Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator ( 100 ) includes a main body ( 150 ) with thermal insulation properties, a liquid cooling device ( 140 ) which cools a liquid introduced to an inside of the main body ( 150 ), and a purifying device ( 103 ) which purifies a liquid, and further includes a plate ( 172 ) which partitions the inside of the main body ( 150 ) in a vertical direction, wherein the purifying device ( 103 ) is disposed at an upper part of a storage space located below the plate ( 172 ).

1 . A refrigerator which includes a main body with thermal insulation properties, a liquid cooling device which cools a liquid introduced to an inside of said main body, and a purifying device which purifies a liquid, said refrigerator comprising
 a plate which partitions the inside of said main body in a vertical direction,   wherein said purifying device is disposed at an upper part of a storage space located below said plate.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein said purifying device includes:   a connecting portion interposed in a liquid path that is a path for a liquid in said liquid cooling device; and   a filter assembly which is attachable to and detachable from said connecting portion by moving said filter assembly forward or backward with respect to said refrigerator, said filter assembly including a function of purifying a liquid.   
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein said plate includes:   a maintenance opening through which said filter assembly can be passed to allow said filter assembly to be attached to and detached from said connecting portion from above said plate; and   a lid which closes said maintenance opening.   
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a drawer which has an upper opening closed by said plate to block an entry of cool air from above said plate, said drawer being disposed in a space below said plate.   
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein said plate holds said purifying device.   
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein a connecting portion is suspended from said plate.   
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein said purifying device includes   a housing which is suspended from said plate.   
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein said liquid cooling device includes   a valve device which is disposed on an outer side of a back part of said main body and controls a flow of a liquid, and   said valve device and said purifying device are disposed at a substantially same height.