US 11,709,010 B2
Refrigerator
Seonil Yu, Seoul (KR); Daesung Lee, Seoul (KR); and Kyutae Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/414,101
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017287
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/145520, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0003204 (KR), filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065518 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 17/04 (2006.01); F25D 23/08 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 17/045 (2013.01) [F25D 23/087 (2013.01); F25D 25/02 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 2400/36 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a storage defining a storage space therein;
a door having an opening defined therein for opening and closing the storage space and mounted pivotable to the storage;
a plurality of shelves disposed in the storage space; and
a flow path blocking portion mounted on the door, wherein the flow path blocking portion shields a gap between the door and a shelf among the plurality of shelves when the door closes the storage space,
wherein the door includes:
a door frame having the opening defined therein, and mounted pivotable to the storage; and
a panel assembly inserted into the opening, and disposed to allow the storage space to be seen through the panel assembly,
wherein each of opposing inner side faces of the door frame defining the opening is inclined inwardly of the door such that the panel assembly is inserted and installed into the door frame, and
wherein the flow path blocking portion is mounted between the inner side faces of the door frame.