CN102012143B

CN102012143B - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN102012143B
Application number: CN201010269676.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李相勋; 赵汉旭; 金智勇; 尹景美
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-09-08
Filing date: 2010-08-31
Publication date: 2014-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-31
Also published as: KR20110026602A; CN102012143A; DE102010039379A1; US20110056222A1

Abstract

A refrigerator having a water supply device integrally formed with a rear surface of a storage chamber thereof. The refrigerator includes a storage chamber door to open and close a storage chamber, a dispenser mounted to the storage chamber door, and a water supply device separably connected to a rear surface of the storage chamber door adjacent to the dispenser, so as to supply water to the dispenser.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

Embodiment relates to a kind of refrigerator, and this refrigerator can improve health and space efficiency by structure and the integrated water supply installation in rear surface of the door of storeroom.

Background technology

In general, refrigerator refers to a kind of equipment with cryopreservation food, more particularly, refers to the equipment of type stored food under freezing state or under frozen state of the food that a kind of basis is to be stored.

Recently, refrigerator is equipped with to distributor, that is, a kind of user of permission will be stored at that water refrigerator or ice take out from outside and device that door that will refrigerator is opened, thereby has improved user's convenience.In addition, also ice making unit can be set, this ice making unit is supplied with to be had from outside water and makes the ice taking out by distributor.

Distributor and ice making unit need to be given to operate from the confession of outside water.For this reason, refrigerator is connected with resource of water supply.Water in resource of water supply is separated by valve and be supplied to refrigerator.At valve place, a part for water separated and be supplied to ice making unit, another part of water is supplied to water tank.Water tank by supply pipe be connected to be arranged on refrigerator door front portion on distributor.

Yet, in general, conventionally by ice making cellular installation in refrigerating chamber, water tank is arranged in refrigerating chamber, by distributor be installed to refrigerating chamber door.Therefore the installation that, makes to supply water to the supply pipe of these parts becomes complicated.Therefore, the total length of supply pipe should be increased, this makes manufacturing process complicated and make health deteriorated.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, provide on the one hand a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator to there is the water supply installation that the rear surface with refrigerating-chamber door forms, thus simplified structure reduce manufacturing cost.

A kind of refrigerator is provided on the other hand, and this refrigerator is by making water supply installation make to clean or to replace the health that filter assemblies, cistern assembly and supply pipe have improvement from refrigerating-chamber door separation.

An other aspects of the present invention part will be set forth below, and part will be clear from the description maybe and can be to understand by the practice of the present invention.

Aforementioned and/or other aspects are by providing a kind of refrigerator to realize, and this refrigerator comprises: door of storage room, for opening and close storeroom; Distributor, is installed to door of storage room; Water supply installation, is connected to the rear surface of door of storage room adjacent with distributor, separably for supplying water to distributor.

Water supply installation also can comprise the shell with holding portion, and to hold cistern assembly, this shell is connected to the rear surface of door separably.

Shell also can comprise hook portion, and this hook portion is formed on the both sides of holding portion and can engages discretely with the rear surface of door.

Door can comprise that the rear surface that is formed on door is to support gate inhibition's supporting projections, and hook portion can engage discretely with supporting projections.

Shell also can comprise and cover member, thereby permission is invisible for the assembly being arranged on from outside is watched holding portion.Shell can comprise: the first shell, has the first path; The second shell, has by forming the second path of the inner passage of water with the first Path Connection.Shell can comprise the LED lamp that shows the state that is stored in the water in cistern assembly.

Cistern assembly can comprise and is connected to the connector of outside resource of water supply and the water tank that can be connected discretely with this connector.Water tank can comprise the casing of water storage and the case lid that is connected to separably the top of casing.

Casing can be made by transparent material.

Water supply installation also can comprise filter assemblies, and this filter assemblies is contained in the holding portion of shell, so that the water of supplying with from outside resource of water supply becomes clean and the water through clean is supplied to cistern assembly.

Filter assemblies can comprise and is connected to the connector of outside resource of water supply and the water cleaning and filtering that can be connected discretely with this connector.

Refrigerator also can comprise and be arranged in storeroom to produce the ice maker of ice, and wherein, water supply installation also can comprise control valve, and this control valve is optionally supplied to ice maker or cistern assembly by the water through filter assemblies.

Water supply installation also can comprise and is connected to shell with the shield member around control valve, to shield noise.

