U.S. patent application number 10/819273 was filed with the patent office on 2004-11-11 for built-in storage device.
This patent application is currently assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Jung, Do-won, Park, Sung-il.
Application Number | 20040222725 10/819273 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 33028859 |
Filed Date | 2004-11-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040222725 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Park, Sung-il ; et
al. |
November 11, 2004 |
Built-in storage device
Abstract
A built-in storage device having a main body accommodated in a
cabinet, the main body having a storage compartment and a door
opening and closing the storage compartment, the built-in storage
device also having: a cover part disposed on an exterior of the
door; a cover bracket combined to the cover part; a door bracket
having a first door bracket combined to the door and a second door
bracket extended from the first door bracket and combined to the
cover bracket; and a first combining unit combining the cover
bracket and the second door bracket, to control a distance between
the cover bracket and the door bracket. With this configuration,
the present invention provides a built-in storage device which can
control the distance between the door and the cover part to open
and close a storage compartment of a main body.
Inventors: |
Park, Sung-il; (Kwangju
City, KR) ; Jung, Do-won; (Kwangju City, KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
STAAS & HALSEY LLP
SUITE 700
1201 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON
DC
20005
US
|
Assignee: |
Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd.
Suwon-si
KR
|
Family ID: |
33028859 |
Appl. No.: |
10/819273 |
Filed: |
April 7, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/405 ;
312/204 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F25D 23/10 20130101;
F25D 2323/024 20130101; E05Y 2900/31 20130101; A47B 77/08 20130101;
F25D 23/028 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/405 ;
312/204 |
International
Class: |
A47B 096/04 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 10, 2003 |
KR |
2003-29578 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A built-in storage device having a main body accommodated in a
cabinet, the main body having a storage compartment and a door
opening and closing the storage compartment, the built-in storage
device comprising: a cover part disposed on an exterior of the
door; a cover bracket combined to the cover part; a door bracket
having a first door bracket combined to the door and a second door
bracket extended from the first door bracket and combined to the
cover bracket; and a first combining unit combining the cover
bracket and the second door bracket, to control a distance between
the cover bracket and the second door bracket.
2. The built-in storage device according to claim 1, wherein: the
first combining unit comprises, a first control screw engaged with
the second door bracket, and having an edge in contact with the
cover bracket, to control the distance between the cover bracket
and the second door bracket; and a second control screw penetrating
a first through hole positioned in the second door bracket, and
combining the second door bracket to the cover bracket.
3. The built-in storage device according to claim 2, wherein: the
first through hole of the second door bracket is larger than a
thread part of the second control screw.
4. The built-in storage device according to claim 2, wherein: the
first door bracket is disposed on an edge of the door; and the
second door bracket is extended plurally from the first door
bracket in parallel with a plane of the cover bracket.
5. The built-in storage device according to claim 1, wherein: the
cover bracket comprises a first cover bracket combined to the cover
part and a second cover bracket extended from the first cover
bracket toward the door; and the built-in storage device further
comprises a second combining unit combining the first door bracket
and the second cover bracket, to control a distance between the
first door bracket and the second cover bracket.
6. The built-in storage device according to claim 5, wherein the
second combining unit comprises: a control screw combined to the
first door bracket and penetrating a through hole positioned in the
second cover bracket; and a nut combined with the control screw
passing through the through hole.
7. The built-in storage device according to claim 6, wherein: the
through hole of the second cover bracket is larger than a thread
part of the control screw.
8. The built-in storage device according to claim 7, wherein: the
second combining unit further comprises an auxiliary nut engaged
with the combining unit opposite to the nut, interposing the second
cover bracket in between.
9. The built-in storage device according to claim 1, further
comprising: a door bracket cover combined to the cover bracket and
the door bracket.
10. The built-in storage device according to claim 9, wherein: the
door bracket cover has a first side supported by the cover bracket
and a second side supported by the door bracket, to move the door
bracket relative to the cover bracket.
