Title:
REFRIGERATOR AND COOLING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/008758
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
Provided are a refrigerator and a cooling apparatus. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body, a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment being configured to maintain operating temperatures that differ, with the freezing compartment having an operating temperature that is lower than an operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment, a cooling apparatus that is positioned in the refrigerating compartment and that is configured to cool liquid held by a container positioned in the cooling apparatus to a refrigerated temperature faster than the refrigerating compartment, the refrigerated temperature being higher than a freezing temperature, and a controller configured to detect a condition of the refrigerator and control operation of the cooling apparatus based on the detected condition of the refrigerator.
Inventors:
CHO, Yeonwoo (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
KIM, Yanggyu (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
LEE, Younseok (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
KIM, Yanggyu (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
LEE, Younseok (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
Application Number:
KR2011/005162
Publication Date:
January 19, 2012
Filing Date:
July 13, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC. (20 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, KR)
CHO, Yeonwoo (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
KIM, Yanggyu (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
LEE, Younseok (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
CHO, Yeonwoo (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
KIM, Yanggyu (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
LEE, Younseok (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, KR)
International Classes:
F25D11/02; F25D19/00; F25D25/00; F25D29/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HAW, Yong- Noke (6th Fl, Hyun Juk Bldg. 832-41,Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, KR)
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