Patent ID: 9080808
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having at least one storage compartment defined therein, and a main opening provided at a front thereof corresponding to the at least one storage compartment; a main door coupled to the refrigerator body for opening and closing the at least one storage compartment, the main door having an auxiliary opening provided at a front thereof and a receiving compartment provided separately from the at least one storage compartment; an auxiliary door coupled to the main door to open and close the auxiliary opening; a gasket provided along an edge of a rear surface of the auxiliary door so as to contact a front surface of the main door and form a seal there between when the auxiliary door is closed; and a heat transfer device provided in an interior space formed within the main door, wherein the heat transfer device extends from an inner surface of a side surface of the main door to an inner surface of a front surface of the main door, at a position corresponding to a contact area with the gasket, so as to conduct heat from the side surface of the main door to the front surface of the main door and prevent formation of condensation on an outer surface of the front surface of the main door, wherein the heat transfer device comprises a metal tape that extends along an inside surface of a door liner that defines the front surface of the main door, and wherein the main door liner further comprises a heat blocking part formed in the front surface of the main door, at the position corresponding to the contact area with the gasket, wherein a thickness of the main door liner at a portion thereof that forms the heat blocking part is less than that of remaining portions of the main door liner that form the front surface of the main door.