Patent ID: 7685678
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: E05Y,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator having a height-adjustable door, comprising: a body having at least one storage space formed therein, the at least one storage space having a front opening; a door coupled to the body so as to cover/uncover the front opening of the at least one storage space, a hinge hole being formed in a bottom surface of the door; a hinge frame fixed to a front surface of a lower portion of the body; a stationary hinge shaft extending upward from the hinge frame and configured to be inserted into the hinge hole so as to rotatably support the door; a door support plate separate from the hinge frame and slidably coupled to the hinge shaft such that the hinge shaft extends through a shaft hole in the door support plate and into the hinge hole, wherein the support plate abuts the bottom surface of the door; and a height adjustment screw that rotatably extends through a screw hole in the hinge frame, at a position that is spaced apart from the hinge shaft, wherein a distal end of the height adjustment screw contacts a lower surface of the door support plate such that the door support plate is lifted/lowered as the height adjustment screw rotates in the screw hole and travels upwards/downwards.