Refrigerator with cool air directing means

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EP 0 907 059 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/14

(21)	Application number: 98308014.4

(22)	Date of filing: 01.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: F25D 11/00, F25D 17/06, F24F 13/14

(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

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Priority:

02.10.1997 KR 9751047
13.10.1997 KR 9752377
13.10.1997 KR 9752378

(71)	Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
	Suwon-City, Kyungi-do (KR)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ji, Joon Dong Suwon-city, Kyungki-ko (KR)

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

(54)	Refrigerator with cool air directing means

(57) Cool air is driven into a cooling compartment (3) of a refrigerator through apertures (16) in the rear wall of the cooling compartment (3). The cool air flow through the apertures (16) can be directed up and down by blades (14) associated with the apertures (16). The blades (14) are coupled such that the blades (14) associated with the same aperture (16) are contrained to remain parallel as they are rotated to change the cool air flow direction. The groups of blades (14) associated with different apertures (16) may be independently rotatable.

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