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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Su-cheong Kim, Busan, KR;
Jong-min Shin, Busan, KR;
Su-won Lee, Changwon, KR;
Cheol-hwan Kim, Gimhae, KR;
Yong-chol Kwon, Changwon, KR;
Ku-young Son, Busan, KR;
Su-Cheong Kim, Busan, KR;
Jong-Min Shin, Busan, KR;
Su-Won Lee, Changwon, KR;
Cheol-Hwan Kim, Gimhae, KR;
Yong-Chol Kwon, Changwon, KR;
Ku-Young Son, Busan, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a refrigerator including a liquid, cool air supplied to supercool the liquid, and a preventing means for preventing the liquid from existing as a solid phase, and a method of operating the refrigerator. The preventing means is at least one of an energy generator for supplying energy to the liquid supplied with the cool air to maintain the liquid in the supercooled state, a restricting member for interrupting the motion of the liquid, and a heater for converting the liquid converted into a solid phase into the liquid.