A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a freezing compartment below a refrigerating compartment, an ice making compartment at a side of the refrigerating compartment, an evaporator, a shroud that is disposed at a front side of the evaporator, a grille panel coupled to a front surface of the shroud, a first cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to guide cool air to a freezing compartment, a second cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured guide cool air to the ice making compartment, a freezing fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the first cool air guide channel, and an ice making fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the second cool air guide channel.

A refrigerator includes evaporator cases arranged in a freezing chamber and located on a bottom surface of a partition wall, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator cases, and grill covers arranged on a rear side of the evaporator cases and having a blowing fan installed therein. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to a refrigerating chamber and through which at least a portion of cold air passing through the blowing fan flows, and a freezing chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to the freezing chamber and through which the remaining cold air among the cold air passing through the blowing fan passes.

A refrigerator is proposed. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grill fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located in any one refrigerating compartment door and to receive cool air from a freezing compartment side grill fan assembly with the freezing compartment. The refrigerating compartment side grill fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to a space at a refrigerating compartment door without the ice-making compartment than the amount of cool air supplied to other spaces, and the freezing compartment side grill fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to a space communicating with a recovery duct for the ice-making compartment than the amount of cool air supplied to other spaces.

A refrigerator includes a body including a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment; an evaporator provided in the second storage compartment and configured to supply cold air to the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment; an evaporator cover mounted to the body to cover the evaporator and including at least a first return flow path communicably connected to the first storage compartment; and an insulating partition provided between the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment and including a partition return flow path communicably connecting the first storage compartment and the first return flow path.

A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment. The control system provides for energy efficient control and operation through various means, including by monitoring state of an ice maker associated with the ice compartment and controlling temperature within compartments of the refrigerator based on the ice maker state. A damper controls air flow between the fresh food and freezer compartments. The control system can direct heat to the damper if the damper becomes frozen.

An air duct assembly is provided that is configured to supply air to a compartment and including: an outer cover housing, configured to be fixed to an outer side of a compartment wall defining the compartment, an external accommodating cavity being defined inside the outer cover housing; an inner cover housing, configured to be disposed opposite to the outer cover housing on an inner side of the compartment wall, an internal accommodating cavity being defined inside the inner cover housing. An air inlet is formed in the outer cover housing, so as to allow external air to enter the external accommodating cavity via the air inlet. A vent is formed in the compartment wall, so that the external accommodating cavity communicates with the internal accommodating cavity. An air outlet is formed in the inner cover housing, so as to supply the air in the internal accommodating cavity to the inside of the compartment.

A refrigerator includes a freezing compartment located at a lower portion of the refrigerator, a refrigerating compartment located at an upper portion of the refrigerator, a fresh compartment disposed at one side of the refrigerating compartment, and an ice making compartment disposed at a door configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, wherein cold air is conveyed from the fresh compartment to the ice making compartment.

A rotary damper is provided. The rotary damper includes a first housing plate having a substantially flat substrate with a first plurality of windows; a rotary disc having a substantially flat substrate with a second plurality of windows, wherein the rotary disc is in rotatable communication with the first housing plate; and a motor that drives rotation of the rotary disc relative to the first housing plate such that the rotary disc rotates from a first configuration in which the second plurality of windows overlaps with the first plurality of windows of the first housing plate to at least a second configuration in which the second plurality of windows on the rotary disc and the first plurality of windows on the first housing plate do not overlap. Also provided is a refrigeration/freezer unit utilizing the rotary damper to control airflow between a freezer compartment and a refrigeration compartment.

Provided are a device (100) for self-adaptive regulation of air volume and a refrigerator (200) having the same. The regulating device (100) comprises: a drainage and air guide cavity (1), arranged on the back of a freezing chamber (201) of a refrigerator, the drainage and air guide cavity (1) comprising a funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11) and a conical air outlet cavity (12) connected to the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11), an outlet of the conical air outlet cavity (12) facing a refrigerating chamber; a drainage tongue (2), provided in the conical air outlet cavity (12) so as to create a first outlet duct (122) and a second outlet duct (123) within the conical air outlet cavity (12), an inlet (20a) of the first outlet duct (122) being located on an extension line of a left side wall (113) of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11) and an inlet (21a) of the second outlet duct (123) being located on an extension line of a right side wall (112) of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11); and a fan (3) arranged inside of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11). By rotating the fan (3), cold air is conveyed through the first outlet duct (122) and the second outlet duct (123) and into a refrigerating chamber (202) under the guide of the left side wall (113) or right side wall (112) of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11).

A refrigerator fan device, comprising: a fan motor (10) which has a fan rotor (12) and which can be provided in an air duct between an air inlet (16), a refrigerator heat exchanger (15), and/or a refrigerator compressor (14) and an air outlet (18) on or in a refrigerator housing (20, 22), said fan motor (10) being connectable to a unit of the refrigerator, via electrical supply and/or control lines, wherein the fan motor (10) is realized as a brushless speed-controllable DC motor whose operating speed is or can be controlled as a function of an operating and/or used cooling space temperature signal of, the assigned or assignable refrigerator compressor.