Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator which includes a main body cabinet having an inner cabinet, and the inner cabinet including a storage compartment and a guide rail disposed in an inner side of the inner cabinet, a slide rail sliding on the guide rail, and a door assembly including a storage container which is accommodated in the storage compartment and a supporting frame supporting the storage container and sliding on the slide rail, the supporting frame includes a first through hole through which an air current in the storage compartment passes, and the storage container includes a ventilating hole disposed in a surface thereof to correspond to the first through hole so that the air current passes therethrough. Thus, the refrigerator allows a door assembly to be smoothly opened and closed.

1 . A refrigerator, comprising: 
 a main body cabinet having an inner cabinet comprising a storage compartment and a guide rail disposed in an inner side thereof;    a slide rail to slide on the guide rail; and    a door assembly comprising a storage container which is accommodated in the storage compartment and a supporting frame to support the storage container and to slide on the slide rail,    the supporting frame comprises a first through hole through which an air current in the storage compartment passes, and    the storage container comprises a ventilating hole disposed in a surface thereof to correspond to the first through hole so that the air current passes therethrough.    
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the slide rail comprises a second through hole to allow the air current passed through the first through hole to be transferred to the guide rail therethrough.  
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the storage container further comprises a sub-ventilating hole adjacent to the ventilating hole.  
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising an inner rail coupled with the supporting frame and to slide on the slide rail.  
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 4 , wherein the inner rail comprises a third through hole allowing the air current passed through the first through hole to be transferred to the slide rail therethrough.  
   
   
       6 . A refrigerator, comprising: 
 an inner cabinet comprising a storage compartment and a guide rail;    a slide rail to slide on the guide rail;    a storage container which is accommodated in the storage compartment; and    a supporting frame to support the storage container and to slide on the slide rail, to thereby move between a closing position in which the storage container is accommodated in the storage compartment and an opening position in which the storage container is drawn therefrom,    the supporting frame comprising a first through hole through which an air current in the storage compartment passes, and    the slide rail comprising a second through hole disposed to correspond to the first through hole in the closing position so that the air current passes therethrough.    
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 6 , wherein the storage container comprises a ventilating hole disposed to correspond to the first through hole in the closing position so that the air current passes therethrough.  
   
   
       8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 6 , further comprising an inner rail coupled with the supporting frame to slide on the slide rail, and the inner rail comprising a third through hole to allow the air current passed through the first through hole to be transferred to the slide rail through the third through hole.  
   
   
       9 . A refrigerator comprising an inner cabinet forming a storage compartment and having a guide rail, the refrigerator further comprising: 
 an air current generating part to generate an air current in the storage compartment;    a storage container which is accommodated in the storage compartment, the storage container comprising an inlet in a first side thereof through which the air current generated from the air current generating part flows into the storage container, and a ventilating hole in a second side thereof through which the air current inside the storage container flows out; and    a supporting frame which is supported to the guide rail, to thereby support the storage container, wherein the storage container moves between a closing position in which the storage container is accommodated in the storage compartment and an opening position in which the storage container is drawn therefrom, and with the storage container further comprises a first through hole disposed to correspond to the ventilating hole so that the air current inside the storage container passes through the ventilating hole and the first through hole.    
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , further comprising a slide rail interposed between the guide rail and the supporting frame, to support the supporting frame to slide on the guide rail, and with the slide rail comprising a second through hole disposed to correspond to the first through hole so that the air current passed through the first through hole passes through the second through hole when the supporting frame is in the closing position.  
   
   
       11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the storage container further comprises a sub-ventilating hole adjacent with the ventilating hole.  
   
   
       12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , further comprising an inner rail coupled with the supporting frame to slide on the slide rail.  
   
   
       13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein the inner rail comprises a third through hole to allow the air current passed through the first through hole to be transferred to the slide rail therethrough.  
   
   
       14 . A refrigerator comprising an inner cabinet including a storage compartment and a guide rail, the refrigerator further comprising: 
 a storage container comprising a ventilating hole through which an air current passes; and    a slide rail to support the storage container with respect to the guide rail to allow the storage container to move between a closing position in which the storage container is accommodated in the storage compartment and an opening position in which the storage container is drawn therefrom, and the slide rail comprising a through hole disposed to correspond to the ventilating hole when the storage container is in the closing position.    
   
   
       15 . The refrigerator according to  claim 14 , further comprising a supporting frame to support the storage container, interposed between the storage container and the slide rail to slide on the slide rail, and the supporting frame comprising a through hole disposed to correspond to the ventilating hole.  
   
   
       16 . A refrigerator comprising: 
 a storage compartment housing a storage container to store food therein;    guide rails to be disposed on an inner side of the storage compartment;    slide rails to be disposed along sides of the storage container, to slide along the guide rails;    the storage container comprising: 
 a door to form an external appearance thereof,  
 a supporting frame to be connected with the door and the slide rails, to support the storage container and to slide on the slide rails, the supporting frame comprising first through holes through which air in the storage compartment passes through, and  
 ventilating holes disposed on a surface of the storage container corresponding to the through holes, so that the air passes therethrough.  
   
   
   
       17 . The refrigerator of  claim 16 , wherein the storage container further comprises sub-ventilating holes adjacent to the ventilating holes to allow air to pass therethrough.  
   
   
       18 . The refrigerator of  claim 16 , wherein the slide rails comprise second through holes to allow the air which passes through the first through holes to be transferred to the guide rail therethrough.  
   
   
       19 . The refrigerator of  claim 18 , further comprising: 
 an inner rail coupled with the supporting frame, to slide on the slide rail, wherein the inner rail comprises third through holes corresponding to the first through holes and the second through holes, to allow the air which passes through the first through holes to be transferred to the slide rail therethrough.    
   
   
       20 . The refrigerator of  claim 19 , further comprising ball bearings interposed between the guide rails, the slide rails, and the inner rail.