US 11,808,513 B2
Refrigerator
Seok Jun Yoon, Daegu (KR); Young Jae Song, Gwangju (KR); Seung Yong Yang, Gwangju (KR); Sung Sik Moon, Gwangju (KR); Ho June Jeon, Yongin-si (KR); and Kyung Han Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,421.
Application 17/544,421 is a continuation of application No. 16/895,586, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,226,151.
Application 16/895,586 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,609, filed on May 3, 2019, granted, now 10,690,394, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 16/402,609 is a continuation of application No. 15/957,108, filed on Apr. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,337,785, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Application 15/957,108 is a continuation of application No. 15/423,004, filed on Feb. 2, 2017, granted, now 9,982,936, issued on May 29, 2018.
Application 15/423,004 is a continuation of application No. 15/204,143, filed on Jul. 7, 2016, granted, now 9,631,857, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Application 15/204,143 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2015/000064, filed on Jan. 5, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0002011 (KR), filed on Jan. 7, 2014; and application No. 10-2014-0112110 (KR), filed on Aug. 27, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090847 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E06B 7/18 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E06B 7/18 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/02 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a body;
a storage compartment provided in the body and having a front side;
a first door and a second door coupled to the body to open or close the front side of the storage compartment;
a rotating bar coupled to the first door; and
a guide device provided at the body to guide the rotating bar, wherein the guide device comprises:
a moveable member configured to move toward the front side as the second door is being opened, and to move away from the front side as the second door is being closed, and
a guide unit configured to move away from the front side as the moveable member moves toward the front side while the first door is closed so that the rotating bar rotates away from the second door, and to move toward the front side as the moveable member moves away from the front side while the first door is closed so that the rotating bar rotates toward the second door,
wherein the guide device further comprises a base having an opening along which the moveable member moves toward the front side or away from the front side, the opening is configured to allow the moveable member to move linearly.