Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sung-Cheol Kang

Eui-Young Chang

Kwang-Il Kim

Eui-Joon Kim

Tae K Seok

Seong-Wook Jeong

Jin-Dong Jeong

A refrigerator with a multipurpose storage chamber and a control method. In the refrigerator, the flow of cool air to the multipurpose storage chamber is selectively controlled in accordance with a variety of operational modes. In order to accomplish such a cool air flow control, a refrigerating compartment fan and a damper are provided at positions above a refrigerating compartment evaporator. In addition, a flap, controlled at an open angle thereof, is provided at the inlet of an air guide path guiding the cool air to the multipurpose storage chamber. The multipurpose storage chamber of this refrigerator can thus effectively be used to store a variety of foods in accordance with storage characteristics of the foods. In addition, a thawing mode operation of the refrigerator is performed under the condition that it is not necessary to perform a refrigerating compartment cooling operation. It is thus possible to prevent an excessive increase in the temperature of the refrigerating compartment caused by an operation of the defrosting heater during such a thawing mode.

Refrigerator with multipurpose storage chamber and control method thereof

A refrigerator includes a compressor, a condenser for condensing a refrigerant supplied from the compressor, and a pair of evaporators which are connected in series for evaporating the refrigerant supplied from the condenser. The refrigerator further includes a connection refrigerant tube connecting the pair of evaporators, and an intercooler refrigerant tube extended from the condenser and contacting the outer surface of the connection refrigerant tube for heat-exchanging with the connection refrigerant tube. Accordingly, a tube connection work is facilitated and a refrigerant leakage possibility is lowered.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator includes a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber located beneath the freezing chamber and separated therefrom by a partition. An evaporator is disposed in the partition for cooling air received from the freezing and refrigerating chambers. A fan circulates that air to the evaporator and then back to the chambers. An air passage disposed in the partition communicates the refrigerating chamber with the evaporator. An air sterilizing and deodorizing mechanism is disposed at an upstream end of that passage for treating air leaving the refrigerating chamber and entering the passage.

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Kwangiu, South Korea

Sung-Cheol Kang