JP2001349657A - Refrigerator with automatic ice making device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator ensuring in particular the effective content volume of an ice making chamber and high in mounting efficiency, in a thin type refrigerator having a small depth size. SOLUTION: A cold passage 35 for cold air guided from a cooler 33 to an ice making chamber 20 is situated in a partition plate 18 to partition the ice making chamber 20 and a freezing chamber 19 from each other. By discharging cold air through a discharge hole formed in the partition plate 18 to an ice chipper tray 25, cold air uniformly flows to the ice chipper tray, and an ice making speed is improved without unevenness. Further, since there is no air passage in the rear of the ice making chamber 20, a depth size in a chamber can be ensured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator with an automatic ice making device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 and FIG.
FIG. 1 shows a main part of a conventional refrigerator with an automatic ice making device disclosed in JP-A-18755 or JP-A-6-317370. 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a freezing room, and 3 is a door of the freezing room 2. 4 is an automatic ice making device, and 5 is an ice storage box for storing ice made by this device.

An ice tray 6 has a driving device 7 for driving the ice tray 6. The driving device 7 is provided with an ice detecting lever 8 for detecting the amount of ice stored in the ice storage box 5. When the ice is completed in the ice tray 6, the ice detecting lever 8 is operated, and the ice storage box 5 is operated.
It is configured to detect whether the amount of ice stored therein is equal to or less than a predetermined amount. If the amount is equal to or less than the predetermined amount, the ice making tray 6 is rotated to start the ice releasing operation.

[0004] Reference numeral 9 denotes a partition wall vertically partitioned. 10 is a cooler arranged on the partition wall, 11 is a freezer compartment 2, and a refrigerator compartment 12
It is a fan that circulates cool air. Reference numeral 13 denotes a ventilation duct to the freezer compartment, which is provided with a discharge port 13a for introduction into the ice tray 6 of the automatic ice making device 4 partially.

Next, the flow of the cool air will be described. A part of the cool air blown by the fan 11 passes through the ventilation duct 13, a part of the cool air flows into the freezing compartment 2, and a part of the cool air flows from the discharge port 13 a to the ice tray 6. The cool air passes from the rear to the front, passes through the automatic ice making device 4 and returns to the fan 11 via the cooler 10 of the partition wall 9. The other is discharged into the refrigerator compartment 12 through the ventilation duct, and returns to the fan 11 through the cooler 10 of the partition wall 9.

[0006]

However, in the above configuration, the depth of the refrigerator main body 1 is reduced, especially in the large capacity of recent refrigerators due to the limitation of installation space and the installation of condominiums, etc. Standardized automatic ice making is set up within the depth range of the kitchen so that it does not jump out to the front so that the interior of the kitchen is enhanced and refrigerators that do not hinder the movement of people are becoming mainstream. Since the device is arranged in the refrigerator and the structure for taking in the cool air into the ice making is from the rear, there is a drawback that the depth of the refrigerator cannot be made shallow or cannot be attached to a product having a shallow depth.

Further, since the cold air to the ice tray 6 is taken in later, there is a disadvantage that the ice making speed before and after the ice tray 6 varies.

An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problem. An automatic ice making device shared by other models is arranged in the depth direction of a refrigerator, and a cold air intake into the conventional ice making device is provided from the back side to the side surface. By providing an air passage, the automatic ice making device can be stored even in a refrigerator having a shallow depth dimension. It is another object of the present invention to improve the ice making speed without variation in ice making because cold air flows uniformly in front of and behind the ice making tray due to a horizontal wind path to an automatic ice making device.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerating room having an upper stage, a freezing room being disposed in a lower stage, and a refrigerating cycle cooler provided behind the freezing room. In a refrigerator having an ice-making room independently via a partition plate next to the room, a first discharge hole for cool air discharged from the cooler to the ice-making room is provided in the partition plate. There is no need for a rear space such as a cool air intake air path member from behind, and an automatic ice making device can be installed.

