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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Temmyo, Ibaraki, JP;
Masato Tago, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25D 1/700 ; B25D 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25D 1/700 ; B25D 5/00 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator has a cold storage and freezer zones with individual fans and evaporators, a switching valve that allows refrigerant to flow simultaneously through each zone or through only one of the zones and a control which when power is supplied causes simultaneous flow, starting the compressor and a condenser fan while driving the cold storage fan at a high speed and the freezing zone fan at a low speed until such time that a set point time has been exceeded or the temperature set points of the zones has been reached by cooling.