Water supply installation also can comprise supply pipe, and this supply pipe is connected to distributor or outside resource of water supply from the rear surface of door of storage room by water supply installation.

Holding portion can be formed on door of storage room and sentence the space of guaranteeing in foamed material so that supply pipe with this space in be connected to outside resource of water supply or distributor.

Refrigerator also can comprise the hinge-unit that can support pivotally door of storage room, and wherein, holding portion is set to hinge-unit adjacent.

Holding portion can have the form of pipe that diameter is greater than the diameter of supply pipe.

Aforementioned and/or other aspects also can be by providing a kind of refrigerator to realize, and this refrigerator comprises: main body; Refrigerating chamber, is arranged on the top of main body; Refrigerating chamber, is arranged on the bottom of main body, and this refrigerator also comprises: refrigerating-chamber door, open and closing cold room; Cistern assembly, is connected to the rear surface of refrigerating chamber, separably with water storage; Distributor, is formed on the front portion of refrigerating-chamber door, to allow user that the water being stored in cistern assembly is taken out.

Cistern assembly can comprise and is connected to the connector of outside resource of water supply and the water tank being connected separably with this connector.

Refrigerator also can comprise that shell is to hold cistern assembly, and this shell is connected separably with the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door.

Refrigerator also can comprise: filter assemblies, is contained in shell, so that the water of supplying with from outside resource of water supply becomes clean; Supply pipe, is arranged in the foamed material of the inside of filling refrigerating-chamber door, so that filter assemblies is connected to water supply installation; Holding portion, is formed in refrigerating-chamber door, and to hold supply pipe, make supply pipe is movably in foamed material.

Refrigerator also can comprise: supply pipe, is arranged in the foamed material of the inside of filling refrigerating-chamber door, so that cistern assembly is connected to distributor; Holding portion, is formed on distributor place, and to hold supply pipe, make supply pipe is movably in foamed material.

According to another aspect of the invention, refrigerator comprises: main body; Refrigerating chamber, is arranged on the top of main body; Refrigerating-chamber door, is connected to main body, to open and closing cold room; Ice maker, is arranged in refrigerating chamber, to produce ice; Distributor, is arranged on the front portion of refrigerating-chamber door; Water supply installation, is connected to the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door, removedly so that the water from outside resource of water supply is optionally supplied to ice maker or distributor.

Water supply installation can comprise: filter assemblies, supply with the water have from outside resource of water supply so that water becomes clean; Cistern assembly, stores the water being cleaned by filter assemblies; Control valve, controls and supplies water to ice maker or cistern assembly; Shell, holds filter assemblies, cistern assembly and control valve, is connected to separably the rear surface of refrigerating chamber.

Refrigerator also can comprise: the first supply pipe, is connected to resource of water supply by filter assemblies; The second supply pipe, is connected to control valve by filter assemblies; The 3rd supply pipe, is connected to cistern assembly by control valve; The 4th supply pipe, is connected to control valve the ice maker of producing ice; The 5th supply pipe, is connected to distributor by cistern assembly, by distributor, water is taken out.

Shell can comprise: the first shell, has the first path; The second shell, has by forming the second path of the inner passage of water with the first Path Connection.

The 5th supply pipe can be in refrigerating-chamber door movably.

As mentioned above, according in the refrigerator of embodiment, can make the water supply installation traditionally with labyrinth structurally be simplified, thereby reduce manufacturing cost.In addition, can be by water supply installation be cleaned or replaces filter assemblies, cistern assembly and supply pipe from refrigerating-chamber door separation.Therefore, water supply installation can be remained on to the state of health.

Accompanying drawing explanation

By the description of embodiment being carried out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, these and/or other aspect will become clear and more should be readily appreciated that, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the front perspective view illustrating according to the outward appearance of the refrigerator of an embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view that the internal structure of the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1 is shown;

Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram of the water supply installation of the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the perspective view of water supply installation while observing in front portion from refrigerating-chamber door;

Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C illustrates according to the assembling of the connector of the embodiment of Fig. 1 and water cleaning and filtering or by according to the diagram of the process of the connector of the embodiment of Fig. 1 and the dismounting of water cleaning and filtering;

Fig. 6 is according to the cutaway view of the water tank of the embodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is the flow chart illustrating according to the operation of the LED lamp of the embodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is the perspective view illustrating according to the annexation of the water supply installation of the embodiment of Fig. 1 and resource of water supply and distributor;

Fig. 9 is according to the perspective view of the water supply installation of the refrigerator of another embodiment.

