Refrigerator

a technology of refrigerators and refrigerators, applied in the field of refrigerators, can solve the problems of difficult to recognize the articles stored in the storage compartment, and achieve the effect of improving the position of the illumination unit and ensuring efficient illumination

US20080247154A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-09SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
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Publication Date
2008-10-09
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A refrigerator includes: a main body cabinet forming a storing compartment which has a front opening formed with a predetermined height and width; and a plurality of illumination units disposed along an inner circumference of the main body cabinet and adjacent to the front opening; each illumination unit comprising a light source which has a predetermined light directivity angle θ, and each light source of the plurality of illumination units is disposed not to be superposed with each other.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2007-0034080, filed on Apr. 6, 2007 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND

[0002] 1. Field

[0003] The present invention generally relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator having an improved position of an illumination unit that illuminates the inside of a storing compartment.

[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0005] A refrigerator is a device which preserves articles at a temperature near freezing using a refrigerating cycle that includes a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. The refrigerator has a storing compartment therein. The storing compartment receives cold air produced using the refrigerating cycle and preserves the articles. The storing compartment is opened or closed by a door in order to prevent leakage of the cold air flowing within the storing compa...

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[0030]Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below so as to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.

[0031]In this specification, a side-by-side type refrigerator is described as an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this exemplary embodiment but may also be applied to top mounted freezer (TMF) type and bottom mounted freezer (BMF) type refrigerators.

[0032]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a part of an illumination unit described in FIG. 1.

[0033]As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refrigerator 1 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a main body cabinet 3 whic...