IP Library Granted Patent US 10,451,337
Granted Patent B2
US 10,451,337 · App. 15/349,997 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Three section refrigerator with two freezer compartments

Inventors: Hyun-Il Lee (Seoul, KR); Sang Woon Jeon (Seoul, KR); Se Lim Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Byeong Soo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,451,337
App. No.
15/349,997
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerator comprises a body, a fresh food compartment provided in an upper portion of the body, a first freezer compartment provided in a lower portion of the body, a center compartment provided between the fresh food compartment and first freezer compartment and provided with an ice making compartment and a second freezer compartment, an upper door configured to open and close the fresh food compartment and the center compartment at a same time and a lower door configured to open and close the first freezer compartment, therefore the space utilization of the fresh food compartment may be enhanced.

Claims (30)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a body;

a fresh food compartment provided in an upper portion of the body;

a first freezer compartment provided in a lower portion of the body;

a center compartment provided between the fresh food compartment and the first freezer compartment and provided with an ice making compartment;

an upper door configured to open and close the fresh food compartment and the ice making compartment of the center compartment at a same time;

a lower door configured to open and close the first freezer compartment, and

a dispenser comprising a dispensing space configured to provide water stored in the fresh food compartment or ice generated in the ice making compartment,

wherein the dispensing space comprises a first dispensing space recessed in a lower end of a front surface of the upper door and a second dispensing space recessed in an upper end of a front surface of the lower door.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall, a right wall and a first division wall extended from the left wall of the body to the right wall of the body to divide the fresh food compartment and the center compartment.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the first division wall is integrally formed with the upper wall, the lower wall, the left wall and the right wall.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall, a right wall and a second division wall extended from the left wall of the body to the right wall of the body to divide the center compartment and the first freezer compartment.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the second division wall is integrally formed with the upper wall, the lower wall, the left wall and the right wall.

6. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the ice making compartment and a second freezer compartment are divided from each other.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a middle wall configured to divide the ice making compartment and a second freezer compartment.

8. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the ice making compartment and a second freezer compartment are disposed side by side in a left and right direction.

9. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein a second freezer compartment and the ice making compartment are not divided from each other.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the center compartment further comprises a temperature convertible compartment configured to adjust a temperature thereof between a refrigerating temperature and a freezing temperature.

11. The refrigerator of claim 1 , further comprising:

a seal configured to prevent air from flowing between the fresh food compartment and the center compartment when the upper door is closed.

12. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the

dispenser further comprises:

an outlet to discharge water stored in the fresh food compartment or ice generated in the ice making compartment, and

a container supporter configured to support a container receiving water or ice discharged from the outlet,

wherein the outlet is provided in the upper door and the container supporter is provided in the lower door.

13. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the second dispensing space comprises an ice home bar door configured to allow a user to access to the first freezer compartment without opening the lower door.

14. The refrigerator of claim 13 , further comprising:

an ice home bar storage configured to:

insert into and withdraw from the first freezer compartment when the ice home bar door is opened, and

receive ice discharged from the dispenser when being withdrawn from the first freezer compartment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2016
From: LEE, HYUN-IL; JEON, SANG WOON; YOON, SE LIM; KIM, BYEONG SOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 040298/0973 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0159010 · Nov 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170138659A1 · May 18, 2017