| US 7,465,327 B2 | ||
| Refrigerator having air-cleaner | ||
| Chan-Kyoo Jang, Changwon (Korea, Republic of); Sang-Ho Park, Changwon (Korea, Republic of); and Jeong-Youl Lee, Changwon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/165,514. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0047961 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2004; application No. 10-2004-0048395 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2004; application No. 10-2004-0048399 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2004; application No. 10-2004-0049175 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2004; and application No. 10-2004-0051682 (KR), filed on Jul. 02, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0284113 A1, Dec. 29, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. F24F 3/16 (2006.01); A62B 7/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 55—385.1 [55/487; 55/493; 55/471; 55/472; 55/473; 62/440; 62/78; 62/331; 62/314; 62/441] | 30 Claims |
| 1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body having a storage space formed therein; and
an air-cleaner, comprising:
a case coupled to an exterior of the main body, the case having an inlet and an outlet;
a blower positioned in the case so as to draw air into the case through the inlet and discharge air out of the case through
the outlet; and
at least one filter unit positioned between the inlet and the outlet so as to filter air as it moves through the case, wherein
each filter unit comprises:
a filter basket slidably coupled to the case;
at least one filter positioned in the filter basket;
a basket door coupled to the filter basket;
a fastening device that couple the basket door to the filter basket;
a guiding device that guides a sliding motion of the filter basket into and out of the case such that the basket door selectively
opens and closes a filter opening in the case as the filter basket slides relative to the case; and
a locking device that maintains a position of the filter basket in the case.
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