11. The built-in storage device according to claim 5, wherein the
door bracket is combined with a first edge of the door and further
comprises at least one supporting bracket combining a second edge,
opposite to the first edge of the door, and the cover part.
12. The built-in storage device according to claim 11, wherein the
supporting bracket comprises: a first supporting bracket combined
to the covering part; and a second supporting bracket extended from
the first supporting bracket and combined to the second edge of the
door.
13. The built-in storage device according to claim 12, further
comprising: a third combining unit combining the door and the
second supporting bracket, to control a distance between the door
and the second supporting bracket.
14. The built-in storage device according to claim 13, wherein the
third combining unit comprises: a control screw engaged with the
door, and passing through a first through hole positioned in the
second supporting bracket.
15. The built-in storage device according to claim 14, wherein: the
first through hole of the second supporting bracket is larger than
a thread of the control screw.
16. The built-in storage device according to claim 14, further
comprising: a supporting bracket cover combined with the supporting
bracket.
17. The built-in storage device according to claim 16, wherein the
supporting bracket cover comprises: a cover base disposed between
the supporting bracket and the cover part; and a rotating cover
body rotatably connected to the cover base and covering an outer
surface of the supporting bracket.
18. The built-in storage device according to claim 17, wherein the
supporting bracket cover further comprises: a film hinge rotatably
connecting the cover base and the rotating cover body.
19. The built-in storage device according to claim 17, wherein the
rotating cover body has a second through hole, through which the
third combining unit passes.
20. A storage device, comprising: a cabinet having a containing
part and an opening; a refrigerator, having a main body with a
storage compartment therein, installed in the containing part; a
door, opening and closing the storage compartment a cover part,
opening and closing the opening of the cabinet; a hinge part,
movably connecting one of the door to the main body and the cover
part to the cabinet; and a mounting device, adjustably connecting
the door and the cover part to be movable relative to each other,
to adjust the opening and closing of one of the storage compartment
and the opening of the cabinet.
21. The storage device according to claim 20, wherein the mounting
device comprises: a cover bracket connected to the cover part; and
a door bracket connected to the door, wherein the cover bracket and
the door bracket are adjustably connected.
22. The storage device according to claim 21, wherein: the door
bracket comprises a first door bracket connected to the door, and a
second door bracket, extending approximately perpendicularly from
the first door bracket; the cover bracket comprises a first cover
bracket connected to the cover part, and a second cover bracket,
extending approximately perpendicularly from the first cover
bracket; and the storage device further comprises a first combining
unit adjustably connecting the second door bracket and the first
cover bracket, and a second combining unit adjustably connecting
the first door bracket and the second cover bracket.
23. The storage device according to claim 22, wherein: the second
door bracket has a first through hole and a first screwing hole;
the first cover bracket has a second screwing hole; the first
combining unit comprises a first control screw, with threads
passing through and engaging the first screwing hole, and a first
end contacting the first cover bracket, a second control screw,
with threads passing through the first through hole and engaging
the second screwing hole, and a first end contacting the second
door bracket; the second cover bracket has a second through hole;
and the second combining unit comprises a third control screw,
extending from the first door bracket and passing through the
second through hole, a nut engaging the third control screw on a
first side of the second cover bracket, and an auxiliary nut
engaging the third control screw on a second side of the second
cover bracket.
24. The storage device according to claim 23, wherein: the first
end of the second control screw is larger than the first through
hole; and the nut and the auxiliary nut are larger than the second
through hole.
25. The storage device according to claim 21, wherein the mounting
device further comprises: a supporting bracket, provided at an edge
of the door opposite to the door bracket, connected to the cover
part, and adjustably connected to the door.
26. The storage device according to claim 25, wherein the
supporting bracket comprises: a first supporting bracket connected
to the cover part; and a second supporting bracket, extending
approximately perpendicularly from the first supporting bracket and
having a first through hole, through which threads of a control
screw pass and adjustably connect to the door.
27. The storage device according to claim 22, further comprising: a
door bracket cover, connected to the cover bracket and the door
bracket, and covering the cover bracket and the door bracket.
