REFRIGERATOR WITH ICEMAKER COMPARTMENT HAVING AN IMPROVED AIR FLOW

摘要

A refrigerator includes body having a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice making compartment disposed outside the freezing compartment. The ice making compartment is in communication with an evaporator space via a supply duct to supply cold air from the evaporator to the ice making compartment, a blowing fan to introduce cold air from the evaporator into the ice making compartment, and a return duct configured so that circulated air inside the ice making compartment is discharged through an outlet of the return duct and mixed together with circulated air from inside the freezing compartment at a lower region of the evaporator space, the mixed air flowing through the evaporator in an upward direction as the mixed air is heat exchanged by the evaporator before being discharged to the freezing compartment or the supply duct.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a body having a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, a horizontal insulation partition provided between the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, and an ice making compartment disposed outside the freezing compartment, the refrigerating compartment including a refrigerator door, wherein the refrigerating compartment comprises a refrigerating space forming a refrigerating storing space, a first evaporator space containing a first evaporator for generating cold air and a first blowing fan to introduce cold air into the refrigerating space, the freezing compartment comprises a freezing space forming a freezing storing space, a second evaporator space containing a second evaporator to generate cold air and a second blowing fan to introduce cold air into the freezing space, the ice making compartment is in communication with the second evaporator space via a supply duct to supply cold air from the second evaporator to the ice making compartment, a third blowing fan to introduce cold air from the second evaporator into the ice making compartment, and a return duct configured so that circulated air inside the ice making compartment is discharged through an outlet of the return duct and mixed together with circulated air from inside the freezing storing space at a lower region of the second evaporator space, the mixed air flowing through the second evaporator in an upward direction as the mixed air is heat exchanged by the second evaporator before being discharged to the freezing storing space or the supply duct.