Patent ID: 6053003
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
A defrost water evaporating apparatus for a refrigerator, which comprises:first, second and third bottom walls installed at a bottom of a refrigerating compartment for forming a lower space below the refrigerating compartment;a base pan assembled to an underside of the refrigerator so as to confine the lower space together with the first, second and third bottom walls and both sidewalls of the refrigerator;a first means for partitioning the lower space into a first space for receiving a defrost water and a second space for receiving a compressor, the first bottom wall extending forward from a rear wall of the refrigerator such that the first bottom wall is vertically spaced apart from the compressor, the second bottom wall being inclined and extending downward from the first bottom wall so as to separate the second space from the first space together with the first means, and the third bottom wall extending forward from the second bottom wall so as to define an upper wall of the first space, the first, second and third bottom walls separating the first and the second spaces from the refrigerating compartment;a second means for guiding the defrost water generated from an exterior of an evaporator installed in an evaporator compartment located at a rear portion of the refrigerator into the first space and for transferring a radiation of the compressor to the defrost water; anda third means for evaporating the defrost water by a heat exchange between a condenser and the defrost water collected in the first space by the second means, the defrost water being in direct contact with the condenser.