Refrigerator for preventing dewing on door gasket

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a refrigerator for preventing dewing on door gaskets, including one or more doors, each door having a rear or internal surface; a door gasket along one or more edges of the rear or internal surface of at least one of the one or more doors to prevent cool air in an interior of the refrigerator from leaking to outside the refrigerator; and a cool air shield between a door inside surface and the door gasket, configured to separate the door gasket and the interior of the refrigerator from each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A refrigerator, comprising:
 one or more doors, each door having a rear or internal surface;   a door gasket along one or more edges of the rear or internal surface of at least one of the one or more doors, configured to prevent cool air in an interior of the refrigerator from leaking to outside the refrigerator; and   a cool air shield between a door inside surface and the door gasket, configured to separate the door gasket and the interior of the refrigerator from each other.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the door inside surface extends from the edge of the rear or internal surface of the at least one of the one or more doors toward the interior of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the cool air shield comprises a sealing surface portion contacting the door inside surface of the at least one of the one or more doors; and a shielding portion extending from one side of the sealing surface portion, configured to separate the door gasket and the interior of the refrigerator from each other. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the cool air shield is further configured to shield a space between the door inside surface and the interior of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 4 , wherein the shielding portion is bent or curved. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein one side of the sealing surface portion is in a coupling groove on the rear or internal surface of the at least one of the one or more doors and in contact with the door inside surface. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 6 , wherein an end portion of the one side of the sealing surface portion is inserted into the coupling groove and is bent or curved along an inner surface of the coupling groove. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 7 , wherein a portion of the door gasket is in the coupling groove and allows the end portion of the one side of the sealing surface portion to resist and/or press the inner surface of the coupling groove. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the shielding portion has a front end portion bent or curved toward the door gasket. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the front end portion of the shielding portion contacts an inner surface of the refrigerator when the at least one of the one or more doors is closed. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the cool air shield comprises a sealing surface portion contacting an inside surface of the at least one of the one or more doors, and a shielding portion extending from one side of the sealing surface portion, configured to separate the door gasket and the interior of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , wherein the shielding portion is further configured to shield a space between the inside surface of the at least one of the one or more doors and the interior of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , wherein the one side of the sealing surface portion is in a coupling groove on the rear or internal surface of each door and in contact with the door inside surface. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator according to  claim 13 , wherein an end portion of the one side of the sealing surface portion is curved along an inner surface of the coupling groove, and a portion of the door gasket is in the coupling groove and presses the curve end portion of the one side of the sealing surface portion to the inner surface of the coupling groove. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11 , wherein the shielding portion has a front end portion bent or curved toward the door gasket. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigerator according to  claim 15 , wherein the front end portion of the shielding portion contacts an inner surface of the refrigerator when the at least one of the one or more doors is closed. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the one or more doors is a freezer door, and the interior of the refrigerator is an interior of a freezer.