Patent ID: 7584627

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a freezing chamber; a refrigerating chamber at a side of the freezing chamber; a barrier between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber, the barrier having a refrigerating chamber cold air passage formed therein; a partition plate for compartmentalizing a freezing chamber cold air passage in rear of the freezing chamber; an evaporator; a partition wall between the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage, the evaporator passing through the partition wall such that the evaporator is exposed to the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage; and a fan mounted over the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage for discharging cold air flowing through respective cold air passages to the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber, respectively, wherein the evaporator includes a first part exposed to the freezing chamber cold air passage, and a second part exposed to the refrigerating chamber cold air passage, wherein an outer surface of the first part and the second part is separated by the partition wall for preventing the cold air flowing through respective parts from mixing with each other, and wherein the second part is located within the barrier.