US 12,203,695 B2
Refrigerator
Kwanyeol Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Bongsu Son, Suwon-si (KR); Minseob Yook, Suwon-si (KR); Seokjun Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Woochul Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,625.
Application 17/664,625 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/012880, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0152301 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282904 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25C 5/182 (2018.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25C 5/182 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet comprising a freezing compartment and a heat exchange chamber configured to supply cold air to the freezing compartment;
a door configured to open and close the freezing compartment;
an ice making chamber provided on a rear surface of the door and comprising an ice maker configured to make ice;
an ice bucket provided below the ice maker such that the ice made by the ice maker is dropped and stored; and
an ice cover configured to cover the ice maker and comprising:
a first part provided with a plurality of cold air inlet slits into which the cold air is introduced, and
a second part extending downward from the first part and provided with a plurality of cold air outlet slits through which the cold air is discharged, and
wherein a lower end of the ice cover is spaced apart from an upper end of the ice bucket to form a cold air outlet through which the cold air heat-exchanged in the ice maker is discharged, and
wherein the cold air passed through the plurality of cold air inlet slits is discharged to the cold air outlet and the plurality of cold air outlet slits,
wherein the second part comprises:
a first side surface forming a first side of the ice cover and comprising:
a first opening,
first cold air outlet slits provided in the first opening, and
first ribs configured to partition the first opening to form the first cold air outlet slits,
a second side surface forming another side of the ice cover and comprising:
a second opening,
second cold air outlet slits provided in the second opening, and
second ribs configured to partition the second opening to form the second cold air outlet slits, and
a central surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface and comprising:
a third opening,
third cold air outlet slits provided in the third opening, and
third ribs configured to partition the third opening to form the third cold air outlet slits.