REFRIGERATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To continue cooling of a refrigerator even in the case of frost clogging occurring at a lower part of a cooler by forming a cold air bypass passage at a part of a half or lower of a height of a partition plate in close contact with or near the cooler, and setting the height of the passage as high as a height of a return duct side in the refrigerator. SOLUTION: A cold air bypass passage 25 is formed at a part of half or lower of a height of a partition plate 21 provided at a front part of a cooler 17 at an opposite back surface wall side in close contact with or near the cooler 17. And, a height L of the passage 25 is stepwisely changed in a lateral direction of the plate 21 corresponding to frosting of the cooler 17, and the height L is set higher toward a return duct 23 side in the refrigerator. Thus, even at the time of frost clogging occurring at the lower side of the cooler 17, cold air from the duct 23 can be ventilated to the cooler 17 of the upper side part of the clogging by the passage 25. Accordingly, cooling of the refrigerator can be continued.