Patent ID: 8033622
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a body having a compartment in the body; a door for opening and closing the compartment; a container provided in the compartment; a first rail secured to the body; a second rail secured to the door, the first and second rails being telescopic rails, supporting the door and guiding movement of the door along a first direction; an elevating device movable with respect to the body along the first direction and mounted on the door for elevating the container; a conductor electrically connecting the elevating device with the body to supply power or a signal to the elevating device, the conductor extending through the first rail and the second rail; and a winding device configured to apply a tension to the conductor in the first direction toward the compartment to reduce slack in the conductor when the door is open, the winding device being within the first rail; wherein the winding device includes a reel around which the conductor is wound; and an elastic member configured to apply a rotational force on the reel so that the tension is applied to the conductor in the first direction toward the compartment to tighten the conductor.