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US 10,317,124 B2Granted
Cold air duct cover with side holes used in refrigerator
AssigneeDongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
InventorDai ho Hyun
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Abstract
A duct cover for a cold air duct of a refrigerator and a method of providing cold air. The duct cover has openings located on the side panels which allow cold air to flow to the storage room from the cold air duct in a lateral direction relative to the main panel of the duct cover. A three-dimensional pattern is formed on the surface of the duct cover to reduce surface adhesive between the condensed water drops and the duct cover surface.
Claims12
A duct cover for a cold air duct of a refrigerator, the duct cover comprising:
- a first panel coupled to the cold air duct and facing a front side of the refrigerator;
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- an second panel coupled to the first panel and oriented substantially orthogonal to the first panel, wherein the second panel comprises a first opening, wherein cold air is provided from the cold air duct to a storage chamber of the refrigerator via the first opening,
- wherein the second panel is an inner side panel;
- a side guide panel coupled to the inner side panel, wherein cold air discharged from the first opening is operable to diffuse within a space located between the side guide panel and the inner side panel before flowing to the storage chamber,
- wherein the inner side panel is a bent portion of the first panel towards a rear direction with reference to the refrigerator, and wherein further the guide panel is a bent portion of the inner side panel and bent toward a front direction with reference to the refrigerator, wherein the side guide panel is formed to have a curved surface concave towards the first opening and is arranged to face the first opening, and
- further comprising an outer side panel formed at an external side of the side guide panel, wherein the outer side pane is a bent portion of the side guide panel and bent toward the rear direction with reference to the refrigerator,
- wherein further the side guide panel comprises a front line corner disposed between the side guide panel and the outer side panel and is lower than the first panel.
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