Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator in which evaporators for refrigerating a plurality of compartments are integrally formed and pipes are easily connected with the evaporator. The refrigerator includes a main body including a first compartment disposed at an upper side thereof and a second compartment disposed at a lower side thereof and separated from the first compartment, and an evaporator in which a first refrigerating part installed in the first compartment is integrally connected with a second refrigerating part installed in the second compartment by a connection pipe. An inlet pipe and an outlet pipe of the evaporator are disposed to one of the first refrigerating part and the second refrigerating part, and the connection pipe extends from the lower side of the second refrigerating part and is connected with the upper side of the first refrigerating part.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0077437, filed on Aug. 23, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a refrigerator. More particularly, to a refrigerator in which an evaporator for refrigerating a plurality of compartments is integrally formed such that the evaporator is easily installed. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] A conventional independent temperature controlled refrigerator, as disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-234066, includes an evaporator for refrigerating a refrigerator compartment and an evaporator for refrigerating a freezer compartment. This enables easy control of temperatures of the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment using the evaporators. [0006] When the evaporators are inst...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a refrigerator with evaporators that are easy to install and have pipes connected to them easily. Additionally, the invention minimizes heat transfer during defrosting, reducing defrosting time and energy consumption. The refrigerator includes a main body with two compartments and an evaporator with two refrigerating parts connected by a connection pipe. The evaporator has a housing and a defrost water tray to separate the two refrigerating parts and discharge defrost water. The evaporator also has two defrosting heaters. The invention also provides a refrigerator with a main body and two compartments separated by a connection pipe, with the inlet and outlet pipes of the evaporator located in one of the compartments.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the conventional refrigerator, since the evaporators must be independently installed in the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment during manufacture, the installation of the evaporators is troublesome and complicated.

Particularly, since, when installing the evaporators, a worker must connect the pipes to the freezer compartment and, afterwards, must connect the pipes to the refrigerator compartment, the installation of the evaporators is difficult.

Due to this phenomenon, the upper evaporator is unnecessarily heated and heating of the lower evaporator is delayed thereby elongating heating time.

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