Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a front panel door part, a drawer part located rearward of the front panel door part, and a connection device that is located at the front panel door part, that is configured to couple the front panel door part with the drawer part, and that is configured to transmit power from the front panel door part to the drawer part. The connection device includes an exposed portion that is exposed through the rear surface of the front panel door part and that allows a user to manipulate the connection device, and the connection device is configured to, based on a manipulation of the exposed portion of the connection device by the user, decouple the front panel door part from the drawer part.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a refrigerator compartment with a bottom-hinged door that is operable to open and close the refrigerator compartment. In one example, the door is hingedly coupled to a bottom of the cabinet and configured to pivot between a closed state to restrict access, or an open state to permit access, to the freezer compartment. The refrigerator compartment includes a liner comprising opposing side walls. A swing-up storage assembly is pivotally and telescopically connected to the side walls and is configured to move between a lower retracted position and an upper extended position. The swing-up storage assembly includes a receptacle support body and a storage receptacle that is removably mounted to the receptacle support body.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a wiring mechanism. The refrigerator comprises a cabinet and a drawer-type door body, wherein the cabinet forms a compartment provided with an opening facing forward, and the drawer-type door body is provided with an electrical component. The wiring mechanism comprises a cable for supplying power to the electrical component, and a drag chain for accommodating part of the cable, wherein one end of the drag chain is fixed inside the compartment, and the other end of the drag chain is connected to the drawer-type door body and moves forward and backward along with the drawer-type door body, thereby preventing the cable from being deformed and damaged, and ensuring a reliable electrical connection.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door, a motor assembly provided at the storage chamber and configured to provide a driving force that moves the drawer door relative to the storage chamber, and a rack gear assembly provided at the drawer door and having an extendable rack gear. The rack gear includes a fixed rack fixed to the drawer door and a moving rack slidably coupled to the fixed rack. The drawer door includes a drawer part that defines an upwardly open storage space, and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include a cabinet, a drawer, a driving part, a cable tray, and a rack gear assembly. Connecting members of the cable tray may be maintained in an anti-sagging state by a tray guide part, so that friction noise generated during moving of the cable tray is prevented and interference with the cable tray during moving of the drawer is prevented.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a storeroom lifted when the storeroom is pulled out and giving a degree of freedom to a lifting method. The refrigerator includes a main body, a door arranged to be pulled out from the main body, a storeroom arranged to be pulled out from the main body along with the door, and a lift device arranged to lift or lower the storeroom in connection with pulling-out or pushing-in of the door, wherein the lift device includes a guide including a portion sloping upward or downward in a pull-out direction of the storeroom, and a guidee guided by the guide so that the storeroom is lifted when the guidee is moved along the guide.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a door including a door unit configured to open or close the storage space and a drawer unit to provide a receiving space; a driving device disposed at the door unit and including a driving motor to provide power; and an elevation device disposed at the drawer unit, connected with the driving device, and configured to move up or down, the elevation device includes: a lower frame; an upper frame positioned over the lower frame; a scissor assembly configured to connect the lower frame and the upper frame; and a screw rotatably supported on the lower frame, configured to be rotated by driving force transmitted from the driving device disposed at the door unit, and connected with the scissor assembly.

Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance includes a thermally insulated body delimiting a coolable interior space, a refrigeration device cooling the interior space, a drawer with a front panel to be pushed into and pulled out of the interior space to deposit and remove food, and a display on the front panel. The front panel closes the interior space when the drawer is pushed in, and the upper region of the front panel has an upwardly open recessed grip with a front wall portion to be gripped from the rear and an oblique recessed grip portion transitioning into the wall portion to be gripped from the rear. The display is in a depression of the grip portion and the front panel includes a semitransparent cover completely covering the display through which displayed information shines when the display is switched on. A method for producing the domestic refrigeration device is also provided.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a door configured to open and close the storage chamber, a cooling device configured to cool the storage chamber, an elevation device configured to move a container in the storage chamber upward and downward, a locking device disposed at the elevation device and configured to, based on the elevation device being rotated about a front end of the elevation device in a folded state, lock the elevation device to the folded state and maintain the folded state, and a support plate that is disposed at the elevation device and includes a handle disposed at a rear portion of the support plate.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a cabinet storage space, a front panel door part, a drawer part that is located at a rear surface of the front panel door part and that defines a drawer storage space, a drawer cover that partitions the drawer storage space into a front space and a rear space and that covers the rear space, and at least one draw-out rail located at each of both sides of the drawer part. The drawer cover includes a partition part configured to partition the drawer storage space into the front space and the rear space, and a cover part that extends from an upper end of the partition part to a rear end of the drawer part to cover a top of the rear space of the drawer storage space.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a front panel door part, a drawer part located rearward of the front panel door part, and a connection device that is located at the front panel door part, that is configured to couple the front panel door part with the drawer part, and that is configured to transmit power from the front panel door part to the drawer part. The connection device includes an exposed portion that is exposed through the rear surface of the front panel door part and that allows a user to manipulate the connection device, and the connection device is configured to, based on a manipulation of the exposed portion of the connection device by the user, decouple the front panel door part from the drawer part.

Abstract: A drawer assembly includes: drawers, arranged in a storage compartment of the refrigerator in a way of being capable of being pushed and pulled forward and rearward between a front extreme position and a rear extreme position; and two support assemblies in left-right parallel arrangement. Each of the support assemblies includes a support frame. The support frame is fixed to an inner wall of the storage compartment, is provided on an inner side with a first slideway extending forward and rearward, and is provided on a rear portion of the inner side with an elastic tongue. A left sidewall and a right sidewall of the drawer are respectively mounted on the first sideway of the support frame of one of the support assemblies in a forward and rearward slidable way.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; a front panel door part; a drawer part configured to be connected to the front panel door part and to insert into and withdraw from the cabinet based on movement of the front panel door part relative to the cabinet; a support member located in the drawer part and configured to seat an object stored in the drawer part; and an elevation device that is located at each of a first side surface of the drawer part and a second side surface of the drawer part, that is configured to be coupled to each of a first side of the support member and a second side of the support member, and that is configured to elevate the support member relative to the drawer part in a state in which the drawer part is withdrawn from a lower storage space defined in the cabinet.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator, comprising a drawer assembly which comprises a first drawer, a first slide rail assembly and a second drawer located below the first drawer, a first recess being disposed on one of the second drawer and the first drawer, and a protrusion being disposed on the other; the first slide rail assembly comprises a guide rail connected in to the cabinet and a slideway disposed on the first drawer, the front end of the slideway being provided with an inclined portion extending obliquely upward from rear to front.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet that defines an upper storage space and a lower storage space; a front panel door that opens and closes the lower storage space; a drawer that inserts into and withdraws from the lower storage space, the drawer including an accommodation portion; a driving device located in the front panel door and configured to generate power; and an elevation device located in the drawer and configured to elevate, relative to the drawer, at least part of the accommodation portion of the drawer. The driving device is configured to couple to the elevation device through a rear surface of the front panel door and through a front surface of the drawer that faces the rear surface of the front panel door. The driving device is further configured to, in a state of being coupled to the elevation device, provide the power for operation of the elevation device.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a household refrigeration appliance and, more specifically, to a household refrigeration appliance with a multifunctional shelf. A multifunctional shelf arrangement is provided, including: a shelf comprising a frame that is physically associated to the walls of an internal box by shelf rails; the frame comprising lateral, front and rear portions, as well as at least one accessory physically associated to the shelf by accessory rails defining at least one track for displacement of the accessory. Specifically, in accordance with this disclosure, the frame comprises a plurality of receiving structures and the accessory rails comprise fitting projections which engage directly with the receiving structures of the frame, so that the attachment rails are removably fitted with the receiving structures.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet that defines an upper storage space and a lower storage space; a front panel door that opens and closes the lower storage space; a drawer that inserts into and withdraws from the lower storage space, the drawer including an accommodation portion; a driving device located in the front panel door and configured to generate power; and an elevation device located in the drawer and configured to elevate, relative to the drawer, at least part of the accommodation portion of the drawer. The driving device is configured to couple to the elevation device through a rear surface of the front panel door and through a front surface of the drawer that faces the rear surface of the front panel door. The driving device is further configured to, in a state of being coupled to the elevation device, provide the power for operation of the elevation device.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment formed inside the body, a plurality of drawers provided inside the storage compartment, a door slidably provided to open and close the storage compartment and a selective drawing device configured to select a first drawer from among the plurality of drawers and to draw the first drawer together with the door. The desired drawer can be pulled out together with the door at the time of pulling out the door, so that the usability can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a first storage compartment, an inner door pivotably rotatably installed to the cabinet, the inner door having a second storage compartment, an outer door configured to open or close the second storage compartment, and a drawer installed in the second storage compartment, the drawer being movable forward and rearward. The drawer includes a basket part (120) configured to receive food therein and a frame unit (140) configured to allow the basket part (120) to be separably seated thereon.

