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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Ik-kyu Lee, Changwon-si, KR;
Ik-Kyu Lee, Changwon-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a display apparatus () for a refrigerator which can be operated by using a touch screen (). The display apparatus for the refrigerator includes a control unit () for controlling the refrigerator, a display unit () installed on the front surface of the control unit, for displaying information from the control unit, and a transparent touch screen () installed to cover the front surface of the display unit () and the front surface of the control unit (), and electrically connected to the control unit, for applying a clicking input of the user to the control unit. The display unit () is externally shown through the transparent touch screen (). A printed matter () is printed on the touch screen except the portion corresponding to the display unit.