The specific embodiment

To describe embodiment in detail now, its example is shown in the drawings, and wherein, identical label is indicated identical element all the time.Embodiment is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is the front perspective view illustrating according to the outward appearance of the refrigerator of an embodiment, and Fig. 2 is the cutaway view that the internal structure of the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1 is shown.

See figures.1.and.2, the main body 10 of refrigerator comprises as the refrigerating chamber 20 of storage space and refrigerating chamber 30.Refrigerating chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 30 are separated up and down by the separator 40 in main body 10.In the present embodiment, refrigerating chamber 20 is arranged on to the top of main body 10, refrigerating chamber 30 is arranged on to the bottom of main body 10.Yet embodiment is not limited to such structure and can maybe embodiment can be applied to side by side combination refrigerator (side-by-side refrigerator) with contrary mode constructed embodiment.

Refrigerating chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 30 are towards the open front of main body 10.The front side of the opening of the front side of the opening of refrigerating chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 30 is opened or closed by door 50 and door 60 respectively.Especially, refrigerating chamber 20 is opened and closed by paired refrigerating-chamber door 50.Refrigerating-chamber door 50 supports pivotly by being arranged on two anterior upsides of main body 10 and the hinge-unit 70 of two downsides.

Door handle 80 is formed on the front end of the front side of each refrigerating-chamber door 50.User hold handle 80 and the power that applies to open and closing cold room door 50.Refrigerating chamber door 60 also has door handle 90 at the upper forepart of refrigerating chamber door 60.Refrigerating chamber door 60 can be extracted out from refrigerating chamber 30 as drawer.

In addition, for the production of the ice-making compartment 100 of ice, be arranged on the internal upper part of refrigerating chamber 20.Compare with refrigerating chamber 20, ice-making compartment 100, in relatively low temperature, is therefore isolated ice-making compartment 100 by special-purpose adiabatic separator 100a.

The ice maker 110 of actual production ice is arranged in ice-making compartment 100.Ice maker 110 is received in the water of the supply in ice making bracket 111 and utilizes the low internal temperature of ice-making compartment 100 to make water freezing.Ice storage unit 112 is arranged on the bottom of ice maker 110 to store the ice of being produced by ice maker 110.Can the ice of producing at ice maker 110 places be transferred to ice storage unit 112 by the whole bag of tricks.

The ice of producing is temporarily stored in ice storage unit 112 and by 113 transmission of ice transmission unit.Ice storage unit 112 is fluidly communicated with the row's ice pipeline 114 forming by refrigerating-chamber door 50 and adiabatic separator 100a.Row's ice pipeline 114 optionally opens or closes, thereby ice is transferred to the distributor 200 that is arranged on refrigerating-chamber door 50 places.More particularly, row's ice pipeline 114 is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 50 and sentences along outside direction and be fluidly communicated with distributor 200.In addition, along inside direction, the adiabatic separator 100a by ice-making compartment 100 is fluidly communicated with ice storage unit 112 row's ice pipeline 114.

Distributor 200 makes user can take out water or ice and not open refrigerating-chamber door 50.That is, distributor 200 has the structure for water or ice are taken out.For example, distributor 200 can comprise and be exposed to the anterior input is had to action button or the operating lever of the signal relevant to the opening and closing of floss hole of refrigerating-chamber door 50, and water or ice raft are put and passed through floss hole.

The water that the action need of distributor 200 and ice maker 110 is supplied with from outside.For this reason, water supply installation 300 forms and is connected to the outside resource of water supply such as tap with the rear surface 50a of refrigerating-chamber door 50.

Hereinafter with reference to Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, describe according to the water supply installation of the refrigerator of embodiment.

Although the water supply installation of the present embodiment is arranged on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door, by suitably revising structure, water supply installation can be formed on to the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door, the water in water supply installation is not frozen by use thermal insulation member.

Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram of the water supply installation of the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is the perspective view of water supply installation while observing in front portion from refrigerating-chamber door.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, water supply installation 300 comprises shell 400, filter assemblies 500, cistern assembly 600, control valve 700 and supply pipe 800.

Shell 400 is installed along the guide rail 51 being formed on the rear surface 50a of refrigerating-chamber door 50.Therefore, because shell 400 is installed near distributor 200 and ice maker 110, so can make to comprise that the total length of the supply pipe 800 of the first supply pipe P1, the second supply pipe P2, the 3rd supply pipe P3, the 4th supply pipe P4 and the 5th supply pipe P5 reduces.