Further, since there is no cool air discharge passage to the ice tray at the rear, the refrigerator can be easily stored in a cabinet having a reduced depth dimension. Furthermore, since the cold air discharge port to the ice tray has a cool air passage from the side of the ice tray, the cool air flows uniformly in the ice tray, and the ice making speed can be improved without variation before and after the ice making.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a refrigerator compartment is provided in the upper stage,
A refrigerator is provided in the lower stage, and a refrigerator of a refrigerating cycle is provided at the rear of the refrigerator, and a refrigerator having an ice making room independently via a partition plate next to the freezing room, from the cooler to the ice making room. Since the cold air passage to be discharged is in the partition plate, no air passage is formed behind the ice making room, so that the ineffective space with respect to the effective internal volume in the depth direction of the refrigerator can be reduced, and the effective internal volume is secured accordingly. can do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the refrigerator compartment is formed by first partition walls in the upper and lower stages by a first partition wall, and the upper stage is a refrigerator compartment, and the lower stage is formed by a second partition wall partitioned left and right in the freezer compartment. The refrigerator except for the refrigerator compartment is provided with a drawer door, and is equipped with an automatic ice making device and an ice storage box in the ice making room. Is discharged, and the cool air is applied to each corner of the ice tray almost uniformly, so that there is almost no variation in the time when ice is formed at each corner.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, a protruding rib piece for guiding cool air to a lower portion of an introduction hole provided in a side wall of an upper plate of the automatic ice making device is integrally formed from the upper plate. The formed cold air can be reliably guided to the ice tray.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, the automatic ice making device is provided on a second partition wall which partitions the lower compartment below the refrigerator compartment left and right. A second discharge hole is provided from a partition plate at a position opposite to an introduction hole provided on a side wall of the plate, and a second discharge hole discharges cold air between an ice storage box in the other ice making chamber and a container therebelow. Since the discharge hole is provided integrally with the partition plate, there is no air path behind the ice making room, so an effective internal volume can be secured in the depth direction, and the internal volume of the ice storage box and the lower container is increased in the depth direction. Can be secured.

For this reason, a large amount of ice storage can be stocked, so that the usability is good.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator with an automatic ice maker according to any one of the first to fifth aspects,
A water supply pipe for pouring water into an ice tray in an automatic ice making device is provided at an upper rear portion of the upper plate, and a rib for preventing wind from hitting the pipe tip is provided integrally from the upper plate in the vicinity of the water supply pipe to supply water to the ice tray. The water supply pipe to be made is located at the upper rear part of the upper plate, and a rib for preventing cold air is provided integrally from the upper plate in the vicinity of the pipe, so that the cool air introduced from the horizontal air passage is cut off by the rib and directly hits the tip of the water supply pipe. An automatic ice making device that does not generate icing or the like at the pipe tip can be provided.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator having a storage room provided next to a refrigerator room via a second partition plate and having a second cooler of a refrigerating cycle behind the refrigerator room.
Since a third discharge hole for cool air discharged from the cooler into the storage chamber is provided in the second partition plate, no air path is formed behind the storage chamber, so that a large storage chamber capacity is secured in the depth direction. can do.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the seventh aspect, the third suction hole communicating with the second discharge hole by the second cool air passage is formed at an upper portion of the second partition plate. Since it is located above the second cooler, it is easy to design a cool air passage leading to the storage room, and it is easy to distribute the cool air to the storage room, so that it is possible to easily cool to a predetermined temperature.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth aspect of the present invention, the air circulated in the storage chamber is guided to a suction hole provided at a lower portion of the second partition plate and is supplied to the second cooler. Since it returns, the room can be cooled uniformly, and the temperature variation can be reduced.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a refrigerator with an automatic ice making device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator with an automatic ice making device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the automatic ice making device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a front view of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. FIG.
-C sectional drawing. FIG. 6 is a side view showing the lid and the automatic ice making device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG.

