| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling cold air circulation in a refrigerator. The present invention re-circulates cold air, which has been discharged into a refrigerating chamber ( 35 ), so that the interior of the refrigerating chamber ( 35 ) can be maintained at a substantially uniform temperature and relatively low temperature cold air is prevented from being delivered to an evaporator ( 39 ). Particularly, the present invention further facilitates the cold air circulation at a lower portion of the refrigerating chamber ( 35 ) so that the temperature of the entire refrigerating chamber ( 35 ) can be kept to be uniform and the temperature of a vegetable storage chamber ( 36 ) can be set at a desired temperature. To this end, an embodiment of the present invention includes a circulation duct ( 50 ) configured to suck the cold air around the vegetable storage chamber ( 36 ) and to discharge it to a relatively upper portion of the refrigerating chamber ( 35 ). An inlet ( 51 ) of the circulation duct ( 50 ) is installed in vicinity of a reward lower portion of the vegetable storage chamber ( 36 ), and an outlet of the circulation duct ( 50 ) is open to above a shelf ( 35 ') corresponding to a top end of the vegetable storage chamber ( 36 ). Further, a circulation fan ( 54 ) is installed at the outlet ( 52 ). |
