Patent ID: 8152255
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body defining a storage compartment to hold foodstuff to be cooled; a receiving box installed in the storage compartment and configured to be pulled out from and pushed into the storage compartment and including at least one sidewall having a downwardly-inclined slope inclined downwardly with respect to a front of the receiving box and an upwardly-inclined slope inclined upwardly with respect to the front of the receiving box and provided in front of the downwardly-inclined slope, the downwardly-inclined slope being provided on a rear portion of the sidewall of the receiving box; an auxiliary receiving box configured to be pulled out at an upper side of the receiving box when the receiving box is pulled out; and a cover installed to come into contact with and cover the receiving box and adapted to be pivotally rotated as the receiving box is pulled out or pushed in, the cover being pivotally rotated downward by movement of the cover on the downwardly-inclined slope when the receiving box is pulled out and being pivotally rotated upward when the receiving box is pushed in, wherein the cover is rotated upward by movement of the cover on the upwardly-inclined slope when the receiving box is pulled out and is pivotally rotated downward when the receiving box is pushed in, and the cover is pivotally rotated downward when the auxiliary receiving box is pulled out when the receiving box is also pulled out.