IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0117331
(2008-05-08)
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등록번호 |
US-7637119
(2010-01-07)
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우선권정보 |
KR-10-2003-0019726(2003-03-28); KR-10-2003-0019727(2003-03-28); KR-10-2003-0019732(2003-03-28); KR-10-2003-0019733(2003-03-28); KR-PCT/KR2004/000692(2004-03-26) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Kim, Ill Shin
- Yu, Seon Il
- Seok, Kun Jun
- Kwon, Yong Chol
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
0 인용 특허 :
145 |
초록
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In the related art refrigerator, its structure for supplying water to a dispenser and water tank was complicated. In addition, since an icemaker is installed in a refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator, there is a problem in that the water supplied into the icemaker is frozen. Furthermore, if th
In the related art refrigerator, its structure for supplying water to a dispenser and water tank was complicated. In addition, since an icemaker is installed in a refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator, there is a problem in that the water supplied into the icemaker is frozen. Furthermore, if the icemaker is installed in the freezing chamber of the refrigerator in which the refrigerating chamber is formed at a lower portion thereof and a refrigerating chamber is formed at an upper portion thereof, there is another problem in that it is difficult to control the temperature in the refrigerating chamber or ice-making capability of the icemaker is lowered. The present invention is directed to a refrigerator. According to an aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body and a freezing chamber formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body, which comprises an ice-making chamber which is partitioned in the refrigerating chamber by means of insulating walls and includes an icemaker for making ice and an ice storage for storing the ice made in the icemaker, a first heat exchanger for generating cold air to regulate the temperature in the ice-making chamber, and a second heat exchanger for generating cold air to regulate the temperature in the freezing and refrigerating chambers, wherein the first and second heat exchanger are components of a heat exchange cycle. According to the refrigerator of the present invention so configured, there are advantages in that the temperature in the refrigerating chamber can be accurately controlled, the loss of cold air can be minimized and the structures for supplying water into the icemaker and the dispenser can be simplified.
대표청구항
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The invention claimed is: 1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body having a refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating compartment defining a single opening for frontal access to the refrigerating compartment; a pair of doors that are coupled to the refrigerator body by hinges and that a
The invention claimed is: 1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body having a refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating compartment defining a single opening for frontal access to the refrigerating compartment; a pair of doors that are coupled to the refrigerator body by hinges and that are configured to open and close the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment; a pair of storage units that are disposed adjacent each other within the refrigerating compartment and that are configured to be drawn in or out of the refrigerating compartment, wherein the pair of doors includes: a first refrigerator door configured to open to enable frontal access and close to inhibit frontal access to a first portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment; and a second refrigerator door configured to open to enable frontal access and close to inhibit frontal access to a second portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, the second portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment including a portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment other than the portion covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in a closed position; wherein the pair of storage units includes: a first storage unit corresponding to and covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position; and a second storage unit corresponding to and covered by the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in a closed position; an ice compartment that is located within the refrigerating compartment at a position corresponding to and covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position, that is configured to store ice made by an ice maker, and that is defined by at least one insulating wall, the at least one insulating wall being configured to facilitate maintenance of an operating temperature of the ice compartment that is lower than an operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a dispenser that is positioned on the first refrigerator door and that is configured to dispense ice stored in the ice compartment through the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position; and a shelf positioned in a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to an external surface of the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position, that is perpendicular to an external surface of the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in the closed position, and that intersects the ice compartment, at least a portion of the shelf corresponding to and being covered by the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in the closed position, and wherein the first refrigerator door, the second refrigerator door, the first storage unit, and the second storage unit have a relative orientation that enables removal of the first storage unit from the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in an open position and the second refrigerator door is in the closed position and that enables removal of the second storage unit from the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position and the second refrigerator door is in an open position. 2. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein a width of the first storage unit corresponds to a width of the portion of the first refrigerator door covering the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position. 3. The refrigerator of claim 2 wherein a width of the second storage unit corresponds to a width of the portion of the second refrigerator door covering the refrigerating compartment when the second refrigerator door is in the closed position. 4. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the first storage unit is a first drawer box that may be pulled out of the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the open position and the second refrigerator door is in the closed position. 5. The refrigerator of claim 4 wherein the second storage unit is a second drawer box that may be pulled out of the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position and the second refrigerator door is in the open position. 6. