Refrigerator vegetable room and a refrigerator with the same

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator vegetable room and a refrigerator with the same for storing fresh foods such as fruits or vegetables in a distinguished manner from the other foods and drinks, and according to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a refrigerator vegetable room including a case on which a front side thereof is open; a drawer inserted into a front side opening portion of the case in a drawable manner to store fruits and vegetable therein; and a metal plate provided to be brought into contact with at least two surfaces of the case to cause heat transfer from one surface of the case to the other surface thereof.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A refrigerator vegetable room, comprising:
 a case having a front side opening;   a drawer insertable into the front side opening of the case in a drawable manner to store food items therein; and   a metal plate disposed on at least two surfaces of the case to cause heat transfer from one surface of the case to the other surface thereof.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 1 , wherein the metal plate comprises an external metal plate on outside surfaces of the case. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 2 , wherein the external metal plate is disposed to be on at least three external surfaces of the case. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 1 , wherein the metal plate comprises an internal metal plate on inside surfaces of the case. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 4 , wherein the internal metal plate is disposed to be on at least three internal surfaces of the case. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 4 , wherein the internal metal plate comprises an upper metal plate on an inner surface of an upper plate of the case, and a surface of the upper metal plate comprises a plurality of protruding portions and groove portions. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 6 , wherein the protruding portions are formed with a plurality of protruding ribs in a lattice shape, and the groove portions are formed as depression in a rectangular shape between the protruding ribs. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an insulating material disposed on an outer side plate of the case to be faced with a freezing chamber.   
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 8 , wherein a plurality of ribs are formed to protrude from the outer side plate of the, and the outer side plate of the case and the insulating material are separated from one another by the ribs. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator vegetable room of  claim 9 , wherein the insulating material comprises a sealing portion formed to be brought into contact with the outer side plate of the case, to form hermetically sealed air cells between the outer side plate of the case and the insulating material. 
     
     
         11 . A refrigerator, comprising:
 a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber;   a refrigerating chamber door to open or close the refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber door to open or close the freezing chamber;   a vegetable room accommodated at a predetermined location of the refrigerating chamber, and comprising a case having a front side opening and a drawer insertable into the front side opening of the case in a drawable manner to store food items therein; and   a metal plate disposed on at least two surfaces of the case to cause heat transfer from one surface of the case to the other surface thereof.   
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , wherein the metal plate comprises an external metal plate disposed on at least three or more external surfaces of the case. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , wherein the metal plate comprises an internal metal plate disposed on at least three or more internal surfaces of the case. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , wherein the metal plate is on an internal ceiling of the vegetable room, and comprises an upper metal plate comprising a plurality of protruding portions and a plurality of groove portions. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 an insulating material on to an outer side plate of the case facing the freezing chamber.   
     
     
         16 . The refrigerator of  claim 15 , wherein a plurality of ribs are formed to protrude from the outer side plate of the case, and the outer side plate of the case and the insulating material are separated from one another by the ribs. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigerator of  claim 16 , wherein the insulating material comprises a sealing portion formed to be brought into contact with the outer side plate of the case, to form hermetically sealed air cells between the outer side plate of the case and the insulating material.