Patent ID: 8028538

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerating compartment; a storage compartment located in the refrigerating compartment, including — a storing part, a temperature of which is independently controlled relative to a temperature of the refrigerating compartment, an accommodating part including walls, an upper opening formed in an upper one of the walls to transmit chill, a lower opening formed in a lower one of the walls to transmit heat, and a first space defined within the walls to receive the storing part, a heat transferring member extending across the upper opening and the lower opening to entirely cover the upper opening and lower opening, an insulation member positioned outwardly of the heat transferring member with a second space formed between the insulation member and the heat transferring member, wherein the insulation member insulates the accommodating part from the refrigerating compartment, a heater positioned in the second space adjacent to the heat transferring member; a duct supplying chill to the storage compartment; a damper controlling the supply of the chill to the storage compartment; and a controller controlling at least one of the damper and the heater, wherein the heat transferring member is selectively heated by receiving heat from the heater and selectively cooled by receiving the chill from the duct, and wherein the heat transferring member indirectly transfers the chill or the heat via radiation to the storing part through the upper opening and the lower opening in the accommodating part.