Shell 400 comprises: holding portion 410, holds filter assemblies 500, cistern assembly 600 and control valve 700; Hook portion 420, is formed on the side of holding portion 410, to be connected to separably the rear surface 50a of refrigerating-chamber door 50.Water supply installation 300 also can comprise the framework 300a that cistern assembly 600 and filter assemblies 5 () 0 is connected to shell 400.

Holding portion 410 can inwardly press to hold filter assemblies 500, cistern assembly 600 and control valve 700 with the degree of depth of being scheduled to.Holding portion 410 can comprise: upper holding portion 411, holds filter assemblies 500 and cistern assembly 600; Lower holding portion 412, holds control valve 700.

For holding filter assemblies 500 and cistern assembly 600, the comparable lower holding portion 412 of upper holding portion 411 is large.Screening cover 412a can be connected to lower holding portion 412, to shield the noise by the operation generation of control valve 700.

Hook portion 420 can be formed on the both sides of holding portion 411.Guide rail 51 is arranged on the 50a place, rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 50, and supporting projections 51a is formed on two inner sides of guide rail 51, to support gate inhibition's (not shown).Hook portion 420 is constructed to make make shell 400 by being formed on supporting for supporting the supporting projections 51a of gate inhibition's (not shown) of place, both sides when shell 400 is inserted between the both sides of guide rail 51.Therefore, water supply installation 300 is connected to rear surface 50a by being suitable for supporting the supporting projections 51a of gate inhibition's (not shown), thereby obtains economic structure.

Filter assemblies 500 is arranged in the upper holding portion 411 of shell 400.Filter assemblies 500 makes the water of supplying with by the first supply pipe P1 from outside resource of water supply become clean, so that water becomes for user is drinkable.Filter assemblies 500 comprises connector 510 and water cleaning and filtering 520.

Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C illustrates according to the assembling of the connector of the embodiment of Fig. 1 and water cleaning and filtering or by according to the diagram of the process of the connector of the embodiment of Fig. 1 and the dismounting of water cleaning and filtering.With reference to Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C, connector 510 comprises: entrance 511, is connected to the first supply pipe P1, water is directed in water cleaning and filtering 520; Outlet 512, is connected to the second supply pipe P2, so that water is outwards directed to control valve 700.Connector 510 also comprises: first 513, and the water flowing into by entrance 511 moves to water cleaning and filtering 520 by first 513; Second mouthful 514, water moves to outlet 512 from water cleaning and filtering 520 by second mouthful 514.

First 513 and second mouthful 514 are hollow.Therefore, in a part for the inwall of each mouthful in first 513 and second mouthful 514, containment member 515 can be set, thereby prevent from leaking.In addition, first 513 and second mouthful 514 comprise respectively the first hook 513a and the second hook 514a, and the first hook 513a and the second hook 514a are made and be connected to separably water cleaning and filtering 520 by elastomeric material.

Water cleaning and filtering 520 comprises: filter housings 521; The first guiding piece 522, outstanding from filter housings 521, to be connected to first 513; The second guiding piece 523, outstanding from filter housings 521, to be connected to second mouthful 514; Connect guiding piece 524, be connected to the first guiding piece 522 and the second guiding piece 523; Filter cell (not shown), is arranged on filter housings 521 places and is made by nonwoven or reverse osmosis membrane.

The first guiding piece 522 and the second guiding piece 523 are outstanding and be inserted in respectively in first 513 and second mouthful 514 with the form of pipe.The first guiding piece 522 and the second guiding piece 523 comprise respectively the first locking projection 522a and the second locking projection 523a.The first locking projection 522a engages with the first hook 513a of first 513, and the second locking projection 523a engages with the second hook 514a of second mouthful 514.

More particularly, the first locking projection 522a and the second locking projection 523a are outwards outstanding from the part of the first guiding piece 522 and the part of the second guiding piece 523, and engage separably with the first hook 513a and the second hook 514a.

Connecting guiding piece 524 can have to run through the push rod form that center is hollow and connect guiding piece 524 and be installed to the first guiding piece 522 and the second guiding piece 523.That is, connecting guiding piece 524 is have circular section shape strong.When pushing connection guiding piece 524 to connector 510, promote the first hook 513a and the second hook 514a being made by elastomeric material and therefore the first hook 513a and the second hook 514a discharged from the first locking projection 522a and the second locking projection 523a.Accordingly, as shown in Figure 5 A to FIG. 5 C, even if also can easily water cleaning and filtering 520 be connected and make water cleaning and filtering 520 to depart from from connector 510 in narrow space with connector 510.

