Refrigerator

A refrigerator including a main body, a storage compartment provided in the main body and having an open front side, a storage box configured to be drawn out or put into the storage compartment and having a storage space therein, a cold air duct provided at the rear of the storage compartment and including a cold air outlet to allow cold air to be discharged into the storage space, a partition disposed in the storage box to divide the storage space into a fresh room and a vegetable room and to be movable in the left and right directions in the storage space, and a cold air adjusting member configured to be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition to adjust a size of the cold air outlet and to stay connected to the partition when the storage box is drawn out.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based on and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0107289, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

The disclosure relates to a refrigerator in which an amount of cold air discharged into a storage space of a storage box divided into a fresh room and a vegetable room by a partition is automatically adjusted according to the movement of the partition.

2. Description of the Related Art

Generally, a refrigerator is an appliance which includes a main body provided with a storage compartment therein, a cold air supply system supplying; cold air to the storage chamber, and a door opening and closing the storage chamber, thereby storing food in a fresh state.

A storage box is provided to be drawn out from or put into the storage compartment. A storage space is provided inside the storage box to store food and the like. The storage space is divided into a fresh room and a vegetable room by a partition. By cold air discharged from a cold air outlet, the fresh room is maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees, and the vegetable room is maintained at a temperature of about 3 degrees.

Sizes of the fresh room and vegetable room need to be adjusted to be suitable for an amount of food stored in the fresh room and vegetable room. In addition, as the sizes of the fresh room and the vegetable room are adjusted, an amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room and the vegetable room needs to be adjusted to maintain the fresh room and the vegetable room at a predetermined temperature.

SUMMARY

It is an aspect of the disclosure to provide a refrigerator capable of allowing a fresh room and a vegetable room to be maintained at different temperatures by automatically adjusting a size of a cold air outlet, through which cold air is discharged into a storage space of a storage box divided into the fresh room and the vegetable room by a partition provided to be movable in the left and right directions, according to the movement of the partition.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a refrigerator includes a main body, a storage compartment provided in the main body and having an open front side, a storage box configured to be drawn out or put into the storage compartment and having a storage space therein, a cold air duct provided at the rear of the storage compartment and including a cold air outlet to allow cold air to be discharged into the storage space, a partition disposed in the storage box to divide the storage space into a fresh room and a vegetable room and to be movable in the left and right directions in the storage space, and a cold air adjusting member configured to be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition to adjust a size of the cold air outlet, the cold air adjusting member being remaining connected to the partition when the storage box is drawn out.

The cold air adjusting member may include an adjusting plate configured to adjust the size of the cold air outlet, and a connection bar connected to the adjusting plate and provided to be slidably moved in the front and rear directions with respect to the partition.

The partition may include an insertion hole through which the connection bar is slidably movable in the front and rear directions.

The cold air duct may include a cold air duct cover to cover a front surface of the cold air duct, and the cold air duct cover may include a first cold air duct cover to cover an upper front of the cold air duct, and a second cold air duct cover coupled to a lower portion of the first cold air duct cover to cover a lower front of the cold air duct.

The second cold air duct cover may include a guide hole configured to guide the connection bar to be moved in the left and right directions and to allow cold air discharged to the cold air outlet to be introduced into the storage space.

The connection bar may include a guide portion guided by the guide hole.

The cold air outlet may be formed on one side of the cold air duct at a position corresponding to the fresh room such that cold air is discharged only to the fresh room in the storage space.

When the partition is moved in a direction in which a size of the fresh room becomes small together with the cold air adjusting member, cold air may be discharged from the entire cold air outlet to the fresh room while the partition is being moved to a first position, which is a position before the adjusting plate closes the cold air outlet.

When the partition is further moved from the first position in a direction in which the size of the fresh room becomes small so that the partition is moved to a second position where a portion of the cold air outlet is closed by the adjusting plate, an amount of cold air discharged from the cold air outlet to the fresh room may be decreased.

The cold air outlet may have a length extending in the left and right directions of the cold air duct such that cold air is discharged to both the fresh room and the vegetable room.

A portion of the cold air outlet closed by the adjusting plate may be adjusted. according to a position of the partition so that an amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room and the vegetable room is adjusted.

