Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Amorepacific Corporation

Il Sung Bae

Sung Ho Cho

Ki-Hyun Kim

Ho Sam Choi

Doo Young Ryu

Kook Jeong Seo

Joo Hee Song

Jae Seuk Park

Joo Yong Lee

Moo Hyung Lee

Byung Kwan Yang

Hyo Ju Han

Jae Pil Cho

Sung Jong Kim

Byung Woo Jeon

Sung Jin Cho

Dae Jin Hong

In Ju Lee

Dae Bang Seo

Wan Gi Kim

Si Young Cho

Hooi Joong Kim

Sun Gi Hong

Jeoung Kyo Jeoung

Ji Hae Lee

Myung Chul Kim

Kwan Joo Myoung

Woo-Sung Kim

Min Jeong Song

Ha Yeon Jo

Hyeon Ju Yeo

Jung Wook Bae

Se Jin Jo

Se Jin Yun

Jun Woo Suh

Jae-Pil Cho

Su Cheong Kim

A refrigerator includes a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open. An evaporator is arranged inside the main body and is configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber. A first duct is configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber and a second duct is configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber. A connection duct is configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper is configured to selectively open and close the connection duct. The damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a flat front surface.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body so that the front surfaces thereof are opened; an evaporator which is disposed inside the main body and which generates cold air; a first duct for supplying the cold air to the first storage chamber; a second duct for supplying the cold air to the second storage chamber; and a connecting duct for connecting the first duct and the second duct so as to allow the cold air generated by the evaporator to flow to the second duct, wherein the second duct includes a connecting port connected to the connecting duct, a discharge port through which the cold air is discharged, a discharge path for connecting the connecting port and the discharge port, and a connecting path for connecting the inside of the second storage chamber and the discharge path, the discharge path includes a minimum region in which the cross sectional area thereof in a vertical direction or a longitudinal direction is minimized, and the connecting path is provided to connect the inside of the second storage chamber and the minimum region.

Refrigerator with venturi duct between compartments

Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open, an evaporator, while being arranged inside the main body, configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber, a first duct configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber, a second duct configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber, and a connection duct configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper configured to selectively open and dose the connection duct, wherein the damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a front surface in a form of a flat surface.

Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open, an evaporator, while being arranged inside the main body, configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber, a first duct configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber, a second duct configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber, and a connection duct configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper configured to selectively open and close the connection duct, wherein the damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a front surface in a form of a flat surface.

A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, and a cooling module removably mounted to the cabinet. The cooling module includes an evaporator, a condenser, and a compressor. A first cold air duct extends from the first storage compartment and is configured to allow a portion of the cooling module in which the evaporator is arranged, to communicate with the first storage compartment when the cooling module is coupled to the cabinet, and a second cold air duct is different from the first cold air duct and extends from the second storage compartment. The second cold air duct is configured to allow the portion of the cooling module in which the evaporator is arranged, to communicate with the second storage compartment.

A refrigerator includes a main body including an inner case and an outer case, a storage compartment defined by the inner case, a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, an ice making chamber disposed on a rear surface of the door, a fan configured to supply cold air to the storage compartment and the ice making chamber, and a guide passage formed by being recessed into the inner case to guide cold air supplied by the fan to the ice making chamber. The inner case includes an upper wall, and the guide passage is formed by being recessed into the upper wall of the inner case to be exposed to the storage compartment.

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of improving a user's convenience by locating a knob for adjusting a temperature of a cooling container above the cooling container. The refrigerator includes: a first storage room; a second storage room positioned below the first storage room; a cooling container positioned in the inside of the first storage room, and forming a cooling space maintained at a temperature that is different from a temperature of the first storage room; and a knob configured to adjust a temperature of the cooling space and positioned above the cooling container.

A refrigerator includes a duct module, wherein the duct modules include a front panel and a rear panel coupled to each other in the front-rear direction and forming a flow path, a plurality of flow path forming protrusions extending from a front surface of the front panel to form a flow path therebetween, and a sealing surface extending parallel to the rear surface of the front panel from front ends of the plurality of flow path forming protrusions and in surface contact with the rear surface of the front panel.

