Patent ID: 7360278
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: E05F,E05Y,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A home-bar door opening/closing device for a refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator door for opening and closing a storage space defined in a main body of the refrigerator, said refrigerator door including an opening formed through a portion thereof; a home-bar door installed in the opening so that an upper end thereof can be vertically rotated about a lower end thereof; at least one shaft mounted between the refrigerator door and the home-bar door, such that the home-bar door rotates about the at least one shaft; and at least one damper for controlling a rotational speed of the home-bar door, said damper including a cam surface that interacts with the at least one shaft to dampen rotational movement of the home-bar door, wherein the cam surface comprises at least two linear sections and an inclined section, and wherein the home-bar door freely rotates when a side of the at least one shaft is guided on the linear sections of the cam surface while the rotational speed of the home-bar door decreases due to the damping function of the damping structure when the side of the at least one shaft is guided on the inclined section of the cam surface.