Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet providing a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment; a door opening and closing the freezing compartment; an ice maker provided in a rear surface of the door to automatically supply water for making ice to the ice tray and automatically transfer the ice; a cabinet duct provided above the freezing compartment to supply the cold air for cooling the freezing compartment to the ice maker; an ice cover disposed above the ice maker and having a cover inflow hole, through which the cold air is introduced, in a position facing an outlet of the cabinetduct; and a supply duct connecting the cover inflow hole to the ice maker to provide a cold air supply passage for making ice to the inside of the ice maker.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a refrigerator. Background technique [0002] A refrigerator is a household appliance for storing food at a low temperature, and has one or both of a refrigerating chamber capable of storing food in a refrigerated state and a freezer chamber capable of storing food in a frozen state. [0003] In addition, recently, a dispenser is installed on the front surface of the door of the refrigerator, so that drinking water can be taken out through the dispenser without opening the refrigerator door. [0004] In addition, an ice maker (ice maker) for making and storing ice may be provided inside a door or storage space of the refrigerator, and ice can be taken out through the dispenser. [0005] As the ice maker, an automatic ice maker that performs water supply and ice making and deicing by detecting the amount of stored ice has been developed. In addition, the ice stored by the automatic ice maker may be taken out to the outside thr...

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Problems solved by technology

[0008] However, in the above-mentioned structure, when the cold air flows toward the upper surface of the ice tray, there is a problem that a lot of cold air is lost to the outside or below the tray.

[0009] In addition, since there is no structure for circulating the inflowing cold air on the upper surface of the ice tray, there is a problem that the efficiency of heat exchange with the water in the ice tray decreases.

[0010] In addition, cold air may flow into the lower side of the ice storage through the ice tray, and there is a problem that the stored ice freezes with each other due to vaporization of the surface of the stored ice.

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