Patent ID: 7641707

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a predetermined storage space defined therein; and an air-cleaner including a case fixed to the main body and having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, a decor panel that linearly reciprocates in a fore and aft direction by parallel shifting to selectively open and close the at least one outlet, a filter device that filters air sucked through the at least one inlet, a blower that sucks air through the at least one inlet and discharges the air filtered in the filter device through the at least one outlet, and an anion generator that generates anions which are discharged along with the air through the at least one outlet, wherein a gear connected to a step motor is provided in a portion of the case, a rack meshed with the gear is provided on a rear surface of the decor panel and extends in the fore and aft direction, and wherein the rack moves in the fore and aft direction so that the decor panel linearly reciprocates in the fore and aft direction of the case when the gear is rotated due to the operation of the step motor.