Storage container and refrigerator having the same

    公开(公告)号:US11340006B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US15865979

    申请日:2018-01-09

    Abstract: A storage container includes a body defining a first opening at a top of the body, a second opening at a bottom of the body, and a space between the first opening and the second opening, a cover configured to open or close the first opening, the cover including an insulation material to thermally insulate the space from an outside of the body, a housing disposed in the space to store items, a thermoelectric element disposed in the second opening, the thermoelectric element including a heat-absorbing surface and a heat-emitting surface, a heat-absorbing heat exchanger that surrounds the housing, contacts the heat-absorbing surface, and is configured to transfer heat from the housing to the heat-absorbing surface, a heat transfer part configured to transfer heat generated from the heat-emitting surface to a wall of the body, and a heat-dissipating part configured to dissipate heat from the heat transfer part.

    Refrigerator
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    公开(公告)号:US11262117B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16487729

    申请日:2018-01-02

    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a first inner case that defines a freezing compartment, a second inner case that defines a refrigerating compartment, a thermal siphon unit that is configured to carry a working fluid for heat transfer and that has a closed loop shape that includes a first part arranged at an outer side of the first inner case and a second part arranged at an outer side of the second inner case, and a cool air storage unit arranged in a space partitioned in the first inner case. The cool air storage unit is configured to accommodate cool air of the freezing compartment and transfer the cool air to the first part of the thermal siphon unit arranged outside of the first inner case.

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