Vertical partition cover assembly of side-by-side type refrigerator

A side-by-side type refrigerator comprising:

• a cabinet;
• a vertical partition in the cabinet forming left and right storing compartments on left and right sides thereof, the vertical partition including
• (a) left and right liners having respective front ends, and
• (b) a heat-insulation wall between the liners;
• left and right doors mounted on the cabinet and having respective gaskets on inner surfaces thereof, the left and right doors opening and closing to provide access to the respective left and right compartments;
• and
• a vertical partition cover assembly which covers a front of the vertical partition, the vertical partition cover assembly including
• (a) a hot tube, and
• (b) a cover which is fitted to the front of the vertical partition to hold the hot tube , the cover including
• (i) left and right fitting clip sections formed at respective left and right sides of the cover which hold therein the front ends of the respective left and right liners,
• (ii) a solid block in which the fitting clip sections are integrally formed as slots,
• (iii) a flat sealing surface located at a front of the cover in contact with the gaskets of the doors when the doors are closed, and
• (iv) a fixing means for fixing the hot tube adjacent the sealing surface, the fixing means being a concavity integrally formed in a front surface of the solid block.

A side-by-side type refrigerator comprising:

• a cabinet,
• a vertical partition in the cabinet forming left and right storing compartments on left and rights sides thereof, the vertical partition including
• (a) left and right liners having respective front ends, and
• (b) a heat-insulation wall between the liners;
• left and right doors mounted to the cabinet and having respective gaskets on inner surfaces thereof, the left and right doors opening and closing to provide access to the respective left and right compartments;
• and
• a vertical partition cover assembly which covers a front of the vertical partition, the vertical partition cover assembly including
• (a) a cover which is a block member having left and right slots which grasp the associated front ends of the respective left and right liners, and which includes
• (i) a sealing surface forming a plane of contact for the gaskets, and
• (ii) a mechanism which holds the sealing surface to the respective front ends of the liners,
• (b) a hot tube, and
• (c) a fixing means for fixing the hot tube inside of the sealing surface and laterally between the respective front ends of the liners, the fixing means being a concavity in the block member.