Disclosed is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a storage compartment, an inner case defining an external appearance of the storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing one side of the storage compartment, a second door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing a remaining side of the storage compartment, a pillar provided on the first door, the pillar being rotated so as to come into contact with the second door and having a pillar protrusion protruding from an upper side thereof, and a pillar rotation unit provided on a ceiling of the inner case for rotating the pillar.

A door locking device for an electric household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, including a first supporting body, a latch pivotally carried by the first supporting body about a first rotation axis and operatively associated in use with a door catch of the electric household appliance and elastic means carried by the first supporting body and secured between the latter and the latch to be adapted in use to make the latch selectively take first and second working positions, rotated to each other by a first angle about the first axis; wherein a second supporting body designed to be integrally carried in use by a door of the electric household appliance supports the first body overhangingly hinged on opposite side of the latch, second elastic means being interposed between the first and the second supporting bodies, which means are adapted to allow the same to rotate relatively about a second axis parallel to the first and eccentric with respect to the latch, at least by a second angle.

A lock device structure includes an assembly of a case body and an actuator body, a linking member and a slide body mounted on the case body. The actuator body has two arm sections and a notch section positioned between the two arm sections. An operation member and an elastic member are disposed in the notch section. The elastic member serves to make the operation member reciprocally move in an axial direction of the actuator body. The linking member has a first end pivotally connected with the actuator body (or the operation member) and a second end connected with the slide body. When an operator pulls (and pushes) the operation member to move, the actuator body is permitted to move from a closed position to an open position to drive the linking member and the slide body to move.

A locking bracket and methods of using the same are disclosed. The locking bracket includes a rigid body and a locking pin slidably and rotatably coupled to the rigid body and movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. An engagement member can enter and exit the rigid body when the locking pin is in the unlocked position but is locked to the rigid body when the locking pin is in the locked position. Optionally, the rigid body may include a guide portion that guides the engagement member to a mounting position within the rigid body. The methods include swinging an attachment component towards a main body until the engagement member engages the locking bracket coupled to the main body, removing the locking pin from the unlocked position, and locking the attachment component to the bracket by placing the locking pin in the locked position.

A latch mechanism for securing together first and second parts of an assembly includes a first latching component comprising a retainer having an engagement surface; a resilient connector connecting the first latching component to the first part and applying a resilient action on the first latching component resisting displacement of the first latching component in a latching direction; and a second latching component comprising a projection having a latching surface and attached to the second part with the projection projecting outwardly from the second part to a free end of the projection. The engagement surface is engageable with the latching surface to prevent displacement of the first latching component relative to the second latching component in a direction opposite to a latching direction. The latch mechanism further comprises a guide surface on the second latching component and a limb provided on the first latching component.