Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator having an ice making device. The refrigerator includes a body having a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice making compartment, an ice making device arranged in the ice making compartment, to produce and store ice, an outlet formed through the ice making compartment, to introduce cold air into the ice making compartment, and at least one inlet formed through the ice making compartment, to discharge the cold air from the ice making compartment. The outlet is arranged at a rear side of the ice making compartment, and the inlet is arranged at a front side of the ice making compartment, so that it is possible to achieve a smooth circulation of cold air in the ice making compartment.

1 . A refrigerator comprising a body defined with a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice making compartment, the refrigerator comprising:
 an ice making device arranged in the ice making compartment, to produce and store ice;   an outlet formed through the ice making compartment, to introduce cold air into the ice making compartment; and   at least one inlet formed through the ice making compartment, to discharge the cold air from the ice making compartment,   wherein the outlet is arranged at a rear side of the ice making compartment, and the at least one inlet is arranged at a front side of the ice making compartment.   
   
   
       2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the inlet comprises a plurality of inlets, and one of the inlets is arranged at the rear side of the ice making compartment. 
   
   
       3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the body comprises a supply passage connected with the outlet, to guide cold air to the ice making compartment, and a return passage connected to the inlet, to discharge the cold air out of the ice making compartment. 
   
   
       4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the supply passage and the return passage communicate with the freezing compartment. 
   
   
       5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the return passage comprises:
 a first return passage buried in one side wall of the body; and   a second return passage buried in a rear wall of the body.   
   
   
       6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 5 , wherein the first and second return passages are joined at an upper portion of the rear wall of the body, and then extend to the freezing compartment. 
   
   
       7 . A refrigerator comprising a body defined with a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice making compartment, the refrigerator comprising:
 an ice making device arranged in the ice making compartment, to produce and store ice; and   an inlet and an outlet formed through the ice making compartment, to introduce cold air into the ice making compartment and to discharge the cold air from the ice making compartment, respectively,   wherein one of the inlet and the outlet is arranged at a front side of the ice making compartment, and the other of the inlet and the outlet is arranged at a rear side of the ice making compartment.   
   
   
       8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 7 , wherein the outlet is arranged at a rear surface of the ice making compartment, and the inlet is arranged at one side of a front surface of the ice making compartment. 
   
   
       9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the inlet comprises a plurality of inlets, and one of the inlets is arranged at the rear surface of the ice making compartment. 
   
   
       10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the body comprises:
 a first return passage buried in one side wall of the body, the first return passage communicating with the inlet arranged at one side of the front surface of the ice making compartment, to discharge cold air out of the ice making compartment; and   a second return passage buried in a rear wall of the body, the second return passage communicating with the inlet formed at the rear surface of the ice making compartment.   
   
   
       11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 10 , wherein the first and second return passages are joined at an upper portion of the rear wall of the body, and then extend to the freezing compartment.