US 11,709,012 B2
Refrigerator
Chanbin Park, Suwon-si (KR); Yang-Yeol Gu, Suwon-si (KR); Jaejin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeonghyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,330.
Application 17/744,330 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,685, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,359,856.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0058414 (KR), filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268510 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05B 65/0042 (2013.01); F25D 23/025 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/71 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body including a storeroom;
first and second doors coupled to the main body to open or close the storeroom;
a pivot bar coupled to the first door, and movable between a first position between the first and second doors and a second position adjacent the first door, to reduce cold air leaks from the storeroom; and
a lock configured to lock the pivot bar in the second position when the pivot bar is in the second position, the lock comprising:
a first locking member coupled to at least one of the pivot bar and the first door and including a projection protruding from the first locking member, and
a second locking member coupled to at least the other of the pivot bar and the first door, the second locking member comprising a locking body rotationally coupled to at least one of the pivot bar and the first door and defining an exterior, and having a locking hole configured to receive the projection of the first locking member, and the locking hole being on a front of the locking body, and a locking body fixer being arranged on the back of the locking body which is rotationally coupled to the at least one of the pivot bar and the first door,
at least one of the pivot bar or the first door being provided with a first locking member installation part on which the first locking member is allowed to be installed,
at least another one of the pivot bar or the first door being provided with a second locking member installation part on which the second locking member is allowed to be installed,
at least a portion of the first locking member installation part being provided with a contact surface that is inclined to come in contact with the second locking member, and
the second locking member installation part including a rotation guide formed to be inclined to enable at least a portion of the second locking member to rotate.