Refrigerator having subsidiary storage compartment

Abstract

A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage compartment; a door rotatably provided in the cabinet, the door opening/closing the storage compartment; an subsidiary storage compartment provided in the door, with an open rear surface; and an opening/closing device provided in a rear surface of the door to open and close the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment. The opening/closing device includes a supporting member coupled to the subsidiary storage compartment; and a blocking member wound around the supporting member in a roll type.

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a cabinet comprising a storage compartment;   a door rotatably provided in the cabinet, the door opening/closing the storage compartment;   a subsidiary storage compartment provided in the door, with an open rear surface; and   an opening/closing device provided in a rear surface of the door to open and close the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment,   wherein the opening/closing device comprises,   a supporting member coupled to the subsidiary storage compartment; and   a blocking member wound around the supporting member in a roll type.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the opening/closing device further comprises a fixing member provided at an end of the blocking member, the fixing member fixed to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment, and
 the blocking member and the fixing member are movable upwardly and downwardly, to open or close the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment selectively.   
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein plurality of the fixing members are selectively fixed to a plurality of positions provided in the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment, to adjust a degree of the opening and closing of the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment which is performed by the blocking member. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one slit is provided in the blocking member to make the storage compartment in communication with the subsidiary storage compartment. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the blocking member is formed of water-proof synthetic resin fabric woven of plastic lines, with a single or both surfaces being water-proof-treated. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the subsidiary storage compartment comprises,
 a partition wall configured to define a predetermined room where foods are stored;   at least one shelf provided in the partition wall to support the stored foods, and   a plurality of projections are provided in the shelf, spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other, and the projections are projected backwardly, and   the fixing member comprises a ring which is able to be caught up in the projections to fix the blocking member to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment.   
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the subsidiary storage compartment comprises,
 a partition wall configured to define a predetermined room where foods are stored; and   at least one shelf provided in the partition wall to support the stored foods, and   a plurality of hooking grooves are provided in the partition, spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other, and   the fixing member comprises a fixing pole which is able to be inserted in the hooking grooves to fix the blocking member to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment.   
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the subsidiary storage compartment comprises,
 a partition wall configured to define a predetermined room where foods are stored; and   at least one shelf provided in the partition wall to support the stored foods, and   a steel surface formed of steel is provided in the shelf, and   the fixing member comprises a magnet which is able to be attached to the steel surface to fix the blocking member to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment.   
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the supporting member comprises,
 a housing;   a supporting pole provided in the housing, the supporting pole where the blocking member is wound; and   an elastic supporting member provided in both ends of the supporting pole to support the supporting pole elastically.   
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the elastic supporting member supports the supporting pole by using a rotational restitution force, for the supporting pole to rotate along a winding direction of the blocking member. 
     
     
         11 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a cabinet comprising a storage compartment;   a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, the door configured to open and close the storage compartment;   a subsidiary storage compartment provided in the door, with an open rear surface to place foods or take out the foods there through; and   an opening/closing device provided in the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment, to open and close the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment,   wherein the opening/closing device comprises,   a blocking member configured to open and close the open rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment, the blocking member which is able to adjust a degree of the opening and closing; and   a supporting member having the blocking member wound there around in a roll type, to support the blocking member by using a rotational restitution force.   
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the supporting member comprises,
 a housing;   a supporting pole provided in the housing, having the blocking member wound there around; and   an elastic supporting member provided in both ends of the supporting pole to support the supporting pole elastically.   
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the elastic supporting member supports the supporting pole by using a rotational restitution force for the supporting pole to rotate along a winding direction of the blocking member. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the opening/closing device further comprises a fixing member provided in an end of the blocking member to be fixed to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment, and
 the blocking member and the fixing member are movable upwardly and downwardly to open and close the open rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment selectively.   
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the fixing member is able to be selectively fixed to a plurality of positions provided in the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment, to adjust a degree of the opening and closing of the rear surface of the subsidiary storage compartment. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein at least one slit is provided in the blocking member to make the storage compartment in communication with the subsidiary storage compartment. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the subsidiary storage compartment comprises,
 a partition wall configured to define a predetermined room where foods are stored; and   at least one shelf provided in the partition wall to support the stored foods, and   a plurality of projections are provided in the shelf, spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other and the plurality of the projections are projected backwardly, and   the fixing member comprises a ring which is able to be caught up in the projections to fix the blocking member to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment.   
     
     
         18 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the subsidiary storage compartment comprises,
 a partition wall configured to define a predetermined room where foods are stored; and   at least shelf provided in the partition wall to support the stored foods, and   a plurality of hooking grooves are provided in the partition wall, spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other, and   the fixing member comprises a fixing pole which is able to be inserted in the hooking grooves to fix the blocking member to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment.   
     
     
         19 . The refrigerator as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the subsidiary storage compartment comprises,
 a partition wall configured to define a predetermined room where foods are stored; and   at least one shelf provided in the partition wall to support the stored foods, and   a steel surface formed of steel is provided in the shelf, and   the fixing member comprises a magnet which is able to be attached to the steel surface to fix the blocking member to a predetermined position of the subsidiary storage compartment.