Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorIn-bo Shim
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Abstract
A refrigerator including a refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to partition a storage space of a refrigerating compartment and a refrigerating compartment evaporator accommodator, a ventilator which is provided in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator cover, a damper which is provided in an upper part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to control entrance and exit of cooling air to the ventilator, and a refrigerating compartment evaporator and a freezing compartment evaporator which are connected in serial. The refrigerator allows cooling air to flow smoothly and prevents cooling air continuously generated from a refrigerating compartment evaporator from being rapidly discharged to a refrigerating compartment when a refrigerating compartment stops operating.
Claims20
A refrigerator having a main body including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment with a storage space respectively, a freezing compartment evaporator and a refrigerating compartment evaporator, a freezing compartment fan and a refrigerating compartment fan to send cooling air generated from the freezing compartment evaporator and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment respectively, a refrigerating compartment evaporator accommodator to accommodate the refrigerating compartment evaporator and a discharging duct which is disposed on an upper part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator accommodator and having a discharger, the refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to partition the storage space of the refrigerating compartment and the refrigerating compartment evaporator accommodator;
- a ventilator which is provided in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator cover;
- a damper which is provided in an upper part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to control entrance and exit of cooling air to the ventilator;
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- wherein the refrigerating compartment evaporator and the freezing compartment evaporator are connected in serial.
A refrigerator having a main body including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, a machinery compartment which is provided with a compressor and a condenser, a freezing compartment evaporator and a refrigerating compartment evaporator which are provided in the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment fan and a refrigerating compartment fan to send cooling air generated from the freezing compartment evaporator and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment respectively, and a refrigerating compartment duct having a discharging duct including at least one discharger and a refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to cover a refrigerating compartment evaporator accommodator which accommodates the refrigerating compartment evaporator, the refrigerator comprising:
- a ventilator which is provided in the refrigerating compartment duct to be disposed in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator;
- a damper which is provided between the discharging duct and the refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to control entrance and exit of the cooling air to the ventilator;
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- wherein the compressor, the condenser, the refrigerating compartment evaporator and the freezing compartment evaporator which are sequentially connected in serial.
A refrigerator having a main body including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment evaporator and a refrigerating compartment evaporator which are connected in serial, and a freezing compartment fan and a refrigerating compartment fan to send cooling air generated from the freezing compartment evaporator and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment respectively, the refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerating compartment duct comprising a plurality of dischargers formed in an upper part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator and a ventilator formed in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator;
- a damper which is disposed between a lowest discharger among the plurality of dischargers and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to open and close a cooling air path of the refrigerating compartment duct;
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- a controller to control the damper to open the lowest discharger when the refrigerating compartment fan is turned on, and close the lowest discharger if the refrigerating compartment fan is turned off and the freezing compartment fan is turned on.
A refrigerator having a main body including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment evaporator and a refrigerating compartment evaporator which are connected in serial, and a freezing compartment fan and a refrigerating compartment fan to send cooling air generated from the freezing compartment evaporator and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment respectively, the refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerating compartment duct to accommodate the refrigerating compartment evaporator and having a discharger formed in an upper part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator and a ventilator formed in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator;
- a damper which is provided between the discharger and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to open and close a cooling air path of the refrigerating compartment duct;
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- a controller to control the damper to open the refrigerating compartment duct when the refrigerating compartment fan is turned on, and close the refrigerating compartment duct when the refrigerating compartment fan is turned off and the freezing compartment fan is turned on.
A refrigerator having a main body including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, the refrigerator comprising:
- a freezing compartment evaporator and a refrigerating compartment evaporator which are connected in serial;
- a freezing compartment fan and a refrigerating compartment fan to send cooling air generated from the freezing compartment evaporator and the refrigerating compartment evaporator to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment respectively;
- a refrigerating compartment duct having a plurality of dischargers formed in an upper part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator and a ventilator formed in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment evaporator;
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- an opening and closing member which is adjacent to the ventilator to open and close the ventilator and control entrance and exit of cooling air to the ventilator.
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