Refrigerator

Abstract

Refrigerator which enables smooth fastening of a handle thereto, and prevents damage to a front of a door during fastening of the handle. For this, the refrigerator includes a body, a door for opening/closing the body, and a handle spacer fastened to the handle in a sliding fashion for holding and connecting the handle to the door.

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a body;   a door for opening/closing the body; and   a handle spacer fastened to the handle in a sliding fashion for holding and connecting the handle to the door.   
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the handle has a bar shape, and a plurality of the handle spacers are provided to arrange on a front of the door opposite to both ends of the handle spaced from each other. 
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator of  claim 1  or  2 , further comprising:
 a fastening bolt for placing in a rear side of the handle; and   a guide slot in a front of the handle spacer for placing a portion of the fastening bolt therein and slide thereon in mounting the handle to the handle spacer.   
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator of  claim 3 , wherein the fastening bolt includes;
 a body placed in the rear surface of the handle, and a head at one end of the body having a diameter greater than the body, and   the guide slot includes;   a first guide slot having a width enough to place the head therein, and   a second guide slot which is an extension from the first guide slot to one side with a width smaller than the width of the first guide slot for preventing the head portion from falling off toward a front direction of the first guide slot in a case the head is slid moved.   
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , wherein the first guide slot and the second guide slot are arranged in succession according to a direction of mounting of the handle. 
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the handle has a curvature for user's easy holding, and the handle spacer has a sloped surface curved in conformity with the curvature of the handle. 
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the door includes;
 a first door mounted to an upper portion of the body for rotatably opening/closing the upper portion, and   a second door mounted to a lower portion of the body for opening/closing the lower portion in a sliding fashion, wherein the first door has the handle mounted thereto in a vertical direction such that the handle is slidably detachable from the handle spacer in an up/down direction, and the second door has the handle mounted thereto in a horizontal direction such that the handle is slidably detachable from the handle spacer in an left/right direction.   
   
   
       8 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the handle spacer has a thickness for spacing between the handle and the door to prevent the handle from brought into contact with the door. 
   
   
       9 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a body;   a door for opening/closing the body; and   a handle spacer fastened to the handle in a sliding fashion for holding and connecting the handle to the door,   wherein the handle spacer makes the handle to be spaced from the door.   
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein the handle has a bar shape with a curvature so that the handle is bulged out at a center thereof.