Small size refrigerator provided with front door and upper door

Abstract

Disclosed is a personal small refrigerator using a Peltier. The small refrigerator includes a body having storage space formed therein, a front door a door. And the small refrigerator includes a division shelf having a plurality of air ventilation holes for dividing the storage space into upper storage space and lower storage space for passing cold air therethrough. Further, the small refrigerator includes a duct cover disposed inside the Peltier and having a return portion and top and bottom outlet portions formed on top and bottom thereof to exhaust the cold air generated through the heat exchange with the heat absorber of the Peltier from the return portion to the upper and lower portions of the storage space.

1 . A small refrigerator comprising:
 a body having storage space formed therein;   a front door for opening and closing an open front surface of the body;   a generally hemispherical top door openable and closable supportedly in an up and down direction by means of a hinge shaft disposed in a horizontal direction to open and close an open top surface of the body;   a division shelf for dividing the storage space of the body into upper storage space corresponding to the top door and lower storage space corresponding to the front door and having a plurality of air ventilation holes for passing cold air therethrough;   a Peltier disposed in the middle portion of the body and having a heat absorber exposed to the storage space; and   a duct cover disposed inside the Peltier and having a return portion molded at the center thereof to introduce the internal air of the storage space into the Peltier and top and bottom outlet portions formed on top and bottom thereof to exhaust the cold air generated through the heat exchange with the heat absorber of the Peltier from the return portion to the storage space,   wherein the cold air exhausted from the top outlet portion of the duct cover is supplied to the upper storage space and the lower storage space formed above and under the division shelf through the plurality of air ventilation holes of the division shelf, respectively, and the cold air circulated in the upper storage space and the lower storage space is returned to the Peltier through the return portion of the duct cover.   
     
     
         2 . The small refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the division shelf comprises a flange supportedly locked onto an open top end periphery of the body or a locking projection protruding inwardly from the open top end periphery of the body, so that the division shelf is detachably mounted on the body. 
     
     
         3 . The small refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising a Peltier casing disposed on an outer surface of the body where the Peltier is located, a cooling fan disposed inside the Peltier casing to cool the Peltier, and a filtering member detachably mounted on a portion into which external air is introduced through the cooling fan. 
     
     
         4 . The small refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising a machine room casing disposed on the underside of the body and having the same shape as the body, the machine room casing comprising a partition wall disposed therein to separate an interior corresponding to the space under the Peltier. 
     
     
         5 . The small refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat absorber of the Peltier comprises a plurality of heat exchange fins extending in an upward and downward direction. 
     
     
         6 . The small refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of inside lamps disposed on the inner surface of the body corresponding to the side of the division shelf, the division shelf being molded using a light-diffusing synthetic resin capable of diffusing the light generated from the inside lamps.