US 12,449,190 B2
Refrigerator
Chang Woan Yang, Seoul (KR); Seung-Jin Oh, Seoul (KR); Kihyun Park, Seoul (KR); Giyoung Kim, Seoul (KR); and Seong Jin Na, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/776,919
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/015998
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/096291, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0145421 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0145423 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0027417 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397330 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/062 (2013.01) [F25D 23/065 (2013.01); F25D 23/069 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/085 (2013.01); F25D 2400/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
an outer casing that defines an exterior of the refrigerator;
a first inner casing that is disposed at an inner upper side of the outer casing and defines a first storage chamber;
a second inner casing that is disposed at an inner lower side of the outer casing and defines a second storage chamber; and
a front frame part that is disposed at front sides of the outer casing, the first inner casing, and the second inner casing,
wherein the first inner casing and the second inner casing are coupled to a rear surface of the front frame part and vertically spaced apart from each other,
wherein the front frame part comprises:
a front frame that blocks a space defined between the outer casing and a circumference of each of the first and second inner casings, and
a middle exterior frame that blocks a space defined between the first inner casing and the second inner casing,
wherein the refrigerator further comprises:
a door configured to open and close at least one of the first storage chamber or the second storage chamber, and
a shielding member made of a flexible material and disposed at the middle exterior frame, the shielding member extending horizontally along a lower surface of the middle exterior frame and protruding toward an inner side of each of the first and second inner casings,
wherein the shielding member is configured to block cold air flowing upward along a rear surface of the door,
wherein each of the first and second inner casings comprises a coupling part that is disposed at a front edge thereof and extends outward from the front edge, and
wherein the front frame further comprises:
an inner casing coupling end that is inserted and fixed to an inner surface of the coupling part, and
an insertion depth adjustment jaw that is disposed at the inner casing coupling end and protrudes in a left direction or a right direction, the insertion depth adjustment jaw being configured to limit an insertion depth of each of the first and second inner casings based on an inner surface of each of the first and second inner casings being coupled to an outer surface of the inner casing coupling end.