Patent ID: 7185509

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet defining a food storage compartment therein; a top projection part formed by projecting a rear portion of a top of the food storage compartment upward, the top projection part defining an air cooling chamber therein such that the air cooling chamber extends upward as an upper portion of the food storage compartment, wherein the air cooling chamber comprises an air path partition plate that is spaced apart from an upper surface of the air cooling chamber, and partitions the air cooling chamber into a front space part and a rear space part; an evaporator, located in the air cooling chamber of the food storage compartment, to produce cool air; a cool air circulation fan, located in the air cooling chamber of the food storage compartment, to circulate the cool air; a machine room located on top of the cabinet at a position in front of the top projection part, and receiving a compressor and a condenser therein; an air suction guide member, mounted to a rear surface of the storage compartment and spaced apart from the rear surface of the storage compartment, thereby defining an air suction path to guide air from the storage compartment into the rear space part of the air cooling chamber, and having a plurality of air suction ports; and an air exhaust guide member mounted to an upper surface of the storage compartment and spaced apart from the upper surface of the storage compartment, thereby defining an air exhaust path, and having a plurality of air exhaust ports to discharge the cool air from the front space part of the air cooling chamber along the air exhaust path into the storage compartment, wherein the cool air circulation fan longitudinally extends in the air cooling chamber, and the air suction path and the air exhaust path extend laterally along the entire length of the refrigerator parallel to the rear surface of the storage compartment and to communicate with the air cooling chamber.