28. The storage device according to claim 27, wherein: a first side
of the door bracket cover is connected to the door bracket, and a
second side of the door bracket cover is connected to the cover
bracket, thereby allowing the door bracket to move with respect to
the cover bracket.
29. The storage device according to claim 21, further comprising: a
door bracket cover, with first and second supporting parts,
covering the cover bracket and the door bracket, wherein a first
supporting plate extends from the first cover bracket, a second
supporting plate is disposed at an end of the first door bracket,
and the first supporting plate supports the first supporting part,
and the second supporting plate supports the second supporting
part, thereby allowing the door bracket to move with respect to the
cover bracket.
30. The storage device according to claim 26, further comprising: a
supporting bracket cover covering the supporting bracket.
31. The storage device according to claim 30, wherein the
supporting bracket cover comprises: a cover base, disposed between
the supporting bracket and the cover part; a rotating cover body,
covering the supporting bracket and having a second through hole,
through which the threads of the control screw pass and adjustably
connect to the door, and; a film hinge rotatably connecting the
cover base and the rotating cover body.
32. The storage device according to claim 31, wherein: a hook is
disposed on one of the cover base and the rotating cover body; and
a hook holder, to which the hook combines to close the supporting
bracket cover, is disposed on the remaining one of the cover base
and the rotating cover body.
33. A mounting device, adjustably connecting a door and a door
cover, comprising: a cover bracket, connected to the cover; and a
door bracket connected to the door, and adjustably connected to the
cover bracket, to move the cover bracket in three orthogonal
directions relative to the door bracket.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent
Application No. 2003-29578, filed May 10, 2003, in the Korean
Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is
incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to a built-in storage device,
more particularly, built-in storage device having an improved
combination structure of a door and a cover part disposed in front
of the door.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] An example of a storage device is: a refrigerator, a kimchi
refrigerator, a vegetable storage, and so forth. These apparatuses
generally comprise a main body having a storage space containing
foods and keeping them, and a door opening and closing the storage
space.
[0006] A storage device has been developed, that is usually placed
in a cabinet to occupy a predetermined space, to optimize the space
in harmony with surrounding furniture in a kitchen or such places,
and is herein called a built-in storage device.
[0007] The built-in storage device accommodated in the cabinet also
comprises a cover part disposed in front of a door of the built-in
storage device, to be in harmony with surrounding furniture.
[0008] A conventional built-in storage device having a door
accommodating a cover part is disclosed in Japanese Patent
Publication No.1996-2941107, which is titled "A Refrigerator for a
System Kitchen."
[0009] FIG. 1 illustrates such a conventional refrigerator. As
illustrated in this figure, the conventional refrigerator includes
a main body 11, doors 12 and 13, respectively opening and closing
front open areas, a doorframe 14 disposed around the doors 12 and
13, and a cover part 17 engaged in the door frame 14 in front of
the door.
[0010] The cover part 17 is accommodated into a side opening of the
doorframe 14, and is then supported by the doorframe 14.
[0011] But the cover part 17 in the conventional refrigerator can
be only detachably combined with the doorframe 14 so that a space
between the cover part 17 and the door cannot likely be changed.
Thus, it is difficult to control a step between a front opening
part of the cabinet and the cover part 17. And the doorframe 14
supporting the cover part 17 is exposed outside cabinet, thereby
making the refrigerator look rough and disrupting room harmony.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0012] Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to
provide a built-in storage device that is capable of controlling a
space between a door and a cover part, and providing a fine
appearance.
[0013] Additional aspects and/or advantages of the invention will
be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part,
will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice
of the invention.
[0014] The forgoing and/or other aspects of the present invention
are achieved by providing a built-in storage device having a main
body accommodated in a cabinet, the main body having a storage
compartment and a door opening and closing the storage compartment,
the built-in storage device comprising: a cover part disposed on an
exterior of the door; a cover bracket combined to the cover part; a
door bracket having a first door bracket combined to the door and a
second door bracket extended from the first door bracket and
combined to the cover bracket; and a first combining unit combining
the cover bracket and the second door bracket, to control a
distance between the cover bracket and the second door bracket.
