange) and a removable part (i.e., the basket body).

Mounting of the mounting boss 110 and the door 30 is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows.

First, a dam 32 is provided to an edge portion of the rear side of the door 30, whereby a basket configured to provide several reception spaces can be mounted to the dam 32. In particular, the dam 32 can be configured to have substantially a rectangular frame shape. And, a plurality of hanging portions 33 can be provided to both side portions of the dam 32 in a height direction.

The mounting boss 110 may include a base portion having a ring shape and a connection portion 113 fixed to both side portions of the base station. And, a projection portion 114 to be fixed in the hanging part 33 of the dam 32 can be provided to the connecting part 113.

The base part may include a contact portion configured to contact the back side of the door and a non-contact portion 111 configured to not contact the back side of the door. And, it is common for the base part to have one of several forms in consideration of design factors.

For example, in order to represent a metallic fantasy exterior, the base part can be formed of metallic substance. If the base part is formed of metallic substance, the rigidity of the basket assembly 100 can be further increased.

The projection portion 114 and the pendant part 33 may have corresponding shapes for the adjusted connection. And, the projection portion 114 and the pendant part 33 are manufactured to have a prescribed tolerance, whereby it is forced to be adjusted with one another.

Mainly, the mounting boss 110 can be fixed substantially to the rear side of the door 30.

Meanwhile, the basket body 120 may have a concave shape to receive food or food storage receptacles here and may be formed of various types of resin substance.

The basket body 120 can be divided into an insertion portion 121 to be received in the mounting boss 110 and a decorative portion 122 for external exposure. A boundary portion between the insertion portion 21 and the decorative portion 122 can be staggered in a manner that a cross-sectional area of the decorative portion 122 is greater than that of the insertion portion 121.

In this case, an outer circumference of the insertion part 121 of the basket body 120 adheres closely to an internal circumference of the mounting projection 100 and the stepped limit portion 123 of the basket body 120 can be mounted to an upper surface of the projection of assembly 110.

In particular, the outer circumference of the insertion part 121 of the basket body 120 adheres closely to an internal circumference of the ring-shaped base part of the mounting projection 110, while the stepped limit portion 123 of the basket body 120 it is mounted to the upper surface of the ring-shaped base part of the mounting boss 110.

When the basket body 120 is loaded, the external surface of the mounting boss 110 and the outer circumference of the decorative part of the basket body 120 can be placed in the same plane. Mainly, the outer circumference of the ring-shaped base part of the mounting projection 110 and the outer circumference of the decorative part of the basket body 120 form the same plane in a loaded state, thereby representing a fancy design.

A first stepped portion 115, in which a width of the contact portion 112 is smaller than the non-contact portion 11, can be provided to a boundary between the contact portion 112 and the non-contact portion 111 of the protrusion. assembly 110.

A second stepped portion 124 can be provided to the basket body 120 to engage with the first stepped portion 115. Therefore, the refrigerator 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention increases a contact area between the basket body 120 and the mounting projection 110, whereby a structure having sufficient rigidity is provided.

The installation and use of the previously configured basket assembly 100 is described in detail as follows.

As mentioned in the above description, the mounting projection 110 of the basket assembly 100 fits in the dam 32 provided to the rear side of the door 30.

In doing so, the hanging part 33 of the dock 32 and the projection portion 114 of the mounting boss 110 received in the hanging part 33 are prepared to have a prescribed relative tolerance so as not to be separated from one another in the course of the receiving procedure. of food. Y, the hanging part 33 and the projection portion 114 are configured to be forced to be inserted in the tolerance adjustment process. Therefore, sufficient rigidity can not be provided to facilitate the separation relatively.

Subsequently, the basket body 120 can be mounted to the mounting boss 110. Alternatively, while the basket body 120 is mounted to the mounting boss 110, the mounting boss 110 can be mounted to the rear side of the door 30. For convenience of installation, after the mounting boss 110 has been mounted to the rear side of the door 300, the basket body is preferably mounted to the mounting boss 110.

In this case, in order to represent a fancy exterior, the outer circumference of the basket body 120 and the outer circumference of the mounting projection 110 can form the same plane. For exterior metallic effect and stiffening reinforcement, the mounting projection 110 can be formed of metallic substance.

In order to increase an intermediate contact area, the basket body 120 and the mounting boss 110 may have a multiple staggering structure for mutual coupling. Therefore, if the basket body 120 is loaded, it is a common thing that sufficient stiffness can be obtained as well as a fancy exterior.

