Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorAnthony Ogg
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment that is positioned vertically below the first storage compartment, a receiving drawer configured to be received into the second storage compartment, a mullion that partitions the first storage compartment from the second storage compartment, and an access cover configured to selectively open or close the access hole. The receiving drawer includes a receiving door configured to open and close the second storage compartment and a receiving box provided on a back surface of the receiving door. The mullion defines an access hole that allows fluid communication between the first and second storage compartments.
Claims19
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet having a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment;
- a first door configured to open or close a front opening of the first storage compartment;
- a second door configured to open or close a front opening of the second storage compartment, the second door configured to be positioned below the first door;
- a mullion disposed inside the cabinet to partition the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment, such that the first storage compartment is disposed above the mullion and the second storage compartment is disposed below the mullion, the mullion having an access hole to connect the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment, the access hole being formed at a front portion of the mullion and being configured to provision access to one or more food items to a user;
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- an access cover provided to selectively open or close the access hole,
- wherein one end of the access hole is exposed to the first storage compartment and the other end of the access hole is exposed the second storage compartment, such that the user take foods in or out of the second storage compartment through the access hole in a state where the first door is in an opened position and the second door is in a closed position, and
- wherein, based on the access cover closing the access hole, the second storage compartment is maintained at the same or substantially the same temperature as that of the first storage compartment by thermal conduction through the access cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.