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US 7,866,182 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Hoon Lim, Wan Hyeong Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator having a cold air supply device is provided. The refrigerator includes an evaporator and the cold air supply device mounted at a rear surface of a storage compartment to cover the evaporator. The cold air supply device includes a plurality of discharge holes formed in a front surface and both lateral surfaces thereof to discharge cold air, which was heat exchanged by the evaporator, toward front and lateral sides of the cold air supply device.
Claims11
A refrigerator comprising:
- an evaporator;
- a storage compartment;
- and
- a cold air supply device mounted at a rear surface of the storage compartment to cover the evaporator,
- the cold air supply device comprising:
- a plurality of discharge holes defined in a front surface thereof and lateral surfaces thereof to discharge cold air, which was heat exchanged by the evaporator respectively, toward front and lateral sides of the cold air supply device,
- wherein the cold air supply device further comprises a suction hole formed in an upper portion thereof to suction the cold air in the storage compartment,
- the cold air supply device further comprises suction flow paths formed in the lateral portions thereof to guide the cold air suctioned through the suction hole to a lower portion of the evaporator and the plurality of discharge holes comprise at least one lateral discharge hole formed in an upper position of one of the lateral surfaces, and a plurality of front discharge holes formed in the front surface.
5 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body defining a storage compartment therein;
- a door to open or close the storage compartment;
- an evaporator provided in the body;
- a cold air supply device mounted at a rear surface of the storage compartment to cover the evaporator and having a plurality of cold air flow paths formed therein;
- a plurality of suction holes formed in an upper portion of the cold air supply device;
- and
- a plurality of discharge holes formed in the cold air supply device to discharge cold air to the door and lateral surfaces of the storage compartment,
- wherein the plurality of discharge holes comprise a front discharge hole formed in a front surface of the cold air supply device and a plurality of lateral discharge holes formed at lateral surfaces of the cold air supply device, and wherein the storage compartment comprises a dented portion defined in an inner shell thereof, and the evaporator is embedded in the dented portion.
5 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body having a plurality of storage compartments spaced relative to each other in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of doors to open or close the plurality of storage compartments, respectively;
- an evaporator provided in the body;
- a cold air supply device mounted at a predetermined region of a rear surface of the corresponding storage compartment to cover the evaporator and having a plurality of clod air flow paths formed therein;
- a plurality of suction holes formed in an upper portion of the cold air supply device;
- and
- a plurality of discharge holes formed in a front surface and lateral surfaces of the cold air supply device to supply cold air, which was heat exchanged by the evaporator, into the storage compartment,
- wherein the plurality of discharge holes comprise a front discharge hole formed in a front surface of the cold air supply device and a plurality of lateral discharge holes formed at the lateral surfaces of the cold air supply device, the cold air flow paths comprise a plurality of suction flow paths to communicate the suction holes with a lower portion of the evaporator, lateral discharge flow paths to communicate the lateral discharge holes with an upper portion of the evaporator, and a front discharge flow path to communicate the front discharge hole with the upper portion of the evaporator, and wherein one of the storage compartments comprises a dented portion defined in an inner shell thereof, and the evaporator is embedded in the dented portion.
5 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body defining a refrigerating storage compartment and a freezing compartment arranged at an upper portion and a lower portion of the body, the refrigerating compartment having a pair of doors installed at a front surface of the body, the freezing compartment having a supply device, respectively, to supply cold air into the refrigerating storage compartment, wherein the refrigerating storage compartment comprises a dented portion defined in an inner shell thereof, and an evaporator embedded in the dented portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.