Evaporators and refrigerators are provided that can reduce the problem of
frost clogging the air passage and improve heat exchange efficiency. The
evaporator (4) includes: at least one
refrigerant pipe (10), which is a plurality of flat
pipe sections (11) that are arranged in a first direction (D1) for a plurality of
refrigerant flow paths (14) and connected in the direction of
refrigerant flow; a plurality of flat slit fins (20) or straight fins (28) that are installed on the
pipe sections (11) in such a way that the pipe sections (11) pass through and are arranged with gaps in the extension direction of the pipe sections (11); and an inlet pipe (7) connected to the upstream end of the refrigerant pipe (10) and an outlet pipe (8) connected to the downstream end of the refrigerant pipe (10).