Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body, a thermoelectric element including a heat generating portion and a heat absorbing portion, the thermoelectric element being provided on an upper wall of the main body such that the heat generating portion faces upward of the thermoelectric element and the heat absorbing portion faces downward of the thermoelectric element, a heat sink provided on an upper side of the thermoelectric element to contact the heat generating portion, a cooling sink provided on a lower side of the thermoelectric element to contact the heat absorbing portion, and a thermoelectric element sealing portion configured to cover an outer surface of the thermoelectric element and to seal between the heat sink and the cooling sink, wherein the thermoelectric element sealing portion includes a wire cover portion configured to cover at least a portion of a wire connected to the thermoelectric element.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.