Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/176073
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cabinet having a storing space and an evaporating compartment provided therein; a door coupled to the front surface of the cabinet so as to expose/cover the storing space; an ice-making compartment mounted on the interior of the storing space or on the back surface of the door, the ice-making compartment having an ice-making chamber formed therein and having a cold air discharge hole formed through a surface of the interior thereof; an ice tray contained in the ice-making compartment; an ice bin arranged beneath the ice tray; a dispenser provided on the front surface of the door so as to take ice out; a discharge duct formed inside the door, the discharge duct having an entrance end communicating with the ice-making compartment and having an exit end communicating with the dispenser; a thermoelectric element having a surface forced against/fixed to the bottom surface of the ice tray; a heat-radiating member forced against a different surface of the thermoelectric element; and a cold air guide mounted on the bottom surface of the ice tray, the cold air guide having a space formed therein so as to contain the thermoelectric element and the heat-radiating member and having a cold air inlet and a cold air outlet formed therethrough, wherein the cold air outlet communicates with the cold air discharge hole.
Inventors:
HONG TAEHWA (KR)
KIM HYUKSOON (KR)
KIM HYUKSOON (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2017/003785
Publication Date:
August 02, 2018
Filing Date:
April 06, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
F25D17/08; F25B21/02; F25D11/02; F25D23/02; F25D23/06; F25D25/02
Foreign References:
| KR100814687B1 | 2008-03-18 | |||
| KR20080014598A | 2008-02-14 | |||
| KR20110072506A | 2011-06-29 | |||
| JPH06294560A | 1994-10-21 | |||
| JPH05327032A | 1993-12-10 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3441701A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIM, Ki Moon (KR)
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