Food heat-exchange device and refrigerator having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideo Nojima, Masaji Yamanaka, Kyung Hee Hahm, Jin Jeong
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Abstract
Disclosed are a food heat-exchange device capable of rapidly freezing food stored in a refrigerator or thawing frozen food in the refrigerator, and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a body in which a storage compartment is defined, and the food heat-exchange device is mounted in the storage compartment, to enable thawing or rapid-freezing of food. The food heat-exchange device includes a heat-exchange plate, which is provided at a surface thereof with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at the other surface thereof with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange.
Claims16
A food heat-exchange drawer of a refrigerator, comprising:
- a heat-exchange plate installed in the drawer of the refrigerator and including a contact portion provided at a first surface of the heat-exchange plate to come into contact with food and a pin provided at a second surface of the heat-exchange plate to facilitate heat-exchange.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body defining a storage compartment;
- and
- a food heat-exchange drawer mounted in the storage compartment and used to enable thawing or rapid-freezing of food,
- wherein the food heat-exchange drawer includes a heat-exchange plate, the heat-exchange plate including a contact portion provided at a first surface of the heat-exchange device to come into contact with food and a pin provided at a second surface of the heat-exchange device to facilitate heat-exchange.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a first storage compartment having a temperature of less than 0° C.;
- a second storage compartment having a temperature of more than 0° C.;
- a rapid-freezing plate provided in the first storage compartment and formed, at a first surface thereof, with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at a second surface thereof, with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange;
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- a thawing plate provided in the second storage compartment and formed, at a first surface thereof, with a contact portion to come into contact with the food and at a second surface thereof, with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a variable temperature drawer in which a temperature is variable between a temperature above zero and a temperature below zero;
- a heat-exchange plate mounted in the variable temperature drawer and formed, at a first surface thereof, with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at a second surface thereof, with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange,
- wherein the heat-exchange plate is used to thaw the food when the temperature of the variable temperature room is above zero, and to rapidly freeze the food when the temperature of the variable temperature room is below zero.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.