[0015] According to an aspect of the invention, the first combining
unit comprises: a first control screw engaged with the second door
bracket, and having an edge in contact with the cover bracket, to
control the distance between the cover bracket and the second door
bracket; and a second control screw penetrating a first through
hole positioned in the second door bracket, and combining the
second door bracket to the cover bracket.
[0016] According to an aspect of the invention, the first through
hole of the second door bracket is larger in diameter than a thread
part of the second control screw.
[0017] According to an aspect of the invention, the first door
bracket is disposed on an edge of the door, and the second door
bracket is extended plurally from the first door bracket in
parallel with a plane of the cover bracket.
[0018] According to an aspect of the invention, the cover bracket
comprises a first cover bracket combined to the cover part and a
second cover bracket extended from the first cover bracket toward
the door, and the built-in storage device further comprises a
second combining unit combining the first door bracket and the
second cover bracket, to control a distance between the first door
bracket and the second cover bracket.
[0019] According to an aspect of the invention, the second
combining unit comprises: a control screw combined to the first
door bracket and penetrating a through hole positioned in the
second cover bracket; and a nut combined with the control screw
passing through the through hole.
[0020] According to an aspect of the invention, the through hole of
the second cover bracket is larger than in diameter than a thread
part of the control screw.
[0021] According to an aspect of the invention, the second
combining unit further comprises an auxiliary nut engaged with the
combining unit opposite to the nut, interposing the second cover
bracket in between.
[0022] According to an aspect of the invention, the built-in
storage further comprises a door bracket cover combined to the
cover bracket and the door bracket.
[0023] According to an aspect of the invention, the door bracket
cover has a first side supported by the cover bracket and a second
side supported by the door bracket, to move the door bracket
relative to the cover bracket.
[0024] According to an aspect of the invention, the door bracket is
combined with a first edge of the door and further comprises at
least one supporting bracket combining a second edge, opposite to
the first edge of the door, and the cover part.
[0025] According to an aspect of the invention, the supporting
bracket includes a first supporting bracket combined to the cover
part, and a second supporting bracket extended from the first
supporting bracket and combined to the second edge of the door.
[0026] According to an aspect of the invention, the built-in
storage device further comprises a third combining unit combining
the door and the second supporting bracket, to control a distance
between the door and the second supporting bracket.
[0027] According to an aspect of the invention, the third combining
unit includes a control screw engaged with the door, and passing
through a first through hole positioned in the second supporting
bracket.
[0028] According to an aspect of the invention, the first through
hole of the second supporting bracket is larger in diameter than a
thread of the control screw.
[0029] According to an aspect of the invention, the built-in
storage further comprises a supporting bracket cover combined with
the supporting bracket.
[0030] According to an aspect of the invention, the supporting
bracket cover comprises a cover base disposed between the
supporting bracket and the cover part, and a rotating cover body
rotatably connected to the cover base and covering an outer surface
of the supporting bracket.
[0031] According to an aspect of the invention, the supporting
bracket cover further comprises a film hinge rotatably connecting
the cover base and the rotating cover body.
[0032] According to an aspect of the invention, the rotating cover
body has a second through hole, through which the third combining
unit passes.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0033] These and/or other aspects and advantages of the present
invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from
the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction
with the accompany drawings, of which:
[0034] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional built-in
refrigerator;
[0035] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a built-in storage
device according to a first embodiment of the present invention,
and a cabinet;
[0036] FIG. 3 is a combined perspective view of a door and a cover
part of the built-in storage device of FIG. 2;
[0037] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a door bracket of
the built-in storage device of FIG. 2;
[0038] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a supporting
bracket of the built-in storage device FIG. 2;
[0039] FIGS. 6 to 8B illustrate combination locations of the door
relative to a cover part of the built-in storage device of FIG.
2.
