Patent ID: 6038880
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: F24F,F25D

Abstract:
A refrigerator having a cabinet forming a cooling compartment which has an open side, a door for opening/closing an opening of said cooling compartment, and an evaporator for generating cool air, said refrigerator comprising:a cool air duct having ports at both ends which are opened at areas adjacent to said evaporator and the opening of said cooling compartment respectively;a blowing fan installed in said cool air duct, said blowing fan being capable of blowing bilaterally along a longitudinal direction of said cool air duct;a means for sensing whether said door is opened or closed; anda control part for controlling said blowing fan in order to convert a blowing direction according to sensing results of said sensing means, whereby an air curtain for shutting off the opening of said cooling compartment is generated by discharging the cool air from said evaporator through the port opened in said cooling compartment when said door is opened, and air in said cooling compartment is drawn into said cool air duct through the port opened in said cooling compartment when said door is closed.