Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator having an improved assembly structure of doors, in which upper, lower and both side covers are simply assembled with frames of the doors without any gap between the covers and the frames. Holes are formed through the upper and lower covers, and protuberances inserted into the holes are formed on both side covers. The holes are formed at both side ends of the front surfaces of the upper and lower covers so as to have a designate depth and width, and the protuberances are formed at upper and lower ends of the front surfaces of both side surfaces so as to have a depth and width corresponding to those of the holes. A grip is formed integrally with one of both side covers, opposite to a hinge shaft of the door.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2004-21491, 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 in which an assembly structure of a freezing chamber door for opening and closing a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber door for opening and closing a refrigerating chamber is improved so that upper, lower and both side covers are attached to frames of the doors without a gap. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Generally, a refrigerator is an apparatus for maintaining freshness of various foods stored in freezing and refrigerating chambers for a long period of time by supplying cool air generated from an evaporator to the freezing and refrigerating chamb...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] Therefore, an aspect of the invention is to provide a refrigerator, in which assembly structures of freezing and refrigerating chamber doors are improved so that upper, lower and both side covers of each of the doors are conveniently attached to frames of the corresponding doors and contact the frames without a gap.

[0014] A grip may be formed integrally with one of both side covers, thereby allowing the door to efficiently open and close a main body of the refrigerator.

Problems solved by technology

Since the upper, lower and both side covers of the freezing and refrigerating doors of the above-described conventional refrigerator are not interconnected to each other, but are fixedly connected to the corresponding frame, the inattentive assembly of the upper, lower and both side covers with the frame causes gaps among the upper, lower and both side covers.

Further, the repeated opening and closing of the doors extends the gaps among the upper, lower and both side covers, thus defiling the appearance of the freezing and refrigerating chamber doors.

Moreover, the above structure of the door, in which the upper, lower and both side covers are connected only to the frame, causes a difficulty in setting precise connection positions between the upper and lower covers and the frame, thereby causing inconvenience to workers in an assembly process and increasing an assembly time.

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