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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsutomu Sakuma, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kashima, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Tago, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Doi, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 2/332 ; F25B 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 2/332 ; F25B 4/100 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator having a refrigerator evaporator and a freezer evaporator, capable of controlling the refrigerant circulation correctly and reducing the delay in the refrigerant behaviors. When freezer mode is to be switched to refrigerator mode, at the end of the freezer mode, a refrigerant recovery run recovers the refrigerant from the freezer evaporator and feeds it to a condenser before the refrigerator mode by running a compressor while blocking the refrigerant to the freezer evaporator and by running a compressor fan.