Patent ID: 9605888
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F25B,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining: a heat exchange chamber that is located behind the freezing compartment and that is configured to receive an evaporator that is configured to generate cool air; a drawer assembly disposed on the barrier, configured to be received in the refrigerating compartment, and defining a sealed space at a temperature lower than a temperature of the freezing compartment, the drawer assembly including: a thermoelectric module that is located in the drawer assembly and that is configured to cool air in the drawer assembly, the thermoelectric module including: a supply duct that connects the heat exchange chamber and the heat absorbing space, that passes through the barrier, and that is configured to supply cool air into the heat absorbing space; a return duct that connects the heat radiating space and the heat exchange chamber, that passes through the barrier, and that is configured to guide radiated air into the heat exchange chamber; and a damper that is configured to open or close the supply duct, wherein the rear surface of the drawer includes: wherein the heat exchange chamber is configured to supply cool air into the drawer assembly through the side grill and the damper is configured to open the supply duct based on a temperature inside the drawer assembly being below a set temperature, wherein, based on the temperature inside the drawer being at or above the set temperature: wherein the drawer assembly is configured to directly return cool air that is supplied from the heat exchange chamber through the supply duct to the heat exchange chamber without mixing with cool air in the refrigerating compartment.