Patent ID: 9291385
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,F25D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a hinge module by which a door to open and close a storage compartment formed in a main body and having an opened front surface is hinged to the main body, wherein the hinge module comprises: a hinge member fixed to the main body and formed with a coupling part protruding upward such that a shaft hole having an opened top formed therein; a casing rotatably coupled to the coupling part to rotate with the door and formed with an accommodation part therein; a shaft inserted into the shaft hole to be fixed to the accommodation part, and a lower end portion of which is inserted into the shaft hole and divided into a first part and a second part, the first part protruding downward and being formed with a coupling recess; a cam member disposed on the shaft and configured to convert rotational movement of the door into vertical linear movement; a spring disposed on the cam member and configured to be compressed by upward linear movement of the cam member when the door is opened and transmit compressive force by downward linear movement of the cam member to the door when the door is closed; and a contacting member included in the hinge member, an upper portion of which contacts the coupling recess of the shaft so that the first part of the shaft closely contacts a wall surface of the shaft hole.