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CN-122029391-A - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

CN122029391ACN 122029391 ACN122029391 ACN 122029391ACN-122029391-A

Abstract

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a main body. The refrigerator may include a storage compartment provided in the main body such that a front surface of the main body is open. The refrigerator may include a cool air duct disposed inside the storage compartment and configured to discharge cool air into the storage compartment. The cold air duct may include a cold air duct cover. The cold air duct may include a flow passage portion coupled to a rear surface of the cold air duct cover, and including a cold air flow passage through which cold air flows and a pair of fitting holes formed to pass through both sides of the cold air flow passage. The cool air duct may include a pair of sealing members assembled with the cool air duct cover and the flow passage path and respectively inserted into the pair of assembly holes such that at least a portion of the sealing members is exposed to the outside of the flow passage portion to surround both sides of the cool air flow passage.

Inventors

  • Song Chenying
  • Ju Lianglie
  • Jin Putian

Assignees

  • 三星电子株式会社

Dates

Publication Date
20260512
Application Date
20240904
Priority Date
20231018

Claims (15)

  1. 1. A refrigerator (1) comprising: A main body (10); -a storage compartment (20), the storage compartment (20) being provided inside the main body (10), having a front side with an opening; -a cold air duct (100), the cold air duct (100) being arranged inside the storage compartment (20) and being configured to discharge cold air into the storage compartment (20), wherein the cold air duct (100) comprises: A cold air duct cover (110); A flow path part (120), the flow path part (120) being coupled to a rear surface of the cold air duct cover (110), and the flow path part (120) including a cold air flow path (121) through which cold air flows and a pair of fitting holes (124), the pair of fitting holes (124) being formed to penetrate on two opposite sides of the cold air flow path (121), and A pair of sealing members (130), the pair of sealing members (130) being assembled with the cold air duct cover (110) and the flow path portion (120), the pair of sealing members (130) being at least partially exposed to the outside of the flow path portion (120), and the pair of sealing members (130) being inserted into the pair of assembly holes (124) respectively to surround the two opposite sides of the cold air flow path (121).
  2. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the sealing member (130) includes a plurality of cavities (131) and a plurality of supporting portions (132) respectively arranged between the plurality of cavities (131).
  3. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the sealing member (130) comprises an upper portion (133) and a lower portion (134) defining the plurality of cavities (131), and Wherein the width of the lower portion (134) of the sealing member (130) is wider than the width of the upper portion (133) of the sealing member (130).
  4. 4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein, The fitting hole (124) includes an insertion portion (1241) and a latch portion (1242), the upper portion (133) of the sealing member (130) penetrating the insertion portion (1241) with the sealing member (130) received in the fitting hole (124), and the latch portion (1242) abutting the lower portion (134) of the sealing member (130).
  5. 5. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the plurality of cavities (131) are defined by the upper portion (133) and the lower portion (134) of the sealing member (130) and the plurality of supports (132).
  6. 6. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the plurality of supports (132) are bent towards the plurality of cavities (131).
  7. 7. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the plurality of support portions (132) includes a plurality of first support portions (132 a) and a plurality of second support portions (132 b), the plurality of first support portions (132 a) being bent toward one side of the plurality of cavities (131), the plurality of second support portions (132 b) being bent toward the other side of the plurality of cavities (131) opposite to the one side.
  8. 8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the plurality of first supporting parts (132 a) and the plurality of second supporting parts (132 b) are alternately arranged and spaced apart along a length direction of the sealing member.
  9. 9. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the sealing member (130) comprises an upper portion (133) and a lower portion (134) defining the plurality of cavities (131), and Wherein the supporting portion (132) is connected to each of the upper portion (133) of the sealing member (130) and the lower portion (134) of the sealing member (130), and has a shape in which a width gradually decreases from an upper end connected to the upper portion (133) of the sealing member (130) toward a central portion and increases again from the central portion toward a lower end connected to the lower portion (134) of the sealing member (130).
  10. 10. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the cold air duct cover (110) includes a seating portion (113) recessed from the rear surface when the sealing member (130) is assembled.
  11. 11. A refrigerator (1) comprising: A main body (10); -a storage compartment (20), the storage compartment (20) being provided inside the main body (10), having a front side with an opening; a cold air duct (100), the cold air duct (100) being arranged inside the storage compartment (20) and being configured to discharge cold air into the storage compartment (20), Wherein the cold air duct (100) comprises: A cold air duct cover (110); A flow path part (120), the flow path part (120) being coupled to a rear surface of the cold air duct cover (110) and providing a cold air flow path (121) through which cold air flows, and A sealing member (330), the sealing member (330) being assembled with the cool air duct cover (110) and the flow path part (120), and the sealing member (330) including a plurality of cavities (331, 334), a plurality of supporting parts (332, 335) respectively arranged between the plurality of cavities (331, 334), and a partition rib (333) partitioning the plurality of cavities (331, 334).
