US20120111048A1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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US20120111048A1
US20120111048A1 US13/383,222 US200913383222A US2012111048A1 US 20120111048 A1 US20120111048 A1 US 20120111048A1 US 200913383222 A US200913383222 A US 200913383222A US 2012111048 A1 US2012111048 A1 US 2012111048A1
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Young-Nam Kim
Jong-Wook An
Chang-Woan Yang
Seong-Wook Kim
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/10—Producing ice by using rotating or otherwise moving moulds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F25D17/08—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation using ducts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
    • F25D23/126—Water cooler
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/06—Multiple ice moulds or trays therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/10—Refrigerator units
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/14—Water supply
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
    • F25D2323/021—French doors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/121—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass the refrigerator is characterised by a water filter for the water/ice dispenser

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  • a refrigerator is provided therein with an ice maker for making ice so as to supply ice.
  • the ice maker has various types according to operation method thereof, and may be installed at various positions of a refrigerator compartment or freezer compartment.
  • a refrigerator includes: a cabinet formed with a plurality of storage spaces divided; a first ice maker provided in any one of the plurality of storage spaces; a dispenser provided to a door, through which ice made in the first ice maker is discharged; a second ice maker provided in the storage space different from the storage space where the first ice maker is provided; and a water feeding passage branched such that it is possible to selectively supply water to the first ice maker and the second ice maker from a water supply source.
  • a refrigerator in further another embodiment, includes: a cabinet formed with a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment; a first ice maker provided in a space for the refrigerator compartment; a dispenser provided to a refrigerator compartment door, through which ice made in the first ice maker is discharged; a second ice maker which is provided in the freezer compartment and is selectively accessible according to opening/closing of a freezer compartment door; a water feeding passage connected to a water supply source outside the refrigerator to supply water to the first ice maker, the second ice maker and the dispenser; and a branch means provided on the water feeding passage to distribute water supplied from the water supply source toward the first ice maker and the second ice maker.
  • the first ice maker and the second ice maker are provided in the respective storage spaces divided in the cabinet such that it is possible to discharge ice through the dispenser or to use ice through the ice container according to ice use environment of the user.
  • FIG. 9 is a front view of a refrigerator when a door of the refrigerator is opened according to another embodiment.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view schematically illustrating a water feeding passage of a refrigerator according to another embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 is a partial perspective view of a refrigerator of which a freezer compartment door is opened according to another embodiment.
  • any one of one pair of the refrigerator compartment doors 22 is provided at a front side thereof with a dispenser 26 .
  • the dispenser 26 is configured such that the dispenser 26 may communicate with a first ice maker 100 to be described below and ice and/or drinking water may be discharged at an outside of the refrigerator by a user's manipulation.
  • a portion of an upper surface of the freezer compartment 40 corresponding to an upper direction of the second ice maker 140 is formed open, and the water feeding passage 200 and electrical wires 162 guided toward the second ice maker 140 through the opened portion are guided into the inner side of the freezer compartment 40 .
  • the water feeding passage 200 and the electrical wires 162 which are guided toward the second ice maker 140 through the bracket 160 may be exposed to the outside through a passage connecting part 70 formed at the rear surface of the cabinet 10 , and may be connected to another water feeding passage 200 and electrical wires 162 at the passage connecting part 70 .
  • the cooling-air discharge hole 182 is provided for ice making of the second ice maker 140 , separately from a main discharge hole 42 provided at the rear wall surface of the freezer compartment 40 . Cooling air discharged through the cooling-air discharge hole 182 is directed toward the second ice maker 140 so that ice may be made more rapidly in the inside of the freezer compartment 40 .
  • the ice container 150 is provided at an inner side of the freezer compartment 40 corresponding to a lower direction of the second ice maker 140 .
  • the ice container 150 is a place where ice made in the second ice maker 140 is stored, and may be formed in a typical drawer shape.
  • the ice container 150 may be formed with a width corresponding to an inner lateral length of the freezer compartment 40 , and if necessary, a separate drawer for storage of foods may be provided inside the freezer compartment 40 , separately from the ice container 150 .
  • the first branch passage 220 is formed to extend from the branch means 240 toward the refrigerator compartment door 22 such that water branched from the branch means 240 may be guided to the first ice maker 100 and the dispenser 26 of the refrigerator compartment door 22 .
  • the water filter 130 provided in the refrigerator compartment 30 is connected to the first branch passage 220 to filter water flowing through the first branch passage 220 .
  • the first branch passage 220 is connected to the branch means 240 at the passage connecting part 70 , and the first branch passage 220 extends upward along the rear wall of the cabinet 10 and then is inserted into an inside of the cabinet 10 to communicate with the water filter 130 .
  • the ice maker-sided passage 222 may extend to the first ice maker 100 to supply water for ice making to the first ice maker 100 according to an operation of the first ice maker 100 .
  • the branch means 240 is connected to the main passage 210 , the first branch passage 220 and the second branch passage 230 at the outside of the refrigerator and then is disposed in the passage connecting part 70 , and the electrical wires 162 connected to the second ice maker 140 may be connected to an external power in the passage connecting part 70 .
  • the passage connecting part 70 is shielded by a connecting part cover 72 .
  • first ice maker controller 320 , the dispenser controller 330 and the second ice maker controller 320 may be connected by a wiring, and may be connected to one another by extending the electrical wires 162 connected to each of the first ice maker controller 320 , the dispenser controller 330 and the second ice maker controller 320 to the passage connecting part 70 or one-sided portion of the refrigerator 1 .
  • the first ice maker controller 310 and the second ice maker controller 320 may control water supply to the first ice maker 100 and the second ice maker 140 by controlling operations of the first valve 250 and the second valve 260 .
  • the first ice maker controller 310 and the second ice maker controller 320 may control to give an order of priority operation such that after any one of the first ice maker 100 and the second ice maker 140 operates until ice is stored in the ice bank 110 or the ice container 150 by a set amount, the other ice maker operates.
  • the first ice maker controller 310 and the second ice maker controller 320 may exchange operation state information with each other to thus control the operation of the first ice maker 100 and the second ice maker 140 .
  • water which flows through the main passage 210 according to an instruction of the first ice maker controller 310 and is supplied through the first branch passage 220 , is supplied to the first ice maker 100 along the dispenser-sided passage 224 at the first valve 250 .
  • Water which flows through the main passage 210 according to an instruction of the second ice maker controller 320 and is supplied through the second branch passage 230 , is supplied to the second ice maker 140 along the ice maker-sided passage 222 at the first valve 260 .
  • the refrigerator according to the present disclosure may have various embodiments besides the foregoing embodiments, and hereinafter, a refrigerator according to another embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  • FIG. 9 is a front view of a refrigerator of which a door is opened according to an embodiment and FIG. 10 is a perspective view schematically illustrating a water feeding passage of a refrigerator according to another embodiment.
  • a first ice maker 410 for making ice is provided at an inside of the ice making compartment 400 , and an ice bank 420 where ice made in the first ice maker 410 is stored may be provided under the first ice maker 410 .
  • an installing member 610 for installing the ice maker 600 may be provided at an inner left upper corner of the freezer compartment 40 .
  • the installing member 610 may be formed such that the ice maker 600 is inserted from a front side and fixedly installed.
  • the installing member 610 may be provided with a plurality of open surfaces such that cooling-air supplied to the inside of the freezer compartment 40 is smoothly supplied to the ice maker 600 .

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