Patent
Refrigerator
| العنوان: | Refrigerator |
|---|---|
| Patent Number: | 4,790,146 |
| تاريخ النشر: | December 13, 1988 |
| Appl. No: | 07/000,995 |
| Application Filed: | January 07, 1987 |
| مستخلص: | A refrigerator is formed with a freezer compartment beneath a cold storage compartment for the purpose of adopting a single evaporator for two temperature compartment by disposing an evaporator between two compartments, further for operating a freezer compartment with a natural convection and a cold storage compartment with a forced circulation. Therefore a door of a freezer compartment is opened downwardly for the requirement of above facilities and a automatic ice making device which is settled on the shelf of an evaporator drops the ices into the ice pocket fixed to the door back during the door is closed. A door handle of ".andgate." shaped in section is adopted for use with downward opening door of a freezer compartment. |
| Inventors: | Mun, Im H. (Soowonsi, KRX); Young, Jang E. (Bangbae, KRX); Hun, Park J. (Soowonsi, KRX); Hwan, Suh M. (Ahnyansi, KRX) |
| Assignees: | Sam Sung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Maitan, KRX) |
| Claim: | What is claimed is |
| Claim: | 1. A refrigerator having a cold storage compartment and a freezer compartment located below the cold storage compartment, the freezer compartment being provided with a door which opens downwardly and closes upwardly, and said door being provided with a handle, wherein said door has lever means connected thereto, roller means being operatively associated with said lever means, guide rail means being provided on the interior of said freezer compartment and having a sliding surface which cooperates with said roller means, wherein the sliding surface of said guide rail means defines two connected arcs whose centers are displaced from each other, and pivot means connecting said door with said freezer compartment for permitting said door to be opened and closed by moving said roller means from one arc on the sliding surface to the other arc on the sliding surface and, wherein said pivot means comprises an axle pin on one of said door and freezer compartment and a female member with an oblong hole on the other of said door and freezer compartment to receive the axle pin such that one end of the oblong hole defines the center for one arc and another end of the oblong hole defines the center for the other arc so that the door can be opened and closed in a two-step action. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 62/441; 49/388; 312/328 |
| Current International Class: | F25D 1102 |
| Patent References Cited: | 1946496 February 1934 Kleist 2091584 August 1937 Brown 2381686 August 1945 Peltier 2676864 April 1954 Townsend 3005321 October 1961 Devery 3019619 February 1962 Hilliker 3098686 July 1963 Benoit 3292983 December 1966 Service 3602007 August 1971 Drieci 3788089 January 1974 Graves 4095439 January 1978 Linstromberg 4163344 August 1979 Scherer 4333588 June 1982 Schreck et al. |
| Primary Examiner: | Tapolcai, William E. |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Antonelli, Terry & Wands |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.04790146 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |