Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBok Dong Lee, Seung-Mok Lee, Kap Rok Han, Chang Woan Yang
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Abstract
A refrigerator is disclosed which enables the user to easily take ice out of an ice maker without causing a variation in the capacity of the refrigerator or a limitation on the position of a freezing compartment. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body which includes a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, an ice making compartment which is arranged in the refrigerating compartment, to make ice, a heat exchanger which generates cold air for freezing food stored in the freezing compartment, and a cold air guiding device which guides the cold air generated by the heat exchanger to the ice making compartment, to enable the ice making compartment to make ice.
Claims31
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerator body;
- a freezing compartment disposed within the refrigerator body;
- a refrigerating compartment disposed above the freezing compartment;
- a door for selectively opening and closing the refrigerating compartment;
- an additional compartment defined on a rear surface of the door, the additional compartment having a space for storing ice;
- a heat exchanger located within the refrigerator body to generate cold air to cool down at least one of the compartments;
- a duct unit extending along a wall constituting the refrigerator body, to allow the additional compartment to fluidly communicate with the freezing compartment;
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- a dispenser for discharging the ice stored in the additional compartment to an outside of the refrigerator body,
- wherein the duct unit includes at least one of or both of a supply duct supplying the cold air generated by the heat exchanger to the additional compartment and a return duct returning the air within the additional compartment to the freezing compartment.
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerator body;
- a freezing compartment disposed within the refrigerator body, the freezing compartment maintaining items in frozen state;
- a refrigerating compartment disposed above the freezing compartment, the refrigerating compartment maintaining items in refrigerated state;
- an additional compartment mounted on one of surfaces defining the refrigerating compartment, for storing ice;
- a heat exchanger located within the refrigerator body to generate cold air to cool down at least one of the compartments;
- a duct unit extending along a wall constituting the refrigerator body, to allow the additional compartment to fluidly communicate with the freezing compartment;
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- a dispenser for discharging the ice stored in the additional compartment to an outside of the refrigerator body.
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerator body;
- a freezing compartment disposed within the refrigerator body;
- a refrigerating compartment disposed above the freezing compartment;
- a door for selectively opening and closing the refrigerating compartment;
- an additional compartment defined on a rear surface of the door, the additional compartment having a space for storing ice;
- a duct unit extending along a wall constituting the refrigerator body, to allow the additional compartment to fluidly communicate with the freezing compartment;
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- a member for spacing the duct unit apart from the wall constituting the refrigerator body.
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerator body;
- a freezing compartment disposed within the refrigerator body, the freezing compartment maintaining items in a frozen state;
- a refrigerating compartment disposed above the freezing compartment, the refrigerating compartment maintaining items in a refrigerated state;
- a pair of doors hinged on the refrigerator body to open and close the refrigerating compartment, wherein rotating axes of the pair of doors are parallel to each other;
- an additional compartment mounted on one of surfaces defining the refrigerating compartment, for storing ice;
- a heat exchanger located within the refrigerator body to generate cold air to cool down at least one of the compartments;
- a duct unit extending along a wall constituting the refrigerator body, to allow the additional compartment to fluidly communicate with the freezing compartment;
- a dispenser for discharging the ice stored in the additional compartment to an outside of the refrigerator body, wherein the dispenser is provided on one of the pair of doors;
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- a covering member which opens or closes an opening formed at the additional compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.