Patent ID: 8152258
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. An elevation adjustment apparatus of a shelf in a refrigerator, comprising: a pair of engaging guides fixed in the inside of the refrigerator, the pair of engaging guides configured to vertically extend, each of the engaging guides having at least one engaging member; a shelf movably mounted up and down along the engaging guide; a pair of engaging apparatuses rotatably coupled to rear end parts of the shelf and restricting the downward movement of the shelf in such a manner that an end part of each engaging apparatus is selectively hooked in the at least one engaging member of each engaging guide by a rotation operation; and a load supporting apparatus supporting the load of the shelf at the position where the shelf is fixed by the engaging apparatus, wherein each of the pair of engaging apparatuses includes: wherein the shelf is configured to move up and down while maintaining a horizontal state along the load supporting apparatus, and wherein one end part of the operating lever is automatically separated from the at least one engaging member and the elastic member is compressed by the rotation of the engaging apparatus, when the shelf moves up.