The cold storage which possesses the air curtain generation device

摘要

A refrigerator for selectively discharging vertical stream of COOL air to the front of the freezer and freshfood compartments is disclosed. The refrigerator comprises: a cabinet formed with a freezing compartment and a FRESH food compartment and which are partitioned by a partitioning wall; an evaporator for generating COOL air; a fan for transferring the COOL air to the freezing compartment and the FRESH food compartment; an air curtain duct installed at the partitioning wall and for transferring the COOL air generated by the evaporator to doors for the freezing compartment and the FRESH food compartment; an upper and lower air curtain ports formed at the front end portion of the air curtain duct and for discharging the COOL air towards the freezing compartment and FRESH food compartment; a cross flow fan installed in air curtain duct and for supplying the COOL air to the air curtain duct; and a changing damper for selectively closing the upper or lower air curtain port to selectively directing the COOL air supplied through air curtain duct to the freezing compartment or the FRESH food compartment. Thus, leakage of the COOL air through the openings of the freezing compartment and the FRESH food compartment can be effectively prevented, and the temperatures in the both compartments are maintained constant and thus enhancing the cooling efficiency.