| US 7,555,910 B2 | ||
| Refrigerator | ||
| Seung Jin Oh, Daegu (Korea, Republic of); Ik Kyu Lee, Changwon (Korea, Republic of); Chan Kyoo Jang, Changwon (Korea, Republic of); and Ki Cheol Woo, Masan (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/578,709 PCT Filed Nov. 12, 2004, PCT No. PCT/KR2004/002925 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 10, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/047786, PCT Pub. Date May 26, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0080766 (KR), filed on Nov. 14, 2003; application No. 10-2003-0080768 (KR), filed on Nov. 14, 2003; application No. 10-2003-0082389 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2003; application No. 10-2003-0088234 (KR), filed on Dec. 05, 2003; application No. 10-2003-0088243 (KR), filed on Dec. 05, 2003; application No. 10-2003-0090402 (KR), filed on Dec. 11, 2003; and application No. 10-2003-0090404 (KR), filed on Dec. 11, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0086151 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25B 49/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—126 [62/129; 62/331; 248/917] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a seating space including an open front face provided at one side of a door;
a communication pad detachably seated in the seating space;
a pair of clamps provided at upper and lower ends of the seating space, the clamps rotating pivotably in forward and backward
directions and supporting the communication pad in the seating space by enclosing upper and lower ends of the communication
pad; and
a pair of hinge assemblies that fix the pair of clamps in the seating space, respectively, and cause the pair of clamps to
rotate when a force of a predetermined value or higher is applied to the pair of clamps, wherein in a process of mounting
and dismounting the communication pad to and from the seating space, the pair of clamps are simultaneously pivoted in opposite
directions with respect to each other by the communication pad.
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