Patent ID: 7600830
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a body having a cooling chamber; a basket received in the cooling chamber and having a door at a front side thereof; a pair of lifting rails connected to the door; a lifting frame movably connected to each of the pair of lifting rails, and on which the basket is positioned; a pair of driving arms, each driving arm being provided with a roller roll-motioned at a lower surface of the lifting frame at one end thereof, the pair of driving arms being connected by a hinge shaft extending therebetween, the hinge shaft being rotatably mounted at the door; and a driving unit mounted at the door to rotate the pair of driving arms; and a locking unit for locking the pair of driving arms when the lifting frame is lifted and thereby for maintaining a lifted position of the basket, wherein the locking unit is a locking protrusion formed at a lower surface of the lifting frame for stopping the roller roll-motioned at the lower surface of the lifting frame when the lifting frame is lifted to the maximum, and wherein a distance between connections of the lifting frame to the pair of lifting rails measured in a lateral direction of the door is greater than a distance between the pair of driving arms measured in the lateral direction of the door.