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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Gi-Hyeong Lee, Kwangju, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A temperature control apparatus for a refrigerator and a control method therefor, mount an air circulation fan in addition to a prior refrigerating fan into the refrigerating compartment, drive the air circulation fan together with the refrigerating fan or drive only the air circulation fan, obtain a uniform cooling effect of a refrigerating compartment, feebly circulate a cool air when opening a door of the refrigerating compartment, and quickly cool the refrigerating compartment after closing the door. The temperature control apparatus of the refrigerator includes: an air circulation fan which is additionally mounted to the refrigerating compartment, and is separated from the refrigerating fan; and a controller which drives the compressor, the refrigerating fan, and the air circulation fan if a refrigerating compartment temperature sensed by the refrigerating compartment temperature sensor is higher than a refrigerating compartment set temperature, and periodically turns on or off the air circulation fan under an off state of the refrigerating fan if the refrigerating compartment door is opened.
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