REFRIGERATOR, AND DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To electrically open a drawer door of a freezing compartment or a vegetable compartment, and to automatically close the door when a half-closed state is detected. SOLUTION: When starting to open the freezing compartment 5 from a closed state, motor rotation is increased to press out and drive a connection plate 16 by a first driving pin 20a arranged most nearest to a drive shaft 18, and force being slow but large is exerted to peel off a magnet packing. Next, the connection plate 16 is pressed out by a second driving pin 20b provided farther than the first driving pin 20a, and opening operation is continued and the freezing compartment 5 is accelerated against drawing force of a closer 13 by speed of about a middle degree and by exerting force of about a middle degree. Then, the connection plate 16 is pressed out by a third driving pin 20c provided farther from the drive shaft 18 than the second driving pin 20b, and the freezing compartment 5 is further accelerated by driving it fast by small force. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT