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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sun G Lee, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62441 ; 62414 ; 62331 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment disposed above a freezing compartment, with a horizontal divider wall disposed therebetween. A vegetable compartment is disposed below the freezing compartment. A kimchi chamber having its own heater rests on the divider wall. An air flow discharged from the kimchi chamber is combined with an air flow discharged from the refrigerating compartment, and those combined air flows are directed to the vegetable compartment. That combining of air flows occurs within the divider wall.