US 12,474,111 B2
Refrigerator
Sanggyun Lee, Seoul (KR); Younseok Lee, Seoul (KR); and Yongwon Dong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/020,057
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/009561
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/030835, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0099096 (KR), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304726 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01); E05F 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05F 1/1207 (2013.01); E05F 3/20 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/21 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/41 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet having a storage space;
a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet;
a door to open and close the storage space and rotatably coupled to a shaft provided at the hinge bracket; and
an auto closing device installed on the door at a position spaced apart from a rotational center line of the door and to interact with the hinge bracket,
wherein the auto closing device comprises:
a lever to rotate on a rotational center line spaced apart from the rotational center line of the door;
an elastic member connected to the lever and disposed at a position spaced apart from the rotational center line of the door; and
a body installed on the door to rotatably support the lever.