  12. 12. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of cavities (331, 334) includes a plurality of first cavities (331) arranged at one side of the partition rib (333) and a plurality of second cavities (334) arranged at the other side of the partition rib (333) opposite to the one side.
  13. 13. The refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of support portions (332, 335) includes a plurality of first support portions (332) respectively arranged between the plurality of first cavities (331) and a plurality of second support portions (335) respectively arranged between the plurality of second cavities (334).
  14. 14. The refrigerator of claim 13, wherein the plurality of first supporting parts (332) and the plurality of second supporting parts (335) are alternately arranged at the one side and the other side with respect to the partition rib (333) along a length direction of the sealing member (330).
  15. 15. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the plurality of support portions (332, 335) are bent toward one side or the other side toward the plurality of cavities (331, 334), or the plurality of support portions (332, 335) have a shape in which a width decreases from an upper end toward a lower end and then increases again.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body Technical Field Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a refrigerator including a fitting type sealing member that eliminates a gap between a cool air duct and an inner case. Background A refrigerator is a home appliance that freshly stores food by having a main body with a storage compartment and a cool air supply device that supplies cool air to the storage compartment. The storage compartment includes a refrigeration compartment maintained at about 0 degrees celsius to 5 degrees celsius to cool food and a freezing compartment maintained at about 0 degrees celsius to-30 degrees celsius to freeze food. A door is provided on the front surface of the main body for opening and closing the storage compartment. A door may be rotatably provided on the front surface of the main body for opening and closing the storage compartment. Furthermore, the door may be provided as a drawer door for opening and closing the storage compartment. The refrigerator includes an evaporator on a rear side of the storage compartment, and cold air is generated in the evaporator according to an operation of a compressor installed in the machine room. The cold air generated in the evaporator is supplied into the storage compartment through a cold air duct arranged on the rear side of the storage compartment. The cold air supplied into the storage compartment freezes/freezes the inside of the storage compartment so as to freshly store the food stored in the storage compartment. The cool air duct is coupled to the inner case of the refrigerator on the rear side of the storage compartment to form a flow path through which cool air flows. The cool air duct includes a duct cover, a flow path portion fitted to a rear surface of the duct cover to form a flow path guiding cool air, and a sealing member sealing the flow path portion from the outside to prevent leakage of the cool air. The sealing member is provided to eliminate a gap formed between the flow path portion of the cool air duct and the refrigerator according to the uneven flatness of the inner case. Typically, the sealing member has the form of a single sided adhesive type tape with a flexible material. However, in the case of the band type sealing member, it is an atypical operation depending on a manual work of a worker during the assembly of the cold air duct, thereby hampering the production automation of the refrigerator, and the sealing quality is not uniform according to the skill level of the worker, thereby deteriorating the quality reliability. Disclosure of Invention Technical proposal Various embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a cold air duct including a fitted sealing member. A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a main body. The refrigerator may include a storage compartment disposed inside the main body having a front side with an opening. The refrigerator may include a cool air duct disposed inside the storage compartment and discharging cool air into the storage compartment. The cold air duct may include a cold air duct cover. The cold air duct may include a flow path part coupled to a rear surface of the cold air duct cover, and the flow path part includes a cold air flow path through which cold air flows and a pair of fitting holes formed to penetrate on two opposite sides of the cold air flow path. The cool air duct may include a pair of sealing members fitted with the cool air duct cover and the flow path part, the pair of sealing members being at least partially exposed to the outside of the flow path part, and the pair of sealing members being respectively inserted into the pair of fitting holes to surround the two opposite sides of the cool air flow path. A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a main body. The refrigerator may include a storage compartment disposed inside the main body having a front side with an opening. The refrigerator may include a cool air duct disposed inside the storage compartment and discharging cool air into the storage compartment. The cold air duct may include a cold air duct cover. The cool air duct may include a flow path portion coupled to a rear surface of the cool air duct cover and providing a cool air flow path through which cool air flows. The cool air duct may include a sealing member assembled with the cool air duct cover and the flow path part, and the sealing member includes a plurality of cavities, a plurality of supporting parts respectively arranged between the plurality of cavities, and a partition rib partitioning the plurality of cavities. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in the case where a sealing member including a plurality of cavities and a plurality of supporting parts is coupled to an inner case of a refrigerator, the sealing member is deformed and a gap between a cool air duct and the inner case is eliminated, thereby preventin