Patent ID: 8944540
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: E05F,E05Y,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body; at least one storage chamber having an opened front portion and provided in the main body; at least one door opening and closing the at least one storage chamber; at least one upper hinge module including a body part and installed on an upper portion of the main body, and an extension part extended from the body part to the at least one door and rotatably coupled to the at least one door; at least one lower hinge module installed on a lower portion of the main body and rotatably coupled to the at least one door; a door cap installed on the upper portion of the at least one door and including a hinge receiving part in which the extension part of the at least one upper hinge module is received; an auto close lever installed on the door cap so as to be received in the hinge receiving part, and having elasticity to transmit elastic force to the at least one door in a closing direction of the at least one door when the at least one door is closed; and a cam member installed on the extension part of the at least one upper hinge module, and including a cam surface contacting the auto close lever so that the auto close lever accumulates elastic force and transmits the elastic force to the at least one door when the at least one door is closed.