Refrigerator
AssigneeMatsushita Refrigeration Company
InventorsTakao Kawamura, Yoshiki Ohashi, Akihiko Manabe
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Abstract
There are provided, in the order from top, a refrigerating compartment (90), a vegetable compartment (91) and a freezing compartment (92), and a compressor (104) and a cooler (106) are disposed in side-by-side relation in a left and right direction at a location rearwardly of the freezing compartment (92). Also, a damper device (115) and a forced draft fan (114) are provided above the compressor (104) and the cooler (106), and an electronic control board (128) is provided rearwardly of the cooler (106). In addition, a chilly air discharge duct (116) and a chilly air suction duct (121) are provided at opposite ends of a deep region within the refrigerating compartment (90).
Claims40
A refrigerator which comprises a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser and a cooler, and a refrigerator body having a storage compartment defined therein, characterized in that the compressor and the cooler are juxtaposed with each other in a side-by-side fashion at a location rearwardly of the storage compartment.
A refrigerator which comprises a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser and a cooler, and a refrigerator body having a plurality of storage compartments defined therein, characterized in that the compressor and the cooler are juxtaposed with each other in a side-by-side fashion at a location rearwardly of one of the storage compartments.
A refrigerator which comprises a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser and a cooler, and a refrigerator body having a plurality of storage compartments defined therein, two of which are positioned in a side-by-side fashion, characterized in that the compressor and the cooler are juxtaposed with each other at a location rearwardly of the two storage compartments.
A refrigerator comprising a refrigerating compartment, a vegetable compartment defined below the refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment partitioned from the vegetable compartment by a heat insulating partition wall disposed below the vegetable compartment, a machinery compartment defined adjacent one of opposite sides and rearwardly of the freezing compartment, a cooling compartment defined adjacent the other of the opposite sides and separated from the machinery compartment by a heat insulating wall, a compressor disposed within the machinery compartment, a cooler disposed within the cooling compartment, a forced draft fan disposed within the cooling compartment at a location adjacent an upper portion of the cooler, a damper device disposed rearwardly of the freezing compartment for controlling an amount of chilly air to be supplied to the refrigerating and vegetable compartments, and an electronic control board provided rearwardly of the cooling compartment, said compressor and said cooler being juxtaposed with each other in a side-by-side fashion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.