US 2013/0340463 A1 · REFRIGERATOR

Abstract

A refrigerator is provided, including a body having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment positioned under the refrigerator compartment and separated by a mullion, and a cooling device provided at a lower portion of the refrigerator compartment, with a cold air passage guiding cold air to the cooling device. The cooling device may include a case having an open front surface, an agitating assembly disposed in the case and swinging about a rotational axis that is parallel with a longitudinal direction of the case, an agitating mechanism electrically or mechanically connected with the agitating assembly to swing the agitating assembly, a fan motor assembly mounted at a rear end of the case and supplying cold air into the case, and a cover selectively opening or closing the opened front surface of the case. An intake port and a discharge port of the cold air passage communicate with the freezer compartment.

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Dependent claims

A refrigerator, comprising:

a body including a freezer compartment positioned under a refrigerator compartment;
a cooling device mounted at a bottom portion of the refrigerator compartment;
and
an air passage having an intake port and a discharge port that each communicate with the freezer compartment to guide cold air to the cooling device, wherein the cooling device includes:
a case having an open front surface;
a cover coupled to the case to selectively open and close the open front surface of the case;
an agitating assembly installed in the case and configured to swing about a rotational axis that extends in a longitudinal direction of the case;
an agitating mechanism operably coupled to the agitating assembly to swing the agitating assembly through a predetermined arc about the rotational axis;
and
a fan assembly mounted at a rear end of the case and supplying cold air into the case.

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A refrigerator, comprising:

a first compartment positioned above a second compartment;
a cooling device installed in the first compartment, the cooling device comprising a case configured to receive an item therein to be quick-cooled and a cover coupled to the case to selectively open and close an access opening into the case;
and
an air passage that guides air between the second compartment and the cooling device, wherein the air passage comprises:
an intake duct having a first end in communication with the second compartment and a second end in communication with a rear end of the case;
a cold air supply passage that extends along a bottom of the case, from the fan assembly to a front end of the case;
and
a return duct having a first end in communication with an outlet formed in the bottom of the case and a second end in communication with the second compartment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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