Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator includes a refrigerator main body having a storage space to store foods and a machine room to accommodate a part of a refrigerant compression cycle apparatus, a condenser disposed between a bottom surface of the refrigerator main body and a lower surface of the storage space, at least one compressor disposed within the machine room, and a blow fan to form an air passage through which external air passed through the condenser is supplied into the compressor and discharged out of the machine room.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a refrigerator main body having a storage space to store foods and a machine room to accommodate a part of a refrigerant compression cycle apparatus;   a condenser disposed between a bottom surface of the refrigerator main body and a lower surface of the storage space;   at least one compressor disposed within the machine room; and   a blow fan to form an air passage through which external air passed through the condenser is supplied into the compressor and discharged out of the machine room.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerator main body comprises an insulation foam disposed between the storage space and an outer surface thereof, the condenser being inserted into an insertion groove formed at the insulation foam. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , further comprising a condenser cover mounted onto the bottom surface of the refrigerator main body to cover an outside of the condenser. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator of  claim 3 , wherein the condenser cover comprises a plurality of inlet ports for introduction of external air therethrough. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , wherein the condenser cover has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open surface facing the condenser. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of inlet ports comprise:
 front inlet ports formed through a side wall of the condenser cover facing a front surface of the refrigerator; and   side inlet ports formed through side walls of the condenser cover facing side surfaces of the refrigerator,   wherein the blow fan is disposed at the rear side of the refrigerator main body more than the front and side inlet ports.   
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator of  claim 6 , wherein the front inlet ports are formed through an entire side wall of the condenser cover facing the front surface of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator of  claim 6 , wherein the side inlet ports are formed through a front portion of each side wall of the condenser cover facing the side walls of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein a pair of compressors are disposed, and the blow fan is disposed between the pair of compressors. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein a defrosted water storing container to collect defrosted water therein is further disposed within the machine room. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator of  claim 10 , wherein the refrigerator main body has a plurality of storage spaces, and the same number of defrosted water storing containers as the number of the storage spaces are disposed within the machine room. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , wherein one of the plurality of defrosted water storing containers is disposed between the pair of compressors. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , wherein one of the plurality of defrosted water storing containers is disposed above one of the pair of compressors. 
     
     
         14 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a refrigerator main body having a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber and a machine room;   a condenser disposed within a lower portion the refrigerating chamber or the freezing chamber with facing a ground surface where the refrigerator is installed;   a pair of compressors disposed within the machine room along a lateral direction of the refrigerator main body; and   a blow fan disposed in series with the pair of compressors, the blow fan allowing introduced external air to pass through the condenser and be discharged out of the machine room via the compressors.   
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator of  claim 14 , wherein the blow fan is disposed between the pair of compressors. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigerator of  claim 14 , wherein the pair of compressors and the blow fan are disposed such that the introduced external air is introduced into the blow fan after passing through the pair of compressors. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigerator of  claim 14 , wherein an insulation foam is formed between an outer surface of the refrigerator main body and the refrigerating chamber or the freezing chamber, and the condenser is disposed within an insertion groove formed between a lower surface of the refrigerating chamber or the freezing chamber and the outer surface of the refrigerator main body. 
     
     
         18 . The refrigerator of  claim 17 , further comprising a condenser cover mounted onto an outside of the insertion groove to cover the condenser. 
     
     
         19 . The refrigerator of  claim 18 , wherein the condenser cover comprises inlet ports.