Patent ID: 7051549
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator main body having a freezing chamber and a chilling chamber in which foods are stored; a machine room in which a compressor is installed; a rear path in which cool air generated in an evaporator flows into the freezing chamber and the chilling chamber and flows back to the evaporator; doors respectively combined with the refrigerator main body and configured to open and close the freezing chamber and the chilling chamber; a variable temperature storage formed in the chilling chamber; a heating room formed on a side of the variable temperature storage; a heating device installed in the heating room and configured to generate heat; a first local circulating path through which cool air in the freezing chamber flows into the rear path through the variable temperature storage; an adjusting device configured to adjust a quantity of cool air flowing into/out of the variable temperature storage through the first local circulating path; a second local circulating path in which air heated in the heating room passes through the variable temperature storage and flows into the heating room again; and a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature in the variable temperature storage, wherein the variable temperature storage comprises a casing installed in the refrigerator and having a rear wall and two side walls, and wherein the first local circulating path comprises a through hole formed in one of the two side walls of the casing.