Control valve 700 is formed in the lower holding portion 410 of shell 400.Cleaned and be supplied to control valve 700 by the second supply pipe P2 through the water of filter assemblies 500.Control valve 700 is turned up the soil the moisture of supplying with from the second supply pipe P2 to be supplied to the 3rd supply pipe P3 and the 4th supply pipe P4.

Control valve 700 can comprise the paired magnetic valve (not shown) being formed in control valve 700, so that the water of supplying with by the second supply pipe P2 is optionally supplied to the 3rd supply pipe P3 and the 4th supply pipe P4 or interruption.The water that is supplied to the 3rd supply pipe P3 is supplied to cistern assembly 600, is then supplied to distributor 200, and the water that is supplied to the 4th supply pipe P4 is supplied to ice maker 110 to become ice.

As mentioned above, control valve 700 can shield noise with the screening cover 412a that covers lower holding portion 410.

Cistern assembly 600 is formed in the upper holding portion 410 of shell 400.Cistern assembly 600 can be arranged on the bottom of filter assemblies 500.Cistern assembly 600 holds by the 3rd supply pipe P3 and flows to water in control valve 700 and store water with the temperature lower than predetermined.That is, at frozen state lower header assembly 600, store the water of scheduled volumes and supply water to distributor 200, with by Cold water supply user.That is, can all the time the water of the scheduled volume cleaning by filter assemblies 500 be supplied to cistern assembly 600 and be stored in cistern assembly 600.

The water tank 620 that cistern assembly 600 can comprise connector 610 and be connected to separably connector 610.Although not shown, connector 610 comprises: entrance, is connected to the 3rd supply pipe P3, water is directed in water tank 620; Outlet, is connected to the 5th supply pipe P5, so that water is directed to outside distributor 200.

Although not shown, shell 400 also can comprise and cover member, thereby allow to hide for the assembly being arranged on from outside is watched holding portion 410.Therefore, lid member is not exposed to outside by water supply installation 300, thereby has improved the aesthetic feeling of refrigerating-chamber door 50.

Fig. 6 is according to the cutaway view of the water tank 620 of above-described embodiment.

As shown in Figure 6, the case lid 622 that water tank 620 can comprise casing 621 and be connected to the top of casing 621.Casing 621 has little lock part 621a outstanding in the periphery of casing 621.Case lid 622 has cover 622a, coupling part 622b and the locking projection 622c for being connected with casing 621 that covers casing 621, and locking projection 622c gives prominence to and flexibly engages with the lock part 621a of casing 621 and flexibly discharge from the lock part 621a of casing 621 from the inner surface of each coupling part 622b.

According to the water tank 620 of said structure, casing 621 is connected to case lid 622, as described below.Towards casing 621, press the outstanding locking projection 622c of inner surface of the coupling part 622b from arranging relative to one another, and therefore locking projection 622c is flexibly engaged with lock part 621a.Therefore, case lid 622 is connected to casing 621.When power being applied to coupling part 622b along the direction contrary with casing 621, lock part 621a and locking projection 622c discharge mutually.Therefore, can separate easily and clean water tank 620, thus the health of maintenance water tank 620.

Water tank 620 is made by transparent material, thereby user easily checks the state of the water in water tank 620.

In addition, be set to the shell 400 adjacent with water tank 620 and can comprise that the state that shows water is to inform cleaning cycle on user's LED lamp 900.Fig. 7 is the flow chart that the operation of LED lamp 900 is shown.

With reference to Fig. 7, when water being remained in water tank 620 7 days or during longer time, LED lamp 900 glows, or when water being remained on while being less than 7 days in water tank 620, LED lamp 900 blue light-emittings.

Although if but the not clean water tank 620 of when red user, LED lamp 900 flicker ruddiness are to warn the state of water tank 620 to user.In addition, if even user does not press SR after clean water tank 620, LED lamp 900 also glimmers.

When cleaning water tank 620 and pressing SR under the state of user at when red, LED lamp 900 blue light-emittings.Therefore, state and the sanitary condition user in water tank 620 by LED lamp 900 can easily identify cleaning cycle.

