Patent ID: 7624593
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A vegetable room for a refrigerator, comprising: a vegetable box configured to be disposed inside a refrigerator in which a cooling air supply device that circulates cooling air therein and a plurality of shelves are provided, and having a receptacle space that receives food items therein opened upwardly; a box cover that covers an opening side of the vegetable box to close the receptacle space of the vegetable box and having a plurality of cooling air ventilating holes formed therein to introduce cooling air into the vegetable box; a cover support device interposed between the box cover and a shelf; to support the box cover with respect to the shelf; a plurality of opening and closing members that opens and closes the plurality of cooling air ventilating holes of the box cover; and an operating device that operates the plurality of opening and closing members simultaneously, wherein the cover support device is formed eccentric toward a front side with respect to a center of the box cover so that when the vegetable box is separated from a lower side of the shelf, the front side of the box cover is relatively lifted compared to a rear side thereof due to a weight of the box cover.