Damper and home-bar door apparatus for refrigerator using the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a home-bar door apparatus for a refrigerator. The home-bar door apparatus includes a home-bar door (30) that selectively opens or closes an opening (22) formed in a home-bar frame (20) and has rotational shafts (34) protruding at both sides of a lower portion thereof and a catching step (35) formed along a lower end thereof, dampers (36) that is installed on a rearface of the home-bar frame (20) and controls an opening / closing speed of the home-bar door (30) by receiving the rotational shafts (34) of the home-bar door (30) therein so that the rotational shafts(34) of the home-bar door (30) can be relatively rotated, and a stop rib (26) that is formed laterally along a lower end of a groove (23) formed around a periphery of the opening (22) and has stopping steps (27) formed at positions corresponding to both ends of a catching step (35) of the home-bar door (30) so that the catching step (35) can be caught by the stopping steps. The home-bar door apparatus for a refrigerator according to the present invention constructed as such has advantages in that the dampers can be more securely installed and the stopping structures for regulating the degreeof opening of the home-bar door are positioned at the both ends of the home-bar door so that the center of rotation of the home-bar door can be securely maintained.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a home bar door assembly for opening or closing a home bar and a damper for use in said home bar door assembly, wherein said home bar door assembly allows Put drinks and the like into and out of the storage space with the door closed. Background technique [0002] figure 1 It is a perspective view showing the appearance of a general refrigerator. According to this figure, a storage space (not shown) is formed in the body 1 of the refrigerator. The storage space is divided into a freezer compartment on the left and a refrigerator compartment on the right by a vertically arranged mullion (not shown) partitioning the inside of the body 1 at the center of the body 1 . [0003] The freezer and refrigerator are opened or closed by doors 3 and 3' respectively. Doors 3 and 3' are pivotally supported by hinge assemblies 5 in upper and lower portions at both side ends on the front of t...

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Therefore, the stop structure must be far away from the two ends of the home bar door 14, so there is a problem that the supporting strength of the two ends of the home bar door 14 is relatively weakened.

[0009] Also, in the prior art in which the rotation shaft serving as the rotation center of the home bar door 14 is configured to protrude from the damper, there is a problem that the entire damper must be replaced once the rotation shaft is damaged due to the load of the home bar door 14.

[0010] In addition, the prior art still has the following problems: when the home bar door 14 is in the closed state, due to the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the storage space, and the gasket positioned on the back of the home bar door 14 and the home bar frame 12 adhesion between the gaskets at the

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