Damping leg and refrigerator having the same

Abstract

An adjustment leg and a refrigerator, particularly, a damping leg ( 30 ) and a refrigerator having the same capable of automatically adjusting a horizontal state of the refrigerator and stably maintaining the horizontal state are disclosed. The refrigerator having at least one damping leg ( 30 ) which includes a central shaft ( 31 ) having a fastening portion ( 311 ) coupled to a bottom surface of a main body ( 10 ), an upper support member ( 32 ) which is inserted to an upper portion of the central shaft ( 31 ), an elastic member ( 33 ) which is elastically coupled to the upper support member ( 32 ), and a lower support member ( 34 ) which is inserted to a lower portion of the central shaft ( 31 ) and is connected to the elastic member ( 33 ) to adjust a relative distance with the upper support member ( 32 ).

1 . A refrigerator having at least one damping leg which includes:
 a central shaft having a fastening portion coupled to a bottom surface of a main body;   an upper support member which is inserted to an upper portion of the central shaft;   an elastic member which is elastically coupled to the upper support member; and   a lower support member which is inserted to a lower portion of the central shaft and is connected to the elastic member to adjust a relative distance with the upper support member.   
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the central shaft has a thread formed at an upper end portion thereof. 
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper support member includes an insertion guide extending downwardly along a lower outer peripheral surface, and the lower support member includes an insertion groove which is cut inwardly along an upper outer peripheral surface corresponding to the insertion guide. 
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper support member includes a first spring fixing portion formed at a lower portion thereof, and the lower support member includes a second spring fixing portion formed at an upper portion thereof corresponding to the first spring fixing portion. 
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein a nut is coupled to the lower portion of the central shaft to restrict a movement of the upper support member. 
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 5 , wherein a receiving space in which the nut moves and a step which restricts an upward movement of the nut are formed at a lower central portion of the lower support member. 
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the main body includes a pair of doors installed at opposite sides of a front surface of the main body. 
   
   
       8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the central shaft, the upper support member, the elastic member and the lower support member include a pair of central shafts, a pair of upper support members, a pair of elastic members and a pair of lower support members installed at opposite front corners of the bottom surface of the main body, respectively. 
   
   
       9 . A damping leg comprising:
 an upper support member which is inserted to an upper portion of a central shaft having a fastening portion;   an elastic member which is elastically coupled to the upper support member; and   a lower support member which is inserted to a lower portion of the central shaft and is connected to the elastic member to adjust a relative distance with the upper support member.   
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the upper support member includes an insertion guide extending downwardly along a lower outer peripheral surface, and the lower support member includes an insertion groove which is cut inwardly along an upper outer peripheral surface corresponding to the insertion guide. 
   
   
       11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein a nut is coupled to the lower portion of the central shaft to restrict a movement of the upper support member. 
   
   
       12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein a receiving space in which the nut moves and a step which restricts an upward movement of the nut are formed at a lower central portion of the lower support member.