Patent ID: 8677773

Claim:
A refrigerator having a heater, comprising: a main body having a cooling chamber; a door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close the cooling chamber; a home bar positioned at a front surface of the door and configured to enable access to contents of the refrigerator without opening the door; and a heater positioned at the home bar, and configured to adjust an amount of heat based on an ambient temperature, wherein the home bar comprises: a case having an accommodating space; a home bar door configured to open and close a front opening of the home bar; and a home bar door gasket disposed at a contact section between the case and the home bar door, wherein the case defines a home bar door accommodating portion at a front opening of the case, the home bar door accommodating portion accommodating the home bar door when the home bar door is in a closed position, wherein the home bar door gasket contacts an outer surface of the home bar door accommodation portion, wherein the heater comprises a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device, and a heat generator connected to the PTC device, the heat generator having a first heat generator connected to the PTC device in series and a second heat generator connected in parallel with the PTC device, wherein the heater further comprises a heat conduction unit configured to contact the PTC device, the heat conduction unit being positioned at an inner surface of the home bar door accommodating portion of the case to allow heat of the PTC device to be transferred to the case so as to maintain a temperature of a portion of the case contacting the heat conduction unit, wherein the first and second heat generators are disposed on the heat conduction unit and spaced from each other, wherein the first heat generator and the second heat generator both surround the accommodating space defined by the case of the home bar, and wherein the second heat generator is positioned inside of the first heat generator and located closer to the accommodating space than the first heat generator.