[0040] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a door bracket cover engaged
to the door bracket of the built-in storage device of FIG. 2;
[0041] FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the door bracket
cover of the built-in storage device in FIG. 2;
[0042] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the supporting bracket
covered by a supporting bracket cover in the built-in storage
device of FIG. 2;
[0043] FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the supporting
bracket cover of the built-in storage device of FIG. 2;
[0044] FIG. 13 is a combined perspective view of a door and a cover
part of a built-in storage device according to a second embodiment
of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0045] Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of
the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to
like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below to
explain the present invention by referring to the figures.
[0046] As is illustrated in FIG. 2, a built-in storage device 100
according to the present invention, for example, a refrigerator 100
is accommodated a cabinet 200.
[0047] The cabinet 200 comprises a containing part 201, having a
space to accommodate the refrigerator 100, and a cabinet opening
203 provided at a front side of the containing part 201.
[0048] As is shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the built-in refrigerator 100
comprises: a main body 101 accommodated in the containing part 201
of the cabinet 200, having a storage compartment 103 for food; a
door 105 opening and closing the storage compartment 103 in the
main body 101; a cover part 110 disposed in front of the door 105;
a cover bracket 111 combined to the cover part 110; a door bracket
120 combining the door 105 and the cover bracket 111; and a first
combining unit 130 connecting the cover bracket 111 and the door
bracket 120, to adjust a space between the cover part 110 and the
door 105.
[0049] The door 105 is combined to a backside of the cover part
110, and according to one aspect, is provided plurally,
corresponding to the number of storage compartments 103 in the main
body 101.
[0050] A hinge part 205 rotatably connects the cover part 110 to a
side of the cabinet 200. Therefore the door 105 combined to the
backside of the cover part 110 opens and closes the storage
compartment 103 of the main body 101 when the cover part 110 opens
and closes the cabinet opening 203 of the cabinet 200.
[0051] The door bracket 120 comprises a first door bracket 121
combined to the door 105, and a second door bracket 123 extended
from the first door bracket 121, combined to the cover bracket
111.
[0052] The first door bracket 121 is plate-shaped, disposed along a
top edge 106 of the door 105, and combined to the top edge 106 by
screws 126.
[0053] According to one aspect, the second door bracket 123 forms a
pair, that extends from the first door bracket 121 in parallel with
a plane of the cover bracket 111, and is combined to the cover
bracket 111 by the first combining unit 130. According to one
aspect, each of the second brackets 123 has a first screwing hole
124 engaged by a first control screw 131 of the first combining
unit 130, and a first through hole 125, through which a second
control screw 133 of the first combining unit 130 passes.
[0054] According to one aspect, a diameter of the first through
hole 125 is bigger than a thread of the second control screw 133,
to make the door bracket 120 movable therein, but is smaller than a
head of the second control screw 133, to prevent the head of the
second control screw 133 from passing therethrough.
[0055] Engaged with the second door bracket 123, the first
combining unit 130 combines the cover bracket 111 and the second
door bracket 123, and controls a distance between the cover bracket
111 and the second door bracket 123. The first control screw 131
controls the distance between the cover bracket 111 and the second
door bracket 123, having a leading end in contact with the cover
bracket 111; and the second control screw 133 penetrates the first
penetrating hole 125 of the second door bracket 123, combining the
second door bracket 123 to the cover bracket 111.
[0056] The first control screw 131 comprises a thread part engaging
the first screwing hole 124 of the second door bracket 123, and a
head part positioned at one end of the thread part. The leading
end, positioned at an opposite end of the thread part of the first
control screw 131, contacts a side of a first cover bracket 113 of
the cover bracket 111. By turning the first control screw 131,
therefore, the distance between the cover bracket 111 and the
second door bracket 123 is controlled.
[0057] The second control screw 133, with a shape similar to the
first control screw 131, engages the second screwing hole 114,
disposed in the first cover bracket 113 of the cover bracket 111,
while penetrating the first penetrating hole 125. By turning the
second control screw 131, the cover bracket 111 is combined to the
second door bracket 123.