When the partition is moved in a direction in which a size of the vegetable room becomes small, the cold air outlet may be adjusted in size by the adjusting plate so that a portion for allowing cold air to be discharged to the vegetable room becomes small and a portion for allowing cold air to be discharged to the fresh room becomes large.

When the partition is moved in a direction in which a size of the fresh room becomes small, the cold air outlet may be adjusted in size by the adjusting plate so that a portion for allowing cold air to be discharged to the fresh room becomes small and a portion for allowing cold air to be discharged to the vegetable room becomes large.

The storage box may include an opening formed in a rear wall thereof to allow the cold air adjusting member to be movable in the left and right directions together with the partition.

The partition may include a first slide moving portion coupled to an upper portion of a front wall of the storage box to be slidably movable in the left and right directions, and a second slide moving portion coupled to a lower wall of the opening to be slidably movable.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a refrigerator includes a main body, a storage compartment provided in the main body and having an open front side, a storage box configured to be drawn out or put into the storage compartment and having a storage space therein, a cold air duct provided at the rear of the storage compartment and including a cold air outlet to allow cold air to be discharged into the storage space, and a partition disposed in the storage box to divide the storage space into a fresh room and a vegetable room and to be movable in the left and right directions in the storage space, the partition including an adjusting plate configured to be moved in the left and right directions to adjust a size of the cold air outlet.

The cold air outlet may be formed on one side of the cold air duct at a position corresponding to the fresh room such that cold air is discharged only to the fresh room in the storage space.

When the partition is moved in a direction in which a size of the fresh room becomes small, cold air may be discharged from the entire cold air outlet to the fresh room while the partition is being moved to a first position, which is a position before the adjusting plate closes the cold air outlet.

When the partition is further moved from the first position in a direction in which the size of the fresh room becomes small so that the partition is moved to a second position where a portion of the cold air outlet is closed by the adjusting plate, an amount of cold air discharged from the cold air outlet to the fresh room may be decreased.

The cold air outlet may have a length extending in the left and right directions of the cold air duct such that cold air is discharged to both the fresh room and the vegetable room, and a portion of the cold air outlet closed by the adjusting plate may be adjusted according to a position of the partition so that an amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room and the vegetable room is adjusted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Configurations shown in the embodiments and the drawings described in the present specification are only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and thus it is to be understood that various modified examples, which may replace the embodiments and the drawings described in the present specification, are possible when filing the present application.

Like reference numbers or signs in the various figures of the application represent parts or components that perform substantially the same functions.

The terms used herein are for the purpose of describing the embodiments and are not intended to restrict and/or to limit the disclosure. For example, the singular expressions herein may include plural expressions, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, the terms “comprises” and “has” are intended to indicate that there are features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, and do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

It will be understood that although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various components, these components should not be limited by these terms, and the terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the disclosure, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. The term “and/or” includes any combination of a plurality of related items or any one of a plurality of related items.

The terms “front end,” “rear end,” “upper portion,” “lower portion,” “upper end” and “lower end” used in the following description are defined with reference to the drawings, and the shape and position of each component a not limited by these terms.

FIG. 1illustrates a perspective view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

As illustrated inFIG. 1, a refrigerator may include a main body10, a storage compartment20provided inside the main body10and having an open front, and a door30opening and closing the open front of the storage compartment20.

The main body10may include an inner case11forming the storage compartment20and an outer case13forming an outer appearance. Insulation15may be foamed to prevent cold air in the storage compartment20from escaping between the inner case11and the outer case13.

A machine room (not shown) in which a compressor (not shown) for compressing a refrigerant and a condenser (not shown) for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor are installed may be provided at a rear lower side of the main body10.

The storage compartment20may be divided into a refrigerating chamber21, which is an upper storage chamber, and a refreezing chamber23, which is a lower storage chamber, by a partition wall17. Inside the storage compartment20, a plurality of shelves25for stacking and storing food and the like thereon may be provided. Also, a storage box100and a storage container27for storing food and the like therein may be provided inside the storage compartment20.

The refrigerating chamber21and the refreezing chamber23may be opened and closed by a refrigerating chamber door31and a refreezing chamber door33, which are rotatably coupled to the main body10, respectively, and a plurality of door guards35capable of accommodating food and the like may be installed on a rear surface of the door30.

