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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Kyungroc Moon, Seoul, KR;
Jaekeun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Youngmin Park, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Jongpil Park, Busan, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a grille fan assembly provided behind a storage space and shielding an evaporator, and a machine room independent of the storage space. The grille fan assembly includes a case with an open front, a fan configured to force an air flow between the storage space and the heat exchange space, a grille panel shielding the open front of the case and having a discharge port for discharging cold air to the storage space and a suction port for suctioning air from the storage space, a partition dividing of the case into a cold air flow space and a heated air flow space, an exhaust member extending from the case to the machine room and communicating an inside of the case with of the machine room, and a machine room exhaust damper configured to open and close the exhaust member.