Ice making duct for refrigerator and ice making method of using the same
a technology refrigerator, which is applied in the field of ice making duct for refrigerator and ice making method, can solve the problems of suboptimal supply efficiency of cooling air and significant increase in power consumption
Inactive Publication Date: 2016-12-22
DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONCIS CORP
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The present invention provides an ice making duct for refrigerators which allows air cooled in a cooling air duct to be directly used to generate ice. This improves the efficiency of the refrigerator and reduces energy usage.
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However, the bottom freezer type refrigerator is problematic in that to take ice cubes from the freezer compartment, a user must open the freezer compartment door and collect ice cubes while bending.
However, since the cooling air of the freezing compartment is channeled to the ice making device via the cooling air supply duct and the cooling air reducing duct, the supply efficiency of the cooling air may be suboptimal.
In addition, since the cooling air of the freezing compartment side should be moved to the ice making device of the refrigerating compartment door, when the refrigerator is continuously operated, power consumption may increase significantly.
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[0020]Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with the accompanying drawings.
[0021]As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, an ice making duct 200 of the refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may generate ice using air cooled in a cooling duct 210.
[0022]The refrigerator 1 may include a main body 10, a barrier 20 that separates the inside of the main body 10 into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment door 30 for selectively closing the refrigerating compartment on both edges of a front surface of the main body 10, and a freezing compartment door 40 for closing a front opening of the freezing compartment.
[0023]The refrigerator 1 in accordance with this embodiment is a bottom freeze type refrigerator in which the freezing compartment is positioned in a lower portion thereof, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied to various types of refrigerators.
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An ice making duct for a refrigerator and an ice making method using the same are disclosed. The ice making duct for a refrigerator comprises a cooling duct configured to allow cooling air to flow in a longitudinal direction therein, and to have both ends connected to the ice making compartment such that the cooling air circulates to the ice making compartment, an evaporation coil installed to be wound around the cooling duct and configured to cool air by heat exchange with a refrigerant, and a heat transfer fin provided within the cooling duct.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based on and claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0085324, filed on Jun. 16, 2015 for inventor Min Bon Koo. The disclosure of this application is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to an ice making duct for a refrigerator and an ice making method using the same.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]A refrigerator is an appliance that serves to store food at low temperatures; it may be configured to store food at temperatures below freezing or at low but above freezing temperatures.[0004]The temperature inside the refrigerator is maintained at the desired level by cool air that is continuously supplied to the refrigerator. The cool air is continuously produced by a heat exchange operation between air and a refrigerant performed in a refrigeration cycle comprising four sequential phases: compression, condensation, expansion, and evaporation. Cool air is ...
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IPC IPC(8): F25C1/00
CPCF25C1/00F25B39/02F25D17/065F25C2400/10F25D2317/061F25D2400/02F25C5/22
Inventor KOO, MIN BON
Owner DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONCIS CORP