Refrigerator

摘要

A refrigerator in which a rotating bar installed to one of a pair of doors is rotated when the other door is opened or closed. The refrigerator includes a rotating bar to seal a gap between doors, and a guide device to guide rotation of the rotating bar. The guide device includes a base having a receptacle, a rotating unit mounted in the receptacle and rotated by a rotating shaft, a ramp structure fixed in the receptacle and having a ramp, a linkage unit linearly movably secured to the rotating unit and connected to the rotating bar so as to be linearly moved on the ramp and rotated along with the rotating unit about the rotating shaft, and an elastic unit supported by the rotating unit and adapted to transmit elastic force to the linkage unit to allow the linkage unit to move on the ramp.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body; a storage compartment defined within the main body and having an open front side; a door including a first door and a second door rotatably coupled to the main body respectively so as to open or close the open front side of the storage compartment, the second door having a protrusion formed at an upper end of a rear surface thereof; a rotating bar rotatably coupled to the first door and having a guide groove formed in the top thereof; and a guide device provided at the main body to guide rotation of the rotating bar, wherein the guide device includes
a rotating unit configured to be rotated by a rotating shaft;a linkage unit linearly movably secured to the rotating unit and connected to the rotating bar, the linkage unit being rotated along with the rotating unit about the rotating shaft so as to rotate the rotating bar; andan elastic unit supported by the rotating unit and adapted to allow the linkage unit to be linearly moved and rotated by transmitting elastic force to the linkage unit,wherein if the protrusion rotates the rotating unit as the second door is closed, the rotating bar is rotated by the linkage unit that is rotated along with the rotating unit, thereby sealing a gap between the first door and the second door, andwherein if the second door is opened, the rotating bar is rotated as the linkage unit is linearly moved and rotated by elastic force of the elastic unit, thereby releasing sealing of the gap.