Apparatus for storing food
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJun Ho Bae, Kyung Seok Kim, Chang Joon Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for storing food is provided that includes a food storage chamber, a cooling device, a scroll-type fan housing with a fan, and a duct that guides cool air from the scroll-type fan housing to the food storage chamber. The scroll-type fan housing may be located to the left or right of the cooling device, and the duct may be located above or below the cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing. Alternatively, the scroll-type fan housing may be located above or below the cooling device, and the duct located on a left or right side of the cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing. These arrangements result in more usable space within the food storage chamber than other conventional arrangements.
Claims8
A food storage apparatus, comprising:
- a first food storage chamber provided in an upper portion of a main body;
- a second storage chamber provided in a lower portion of the main body;
- a first cooling device that generates cold air to supply the cold air to the first storage chamber;
- a second cooling device that generates cold air to supply the cold air to the first storage chamber;
- a duct that guides cold air from the first cooling device into the first storage chamber;
- a scroll-type fan housing mounted to a left or right side of the first cooling device when the food storage apparatus is viewed from a front of the food storage apparatus, wherein the scroll-type fan housing guides cold air from the first cooling device into the duct;
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- a fan mounted in the scroll-type fan housing, wherein the fan is a centrifugal fan that sucks air in an axial direction of the fan and discharges air in a radial direction of the fan;
- wherein a horizontal axis that passes through the fan passes through the first cooling device;
- wherein the first cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing are located adjacent a lower side of a rear wall of the first storage chamber;
- wherein the fan is a box fan and a motor of the fan is mounted inside a blade unit of the fan;
- wherein the duct is mounted above the first cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing and extends along a central portion of the rear wall of the first storage chamber, and the scroll-type fan housing is configured to direct air diagonally from a position to one side of the first cooling device to the centrally mounted duct;
- and wherein the radial direction is oriented diagonally from a position to one side of the first cooling device, upward toward the centrally mounted duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.