Classifications

• • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • F25D17/062—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 in household refrigerators
  • F25D17/065—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 in household refrigerators with compartments at different temperatures
• • 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
• • 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
  • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
  • F25D2317/062—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation along the inside of 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
  • F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
  • F25D2323/021—French doors

Definitions

• the present disclosure relates to a refrigerator.
• a refrigerator includes a plurality of storage chambers for storing foods at low temperatures close to or below zero degrees Celsius.
• Each of the storage chambers has an open side for allowing access to the foods stored in the storage chambers.
• An ice-making device for making ice using the water supplied is provided in the refrigerator.
• the ice-making device may be installed in a main body of the refrigerator or a door of the refrigerator.
• the ice-making device When the ice-making device is provided at a chilling chamber, the ice-making device is formed in a thermal insulation structure to provide a low temperature environment. A passage through which cool air of a freezing chamber can be introduced and discharged is formed through side surfaces of the ice-making device and the refrigerator.
• the ice-making device is provided with an ice tray configured to make ice, and an ice bank configured to store ice removed from the ice tray, the ice-making device's volume is generally large.
• the volume of the ice-making device limits a space for storing foods in the refrigerator door.
• Embodiments provide a refrigerator configured to increase the inner space according by improving the structure of a refrigerator door to slim the refrigerator door provided with an ice-making device. [10] Embodiments also provide a refrigerator including a slimed door provided with a basket or a special freezing chamber for storing foods.
• a refrigerator includes: a main body including a storage chamber; a door rotatably coupled to the main body; an ice-making device provided to the door and configured to make ice; and a special freezing chamber provided to the door and including a communication hole to introduce cool air of the ice-making device.
• a refrigerator in another embodiment, includes: a main body provided with a freezing chamber and a chilling chamber; a chilling chamber door selectively covering the chilling chamber; an ice-making device provided to the chilling chamber door and configured to make ice; and a special freezing chamber provided to at least one side of the ice-making device and receiving cool air circulating in the ice-making device.
• a refrigerator includes: a main body provided with a freezing chamber and a chilling chamber; a chilling chamber door selectively covering the chilling chamber; an ice-making device provided to the chilling chamber door and receiving cool air of the freezing chamber; a special freezing chamber provided to the chilling chamber door and configured to introduce cool air of the ice-making device; and a special freezing chamber door selectively covering the special freezing chamber.
• the refrigerator door equipped with the ice-making device is slimed, and the inner space of the refrigerator is increased.
• the space where the food shelf is placed is increased.
• the slimed door of the refrigerator is provided with the basket or the special freezing chamber for storing foods, the large space for storing foods can be provided to a user. [16] Therefore, convenience for users and product satisfaction are improved.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a refrigerator according to an embodiment.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a refrigerator door according to the embodiment of Fig. One.
• FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of FIG. 2.
• Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a refrigerator door according to another embodiment.
• Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a refrigerator door according to another embodiment.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment.
• the refrigerator 1 includes a main body 10 having a chilling chamber 110 and a freezing chamber 120, a chilling chamber door 11 that is rotatably coupled to a front surface of the main body 10 to selectively open and close the chilling chamber 110, and a freezing chamber door 12 that is provided in a lower portion of the main body 10 to selectively open and close the freezing chamber 120.
• the chilling chamber 110 is disposed in an upper portion of the main body 10
• the freezing chamber 120 is disposed in the lower portion of the main body 10.
• the present disclosure is not limited to this embodiment.
• the present disclosure may be applied to not only a top mount type refrigerator where the freezing chamber is defined above the chilling chamber but also a side-by-side type refrigerator where the freezing and chilling chambers are defined at right and left sides , respectively.
• the chilling chamber door 11 is divided into two sections that are respectively coupled to both sides of the main body 10 by hinges (not shown).
• the freezing chamber door 12 is coupled to a lower end of the main body 10 by a hinge (not shown) and is designed to be withdrawn in the form of a drawer.
• a storage container 15 for storing frozen foods may be provided in the freezing chamber 120.
• an evaporator 16 for generating cool air that will be supplied into the main body 10 is provided at a lower-rear portion of the main body 10.
• An inner surface of the chilling chamber door 11 is provided with an ice-making device 20, a first special freezing chamber 30, and a second special freezing chamber 40.
• the ice-making device 20 is configured to make ice.
• the first special freezing chamber 30 is provided on one side of the ice-making device 20 and configured to freeze foodstuffs with cool air received from the ice-making device 20.
• the second special freezing chamber 40 is provided on another side of the ice- making device 20 and oncfigured to receive cool air from the ice-making device 20.
• the ice-making device 20 is provided with a supply part 21 configured to supply at least part of cool air supplied to the freezing chamber 12, and a discharge part 22 configured to discharge cool air circulating in the ice-making device 20 toward the evaporator 16.
• a supply duct 13 for supplying cool air to the supply part 21 and a discharge duct 14 to which the cool air is discharged from the discharge part 22 are provided to the main body 10.
• First sides of the supply and discharge ducts 13 and 14 are connected to the freezing chamber 120. Cool air generated by the evaporator 16 is partially supplied to the ice- making device 20 through the supply duct 13. The cool air circulating in ugh the discharge duct 14.the ice-making device 20 is discharged into the freezing chamber 120 thro
• Duct supply hole 13a and duct discharge hole 14a are respectively disposed on second sides of the supply and discharge ducts 13 and 14.
• the duct supply and discharge holes 13a and 14a respectively communicate with the supply and discharge parts 21 and 22 when the chilling chamber door 11 is closed, but are spaced apart from the supply and discharge parts 21 and 22 when the chilling chamber door 11 is opened.
