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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
Sang-ik Lee, Chungcheongbuk-Do, KR;
Eun-jeong Kim, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Yeon-yi Hwang, Busan, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vegetable room for a refrigerator includes: a vegetable box () disposed inside a refrigerator in which cooling air is supplied and circulated and which a shelf () for receiving food item is provided, having a receptacle space () for receiving food items formed to be opened upwardly; a box cover () for covering an opening side of the vegetable box () to close the receptacle space () of the vegetable box () and having a cooling air ventilating hole () formed at one side thereof to allow cooling air to be introduced into the receptacle space (); and a cooling air opening and closing unit () for selectively opening and closing the cooling air ventilating hole () of the box cover (). A preservation condition of food items stored in a vegetable room can be optimized regardless of an environment outside a refrigerator.