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US 8,783,056 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorUng-Su Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator body having a food storage space; a door opening/closing the storage space; a heat exchange chamber provided inside the refrigerator body and in which an evaporator is installed; an ultra-low-temperature storage separately provided in the storage space; and a supply unit directly supplying cooling air generated from the heat exchange chamber to the ultra-low-temperature storage.
Claims3
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator body having a food storage space;
- a door opening/closing the storage space;
- a heat exchange chamber provided inside the refrigerator body;
- an evaporator installed inside the heat exchange chamber;
- an ultra-low-temperature storage separably provided in the storage space, the ultra-low-temperature storage disposed in front of the heat exchange chamber;
- and
- a supply unit directly supplying cooling air generated from the heat exchange chamber to the ultra-low-temperature storage, the supply unit comprising:
- a communication opening directly connecting the heat exchange chamber to the ultra-low-temperature storage, the communication opening disposed in front of the evaporator;
- a protrusion guide protruding forwards from a rear surface of an inner case defining the storage space;
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- a blowing unit installed inside the communication opening to blow the cooling air to the ultra-low-temperature storage,
- wherein the ultra-low-temperature storage comprises an ultra-low-temperature casing receiving the cooling air discharged through the communication opening, and having a recess in a rear side thereof, such that at least a portion of an outer surface of the protrusion guide is mounted on the recess to directly supply the cooling air in the heat exchange chamber to the ultra-low-temperature storage;
- a temperature sensor detecting a temperature in the ultra-low-temperature casing;
- a front cover covering at least a portion of an upper opening of the ultra-low-temperature casing, the front cover including:
- an upper part covering the portion of the upper opening of the ultra-low-temperature casing when the ultra-low-temperature casing is received in the storage space;
- a front part formed at a front end of the upper part to form a portion of a front surface of the ultra-low-temperature storage;
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- a display device installed on the front part to inform a user of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor;
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- a controller configured to stop the blowing unit when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a preset temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.