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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A cooling air circulating device of a refrigerator is provided. According to the cooling air circulating device, it is possible to impartially cool a chilling chamber and to make the spread of temperature of the chilling chamber uniform by letting cooling air sucked up into the respective cells divided by shelves of the chilling chamber. Also, it is possible to rapidly cool the chilling chamber and to reduce time for cooling the chilling chamber by minimizing time, for which the cooling air whose temperature has risen above a predetermined temperature stays in the chilling chamber. A cooling air circulating device of a refrigerator includes a cooling air supply path formed on one side of a mullion wall for separating a freezing chamber from the chilling chamber, the cooling air supply path for supplying cooling air to the chilling chamber, a discharge duct connected to the cooling air supply path, the discharge duct for discharging the cooling air to the chilling chamber, and a cooling air suction duct formed on one surface or both surfaces of the chilling chamber, the cooling air suction duct for sucking up the cooling air that completed a cooling operation while circulating in the chilling chamber.