The refrigerator may include a cold air supply device (not shown) configured to supply cold air to the storage compartment20. The cold air supply device may include the compressor and the condenser installed in the machine room, an evaporator (not shown) installed on a rear surface of the storage compartment20to generate cold air, a blowing fan (not shown) disposed above the evaporator to blow cold air generated from the evaporator to the storage compartment20, a cold air duct40(seeFIG. 2) guiding cold air blown by the blowing fan to the storage compartment20, and the like.

FIG. 2illustrates a cold air duct and a storage box provided inside a storage compartment according to an embodiment of the disclosure, andFIG. 3illustrates an exploded view of the cold air duct and the storage box according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

As illustrated inFIGS. 2 and 3, the cold air duct40may be disposed in the rear of the storage compartment20to guide cold air generated by the evaporator to the storage compartment20.

The cold air duct40may include a plurality of cold air outlets41and43to discharge cold air to the storage compartment20, and cold air duct covers44and46to cover a front surface of the cold air duct40.

The plurality of cold air outlets41and43may include a plurality of the first cold air outlets41to discharge cold air to the refrigerating chamber21, and the second cold air outlet43to discharge cold air into a storage space101of the storage box100.

The cold air duct covers44and46may include the first cold air duct cover44covering a front upper portion of the cold air duct40and the second cold air duct cover46covering a front lower portion of the cold air duct40. The first cold air duct cover44may include a plurality of cold air discharge holes45provided at positions corresponding to the plurality of first cold air outlets41. Cold air discharged from the plurality of first cold air outlets41may be discharged into the refrigerating chamber21through the plurality of cold air discharge holes45. The second cold air duct cover46may be coupled to the first cold air duct cover44. The second cold air duct cover46may include a guide hole47configured to guide such that a connection bar123of a cold air adjusting member120, which will be described later, is moved in the left and right directions. The guide hole47may guide such that cold air discharged to the second cold air outlet43is discharged into the storage space101of the storage box100. The guide hole47may be formed at a height corresponding to the second cold air outlet43to guide cold air discharged to the second cold air outlet43to the storage space101. Hereinafter, only the second cold air outlet43among the plurality of cold air outlets41and43will be described, and thus the second cold air outlet43will be referred to as a cold air outlet.

The storage box100may include the storage space101configured to store food and the like therein. The storage space101may be divided into a fresh room103on the left and a vegetable room105on the right by the partition110. The drawing illustrates that the fresh room103is formed on the left of the storage space101and the vegetable room105is formed on the right of the storage space101, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. It may be appropriate that the fresh room103is maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees, and it may be appropriate that the vegetable room105is maintained at a temperature of about 3 degrees. The partition110dividing the storage space101into the fresh room103and the vegetable room105has insulating performance, so that the partition110may not be affected even when the fresh room103and the vegetable room105are maintained at different temperatures. The storage box100may include an opening107formed on a rear wall thereof. The opening107may be provided such that the cold air adjusting member120to be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition110may be moved in the left and right directions. Cold air discharged from the cold air outlet43may be introduced into the storage space101through the opening107.

The cold air outlet43may be formed on one side of the cold air duct40corresponding to the fresh room103such that cold air is introduced into only the fresh room103in the storage space101of the storage box100. Because the fresh room103needs to be maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees, the separate cold air outlet43for discharging cold air to the fresh room103may be required. However, because the vegetable room105is maintained at a temperature of about 3 degrees, the vegetable room105may be maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees by cold air discharged to the refrigerating chamber21even though cold air is not directly discharged to the vegetable room105.

The partition110may be provided inside the storage box100to divide the storage space101into the fresh room103and the vegetable room105. The partition110may include an insertion hole111into which the connection bar123of the cold air adjusting member120, which will be described later, is inserted. The connection bar123is slidably inserted into the insertion hole111so that the connection bar123may be slidably moved in the front and rear directions. The partition110may include a first slide moving portion113slidably coupled to an upper portion of a front wall of the storage box100to be moved in the left and right directions inside the storage space101, and a second slide moving portion115slidably coupled to a lower wall of the opening107of the storage box100. The partition110may be provided to be movable in the left and right directions inside the storage box100through the first slide moving portion113and the second slide moving portion115.

