Refrigerator with door handle

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator with door handles, which include buffer members for providing safety in use and good tactile sensations when opening or closing doors of the refrigerator, and deviating prevention members for preventing the buffer members from being deviated. The refrigerator of the present invention comprises doors for opening or closing storage chambers, door handles respectively provided at the doors, buffer members of an elastic material respectively provided for the door handles to make good tactile sensations when gripping the door handles, and deviating prevention members for preventing the buffer members from being deviated from the door handles.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2004-21492, filed on Mar. 30, 2004 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and, more particularly, to a refrigerator with door handles, which include buffer members inserted for providing a good tactile sensation when gripping the handles for opening or closing doors of the refrigerator, and deviating prevention members for preventing the buffer members from deviating. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Generally, a refrigerator includes a body defined with a storage chamber for storing food at low temperature, a door hinged, at one side thereof, to a front end of the body to open or close the storage chamber, and a door handle for gripping the door when opening or closing the d...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] Therefore, an aspect of the invention is to provide a refrigerator provided with door handles, which includes a member for ensuring safety in use and good tactile sensation when opening or closing doors, and a structure for preventing the member from being deviated.

[0010] In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising: doors for opening or closing storage chambers; door handles respectively provided on the doors; buffer members of an elastic material respectively provided for the door handles to provide good tactile sensations when gripping the door handles; and deviating prevention members for preventing the buffer members from being deviated from the door handles.

[0013] The buffer members may be formed with uneven portions, for preventing slippage on an outer surface thereof, to be gripped by the user, respectively.

Problems solved by technology

However, although the door handle of the conventional large-size refrigerator can provide an elegant front appearance for the refrigerator, since the door handle is manufactured by the extrusion molding of the metallic material, there occur problems that when the user grips the grip portion to open or close the door, the user may feel tactile discomfort due to coldness of the door handle made of the metal, and in that hardness of the material of the door handle may cause the user's fingernails to break.

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