• the duct supply and discharge holes 13a and 14a are exposed on an inner surface of the main body 10 to correspond to the supply part 102 and the discharge part 104 such that, when the chilling chamber door 11 is closed, the duct supply and discharge holes 22a and 24a are arranged at positions corresponding to the supply part 21 and the discharge part 22, respectively.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a refrigerator door according to the embodiment of Fig. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of FIG. 2.
• the inner surface of the chilling chamber door 11 is provided with the ice-making device 20, the first special freezing chamber 30, and the second special freezing chamber 40.
• the ice-making device 20 is configured to make ice.
• the first special freezing chamber 30 is provided on a left side or a right side of the ice-making device 20 and has a low storage temperature due to cool air introduced from the ice-making device 20.
• the second special freezing chamber 40 is provided on a lower side of the ice-making device 20 and configured to receive cool air from the ice-making device 20.
• the first special freezing chamber 30, corresponding to the height of the ice-making device 20, has an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape with a predetermined width.
• the first special freezing chamber 30 is adapted to store vertically long bottles.
• the first special freezing chamber 30 has an open front surface, and a first door 31 is coupled to the front surface so as to be rotatable about a first hinge 32.
• the first hinge 32 is provided on one side of the first special freezing chamber 30.A user can access a stored object when the first door 31 is open.
• One side surface of the ice-making device 20 is coupled to one side surface of the first special freezing chamber 30.
• An interface between the ice-making device 20 and the first special freezing chamber 30 is provided with a communication hole 33 configured to introduce cool air of the ice-making device 20 into the first special freezing chamber 30.
• the second special chilling chamber 40 is disposed on a lower side of the ice-making device 20 and the first special chilling chamber 30, the second special freezing chamber 40 has a transverse width corresponding to the sum of transverse widths of the ice -making device 20 and the first special chilling chamber 30.
• the second special chilling chamber 40 is provided with a second door 41 configured to selectively cover the open front surface. It will be appreciated that the second door 41 is rotatable about a second hinge 42. The second hinge 42 is disposed on one side of the second special chilling chamber 40.
• a lower surface of the ice-making device 20, ie, an upper surface of the second special freezing chamber 40 is provided with a second communication hole 43 configured to introduce cool air of the ice-making device 20 into the second special freezing chamber 40.
• cool air of the ice-making device 20 is introduced through the first communication hole 33 into the first special chilling chamber 30, and introduced through the second communication hole 43 into the second special freezing chamber 40.
• the chilling chamber door 11 secures a space for storing foodstuffs requiring freezing, as well as the ice-making device 20.
• the chilling chamber door 11 is more easily and conveniently opened and closed than the freezing chamber door 12, thereby conveniently storing frozen desserts, confectionery, or drinks requiring frequent access.
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating configuration of the refrigerator door according to one embodiment.
• a chilling chamber door 11 is provided with an ice-making device 20 for making ice, a third special freezing chamber 50, and a chilling chamber basket 61.
• the third special freezing chamber 50 is provided on a lower side of the ice- making device 20, and cool air of the ice-making device 20 is introduced into the third special freezing chamber 50.
• the chilling chamber basket 61 is provided on an upper side of the ice-making device 20, and configured to store foods to be refrigerated.
• the ice-making device 20 has a large transverse width corresponding to a transverse width of the chilling chamber door 11, but has a small protruding width in an inner direction of the chilling chamber door 11. That is, it is possible to achieve slimness of the ice-making device 20.
• a transverse width of the third special freezing chamber 50 corresponds to that of the ice-making device 20.
• a front surface of the third special freezing chamber 50 is open to allow access to foods, and coupled with a third door 51 that is rotatable about a third hinge 52.
• the third hinge 52 may be disposed on one side of the third special freezing chamber 50.
• the third special freezing chamber 50 is configured to store low objects.
• a rear surface of the third special freezing chamber 50 is provided with a third communication hole 53 configured to introduce cool air of the ice-making device 20.
• the ice-making device 20 is provided with a discharge hole (not shown) communicating with the third communication hole 53, and a cool air passage (not shown), through which cool air flows, may be provided between the third communication hole 53 and the discharge hole.
• cool air in the ice-making device 20 is discharged through the discharge hole, and moved along the cool air passage, and then introduced into the third special freezing chamber 50 through the third communication hole 53.
• Cool air circulating in the main body 10, i.e., the chilling chamber 110 may cool foods stored in the chilling chamber basket 61.
• the chilling chamber basket 61 may be disposed on the lower side of the ice-making device 20, and the third special freezing chamber 50 may be disposed on the upper side of the ice-making device 20.
• FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a refrigerator door according to another embodiment.
• a chilling chamber door 11 is provided with an ice-making device
• the fourth special freezing chamber 70 is provided to a front surface of the ice-making device 20 and receives cool air from the ice-making device 20 to form a low temperature atmosphere.
• the baskets 81 and 82 are provided to at least one side of the ice-making device 20 and configured to store foodstuffs requiring refrigeration.
• a front surface of the fourth special freezing chamber 70 is open to allow access to foods, and coupled with a fourth door 71 that is rotatable about a fourth hinge 72.
• a rear surface of the fourth special freezing chamber 70 is provided with a fourth communication hole 73 configured to introduce cool air of the ice-making device 20.
• cool air of the ice-making device 20 is introduced to the fourth special freezing chamber 70 through the fourth communication hole 73 so as to cool the inner space of the fourth special freezing chamber 70.
• the baskets 81 and 82 are configured to store objects to be refrigerated.
• the embodiments relate to a refrigerator configured to expand the inner space according by improving the structure of a refrigerator door to achieve the slimness of the refrigerator door provided with an ice-making device.
• the slimed refrigerator door of the refrigerator is configured to receive a food basket, and the space for foods in the refrigerator is increased.

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