[0058] The cover bracket 111 has the first cover bracket 113, which
is combined to a backside of the cover part 110, and a second cover
bracket 115 extended from the first cover bracket 113 toward the
door 105. According to one aspect of the first embodiment of the
present invention, the built-in refrigerator 100 further comprises
a second combining unit 140 combining the first door bracket 121
and the second cover bracket 115, to control the distance between
the first door bracket 121 and the second cover bracket 115.
According to one aspect, the second combining unit 140 forms a
pair.
[0059] The first cover bracket 113 is a long plate, is screwed to
the backside of the cover part 110, and has the second screwing
hole 114 to engage the second control screw 133.
[0060] According to one aspect, the second cover bracket 115 forms
a pair, extending toward the door 105, from the first cover
bracket. Each of the second cover brackets 115 has a second through
hole 117, through which third control screws 141 of the respective
second combining units 140 pass.
[0061] According to one aspect, a diameter of the second through
hole 117 is bigger than a thread of the third control screw 141, to
make the door bracket 120 movable therein, but is smaller than that
of a nut 143 and that of an auxiliary nut 145 of the second
combining unit 140, to prevent the nut 143 and the auxiliary nut
145 from passing therethrough.
[0062] Each of the second combining units 140 comprises: the third
control screw 141, which is combined to the respective second cover
bracket 115, penetrating the second through hole 117 of the second
cover bracket 115; and the nut 143 and the auxiliary nut 145, which
engage the third control screw 141.
[0063] A head of the third control screw 141 is attached to a side
of the first door bracket 121, and the thread penetrates the second
through hole 117 of the second cover bracket 115.
[0064] The nut 143 engages the thread of the third control screw
141 that penetrates the second through hole 117 of the cover
bracket 115, and combines the second cover bracket 115 and the
first door bracket 121, thereby controlling the distance between
the second cover bracket 115 and the first door bracket 121.
[0065] Prior to penetrating the second through hole 117 and
engaging the nut 143, the third control screw 141 engages the
auxiliary nut 145. Thus, after the auxiliary nut 145 engages the
third control screw 141, the third control screw 141 penetrates the
second through hole 117, and the nut 143 engages the third control
screw 141, the auxiliary nut 145 and the nut 143 oppose each other
on opposite sides of the second cover bracket 115, to maintain a
predetermined distance between the second cover bracket 115 and the
first door bracket 121.
[0066] The built-in refrigerator 100 according to the first
embodiment of the present invention comprises the door bracket 120
on the top edge 106 of the door 105, and further comprises: at
least one supporting bracket 150 combining a bottom edge 107 of the
door 105 and the cover part 110; and a third combining unit (to be
described later) combining the door 105 and the supporting bracket
150 so as to control a distance between the door 105 and the
supporting bracket 150. In one embodiment, the supporting bracket
150 is disposed on the top edge 106 of the door 105, and the door
bracket 120 is disposed on the bottom edge 107 of the door 105.
[0067] As is shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the supporting bracket 150
includes a first supporting bracket 151 combined to the cover part
110, and a second supporting bracket 153 extended from the first
supporting bracket 151 and combined to the bottom edge 107 of the
door 105. According to one aspect, the supporting bracket 150 is
disposed on the bottom edge 107 of the door 105 in a pair.
[0068] According to one aspect, the first supporting bracket 151 is
combined to the backside of the cover part 110 by screws 154.
[0069] According to one aspect, the second supporting bracket 153
is bent from the first supporting bracket 151, and is parallel with
the bottom edge 107 of the door 105, and has a third through hole
155, through which a fourth control screw 161 passes, thereby
defining the third combining unit.
[0070] According to one aspect, a diameter of the third penetrating
hole 155 is bigger than a thread of the fourth control screw 161,
to make the fourth control screw 161 movable within a predetermined
distance, but is smaller than a head of the fourth control screw
161 to prevent the head of the fourth control screw 161 from
passing through the third penetrating hole 155.
