Refrigerator
Abstract
With an embodiment of the present invention, the inside of the ice-making chamber provided in the cooling chamber door is provided with the dewing prevention member to suppress a dewing phenomenon generated in the outer surface of the ice-making chamber by colliding the cold air discharged to the inside of the ice-making chamber with the inner wall of the ice-making chamber and the cold air guide is provided in the cold air passing hole of the ice-making chamber to prevent the infiltration of foreign materials in the inside of the ice-making chamber as well as to smoothly perform the circulation of cold air in the inside of the ice-making
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a freezing chamber and a cooling chamber formed therein; a door rotatably mounted to the front surface of the main body to open and close the cooling chamber; an evaporator provided in one side of the main body; an ice-making chamber mounted to the rear surface of the ice-making chamber and having a cold air passing hole formed in one side thereof; an ice-making assembly provided in the ice-making chamber; a cold air duct formed in the inside of the wall of the main body and connecting a space accomodating the evaporator and the cold air passing hole; and one or more cold air guides mounted to any one side or both sides of the cold air passing hole and an end of the cold air duct, to guide the cold air flow.
2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the cold air duct comprises:
a cold air supplying duct to supply the cold air cooled in the evaporator to the ice-making chamber; and a return duct to supply the cold air in the ice-making chamber to the evaporator, and the cold air passing hole is provided at the ends of the cold air supplying duct and the return duct, respectively.
3 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the cold air guide comprises:
a body part formed to be the same as the shape of the cold air passing hole or the end of the cold air duct; a coupling part extended to the rear surface of the body part to be coupled to the end of the end of the cold air duct or the cold air passing hole; and guide louvers disposed at the body part with a predetermined distance.
4 . The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the guide louvers are inclinedly formed in a predetermined angle.
5 . The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein slits for discharging the cold air are formed between the guide louvers.
6 . The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling part comprise a hook extended from the body part.
7 . The refrigerator according to claim 3 , wherein an inner circumferential surface of the end of the cold air duct is formed with a seating surface for firmly seating the cold air guide and a coupling groove into which the coupling part is inserted.
8 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising a dewing prevention plate mounted to an upper side surface of the ice-making chamber.
9 . A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a freezing chamber and a cooling chamber provided on an upper side of the freezing chamber; a door rotatably mounted to the front surface of the main body to open and close the cooling chamber; an evaporator provided in the lower side of the main body; an ice-making chamber mounted to the rear surface of the door and having a cold air passing hole formed in one side thereof; a cold air duct extended along the side wall of the main body from a space receiving the evaporator and communicating with the cooling chamber connected at the end thereof; and a cold air guide detachably coupled with the cold air passing hole, wherein the cold air passing hole and the end of the cold air duct are connected in a state where the door comprising the ice-making chamber is closed.
10 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein at least a portion of the cold air duct is extended along the wall surface of the cooling chamber.
11 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein the cold air duct comprises:
a cold air supplying duct to supply the cold air generated in the evaporator to the ice-making chamber; and a return duct to return the cold air circulating in the ice-making chamber to the evaporator.
12 . The refrigerator according to claim 11 , wherein the cold air passing hole is provided in plurality, and the plurality of cold air passing holes are connected to the end of the cold air supplying duct and the end of the return duct, respectively;
the cold air guide is mounted to any one or all of the plurality of cold air passing holes.
13 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , further comprising a dewing prevention plate mounted to the inside of the ice-making chamber and positioned to a place where the cold air discharged to the inside of the ice-making chamber through the cold air passing hole is collided with the wall surface of the ice-making chamber.
14 . A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a freezing chamber and a cooling chamber provided on an upper side of the freezing chamber; a door rotatably mounted to the front surface of the main body to open and close the cooling chamber; an evaporator provided in one side of the main body; a ice-making chamber mounted to the rear surface of the door and having a cold air passing hole formed in one side thereof; a cold air duct extended along the side wall of the main body to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the ice-making chamber and connected with the cold air passing hole in a state where the door mounted with the ice-making chamber is closed; an ice-making assembly provided in the ice-making chamber; and a dewing prevention member blocking the cold air discharged from the cold air passing hole from being directly collided with the side wall of the ice-making chamber.
15 . The refrigerator according to claim 14 , wherein the dewing prevention part is mounted to the inner wall of the ice-making chamber with which the cold air discharged from the cold air passing hole is first collided.
16 . The refrigerator according to claim 14 , wherein the dewing prevention member is mounted to an upper side of the inner wall of the ice-making chamber.
17 . The refrigerator according to claim 16 , further comprising a cold air guide mounted to the cold air passing hole so as to discharge the cold air passing through the cold air passing hole towards the dewing prevention member.
18 . The refrigerator according to claim 14 , wherein the dewing prevention member comprises:
a dewing prevention plate directly colliding with the cold air; and a connection part coupling the dewing prevention plate to the inner wall of the ice-making chamber in a state where the dewing prevention plate is spaced from the ice-making wall surface.
19 . The refrigerator according to claim 18 , wherein an insulation space is formed between the dewing prevention plate and the ice-making wall surface.
20 . The refrigerator according to claim 18 , wherein the ice-making assembly is disposed in a space circulating the cold air reflected by collision with the dewing prevention member.
21 . A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage space for storing foods therein; at least one storage container received in a storage space and receiving foods; an evaporator provided in any one side of the main body for heat-exchange between the refrigerant and the cold air circulating the storage space; a door selectively opening and closing the storage space; an ice-making chamber provided in the rear surface of the door and having a cold air passing hole on one surface thereof; a dewing prevention plate coupled in a spaced state from the inner wall of the ice-making chamber, the dewing preventing plate being provided in a path of the cold air discharged from the cold air passing hole to block dew generation on an outer surface of the ice-making chamber; an ice-making chamber provided in the ice-making chamber; an ice storage container storing ice made from the ice-maker; and a transferring part dispensing the ice stored in the ice storage container.
22 . The refrigerator according to claim 21 , further comprising a cold air duct extended along the wall surface of the main body and connected to the cold air passing hole in a state where the door having the at least ice-making chamber is closed.
23 . The refrigerator according to claim 21 , wherein the dewing prevention plate is mounted to be intersected at a predetermined angle with the flow direction of the cold air discharged from the cold air passing hole so that the cold air reflected by collision with the dewing prevention plate is circulated in the ice-making chamber.
24 . The refrigerator according to claim 21 , further comprising a cold air guide mounted to the cold air passing hole and discharging the cold air to the dewing prevention plate.
25 . A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage space for storing foods therein; at least one storage container accomodated in a storage space and receiving foods; an evaporator provided in any one side of the main body and heat-exchange cold air circulating the storage space and refrigerant; a door selectively opening and closing the storage space; an ice-making chamber provided to a rear surface of the door and having a cold air passing hole on one surface thereof; a cold air guide mounted to the cold air passing hole and blocking a portion of the cold air passing hole to block the inside of the ice-making chamber from being completely exposed or to reduce the infiltrating phenomenon of foreign materials through the cold air passing hole; an ice-making chamber provided in the ice-making chamber; an ice storage container storing ice made from the ice-making chamber; and a transferring part dispensing the ice stored in the ice storage container.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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