| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a refrigerator having a door pivoted to a cabinet through a hinge mechanism in which spilt liquid in the refrigerator has no effect on a switch and the thickness of a baffle plate can be designed freely by disposing a switch for detecting an open/close state of the door on the upper surface of the cabinet. SOLUTION: A door 12 has a door cap 24 fixed to the upper part, a recess 26 made at an end part, and a hole 30 for bearing a cylindrical rotary shaft hanging from the lower face at the forward end of an upper hinge member 14 made on one end side. A protrusion 32 is formed on the other side of the recess 26. The upper hinge member 14 for bearing the upper part of the door 12 is formed planarly and has upper surface being applied with a hinge cover 34. A switch 36 is fixed to the inside of the hinge cover 34 and provided with an actuator 38 corresponding to the protrusion 32 on the door 12 side. When the door 12 is closed the protrusion 32 pushes the actuator 38 to turn the switch 36 on, for example, thus detecting opening/closing of the door 12.
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