A refrigeration device has a main body, a first door with an opening, and a second door for opening and closing the opening. A first hinge member connects the first door to the main body and a second hinge member that is fixed on the first door including a second door hinge shaft connected to the second door. A first stop portion is fixed on a lower side of the second hinge member and is matched to a first limiting portion of the first hinge member. When the first door rotates to a first preset angle, the first stop portion abuts against the first limiting portion. A stop function is integrated on a hinge of a door body of the refrigeration device, thus reducing a quantity of parts of the refrigeration device and assembly complexity, and improving assembly precision and efficiency of the refrigeration device.

A refrigeration device has a first door with an opening and a second door for closing the opening in the first door. A first hinge member has a first connection portion fixed on a main body of the refrigeration device and a first hinged portion connected to the first door. A second hinge member has a second connection portion fixed on the first door and a second hinged portion connected to the second door. The second hinge member includes a columnar portion that is hinged to the first hinged portion. One of the columnar portion and the first hinged portion has a first shaft hole, and the other one has a first hinge shaft that extends into the first shaft hole. The novel device prevents a door body of the refrigeration device from being damaged at a hinged position and the reliability of the refrigeration device is improved.

A sliding and connecting device configured to slidably secure a cabinet panel to an appliance door includes a rail element and a sliding element. The sliding element has a first flat portion and a second flat portion. The second flat portion has a first cross-sectional hollow profile and a second cross-sectional hollow profile intersecting the first cross-sectional hollow profile. Each of the first and second cross-sectional hollow profiles are configured to engage and slide along a matching cross-sectional profile formed on the rail element.

A refrigerator according to an embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a main door that can rotate relative to the cabinet and opens and closes the storage space; a sub door that rotates relative to the main door; and a hinge mechanism which is connected to the main door and the sub door and provides the axis of rotation of the main door and the axis of rotation of the sub door. The axis of rotation of the main door and the axis of rotation of the sub door may be positioned on the sub door.

A refrigerator according to the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having storage spaces; a main door, which can rotate with respect to the cabinet and opens/closes the storage spaces; a sub door rotating with respect to the main door; and a hinge device, which is fixed to the front surface of the cabinet, supports the lower sides of the main door and the sub door and provides the center of rotation of the main door and the center of rotation of the sub door, wherein the center of rotation of the main door and the center of rotation of the sub door can be positioned on the sub door.

A hinge for a door of a storage unit, the hinge including a first bracket and a second bracket. The hinge further including a linking mechanism for coupling the second bracket to the first bracket so that the second bracket is able to translate and rotate relative to the first bracket, wherein a maximum amount of rotation of the second bracket relative to the first bracket is not determined solely by operation of the linking mechanism.

A cabinet door assembly for a household appliance that couples a cabinet door to the household appliance. The cabinet door assembly can include a cabinet door and hinge assembly. The hinge assembly can include one or more braces that secure to the cabinet door and repositionable hinges.

A lever pushes a latch drawn into a hook accommodating space in a latch holder in a direction where a door opens is installed in the latch holder, and the latch is released from the latch holder using the lever. The door that is opened by an initial opening angle by the latch holder releasing the latch automatically opens by self-weight of the door.

An appliance includes a hinge module between a main body and a pull-down door. The hinge module includes a housing, a rotational axis member disposed in the housing serving as a center of rotation between the pull-down door and the main body, an inner link housing movably disposed in the housing that moves with the opening of the pull-down door in a direction of the rotational axis member, and a damper installed in the inner link housing, the damper including a piston and a cylinder and providing damping force according to a relative movement of the piston and the cylinder. Any one of the piston and the cylinder of the damper moves with the inner link housing and the other of the piston and the cylinder of the damper moves by a predetermined distance as the inner link housing moves and then is interfered by the housing so as not to move further, and the piston and the cylinder of the damper starts damping, wherein the predetermined distance corresponds to an opening angle of the pull-down door in which the damping is started.

A control method includes controlling a lever, a pusher and a motor so as to arrange the same in a correct position when electric power is supplied to the home appliance, or the user turns on the home appliance.

Abnormalities involving an automatic opening of the door through changes in a return/stop switch and an opening sensing switch while the motor operates so as to open the door may be confirmed.