US 12,169,093 B2
Refrigerator
Seok Jun Yoon, Daegu (KR); Young Jae Song, Gwangju (KR); Seung Yong Yang, Gwangju (KR); Sung Sik Moon, Gwangju (KR); Ho June Jeon, Yongin-si (KR); and Kyung Han Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/372,739.
Application 18/372,739 is a continuation of application No. 17/544,421, filed on Dec. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,808,513.
Application 17/544,421 is a continuation of application No. 16/895,586, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,226,151, issued on Jan. 18, 2022.
Application 16/895,586 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,609, filed on May 3, 2019, granted, now 10,690,394, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 16/402,609 is a continuation of application No. 15/957,108, filed on Apr. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,337,785, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Application 15/957,108 is a continuation of application No. 15/423,004, filed on Feb. 2, 2017, granted, now 9,982,936, issued on May 29, 2018.
Application 15/423,004 is a continuation of application No. 15/204,143, filed on Jul. 7, 2016, granted, now 9,631,857, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Application 15/204,143 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2015/000064, filed on Jan. 5, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0002011 (KR), filed on Jan. 7, 2014; and application No. 10-2014-0112110 (KR), filed on Aug. 27, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019195 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E06B 7/18 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E06B 7/18 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/02 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a body;
a storage compartment provided in the body and having a front side;
a first door including a rotating bar which is moveable between a parallel position and a perpendicular position;
a second door including a first magnet accommodated in a protruding portion provided on an upper rear side of the second door; and
a guide assembly provided at the body to guide the rotating bar, the guide assembly including:
a moveable member including a second magnet, the moveable member being configured to move in a first direction which is toward the front side of the storage compartment by a magnetic force between the first magnet and the second magnet as the second door is being opened and to move in a second direction which is away from the front side of the storage compartment by the protruding portion which pushes a contact portion of the moveable member while the second door is being closed,
a guide configured to move in the second direction as the moveable member moves in the first direction while the first door is closed so that the guide guides the rotating bar to the perpendicular position and to move in the first direction as the moveable member moves in the second direction while the first door is closed so that the guide guides the rotating bar to the parallel position, and
a base having an guide hole along which the moveable member moves in the first direction or the second direction.