| US 7,587,907 B2 | ||
| Refrigerator having basket lift device | ||
| Sang Oh Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seung hwan Oh, Gyeonggi-Do (Korea, Republic of); and Kyung Han Jeong, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/260,154. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0092651 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2004; application No. 10-2004-0092652 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2004; application No. 10-2004-0092653 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2004; application No. 10-2004-0092654 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2004; and application No. 10-2004-0092656 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0104756 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25D 17/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—186 [62/441] | 37 Claims |
| 1. A refrigerator having a basket lift device comprising:
a main body having a refrigerating chamber;
a basket received in the refrigerating chamber;
a driving motor for lifting/lowering the basket; and
a control unit for controlling the driving motor based on a motion of a rotational shaft of the driving motor,
wherein the control unit includes an input unit for receiving a signal used for lifting or lowering the basket, and a relay
unit for applying a forward voltage or an inverse voltage to the driving motor according to the signal.
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