A modular refrigerator including a main cabinet, and a sub-cabinet selectively coupleable to a right side, an upper side, and a left side, of the main cabinet. The main cabinet includes a cooling unit, a first connection duct for cold air generated by the cooling unit to flow toward the right side, a second connection duct for the cold air to flow toward the upper side, and a third connection duct for the cold air to flow toward the left side. The sub-cabinet includes a first branch duct that, when the sub-cabinet is coupled to the right side, communicates with the first connection duct, a second branch duct that, when the sub-cabinet is coupled to the upper side, communicates with the second connection duct, and a third branch duct that, when the sub-cabinet is coupled to the left side, communicates with third connection duct.

Proposed is a refrigerator, wherein a cool air flow path for an ice making compartment and a cool air flow path for a freezing compartment are integrally formed on opposed surfaces between a shroud and a grill fan, and a freezing fan and an ice making fan are collectively installed at the shroud. Therefore, the cool air flow path for the ice making compartment and the cool air flow path for the freezing compartment are defined between the grill fan and the shroud by the operation of intimately coupling the shroud to the grill fan.

A thermal insulation backpack enabling a rapid reduction in temperature without removing a product arranged therein and achieving a thermal insulation effect, and an operation method thereof. The thermal insulation backpack comprises a main body (10) and one or more adapter assembly (30). The main body (10) is provided with a thermal insulation accommodation cavity (102) therein, and provided with a connection hole (101) in communication with the thermal insulation accommodation cavity (102). The adapter assembly (30) is inserted into the connection hole (101), and comprises a fixing frame, a sealing screen (32), and a reset assembly. An outer periphery of the sealing screen (32) is provided with a sealing strip (321) protruding outward. A connection recess (316) and a first through slot (312) are provided in the fixing frame. The first through slot (312) is connected to the thermal insulation accommodation cavity (102). The sealing screen (32) is connected to the reset assembly. When the adapter assembly (30) is connected to an external cooling apparatus, the sealing screen (32) moves toward a direction of an interior of the thermal insulation accommodation cavity (102), such that the connection recess (316) is communicated with the first through slot (312). When the adapter assembly (30) is not connected to an external cooling apparatus, the sealing strip (321) presses against a lower end of the connection recess (316), such that the connection recess (316) is not communicated with the first through slot (312).

A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that defines first and second compartments. A fan assembly is configured to direct cooled air from a cooling assembly into the first and second compartments. The fan assembly includes a housing that defines an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first outlet is in communication with the first compartment, and the second outlet is in communication with the second compartment. A fan is positioned within the housing and is configured to direct the cooled air from the inlet toward the first and second outlets. A damper assembly is configured to selectively obstruct one of the first outlet and the second outlet.

A refrigerator includes a first air duct, a second air duct, a door, and a gasket. The door has an ice maker disposed therein. The door also has a third air duct disposed along an internal side panel. The third air duct defines inlet and outlet orifices configured to establish fluid communication between first and second air ducts and the ice maker, respectively. The gasket is overmolded onto the third air duct and is configured to from a seal along an interface between the third air duct and the first air duct, and along an interface between the third air duct and the second air duct.

Disclosed is a refrigerator including a cabinet, a storage compartment provided in the cabinet to form a single space in which a storage item is stored, a single door for opening or closing the space formed by the storage compartment, a first cold air supply duct and a second cold air supply duct provided respectively on left and right sides of the single storage compartment, the first cold air supply duct and the second cold air supply duct supplying different amounts of cold air, and a storage unit for being pushed into or pulled from the storage compartment in a front-and-rear direction along with the door.

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.

An entrance refrigerator includes a cabinet, a guide plate partitioning the cabinet into a storage compartment at the front and a cold air generating compartment at the rear, a first cold air supply module mounted at an upper portion of a rear surface of the cabinet, a second cold air supply module mounted at a lower portion of the rear surface of the cabinet, wherein each of the first and second cold air supply modules may include a thermoelectric element. An internal air guide is provided on one side of a rear surface of the guide plate between the first cold air supply module and the second cold air supply module and guides cold air forcibly moved by the first cold air supply module and the second cold air supply module to the storage compartment.

Proposed is a refrigerator that can be designed compactly since an evaporator, which is installed inside a cool air generation part, and a grille fan module are lined up with each other so that the installation area of the cool air generation part can be minimized.

A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: an inner case forming a storage compartment; a cold air duct guiding the flow of air within the storage compartment and forming a heat exchange space with the inner case; an evaporator disposed in the heat exchange space between the inner case and the cold air duct; a bypass passage disposed in the cold air duct so as to allow the flow of air to bypass the evaporator; a sensor disposed in the bypass flow channel and comprising a sensor housing, a sensor PCB received in the sensor housing, a heating element installed on the sensor PCB so as to generate heat when an electric current is applied thereto, a temperature element for sensing the temperature of the heating element, and a molding material with which the sensor housing is filled; a drfrosting means for removing frost formed on the surface of the evaporator; and a control unit for controlling the defrosting means on the basis of the value output from the sensor.