Refrigerator

A refrigerator comprising:

• a housing defining an interior;
• an exterior door providing access to the interior;
• a freezer disposed within the interior;
• a freezer door providing access to an interior freezer compartment of the freezer;
• a cooling unit for cooling the interior of the refrigerator, the cooling unit including a heat exchanger disposed within the interior of the housing;
• at least one ventilation duct vertically extending through the freezer door so as to be movable with the freezer door as the freezer door is opened and closed, the at least one ventilation duct having a first end adjacent an upper area of the freezer door which is in communication with an upper zone of the interior of the refrigerator, and a second end adjacent a lower area of the freezer door;
• an airflow path extending between the heat exchanger and the second end of the at least one ventilation duct;
• and
• a cooling fan for directing a cooling airflow from within the refrigerator across the heat exchanger, along the airflow path, into the second end of the at least one ventilation duct, and then fully vertically through the at least one ventilation duct, and then out through the first end of the ventilation duct and into the upper zone of the interior of the refrigerator,
• wherein the freezer door is inwardly spaced from the exterior door and movable relative to the freezer,
• wherein the interior freezer compartment of the freezer is sealed from the airflow path by the freezer door and isolated from the cooling airflow flowing through the airflow path.

A refrigerator comprising:

• a housing defining an interior;
• an exterior door providing access to the interior;
• a freezer disposed within the interior;
• a freezer door providing access to an interior freezer compartment of the freezer;
• a cooling unit for cooling the interior of the refrigerator, the cooling unit including a heat exchanger disposed within the interior of the housing for receiving a cooling airflow from an interior of the refrigerator;
• and
• at least one ventilation duct forming an airflow path vertically extending from a cooling fan, vertically through the freezer door so as to be movable laterally with the freezer door as the freezer door is opened and closed, the airflow path extending to an upper zone of an interior of the refrigerator to channel the cooling airflow received from the airflow path at an intake point elevationally below the upper zone and outside of the interior freezer compartment, up through the at least one ventilation duct to a point adjacent an upper area of the freezer door, and then to discharge the cooling airflow out from the freezer door into the upper zone, the upper zone being positioned completely above the freezer;
• wherein an interior of the interior freezer compartment is sealed from the airflow path by the freezer door.