Patent ID: 8561421
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: an outer case defining an outer appearance of the refrigerator; an inner case received in the outer case and defining a storage compartment; an insulation member filled in a gap between the outer case and the inner case for heat insulation; a noise attenuation member disposed between an outer surface of the inner case and the insulation member to induce a sliding movement between the inner case and the insulation member when the inner case expands or contracts in accordance with a variation of temperature, thereby reducing frictional noise due to friction between the inner case and the insulation member; and an evaporator disposed in the inner case to cool air inside the storage compartment via heat exchange with the interior air of the storage compartment, and wherein the noise attenuation member is attached to a portion of the inner case adjacent to the evaporator, wherein the inner case is formed at a rear surface thereof and comprises a rearwardly-dented receiving portion to receive the evaporator, and the noise attenuation member is attached to an outer surface of the receiving portion.