Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/138109
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A refrigerator equipped with: storage compartments for freezing or refrigerating food items; a cooling compartment housing a cooler that generates cold air for cooling the storage compartments, and a heater that is provided below the cooler and that melts frost adhering to the cooler; and a barrier wall that separates the storage compartments and the cooling compartment from each other. A cold air return opening, which has a first opening surface opening on the cooling compartment side and a second opening surface opening on the storage compartment side, and which connects the storage compartments and the cooling compartment, enabling return air from the storage compartments to flow into the cooling compartment, and louver plates, which are provided in the cold air return opening and slant downward from the storage compartment side toward the cooler side, are formed in the barrier wall. The minimum interval in a gap formed between the first opening surface of the cold air return opening and the storage-compartment-side surface of the cooler is equal to or less than the minimum interval in a gap formed between the cooling-compartment-side surface of the barrier wall and the storage-compartment-side surface of the cooler.
Inventors:
YASUDA NAOFUMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/053943
Publication Date:
August 17, 2017
Filing Date:
February 10, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
F25D21/14
Foreign References:
| JP2007093108A | 2007-04-12 | |||
| JPH07243746A | 1995-09-19 | |||
| JP2007071487A | 2007-03-22 | |||
| JP2010060188A | 2010-03-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KISA PATENT & TRADEMARK FIRM (JP)
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