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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jang Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165206 ; 165263 ; 165 64 ; 219530 ; 219531 ; 439138 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator has a compartment for fermenting foods such as kimchi. The food is disposed within a container that is slidable into the compartment. The container includes an electrical connector projecting from a container wall and which becomes plugged into a recessed electrical connector disposed in a wall of the compartment in response to insertion of the container into the compartment. The container carries a heater and a temperature sensor which are electrically connectable, via the electrical connectors, to a controller disposed in the refrigerator housing.