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A refrigerator includes a cold air supply device received in an insulating partition that defines a storage compartment into upper and lower storage compartments. As cold air is supplied into the storage compartment below the insulating partition through the cold air supply device, the refrigerator

A refrigerator includes a cold air supply device received in an insulating partition that defines a storage compartment into upper and lower storage compartments. As cold air is supplied into the storage compartment below the insulating partition through the cold air supply device, the refrigerator has enhanced productivity and interior volume efficiency.

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1. A refrigerator comprising: a body including an outer shell and inner shell defining a first insulating partition to provide a refrigerator storage compartment and a freezing storage compartment divided from each other by the first insulating partition;a second insulating partition to divide the r

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A refrigerator comprising: a body including an outer shell and inner shell defining a first insulating partition to provide a refrigerator storage compartment and a freezing storage compartment divided from each other by the first insulating partition;a second insulating partition to divide the refrigerator storage compartment into a first refrigerator storage compartment and a second refrigerator storage compartment, the second insulating partition having a cold air discharge hole perforated in a position of the second insulating partition;a first evaporator provided to supply cold air into the first refrigerator storage compartment;a second evaporator provided to supply cold air into the freezing storage compartment; anda cold air supply device coupled to an upper surface of a rear portion of the second insulating partition to supply the cold air to be slanted downward, from the second evaporator, to the second refrigerator storage compartment below the cold air supply device,wherein the first insulating partition is pre-formed together with the inner shell of the body,wherein the second insulating partition is formed independently from the inner shell and separately attached to a guide groove formed in the inner shell of the body before an insulation foam filling stage to fill space between the outer shell and the inner shell with a foam material, andwherein at least a portion of the cold air supply device is mounted inside the rear portion of the second insulating partition and the cold air supply device is disposed between the rear portion of the second insulating partition and a rear wall of the refrigerator storage compartment. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cold air supply device includes a damper unit to control the supply of cold air into a path, and the path and the damper unit are provided in an insulating case. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the second insulating partition includes an indented receptacle on the upper surface of the second insulating partition to receive the cold air supply device, and the cold air discharge hole is provided at a position of the indented receptacle. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 3, further comprising a cover member to cover an open upper side of the receptacle. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cold air supply device is separably coupled to the second insulating partition. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the first refrigerator storage compartment and the second refrigerator storage compartment includes an ice-making chamber defined by an insulating wall. 7. A refrigerator comprising: a body including an outer shell and inner shell defining a first insulating partition to provide a refrigerator storage compartment and a freezing storage compartment divided from each other by the first insulating partition;a second insulating partition to divide the refrigerator storage compartment into a first refrigerator storage compartment and a second refrigerator storage compartment, the second insulating partition having a cold air discharge hole perforated in a position thereof;a first evaporator provided to supply cold air into the first refrigerator storage compartment;a second evaporator provided to supply cold air into the freezing storage compartment; anda cold air supply passageway provided in the second insulating partition to supply the cold air, from the second evaporator, to the second refrigerator storage compartment,wherein the first insulating partition is pre-formed together with the inner shell of the body,wherein the second insulating partition is formed independently from the inner shell and separately attached to a guide groove formed in the inner shell of the body before an insulation foam filling stage to fill space between the outer shell and the inner shell with a foam material,wherein the first refrigerator storage compartment includes an ice-making chamber defined by an insulating wall,wherein the refrigerator further comprises an ice-making chamber return duct, through which the cold air generated from the second evaporator is returned after being used to cool the ice-making chamber, andwherein the cold air used to cool the second refrigerator storage compartment is returned to the second evaporator through the ice-making chamber return duct. 8. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the ice-making chamber return duct includes a cold air return path defined by an insulating wall to allow the cold air, used to cool the second refrigerator storage compartment, to be returned to the evaporator. 9. A refrigerator comprising: a body including an outer shell and inner shell defining a horizontal partition to provide a refrigerator storage compartment and a freezing storage compartment divided from each other by the horizontal partition;an insulating partition to divide the refrigerator storage compartment into a first refrigerator storage compartment and a second refrigerator storage compartment, the insulating partition having a cold air discharge hole;a first evaporator provided at the rear side of the first refrigerator storage compartment to cool the first refrigerator storage compartment;a second evaporator provided at the rear side of the freezing storage compartment to cool the freezing storage compartment;a cold air supply device coupled to an upper surface of a rear portion of the insulating partition to supply the cold air to be slanted downward, from the second evaporator, to the second refrigerator storage compartment below the cold air supply device,wherein the horizontal partition is pre-formed together with the inner shell of the body,wherein the insulating partition is formed independently from the inner shell and separately attached to a guide groove formed in the inner shell of the body before an insulation foam filling stage to fill space between the outer shell and the inner shell with a foam material, andwherein at least a portion of the cold air supply device is mounted inside the rear portion of the insulating partition and the cold air supply device is disposed between the rear portion of the insulating partition and a rear wall of the refrigerator storage compartment. 10. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the insulating partition is separably provided in the refrigerator storage compartment. 11. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein the insulating partition includes an indented receptacle on the upper surface of the insulating partition to receive the cold air supply device, and a cover member hermetically covers the receptacle. 12. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the cold air supply device is separably coupled to the insulating partition. 13. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the cold air supply device includes an insulating case having an inlet perforated in one side of the insulating case to communicate with an opening and an outlet perforated in the other side of the insulating case with the cold air discharge hole, and a path communicating with the inlet and the outlet is defined in the insulating case. 14. The refrigerator according to claim 13, wherein the cold air supply device further includes a damper unit to adjust an opening degree of the inlet.