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Kimchi refrigerator

Patent 6666045 Issued on December 23, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 11, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 10/361639 filed on 02/11/2003

US Classes:

62/441, Plural cooled compartments62/452With heat rejecting element enclosure or cooling feature

Examiners

Primary: Jones, Melvin

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

F25D 23/00 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

2002-06-28 KR

Abstract

A kimchi refrigerator which is capable of effectively using an interior storage space. The kimchi refrigerator includes a cabinet with two or more storage compartments provided in the cabinet storing kimchi and a machine room which is located in the cabinet and houses electrical devices. The machine room is arranged from a front of the cabinet to the rear of the cabinet at a position under one of the storage compartments, thus enlarging an interior storage space of one or more storage compartments under which the machine room is not located.

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