Abstract: A refrigerator a first rail assembly provided at a first side surface of the storage compartment, and a second rail assembly provided at a second side surface of the storage compartment. At least one of the first or second rail assembly includes a fixed rail, a movable rail and an auto closure module. The fixed rail is mounted to first or second side surface of a storage compartment. The movable rail slides along a lateral direction of the fixed rail and is coupled to a door frame. An auto closure module is provided at the rear of the fixed rail, and includes first and second elastic springs having different lengths. The first elastic spring moves with the movable rail such that a restorative force is not exerted for a prescribed distance as the door is pulled, and the second elastic spring has a first end, which moves with the movable rail, and a second end, which is fixed, and such that the second elastic spring exerts a restorative force as the door is pulled.

Abstract: Disclosed a preservation apparatus for improving food storage performance, in which an illumination unit to irradiate light having a specific wavelength is installed on an inner wall surface of a box having foods stored therein to increase the storage period of the foods when the foods are transferred at a room temperature or stored at a low temperature. The foods are prevented from being decayed for a long time, and the nutrients and the freshness of the foods are maintained. The box having the foods stored therein and the illumination unit installed in the box to irradiate light having the specific wavelength onto the foods stored in the box are included.

Abstract: An appliance that includes a cabinet having an exterior surface; a refrigeration compartment located within the cabinet; and a hydrophilic structure disposed on the exterior surface. The hydrophilic structure is configured to spread condensation. The appliance further includes a wicking structure located in proximity to the hydrophilic structure, and the wicking structure is configured to receive the condensation.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fixed frame in which an electric wire cable drawn from one sidewall of a storage chamber is disposed to form a loop, a sliding frame slidably coupled to the fixed frame, and an electric wire cable housing fixed to the sliding frame to surround a portion of the electric wire cable. The electric wire cable is prevented from being damaged upon insertion and drawing of a drawer type door.

Abstract: A rack-and-pinion mechanism includes a first rack and a second rack, a first pinion and a second pinion, and a timing bar. Each of the racks includes a first set of teeth provided longitudinally therealong. Each of the first pinion and the second pinion includes a second set of teeth provided circumferentially therearound. The first pinion and the second pinion are configured to rotate along the first rack and the second rack respectively through engagement of the second set of teeth with the first set of teeth. The timing bar includes a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end are configured to be coupled to the first pinion and the second pinion respectively so that the first and second pinions rotate as one. The first pinion is configured to be movable with respect to the timing bar along a longitudinal axis of the timing bar.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator. The present invention improves a structure of a door and a storage basket, thereby making it possible to facilitate the storage and a drawing out of articles.

Abstract: A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a compartment having opposite sides and a bottom wall. A pull-out drawer is configured above the bottom wall of the compartment. A slide assembly is configured on each opposite side of the compartment and includes a base mounted to the compartment and a slide member linearly moveable along the base. The pull-out drawer has a slide bracket mounted to each respective slide member for movement of the drawer into and out of the compartment. A bottom slide assembly has a slide member and a base mounted on the bottom wall of the compartment. A cross bar is connected to and spans between the slide brackets below the pull-out drawer and is connected to the slide member of the bottom slide assembly.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided with a bracket disposed within a cavity defined by a cabinet of the appliance. The bracket supports a divider disposed within a chamber defined by the cabinet and configured for receipt of food articles. The divider extends from a top wall of the chamber into the chamber.

