Patent ID: 8197019
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator body including an outer case that defines an external surface and an inner case that defines an interior compartment of a refrigerator and having a foam insulation material filled into a space between the outer and inner cases, comprising: a plurality of recessed portions formed as depressions in an inner surface of the inner case, each of the plurality of recessed portions forming a corresponding protruding portion that protrudes outward from the inner case toward the outer case and a terminal end wall which is forcibly penetrated by a screw passing through the corresponding protruding portion; and a corresponding plurality of reinforcement members respectively coupled to the plurality of recessed portions at an outer side of the inner case so as to reinforce the plurality of recessed portions, wherein each of the plurality of reinforcement members includes: a recessed receiving portion that is fitted around a corresponding protruding portion of a respective recessed portion; a screw hole portion that protrudes longitudinally outward from a first end of the recessed receiving portion, a proximal end of the screw hole portion being open so as to receive the screw that has passed through a corresponding opening in the first end of the recessed receiving portion, and a terminal end of the screw hole portion being closed; and a flange that extends radially outward from a circumferential edge of a second end of the recessed receiving portion opposite the first end thereof, the flange being substantially parallel to a corresponding surface of the inner case, wherein each screw passes through a respective recessed portion and is then fastened to a respective reinforcement member, wherein each screw forms threads on an inner circumferential surface of its respective protruding portion and forms a penetration hole through its respective terminal end wall, and forms threads on an inner circumferential surface of its respective screw hole portion.