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US 9,803,909 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMina Son, Jeongyon Kim, Hyeonjin Kim, Byunghyun Kim, Eunjeong Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator is able to store food at a low temperature and to effectively remove bacteria of the food stored in a storage room, to maintain the storage room clean.
Claims48
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a cabinet having at least one storage compartment;
- at least one door that selectively opens and closes the cabinet and the at least one storage compartment;
- plurality of shelves vertically disposed within the at least one storage compartment, that partitions the at bast one storage compartment into a plurality of storage sections;
- a first duct mounted on a rear wall of the at least one storage compartment to supply cold air, the first duct extending between the plurality of storage sections and having plurality of cold air supply holes that supplies the cold air into the plurality of storage sections;
- a filter module that filters air inside of the at least one storage compartment, the filter module comprising:
- a filter mounted on the rear wall of the at least one storage compartment to filter air within the at least one storage compartment;
- a second duct connected to toe niter, wherein the second duct supplies air filtered by the filter to the at least one storage compartment, extends between the plurality of storage sections, and includes a plurality of passing holes through which the filtered air is supplied into the plurality of storage sections;
- and
- a fan that allows air within the storage compartment to flow into the second duct through the filter,
- wherein air flow through the second duct does not cross with air flow through the first duct.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.