Abstract: A cupboard-type domestic appliance is provided having a housing delimiting an interior in which a support can be displaced between a retracted and a pull-out stop position by a telescopic pull-out mechanism. The telescopic pull-out mechanism includes a first runner fastened on the housing and at least one second runner that can be displaced in a direction contrary to that of the first runner. A projection of the second runner is coupled to a self-retracting mechanism mounted on the housing at a distance to the runners.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with an easily removable basket at an inside of a pull-out door. The refrigerator includes a pull-out door for opening or closing a storage chamber of the refrigerator, rail assemblies mounted in the storage chamber, a frame coupled to the pull-out door and mounted to the rail assemblies to be pulled out from the storage chamber while supported by the rail assemblies, and at least one basket seated on the frame, the basket including at least one handle to take the basket out from the frame.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a first storage box inserted and withdrawn like a drawer in association with a door, a second storage box seated and rolled on an upper part of the first storage box, and a roller device to enable the rolling motion of the second storage box on the first storage box. The roller device includes a first roller member mounted to the second storage box, a first roller supporting part formed at the first storage box to support a rolling motion of the first roller member thereon, a second roller member mounted to the first storage box, and a second roller supporting part formed at the second storage box to support the rolling motion of the second roller member thereon. The second storage box may be smoothly moved since the load of the second storage box is distributed to the first and second roller members.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance that includes a freezer compartment having a freezer compartment door, and a refrigeration compartment having at least one refrigeration compartment door. The appliance further includes a mullion with an exterior surface. The mullion divides the compartments and the exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point. The appliance may also include a cabinet that houses the compartments and has two sides, each with an exterior surface. Further, at least one exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point.

Abstract: A self-closing drawer slide for a refrigerator includes a slide assembly operable between expanded and non-expanded positions and having first and second slides that are slidably engaged. The first slide is removably attached directly or indirectly to the refrigerator interior wall. An actuator is operably coupled to the second slide. A modular self-closing mechanism is releasably attached to an interior refrigerator wall separate from the slide assembly. A slider is attached to a spring and slidably engaged with the self-closing mechanism. The slider is positionable by the actuator between extended and retracted positions. The slider is adapted to be disengaged from the extended position by the actuator, allowing slider movement to the retracted position under force of the spring and which consequently pulls the actuator and a third slide, causing slide assembly movement to the non-expanded position.

Abstract: A fitting, in particular for a piece of furniture or a domestic appliance, comprises a first storage element, which is mounted such that it can be displaced from a rear storage position into an access position, and a second storage element, which is coupled to the first storage element via at least one connecting element, wherein the second storage element is mounted in a pivotable manner and can be raised, via the first storage element, from a lowered, storage position into an access position. This makes it possible for the stowage space in a domestic appliance to be optimally utilized.

Abstract: A refrigerator capable of preventing the drooping of a bin when the bin is pulled out of the storage space is provided. The refrigerator does not need to fit a guide device when users push the bin into the storage space, since the bin is completely separated from the guide device.

Abstract: A drawer assembly for an appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes a container for receipt of items for storage and a linkage assembly positioned below the container. The container is supported by the linkage assembly such that the container is moveable along a transverse direction on the linkage assembly.

Abstract: A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container. The conveying unit includes a guide part to guide the movement of a partition member that divides a storage space of the extractable container, and a fixing part to restrict the movement of the partition member.

Abstract: A refrigerator and/or freezer with at least one inside container and at least one drawer which can be slid into and pulled out of the inside container. The drawer has at least one face visible to a user of the equipment and is provided with adjustment devices for changing the position of the drawer and/or the position of the drawer face relative to the inside container in at least one direction. The adjustment devices have at least one eccentric.

