Refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention is characterized in that an ice maker is installed at a refrigerating chamber, an ice bank is installed at a door for a refrigerating chamber, and a cooling air duct extended along a wall surface of the refrigerating chamber and a shelf is positioned on an upper side of the ice bank so that a phenomenon that ice stored in the inside of an ice bank sticks to each other due to the melting of ice can be prevented.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This document relates to a refrigerator.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Generally, a refrigerator is home appliance for storing foods in a low temerature state to maintain them in a fresh state for a long time.[0003]Specifically, the refrigerator comprises a refrigerating chamber maintained at a range of 1 to 4° C. to store foods such as vegetables in a fresh state and a freezing chamber maintained at −18° C. to store foods such meat or fish in a frozen state.[0004]Also, the refrigerator has a type wherein the freezing chamber is positioned on an upper side of the refrigerating chamber, a type wherein the freezing chamber is positioned on a lower side of the refrigerating chamber, and a type wherein the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber are provided to be adjacent left and right, according to an installation way.[0005]Also, the refrigerator may be sorted into a side by side door type refrigerator wherein a door is installed left and right, respectively, and a o...

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Benefits of technology

[0014]With the refrigerator configured as above according to the present invention, although the container storing ice is provided at the door for the refrigerating chamber, it has an effect of preventing the phenomenon that the ice sticks to each to due to the melting of ice.

[0015]Furthermore, the present invention has an effect of preventing the phenomenon that overload is applied to the ice crusher provided in the inside of the container by preventing the phenomenon that the ice sticks to each to due to the melting of ice.

[0016]Also, the present invention has an effect of prventing the damage of the components such as the motor driving the ice crusher and the blade crushing ice by preventing the phenomenon that overload is applied to the ice crusher. As a result, it has an advantage that the lifetime of the container is long so that additional cost consumed for repairing and replacing the components is not required.

[0017]In addition, since an end portion of a cooling duct is provided at the front of the refrigerating chamber, the present invention has an effect that an air curtain is formed by the discharged cooling air.

[0018]Moreover, the present invention has an effect of lowering manufacturing cost of the refrigerator by using the cooling air supplied through the evaporator, without having a separate freezing maintaining apparatus for prventing the melting of ice stored in the inside of the container exposed to the refrigerating chamber

Problems solved by technology

In detail, when the ice sticks to each other due to the melting of ice, a problem of applying overload to an ice crusher provided in an inside of the container occurs.

More specifically, when the overload is applied to the ice crusher, a phenomenon that components such as a motor driving the ice crusher or a blade crushing ice are damaged occurs.

As a result, a lifetime of the container is shorten, thereby causing a disadvantage that additional cost consumed for repairing and replacing the components is not required.

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