Refrigerator

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a refrigerator body;
• a cold chamber defined in the refrigerator body;
• one or more storage chambers disposed in a lower portion of the cold chamber, wherein the one or more storage chambers is in the form of one or more containers, a lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers being disposed adjacent a lower wall of the cold chamber;
• a main flow channel that communicates with the cold chamber and guides cool air to the cold chamber;
• at least one bypass duct disposed separately from the main flow channel that guides the cool air in a direction in which the cool air flows to the one or more storage chambers and in a direction different from a flow direction of the cool air guided by the main flow channel, to cool down an interior temperature of the cold chamber uniformly;
• a cooler that generates cool air;
• a cool air generation chamber that communicates with the at least one bypass duct and the main flow channel, wherein the cooler and a fan are mounted in the cool air generation chamber;
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• a damper mounted in the cool air generation chamber between the at least one bypass duct and the main flow channel, that selectively opens and closes the main flow channel, wherein the one or more storage chambers is cooled more rapidly by the cool air supplied through the at least one bypass duct when the damper is closed than when the damper is opened, wherein the at least one cool air hole is disposed over the cooler and the lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers is disposed under the cooler, and wherein the at least one bypass duct extends from the at least one cool air hole to the lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers in a vertical direction.

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a refrigerator body having a cold chamber defined therein, and one or more storage chambers disposed in a lower portion of the cold chamber, wherein the one or more storage chambers is in the form of one or more containers, a lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers being disposed adjacent a lower wall of the cold chamber;
• a cool air generation chamber having a cooler and a fan that supplies cool air mounted therein;
• a partition plate that partitions the cold chamber and the cool air generation chamber from each other, the partition plate having a main flow channel that guides the cool air supplied by the fan to the cold chamber;
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• at least one bypass duct that includes:
• a first duct disposed in the cool air generation chamber that guides the cool air in a downward direction;
• and
• a second duct that is connected to the first duct and extends from the first duct toward the one or more storage chambers, wherein the second duct guides the cool air from the first duct to the lowermost one of one or more storage chambers;
• and
• a damper mounted in the cool air generation chamber such that the damper is disposed between the bypass duct and the main flow channel, that selectively opens and closes the main flow channel, wherein the one or more storage chambers is cooled more rapidly by the cool air supplied through the at least one bypass duct when the damper is closed than when the damper is opened, wherein the at least one cool air hole is disposed over the cooler and the lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers is disposed under the cooler, and wherein the at least one bypass duct extends from the at least one cool air hole to the lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers in a vertical direction.