US 11,703,271 B2
Refrigerator
Jonghyun Lee, Seoul (KR); and Wonchan Cho, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,666.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0128947 (KR), filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107129 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05F 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05F 5/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space;
a door configured to open and close the storage space; and
a gap adjusting device disposed between the cabinet and the door and configured to adjust a gap between the cabinet and the door to one of a plurality of predetermined level heights, the gap adjusting device comprising:
a seating part disposed at the door, and
an adjusting member detachably disposed at the seating part and configured to contact the cabinet based on the door being closed, the adjusting member comprising one or more adjusting parts that have different heights from one another and that are configured to selectively contact the seating part,
wherein the gap adjusting device is configured to adjust the gap between the cabinet and the door by bringing the seating part in contact with one of the one or more adjusting parts,
wherein the seating part comprises a plurality of support parts configured to selectively contact the one or more adjusting parts, the plurality of support parts having different heights from one another, wherein the plurality of support parts define a plurality of supporting surfaces that face a front surface of the cabinet and are parallel to one another and
wherein the adjusting member is configured to be rotated relative to the seating part to thereby bring one of the one or more adjusting parts in contact with one of the plurality of support parts such that the gap is adjusted to the one of the plurality of predetermined level heights.