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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Sung Bok Ko, Pusan, KR;
Myung Wouk Kim, Kwangju, KR;
Hak Gyun Bae, Kyungsangbuk-Do, KR;
Yoon Young Kim, Suwon, KR;
Sung Bok Ko, Pusan, KR;
Myung Wouk Kim, Kwangju, KR;
Hak Gyun Bae, Kyungsangbuk-Do, KR;
Yoon Young Kim, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator having a temperature-controlled chamber, which stores food to be readily cooked without a thawing process. A cool air inlet port introduces cool air from the freezer compartment into the temperature-controlled chamber. The cool air inlet port is opened or closed by an intake damper. A cooling fan and a temperature sensor are installed in the temperature-controlled chamber. A cool air discharging duct is provided to guide the cool air from the temperature-controlled chamber into the freezer compartment. An inlet of the cool air discharging duct is connected to a portion of the temperature-controlled chamber. A heater is mounted to an outer surface of the outlet of the cool air discharging duct to perform a defrosting operation.