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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 02, 2007
Sung-hee Kang, Changwon-Shi, KR;
Deok-hyun Youn, Anyang-Shi, KR;
Su-won Lee, Changwon-Shi, KR;
Jong-min Shin, Busan, KR;
Jung-wook Bae, Jinhae-Shi, KR;
Sung-Hee Kang, Changwon-Shi, KR;
Deok-Hyun Youn, Anyang-Shi, KR;
Su-Won Lee, Changwon-Shi, KR;
Jong-Min Shin, Busan, KR;
Jung-Wook Bae, Jinhae-Shi, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a refrigerator which can perform direct cooling of circulating cool air by natural convection in a freezing chamber (F) and a refrigerating chamber (R), and which can selectively perform indirect cooling of circulating cool air by forcible convection in the refrigerating chamber. It is like that, frost or condensed water formed in the refrigerating chamber (R) of the direct cooling type refrigerator does not Influence the inside of the refrigerating chamber. In addition, the refrigerator efficiently performs a defrosting operation of the refrigerating chamber (R), sanitarily performs a cooling operation, and maintains uniform cooling performance.