Patent ID: 7631514
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: B67D,F25C,F25D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body having a refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating compartment defining a single opening for frontal access to the refrigerating compartment; a pair of doors that are coupled to the refrigerator body by hinges and that are configured to open and close the single opening defined by the refrigerating compartment; a pair of storage units that are disposed adjacent each other within the refrigerating compartment and that are configured to be drawn in or out of the refrigerating compartment, wherein the pair of doors includes: a first gasket provided at an edge surface of the first refrigerator door; a second gasket provided at an edge surface of the second refrigerator door, the second gasket and the first gasket being oriented such that, when the second refrigerator door is in a closed position and the first refrigerator door is in the closed position, the second gasket contacts the first gasket within a space that is defined between the first and second refrigerator doors to limit flow of air in the space defined between the first refrigerator door and the second refrigerator door; an ice compartment that is located within the refrigerating compartment at a position corresponding to and covered by the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in a closed position, that is configured to store ice made by an ice maker, and that is defined by at least one insulating wall, the at least one insulating wall being configured to facilitate maintenance of an operating temperature of the ice compartment that is lower than an operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a dispenser that is positioned on the first refrigerator door and that is configured to dispense ice stored in the ice compartment through the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position; and a shelf positioned in a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to an external surface of the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position, that is perpendicular to an external surface of the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in a closed position, and that intersects the ice compartment, at least a portion of the shelf corresponding to and being covered by the second refrigerator door when the second refrigerator door is in the closed position.