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US 5,388,427 AGranted
Refrigerator with kimchi compartment
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSun G. Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator has a freezer compartment, a refrigeration compartment located beneath the freezer compartment, and a heating/cooling compartment located beneath the refrigeration compartment. The heating/cooling compartment contains its own heating and cooling mechanisms mounted on external surfaces of walls which form the heating/cooling compartment. The heating/cooling compartment can be used to ferment and then store food such as kimchi.
Claims15
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerating compartment;
- a freezing compartment located above said refrigerating compartment;
- a main cooling apparatus including an evaporator for producing cold air, said evaporator disposed at an elevation higher than a lowermost portion of said refrigerating compartment;
- an air flow passage system communicating said evaporator with said refrigerating and freezing compartments for providing cold air to said freezing compartment and said refrigerating compartment;
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- a heating/cooling compartment disposed beneath said refrigerating compartment and including its own heating and cooling mechanisms which are selectively actuable for heating and cooling said heating/cooling compartment independently of operation of said main cooling apparatus;
- said air flow passage system being isolated from said heating/cooling compartment so that odors in said heating/cooling compartment are not circulated to said refrigerating and freezing compartments through said air flow passage system.
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