US 12,072,141 B2
Apparatus for producing dairy products, and refrigerator including same
Seokjun Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Juno Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Sangmin Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyekyoung An, Suwon-si (KR); and Jin Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,612.
Application 17/747,612 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/018667, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0172499 (KR), filed on Dec. 20, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0172502 (KR), filed on Dec. 20, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0156996 (KR), filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275993 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/12 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25D 17/08 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/12 (2013.01) [F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 17/065 (2013.01); F25D 17/08 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
an outer cabinet;
an inner cabinet provided inside the outer cabinet and including a refrigerator compartment formed in the inner cabinet; and
a dairy product maker provided inside the refrigerator compartment to produce a dairy product,
wherein the dairy product maker comprises:
a case comprising a suction port and a discharge port to allow cool air to flow in and out, respectively;
a container to store the produced dairy product, and to be inserted into or withdrawn from the case;
a heater to apply heat to the container to produce the dairy product in the container;
a plurality of ribs protruding from an inner surface of the case to form a cooling flow channel with the inner surface when the container is accommodated in the case, and provided between the suction port and the discharge port to cool the container; and
a guide slit to guide the produced dairy product, overflowing into the cooling flow channel from the container, to a bottom surface of the case.