Patent ID: 7600832

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a body having a cooling chamber; a door arranged at a front side of the cooling chamber; a pair of lifting rails connected to a rear surface of the door; a basket received in the cooling chamber for storing food; a lifting frame having a lifting portion movably connected to each of the pair of lifting rails, and a loading portion extending from the lifting portion for loading the basket; and a driving unit for driving the lifting frame, the driving unit including: a pair of driving arms, each driving arm contacting the lifting frame and being hinge-connected to the door, for lifting the lifting frame, each driving arm being provided with a roller roll-movably in contact with a lower surface of the loading portion of the lifting frame at one end thereof, the pair of driving arms being connected by a hinge shaft at extending therebetween, wherein the hinge shaft is rotatably supported by a supporting frame fixed to the rear surface of the door; and a driving motor for generating a driving force to rotate the pair of driving arms, wherein a distance between the connections of the lifting portion to the 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.