Patent ID: 8506028
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: E05B,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator/freezer comprising: a main body having left and right vertical side walls, an upper wall horizontally connecting the two side walls, and a lower wall horizontally connecting the two side walls, an insulation partition horizontally disposed between the upper and lower walls and extending between the two side walls, an upper refrigerating compartment defined by the upper wall, the insulation partition and upper portions of the two side walls, and a lower freezer compartment defined by the lower wall, the insulation partition and lower portions of the two side walls; a drawer-type freezer door adapted to slidably open and close relative to the lower freezer compartment; a gasket to seal between the sliding freezer door and the lower wall, the lower portions of the side walls and the insulation partition of the main body; a movable horizontally-extending freezer door handle disposed at an upper portion of the drawer-type freezer door; and first and second push members between the movable handle and the insulation partition and adapted to move in accordance with a movement of the horizontally-extending freezer door handle operating under an external force and push against the insulation partition to cause the seal to break between the drawer-type freezer door and the main body, wherein the first push member is positioned to press against a first region of a front wall of the insulation partition, and the second push member is positioned to press against a second region of the front wall of the insulation partition, and wherein the first region is located adjacent to the left side wall of the main body, and the second region is located adjacent to the right side wall of the main body.