Patent ID: 8132876

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a main body having at least one storeroom; at least one door hinged to the main body to open and close the storeroom; and a door opening apparatus configured to decrease a magnetic binding force between the door and the main body as a rotation angle of the door is increased, the door opening apparatus comprising a pair of operating levers disposed at upper and lower ends of the door; a door handle connecting the pair of operating levers and being disposed longitudinally in front of the door; a roller rotatably coupled to one end of each operating lever; a guide member installed to the main body and guiding a rolling motion of the roller, the guide member including a cover having a guide surface, the guide surface being inclined and curved to form part of a locus drawn by the roller when the operating lever rotates; and a pair of coupling units rotatably coupling the pair of operating levers at the upper and lower ends of the door, wherein the guide member includes a magnet to provide the magnetic binding force with the roller and the cover surrounding the magnet has an inclined surface to increase a distance between the roller and the magnet as each operating lever is rotated to open the door.