Patent ID: 6112542
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
A refrigerator provided with an evaporator for generating a cooled-air, a storage compartment defined with two lateral walls and a rear wall, the walls having a liner at innermost surfaces thereof and a thermal insulation layer outside the liner, the refrigerator comprising:a corner sunken portion of the liner on the rear wall depressed toward the thermal insulation layer to form a vertical passageway near a corner at which the rear wall and one of the lateral walls meet each other, the corner sunken portion having rounded portions;a corner cover plate installed within the storage compartment to cover the corner sunken portion, forming a vertical passageway by cooperating with the corner sunken portion and having a vertical outlet port through which the cooled-air is introduced into the storage compartment, the corner cover plate having slanted surfaces at both ends thereof respectively, which come into a contact with said slanted surfaces, respectively;a lateral sunken portion of the liner on the lateral sunken portion depressed toward the thermal insulation layer to form a horizontal passageway communicating with said corner sunken portion;a horizontal cover plate installed within the storage compartment to cover the lateral sunken portion, forming a horizontal passageway by cooperating with the lateral sunken portion and having a horizontal outlet port through which the cooled-air is introduced into the storage compartment; anda fixing means for fixing the corner cover plate to the corner sunken portion and for fixing the lateral cover plate to the lateral sunken portion.