REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING VACUUM SPACE
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Abstract
This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator in which a vacuum space is formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case.
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58 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A home appliance or a vacuum wall, comprising:
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an inner case; an outer case spaced apart from the inner case, wherein the inner case and the outer case define a vacuum space disposed between the outer case and the inner case and configured to insulate the outer case from the inner case; a reinforcing member provided to at least one of a surface of the inner case or a surface of the outer case and configured to prevent the inner case and the outer case from being distorted by an external impact or being deformed during an evacuation process to form the vacuum space; and a getter provided to the vacuum space and configured to collect gas liable to present in the vacuum space, thereby preventing heat transfer caused by the gas liable to form by a chemical reaction of the outer case or the inner case, wherein the reinforcing member is projected from at least one of the surface of the inner case or the surface of the outer case. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A home appliance or a vacuum wall, comprising:
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an inner case; an outer case spaced apart from the inner case, wherein the inner case and outer case define a vacuum space disposed between the inner case and outer case and configured to insulate the outer case from the inner case; a plurality of reinforcing members provided to at least one of a surface of the inner case and a surface of the outer case and configured to prevent the inner case or the outer case from being distorted by an external impact or being deformed in an evacuation process to form the vacuum space; and a getter provided to the vacuum space for collecting gas liable to present in the vacuum space, thereby preventing heat transfer caused by the gas liable to form by a chemical reaction of the outer case or the inner case, wherein the plurality of reinforcing members are projected from at least one of the surface of the inner case or the surface of the outer case. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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