公开(公告)号：US06658878B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-09

申请号：US09933729

申请日：2001-08-22

申请人： Yong-Bo Shim ,  Hee-Soo Lee ,  Cheol-Hee Kim

发明人： Yong-Bo Shim ,  Hee-Soo Lee ,  Cheol-Hee Kim

IPC分类号： F25D1102

CPC分类号： F25D29/00 ,  F25B5/02 ,  F25B49/022 ,  F25B2600/2511 ,  F25D11/022 ,  F25D2400/04 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/12 ,  F25D2700/122

摘要： Disclosed herein is a multi-compartment type refrigerator and method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a plurality of storage compartments. A plurality of evaporators are each positioned in each of the storage compartments, respectively. A compressor supplies refrigerant to the evaporators through a branched refrigerant conduit. A plurality of opening/closing valves are each positioned on a refrigerant conduit upstream of each of the evaporators for selectively controlling supply of refrigerant to the evaporators. Reference compartment defining means defines as a reference storage compartment one of the storage compartments that has a relatively great load. Control means controls starting of the compressor depending on a change of a temperature of the reference storage compartment.