1 to 8, reference numeral 14 denotes a refrigerator main body. Reference numeral 15 denotes a first partition wall for vertically partitioning the interior of the refrigerator main body 14. An upper partition 16 is formed above the first partition wall 15, and a lower partition 17 is formed below the first partition wall 15.
6 is a refrigerator room.

Reference numeral 15a denotes a lid formed on the first partition wall 15. A locking piece 15b is formed on each of the lids 15a. Reference numeral 18 denotes a second partition wall which partitions the inside of the lower partition 17 left and right. 19 is a freezing room formed on one side by the second partition wall 18, and 20 is an ice making room formed on the other side.

Drawer doors 21 and 22 attached to the opening surfaces of the freezing room 19 and the ice making room 20 so as to be openable and closable.
Is provided. Reference numeral 23 denotes an automatic ice making device located on the upper surface in the ice making chamber 20, and 24 denotes a driving device for driving the ice making tray 25. Reference numeral 26 denotes an upper plate which holds the driving device 24 and is formed in a U-shaped frame.

One of the ice trays 25 is fitted to the drive unit 24 and the other is rotatably inserted and attached to a support hole 26 a provided in the upper plate 26. Side wall 2 of upper plate 26
6b is provided with several introduction holes 26c for introducing cool air into the ice tray 25 side by side.

The introduction holes 26c may be provided in a number corresponding to the number of the respective ice making units in one vertical line of the ice tray 25. In the case of FIG. 2, since there are six in a vertical line, six of the introduction holes 26c are provided corresponding to the respective ice making units.

A protruding rib piece 26d for guiding cool air to the ice tray 25 is formed below the introduction hole 26c. 26e is a claw formed from the upper plate 26 and provided at the front and rear, and 27 is an ice storage box arranged below the ice tray 25. Reference numeral 28 denotes an ice detection lever that detects the amount of ice in the ice storage box 27 provided in the drive device 24.

The second partition wall 18 which partitions the inside of the lower partition 17 into left and right portions has a discharge hole 18a and a suction hole 18b for cool air, respectively.
Is formed.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a partition plate, which is attached to the second partition wall 18 on the side of the ice making chamber 20 and passes cold air. The upper plate 2 of the automatic ice making device 23 is placed on each of the partition plates 29 above.
Several first discharge holes 29a are formed side by side so as to face the introduction hole 26c formed in 6b, and another second discharge hole 29b is integrally formed below one.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a lower container disposed below the ice storage box 27.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a water supply pipe, which is supported by a support hole 26f provided at an upper rear portion of the upper plate 26. 26
g is a cold air hit prevention rib provided integrally with the upper plate 26 near the water supply pipe 31.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a front plate that covers the back of the freezing compartment 19, and includes a cooler 33 and a blower fan 34 therein.

Reference numeral 35a denotes the discharge hole 1 of the second partition wall 18.
8A is a first cool air passage for guiding cool air to 8a. 35b is a second discharge hole 29b provided in the second partition wall 18.
Is a second cool air passage communicating with the second cold air passage. Reference numerals 36 and 37 denote a discharge hole and a suction hole formed integrally from the front plate 32, respectively.

A refrigerator with an automatic ice making device configured as described above will be described.

On the upper surface of the ice making chamber 20, a driving device 24 and an ice tray 2 which are arranged on an upper plate 26 formed in a U-shaped frame are provided.
5. The automatic ice making device 23 having the ice detecting lever 28
The claw 26e of the upper plate 26 is fitted and attached to the locking piece 15b provided on the lid 15a of the partition wall 15 of FIG.

A second partition wall 18 which partitions the inside of the lower partition 17 left and right has an automatic ice making device 2 inside the ice making chamber 20.
A partition plate 29 is attached so as to face 3. At that time, the first discharge hole 29a of the partition plate 29 is located at a position facing the introduction hole 26c and the protruding rib piece 26d provided in the side wall 26b of the upper plate 26 provided in the automatic ice making device 23.

