Patent ID: 8850844
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A cool air supply structure of a storage receptacle for a refrigerator, the refrigerator including a main body having a storage space provided therein and a door for selectively opening or closing the storage space, the cool air supply structure comprising: at least one receptacle casing detachably installed into the storage space, the at least one receptacle casing having a mounting space provided therein for allowing a storage receptacle to be movable into and out of the mounting space, the at least one receptacle casing being defined by an upper casing and a lower casing; and a channel provided in the at least one receptacle casing so that cool air flows in the channel, wherein the lower casing is free of the channel for cooling air, wherein the receptacle casing includes the lower casing formed in the shape of a box with a front face and an upper portion opened, the upper casing formed in the shape of a box with a lower portion opened and fixed to a top end of the lower casing, and an inner plate fixed to an interior of the lower casing corresponding to a lower portion of the upper casing, wherein the channel is defined by an upper surface and both side surfaces of the upper casing and an upper surface of the inner plate, and wherein insertion slots are respectively provided in top ends of both inner sides of the lower casing to extend in a fore and aft direction, each insertion slot projecting out from a surface of each corresponding inner side, and both side ends of the inner plate are inserted into the insertion slots, whereby the lower casing and the inner plate are fixed to each other.