US 11,808,512 B2
Entrance refrigerator
Minkyu Oh, Seoul (KR); Yanghwan No, Seoul (KR); Kiyeal Seo, Seoul (KR); Insun Yeo, Seoul (KR); Kyukwan Choi, Seoul (KR); and Yezo Yun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/798,600.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0021867 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0086978 (KR), filed on Jul. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0271368 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. F25D 21/04 (2006.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 21/04 (2013.01) [F25B 21/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An entrance refrigerator, comprising:
a cabinet configured to extend through a door or a wall, the cabinet including a storage compartment therein for storing goods;
a housing located at a lower side of the cabinet;
an outdoor side door coupled to an outdoor portion of the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment;
an indoor side door coupled to an indoor portion of the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment;
a cold air supplier configured to supply cold air to the storage compartment, at least a portion of the cold air supplier being located in a space defined by the housing and the lower side of the cabinet;
a contact shoulder extending from an inner surface of the cabinet at a position that is inwardly spaced apart from a front end of the cabinet, and protruding along the inner surface of the cabinet with a predetermined height;
an outer gasket located between the contact shoulder and the outdoor side door;
a slot provided in a bottom portion of the cabinet at a location between a front surface of the contact shoulder and the front end of the cabinet; and
an air flow passage provided at a lower portion of the cabinet, the air flow passage interconnecting an interior of the housing to the slot, wherein a space between the front end of the cabinet and the front surface of the contact shoulder comprises an outdoor side door accommodation portion,
wherein a band-shaped air pocket is provided at the outdoor side door accommodation portion, the air pocket being formed by the inner surface of the cabinet, the front surface of the contact shoulder, an outer surface of the outer gasket, and a rear surface of the outdoor side door, such that the air pocket surrounds the outer surface of the outer gasket,
wherein the slot communicates with the air pocket so that air in the air flow passage may enter the air pocket through the slot, and
wherein an air hole passing through an upper side of the cabinet is provided to communicate with the air pocket so that air in the air pocket may exit the air pocket through the air hole.