Patent ID: 9200828
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening, a first wall and a heat exchanger supported by the first wall; a refrigeration system containing therein a working medium, the refrigeration system comprising an evaporator disposed outside of the compartment for cooling the compartment, a condenser, and a fluid connection for circulating the working medium, the fluid connection comprising bent sections which are disposed between the evaporator and the condenser and are thermally coupled to the heat exchanger so that when passing through the bent sections, the working medium cools the heat exchanger; a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening of the compartment; a sub-compartment on the door, the sub-compartment comprising a second wall having an opening; and an icemaker disposed in the sub-compartment, wherein the heat exchanger and the second wall are positioned so that when the door is in a closed position, the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening, wherein the heat exchanger is spaced apart from and has no direct contact with the icemaker when the door is in the closed position to convectively cool the icemaker, and wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat-exchanging plate comprising a first surface facing the second wall when one of the doors is in the closed position and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface forming a plurality of receiving channels for receiving the respective bent sections.