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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1996
Jin Oh Seok, Suwon, KR;
Jong Ki Kim, Suwon, KR;
Jong Hyun Lee, Suwon, KR;
Kwang Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jin Ho Choi, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
In a refrigerator having a fluorescent lamp for illuminating a fresh food compartment in which the fluorescent lamp is installed in the fresh food compartment, and is turned on and off according to the opening and closing of a door for opening and closing the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator includes a heater which is installed adjacent to the fluorescent lamp to heat the peripheral portion of the fluorescent lamp. The refrigerator maintains a peripheral temperature of a fluorescent lamp at an appropriate temperature for lighting up the fluorescent lamp, to thereby prevent failure in the light-up of the fluorescent lamp and the reduction of illumination after lighting up the fluorescent lamp.