US 12,247,777 B2
Refrigerator and glass door thereof
Peng Lyu, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Jiaming Li, Qingdao (CN); Zhanpeng Cui, Qingdao (CN); and Sen Mou, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
Appl. No. 18/245,207
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/116937
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/057685, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010969249.9 (CN), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408172 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 21/04 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 21/04 (2013.01); F25D 17/065 (2013.01); F25D 2317/062 (2013.01); F25D 2323/023 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a glass door;
a refrigerator body, with a front side opened to define a first chamber; and
a door body, installed on the refrigerator body to open and close the first chamber, wherein the door body defines a second chamber with an opened front side;
wherein the glass door is installed on the door body to open and close the second chamber;
wherein the glass door comprises:
a glass plate body; and
an outer frame, configured to be hinged to the door body of the refrigerator, wherein the outer frame extends along an edge of the glass plate body and is fixedly connected to the edge of the glass plate body; and
the outer frame covers part of the edge of the glass plate body; and
wherein a rear wall of the door body is provided with an air supply port and an air return port that are both in communication with the first chamber and the second chamber; the rear wall is in a hollow shape, inside which a dew removal air duct in communication with the first chamber is defined; a front surface of the rear wall is backwards provided with a plurality of dew removal holes in communication with the second chamber and the dew removal air duct; and the refrigerator is configured to be:
in a cooling cycle mode in which air in the first chamber enters the second chamber via the air supply port and then returns to the first chamber via the air return port; or
in a dew removal mode in which the air in the first chamber enters the dew removal air duct, so that part of an air flow flows to the front surface of the rear wall via the dew removal holes to remove dew formed on the front surface.