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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2006
Seok Jun Son, Gwangju, KR;
Song Yik Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Seong Ki Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang KY Je, Gwangju, KR;
Dae Seong Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Seok Jun Son, Gwangju, KR;
Song Yik Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Seong Ki Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang Ky Je, Gwangju, KR;
Dae Seong Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator having a valve to distribute a refrigerant to a plurality of storage compartments. The valve includes a step motor, a valve plate having at least one inlet and a plurality of outlets, and an opening/closing member rotatably coupled to the valve plate to open or close the plurality of outlets in accordance with a rotating motion thereof. In particular, the opening/closing member has one or more recesses, which are indented from the circumference of the opening/closing member by a predetermined distance, to always open only one of the plurality of outlets. With the above-described configuration, the refrigerator can reduce material costs, and can achieve not only simplified valve control, but also accurate control in temperatures of the plurality of storage compartments.