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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/04 (2006.01); A61L 9/01 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/014 (2006.01); A61L 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/042 (2013.01); A61L 9/014 (2013.01); A61L 9/122 (2013.01); A61L 9/18 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); A61L 2209/22 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0415 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator may include a smell sensor for detecting smell in the refrigerator; a deodorizer for adsorbing, sterilizing, and deodorizing air in the refrigerator; and a controller for calculating smell values based on the detected smell at the smell sensor, changing a deodorizing mode according to the detected smell, and controlling the deodorizer.