Patent ID: 7966843

Claim:
A cool air supplying apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising: a box fan motor having a fan configured to blow cool air generated from an evaporator to a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber; a first passage configured to supply cool air generated from the evaporator to the fan; and a second passage configured to supply cool air blown by the fan to the freezing chamber or the refrigerating chamber, wherein: the fan is a centrifugal fan, blades of the fan extend in a direction that is substantially parallel to an axis of the motor coupled to the fan and substantially perpendicular to a direction in which air is received by the fan from the first passage and blown by the blades of the fan through the second passage, the first passage is formed by a rear wall of the refrigerator and a first cover, the first cover is coupled to a second cover covering the second passage, the second passage is formed by the rear wall and the second cover, an exterior surface of the first cover facing the freezing chamber or cooling chamber is substantially coplanar with an exterior surface of the second cover, and a distance between the rear wall and the first cover is substantially equal to a distance between the rear wall and the second cover, wherein the second passage is formed by an upper portion of the first cover and the second cover and wherein a lower portion of the first cover and a lower portion of the second cover are separated from the rear wall by the same distance.