OPEN DOOR SENSING STRUCTURE OF KIMCHI REFRIGERATOR HAVING EFFECTS OF REDUCING NUMBER OF PARTS AND POWER CONSUMPTION AND INFORMING USER OF DOOR OPENING STATE BY VOCE CONTAINING OPEN/CLOSE SENSING PART FOR EXPRESSING DOOR OPENING STATE IN REGION OF HINGE PART

摘要

PURPOSE: A open door sensing structure of a kimchi refrigerator installed with an open/close sensing part for expressing the door opening state in the region of a hinge part is provided. It avoids shortcomings of poor appearance of conventional open/close sensing part, reducing the number of parts and power consumption and informs the user of the door opening state by voice. CONSTITUTION: The open door sensing structure contains: an open/close sensing part arranged on any one side of a body, a door and a hinge part to sense the door opening state; and an expressing part for expressing the signal from the open/close sensing part to the outside. The hinge part contains: a lower hinge receiving part arranged at the rear of the upper surface of the body; an upper hinge receiving part arranged at the door and disposed between plural lower hinge receiving parts; and a hinge assemble monolithically inserted into the upper and lower hinge receiving part. The hinge assembly contains: a fixing member(31) monolithically inserted into the upper and lower hinge receiving part; a pair of rotating members(32) which move for both sides from longitudinal directions of the fixing member when rotated; a pair of elastic members(33,33') disposed on the outside of the rotating members to limit the movement of the rotating member by being compressed in the case where the rotating member is par apart from the fixing member; and a fixing shaft(34) for coupling the elastic member, rotating member and fixing member in one piece.