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A refrigerator capable of adjusting the height of a body independent of the height of a door, in which a lower portion hinge connecting the body to the door includes a fixed bracket having one portion fixed to a bottom surface of the body while having the remaining portion protruded to a front side

A refrigerator capable of adjusting the height of a body independent of the height of a door, in which a lower portion hinge connecting the body to the door includes a fixed bracket having one portion fixed to a bottom surface of the body while having the remaining portion protruded to a front side of the refrigerator, a mobile bracket coupled to the fixed bracket so as to enable a sliding movement and allowing the door to placed thereon, in which a body supporting leg and a door supporting leg are screwed to a lower portion of the fixed bracket and a lower portion of the mobile bracket, respectively, to adjust the respective heights of the fixed bracket and the mobile bracket.

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1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body;a storage compartment provided at an inside the body;a door provided at a front of the body to open and close a front surface of the storage compartment; anda lower portion hinge installed at a lower portion of the body to rotatively support the door,wherein the

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A refrigerator, comprising: a body;a storage compartment provided at an inside the body;a door provided at a front of the body to open and close a front surface of the storage compartment; anda lower portion hinge installed at a lower portion of the body to rotatively support the door,wherein the lower portion hinge, comprises a fixed bracket having one portion thereof fixedly coupled to a bottom surface of the body while the other portion thereof protruded toward a front side of the body, anda mobile bracket, of which left, right, forward, and backward movements except for up and down movements are restrained by the fixed bracket, and which comprises a door cam for the door to be placed thereon and a door rotation shaft that is inserted into a lower portion of the door,wherein a body supporting leg configured to support a weight of the body is screwed to a lower portion of the fixed bracket, and a door supporting leg configured to support a weight of the door is screwed to a lower portion of the mobile bracket,wherein the weight of the body is supported at a floor surface by the body supporting leg, and the weight of the door is supported at the floor surface by the door supporting leg, andwherein a height of the body is adjusted by rotating the body supporting leg, and a height of the door is adjusted by rotating the door supporting leg, so that the height of the body is adjusted independent of the height of the door. 2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a vertical bracket protruded toward a lower side is formed at the mobile bracket, and a vertical bracket accommodating portion into which the vertical bracket is inserted is formed at the fixed bracket, so that left, right, forward, and backward movements except for up and down movements of the mobile bracket are restrained by the fixed bracket. 3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the vertical bracket and the mobile bracket are formed as an integral body. 4. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the vertical bracket accommodating portion is formed so that a width of left and right directions thereof is wider than a width of forward and backward directions thereof. 5. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein at least one guide protrusion is formed at an upper side of the vertical bracket accommodating portion to guide the movement of the vertical bracket. 6. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a first male screw portion is formed at one of the fixed bracket and the body supporting leg, and a first female screw portion at which the first male screw portion is coupled is formed at the remaining one of the fixed bracket and the body supporting leg. 7. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a second male screw portion is formed at one of the mobile bracket and the door supporting leg, and a second female screw portion at which the second male screw portion is coupled is formed at the remaining one of the mobile bracket and the door supporting leg. 8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein a door supporting shaft is formed as the second male screw portion and the second female screw portion are coupled to each other by a screw, and the door supporting shaft is not provided in collinear with the door rotation shaft. 9. The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein the door supporting shaft is provided at the inner side of the body when compared to the door rotation shaft. 10. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a tool coupling portion is provided on at least one of the body supporting leg and the door supporting leg so that a tool is coupled to the tool coupling portion to rotate the at least one of the body supporting leg and the door supporting leg. 11. The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein the tool coupling portion is provided in a form of a groove vertically elongated. 12. A refrigerator, comprising: a body;a storage compartment provided at an inside the body;a door provided at a front of the body to open and close a front surface of the storage compartment; anda lower portion hinge installed at a lower portion of the body to rotatively support the door,wherein the lower portion hinge, comprises a fixed bracket having one portion thereof fixedly coupled to a bottom surface of the body while the other portion thereof protruded toward a front side of the body,a mobile bracket, of which left, right, forward and backward movements except for up and down movements are restrained by the fixed bracket, and which comprises a door cam for the door to be placed thereon and a door rotation shaft that is inserted into a lower portion of the door,a vertical bracket formed at the mobile bracket, anda vertical bracket accommodating portion into which the vertical bracket is inserted formed at the fixed bracket, at least one guide protrusion being formed at an upper side of the vertical bracket accommodating portion to guide the movement of the vertical bracket,wherein the fixed bracket is provided with a first leg coupling portion to which a body supporting leg configured to support a weight of the body is screwed so as to enable ascending and descending,wherein the mobile bracket is provided with a second leg coupling portion to which a door supporting leg configured to support a weight of the door is screwed so as to enable ascending and descending,wherein the weight of the body is supported at a floor surface by the body supporting leg, and the weight of the door is supported at the floor surface by the door supporting leg,wherein the body supporting leg is configured to adjust a height of the body, and the door supporting leg is configured to adjust a height of the door, andwherein the height of the body is adjusted independent of the height of the door. 13. The refrigerator of claim 12, wherein each of the first leg coupling portion and the second leg coupling portion is one of a male screw portion and a female screw portion. 14. A refrigerator, comprising: a body;a storage compartment provided at an inside the body;a door provided at a front of the body to open and close a front surface of the storage compartment;a fixed bracket having a base portion disposed at a bottom surface of the body so as to be fixed to the bottom surface of the body, and a front protrusion portion protruded from the base portion to a front side of the body, the front protrusion portion having a vertical bracket accommodating portion formed thereon to restrain a movement of the door;a mobile bracket disposed at an upper side of the front protrusion portion of the fixed bracket while having a door cam at which the door is placed, a horizontal bracket provided with a door rotation shaft inserted into a lower portion of the door, and a vertical bracket vertically inserted in a sliding manner into the vertical bracket accommodating portion;a body supporting leg coupled to a lower portion of the fixed bracket by a screw to support a weight of the body and adjust a height of the body; anda door supporting leg coupled to a lower portion of the mobile bracket by a screw to support a weight of the door and adjust a height of the door,wherein at least one guide protrusion is formed at an upper side of the vertical bracket accommodating portion to guide the movement of the vertical bracket,wherein the weight of the body is supported at a floor surface by the body supporting leg, and the weight of the door is supported at the floor surface by the door supporting leg,wherein the body supporting leg is configured to adjust a height of the body, and the door supporting leg is configured to adjust a height of the door, andwherein the height of the body is adjusted independent of the height of the door. 15. The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein the door rotation shaft is formed as an integral body with the horizontal bracket, and is protruded toward an upper side of the horizontal bracket. 16. The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein the door cam is formed as a separate body from the horizontal bracket, and is screwed and fixed to an upper side of the horizontal bracket. 17. The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein the vertical bracket is formed as an integral body with the horizontal bracket, and is bent toward a lower side of the horizontal bracket. 18. The refrigerator of claim 12, wherein the door supporting shaft is provided at the inner side of the body when compared to the door rotation shaft. 19. The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein the door supporting shaft is provided at the inner side of the body when compared to the door rotation shaft. 20. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the second male screw portion formed at the door supporting leg is screwed to the second female screw portion which is formed through a portion of the mobile bracket. 21. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the fixed bracket has a shape of an approximately elongated flat panel.