The second discharge hole 29 b provided below the partition plate 29 is located between the ice storage box 27 and the lower container 30 of the ice making chamber 20. In such a configuration, the cool air cooled by the cooler 33 is partially discharged from the front plate 32 into the freezer compartment 19 by the blower fan 34 and cooled to a predetermined temperature.

The other cool air passes through a cool air passage 35,
The upper plate flows into the discharge hole 18a provided in the second partition wall 18, and one of the upper plates of the automatic ice making device 23 opposes the first discharge hole 29a of the partition plate 29 attached to the second partition wall 18. Cool air is blown from the respective introduction holes 26c of the side wall 26b to the upper surface of the ice tray 25 so as to be guided by the protruding rib pieces 26d provided at 26.

At this time, the cooling air prevention rib 2 provided from the upper plate 26
Reference numeral 6g denotes a shielding rib for preventing cold air from directly hitting the distal end of the water supply pipe 31 located in the vicinity. On the other hand, the cold air taken into the second partition wall 18 is
Is discharged between the ice storage box 27 and the lower container 30 from the second discharge hole 29b provided below the container, circulates in the ice making chamber 20, and then passes through the suction hole 18b provided in the second partition wall 18,
It returns to the freezer compartment 19 and returns to the cooler 33 from the suction hole 37 of the front plate 32.

According to the above configuration, since the cold air is introduced into the automatic ice making device 23 by the horizontal air passage, the depth A of the refrigerator is reduced. In the embodiment, the dimension A is 467 mm, and the depth of the refrigerator is reduced. It is possible to provide a refrigerator that can be made shallow and does not jump out of the front of the cupboard or sink installed next to it even if a cupboard or system kitchen is installed.

In addition, since the cold air is introduced into the ice tray 25, the cold air is uniformly poured over the entire depth of the ice tray 25 from the lateral direction.
Improves ice making speed and eliminates variations in ice making. Further, since the cool air introduced from the second partition wall 18 is discharged up and down from the partition plate 29, the inside of the ice making chamber 20 can be maintained at an appropriate temperature without temperature unevenness.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 9 is a front view of a refrigerator with an automatic ice making device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a storage room provided next to the refrigerator compartment 16. In the present embodiment, the storage room 40 is a bottle room, and the temperature in the storage is cooled to 5 ± 2.5 degrees. Hereinafter, it is referred to as a bottle chamber 40. A vegetable compartment 41 is provided below the refrigerator compartment 16.

As shown in FIG. 9, reference numeral 42 denotes a second partition plate for partitioning the bottle chamber 40, the refrigerator compartment 16 and the vegetable compartment 41. 43 is a third cool air passage provided in the second partition plate 42. 43a is a third suction hole. 43b is a third discharge hole.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a second blower fan, and reference numeral 45 denotes a second cooler provided below the second blower fan 44.

The third suction hole 43a is provided in the second partition plate 42, and is located above the second cooler 45. A third cool air passage 43 is provided in the second partition plate 42, and has the third discharge hole 43 b communicating with the bottle chamber 40.

Reference numeral 46a denotes a fourth suction hole provided at a lower portion of the second partition plate 42, which passes through a fourth cool air passage 46 from a fourth discharge hole 46b to a lower side surface of the vegetable compartment 41. Communicating.

The operation of the refrigerator with the automatic ice making device configured as described above will be described below.

Cool air is distributed from the second cooler 45 provided behind the refrigerator compartment 16 to a cool air passage communicating with the refrigerator compartment 16 and the bottle compartment 40 by a second blower fan 44.

Cold air is discharged into the bottle chamber 40 from the third suction hole 43a through the third cool air passage 43 through the second discharge hole 43b by the second blower fan 44, and circulates in the room. It is cooled to a predetermined temperature.

The circulated cool air passes from the third suction hole 46a through the fourth cool air passage 46, and is guided from the third discharge hole 46b to the vegetable compartment 41, where it circulates around the outer periphery of a vegetable storage container (not shown). After cooling indirectly, it returns to the second cooler 45 through a return hole (not shown) formed in the upper part on the back side of the vegetable compartment 41.

