Patent ID: 7937959

Claim:
A control system comprising a first cooling device configured to cool a first cooled space; a second cooling device configured to cool a second cooled space; a refrigerant supplying device configured to supply a refrigerant to the first cooling device and the second cooling device; an integrated control apparatus configured to detect or control a frost removing operation for removing frost attached to the first cooling device; and a device control unit configured to control an amount of the refrigerant supplied to the second cooling device, wherein the integrated control apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting an increase instruction to the device control unit in response to a start of the frost removing operation, the increase instruction instructing the device control unit to increase the refrigerant supplied to the second cooling device, to an amount larger than that before the frost removing operation starts, and the device control unit increases the amount of the refrigerant supplied to the second cooling device, according to the increase instruction.