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US 10,240,851 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeHefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-uk Kim, Zhengguang Lv, Zhongcheng Fang
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Abstract
A bottom-freezer refrigerator has an ice making compartment formed in a door thereof. Cold air formed in independent spaces of the refrigerating compartment is individually guided to the ice making compartment and the refrigerating compartment, thereby reducing power consumption and noise to be caused as the length of a fluid passage is increased. Foods are refrigerated or frozen and stored in a clean state. The foods in the refrigerating compartment are freshly stored in a high moisture state, and the door is prevented from being forcibly open.
Claims6
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body formed at a lower portion thereof with a freezing compartment and formed at an upper portion thereof with a refrigerating compartment;
- first and second cold air forming parts formed in the refrigerating compartment;
- first and second evaporators installed in the first and second cold air forming parts, respectively;
- a plurality of doors rotatably installed in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, respectively;
- an ice making compartment formed in the door installed in the refrigerating compartment;
- a cold air inlet/outlet duct having one side connected with the second cold air forming part and an opposite end portion exposed inside an inner wall of the refrigerating compartment;
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- a connection pipe which is installed between the ice making compartment and the cold air inlet/outlet duct and is configured to expand or contract according to open/close states of the door,
- wherein the cold air inlet/outlet duct and the connection pipe are together configured to guide cold air formed by the second cold air forming part of the refrigerating compartment to the ice making compartment of the door regardless of the open/close states of the door such that uniform quality ice is produced regardless of the open/close states of the door.
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