Refrigerator

US8938985B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8938985-B2
Application numberUS-65946110-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 9, 2010
Priority dateMar 10, 2009
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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Abstract

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Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a water purifying unit including a filter unit to purify water supplied from a water supply source is arranged adjacent to a drawer type storage container in an otherwise useless space of a storage compartment.

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What is claimed is: 1. A refrigerator comprising: a body defining first and second storage compartments having left and right sidewalls, the first and second storage compartments being divided by a partition wall provided between the first and second storage compartments; a drawer-type storage container provided in the first storage compartment to be pulled out of the first storage compartment; a storage container cover to cover the drawer-type storage container; and a water…

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  • F25D23/126Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Chemistry & Metallurgy · mapped topic

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What does patent US8938985B2 cover?
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a water purifying unit including a filter unit to purify water supplied from a water supply source is arranged adjacent to a drawer type storage container in an otherwise useless space of a storage compartment.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lim Jae Hoon, An Jae Koog, Chae Jong Eun, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F25D23/126. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).