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(11) EP 0 895 043 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.02.1999 Bulletin 1999/05

(21) Application number: 98306061.7

(22) Date of filing: 29.07.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: F25D 11/00, F25D 17/06, F24F 13/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 31.07.1997 KR 9736652
31.07.1997 KR 9736654
31.07.1997 KR 9736657

(71) Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Suwon-city, Kyungki-do 441-373 (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ji, Joon Dong
    Paldal-ku Suwon City, Kyungki-do (KR)
  • Kim, Jae In
    Kangnam-ku, Seoul City (KR)

(74) Representative: Geary, Stuart Lloyd et al
Venner, Shipley & Co., 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB)

   


(54) Refrigerator


(57) A refrigerator having means for opening/closing cool air discharge ports (16) through which cool air is supplied into a cooling compartment (3). Shutter members (31) for opening/closing ports (16) in a cool air supply duct (9) are driven by cams (61) rotated by a motor (39). Conversion means convert the rotational movement of the cams into a reciprocal raising and lowering movement of the shutters (31). The ports (16) are opened by the shutter members (31) when the temperature of the compartment (3) is too high, and closed when it is too low. Thus, the amount of the cool air supplied into the compartment (3) can be controlled, and the overcooling of the compartment can be prevented.






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