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Refrigerator door

US6195942A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06B7/2305
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A refrigerator door (17) includes an outer plate (6); an inner plate (7); a heat-insulating element (18) filling a gap between the outer plate (6) and the inner plate (7); and a gasket (21) provided between an outer housing (2) of a refrigerator main body (1) and a surface of the refrigerator door (17) facing the outer housing (2). The gasket (21) includes a housing engaging portion for sealing a gap between the outer housing (2) of the refrigerator main body (1) and the surface of the refrigerator door (17) facing the outer housing (2) and an anchor (23) for securing the gasket (21) in a groove (22) formed in the refrigerator door (17). The anchor (23) has a pair of fins (24), the fins of the pair projecting in opposite directions from each other, and is secured in the groove (22) by contact of the pair of fins (24) to inner walls of the groove (21) facing each other.

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