Patent ID: 8746005

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: an outer casing; an inner casing mounted inside the outer casing to define a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; an evaporator installed between the outer casing and the inner casing to supply cool air; a separate room positioned in any one of the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber; a passage for guiding the cool air generated by the evaporator directly to the separate room; a damper installed on the passage to control the cool air supplied to the separate room, the damper including: a gate installed on the passage and provided with an opening portion; an opening and closing member installed on the gate to open and close the opening portion of the gate; and a motor connected to the opening and closing member; and a heater installed on a circumference of the opening portion of the gate on which the opening and closing member contacts, for preventing the gate and the opening and closing member from being frozen together.