Space placement type refrigerator system

Abstract

An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a space placement type refrigerator system and includes a case configured to be positioned in a space away from a wall surface and having an opened front surface and an opened rear surface; a plurality of refrigerators provided in the case and configured to be exposed to the opened front surface or the opened rear surface of the case; and a receiving member provided in the case and configured to be exposed to the same surface as the plurality of refrigerators, in which at least one of the plurality of refrigerators is disposed to be accessible from a direction opposite to that of the other refrigerator.

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         21 . A refrigerator system comprising:
 a case configured to be disposed at a position spaced apart from a wall surface, the case defining an accommodation space that has an opened front surface and an opened rear surface;   a plurality of refrigerators disposed in the case and exposed to an outside of the case through at least one of the opened front surface or the opened rear surface of the case; and   a receiving member that is disposed in the case, the receiving member being exposed to the outside of the case through at least one of the opened front surface or the opened rear surface of the case,   wherein at least one of the plurality of refrigerators faces a first side of the case, and another of the plurality of refrigerators faces a second side of the case different from the first side.   
     
     
         22 . The refrigerator system of  claim 21 , wherein the plurality of refrigerators comprise:
 a first refrigerator disposed at the opened front surface of the accommodation space; and   a second refrigerator disposed at the opened rear surface of the accommodation space.   
     
     
         23 . The refrigerator system of  claim 22 , wherein the first refrigerator comprises:
 a first cabinet that defines a first storage space configured to store food at a first temperature less than a room temperature; and   a first door rotatably disposed at the first cabinet and configured to open and close the first storage space, and   wherein the second refrigerator comprises:
 a second cabinet that defines a second storage space configured to store food at a second temperature less than the room temperature, and 
 a second door coupled to the second cabinet and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the accommodation space to thereby open and close the second storage space. 
   
     
     
         24 . The refrigerator system of  claim 23 , wherein the first door and the second door face opposite directions to each other. 
     
     
         25 . The refrigerator system of  claim 23 , wherein at least a portion of the first door defines a see-through portion configured to allow the first storage space to be visible from the outside of the case. 
     
     
         26 . The refrigerator system of  claim 25 , wherein the refrigerator system is configured to be disposed in an indoor space that accommodates a sink disposed at an indoor wall surface, the second door being configured to face the indoor wall surface. 
     
     
         27 . The refrigerator system of  claim 26 , wherein the indoor space includes (i) a first space that faces the first door and (ii) a second space that faces the second door and is narrower than the first space. 
     
     
         28 . The refrigerator system of  claim 22 , wherein the first refrigerator has a unit length that defines a horizontal width of the first refrigerator in a horizontal direction,
 wherein the second refrigerator has the unit length that defines a horizontal width of the second refrigerator in the horizontal direction, and   wherein a horizontal width of the accommodation space is an integer multiple of the unit length such that the first refrigerator, the second refrigerator, and the receiving member are disposed in the accommodation space.   
     
     
         29 . The refrigerator system of  claim 28 , wherein the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator are in contact with each other and face a center line of the accommodation space extending in the horizontal direction between the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator through the accommodation space. 
     
     
         30 . The refrigerator system of  claim 28 , wherein a center line of the accommodation space extends in the horizontal direction through the accommodation space, the center line passing through the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator, and
 wherein the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator are alternately disposed at sides of the center line.   
     
     
         31 . The refrigerator system of  claim 30 , further comprising a plurality of receiving members including the receiving member, the plurality of receiving members comprising (i) a first receiving member disposed at a first side of the first refrigerator and (ii) a second receiving member disposed at a second side of the second refrigerator opposite to the first side of the first refrigerator. 
     
     
         32 . The refrigerator system of  claim 28 , further comprising a plurality of receiving members including the receiving member,
 wherein a horizontal width of each of the plurality of receiving member is equal to the unit length.   
     
     
         33 . The refrigerator system of  claim 23 , wherein the receiving member is one of a plurality of receiving members comprising:
 a first receiving member comprising a receiving door, the receiving door being configured to rotate relative to the case, wherein a size of the receiving door is equal to a size of the first door; and   a second receiving member comprising a drawer, the drawer being configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the accommodation space, wherein a size of the drawer is equal to a size of the second door.   
     
     
         34 . The refrigerator system of  claim 23 , wherein each of the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator comprises:
 a machine room that accommodates a compressor and a condenser at a lower end of each of the first refrigerator and the second refrigerator, and   a machine room surface that covers at least a portion of the machine room and is exposed to the outside of the case through the opened front surface or the opened rear surface of the case, the machine room surface defining both of (i) a suction port configured to introduce air into the machine room and (ii) a discharge port configured to discharge air from the machine room.   
     
     
         35 . The refrigerator system of  claim 21 , wherein the case comprises:
 an upper plate that defines an upper surface of the case;   a pair of side plates that extend downward from the upper plate; and   a device disposed at an upper side of the upper plate and configured to be operated from the upper side of the upper plate, the device passing through the upper plate, and   wherein the device is disposed vertically above at least one of the plurality of refrigerators.   
     
     
         36 . The refrigerator system of  claim 21 , wherein the case comprises:
 an upper plate that defines an upper surface of the case; and   a plurality of side plates disposed below the upper plate, the plurality of side plates defining shielded side surfaces that cover side surfaces of the case and are disposed between the opened front surface and the opened rear surface,   wherein the refrigerator system further comprises a plurality of receiving members including the receiving member, and   wherein the plurality of receiving members and the plurality of refrigerators cover the opened front surface or the opened rear surface.   
     
     
         37 . The refrigerator system of  claim 36 , wherein the plurality of refrigerators and the plurality of receiving members are inserted or detachably mounted through the opened front surface or the opened rear surface. 
     
     
         38 . The refrigerator system of  claim 21 , wherein the case comprises:
 an upper plate that defines an upper surface of the case; and   a device mounted through the upper plate and configured to be operated from an upper side of the upper plate, the device being disposed above the receiving member.   
     
     
         39 . The refrigerator system of  claim 38 , wherein the case has a plurality of unit regions that face the plurality of refrigerators, respectively, and
 wherein the device is disposed inside one of the plurality of unit regions.   
     
     
         40 . The refrigerator system of  claim 38 , wherein the device comprises at least one of:
 a cooktop exposed to the upper side of the upper plate and configured to heat one or more objects to be cooked;   a water purifier that protrudes upward from the upper plate and is configured to discharge water; or   a sink bowl that is recessed downward from the upper surface of the upper plate and configured to receive water.