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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Toshie Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Suda, Tokyo, JP;
Mutsumi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshige Konishi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumasa Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerator having a main body; a refrigerating compartment arranged at an upper position in the main body to refrigerate foods; and at least three lower compartments vertically arranged under the refrigerating compartment; wherein at least one of the lower compartments is a freezer compartment for freezing foods, and one of the remaining lower compartments is a vegetable compartment to store vegetables or a switchable compartment to make a temperature zone therein switchable between a freezing temperature zone and a temperature zone for refrigerated foods, vegetables or chilled foods.