US 12,270,596 B2
Refrigerator
Seyeun Chang, Suwon-si (KR); Myoungjin Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Eun Heo, Suwon-si (KR); Sungjin Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Jisick Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,029.
Application 17/825,029 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006666, filed on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0102802 (KR), filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039876 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/062 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
an outer case to form an external appearance of the refrigerator;
an inner case arranged at an interior of the outer case to form a storage chamber having an opening, the inner case having a coupling hole;
a door to open or close the opening of the storage chamber;
a partition having:
a coupling protrusion to be inserted into the coupling hole to couple the partition to the inner case to partition the storage chamber to form a partition space within the storage chamber, the partition space has an opening;
a cover to open or close the opening of the partition space so that while the door is opened to open the storage chamber, the partition space is accessible by opening the cover; and
a damper mountable on the partition, and configured to reduce an opening speed of the cover while mounted on the partition; and
a cover guide which the cover is rotatably couplable to the cover guide, to guide a movement of the cover and limit a movement range of the cover, and having a coupling rib,
wherein the partition further includes a rib insertion groove into which the coupling rib of the cover guide is to be inserted and supported by the partition, the rib insertion groove formed by recessing from a portion of the partition.