US 12,410,967 B2
Door opening device and refrigerator having the same
Suhyeong Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Changgu Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunsung Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,390.
Application 17/968,390 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013538, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0185790 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204278 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01); E05F 11/54 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 25/025 (2013.01); E05B 17/0033 (2013.01); E05F 11/54 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/021 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body;
a storage room formed inside the main body and having an opening formed along a front side of the main body;
a drawer type door couplable with the main body and slideable along the storage room to open or close the opening of the storage room, the drawer type door including a door cap having a handle pocket; and
a door opening device connectable with a portion of the door cap, and configured to open the drawer type door,
wherein the door opening device includes:
a handle lever connectable with the door cap so as to be rotatable, and including:
a rotating and pressing portion, and
a grip portion exposed in the handle pocket in a direction facing a rear of the drawer type door, and configured to be pressed into the drawer type door to rotate the handle lever in a first rotation direction,
a transfer lever positioned behind the handle lever and rotatable by rotation of the handle lever, the transfer lever including a sliding surface inclined such that, when the handle lever is rotated in the first rotation direction, the rotating and pressing portion slides along the sliding surface to rotate the transfer lever in a second rotation direction that is opposite to the first rotation direction, and
a slider connectable with a rear portion of the transfer lever in such a way as to be linearly movable, and configured to linearly move toward a rear direction according to the rotation of the transfer lever in the second rotation direction to press the main body, and thereby open the drawer type door, and
wherein the handle lever includes:
a bracket of which a portion is exposed to the handle pocket,
a reinforcing member connectable with the bracket and configured to reinforce the bracket, and
a handle lever rotation shaft fixed to the reinforcing member and configured to enable the handle lever to be rotatably connectable with the door cap.