The cold air adjusting member120may be provided to be movable in the left and right directions together with the partition110. The cold air adjusting member120may include an adjusting plate121to adjust a size of the cold air outlet43by being moved in the left and right directions together with the partition110, and the connection bar123inserted into the insertion hole111of the partition110to be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition110.

Because the connection bar123is inserted into the insertion hole111of the partition110, the connection bar123may be moved together with the partition110moved in the left and right directions. The adjusting plate121may be connected to the connection bar123to be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition110. Because the connection bar123is inserted into the insertion hole111of the partition110to be slidably moved in the front and rear directions, even when the storage box100is drawn out together with the partition110, the connection bar123may be maintained in a state of being connected to the partition110. That is, the adjusting plate121is fixed to adjust the size of the cold air outlet43, and when the partition110is drawn out together with the storage box100, the connection bar123is fixed together with the adjusting plate121and the partition110may be slidably moved toward the front with respect to the connection bar123. The connection bar123may include a guide portion125guided by a guide hole47to be movable in the left and right directions together with the partition110.

FIG. 4illustrates that a partition according to an embodiment of the disclosure is moved in the left and right directions inside the storage box.

As illustrated inFIG. 4, the partition110may include the first slide moving portion113slidably and movably coupled to the front wall of the storage box100, and the second slide moving portion115slidably and movably coupled to the lower wall of the opening107formed in the rear wall of the storage box100. The partition110may be coupled to the storage box100to be slidably movable in the left and right directions in the storage box100through the first slide moving portion113and the second slide moving portion115. Because the guide portion125of the connection bar123is guided by the guide hole47to be movable in the left and right directions, the cold air adjusting member120may be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition110. The cold air adjusting member120may be moved in the left and right directions together with the partition110to adjust the size of the cold air outlet43. A description thereof will be given later.

FIG. 5illustrates that a cold air adjusting member is maintained in a state of being connected to the partition when the storage box according to an embodiment of the disclosure is drawn out.

As illustrated inFIG. 5, when the storage box100is drawn out, the partition110may also be drawn out together with the storage box100. Even when the partition110is drawn out, the adjusting plate121of the cold air adjusting member120may be fixed to be able to adjust the size of the cold air outlet43. That is, because a size of the adjusting plate121is larger than that of the guide hole47, the adjusting plate121may be fixed not to be moved forward by the guide hole47even when the partition110is drawn out forward. The connection bar123connected to the adjusting plate121may also be maintained in a state of being fixed together with the adjusting plate121. Because the connection bar123is inserted into the insertion hole111to be slidably movable in the left and right directions, when the partition110is drawn out forward, the connection bar123may be fixed, and the partition110may be slidably movable forward with respect to the connection bar123. Therefore, even when the storage box100is drawn out, the cold air adjusting member120and the partition110may be maintained in a state of being connected to each other.

FIG. 6illustrates that the partition according to an embodiment of the disclosure is positioned in a central portion of a storage space,FIG. 7illustrates that the partition is moved to a first position to the left from the position inFIG. 6, andFIG. 8illustrates that the partition is moved to a second position to the left from the position inFIG. 7.

As illustrated inFIG. 6, the fresh room103on the left and the vegetable room105on the right in the storage space101of the storage box100may stole other foods suitable for temperature, respectively. In this case, cold air discharged from the cold air outlet43may be introduced into the fresh room103so that the fresh room103and the vegetable room105may be maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees.

As illustrated inFIG. 7, when an amount of food to be stored in the vegetable room105is larger than the amount of food to be stored in the fresh room103, a size of the fresh room103may be decreased by moving the partition110to the left. That is, by moving the partition110in the left direction where the size of the fresh room103becomes small, the size of the fresh room103may be decreased and a size of the vegetable room105may be increased. In this case, though the size of the fresh room103is decreased while the partition110is moved to a first position, which is a position before the adjusting plate121closes the cold air outlet43, cold air may be discharged from the entire cold air outlet43to maintain the fresh room103at a temperature of 0 degrees.

