Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSanggoo PARK
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Abstract
A refrigerator may include a cabinet defining a low-temperature storage space and a machine chamber in which a compressor and a condenser are disposed; and an evaporator disposed in rear of the storage space, wherein air flows upwards along the evaporator and thus cools down to lower a temperature of the storage space. The evaporator may include a cooling pipe in and along which refrigerant flows; and a plurality of cooling fins surrounding an outer face of the cooling pipe. The cooling pipe may be constructed so that the refrigerant flows downward along and in the cooling pipe.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet configured to define a storage space and a machine chamber;
- and
- an evaporator disposed at the storage space, wherein the evaporator is configured such that air is to flow upwards through the evaporator and thus to lower a temperature of the storage space,
- wherein the evaporator includes:
- a cooling pipe configured to allow refrigerant to flow from an inlet to an outlet;
- and
- a plurality of cooling fins surrounding an outer face of the cooling pipe,
- wherein the cooling pipe is configured such that the refrigerant is to flow downward in the cooling pipe from the inlet to the outlet.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a storage space;
- and
- an evaporator disposed at the storage space, wherein the evaporator includes:
- a cooling pipe having an inlet at a top end of the evaporator and an outlet at a bottom end of the evaporator, and configured to allow refrigerant to flow from the inlet at the top end of the evaporator to the outlet at the bottom end of the evaporator;
- and
- a plurality of cooling fins configured such that each of the fins to contact a surface of the cooling pipe,
- wherein the cooling pipe is configured such that the refrigerant is to flow in a first direction in the cooling pipe from the inlet to the outlet without flowing in an second direction opposite to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.