[0071] The third combining unit combines the door 105 and the
second supporting bracket 153, and controls the distance between
the door 105 and the second supporting bracket 153. The third
combining unit is the fourth control screw 161, which is screwed to
the bottom edge 107 of the door 105, penetrating the third through
hole 155 of the second supporting bracket 153. Therefore, the
supporting bracket 150 and the third combining unit 161 support the
bottom edge 107 of the door 105, making the bottom edge 107 of the
door movable within the predetermined distance from the cover part
110.
[0072] With this configuration, a combination and a control process
of positioning the cover part 110 with respect to the door 105 of
the built-in refrigerator 100, according to the first embodiment of
the present invention, are described as follows, with reference to
FIGS. 2-8B.
[0073] At first, the containing part 201 of the cabinet 200
accommodates the main body 101 of the built-in refrigerator 100.
Then, the cover bracket 111 is screwed to the backside of the cover
part 110, which is installed on the door 105 corresponding to the
storage compartment 103 of the main body 101. The top edge 106 of
the door 105 and the first door bracket 121 of the door bracket 120
are combined with the screws 126. Thereafter, the first combining
unit 130 combines the cover bracket 111 and the door bracket
120.
[0074] To combine the cover bracket 111 and the door bracket 120,
the first control screw 131 is screwed to the first screwing hole
124 of the second door bracket 123 until the end of the first
control screw 131 reaches the first cover bracket 113. The second
control screw 133 passes through the first through hole 125 of the
second door bracket 123, and is then screwed to the second screwing
hole 114 of the first cover bracket 113. At this point, the
distance between the second door bracket 123 and the first cover
bracket 113 can be controlled by rotation of the first control
screw 131 and the second control screw 133 (the first combining
unit 130). That is, to increase the distance between the second
door bracket 123 and the first cover bracket 113, the first control
screw 131 is advanced toward the first cover bracket 113, while
loosening the second control screw 133. Contrarily, to decrease the
distance between the second door bracket 123 and the first cover
bracket 113, the first control screw 131 is loosened, while
advancing the second control screw 133 toward the first cover
bracket 113 (refer to FIG. 6).
[0075] Thus, the distance between the second door bracket 123 and
the first cover bracket 113 is easily controlled, so that the
storage compartment 103 of the main body 101 can be opened and
closed, properly.
[0076] The second cover bracket 115 of the cover bracket 111 and
the first door bracket 121 of the door bracket 120 are combined by
means of the second combining unit 140. The combination process
with the second combining unit 140 is performed such that the third
control screw 141 of the first door bracket 121 is engaged with the
auxiliary nut 145, and then penetrates the second through hole 117
of the second cover bracket 115. Thereafter, the nut 143 engages
the third control screw 141, and then the auxiliary nut 145 and the
nut 143 are fastened until they reach the second cover bracket 115.
At this point, the distance between the first door bracket 121 and
the second cover bracket 115 can be controlled by means of the nut
143 and the auxiliary nut 145. That is, to increase the distance
between the first door bracket 121 and the second cover bracket
115, the auxiliary nut 145 and the nut 143 are rotated such that
the first door bracket 121 is moved away from the second cover
bracket 115. Contrarily, to decrease the distance between the first
door bracket 121 and the second cover bracket 115, the auxiliary
nut 145 and the nut 143 are rotated such that the first door
bracket 121 is moved toward the second cover bracket 115 (refer to
FIGS. 7A and 7B).
[0077] Thus, the second combining unit 130 enables the storage
compartment 103 of the main body 101 to be suitably opened and
closed by moving the door 105 up and down, relative to the cover
part 110.
[0078] The door bracket 120 and the second door bracket 123 can be
moved relative to the cover bracket 111, because the diameter of
the first through hole 125 is bigger than the of the second control
screw 133, and the second through hole 117 of the second cover
bracket 115 is bigger than the thread of the third control screw
141. Hence, the door bracket 120 can be moved right and left,
relative to the cover bracket 111, by virtue of the first through
hole 125 and the second through hole 117, as described above (refer
to FIGS. 8A and 8B).
