Patent ID: 9010889
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body having a cooling chamber; a case disposed in the cooling chamber and forming a storage space with a front surface open; a drawer withdrawably received in the case; a sealing apparatus having hooks disposed on the drawer and rotatable between a sealing position in which the hooks engage with the case to provide a sealed state where the storage space of the case and the drawer received in the storage space are sealed from an outside and a release position in which the hooks disengage with the case to release the sealed state of the storage space of the case, and hook springs to apply an elastic force to the hooks to rotate to the sealing position; a manipulation handle rotatably disposed on the drawer to rotate the hooks to the release position when the manipulation handle is pulled; an operation bar interposed between the manipulation handle and the hooks to transfer a driving force of the manipulation handle to the hooks; and a communicating portion disposed at the drawer, the communicating portion having an opening and closing member, wherein the opening and closing member opens when the hooks are rotated to the release position, thereby the storage space of the case communicates with the outside.