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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Su-cheong Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Jong-min Shin, Busan, KR;
Deok-hyun Youn, Gimhae-shi, KR;
Jae-hyun Soh, Paju-shi, KR;
Cheol-hwan Kim, Changwon-shi, KR;
Won-young Chung, Changwon-shi, KR;
Hoon-bong Lee, Changwon-shi, KR;
Su-Cheong Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Jong-Min Shin, Busan, KR;
Deok-Hyun Youn, Gimhae-shi, KR;
Jae-Hyun Soh, Paju-shi, KR;
Cheol-Hwan Kim, Changwon-shi, KR;
Won-Young Chung, Changwon-shi, KR;
Hoon-Bong Lee, Changwon-shi, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a supercooling method and a supercooling apparatus which can maintain an object in a supercooled state. According to the present invention, a supercooling method includes a first cooling step of cooling a stored object toward a cooling temperature below a phase transition temperature thereof, a step of judging whether the stored object is released from a supercooled state in the first cooling step, a step of thawing the stored object when the stored object is released from the supercooled state, and a second cooling step of cooling the stored object toward a cooling temperature below zero that is higher than the lowest temperature of the stored object before the release of the supercooled state, wherein the first cooling step is continuously performed when the object is maintained in the supercooled state.