A refrigerator including a cabinet in which a storeroom is formed and including a duct opening; a cooling module detachably coupled to the cabinet and including an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, a module body having a space in which the evaporator is accommodated, and a duct module detachably coupled to the module body to guide cold air produced from the evaporator to the storeroom, wherein the duct opening, the duct module and the storeroom are arranged so that, when the duct module is detached from the module body, the duct module is passable through the duct opening to be removed through the storeroom.

Refrigerator having detachable cooling module

A refrigerator may include a main body having a storage room, a door configured to open or close the storage room, a sensing lever configured to contact the door while the door is closed, where the sensing lever is movable in one of a first direction and in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, a sensor configured to sense a movement of the sensing lever in one of the first direction and the second direction, and a controller configured to open the door when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the first direction, and to maintain the door closed when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the second direction.

Refrigerator and control method of refrigerator door

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which includes a rear duct including a first guide passage configured to guide cold air generated in an evaporator and a cooling discharge port through which the cold air is discharged from the first guide passage to the inside of a storage compartment to cool the storage compartment, an upper duct including a second guide passage coupled with the first guide passage and an air curtain discharge port through which the cold air is discharged from the second guide passage to a front opening of the storage compartment to form an air curtain at the front opening of the storage compartment, and a blade to close or open the air curtain discharge port and which may form an effective air curtain with a simple structure.

Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a balancer module which is actively driven in a balancer housing to damp load unbalance of the washing machine, a power supplying unit provided at an outside of a tub to supply electric power to the balancer module, and a wire configured to pass through a hollow portion of a rotating shaft of a flange shaft to electrically connect the balancer module and the power supplying unit. The washing machine comprises a slip ring disposed between the rotating balancer module and the fixed power supplying unit to prevent the wire from being twisted. An internal wire disposed in a rotating tub is covered by a waterproofing tube so as to prevent moisture from permeating the internal wire. The hollow portion of the rotating shaft of the flange shaft is sealed by a stopper member and a packing member so as to prevent the moisture from permeating. An external wire disposed at an outside of the tub may be neatly arranged by a guide bracket.

Washing machine

A washing machine having a balancer housing capable of transmitting electric power from an external power source to a balancing module. The washing machine includes a rotary drum, and a balancer to counterbalance an unbalanced load generated in the rotary drum. The balancer includes a balancer housing mounted to the rotary drum, and a balancing module having a moving unit to move inside the balancer housing. The balancer housing includes an electrode provided at an inner surface of the balancer housing in a circumferential direction thereof in order to transmit electric power to the moving unit of the balancing module, an electric wire electrically connected to the electrode in order to apply electric power from an external power source to the electrode, and a connector provided at an outer surface of the balancer housing in order to electrically connect the electric wire and the electrode.

Balancer, balancer housing, washing machine having the same and control method thereof

A washing machine includes a balancer to offset unbalanced load generated during rotation of a drum, wherein the balancer includes a balancer housing mounted at the drum, the balancer housing having an annular channel defined therein, a balancing module disposed in the annular channel such that the balancing module is movable when electric power from a power source outside a cabinet is supplied to the balancing module, a conductive film, one side of which is attached to an inside of the balancer housing and the other side of which is provided with a conductive rail to supply electric power to the balancing module, and an electric wire to electrically connect the power source outside the cabinet to the conductive rail.

Washing machine and manufacturing method of balancer thereof

A washing machine which improves performance of balancers, and a control method thereof. The washing machine includes a drum accommodating laundry and rotated by rotary force transmitted from a drive source, balancer housings mounted on the drum, each of the balancer housings including a disc-shaped channel formed therein, balancing modules movably disposed in the channels of the balancer housings, vibration sensors to sense unbalance applied to the drum during rotation of the drum, position sensors to sense the positions of the balancing modules, and a controller controlling movement of the balancing modules to positions to compensate for the unbalance sensed by the vibration sensors.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Il Sung Bae