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A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a refrigerator body having at least one storage compartment and an opening, and a main door for opening and closing the storage compartment, the main door also having an opening corresponding to a receiving compartment formed therein. A sub do

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a refrigerator body having at least one storage compartment and an opening, and a main door for opening and closing the storage compartment, the main door also having an opening corresponding to a receiving compartment formed therein. A sub door may be provided to open and close the opening of the main door, and a gasket may be provided along an edge of a rear surface of the sub door to contact a front surface of the main door and seal an interior of the main door when the sub door is closed. A heat transfer member may extend from the inside of a side to the inside of a front surface of the main door.

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1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having at least one storage compartment defined therein, and a main opening provided at a front thereof corresponding to the at least one storage compartment;a main door coupled to the refrigerator body for opening and closing the at least one stora

1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having at least one storage compartment defined therein, and a main opening provided at a front thereof corresponding to the at least one storage compartment;a main door coupled to the refrigerator body for opening and closing the at least one storage compartment, the main door having an auxiliary opening provided at a front thereof and a receiving compartment provided separately from the at least one storage compartment;an auxiliary door coupled to the main door to open and close the auxiliary opening;a gasket provided along an edge of a rear surface of the auxiliary door so as to contact a front surface of the main door and form a seal there between when the auxiliary door is closed; anda heat transfer device provided in an interior space formed within the main door, wherein the heat transfer device extends from an inner surface of a side surface of the main door to an inner surface of a front surface of the main door, at a position corresponding to a contact area with the gasket, so as to conduct heat from the side surface of the main door to the front surface of the main door and prevent formation of condensation on an outer surface of the front surface of the main door,wherein the heat transfer device comprises a metal tape that extends along an inside surface of a door liner that defines the front surface of the main door, andwherein the main door liner further comprises a heat blocking part formed in the front surface of the main door, at the position corresponding to the contact area with the gasket, wherein a thickness of the main door liner at a portion thereof that forms the heat blocking part is less than that of remaining portions of the main door liner that form the front surface of the main door. 2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the main door comprises an outer door made of a metal material and defining an exterior portion of the main door extending from the side surface of the main door to the front surface of the main door, and wherein the heat transfer device comprises an extension of the outer door that extends from the inner surface of the side surface of the main door into the interior space formed within the main door and along the inner surface of the front surface of the main door to the position corresponding to the contact area with the gasket. 3. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the heat transfer device comprises a separate heat transfer body connected to an outer surface of the side surface of the main door. 4. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the inside surface of the door liner comprises a plurality of bends, and wherein the metal tape conforms to the plurality of bends. 5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein the metal tape is made of an aluminum material. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface comprises a second heat blocking part formed in the main door liner such that a thickness of the main door liner at a portion thereof at which the second heat blocking part is formed is less than that of remaining portions of the inclined surface. 7. The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein the auxiliary door comprises an auxiliary door liner that defines a rear surface of the auxiliary door, the rear surface of the auxiliary door comprising an inclined surface that is positioned opposite the inclined surface of the main door, and wherein a third heat blocking part is formed in the inclined surface of the auxiliary door liner of the auxiliary door, wherein a thickness of a portion of the auxiliary door liner at which the third heat blocking part is formed is less than that of remaining portions of the auxiliary door liner that form the inclined surface of the auxiliary door. 8. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein at least one side of the auxiliary door is coplanar with a corresponding side of the main door. 9. The refrigerator of claim 8, wherein a width of the auxiliary door is substantially the same as a width of the main door. 10. A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a main storage compartment formed therein;a main door coupled to the main body so as to open and close a main opening in the main body corresponding to the main storage compartment, wherein the main door has an auxiliary storage compartment formed therein that is separate from the main storage compartment;an auxiliary door coupled to the main door so as to open and close an auxiliary opening formed in the main door corresponding to the auxiliary storage compartment;a gasket positioned between mating surfaces of the main door and the auxiliary door so as to form a seal there between when the auxiliary door is closed against the main door; anda heat transfer device provided in an interior space formed within the main door, wherein the heat transfer device extends into the interior space from a lateral side of the interior space and along a front side of the interior space to a position corresponding to a point at which the gasket contacts the main door,wherein the main door further comprises, an outer door positioned at a first edge of the front surface of the main door so as to define a first side surface of the main door,a main door liner coupled to the outer door, the main door liner defining a second side surface of the main door at a second edge of the front surface opposite the first edge thereof, wherein the second side surface forms an inclined surface, anda heat blocking part formed in an interior side of the main door liner that forms the front surface of the main door, at a position corresponding to the point at which the gasket contacts the main door. 11. The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary door comprises an auxiliary door liner, comprising: a rear surface of the auxiliary door facing the front surface of the main door;a first side surface of the auxiliary door formed at a first edge of the rear surface of the auxiliary door corresponding to the first edge of the front surface of the main door; anda second side surface of the auxiliary door formed at a second edge of the rear surface of the auxiliary door corresponding to the second edge of the front surface of the main door, wherein the second side surface of the auxiliary door forms an inclined surface that corresponds to the inclined surface of the main door. 12. The refrigerator of claim 11, wherein the main door liner further comprises: second heat blocking part formed in an interior side of the main door liner that forms the inclined surface of the main door, wherein a thickness of the main door liner at the second heat blocking part is less than that of remaining portions of the main door liner that form the inclined surface of the main door. 13. The refrigerator of claim 12, wherein the auxiliary door liner further comprises: a third heat blocking part formed in an interior side of the auxiliary door liner that forms the inclined surface of the auxiliary door, wherein a thickness of the auxiliary door liner at the third heat blocking part is less than that of remaining portions of the auxiliary door liner that form the inclined surface of the auxiliary door. 14. The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein an interior surface of the main door liner includes a plurality of bends, and wherein the heat transfer member comprises a metal tape that is adhered to the interior surface of the main door liner and conforms to the plurality of bends. 15. The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein the heat transfer device comprises an extension of the outer door that extends from an interior side of the first side surface of the main door defined by the outer door, into the interior space formed within the main door, and along an interior side of the main door liner that defines the front surface of the main door to the position corresponding to the point at which the gasket contacts the main door.