Refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention is characterized in that an ice maker is installed at a refrigerating chamber, an ice bank is installed at a door for a refrigerating chamber, and a cooling air duct extended along a wall surface of the refrigerating chamber and a shelf is positioned on an upper side of the ice bank so that a phenomenon that ice stored in the inside of an ice bank sticks to each other due to the melting of ice can be prevented.

1 . A refrigerator, comprising:
 a main body having a freezing chamber,an evaporator provided at a rear of the freezing chamber, and a refrigerating chamber provided on an upper side of the freezing chamber;   a door opening and closing the refrigerating chamber;   a shelf provided in the inside of the refrigerating chamber;   an ice maker provided in the inside of the refrigerating chamber;   a container provided at a rear surface of the door and storing ice therein; and   a cooling air duct whose one end is communicated with a space accomodating the evaporator and is extended along the rear surface of the refrigerating chamber and the shelf, and whose the other end is positioned at a front end of the refrigerating chamber.   
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall partitioning the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, wherein the cooling air duct penetrates through the partition wall to be extended to the refrigerating chamber. 
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the cooling air duct is configured to have a width equal to or smaller than that of the shelf. 
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein a discharge hole of the cooling air duct is positioned at a place at least equal to or higher than an opening part of the container. 
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein an end portion of a disharge side of the cooling air duct has a inclined surface that is inclined downward. 
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the ice maker comprises:
 a tray configured to receive water for making ice; and   a refrigerant pipe extended to an inner space of the tray,   wherein ice is directly generated on a surface of the refrigerant pipe.   
   
   
       7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the ice maker is installed at a ceiling surface of the refrigerating chamber. 
   
   
       8 . A refrigerator, comprising:
 a main body having a refrigerating chamber provided on an upper side of a freezing chamber;   a pair of doors rotatably provided at a front surface of the refrigerating chamber;   a shelf provided in the inside of the refrigerating chamber;   an evaporator provided at lower side rear of the main body;   a cooling air duct extended along the shelf to guide cooling air generated from the evaporator to the front of the refrigerating chamber;   an ice maker provided in an upper space of the refrigerating chamber and exposed to the cooling air of the refrigerating chamber; and   a container provided at a rear surface of the door for the refrigerating chamber in which the ice maker is installed, so as to store the ice which is generated in and dropped from the ice maker,   wherein the upper surface of the container being opened to directly receive the cooling air discharged from the cooling air duct.   
   
   
       9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the cooling air duct is installed at any one side of upper, lower, and side surfaces of the shelf. 
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the cooling air duct is directly communicated with a space accomodating the evaporator or is branched from a freezing duct connecting the evaporator to the freezing chamber. 
   
   
       11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the ice maker comprises:
 a tray storing water therein; and   a refrigerant pipe branched from an inlet side of the evaporator, at least a portion thereof being submerged in the water stored in the tray,   wherein the ice is directly generated on a surface of the refrigerant pipe.   
   
   
       12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising a guide member being extended from an upper side of the container or from the ice maker, so as to guide ice dropped from the ice maker to the inside of the container.