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein: the first refrigerator door has a first width that is different than a second width of the second refrigerator door; the first storage unit has a width that corresponds to the first width of the first refrigerator door; and the second storage unit has a width that corresponds to the second width of the second refrigerator door. 7. The refrigerator of claim 6 wherein: the first storage unit has a width that is the same or smaller than the first width of the first refrigerator door; and the second storage unit has a width that is the same or smaller than the second width of the second refrigerator door. 8. The refrigerator of claim 1 further comprising: an ice compartment located within the refrigerating compartment; and an ice maker located within the ice compartment and configured to freeze liquid water into ice, wherein: the first refrigerator door covers the ice compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position and exposes the ice compartment when the first refrigerator door is in an open position, and the first refrigerator door, the second refrigerator door, and the ice compartment have a relative orientation that enables removal of at least a portion of the ice compartment from the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the open position and the second refrigerator door is in the closed position. 9. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the refrigerating compartment is formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body, further comprising: a freezing compartment formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body; an ice compartment located within the refrigerating compartment; an ice maker located within the ice compartment and configured to freeze liquid water into ice; and a dispenser, at least a portion of which being located on the first refrigerator door, configured to dispense ice made by the ice maker. 10. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the pair of storage units are positioned adjacent each other with nothing therebetween, the pair of storage units span a width of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, and the pair of storage units are configured to slide into and out of the refrigerating compartment. 11. The refrigerator of claim 1 further comprising a shelf that spans a width of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, wherein a first portion of the shelf is exposed when the first refrigerator door is in the open position and the second refrigerator door is in the closed position and a second portion of the shelf is exposed when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position and the second refrigerator door is in the open position. 12. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the ice compartment and the shelf are positioned adjacent each other with nothing therebetween. 13. The refrigerator of claim 12 wherein the ice compartment and the shelf span a width of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment. 14. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein a width of the ice compartment is less than a width of the first refrigerator door, and a width of the shelf is larger than a width of the second refrigerator door. 15. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body; a refrigerating compartment that is defined at a first portion of the refrigerator body and that defines a single opening for frontal access to the refrigerating compartment; a freezing compartment that is defined at a second portion of the refrigerator body, the second portion of the refrigerator body being different than the first portion of the refrigerator body; at least one heat exchanger configured to regulate operating temperatures in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment that differ, with the freezing compartment having an operating temperature that is lower than an operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a pair of doors that are coupled to the refrigerator body by hinges and that are configured to open and close the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, the pair of doors including: a first refrigerator door configured to open to enable frontal access and close to inhibit frontal access to a first portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, and a second refrigerator door configured to open to enable frontal access and close to inhibit frontal access to a second portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, the second portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment including a portion of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment other than the portion covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in a closed position; a pair of storage units that are positioned adjacent each other within the refrigerating compartment with nothing therebetween, that span a width of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, and that are configured to slide into and out of the refrigerating compartment, the pair of storage units including: a first storage unit corresponding to and covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position; and a second storage unit corresponding to and covered by the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in a closed position; a first shelf that spans a width of the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment, wherein a first portion of the shelf is exposed when the first refrigerator door is in the open position and the second refrigerator door is in the closed position and a second portion of the shelf is exposed when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position and the second refrigerator door is in the open position; an ice compartment that is located within the refrigerating compartment at a position corresponding to and covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position, that is configured to store ice made by an ice maker, and that is defined by at least one insulating wall, the at least one insulating wall being configured to facilitate maintenance of an operating temperature of the ice compartment that is lower than the operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a dispenser that is positioned on the first refrigerator door and that is configured to dispense ice stored in the ice compartment through the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position; and a second shelf positioned in a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to an external surface of the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position, that is perpendicular to an external surface of the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in the closed position, and that intersects the ice compartment, at least a portion of the second shelf corresponding to and being covered by the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in the closed position, wherein the first refrigerator door, the second refrigerator door, the first storage unit, and the second storage unit have a relative orientation that enables removal of the first storage unit from the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in an open position and the second refrigerator door is in the closed position and that enables removal of the second storage unit from the refrigerating compartment when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position and the second refrigerator door is in an open position.
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