Refrigerator with receiving box

Abstract

A refrigerator having an improved receiving box in contact with a cover. The refrigerator includes a first receiving box, and a cover installed to come into contact with the first receiving box and adapted to be pivotally rotated as the first receiving box is pulled out or pushed in. The first receiving box includes a sidewall having a downwardly-inclined slope with respect to a front of the first receiving box. The cover is pivotally rotated downward by movement of the cover on the downwardly-inclined slope when the first receiving box is pulled out and is pivotally rotated upward when the first receiving box is pushed in. With this configuration, the refrigerator has the effect of allowing a user to easily move food stored in a plurality of receiving spaces from one receiving space to another.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A refrigerator, comprising:
 a body defining a storage compartment to hold foodstuff to be cooled; 
 a receiving box installed in the storage compartment and configured to be pulled out from and pushed into the storage compartment and including at least one sidewall having a downwardly-inclined slope inclined downwardly with respect to a front of the receiving box and an upwardly-inclined slope inclined upwardly with respect to the front of the receiving box and provided in front of the downwardly-inclined slope, the downwardly-inclined slope being provided on a rear portion of the sidewall of the receiving box; 
 an auxiliary receiving box configured to be pulled out at an upper side of above the receiving box when the receiving box is pulled out; and 
 a cover installed to come into contact with and cover the receiving box and adapted to be pivotally rotated as the receiving box is pulled out or pushed in, the cover being pivotally rotated downward by movement of the cover on the downwardly-inclined slope when the receiving box is pulled out and being pivotally rotated upward when the receiving box is pushed in, 
 wherein the cover is rotated upward by movement of the cover on the upwardly-inclined slope when the receiving box is pulled out and is pivotally rotated downward when the receiving box is pushed in, and the cover is pivotally rotated downward when the auxiliary receiving box is pulled out when the receiving box is also pulled out. 
 
     
     
       2. The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one sidewall further includes a horizontal plane provided between the upwardly-inclined slope and the downwardly-inclined slope to keep the cover in the upwardly pivotally rotated state. 
     
     
       3. The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a downwardly-protruding rolling frictional portion in contact with the receiving box. 
     
     
       4. The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the rolling frictional portion includes a roller to cause rolling friction between the cover and the receiving box. 
     
     
       5. The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the receiving box is able to be pulled out from the body in a sliding manner, and the receiving box is provided with a three-section telescopic slide rail. 
     
     
       6. The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the body is provided with a guide member to permit sliding of the auxiliary receiving box, the guide member being provided with a roller to facilitate smooth sliding of the auxiliary receiving box. 
     
     
       7. A refrigerator, comprising:
 a body defining a storage compartment to hold foodstuff to be cooled; 
 first and second receiving boxes stacked in the body one above another to allow the first and second receiving boxes to be pulled out respectively from the storage compartment, one of the first receiving box boxes including at least one sidewall having an upwardly-inclined slope inclined upwardly with respect to a front of the first one of the receiving box boxes and a downwardly-inclined slope inclined downwardly with respect to the front of the first one of the receiving box boxes, the downwardly-inclined slope being provided on a rear portion of the sidewall of the first one of the receiving box boxes; and 
 a cover installed between the first receiving box and the second receiving box boxes and configured to open or close a top of the first one of the receiving box boxes, the cover being pivotally rotated upward by movement of the cover on the upwardly-inclined slope when the first one of the receiving box boxes is pulled out and being pivotally rotated downward by movement of the cover on the downwardly- inclined slope when an other of the second receiving box boxes is pulled out when the receiving box is also pulled out, to permit the second other of the receiving box boxes to be pulled out in a state in which the first one of the receiving box boxes is also pulled out. 
 
     
     
       8. The refrigerator according to  claim 7 , wherein the at least one sidewall further includes a horizontal plane provided between the upwardly-inclined slope and the downwardly-inclined slope. 
     
     
       9. The refrigerator according to  claim 7 , wherein the first one of the receiving box boxes has a longer pull-out distance than a pull-out distance of the second other of the receiving box to easily move food stored in the first receiving box to the second receiving box and vice versa after both the first and second receiving boxes are pulled out boxes. 
     
     
       10. The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , further comprising a three-section telescopic slide rail provided between the first one of the receiving box boxes and the body to increase the pull-out distance of the first receiving box. 
     
     
       11. A refrigerator, comprising:
 a storage compartment to hold foodstuff; 
 a first receiving box located in a lower region of the storage compartment; 
 a second receiving box located above the first receiving box in an upper region of the storage compartment; and 
 a cover disposed between the first receiving box and the second receiving box and configured to open or close at least a part of a top of the first receiving box, 
 wherein the first receiving box is provided on a rear portion thereof with a downwardly-inclined slope inclined downwardly with respect to a front-to-rear direction of the first receiving box, the downwardly-inclined slope enabling the cover to be pivotally rotated downward to permit the second receiving box to be opened in an open state of the first receiving box, the rear portion being a portion of the first receiving box behind a midpoint of the first receiving box in the front-to-rear direction of the first receiving box. 
 
     
     
       12. A refrigerator, comprising:
 a storage compartment;   a drawer located in the storage compartment;   another drawer located above the drawer in the storage compartment; and   a cover to cover at least a front part of a top of the drawer when the drawer is in a pushed in state,   wherein the drawer is provided with a slope configured to accommodate at least a part of the cover when the drawer is in a pulled out state,   wherein the slope is formed on at least one sidewall of the drawer and includes a slope downwardly-inclined and a slope upwardly-inclined, the slope downwardly-inclined being provided on a portion of the sidewall behind a midpoint of the sidewall in a front-to-rear direction of the sidewall and configured to enable the cover to be rotated downwards such that the cover does not interfere with pulling out of the another drawer above the drawer.   
     
     
       13. The refrigerator according to claim 12, further comprising a shelf located above the drawer in the storage compartment, and
 wherein the shelf is provided to cover a rear portion of the cover at the top of the drawer when the drawer is in a pushed in state.   
     
     
       14. The refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein the at least one sidewall further includes a horizontal plane provided between the slope upwardly-inclined and the slope downwardly-inclined slope. 
     
     
       15. The refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein the cover includes a downwardly-protruding portion in contact with the drawer. 
     
     
       16. The refrigerator according to claim 15, wherein the downwardly-protruding portion includes a roller to cause rolling friction between the cover and the drawer. 
     
     
       17. The refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein the drawer is configured to be pulled out from the body in a sliding manner, and the drawer is provided with a telescopic slide rail. 
     
     
       18. The refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein the drawer has a longer pull-out distance than a pull-out distance of the another drawer.