公开(公告)号：US20170108268A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US15209961

申请日：2016-07-14

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Woonkyu SEO ,  Soonho JUNG ,  JinHee PARK

IPC: F25D27/00 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F21V14/00 ,  A47F3/04 ,  F21V33/00 ,  F21V23/04 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D11/02

CPC classification number: F25D27/005 ,  A47F3/001 ,  A47F3/043 ,  A47F3/0434 ,  A47F3/0478 ,  F21V14/003 ,  F21V23/0442 ,  F21V23/0471 ,  F21V33/0044 ,  F21W2131/305 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/025 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/065 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2201/10 ,  F25D2201/12 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2323/023 ,  F25D2400/361 ,  F25D2700/04

Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator; a lighting device provided in the storage chamber, a first door rotatably coupled to the case to open and close the storage chamber, an auxiliary storage chamber provided in the first door, a second door, a front panel formed of a transparent material, an evaporation treatment unit evaporated on an overall back surface of the front panel to transmit lights partially, a variable transparency film attached to a back surface of the evaporation treatment unit provided in the front panel to get transparent when the power is supplied, a frame unit with an opening having a corresponding size to an opening provided in the first door, an insulation panel distant from the front panel, a power supply unit for supplying an electric power to the variable transparency film and the lighting device, a proximity sensor provided in the second door to sense a user's approaching.