Abstract: A refrigerator has an icemaker that includes a partition arm extending from the outside of the ice making tray into the ice making tray, the partition arm constituting a part of an ice compartment structure to define ice making cells. When the ice making tray is rotated in a given direction, the ice making tray allows ice to be separated from the ice making cells by being twisted by the partition arm. When the ice making tray is rotated in an opposite direction, the ice making tray allows the ice still present in the ice making cells to fall from the ice making cells by interference with a rotation stopper formed at the partition arm.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a sterilization device. The sterilization device mounted at an upper surface of a storage chamber includes a housing formed, at a front surface thereof, with an ion outlet while being formed, at a base surface thereof, with an air inlet, an ion generating unit arranged in rear of the ion outlet to generate ions, a blast unit slantingly arranged at a position adjacent to the air inlet, and a guide portion formed to protrude at an upper surface of the housing which faces the blast unit, thereby enabling improvement in sterilization efficiency.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body which has a plurality of storing compartments, a plurality of evaporators which are provided to correspond to the storing compartments respectively, a plurality of blowing fans which are provided to correspond to the evaporators respectively to supply cold air whose heat has been exchanged at the evaporators to the storing compartments, and a compressor and a condenser which are provided in the main body, the refrigerator further includes: a plurality of evaporator temperature sensors which sense temperature of each evaporator; and a controlling part which, if temperature of the evaporator sensed by the evaporator temperature sensor is lower than a defrosting temperature of the evaporator after the compressor stops operating, controls the blowing fan that corresponds to the evaporator having temperature lower than the defrosting temperature to be operated.

Abstract: A refrigerator which includes a main body in which a freezing compartment is formed, an evaporator provided in the main body to generate cool air, an ice making tray provided in the freezing compartment, to make ice, a cool air duct including a lower cool air discharge port to discharge the cool air generated in the evaporator toward a lower side of the ice making tray, and a cool air guide to support the ice making tray and to prevent the cool air supplied through the cool air duct from being discharged directly to an upper side of the ice making tray.

Abstract: A refrigerator which includes a main body cabinet having an inner cabinet, and the inner cabinet including a storage compartment and a guide rail disposed in an inner side of the inner cabinet, a slide rail sliding on the guide rail, and a door assembly including a storage container which is accommodated in the storage compartment and a supporting frame supporting the storage container and sliding on the slide rail, the supporting frame includes a first through hole through which an air current in the storage compartment passes, and the storage container includes a ventilating hole disposed in a surface thereof to correspond to the first through hole so that the air current passes therethrough. Thus, the refrigerator allows a door assembly to be smoothly opened and closed.

Abstract: An operation control method of a refrigerator including a main body defining a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, an evaporator cooling the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment, a heater defrosting the evaporator, and a plurality of blowing fans respectively corresponding to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment. The method includes setting a heater operation temperature less than a control temperature of the refrigerating compartment; measuring a temperature of air surrounding the refrigerator; measuring an inside temperature of the refrigerating compartment; and operating the heater and the blowing fan corresponding to the refrigerating compartment when the measured temperature of the surrounding air is less than a set reference surrounding air temperature and the measured inside temperature is less than the heater operation temperature.

Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a main body which is formed with three or more storage compartments and a cooling unit having a plurality of evaporators corresponding to the respective storage compartments, the cooling unit comprising a refrigerant supply pipe to supply a refrigerant to the plurality of evaporators; a plurality of refrigerant branch pipes which are branched from the refrigerant supply pipe to mount the evaporators thereto, and to at least one of which the plurality of evaporators are connected in series; and a refrigerant connection pipe to connect an outlet of one of the plurality of refrigerant branch pipes and an inlet of the other one of the plurality of refrigerant branch pipes.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator main body having at least one freezing compartment, and a door to open and close the freezing compartment, the refrigerator including a hinge unit including a hinge shaft which is provided in one of the refrigerator main body and the door, and having an accommodating part to penetrate an inside of the hinge shaft, and a hinge groove which is provided in the other one of the refrigerator main body and the door to rotatably accommodate the hinge shaft, and a height adjusting unit which is coupled to the hinge shaft and the hinge groove to adjust a height of the door, and includes a height adjusting member which is provided between the hinge shaft and the hinge groove. Thus, the present invention provides a refrigerator which mounts a hinge unit and a height adjusting unit in a small space therein without difficulty.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body cabinet having a first storage room and a second storage room to be divided with the first storage room and respectively cooled, an evaporator having a first evaporating part disposed at the main body cabinet and cooling the first storage room, a second evaporating part disposed at the main body cabinet to be apart from the first evaporating part and cooling the second storage room, and a refrigerant moving pipe connecting the first and second evaporating parts, and a duct guiding cooling air generated by the first and second evaporating parts to the first and second storage rooms to respectively cool the first and second storage rooms, the first and second evaporating parts and the refrigerant moving pipe are formed with one evaporating pipe. The refrigerator forms integrally an evaporator for cooling a first storage room and a second storage room respectively.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body cabinet including a storage compartment and a convertible compartment divided from the storage compartment; and a cool air providing part including a storage compartment evaporator to cool the storage compartment, a convertible compartment evaporator connected to the storage compartment evaporator in series to cool the convertible compartment, and a cooling fan providing cool air generated in the convertible compartment evaporator to the convertible compartment so as to function as one of freezing or refrigerating. Thus, the refrigerator includes a convertible compartment divided from a freezing compartment or a refrigerating compartment to store food by being provided with cool air separately. Further, the refrigerator prevents cool air in a freezing compartment or a refrigerating compartment from flowing out when a convertible compartment is open.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a multipurpose storage chamber and a control method. In the refrigerator, the flow of cool air to the multipurpose storage chamber is selectively controlled in accordance with a variety of operational modes. In order to accomplish such a cool air flow control, a refrigerating compartment fan and a damper are provided at positions above a refrigerating compartment evaporator. In addition, a flap, controlled at an open angle thereof, is provided at the inlet of an air guide path guiding the cool air to the multipurpose storage chamber. The multipurpose storage chamber of this refrigerator can thus effectively be used to store a variety of foods in accordance with storage characteristics of the foods. In addition, a thawing mode operation of the refrigerator is performed under the condition that it is not necessary to perform a refrigerating compartment cooling operation.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a multipurpose storage chamber and a control method. In the refrigerator, the flow of cool air to the multipurpose storage chamber is selectively controlled in accordance with a variety of operational modes. In order to accomplish such a cool air flow control, a refrigerating compartment fan and a damper are provided at positions above a refrigerating compartment evaporator. In addition, a flap, controlled at an open angle thereof, is provided at the inlet of an air guide path guiding the cool air to the multipurpose storage chamber. The multipurpose storage chamber of this refrigerator can thus effectively be used to store a variety of foods in accordance with storage characteristics of the foods. In addition, a thawing mode operation of the refrigerator is performed under the condition that it is not necessary to perform a refrigerating compartment cooling operation.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compressor, a condenser for condensing a refrigerant supplied from the compressor, and a pair of evaporators which are connected in series for evaporating the refrigerant supplied from the condenser. The refrigerator further includes a connection refrigerant tube connecting the pair of evaporators, and an intercooler refrigerant tube extended from the condenser and contacting the outer surface of the connection refrigerant tube for heat-exchanging with the connection refrigerant tube. Accordingly, a tube connection work is facilitated and a refrigerant leakage possibility is lowered.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber located beneath the freezing chamber and separated therefrom by a partition. An evaporator is disposed in the partition for cooling air received from the freezing and refrigerating chambers. A fan circulates that air to the evaporator and then back to the chambers. An air passage disposed in the partition communicates the refrigerating chamber with the evaporator. An air sterilizing and deodorizing mechanism is disposed at an upstream end of that passage for treating air leaving the refrigerating chamber and entering the passage.