As illustrated inFIG. 8, when an amount of food to be stored in the vegetable room105becomes large, the partition110may be moved from the first position to a second position where the adjusting plate121closes a portion of the cold air outlet43. When the partition110is moved from the first position to the left to be positioned at the second position, the size of the fresh room103may be significantly decreased than that when the partition110is in the first position. When the size of the fresh room103becomes too small, too much cold air may be discharged to the fresh room103so that the temperature of the fresh room103is not maintained at about 0 degrees and may be lower than that. At this time, when the adjusting plate121closes a portion of the cold air outlet43, an amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room103is decreased so that the fresh room103may continue to be maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees. That is, the size of the cold air outlet43is automatically adjusted by the adjusting plate121according to the size change of the fresh room103so that food may be stored at a good temperature for storing food without additional temperature control.

FIG. 9is an exploded view of a cold air duct and a storage box according to another embodiment of the disclosure, andFIG. 10illustrates that a partition according to another embodiment of the disclosure is moved in the left and right directions inside the storage box.

As illustrated inFIGS. 9 and 10, the storage space101in the storage box100may be divided into the fresh room103on the left and the vegetable room105on the right by the partition110. When comparing the configuration illustrated inFIGS. 9 and 10with the configuration illustrated inFIG. 3, the cold air adjusting member120for adjusting the size of the cold air outlet43may not be provided. That is, an adjusting plate119for adjusting the size of the cold air outlet43may be integrally formed with the partition110, and the connection bar123may be removed. Therefore, a description of the same configuration as that illustrated inFIG. 3is omitted, and only the changed configuration will be described.

A guide hole48for guiding cold air discharged from the cold air outlet43to be introduced into the fresh room103may be formed at a position corresponding to the cold air outlet43. The guide hole48may have a size corresponding to the cold air outlet43. This is because the guide hole48only needs to guide the cold air discharged from the cold air outlet43to the fresh room103without guiding the movement of the connection bar123in the left and right directions as the configuration of the connection bar123illustrated inFIG. 3is removed.

The opening108formed on the rear wall of the storage box100may also be formed at a position corresponding to the cold air outlet43. This is because the movement of the connection bar123in the left and right directions need not be guided as the configuration of the connection bar123illustrated inFIG. 3is removed.

The partition110may include the first slide moving portion113slidably and movably coupled to the front wall of the storage box100, and a second slide moving portion117slidably and movably coupled to the rear wall of the storage box100. That is, the partition110may be slidably and movably coupled in the left and right directions in the storage box100through the first slide moving portion113and the second slide moving portion117. The partition110may include the adjusting plate119moving in the left and right directions to adjust the size of the cold air outlet43.

Because the configuration of the adjusting plate119integrally formed with the partition110is the same as the configuration in which the size of the cold air outlet43is adjusted according to the movement of the partition110illustrated inFIGS. 6 to 8except for a configuration in which the adjusting plate119adjusts the size of the cold air outlet43according to the movement of the partition110in the left and right directions, a description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 11illustrates an exploded view of a cold air duct and a storage box according to another embodiment of the disclosure, andFIG. 12illustrates that a partition according to another embodiment of the disclosure is moved in the left and right directions inside the storage box.

As illustrated inFIGS. 11 and 12, the storage space101in the storage box100may be divided into the fresh room103on the left and the vegetable room105on the right by the partition110. When comparing the configuration illustrated inFIGS. 10 and 12with the configuration illustrated inFIG. 3, both configurations may be the same except for the configuration of the cold air outlet43formed on the cold air duct40. Therefore, a description of the same configuration is omitted, and only the configuration of the cold air outlet43will be described.

The cold air outlet43may be formed to have a length in the left and right directions of the cold air duct40to discharge cold air to both the fresh room103and the vegetable room105. That is, the cold air outlet43may be formed in the shape of slit extending in the left and right directions. When the cold air outlet43is formed in the shape of slit extending in the left and right directions, the amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room103and the vegetable room105may be adjusted, respectively, according to size changes of the fresh room103and the vegetable room105.

