Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyoju Han, Ilsung Bae, Joohee Song, Byungkwan Yang
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a body including a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment; an evaporator provided in the second storage compartment and configured to supply cold air to the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment; an evaporator cover mounted to the body to cover the evaporator and including at least a first return flow path communicably connected to the first storage compartment; and an insulating partition provided between the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment and including a partition return flow path communicably connecting the first storage compartment and the first return flow path.
Claims12
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body comprising a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment;
- an evaporator provided in the second storage compartment and configured to supply cold air to the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment;
- an evaporator cover mounted to the body to cover the evaporator and comprising a multi-flow path control structure comprising:
- a first return flow path communicably connected to the first storage compartment,
- a cover supply flow path configured to guide the cold air into the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment, wherein the cover supply flow path is provided between the evaporator and the second storage compartment,
- a cover guide flow path configured to guide the cold air into the first storage compartment, and
- a damper disposed within the cover guide flow path and configured to control an amount of the cold air flowing into the cover guide flow path;
- an insulating partition provided between the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment and comprising:
- a partition return flow path communicably connecting the first storage compartment and the first return flow path, and
- a partition supply flow path configured to guide the cold air of the evaporator to the first storage compartment;
- a guide cover provided in the first storage compartment and comprising a guide supply flow path that is communicatively connected to the partition supply flow path,
- wherein the first return flow path is provided on at least one of left and right sides of the cover supply flow path, and
- wherein the evaporator cover surrounds around outer surfaces of the evaporator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.