Patent ID: 8069686
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body having a plurality of cooling compartments separated from each other by a partition; and a machine room defined by the partition and located in a lower region of only one of the plurality of cooling compartments, the machine room receiving predetermined elements required to operate the cooling compartments, wherein the machine room comprises: wherein the flow passage comprises: wherein the flow passage is provided therein with a compressor, a condenser, and a fan device, wherein the condenser has a predetermined length, a predetermined width, and a thickness smaller than the length and the width and is arranged in the flow passage horizontally, wherein a partial region of the flow passage is arranged to receive the fan device and the condenser and has a height larger than the thickness of the condenser and smaller than the length and the width of the condenser so that the partial region of the flow passage has a height smaller than the height of the compressor, and wherein the fan device includes a radial-fan or a cross-flow fan to suction air through the air suction portion and blow the air to the condenser.