Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJoonyoung Choi
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Abstract
A refrigerator is proposed. The refrigerator may include a cabinet having a storage compartment (F1, F2), and a barrier (30) dividing the storage compartment (F1, F2) into multiple spaces. In addition, a grille fan assembly 50 may be erected at the rear of the storage compartment (F1), and a blower fan (80) configured to blow cold air may be mounted to the grille fan assembly 50. The grille fan assembly (50) may be provided with the control knob (90), and the control knob (90) may be rotated relative to a rotating shaft configured in the same direction as a rotating shaft of the blower fan (80) such that the amount of the blown air can be controlled.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage compartment;
- a barrier dividing the storage compartment into multiple spaces and having a communication hole defined at an upper surface of the barrier, the communication hole being disposed between the multiple spaces and configured to allow cold air to be transmitted to the multiple spaces;
- a grille fan assembly provided at a rear of the storage compartment and having (i) a discharge hole defined at a lower surface of the grille fan assembly such that the discharge hole is coupled to the communication hole, and (ii) a blower fan provided at the grille fan assembly and configured to blow cold air into the storage compartment;
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- a control knob provided at the grille fan assembly and configured to rotate relative to a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft configured to rotate in the same direction as a direction of a rotating shaft of the blower fan, and the control knob configured to control an amount of cold air blown into the discharge hole based on a rotation angle of the control knob,
- wherein a plurality of inclined parts are defined at the upper surface of the barrier and at the lower surface of the grille fan assembly, respectively.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage compartment;
- a barrier dividing the storage compartment into multiple spaces and having a communication hole defined at an upper surface of the barrier, the communication hole being disposed between the multiple spaces and configured to allow cold air to be transmitted into the multiple spaces;
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- a grille fan assembly provided at a rear of the storage compartment and having (i) a discharge hole defined at a lower surface of the grille fan assembly such that the discharge hole is coupled to the communication hole, and (ii) a blower fan provided at the grille fan assembly and configured to blow cold air into the storage compartment,
- wherein a first inclined part is disposed at the upper surface of the barrier and defined to surround an edge of the communication hole, and a second inclined part is disposed at the lower surface of the grille fan assembly and defined to surround an edge of the discharge hole, wherein the first inclined part and the second inclined part are disposed to be in close contact with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.