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US 2017/0248348 A1Published application
Refrigerator
AssigneeHefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-uk KIM, Zhengguang LV, Zhongcheng FANG
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Abstract
A bottom-freezer refrigerator has an ice making compartment formed in a door thereof. Cold air formed in independent spaces of the refrigerating compartment is individually guided to the ice making compartment and the refrigerating compartment, thereby reducing power consumption and noise to be caused as the length of a fluid passage is increased. Foods are refrigerated or frozen and stored in a clean state. The foods in the refrigerating compartment are freshly stored in a high moisture state, and the door is prevented from being forcibly open.
Claims16
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body formed at a lower portion thereof with a freezing compartment and formed at an upper portion thereof with a refrigerating compartment;
- first and second cold air forming parts formed in the refrigerating compartment;
- first and second evaporators installed in the first and second cold air forming parts, respectively;
- a plurality of doors rotatably installed in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, respectively;
- an ice making compartment formed in the door installed in the refrigerating compartment;
- a cold air inlet/outlet duct having one side connected with the second cold air forming part and an opposite end portion exposed inside an inner wall or to a front surface of the refrigerating compartment;
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- a connection member installed with a predetermined thickness at one side of the door of the refrigerating compartment to fill a gap between the opposite end portion of the cold air inlet/outlet duct and the ice making compartment when the door is closed,
- wherein cold air, which is formed inside the second cold air forming part through a heat exchange scheme when the second evaporator of the refrigerating compartment is operated, is guided to the ice making compartment of the door through the cold air inlet/outlet duct and the connection member.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a body formed at a lower portion thereof with a freezing compartment formed at an upper portion thereof with a refrigerating compartment, and formed with a special compartment interposed between the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment;
- a first cold air forming part formed in the refrigerating compartment;
- a second cold air forming part formed in the special compartment;
- first and second evaporators installed in the first and second cold air forming parts, respectively;
- a plurality of doors rotatably installed in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, respectively;
- an ice making compartment formed in the door installed in the refrigerating compartment;
- a cold air inlet/outlet duct having one side connected with the second cold air forming part and an opposite end portion exposed inside an inner wall or to a front surface of the special compartment or the refrigerating compartment;
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- a connection member installed with a predetermined thickness at one side of the door of the ice making compartment to fill a gap between the opposite end portion of the cold air inlet/outlet duct and the ice making compartment when the door is closed,
- wherein cold air, which is formed inside the second cold air forming part through a heat exchange scheme when the second evaporator of the special compartment is operated, is guided to the ice making compartment of the door through the cold air inlet/outlet duct and the connection member.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a body formed at a lower portion thereof with a freezing compartment and formed at an upper portion thereof with a refrigerating compartment;
- first and second cold air forming parts formed in the refrigerating compartment;
- first and second evaporators installed in the first and second cold air forming parts, respectively;
- a plurality of doors rotatably installed in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, respectively;
- an ice making compartment formed in the door installed in the refrigerating compartment;
- a cold air inlet/outlet duct having one side connected with the second cold air forming part and an opposite end portion exposed inside an inner wall of the refrigerating compartment;
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- a connection pipe which is installed between the ice making compartment and the cold air inlet/outlet duct and expanded or contracted according to open/close states of the door,
- wherein cold air formed by the second cold air forming part of the refrigerating compartment is guided to the ice making compartment of the door through the cold air inlet/outlet duct and the connection pipe such that ices having uniform quality are produced regardless of the open/close states of the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.