Refrigerator

摘要

Provided is a refrigerator having only a second door opened/closed or having both of a first door and a second door opened/closed using one handing by allowing a latch device to fix the second door to the first door or release the second door from being fixed to the first door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein, a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open/close the opening, a handle coupled to a front side of the second door to open/close the first door and the second door, and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed and released to/from the first door.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage compartment; a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and has an opening formed therein; a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door to open and close the opening; a handle coupled to the second door and configured to open and close the first door and the second door; and a latch device allowing the second door to be fixed to and released from the first door, wherein the latch device comprises:
a fixing unit provided on the first door and including a protrusion;a support accommodated in a rear side of the handle; anda handle lever rotatably coupled to the support by a rotation shaft, and including a first handle lever and a second handle lever, the handle lever being configured so that the first handle lever is rotatable backward from a perspective of the refrigerator about the rotation shaft to cause the second handle lever to rotate upward to be hung with the protrusion, and so that the first handle lever is rotatable forward from the perspective of the refrigerator about the rotation shaft without passing through a front side of the handle to cause the second handle lever to rotate downward to be released from the protrusion, wherein the rotation of the first handle lever forward from the perspective of the refrigerator indicates that the first handle lever rotates away the main body, to thereby rotate in a forward direction, the rotation of the first handle lever backward from the perspective of the refrigerator indicates that the first handle lever rotates toward from the main body, to thereby rotate in a backward direction, the handle is provided at the rear side thereof with a support accommodation portion in which the support is accommodated, and the support comprises:
a housing coupled to the support accommodation portion while accommodated in the support accommodation portion, and having a rear side that is open, anda rear cover coupled to the open rear side of the housing.