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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Kenichi Kakita, Shiga, JP;
Toshiaki Mamemoto, Shiga, JP;
Satomi Ueda, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To maintain an appropriate humidity in a refrigerator using a spray device to spray mist, without depending on a moisture sensor. A refrigerator () for forcibly circulating cold air which is gas cooled in a cooling compartment (), the refrigerator including: a first storage compartment () disposed on the way of an air passage; a spray device () which sprays mist into the first storage compartment (); a damper () disposed upstream of the first storage compartment (); a delay unit () which generates, based on an open signal issued when the damper () is opened, a first signal for stopping the operation of the spray device () after an elapse of a first time period, and to generate, based on a close signal issued when the damper () is closed, a second signal for starting the operation of the spray device () after an elapse of a second time period; and a control unit () which controls the spray device ().
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