Easy to open refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a main body cabinet, a door mounted on the main body cabinet, and a hand gripping member provided in the door, where the hand gripping member includes a hand gripping part that a user grips and rotates; a plurality of supporting parts provided on both sides of the hand gripping part and supporting the hand gripping part against the door; and a rotating part provided in at least one of the plurality of supporting parts to restorably rotate the hand gripping part. Thus, present invention provides a refrigerator which is convenient to a user as reducing strain on a user's wrist by not bending the user's wrist in opening a door.

1 . A refrigerator having a main body cabinet, a door mounted on the main body cabinet, and a hand gripping member provided in the door, wherein the hand gripping member comprises: 
 a hand gripping part that a user grips and rotates;    a plurality of supporting parts provided on both sides of the hand gripping part and supporting the hand gripping part against the door; and    a rotating part provided in at least one of the plurality of supporting parts to restorably rotate the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating part comprises: 
 a rotating shaft projected from both ends of the hand gripping part; and    an elastic member coupled to the rotating shaft and the supporting part to supply restoring force with respect to rotating of the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the supporting part comprises a supporting bar coupled to the door and a connecting part coupled to the supporting bar and accommodated with the rotating part.  
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the connecting part is coupled to the door.  
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the rotating shaft is located in the same axis line with a center axis line of the hand gripping part.  
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating part comprises: 
 a rotating shaft projected from the supporting parts to be coupled with the hand gripping part; and    an elastic member coupled the rotating shaft and the hand gripping part to supply the restoring force with respect to the rotation of the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 6 , wherein the rotating part is coupled to the rotating shaft, and further comprises a damper to relieve shock when the hand gripping part is restored.  
   
   
       8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the rotating part is coupled to the rotating shaft, and further comprises a damper to relieve shock when the hand gripping part is restored.  
   
   
       9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating part comprises: 
 a pinion rotating together with the hand gripping part;    a rack engaged with the pinion to slide according to rotation of the pinion; and    an elastic member coupled with the rack to supply the restoring force with respect to rotating of hand gripping part.    
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating part comprises: 
 a cam part rotating together with the hand gripping part;    a cam sliding part to slide according to rotating of the cam part; and    an elastic member coupled with the cam sliding part to supply the restoring force with respect to rotation of the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       11 . A refrigerator having a main body cabinet, a door mounted on the main body cabinet, and a hand gripping member provided in the door, wherein the hand gripping member comprises: 
 a hand gripping part provided with a rotating shaft at both ends thereof so that a user grips and rotates;    a plurality of supporting parts provided on both sides of the hand gripping part and supporting the hand gripping part against the door; and    an elastic member provided between at least one of the plurality of supporting parts and the rotating part corresponding thereto, to supply restoring force with respect to rotation of the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , wherein the supporting part comprises: 
 a supporting bar coupled to a front surface of the door; and    a connecting part provided in the supporting bar coupled with the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein the hand gripping part and the supporting part are mounted on a front surface of the door in a lengthwise direction, 
 the connecting part is provided with a concave part accommodated with the rotating shaft and the elastic member, and    the rotating shaft has the same axis line with a center axis line of the hand gripping part.    
   
   
       14 . The refrigerator according to  claim 13 , wherein the rotating shaft has an end part thereof accommodated in the connecting part.  
   
   
       15 . The refrigerator according to  claim 14 , wherein the elastic member comprises a torsion spring which has a first end part thereof coupled to the hand gripping part and a second end part coupled to the connecting part.  
   
   
       16 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , further comprising a damper interacted with the rotating shaft to relieve shock when the hand gripping part is restored.  
   
   
       17 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 a pinion rotating together with the hand gripping part; and    a rack engaged with the pinion to slide according to rotation of the pinion,    wherein an elastic member coupled with the rack supplies a restoring force with respect to rotating of hand gripping part.    
   
   
       18 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 a cam part rotating together with the hand gripping part; and    a cam sliding part to slide according to rotating of the cam part;    wherein the elastic member is coupled with the cam sliding part to supply the restoring force with respect to rotation of the hand gripping part.