An appliance having a fresh food storage compartment and a freezer compartment. The appliance includes a forced air coil system disposed between the fresh food storage compartment and the freezer compartment and is configured to selectively provide cooling to one or both of the at least one fresh food storage compartment and the at least one freezer compartment. The forced air coil system includes an evaporator fan configured to provide cooling to the food storage compartment, the freezer compartment, or both.

A centrifugal fan for a refrigerator can include a plurality of vanes arranged radially about a central a shaft; a ring-shaped shroud coupled to the vanes and having a curved portion with a predetermined radius or curvature and also having an angled portion with a predetermined gradient or angle relative to the curved portion; and a bottom surface coupled to the vanes on the side opposite the shroud; where a ratio (r/R) of an inner diameter r, which is the shortest distance between the vane and the shaft, and an outer diameter R, which is the longest distance between the vane and the shaft, is approximately 0.690.01.

A refrigerator includes a lowermost storage liner, an evaporator, an air supply duct, and at least one air supply fan. A storage compartment and a cooling chamber positioned under the storage compartment are defined in the storage liner. The evaporator is disposed in the cooling chamber and is configured to cool air passing through the evaporator so as to form cooling air supplied to the storage compartment. The air supply duct is disposed in a space defined by the storage liner and is configured to convey the cooling air cooled by the evaporator to the storage compartment. The air supply fan is disposed in the air supply duct and is configured to promote air circulation between the cooling chamber and the storage compartment.

A refrigerator is provided, including a body having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment positioned under the refrigerator compartment and separated by a mullion, and a cooling device provided at a lower portion of the refrigerator compartment, with a cold air passage guiding cold air to the cooling device. The cooling device may include a case having an open front surface, an agitating assembly disposed in the case and swinging about a rotational axis that is parallel with a longitudinal direction of the case, an agitating mechanism electrically or mechanically connected with the agitating assembly to swing the agitating assembly, a fan motor assembly mounted at a rear end of the case and supplying cold air into the case, and a cover selectively opening or closing the opened front surface of the case. An intake port and a discharge port of the cold air passage communicate with the freezer compartment.

Provided are a liquid reservoir for a refrigeration system, and a refrigerator. The liquid reservoir comprises: a drum body, a gas-liquid separation chamber being defined therein; and an air intake pipe, used for connecting to an evaporating pipe of an evaporator of the refrigeration system, and extending into the gas-liquid separation chamber from one end of the drum body, the end of the air intake pipe extending into the gas-liquid separation chamber being provided with a baffle opposite to a mouth of the air intake pipe, such that a mixture discharged from the air intake pipe hits the baffle and is discharged into the gas-liquid separation chamber from an interval between the baffle and the air intake pipe.

The invention relates a refrigeration appliance (1) comprising a first compartment (10) and a second compartment (12) for receiving food items, said first compartment (10) and said second compartment (12) being separated one to the other. A refrigeration system (30) comprising an evaporator (38) is provided for cooling down air and a fan (72) forces the cooled air to the compartments (10, 12). The fan (72) comprises a rotor (82) with a rotation axis (X) which is inclined with respect to the vertical direction (V). A first ventilation assembly (50a) is apt to channel the cooled air forced by said fan (72) inside the first compartment (10) and a second ventilation assembly (50b) is apt to channel the cooled air forced by the fan (72) inside the second compartment (12), wherein the first ventilation assembly (50a) and the fan (72) are associated to said first compartment (10). The refrigeration appliance (1) comprises an interconnection duct (110) configured to connect the first ventilation assembly (50a) to the second ventilation assembly (50b), said interconnection duct (110) being arranged downstream of the fan (72) to convey the cooled air forced by the fan (72) towards said second ventilation assembly (50b). The interconnection duct (110) extends along a main axis (Y) which is inclined with respect to the rotation axis (X) of the rotor (82) of an angle (W) comprised between 70 and 110, preferably an angle (W) comprised between 85 and 100, more preferably an angle (W) equal to 95.

A vacuum adiabatic body is provided that includes a first plate member, a second plate member, a sealing part sealing the first plate member and the second plate member to provide a third space that has a temperature between the temperature of the first space and the temperature of the second space and is in a vacuum state, a supporting unit maintaining the third space, a heat resistance unit reducing an amount of heat transferred between the first plate member and the second plate member, a port through which air in the third space is discharged, and a heat exchange module coming into contact with an inner surface of a cavity provided by the first plate member and the second plate member so as to perform heat exchange.

An air-cooled refrigerator supplying air through a centrifugal fan, comprising a bottom liner, an air duct back plate, and the centrifugal fan. A cooling chamber and a storage space are defined in the bottom liner; the air duct back plate is provided in front of a back wall of the bottom liner, and defines an air supply duct with the back wall of the bottom liner; the centrifugal fan comprises a volute and an impeller; the volute is arranged obliquely upwards from front to back at the back of the cooling chamber, and a fan cavity and a gradually widened exhaust cavity are defined in the volute; the fan cavity is formed into a continuous spiral; the gradually widened exhaust cavity is gradually widen backwards from the fan cavity; the impeller is provided in the fan cavity; and the inner wall face of the fan cavity is continuous and smooth.

An air-cooled refrigerator comprises a bottom liner, a fan bottom shell, an air duct cover plate, and fan blades. A cooling chamber and a storage space are defined in the bottom liner. The fan bottom shell is arranged at a rear portion of the cooling chamber. The air duct cover plate comprises a back plate portion and a fan upper cover. The back plate portion is disposed in front of a rear wall of the bottom liner. The fan upper cover obliquely extends downward from a lower end of the back plate portion into the cooling chamber, covers the fan bottom shell and is fastened thereto. The back plate portion and the fan upper cover are integrally formed. The fan blades are arranged in a fan cavity, and enable formation of a refrigeration airflow discharged from the cooling chamber to an air supply duct.

A ventilation device includes a fan including a hub coupled to a rotating shaft, a plurality of blades disposed at the hub and disposed radially with respect to the rotating shaft, and a shroud connecting the plurality of blades. The ventilation device further includes a scroll guide configured to guide a cold air discharged from the fan in both directions, and first and second ducts extending from the scroll guide and extending along a rotation direction of the fan. In the first and second ducts, a length of a hub-side surface is greater than a length of a shroud-side surface.