Since no air path is formed behind the bottle chamber 40, the internal volume of the bottle chamber 40 can be expanded in the depth direction, and the storage capacity can be increased.

Since the second suction hole 43 a is located above the second cooler 45, it is easy for the second blower fan 44 to circulate cool air into the bottle chamber 40. Therefore, the bottle chamber 40 can be easily cooled to a predetermined temperature.

Further, a fourth suction hole 4 is provided in a lower portion of the bottle chamber 40.
6a, the cool air circulates all over the room, so that the temperature can be reduced and the cooling can be performed.

[0055]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the refrigerating room is disposed in the upper stage, the freezing room is disposed in the lower stage, and a cooler of a refrigerating cycle is provided behind the freezing room. In a refrigerator having an ice-making chamber independently via a partition plate next to the above, since the partition plate is provided with a discharge hole for cool air discharged from the cooler to the ice-making room, the ice making speed can be improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerating compartment at an upper stage, a freezing compartment at a lower stage, a refrigerator of a refrigerating cycle behind the freezing compartment, and a partition plate adjacent to the freezing compartment. In a refrigerator having an ice-making chamber independently through the cooling device, since a cool air passage discharged from the cooler to the ice-making chamber is provided in the partition plate, the effective internal volume can be increased in the depth direction, so that the mounting efficiency is improved. A high refrigerator can be provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the refrigerator main body, upper and lower stages are formed by first partition walls and upper and lower stages are formed as refrigerator compartments, and lower stages are formed by left and right second partition walls. The refrigerator is divided into a freezing compartment and an ice making compartment, and the compartment except for the refrigerator compartment is provided with a drawer door and is a refrigerator in which an automatic ice making device and an ice storage box are installed in the ice making compartment. Since ice is discharged from the ice making unit, ice can be made almost simultaneously at each ice making unit without variation, so that the ice making time can be shortened and the usability is good.

The invention described in claim 4 is the same as the invention described in claim 3.
In the invention described in (1), a protruding rib piece for guiding cool air is integrally formed from the upper plate below the hole provided in the side wall of the upper plate of the automatic ice making device, so that the cool air can be appropriately sent to the ice tray. Therefore, an appropriate circulation amount can always be maintained.

The invention described in claim 5 is the same as the claim 3.
Alternatively, in the invention according to claim 4, a partition plate is provided at a position opposite to a hole provided on a side wall of an upper plate of the automatic ice making device on a second partition wall which partitions the lower partition below the refrigerator compartment into right and left. A second discharge hole for discharging cold air between the ice storage box in the other ice making chamber and the lower container is provided integrally with the partition plate. This has the effect of being able to maintain an appropriate temperature without circulating the temperature in the room by being appropriately circulated.

The invention described in claim 6 is the first invention.
6. A water supply pipe for pouring water into an ice tray in an automatic ice making device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, is provided at an upper rear portion of the upper plate, and a rib for preventing wind from hitting a pipe tip near the pipe. Is provided integrally from the upper plate, the cold air introduced from the side wall hole of the upper plate does not directly hit the tip of the water supply pipe, so that freezing and freezing of the tip of the pipe can be prevented.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator having a storage compartment provided next to a refrigerator compartment via a second partition plate and having a second cooler of a refrigerating cycle behind the refrigerator compartment.
Since the second partition plate is provided with a second discharge hole for cool air discharged from the cooler into the storage chamber, no air passage is formed behind the storage chamber. Thus, a refrigerator with high mounting efficiency can be provided.

According to the invention described in claim 8, in the invention described in claim 7, the second suction hole communicating with the second discharge hole by the second cool air passage is formed at an upper portion of the second partition plate. Since it is located above the second cooler, it can be easily cooled to a predetermined temperature.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth aspect of the present invention, the air circulated in the storage chamber is guided to a suction hole provided at a lower part of the second partition plate and is supplied to the second cooler. Since it returns, the room can be cooled uniformly, and the temperature variation can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator with an automatic ice making device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the automatic ice making device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the refrigerator with the automatic ice making device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a side view showing the lid and the automatic ice making device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 3;

8 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front view of Embodiment 2 of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional refrigerator with an ice making device.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional automatic ice making device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 Refrigerator body 15 First partition wall 16 Refrigerator room 18 Second partition wall 19 Freezer room 20 Ice making room 21, 22 Drawer door 23 Automatic ice making device 25 Ice tray 26 Upper plate 26b Side wall 26c Introducing hole 26d Projecting rib piece 26g Cold air Hit prevention rib 27 Ice storage box 29 Partition plate 29a First discharge hole 29b Second discharge hole 30 Lower vessel 31 Water supply pipe 33 Cooler 35a First cool air passage 35b Second cool air passage 40 Storage room (bottle room) 42 Second partition plate 43 Third cool air passage 43a Third suction hole 43b Third discharge hole 45 Second cooler 46 Fourth cool air passage 46a Fourth suction hole 46b Fourth discharge hole

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator having a refrigerating compartment at an upper stage, a freezing compartment at a lower stage, a refrigerator of a refrigerating cycle behind the freezing compartment, and an independent ice making compartment next to the freezing compartment via a partition plate. 3. The refrigerator with an automatic ice making device according to claim 1, wherein a first discharge hole for cool air discharged from the cooler into the ice making chamber is provided in the partition plate. 2. A refrigerator having a refrigerating compartment at an upper stage, a freezing compartment at a lower stage, a refrigerating cycle cooler behind the freezing compartment, and an independent ice making compartment adjacent to the freezing compartment via a partition plate. In the first, the first discharged from the cooler to the ice making chamber
A refrigerator with an automatic ice making device, wherein the cold air passage is provided in the partition plate. 3. A refrigerator compartment in which a first partition wall is formed in the upper and lower tiers in a refrigerator main body, and an upper tier is a refrigerator compartment, and a lower tier is partitioned into a freezing compartment and an ice making compartment by a second partition wall partitioned left and right. The refrigerator except for the refrigerator compartment is provided with a drawer door, and is a refrigerator in which an automatic ice making device and an ice storage box are installed in the ice making room, and cool air is discharged laterally to an ice tray of the automatic ice making device. Refrigerator with automatic ice making equipment. 4. The automatic ice making machine according to claim 3, wherein a protruding rib piece for guiding cool air is formed integrally from the upper plate at a lower portion of the introduction hole provided in a side wall of the upper plate of the automatic ice making device. With refrigerator. 5. A first partition plate is provided on a second partition wall which partitions the lower partition below the refrigerator compartment into left and right portions, at a position opposite to an introduction hole provided on a side wall of an upper plate of the automatic ice making device. The discharge hole is provided, and a second discharge hole for discharging cool air between the ice storage box in the other ice making chamber and the container below the ice storage box is provided integrally with the partition plate. Item 5. A refrigerator with an automatic ice maker according to Item 4. 6. A water supply pipe for pouring water into an ice tray in an automatic ice making device is provided at an upper rear portion of the upper plate, and a rib for preventing cold air from coming into the tip of the pipe is integrally provided in the vicinity of the water supply pipe. The refrigerator with an automatic ice maker according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: 7. A refrigerator having a storage compartment provided next to a refrigerator compartment via a second partition plate and having a second cooler of a refrigerating cycle behind the refrigerator compartment, wherein the discharge from the cooler to the storage compartment is performed. A refrigerator with an automatic ice making device, characterized in that a third discharge hole for cold air to be discharged is provided in the third partition plate. 8. A third suction hole communicating with the third discharge hole by the second cool air passage is formed at an upper portion of the second partition plate, and is located above the second cooler. The refrigerator with an automatic ice making device according to claim 7. 9. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein the air circulated through the storage chamber is guided to a suction hole provided at a lower portion of the second partition plate and returns to the second cooler.