US 11,937,734 B2
Refrigerator
Lihua Zuo, Qingdao (CN); Yanqing Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Weishou Sun, Qingdao (CN); Jianjun Xue, Qingdao (CN); and Chuan Cui, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 16/626,492
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/109970
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 24, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/072226, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201710952853.9 (CN), filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0121122 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/5255 (2018.08) [A47J 31/407 (2013.01); A47J 31/468 (2018.08); A47J 31/469 (2018.08); B67D 1/0857 (2013.01); B67D 1/0895 (2013.01); B67D 1/1234 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00005 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00036 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising a water dispensing device, wherein the water dispensing device comprises:
a water tank, connected with an external water source, for storing and supplying drinking water;
a drain pipeline, connected with the water tank;
a beverage making chamber, provided at one end of the drain pipeline away from the water tank, a capsule support disposed in the beverage making chamber for receiving a beverage powder capsule and a capsule piercer disposed in the beverage making chamber for puncturing the capsule operatively;
a dispenser, provided on a door of the refrigerator and communicated with an outlet of the beverage making chamber, and comprising a beverage outlet of which beverage prepared in the beverage making chamber flows out;
a heater disposed between the water tank and the beverage making chamber to allow the drinking water heated to flow into the beverage making chamber; and
a first selector disposed between the heater and the beverage making chamber for selectively controlling the water heated by the heater either to be introduced into the beverage making chamber, or to directly flow out of a hot water outlet provided at the dispenser;
wherein the water dispensing device is provided as a module integrally embedded in the door, a foam layer is provided in the door, the water dispensing device is provided between a surface of the door and the foam layer, the dispenser is provided with an accommodation portion for receiving the heater, the accommodation portion is provided at a rear of the dispenser and provided with heat dissipation holes for dissipating heat from the heater.