Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100320890 | Refrigerator - The refrigerator includes a main body provided with a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, vertically divided from each other. a first storage compartment door and a second storage compartment door are vertically disposed so as to open and close the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment of the main body. an illumination unit is provided at least one of the lower end portion of the first storage compartment door and the upper portion of the second storage compartment. Also an input unit is provided to input operation data of the illumination unit. | 12-23-2010 |
20110001415 | Variable shelf and refrigerator having the same - A refrigerator has a variable shelf which may include a first partition shelf mounted to be pivotable about a rear end thereof, and a second partition shelf mounted to move relative to the first partition shelf and therefore protrude to a front of the first partition shelf. When the fist and second partition shelves are rotated about the rear end of the first partition shelf in a state where the second partition shelf is disposed at a lower part of the first partition shelf, it may be guaranteed a storage space even for item(s) higher than an interval between the shelves and wider than a front-to-rear width of the second partition shelf. | 01-06-2011 |
20110132025 | REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a refrigerator door having an improved configuration to prevent damage to a printed layer of a door front panel and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a door to open and close a storage compartment. The door includes a front panel on a rear surface of which a printed layer is formed, a door sash coupled to the front panel and having at least one opening, and a foamed material charged in a space defined by the front panel and the door sash. The front panel includes a release layer formed on a surface of the printed layer to correspond to the contour of the at least one opening. | 06-09-2011 |
20120037642 | Refrigerator - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a main body, an outer case forming an external appearance of the main body, an inner case disposed at the inside of the outer case and forming storage chambers, and a heat insulating member formed by filling a space between the outer case and the inner case with foaming resin, wherein the outer case includes a main frame obtained by bending a metal plate into a U shape and forming a lower surface and both side surfaces of the main body, and upper frames installed on the main frame and forming an upper surface of the main body, thereby easily forming main body hinge receipt parts to receive rear ends of upper hinge modules on the upper surface of the main body. | 02-16-2012 |
20120037644 | Refrigerator - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a main body provided with storage chambers, doors to open and close the storage chambers, and first door side frames, each of which forms one side surface of each door. Each door includes a handle groove stepped so as to be opened forward and sideward and provided on each first door side frame and a handle extended so as to cover the handle groove, and the handle is disposed so as to be substantially parallel with a front surface of each door, thereby providing unity to designs of the handle and the door. | 02-16-2012 |
20120038258 | Refrigerator - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a main body provided with storage chambers, doors to open and close the storage chambers, upper hinge modules to enable one side of the upper end of each door to be rotatably installed on the main body. Main body hinge receipt parts are depressed on the upper surface of the main body to embed rear ends of the upper hinge modules in the upper surface of the main body and door hinge receipt parts are depressed on the rear surfaces of the doors to receive front ends of the upper hinge modules, and thus the main body is located at a height corresponding to the height of the doors, thereby allowing the main body provided with the storage chambers having a wider volume to be used in the refrigerator having a designated height. | 02-16-2012 |
20120038259 | Refrigerator - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a main body provided with storage chambers, doors to open and close the storage chambers, and lower hinge modules to enable one side of the lower end of each door to be rotatably installed on the main body. The main body includes a main frame integrally forming a lower surface and both side surfaces of the main body and the rear ends of the lower hinge modules are installed on the outer lower surface of the main frame, and thus the thickness of the lower end of the main body is minimized, thereby maximizing the storage capacity of the main body having a designated height as far as a heat insulating ability is not lowered. | 02-16-2012 |
20120073317 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a compressor to compress refrigerant, a condenser to liquefy the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a capillary tube to decompress and expand the refrigerant supplied from the condenser, an evaporator to vaporize the refrigerant supplied from the capillary tube, a shutoff valve installed at an inlet of the capillary tube so as to prevent the refrigerant in the condenser during stoppage of the compressor from being moved to the evaporator, and a control unit to enable the shutoff valve to be blocked together so as to prevent movement of the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during stoppage of the compressor, and to enable the shutoff valve to be opened together so as to move the refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator during starting of the compressor. | 03-29-2012 |
20120180514 | DRAIN HOSE ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A refrigerator may include a drain hose assembly. The refrigerator includes an upper hose, a lower hose connected to the upper hose while being arranged in a machinery chamber, the lower hose being provided with an air inlet hole to introduce outside air, and an opening and closing unit provided at the lower hose to be upwardly pivoted by negative pressure in a storage chamber and to be downwardly pivoted by gravity, in order to open and close the air inlet hole, respectively. As a result, it may be possible to achieve an enhancement in energy efficiency and to reduce the force required to open door according to an improvement of sealing-tightness. | 07-19-2012 |
20130076222 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator provided with a door having the height thereof easily adjustable, the refrigerator including a hinge bracket configured to connect a body to a door of the refrigerator, a hinge shaft coupled to the hinge bracket so as to enable ascending and descending, and a door support on which a lower surface of the door is placed, wherein the hinge shaft includes a shaft adjusting part formed at an upper side of the hinge bracket to easily rotate the hinge shift. A user allows the hinge shaft and the door support by rotating the shaft adjusting part, thereby adjusting the door supported by the door support. | 03-28-2013 |