Patent ID: 6817208
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
An auxiliary storage system for a refrigerator, comprising:an insulating body which includes a forwardly opened predetermined space therein, is installed within a storage space of the refrigerator, and are formed of insulating material to prevent heat exchange with the storage space; a blower fan unit for supplying cold air into the insulating body; a heat transfer tray installed within the space of the insulating body for defining a cold air flow passage between the insulating body and the heat transfer tray and performing heat exchange between an internal space thereof and the cold air flowing through the flow passage; a drawer type auxiliary storage compartment which can be pushed into and pulled out from the heat transfer tray through a front face of the insulating body; a shelf for shielding a top side of the insulating body so as to define a space for accommodating the auxiliary storage compartment in cooperation with the insulating body; a sensing device installed within the auxiliary storage compartment for sensing a temperature therein; and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature in the auxiliary storage compartment by controlling the blower fan unit while comparing information on the temperature sensed by the sensing device with a temperature set by a user.