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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Keon Pyo Koo, Gwangju, KR;
Byung Su Kim, Gwnagju, KR;
Ji Hoon Lim, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun Young Jo, Changwon-si, KR;
Hun Kwan Kang, Gwangju, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator having a flow channel device provided at opposite sides of a machinery compartment to introduce and discharge external air into the machinery compartment. The refrigerator includes a main body including an inner liner having a storage compartment defined therein, an outer liner coupled to an outside of the inner liner to form an external appearance thereof, and an insulation member filled between the inner liner and the outer liner, a machinery compartment, provided at a lower part of the main body, in which a compressor is disposed, and a flow channel device provided at opposite sides of the machinery compartment such that external air is introduced into the machinery compartment, flows along the machinery compartment, and is discharged from the machinery compartment, wherein the flow channel device extends through the insulation member filled between the outer liner and an inner wall of the machinery compartment.