US 12,292,225 B2
Refrigerator and method of manufacturing same
Seungwon Byeon, Suwon-si (KR); Hyungbum Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Inyong Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,356.
Application 17/568,356 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/019883, filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0030442 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282907 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 21/00 (2006.01); F25D 21/04 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 21/04 (2013.01) [F25D 23/069 (2013.01); F25D 25/02 (2013.01); F25D 2400/06 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
an inner case forming a storage chamber, an intermediate partition partitioning the storage chamber in an upper-lower direction, and an evaporator seating part extending in a left-right direction to corresponding to a width in the left-right direction of the storage chamber is;
an outer case coupled to an outer side of the inner case to form an external appearance of the refrigerator;
an evaporator cover configured to cover the evaporator seating part and formed with a cold air discharge port through which cold air from inside the evaporator seating part is dischargeable to the storage chamber;
a first partition fixed to the intermediate partition and a bottom surface of the inner case, the first partition including a partition opening that communicates with a space between the inner case and the outer case;
a partition fixing opening formed in the inner case or the intermediate partition, the partition fixing opening provided at a position corresponding to the partition opening to allow an insulator to pass through the partition opening and the partition fixing opening; and
a second partition coupleable to the first partition so that, while coupled to the first partition, the second partition is inside the storage chamber supported by at least a portion of the inner case or the evaporator cover and arranged behind the first partition to form a partitioning part together with the first partition to thereby divide the storage chamber in the left-right direction, and being decoupleable from the first partition to thereby be removable from the storage compartment.