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Granted Patent B2
US 10,655,906 · App. 15/974,471 · Granted May 19, 2020

Refrigerator

Inventors: Toru Okazaki (Osaka, JP); Terutsugu Segawa (Osaka, JP); Yasuhiro Asaida (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
F25D23/087F25D23/028F25D2201/10F25D2600/04
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Patent No.
US 10,655,906
App. No.
15/974,471
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerator is provided with first gasket and second gasket. First gasket is provided on door, and when door is closed, first gasket makes contact with refrigerator main body and closes the storage compartment. Second gasket is provided with heat insulator, and is provided on refrigerator main body on the storage compartment side relative to the location where first gasket adheres. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve refrigerator that can suppress reduction in cooling efficiency due to second gasket heated by heat dissipation pipe.

Claims (12)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a first gasket provided on a door of the refrigerator, and configured to make contact with a refrigerator main body when the door is closed; and

a second gasket disposed on a side surface of the refrigerator main body at a position on a storage compartment side, and including a heat insulator, wherein:

the first gasket and the second gasket are provided between the door and the refrigerator main body,

the second gasket is located on the storage compartment side relative to the first gasket in the refrigerator,

when the door is closed, the second gasket narrows and reduces a gap between the door and the refrigerator main body without making contact with the door,

the second gasket is fixed on the side surface of the refrigerator main body with an adhesive agent, and

the side surface of the refrigerator main body is flat.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the second gasket includes a covering member that covers the heat insulator and has a rigidity higher than a rigidity of the heat insulator.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the second gasket has an elliptical cross-sectional surface.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second gasket, the heat insulator is covered with a covering member made of a resin material and having a pouch shape.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulator includes aerogel and fiber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2018
From: OKAZAKI, TORU; SEGAWA, TERUTSUGU; ASAIDA, YASUHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-093807 · May 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180328649A1 · Nov 15, 2018
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