IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0104268
(2008-04-16)
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등록번호 |
US-7703298
(2010-05-20)
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우선권정보 |
KR-10-2003-0065163(2003-09-19) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Lee, Myung Ryul
- Kim, Seong Jae
- Seo, Chang Ho
- Chung, Sung Hoon
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
12 인용 특허 :
129 |
초록
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Refrigerator with an icemaker including a cabinet having a mullion wall for compartmentalization of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a case provided to a door on the refrigerating chamber, having a cavity therein, a first duct for supplying cold air from a neighborhood of an evaporato
Refrigerator with an icemaker including a cabinet having a mullion wall for compartmentalization of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a case provided to a door on the refrigerating chamber, having a cavity therein, a first duct for supplying cold air from a neighborhood of an evaporator in the freezing chamber to the cavity, the icemaker in the cavity for producing ice, an ice container in the cavity for storing the ice, and a dispenser in the door in communication with the cavity, thereby having ice supplied to a user at an outside of the refrigerator through a dispenser provided to the door.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including one or more walls defining at least one chamber; an evaporator positioned in the cabinet; a door including one or more walls defining a cavity; an interface on the door corresponding to the cavity and configured to receive air; a
What is claimed is: 1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including one or more walls defining at least one chamber; an evaporator positioned in the cabinet; a door including one or more walls defining a cavity; an interface on the door corresponding to the cavity and configured to receive air; a first duct configured to guide air that has been cooled by the evaporator from the evaporator to an interface of the cabinet that corresponds to the interface on the door through which the cooled evaporator air is passed to enable regulation of a temperature associated with the cavity; and a supplemental duct configured to guide the cooled evaporator air to the freezing chamber, wherein the one or more walls defining at least one chamber include one or more walls defining a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, at least one of the one or more walls separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber, wherein the supplemental duct includes: a first part included on the door; and a second part that passes the at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber, the second part being configured to interface with the freezing chamber and interface with the first part when the door is in a closed position. 2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an icemaker positioned in the cavity, wherein the first duct is configured to guide air cooled by the evaporator along a portion of a path toward the icemaker to enable regulation of a temperature associated with the icemaker. 3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an ice storage bin positioned in the cavity, wherein the first duct is configured to guide air cooled by the evaporator along a portion of a path toward the icemaker to enable regulation of a temperature associated with the ice storage bin. 4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one chamber is a freezing chamber and the evaporator is positioned in the freezing chamber. 5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one chamber is a refrigerating chamber and the evaporator is positioned in the refrigerating chamber. 6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a dispenser positioned in the door, the dispenser being configured to communicate with the cavity. 7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second duct included on the door extending from the interface on the door and in communication with the air in the cavity. 8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second duct is in thermal communication with the air in the cavity. 9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second duct is configured to guide air to the cavity. 10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more walls defining the cavity comprise a thermal insulating material and surround the cavity. 11. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface of the cabinet is configured to communicate with the interface on the door when the door is in a closed position. 12. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a gasket provided at a point of connection between the interface of the cabinet and the interface on the door. 13. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fan adjacent to the evaporator configured to guide air to the first duct. 14. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fan positioned in a portion of the first duct in which the first duct changes direction, the fan being configured to direct a flow of the air guided by the first duct along the first duct. 15. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one chamber includes a refrigerating chamber and the door is configured to open and close the refrigerating chamber. 16. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second duct configured to guide air cooled by the evaporator to the refrigerating chamber. 17. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a third duct configured to pass through the at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber to guide air from the cavity to the freezing chamber. 18. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the evaporator is a first evaporator, further comprising: a second evaporator configured to regulate temperatures of the refrigerating chamber, wherein the first evaporator is configured to regulate temperatures of the freezing chamber and the first duct is configured to guide air that has been cooled by the first evaporator. 19. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supplemental duct further includes a gasket provided at a point of connection between the first part and the second part when the door is in the closed position. 20. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including one or more walls defining at least one chamber; an evaporator positioned in the cabinet; a door including one or more walls defining a cavity; an interface on the door corresponding to the cavity and configured to receive air; a first duct configured to guide air that has been cooled by the evaporator from the evaporator to an interface of the cabinet that corresponds to the interface on the door through which the cooled evaporator air is passed to enable regulation of a temperature associated with the cavity; and a supplemental duct configured to guide the cooled evaporator air to the freezing chamber, wherein the one or more walls defining at least one chamber include one or more walls defining a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, at least one of the one or more walls separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber, and wherein the supplemental duct includes: a first part included on the door; and a second part included on the sidewall of the cabinet, and the second part being configured to interface with the first part when the door is in a closed position. 21. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including one or more walls defining a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber; a refrigerator door configured to open and close to expose and cover at least a portion of the refrigerating chamber; an evaporator positioned in the cabinet; a first duct positioned in the cabinet and configured to guide air; and a second duct included on the refrigerator door and being configured to interface with the first duct when the door is in a closed positioned and being configured to be separated from the first duct when the door is in an open position, wherein the one or more walls defining the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber include at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber, and wherein the first duct passes the at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber. 22. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the second duct is configured to be connected to the first duct when the door is in the closed positioned and to be disconnected from the first duct when the door is in the open positioned. 23. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, further comprising: an icemaker; and a dispenser positioned in the refrigerator door and configured to dispense ice produced by the icemaker. 24. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 23, wherein the first duct and the second duct are configured to guide air that has been cooled by the evaporator from the evaporator to the icemaker to enable regulation of a temperature of the icemaker when the refrigerator door is in the closed position. 25. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the evaporator is positioned in the refrigerating chamber. 26. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the evaporator is positioned in the freezing chamber. 27. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, further comprising a fan configured to promote movement of evaporator air between the first duct and the second duct. 28. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the fan is configured to stop when the refrigerator door is in the open position. 29. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including one or more walls defining a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber; an evaporator positioned in the cabinet; a refrigerator door configured to open and close to expose and cover at least a portion of the refrigerating chamber; an icemaker; an ice container positioned on the refrigerator door and configured to store ice made by the icemaker; a structure provided on the refrigerator door and corresponding to the ice container, the structure including an inlet configured to receive air; a first duct configured to guide air that has been cooled by the evaporator and to enable regulation of a temperature associated with the icemaker, the first duct configured to guide air to an outlet configured to connect to the inlet of the structure provided on the refrigerator door when the refrigerator door is in a closed position; and a second duct configured to provide a return path for the evaporator cooled air to the freezing chamber. 30. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, wherein the evaporator is positioned in the freezing chamber and the first duct penetrates the at least one wall separating the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber. 31. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, wherein the evaporator is positioned in the refrigerating chamber. 32. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, wherein the outlet of the first duct is configured to be separated from the inlet when the refrigerator door is in an open position. 33. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, wherein the inlet of the structure provided on the refrigerator door includes an inlet of a third duct. 34. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, wherein the inlet of the structure provided on the refrigerator door includes an inlet of a structure defining a cavity in which the ice container is positioned. 35. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, further comprising a dispenser positioned in the refrigerator door, the dispenser being configured to dispense ice made by the icemaker. 36. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a refrigerating compartment defined at a first portion of the cabinet; a freezing compartment defined at a second portion of the cabinet that is different than the first portion of the cabinet, the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment being configured to maintain temperatures that differ, with the freezing compartment having a freezing temperature that is lower than a refrigerating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a refrigerator door that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating compartment; an outlet defined in a wall of the refrigerating compartment; a duct configured to guide air cooled to a freezing temperature from an area of the refrigerator corresponding to the freezing compartment to the outlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment; an ice compartment positioned on the refrigerator door and defined by at least one insulating wall; an icemaker; an ice container positioned in the ice compartment and configured to store ice made by the icemaker; an inlet that is defined in an insulating wall of the ice compartment, that is configured to interface with the outlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment when the refrigerator door is oriented in a closed positioned, that is configured to be separated from the outlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment when the refrigerator door is oriented in an open position, and that is configured to receive air guided by the duct when the inlet interfaces with the outlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment, the air received by the inlet being delivered to the ice compartment such that the ice compartment is maintained at a freezing temperature and ice stored in the ice container is maintained in a frozen state; a dispenser that is positioned on the refrigerator door and that is configured to dispense ice through the refrigerator door when the refrigerator door is oriented in the closed position; and an ice chute positioned on the refrigerator door and configured to guide ice stored in the ice container to the dispenser. 37. The refrigerator of claim 36 wherein the duct extends from the freezing compartment to the outlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment. 38. The refrigerator of claim 36 wherein the outlet is defined in a side wall of the refrigerating compartment. 39. The refrigerator of claim 36 wherein the ice chute connects the ice compartment with the dispenser. 40. The refrigerator of claim 36 further comprising a damper configured to open and close an opening defined in an insulating wall of the ice compartment. 41. The refrigerator of claim 36 further comprising a second duct configured to provide a return path for the air received by the inlet to the freezing compartment. 42. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first duct and the second duct are configured to guide air from the refrigerator door to the freezing chamber. 43. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first duct passes through the at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber. 44. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first duct penetrates the at least one wall separating the freezing chamber from the refrigerating chamber. 45. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first duct is positioned along a sidewall of the cabinet. 46. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a refrigerating compartment defined at a first portion of the cabinet; a freezing compartment defined at a second portion of the cabinet that is different than the first portion of the cabinet, the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment being configured to maintain temperatures that differ, with the freezing compartment having a freezing temperature that is lower than a refrigerating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a refrigerator door that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating compartment; an inlet defined in a wall of the refrigerating compartment; a duct configured to guide air from the inlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment to an area of the refrigerator corresponding to the freezing compartment; an ice compartment positioned on the refrigerator door and defined by at least one insulating wall; an icemaker; an ice container positioned in the ice compartment and configured to store ice made by the icemaker; an outlet that is defined in an insulating wall of the ice compartment, that is configured to interface with the inlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment when the refrigerator door is oriented in a closed positioned, that is configured to be separated from the inlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment when the refrigerator door is oriented in an open position, and that is configured to guide air from the ice compartment to the duct when the outlet interfaces with the inlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment; a dispenser that is positioned on the refrigerator door and that is configured to dispense ice through the refrigerator door when the refrigerator door is oriented in the closed position; and an ice chute positioned on the refrigerator door and configured to guide ice stored in the ice container to the dispenser. 47. The refrigerator of claim 46 wherein the duct extends from the inlet defined in the wall of the refrigerating compartment to the freezing compartment. 48. The refrigerator of claim 46 wherein the inlet is defined in a side wall of the refrigerating compartment. 49. The refrigerator of claim 46 wherein the duct is configured to provide a return path for air received by the inlet to the freezing compartment.
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