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Refrigerator

A refrigerator has a case body with a pair of side walls, a beam bridge-connecting the pair of side walls, where the beam includes a housing, and the housing has an accommodation space and a heat insulation material located in the accommodation space. A strengthening member is fastened to a corresponding side wall, where the strengthening member is mounted in the accommodation space, and includes a main plate portion extending along a front inner wall of the accommodation space and a side plate portion extending backward from at least one side of the main plate portion. The housing has a support portion protruding backward from the front inner wall, and the side plate portion is provided with an anti-flipping portion abutting against the support portion.

Domestic refrigeration appliance having an interior lighting arrangement

A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a thermally insulated inner container bounding a coolable interior for food. A refrigeration device cools the interior, a door leaf opens and closes the interior, a thermally insulated wall portion has a first surface facing the interior, a second surface facing away from the interior and an opening. An interior lighting configuration at least partially illuminates the interior when the door leaf is open. The lighting configuration includes at least one lamp and a shell-like housing forming a backing part fastened on the second surface of the wall portion near a periphery of the opening and bounding a cavity which is open towards the opening. The wall portion partially overlaps the cavity forming a niche in which the at least one lamp is disposed, and the wall portion, near the niche, completely overlaps the at least one lamp.

REFRIGERATOR
20200049398 · 2020-02-13 ·

A refrigerator includes a cabinet in which a storage space is formed; a main evaporator which is installed at one side of an inner portion of the storage space to cool the storage space; a case which is installed on the other side the inner portion of the storage space and defines a deep-freezing storage chamber; a drawer which is accommodated in the case so as to be retractable and withdrawable and in which food is stored; and a rapid cooling module which is provided on a rear side of the inner portion of the case and rapidly cools the deep-freezing storage chamber, in which the rapid cooling module may includes an auxiliary evaporator; and a thermoelectric device which is coupled to the auxiliary evaporator and cools the deep-freezing storage chamber through heat exchange by heat conduction.

ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM FOR A VACUUM INSULATED STRUCTURE USING AN ELASTIC ADHESIVE AND BARRIER COATING
20200040997 · 2020-02-06 · ·

An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner and a composite encapsulation system including a base elastic adhesive and an outer barrier coating. The base elastic adhesive and the outer barrier coating define a structural adhesive that hermetically seals an insulation cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner.

REINFORCEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR AN INSULATED STRUCTURE
20240093931 · 2024-03-21 · ·

An appliance includes a vacuum insulated structure that defines a first compartment and a second compartment with a trim breaker proximate the first and second compartments. A mullion extends between the first compartment and the second compartment. A reinforcement assembly is disposed between the vacuum insulated structure and the trim breaker. The reinforcement assembly includes a perimeter frame disposed on a peripheral edge of the first compartment and the second compartment and a central plate proximate the mullion. Attachment plates extend orthogonally from the central plate and connect the perimeter frame with the central plate. At least one door is hingedly coupled to the vacuum insulated structure.

REFRIGERATOR
20240077248 · 2024-03-07 ·

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes: an outer case forming an exterior of the refrigerator; an inner case disposed inside the outer case, forming a storage compartment therein, and having a communication hole formed through a side surface thereof; a partition supported by the inner case to partition the storage compartment, and including a heat insulator inlet at a position corresponding to the communication hole; and a heat insulator filled between the outer case and the inner case and filled into the partition through the heat insulator inlet, wherein the partition includes a first vertical partitioning wall disposed between the outer case and the inner case and having a height to limit a size of the heat insulator inlet.

REFRIGERATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20240068739 · 2024-02-29 · ·

A refrigerator includes a first inner case having a first front surface defining a first portion of an exterior of a front surface of the refrigerator, a second inner case having a second front surface defining a second portion of the exterior of the front surface of the refrigerator, the second inner case being separable from the first inner case, and a coupling assembly being disposed at a rear of each of the first front surface and the second front surface, the coupling assembly being configured to fix the first inner case to the second inner case. A method for manufacturing the refrigerator is also provided.

Systems for heat leak prevention in refrigerator appliances

A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that defines an opening with a plurality of racks mounted in the cabinet. A door is mounted to the cabinet at the opening. A divider is configured to separate the cabinet into a first cabinet portion and a second cabinet portion. The divider includes an insulation block with a top cover mounted to the insulation block. The top cover includes a top foil heater. Also included in the divider is a bottom cover mounted to the insulation block. The bottom cover includes a bottom foil heater. A plastic extrusion is mounted to a side of the insulation block, and the top cover and the bottom cover include a forming on at least two sides. The forming of the top and bottom covers engages with the plastic extrusion.

VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR
20240053091 · 2024-02-15 ·

A vacuum adiabatic body according to the present invention includes at least one reinforcing frame which is installed along a corner of at least one of a first plate member and a second plate member constituting an inner wall and an outer wall of the vacuum adiabatic body and is provided as one body for reinforcing the strength, thereby being capable of reinforcing the strength of the vacuum adiabatic body which is applied to the three-dimensional structure.

REFRIGERATOR
20240053080 · 2024-02-15 ·

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet which forms a storage space; a door which opens and closes the open front of the storage space; a grill fan which forms the rear surface of the storage space and has a discharge port through which cold air is discharged; and an ice maker which is provided inside the storage space and provided in front of the discharge port to make ice, wherein the ice maker includes: an ice tray having a plurality of cells supplied with water for ice-making; a case in which the ice is accommodated; and a side duct provided on a side of the case and having an inlet facing the discharge port and an outlet facing the door so as to guide the cool air discharged from the discharge port toward the front of the ice maker.