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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2009
Hideo Nojima, Seongnam-si, KR;
Masaji Yamanaka, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung Hee Hahm, Seoul, KR;
Jin Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hideo Nojima, Seongnam-si, KR;
Masaji Yamanaka, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung Hee Hahm, Seoul, KR;
Jin Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a food heat-exchange device capable of rapidly freezing food stored in a refrigerator or thawing frozen food in the refrigerator, and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a body in which a storage compartment is defined, and the food heat-exchange device is mounted in the storage compartment, to enable thawing or rapid-freezing of food. The food heat-exchange device includes a heat-exchange plate, which is provided at a surface thereof with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at the other surface thereof with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange.