Patent ID: 11933533
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a body provided to form a storage compartment;
a partition positioned in the body;
a cooling unit configured to generate cold air; and
a blower provided on the partition and configured to blow the cold air generated in the cooling unit to the storage compartment,
wherein the blower comprises:
a casing provided to form a first case flow path provided to guide cold air to a portion of the storage compartment and a second case flow path provided to guide cold air to other portions of the storage compartment, the casing comprising an end surface, an inner circumferential surface disposed on an outer edge of the end surface, and a distribution region in which the second case flow path is branched from the first case flow path, wherein the first case flow path extends from a starting portion of the first case flow path adjacent to the distribution region along a rotational direction of an impeller, the second case flow path extends from the distribution region along an outside of the starting portion of the first case flow path, and a portion of the second case flow path is parallel with a portion of the first case flow path and the first case flow path and the second case flow path discharge cold air in opposite directions, wherein the casing includes:
a casing cover fixed to the partition, and
a casing body integrally formed with the partition and extending from the partition to the casing cover and the casing body being fixed between the casing cover and the partition,

the impeller accommodated on the end surface of the casing, and
a support member configured to support the impeller against the casing and comprising multiple fixers fixing the support member to the casing, the multiple fixers arranged on the first case flow path,

wherein each of the multiple fixers includes an end portion at an outer side in a radial direction of the impeller, and the end portion for each of the multiple fixers is spaced apart from the distribution region and arranged on the first case flow path inside the casing, and the end portion for each of the multiple fixers is arranged along a downstream region that is downstream from the distribution region on the first case flow path.