(19)
(11) EP 2 333 463 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.01.2014 Bulletin 2014/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.06.2011 Bulletin 2011/24

(21) Application number: 10192863.8

(22) Date of filing: 29.11.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F25D 23/02(2006.01)
E05B 17/00(2006.01)
F25D 25/02(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 08.12.2009 KR 20090121434

(71) Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 443-742 (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Lim, Jae Hoon
    Gyeonggi-do (KR)
  • Han, Jae Myung
    Gwangju (KR)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser 
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München
80802 München (DE)

   


(54) Refrigerator having door opening apparatus


(57) A refrigerator with a handle unit allows a user to open a door with a small force. The refrigerator includes a main body including upper and lower storage chambers, a pair of rotating first doors to open and close the upper storage chamber, a second drawer type door to open and close the lower storage chamber, a handle unit mounted on the second door to slidably move in forward and backward directions of the second door, push members moving forward and backward in a direction of the rear surface of the second door, and interlocking units provided between the handle unit and the push members, wherein the interlocking units move the push members in connection with the forward sliding movement of the handle unit to separate the second door from the main body.







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