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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Bong Su Son, Cheonan-si, KR;
Do Yun Jang, Busan, KR;
Jeong Min Jeon, Busan, KR;
Yeon Woo Cho, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator having a curd maker to make curd directly disposed in a refrigerating compartment wherein curd is made by the curd maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment and is kept fresh. The refrigerator includes a curd maker provided in a refrigerating compartment to ferment milk into curd, wherein the curd maker includes a case including an outer case forming an external appearance of the case and an inner case provided in the outer case, an insulation member provided between the outer case and the inner case, a curd container received in the inner case to store milk, a heater provided between the inner case and the insulation member to heat the curd container, a fan to supply cool air from the refrigerating compartment to the curd container to cool the curd container, and a temperature sensor to measure temperature in the curd maker.