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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2002
Hikaru Nonaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinji Hirai, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Takatsuki, JP;
Tsutomu Sakuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Susumu Saruta, Osaka, JP;
Shoji Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Hikaru Nonaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinji Hirai, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Takatsuki, JP;
Tsutomu Sakuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Susumu Saruta, Osaka, JP;
Shoji Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expander and an evaporator and filled with a flammable refrigerant, a load detector detecting a change in load of the compressor, and a control device detecting a damage which is a cause for leak of the refrigerant from the refrigerating cycle, based on a detection output of the load detector.