FIG. 13illustrates that the partition illustrated inFIG. 12is positioned in a central portion of a storage space,FIG. 14illustrates that the partition is moved to the left from the position inFIG. 13, andFIG. 15illustrates that the partition is moved to the right from the position inFIG. 13.

As illustrated inFIG. 13, the fresh room103on the left and the vegetable room105on the right in the storage space101of the storage box100may stole other foods suitable for temperature, respectively. In this case, cold air discharged from the cold air outlet43may be introduced into the fresh room103and the vegetable room105so that the fresh room103and the vegetable room105may be maintained at a temperature of about 0 degrees and a temperature of about 3 degrees, respectively.

As illustrated inFIG. 14, when the amount of food to be stored in the vegetable room105is larger than the amount of food to be stored in the fresh room103, the size of the fresh room103may be decreased by moving the partition110to the left. That is, by moving the partition110in the left direction where the size of the fresh room103becomes small, the size of the fresh room103may be decreased and the size of the vegetable room105may be increased. In this case, the size of the cold air outlet43allowing cold air to be discharged to the fresh room103may be decreased by the adjusting plate119that is moved to the left direction together with the partition110. Also, the size of the cold air outlet43allowing cold air to be discharged to the vegetable room105may be increased. That is, the size of the cold air outlet43allowing cold air to be discharged to the fresh room103and the vegetable room105may be adjusted in proportion to the size change of the fresh room103and the vegetable room105. Therefore, the amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room103may be decreased, and the amount of cold air discharged to the vegetable room105may be increased.

As illustrated inFIG. 15, when the amount of food to be stored in the fresh room103is larger than the amount of food to be stored in the vegetable room105, the size of the fresh room103may be increased by moving the partition110to the right. That is, by moving the partition110in the right direction where the size of the fresh room103becomes large, the size of the fresh room103may be increased and the size of the vegetable room105may be decreased. In this case, the size of the cold air outlet43allowing cold air to be discharged to the fresh room103may be increased by the adjusting plate119that is moved to the right direction together with the partition110. Also, the size of the cold air outlet43allowing cold air to be discharged to the vegetable room105may be decreased. That is, the size of the cold air outlet43allowing cold air to be discharged to the fresh room103and the vegetable room105may be adjusted in proportion to the size changes of the fresh room103and the vegetable room105. Therefore, the amount of cold air discharged to the fresh room103may be increased, and the amount of cold air discharged to the vegetable room105may be decreased.

FIG. 16illustrates that a partition according to another embodiment of the disclosure is moved in the left and right directions inside the storage box.

As illustrated inFIG. 16, the storage space101in the storage box100may be divided into the fresh room103on the left and the vegetable room105on the right by the partition110. When comparing the configuration illustrated inFIG. 16with the configuration illustrated inFIG. 11, the cold air adjusting member120for adjusting the size of the cold air outlet43may not be provided. That is, an adjusting plate119for adjusting the size of the cold air outlet43may be integrally formed with the partition110, and the connection bar123may be removed. Therefore, as in the case of explaining the configuration illustrated inFIG. 11, a description of the same configuration is omitted, and only the changed configuration will be described. The configuration changed compared to the configuration illustrated inFIG. 11is only the configuration of the opening109formed on the rear wall of the storage box100.

The opening109formed on the rear wall of the storage box100may be formed at a position corresponding to the guide hole47. Also, the opening109may be formed to have a size corresponding to the guide hole47. This is because the configuration of the connection bar123illustrated inFIG. 11is removed, and thus the movement of the connection bar123in the left and right directions need not be guided and it is sufficient if only cold air discharged through the guide hole47is discharged to the storage space101in the storage box100.

Because the configuration of the adjusting plate119integrally formed with the partition110is the same as the configuration in which the size of the cold air outlet43is adjusted according to the movement of the partition110illustrated inFIGS. 13 to 15except for a configuration in which the adjusting plate119adjusts the size of the cold air outlet43according to the movement of the partition110in the left and right directions, a description thereof is omitted.

As is apparent from the above, according to the embodiments of the disclosure, a fresh room and a vegetable room can be maintained at a predetermined temperature while sizes of the fresh room and the vegetable room can be adjusted to be suitable for an amount of food stored in the fresh room and the vegetable room, respectively, thereby improving user convenience.