Patent ID: 8984908
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having a cold chamber defined therein, and one or more storage chambers disposed in a lower portion of the cold chamber, wherein the one or more storage chambers is in the form of one or more containers, a lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers being disposed adjacent a lower wall of the cold chamber; a cool air generation chamber having a cooler and a fan that supplies cool air mounted therein; a partition plate that partitions the cold chamber and the cool air generation chamber from each other, the partition plate having a main flow channel that guides the cool air supplied by the fan to the cold chamber and at least one cool air hole located between the fan and the main flow channel, through which the cool air is directed to the one or more storage chambers; at least one bypass duct that guides the cool air bypassed through the at least one cool air hole to the one or more storage chambers; and a damper mounted in the cool air generation chamber such that the damper is disposed between the bypass duct and the main flow channel, that selectively opens and closes the main flow channel, wherein the one or more storage chambers is cooled more rapidly by the cool air supplied through the at least one bypass duct when the damper is closed than when the damper is opened, wherein the at least one cool air hole is disposed over the cooler and the lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers is disposed under the cooler, and wherein the at least one bypass duct extends from the at least one cool air hole to the lowermost one of the one or more storage chambers in a vertical direction.