[0079] Thus, the first through hole 125 and the second through hole
117 enable the storage compartment 103 of the main body 101 to be
properly opened and closed by moving the door 105 right and left
relative to the cover part 110.
[0080] Because the third through hole 155 of the supporting bracket
150 is larger in diameter than the thread of the fourth control
screw 161, the bottom edge 107 of door 105 is movable relative to
the cover part 110.
[0081] Thus, the supporting bracket 150 and the fourth control
screw 161 enable the bottom edge 107 of the door 105 to be movably
supported relative to the cover part 110.
[0082] As is illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10, according to one
aspect, the built-in refrigerator 100 further comprises a door
bracket cover 170 combined with the cover bracket 111 and the door
bracket 120.
[0083] The door bracket cover 170 is supported by the cover bracket
111 at one side thereof, and is supported by the door bracket 120
at the other side thereof, to allow the door bracket 120 to be
movable within a predetermined distance relative to the cover
bracket 111. The door bracket cover 170 has a first supporting part
171 supported by a first supporting plate 118, extended from the
first cover bracket 113; and a second supporting part 173 supported
by a second supporting plate 127 disposed on both end sides of the
first door bracket 121.
[0084] Thus, the door bracket cover 170 covers the door bracket 121
and the cover bracket 111, thereby preventing these two brackets
121 and 111 from being exposed outside as the door 105 is opened
and closed, in other words, as the bracket 121 moves relative to
the cover bracket 111. Hence the door bracket 170 cover improves
the appearance.
[0085] As is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, according to one aspect, the
built-in refrigerator 100 further comprises a supporting bracket
cover 180 combined with the supporting bracket 150.
[0086] The supporting bracket cover 180 includes a cover base 181
disposed between the supporting bracket 150 and the cover part 110;
and a rotating cover body 183 rotatably combined to the cover base
181, and covering the supporting bracket 150.
[0087] According to one aspect, a film hinge 187 connects the
rotating cover body 183 and the cover base 181, so that the
rotating cover body 183 can rotatably combined to the cover base
181. A hook 185 disposed on the rotating cover body 183, and a hook
holder 182 disposed on the cover base 181 accommodating the hook
185, are provided for the combination of the cover base 181 and the
rotating cover body 183. According to one aspect, the rotating
cover body 183 comprises a fourth through hole 184, so that the
thread of the fourth control screw 161 can pass through the through
hole 184 after the rotating cover body 183 is combined to the cover
base 181.
[0088] Therefore, the supporting bracket cover 180 covers the
supporting bracket 150, thereby preventing the supporting bracket
150 from being exposed outside, and improving the appearance. Also,
according to one aspect, the fourth control screw 161 can pass
through the fourth through hole 184 with ease, without separating
the rotating cover body 183 from the cover base 181.
[0089] FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the door 105 and the cover
part 110 of the built-in refrigerator 100 according to a second
embodiment of the present invention.
[0090] As FIG. 13 illustrates, the door bracket 120 is disposed on
the top edge 106 and the bottom edge 107 of the door 105. That is,
rather than the supporting bracket 150 of the first embodiment, the
door bracket 120 is disposed on the bottom edge 107 of the door
105, instead.
[0091] Though the door bracket 120 and the supporting bracket 150
are combined to the top edge 106 of the door 105 and the bottom
edge 107 of the door 105 respectively in the above-described
embodiments, according to one embodiment, the door bracket 120 and
the supporting bracket 150 are combined to side edges of the door
105.
[0092] As is described above, according to the present invention,
the built-in refrigerator 100 can control the distance between the
door 105 and the cover part 100, to open and/or close the storage
compartment 103 of the main body 101.
[0093] In addition, the door 105 can be moved up and down by the
second combining unit 140 and right and left by the first and the
second through holes 125 and 117, relative to the cover part
110.
[0094] Also, the door bracket cover 170 and the supporting bracket
cover 180 provide a fine appearance.
[0095] Although a few embodiments of the present invention have
been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled
in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without
departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the
scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.
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