Patent ID: 6367280
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
A mounting and placing structure for a refrigerator including a refrigerator body having an opening in a front surface thereof and defining a refrigerating chamber, a door mounted on the front surface of said refrigerator body for opening and closing said opening, and a refrigerating unit for refrigerating said refrigerating chamber, said refrigerator further including a compressor and a condenser each constituting a portion of the refrigerating unit and mounted to an outer surface of a rear wall of said refrigerator body, said refrigerator being mounted to a stationary support wall such that said refrigerator body is accommodated in an accommodating recess provided in said support wall and said door can be opened and closed outside said accommodating recess, wherein said mounting and placing structure includes an intake passage into which air can be drawn through a front end thereof, an exhaust passage from which the air can be discharged through a front end thereof, and a communication passage which connects rear ends of said intake passage and said exhaust passage to each other, said compressor and said condenser being accommodated in said communication passage, and wherein said intake passage, said exhaust passage and said communication passage are defined between an inner surface of said accommodating recess and an outer surface of said refrigerator body accommodated in said accommodating recess to form an air flow passage along a bottom portion, a rear portion and a top portion of the outer surface of the refrigerator, and a fan is mounted to said rear wall of said refrigerator body and accommodated in said communication passage for drawing air from said intake passage and discharging the air into said exhaust passage.