Next the process of distributor and ice maker that the water of supplying with from resource of water supply is supplied to by a plurality of supply pipes will be described in detail.

The first supply pipe P1 is set and with the water at self-water-supplying in future water source, is directed to water supply installation 300.By the upper surface 50b through refrigerating-chamber door 50, the first supply pipe P1 is connected to the filter assemblies 500 at the 50a place, rear surface that is arranged on refrigerating-chamber door 50.

Be directed into water sport in filter assemblies 500 by being arranged on the second supply pipe P2 of the bottom of the first supply pipe P1.The second supply pipe P2 is connected to control valve 700 at the opposite side place of the sidepiece being connected with filter assemblies 500.

Water flows in control valve 700 and moves to dividually the 3rd supply pipe P3 and the 4th supply pipe P4.In other words, a part of water in the water moving along the second supply pipe P2 flows to the 3rd supply pipe P3, and another part water in water flows to the 4th supply pipe P4.

The 3rd supply pipe P3 is connected to ice maker 110.Ice maker 110 is produced into ice by the water being cleaned by filter assemblies 500 and uses for user.By distributor 200, ice is supplied with to user.

The 4th supply pipe P4 is connected to cistern assembly 600.When frozen state lower header assembly 600 stores the water of scheduled volume, Cold water supply is used for user to distributor 200.The 5th supply pipe P5 is arranged on the part place of cistern assembly 600, for discharging the water from cistern assembly 600.

The 5th supply pipe P5 is connected to distributor 200 at the place, rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door.By the 5th supply pipe P5, will be transferred to distributor 200 and by distributor 200, water be supplied with to user from the water of cistern assembly 600 discharges.

Below with reference to Fig. 8, explain the connection between the first supply pipe P1 and resource of water supply.Fig. 8 illustrates the perspective view being connected with resource of water supply and distributor according to the water supply installation of the embodiment of Fig. 1.

As shown in Figure 8, the upper surface 50b that hinge-unit 70 is installed to refrigerating-chamber door 50 is to enable to open also closing cold room door 50.For being connected with hinge-unit 70, patchhole 50c forms by penetrating a part of the upper surface 50b of refrigerating-chamber door 50.

Foamed material 50d fills the inner side 500a of refrigerating-chamber door 50.The first accommodation hole H1 is formed in refrigerating-chamber door 50 and is set near patchhole 50c, thereby the first supply pipe P1 can be in the interior movement of refrigerating-chamber door 50.That is, the first accommodation hole H1 forms and allows the first supply pipe P1 can move to from the rear surface 50a of refrigerating-chamber door 50 path of the upper surface 50b of refrigerating-chamber door 50.

The first accommodation hole H1 can have the form of pipe that diameter is greater than the diameter of the first supply pipe P1.Therefore, owing to being connected to the first supply pipe P1 of the water supply installation 300 of resource of water supply, by the foamed material 50d of refrigerating-chamber door 50, do not fixed, so can easily carry out the replacement of the first supply pipe P1.

Next by the connection of describing between the 5th supply pipe P5 and distributor 200.

As shown in Figure 8, cistern assembly 600 has the 5th supply pipe P5 at the part place of discharge water.The 5th supply pipe P5 is connected to distributor 200, so that water is supplied with to user.

More particularly, distributor 200 comprises the distributor pedestal 200a inwardly pressing with the degree of depth of being scheduled to from the front portion of refrigerating-chamber door 50.In distributor pedestal 200a, the second accommodation hole H2 is formed in foamed material 50d, for being connected with the 5th supply pipe P5.

Therefore,, when the 5th supply pipe P5 that is formed on the form with pipe at distributor pedestal 200a place is inserted in the second accommodation hole H2, water can be supplied to distributor 200 from the 5th supply pipe P5.

Because the second accommodation hole H2 is formed on the foamed material 50d that fills refrigerating-chamber door 50 with the spacing of being scheduled to from the 5th supply pipe P5, so the 5th supply pipe P5 can freely move, and by foamed material 50d, do not fixed.Therefore, can carry out easily the clean of the 5th supply pipe P5 or replace, therefore improving the health of the 5th supply pipe P5.

Now with reference to Fig. 9, another embodiment is described.The element identical with the element of previous embodiment will be used identical label mark and no longer explain.Fig. 9 shows the water supply installation according to another embodiment.

