Kimchi refrigerator

Abstract

A kimchi refrigerator includes an evaporator surrounding a storage chamber in contact with an outer surface of the storage chamber; a basket received in the storage chamber to receive at least one container storing kimchi, and taken in and out of the storage chamber according to the opening and closing operation of the door; and an auxiliary cooling member surface-contacting a front outer surface of the basket, which is adjacent to the evaporator. The auxiliary cooling member is made of a high thermal-conductivity material so that high inner temperature of the storage chamber is efficiently transferred, accordingly reducing the temperature deviation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A kimchi refrigerator comprising:
 a storage chamber having an opening at a front thereof;   a door opening and closing the storage chamber;   an evaporator surrounding the storage chamber in contact with an outer surface of the storage chamber;   a basket received in the storage chamber to receive at least one container storing kimchi, and taken in and out of the storage chamber according to the opening and closing operation of the door; and   an auxiliary cooling member contacting a surface of a front outer surface of the basket, which is adjacent to the evaporator.   
     
     
         2 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the evaporator contacts outer surfaces of a side and a bottom of the storage chamber. 
     
     
         3 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary cooling member contacts surfaces of a side and a bottom of the basket. 
     
     
         4 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the auxiliary cooling member is formed of a high thermal-conductivity material. 
     
     
         5 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 4 , further comprising a mounting member mounted to a rear surface of the door,
 wherein the basket is removably mounted to the mounting member.   
     
     
         6 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a plurality of moving rails mounted on sides of the mounting member; and   a plurality of fixed rails formed on sides of the storage chamber to engage and slide with the moving rails.   
     
     
         7 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the basket is formed of plastic, and further comprising a bending prevention member connected to a bottom of the basket to prevent bending of the basket. 
     
     
         8 . A kimchi refrigerator comprising:
 an outer case;   an inner case disposed in the outer case to form at least one storage chamber having an opening at a front thereof;   a basket received in the storage chamber to receive at least one container;   an evaporator mounted in contact with an outer surface of the inner case to cool the storage chamber; and   an auxiliary cooling member contacting an outer surface of the basket, which is adjacent to the evaporator.   
     
     
         9 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the evaporator is disposed at a side and a bottom of the inner case. 
     
     
         10 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the auxiliary cooling member is disposed at a side and a bottom of the basket. 
     
     
         11 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary cooling member is made of a high thermal-conductivity material. 
     
     
         12 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 a door opening and closing the front of the storage chamber; and   a mounting member mounted to a rear surface of the door,   wherein the basket is removably mounted to the mounting member.   
     
     
         13 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a plurality of moving rails mounted on sides of the mounting member; and   a plurality of fixed rails formed on sides of the storage chamber to engage and slide with the moving rails.   
     
     
         14 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary cooling member is disposed at a front part of the basket. 
     
     
         15 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the basket is made of plastic, and further comprising a bending prevention member connected at a bottom of the basket to prevent bending of the basket. 
     
     
         16 . A kimchi refrigerator comprising:
 an outer case;   an inner case disposed in the outer case to form at least one storage chamber having an opening at a front thereof;   a door opening and closing the storage chamber;   a basket received in the storage chamber to receive at least one container, and taken in and out of the storage chamber according to the opening and closing operation of the door;   an evaporator mounted in contact with an outer surface of the inner case to cool the storage chamber;   an auxiliary cooling member contacting an outer surface of the basket, which is adjacent to the evaporator; and   a bending prevention member connected to a bottom of the basket to prevent bending of the basket.   
     
     
         17 . The kimchi refrigerator according to  claim 16 , wherein the auxiliary cooling member is made of a high thermal-conductivity material and disposed at a front of the basket. 
     
     
         18 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a storage chamber comprising a bottom, and first and second sides; and   an auxiliary cooling member comprising a thermally conductive material contacting the first and second sides and the bottom of the storage chamber.