Automatic door opening/closing apparatus and refrigerator having the same
US8668289B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2700/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An automatic door opening/closing apparatus automatically opening and closing a door without applying any manual force to the door, and a refrigerator having the automatic door opening/closing apparatus. The automatic door opening/closing apparatus devised to automatically open or close a sliding door that is mounted, in a drawer manner, to a refrigerator body, includes a drive device coupled to the sliding door to automatically open or close the sliding door with respect to the refrigerator body, an input part to receive an user input and to operate the drive device based on the user input, a sensing part to sense an open or closed state of the sliding door, and a controller to operate the drive device based on signals from the input part and signals from the sensing part.
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