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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Shunji Ueno, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Saruta, Osaka, JP;
Katsushi Sumihiro, Osaka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a refrigerating cycle unit for refrigerating an atmosphere in the refrigerator by means of heat absorption due to change of a flammable refrigerant from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase, and a deodorizer having first and second electrodes discharging electricity upon application of high voltage to them, producing ozone, a burning chamber provided so as to surround the first and second electrodes, and a fire-spread preventing unit provided in the burning chamber to prevent burning of the flammable refrigerant in the burning chamber from spreading outside the burning chamber.