With reference to Fig. 9, water supply installation 300 ' comprises shell 400 ', filter assemblies 500 ', cistern assembly 600 ', control valve 700 ', supply pipe P1 ', supply pipe P2 ', supply pipe P3 ', supply pipe P4 ' and supply pipe P5 '.

Shell 400 ' comprising: the first shell 430 ', comprises the first path 430a '; The second shell 440 ', comprises the second path 440a ' that is connected to the first path 430a ', thereby forms the inner passage of water.

Can be supplied to filter assemblies 500 ' by the water at the first supply pipe P1 ' self-water-supplying water source in future.The second supply pipe P2 ' is connected to by the inner passage being connected to form between the first shell 430 ' and the second shell 440 ', thereby water can be supplied to control valve 700 ' from filter assemblies 500 '.In addition, the 3rd supply pipe P3 ' and the 4th supply pipe P4 ' are connected to inner passage, thereby water can be supplied to cistern assembly 600 ' and ice maker 110 from control valve 700 '.In addition, the 5th supply pipe P5 ' is connected to inner passage, so that water can be supplied to distributor (not shown) from cistern assembly 600 '.

Accordingly, owing to the first shell 430 ' is connected to the inner passage that allows water to pass through to form with the second shell 440 ', so reduce supply pipe P1 ' to the total length of supply pipe P5 '.In addition, can prevent that the supply pipe P1 ' that causes due to not enough installing space is to the less desirable bending of supply pipe P5 '.

In addition, because the size of the inner passage being connected to form by between the first path 430a ' and the second path 440a ' is variable, so can control from the point through filter assemblies 500 ' to the speed of current that arrives the point of cistern assembly 600 '.

As mentioned above, according to the refrigerator of embodiment, there is the water supply installation that the rear surface with refrigerating-chamber door forms, therefore improve health, space efficiency and stock utilization.

Although illustrated and described some embodiment, one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that in the situation that do not depart from principle of the present invention and the spirit that is limited its scope by claim and equivalent thereof, can change these embodiments.

Claims

1. a refrigerator, comprising:

Door of storage room, for opening and close storeroom;

Distributor, is installed to described door of storage room;

Water supply installation, can be connected to the rear surface of described door of storage room adjacent with described distributor discretely, for supplying water to described distributor,

Described refrigerator also comprises cistern assembly,

Wherein, described water supply installation also comprises the shell with holding portion, and to hold described cistern assembly, described shell can be connected to the rear surface of described door of storage room discretely,

Wherein, described shell comprises: the first shell, has the first path; The second shell, has by forming the second path of the inner passage of water with described the first Path Connection.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described shell also comprises hook portion, described hook portion is formed on the both sides of housing section and can engages discretely with the rear surface of described door of storage room.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein, described door of storage room comprises on the rear surface that is formed on described door of storage room that, to support a plurality of supporting projections of gate inhibition, described hook portion can engage discretely with described supporting projections.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described shell also comprises and covers member, to cover housing section.

5. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described shell also comprises the LED lamp that shows the state that is stored in the water in described cistern assembly.

6. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described cistern assembly comprises and is connected to the connector of outside resource of water supply and the water tank that can be connected discretely with described connector.

7. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described water supply installation also comprises filter assemblies, and described filter assemblies is contained in the holding portion of described shell, so that the water of supplying with from outside resource of water supply becomes clean and the water through clean is supplied to described cistern assembly.

8. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, described filter assemblies comprises and is connected to the connector of outside resource of water supply and the water cleaning and filtering that can be connected discretely with described connector.

9. refrigerator according to claim 7, described refrigerator also comprises and is arranged in described storeroom to produce the ice maker of ice, wherein, described water supply installation also comprises control valve, and described control valve is optionally supplied to described ice maker or described cistern assembly by the water through described filter assemblies.

10. refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein, described water supply installation also comprises and is connected to described shell with the shield member around described control valve, to shield noise.

11. refrigerators according to claim 6, wherein, described water supply installation also comprises supply pipe, described supply pipe is connected to described distributor or outside resource of water supply from the rear surface of described door of storage room by described water supply installation.

12. refrigerators according to claim 11, described refrigerator also comprises the holding portion that is formed on described door of storage room and foamed material place, wherein, housing section is guaranteed the space in foamed material, so that described supply pipe is connected to outside resource of water supply or described distributor in described space.

13. refrigerators according to claim 12, described refrigerator also comprises the hinge-unit that can support pivotally described door of storage room, wherein, it is adjacent with described hinge-unit that housing section is set to.