US 7,007,496 B2 · Internal temperature difference preventing structure for refrigerator

Abstract

An internal temperature difference preventing structure for a refrigerator, including an evaporator installed in an upper portion of a refrigerating space inside a main body of the refrigerator, an air blast fan installed in front of the evaporator for blowing air toward a rear part of the evaporator, a discharge duct, including a discharge port downwardly extended from the rear part thereof, for guiding cool air, generated by the evaporator and the air blast fan, from a front part of the upper portion inside the main body to a rear part of the upper portion inside the main body, and a discharge guide portion for guiding the cool air, guided by the discharge duct to the rear part of the upper portion inside the main body, to the discharge port.

Claims4

Dependent claims

An internal temperature difference preventing structure for a refrigerator, comprising:

an evaporator installed in an upper portion of a refrigerating space inside a main body of the refrigerator;
a bucket placed under the lower part of the evaporator;
a discharge hole formed through an inner plate and an adiabatic member of the main body;
a discharge pipe connected to the bucket and inserted into the discharge hole;
and
a sealing member, for sealing and thermally insulating the circumference of the discharge hole, including:
a contact plate adhered to the inner plate of the main body corresponding to the discharge hole;
a cavity formed in the contact plate corresponding to the discharge hole;
and
a reception groove, formed in the periphery of the front end of the contact plate, for receiving the inner plate provided with the discharge hole.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Internal temperature difference preventing structure for refrigerator

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Internal temperature difference preventing structure for refrigerator

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Abstract

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