Abstract: A drawer of a refrigerator includes a basket extractable and retractable through the refrigerator while having a storage space surrounded by four wall surfaces. A first partition is slidably mounted to facing first and third ones of the wall surfaces, to move between facing second and fourth ones of the wall surfaces, a second partition is arranged to cross the first partition and is slidably mounted to the second and fourth wall surfaces, to move between the first and third wall surfaces. A moving guide disposed at an intersection between the first and second partitions, to guide movements of the first and second partitions. The drawer achieves an enhancement in utilization by virtue of the partitions capable of varying a partitioned size of the drawer.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with an easily removable basket at an inside of a pull-out door. The refrigerator includes a pull-out door for opening or closing a storage chamber of the refrigerator, rail assemblies mounted in the storage chamber, a frame coupled to the pull-out door and mounted to the rail assemblies to be pulled out from the storage chamber while supported by the rail assemblies, and at least one basket seated on the frame, the basket including at least one handle to take the basket out from the frame.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a drawer received within a chilled chamber. The drawer is mounted within the chilled chamber using drawer slides. The drawer slides are positioned at a bottom of the chilled chamber and support a bottom portion of a basket mounted on the drawer. Such a configuration can increase actual and/or perceived storage space within the chilled chamber and provide other improvements.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a freezer door for providing access to the freezer compartment, a lower freezer basket, an upper freezer basket, a divider operatively connected to the lower freezer basket to divide the lower freezer basket, and guide surfaces on a top portion of the divider to allow for guiding the upper freezer basket forward and back.

Abstract: An automatic door opening/closing apparatus automatically opening and closing a door without applying any manual force to the door, and a refrigerator having the automatic door opening/closing apparatus. The automatic door opening/closing apparatus devised to automatically open or close a sliding door that is mounted, in a drawer manner, to a refrigerator body, includes a drive device coupled to the sliding door to automatically open or close the sliding door with respect to the refrigerator body, an input part to receive an user input and to operate the drive device based on the user input, a sensing part to sense an open or closed state of the sliding door, and a controller to operate the drive device based on signals from the input part and signals from the sensing part.

Abstract: A rack and pinion storage system for use in a refrigerator compartment defined by a liner includes a pair of supports attached to opposing sidewalls of the liner. First and second gear covers snap-fittingly connect first and second gear wheels to respective first and second mounting brackets extending from a storage basket, such that the gear wheels are rotatably connected to the storage basket and have equal rotational and linear motion along the respective supports. Retaining bars extending from the storage basket are held within channels defined between the bottom walls of the supports and top walls of opposing telescoping slide assemblies used to movably support a door of the compartment. Tabs extending from the supports limit the sliding movement of the storage basket. A removable divider connects to the storage basket, sectioning the basket into multiple storage compartments.

Abstract: A refrigerator having an installation configuration of a freezing compartment door to be opened or closed in a semi-automatic manner. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage compartment, a door to open or close the storage compartment, and a door control device to complete an opening/closing operation of the door by providing the door with a thrust force.

Abstract: An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chamber. A container is received within the chamber. A biasing member is configured for urging the container upwardly along a vertical direction. By urging the container upwardly, the biasing member can lift the container and facilitate access to the container.

Abstract: A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a drawer received within a chilled chamber. The drawer is mounted within the chilled chamber using drawer slides. The drawer slides are positioned at a bottom of the chilled chamber and support a bottom portion of a basket mounted on the drawer. Such a configuration can increase actual and/or perceived storage space within the chilled chamber and provide other improvements.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling such a refrigerator is provided in which a receiving box may be automatically drawn in and out together with a door that forms a front face thereof in response to a command input at an input unit, thereby increasing user convenience.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a storage box. The storage box may be configured to move back and forth in a storage compartment having a fixed rail. The storage box includes a guide unit provided at one side of the storage box, and a moving rail slidably coupled with the guide unit and accommodated in the fixed rail. The moving rail slidably moves back and forth along the fixed rail and the guide unit when the storage box moves back and forth. Since the guide unit is slidably coupled with the moving rail that moves back and forth along the fixed rail, a drawing length of the storage box is increased.