| CPC F25D 17/065 (2013.01) [F25B 39/02 (2013.01); F25D 13/04 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet;
a storage room inside the cabinet;
a case forming a temperature controlled room inside the storage room, and having a heater hole extending through a surface of the case;
a drawer insertable into, and withdrawable from, the case;
a cool air flow path to guide cool air generated inside the cabinet;
a first fan to supply cool air guided by the cool air flow path to the storage room;
a cool air supplier including a second fan to supply cool air, other than the cool air supplied to the storage room, guided by the cool air flow path to the temperature controlled room to maintain or decrease an inside temperature of the temperature controlled room; and
a heater disposed in the heater hole to heat air in the temperature controlled room, or disposed adjacent to the heater hole to heat air in the temperature controlled room through the heater hole, to maintain or increase the inside temperature of the temperature controlled room,
to thereby allow the inside temperature of the temperature controlled room to be independently controlled with respect to an inside temperature of the storage room.
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