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US 8,984,900 B2Granted
Refrigerator having a decorative member capable of displaying humidity and method for fabricating the decorative member
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeok Jae Jeong, Young Kyu Kim
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Abstract
A decorative member of a refrigerator and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a storage container provided in a storage chamber; and a decorative member provided in the storage container, the decorative configured to generate light refraction and guide a movement of condensate condensed in the storage container, and configured to be capable of displaying humidity inside the storage container according to the movement degree of condensate.
Claims11
A refrigerator comprising:
- a storage container provided in a storage chamber;
- and a decorative member provided in the storage container, the decorative member configured to generate light refraction and configured to be capable of displaying humidity inside the storage container according to the movement degree of condensate;
- wherein the decorative member comprises a path part formed in a capillary tube shape to generate a capillary phenomenon moving the movement of the condensate, and wherein the decorative member is configured to guide a movement of condensate condensed in the storage container;
- wherein the path part is configured to induce the refraction, and the decorative member further comprises:
- a display plate comprising a plurality of path parts;
- a partition plate provided in rear of the display plate to cover rear portions of the path parts;
- and a transmitting part provided in a front portion of the display plate;
- and wherein the decorative member comprises an accommodation part provided below the display plate to accommodate condensate condensed from the humidity inside the storage container.
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