During use of the refrigerator, if the basket body 120 needs to be cleaned, the basket body 120 can be removed while the mounting projection 110 is fixed to the rear side of the door.

Accordingly, the present invention provides the following effects and / or advantages.

First of all, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, a position of a basket can be adjusted according to a height of a storage container or the convenience of the user in the reception.

Secondly, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, lateral clearance or fluctuation of a basket can be prevented during adjustment to a basket position.

Third, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, the convenience of the user can be increased by using a lever structure in consideration of a user user interface.

Fourth, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, a basket can be prevented from being separated during the reception of food.

Fifth, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, a basket can be easily removed for cleaning.

Sixth, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, the rigidity of a basket can be increased with fantasy exterior.

Finally, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is capable of representing a fantasy exterior.

Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number of their illustrative modalities, it should be understood that numerous other modifications and modalities may be conceived by those of skill in the art that fall within the essence and scope of the principles of this disclosure. More particularly, various variations and modifications are possible in the parts and / or arrangements of the component of the subject's combination arrangement within the scope of the description, drawings and appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications in the parts and / or arrangements of the component, alternate uses will also be apparent to those of experience in the art.

Claims

NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS

1. - A refrigerator comprising: a body having at least one storage space; a door mounted to the body to selectively open / close the storage space; at least one part of the rail provided to a rear side of the door; and a basket assembly including a basket and a sliding module guided along the rail part together with the basket, the sliding module is selectively fixed to the rail part by a lever.

2 - . 2 - The refrigerator according to claim 1, further characterized in that the sliding module comprising: a sliding body, a bearing part provided in a sliding body to be received in the rail part, and a lever part mounted rotatably to the sliding body.

3. - The refrigerator according to claim 2, further characterized in that the part of the lever comprises: a lever mounted rotatably to the sliding body, the lever having an insertion portion for selectively inserting in the part of the rail and a portion of handle for manipulation of a rotating movement; and an elastic member for applying an elastic force to the lever in a direction of pressurization of the rail part.

4. - The refrigerator according to claim 2, further characterized in that if a pressurizing force is applied to the lever, the part of the lever moves along the part of the rail and where if the pressurization is removed from the lever , the part of the lever is inserted in the part of the rail.

5. - The refrigerator according to claim 3, further characterized in that a retainer for allowing the movement of rotation of the lever towards the rail part within a prescribed angle of rotation angle is provided to the sliding body.

6. - The refrigerator according to claim 3, further characterized in that a plurality of insertion holes for receiving the insertion portion are provided to the rail part in a height direction.

7. - The refrigerator according to claim 2, further characterized in that the bearing part includes a projection part to be received in the rail part.

8. - The refrigerator according to claim 2, further characterized in that the bearing part includes at least one roller.

9. - The refrigerator according to claim 2, further characterized in that the bearing part includes a first roller and a second roller separated from the first roller in a width direction of the rail part.

10. - The refrigerator according to claim 9, further characterized in that a width of the rail part is greater than that of each of the first and second rollers.

11. - The refrigerator according to claim 9, further characterized in that a plurality of the first and second rollers are provided along a longitudinal direction of the rail part.

12. - The refrigerator according to claim 11, further characterized in that the second roller is arranged between a pair of the first rollers adjacent to each other.

13. - The refrigerator according to claim 2, further characterized in that the rail part comprises a pair of rails arranged in a way that they are separated from one another with an intermediate prescribed space, wherein each of a pair of rails has a plurality of insertion holes and a guide portion formed along a longitudinal direction, and wherein the sliding module is provided on each of both sides of the basket.

14. - The refrigerator according to claim 1, further characterized in that the basket comprises: a mounting boss configured to have the sliding module loaded; and a basket body configured to be releasably received in the mounting boss.

15. - The refrigerator according to claim 14, further characterized in that the mounting projection is formed of metal substance.

16. - The refrigerator according to claim 14, further characterized in that the basket body includes an insert part configured to be received in the mounting boss and a decorative part configured to be exposed externally and wherein a boundary between the insert part and the decorative part is stepped in such a way that a cross-sectional area of the decorative part is larger than that of the insertion part.

17. - The refrigerator according to claim 16, further characterized in that an outer circumference of the insert part adheres closely to an internal circumference of the mounting projection and the stepped limit is mounted to an upper surface of the mounting projection.

18. - The refrigerator according to claim 14, further characterized in that a hanging part configured to have the mounting projection loaded thereon is provided to each of both lateral sides of the rear side of the door and a projection part configured to fit in the hanging part is provided to each of both lateral sides of the mounting boss.