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US 11,448,454 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJunsoo Han, Dongseok Kim, Kangsoo Byun, Younseok Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes an evaporator inclined in a left-right direction and a defrosting water tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting water, and having inclined surfaces corresponding to a shape of the evaporator.
Claims21
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet including a first chamber, and a second chamber arranged below the first chamber;
- a partition wall provided between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- an evaporator case provided at the partition wall;
- an evaporator installed inside of the evaporator case, the evaporator including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a fan suction passage formed between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to allow cold air passing through the first and second heat exchangers to flow through the fan suction passage;
- a tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting fluid, wherein the tray comprises:
- a first portion provided below the first heat exchanger;
- a second portion provided below the second heat exchanger;
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- a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion including a plate that defines a recess formed below the fan suction passage and wherein the plate is configured to collect the defrosting fluid from the first portion and the second portion.
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A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet including a first chamber, and a second chamber arranged below the first chamber;
- a partition wall provided between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- an evaporator case provided at the partition wall;
- an evaporator installed inside of the evaporator case, the evaporator including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a fan suction passage formed between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to allow cold air passing through the first and second heat exchangers to flow through the fan suction passage;
- a tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting fluid, wherein the tray comprises:
- a first portion provided below the first heat exchanger;
- a second portion provided below the second heat exchanger;
- and
- a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion including a recess formed below the fan suction passage;
- and
- a grill cover arranged on a rear side of the evaporator case, wherein the third portion is inclined downward at a first angle toward the grill cover, and wherein a first width of a rear end of the third portion is less than a second width of a front end of the third portion.
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A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet including a first chamber, and a second chamber arranged below the first chamber;
- a partition wall provided between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- an evaporator case provided at the partition wall;
- an evaporator installed inside of the evaporator case, the evaporator including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a fan suction passage formed between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to allow cold air passing through the first and second heat exchangers to flow through the fan suction passage;
- a tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting fluid, wherein the tray comprises:
- a first portion provided below the first heat exchanger;
- a second portion provided below the second heat exchanger;
- and
- a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion and below the fan suction passage, wherein the first heat exchanger is inclined at a first inclined angle relative to the partition wall in a first direction, wherein the second heat exchanger is inclined at a second inclined angle relative to the partition wall in a second direction opposed to the first direction, wherein the first portion of the tray includes a first inclined surface adjacent to a bottom of the first heat exchanger, and wherein the second portion of the tray includes a second inclined surface adjacent to a bottom of the second heat exchanger.
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A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet including a first chamber, and a second chamber arranged below the first chamber;
- a partition wall provided between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- an evaporator case provided at the partition wall;
- an evaporator installed inside of the evaporator case, the evaporator including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a fan suction passage formed between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to allow cold air passing through the first and second heat exchangers to flow through the fan suction passage;
- a tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting fluid, wherein the tray comprises:
- a first portion provided below the first heat exchanger;
- a second portion provided below the second heat exchanger;
- a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion including a recess formed below the fan suction passage;
- a fourth portion that connects the first portion and the third portion and is inclined upward from the third portion;
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- a fifth portion that connects the second portion and the third portion and is inclined upward from the third portion.
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A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet including a first chamber, and a second chamber arranged below the first chamber;
- a partition wall provided between the first chamber and the second chamber;
- an evaporator case provided at the partition wall;
- an evaporator installed inside of the evaporator case, the evaporator including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a fan suction passage formed between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to allow cold air passing through the first and second heat exchangers to flow through the fan suction passage;
- a tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting fluid, wherein the tray comprises:
- a first portion provided below the first heat exchanger;
- a second portion provided below the second heat exchanger;
- and
- a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion including a recess formed below the fan suction passage, wherein the first heat exchanger is inclined at a first inclined angle relative to the partition wall in a first direction, and wherein the second heat exchanger is inclined at a second inclined angle relative to the partition wall in a second direction opposed to the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.