Patent ID: 7458132

Claim:
Open-close equipment for a refrigerator, comprising: first and second doors for respectively opening and closing first and second storage spaces defined in a main body of a refrigerator; a fixed hinge provided between the main body of the refrigerator and the first door and serving as a pivot center of the first door such tat the first door can be individually opened in a counter clockwise direction by pivoting around the pivot center of the fixed hinge; a movable hinge provided between the main body of the refrigerator and the second door and saving as a selective pivot center of the second door such that the second door can be individually opened in a clockwise direction by pivoting around the selective pivot center of the movable hinge; and a connection piece coupled to the fixed and movable hinge shafts and installed to the first and second doors so as to support the first and second doors while the first and second doors are simultaneously opened and closed, wherein the movable hinge includes a releasing mechanism configured to release the connection piece from the movable hinge such that the second door can be pivoted counter clockwise simultaneously with the first door around the pivot center of the fixed hinge, and wherein the second door includes a hinge control device to activate the releasing mechanism to release the second door from the movable hinge.