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A refrigerator for discharging cool air from a door is disclosed. The refrigerator has an air curtain generating device and a door duct. The door duct is disposed in the door and combined with the device when the door is closed. When the door is closed, the cool air from the device is supplied into

A refrigerator for discharging cool air from a door is disclosed. The refrigerator has an air curtain generating device and a door duct. The door duct is disposed in the door and combined with the device when the door is closed. When the door is closed, the cool air from the device is supplied into the cooling compartment through the door duct. Thus the degree of cooling in the cooling compartment can be maintained uniformly. When the door is opened, the air curtain for shutting off the opening of cooling compartment is generated by the device.

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[ What is claimed is:] [6.] A refrigerator having a cabinet forming a cooling compartment of which a side is open, a door for opening/closing an opening of said cabinet, and an evaporator for generating cool air, said refrigerator comprising:a device for generating an air curtain, said device having

[ What is claimed is:] [6.] A refrigerator having a cabinet forming a cooling compartment of which a side is open, a door for opening/closing an opening of said cabinet, and an evaporator for generating cool air, said refrigerator comprising:a device for generating an air curtain, said device having a cool air duct which has a cool air discharge port opened downward at an area adjacent to an upper side of the opening of said cabinet and a means for blowing the cool air generated by said evaporator into said cool air duct, said air curtain for shutting off the opening of said cabinet with cool air discharged downward through the cool air discharge port;a door duct being disposed in said door and having a cool air suction port which is combined with the cool air discharge port when said door is closed and a plurality of cool air supply ports opened at an inner surface of said door, said door duct for supplying the cooling compartment with the cool air provided from said device through the cool air discharge port when said door is closed;a means for sensing temperatures at an area adjacent to said door in the cooling compartment and at a distant area from said door in the cooling compartment; anda means for sensing opening/closing of said door, rein said blowing means is controlled to operate when a temperature at an adjacent area to said door is higher than a temperature at a distant area from said door and when an opened state of said door is sensed by said opening/closing sensing means.