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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Ji Hoon Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Sung Cheol Kang, Gwangju, KR;
Inventors:
Ji Hoon Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Sung Cheol Kang, Gwangju, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 43/04 (2006.01); F25D 17/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/042 (2013.01); A61L 2/14 (2013.01); F25D 2317/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator with a sterilization device. The sterilization device mounted at an upper surface of a storage chamber includes a housing formed, at a front surface thereof, with an ion outlet while being formed, at a base surface thereof, with an air inlet, an ion generating unit arranged in rear of the ion outlet to generate ions, a blast unit slantingly arranged at a position adjacent to the air inlet, and a guide portion formed to protrude at an upper surface of the housing which faces the blast unit, thereby enabling improvement in sterilization efficiency.