Refrigerator with split type shelves

Abstract

A refrigerator with split type shelves comprises: a refrigerator body having a storage space; doors disposed on a front surface of the refrigerator body, and configured to open and close the storage space; first shelves installed at an inner side of the storage space, and accommodating storage items thereon; and a shelf assembly disposed between the first shelves and the door, and installed so as to be movable with respect to the refrigerator body such that front surfaces of the first shelves are exposed to a front surface of the refrigerator body.

What is claimed is : 
     
         1 . A refrigerator, comprising:
 a refrigerator body having a storage space;   one or more doors hinge-coupled to the refrigerator body, and configured to open and close the storage space;   one or more first shelves installed inside the storage space; and   one or more second shelves positioned between at least one of the one or more doors and one or more of the first shelves;   wherein the one or more second shelves are mounted on a fixing frame; and   wherein the fixing frame is rotatable with respect to the refrigerator body independently from the one or more doors, such that front surfaces of the second shelves are exposed to a front surface of the refrigerator body when at least one of the one or more doors is open and when the fixing frame is rotated outward from the refrigerator body, and such that the front surfaces of the second shelves and the front surfaces of the first shelves are aligned when at least one of the one or more doors is open and when the fixing frame is not rotated outward from the refrigerator body   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein one end of the fixing frame is rotatably installed with respect to the refrigerator body. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein a central portion of the fixing frame is rotatably installed with respect to the refrigerator body. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the fixing frame comprises:
 a shelf fixing portion to which the second shelves are fixed; and   a body-fixed portion coupled to the refrigerator body.   
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , wherein a plurality of rails slidably mounted to the refrigerator body are further included, and
 wherein the body-fixed portion of the fixing frame is hinge-coupled to the rails.   
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , wherein the body-fixed portion is rotatably coupled to the refrigerator body. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more first shelves and the one or more second shelves are formed to have complementary shapes. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more second shelves is formed in the in the shape of a basket. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein an inner side surface of the door does not protrude toward the storage space. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , further comprising a link member having both ends hinge-coupled to the fixing frame and the refrigerator body, respectively. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the storage space is a freezing chamber, the refrigerator body has a refrigerating chamber, the one or more doors are freezing chamber doors configured to open and close the freezing chamber in a rotatable manner, and the fixing frame is installed on a front surface of the freezing chamber, further comprising:
 one or more refrigerating chamber doors configured to open and close the refrigerating chamber in a rotatable manner.   
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , wherein a rear surface of at least one of the one or more doors freezing chamber doors has a flat structure having no protrusions and a rear surface of at least one of the one or more refrigerating chamber doors has a plurality of door baskets disposed in a vertical direction. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 slidable rails mounted to the refrigerator body,   wherein one end of the fixing frame is rotatably mounted to the slidable rails.   
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first rail that includes:   a first guide fixed to a bottom side of an uppermost wall of the refrigerator body; and   a first slider slidably coupled to an inside of the first guide, an end of the first slider being hinge-coupled to an uppermost surface of the fixing frame at an end of the fixing frame; and   a second rail that includes:   a second guide fixed to a supporting portion protruding from a lower side wall of the refrigerator body; and   a second slider slidably coupled to an inside of the second guide, an end of the second slider being hinge-coupled to a lowermost surface of the fixing frame at the end of the fixing frame.