US 12,222,153 B2
Air-cooled refrigerator
Jianlin Miao, Shandong (CN); Noda Toshinori, Shandong (CN); Bin Fei, Shandong (CN); and Chunyang Li, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
Appl. No. 18/020,986
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/112100
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/037459, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010832828.9 (CN), filed on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0288126 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 21/14 (2006.01); F25D 21/08 (2006.01); F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 21/14 (2013.01) [F25D 21/08 (2013.01); F25D 23/006 (2013.01); F25D 23/066 (2013.01); F25D 2321/144 (2013.01); F25D 2321/1441 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air-cooled refrigerator, comprising:
a bottom liner, internally defining a cooling chamber located at its bottom, a water receiving tank being formed on a bottom wall of the bottom liner, and a water drainage outlet being formed at a bottom of the water receiving tank;
an evaporator, provided inside the cooling chamber, and configured to cool an air flow entering the cooling chamber to form a cooled air flow;
a water receiving tray, provided between the evaporator and the bottom wall of the bottom liner, and configured to receive water on the evaporator, a plurality of through holes being formed in a region of the water receiving tray facing towards the water receiving tank; and
a heating wire, provided between the water receiving tray and the evaporator in a coiled manner, and configured to provide heat for defrosting of the evaporator, the heating wire having an extension portion extending to the water receiving tank through the through holes.