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Refrigerator and diagnostic system for the same

  • US 9,644,886 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2011
  • Issued: 05/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A refrigerator, comprising:

  • a selector configured to receive a command;

    a controller that, upon receipt of the command through the selector, generates a control signal including product information;

    a modulator that generates a frequency signal according to the control signal;

    a sound output that outputs a sound including the product information according to the frequency signal;

    a case that forms a refrigeration compartment and a freezer compartment;

    a hinge provided at an upper side of the case; and

    a door that opens and closes at least one of the refrigeration compartment or the freezer compartment, the door rotatably supported by the hinge, wherein the hinge includes a hinge housing that defines a space over the upper side of the case, wherein the sound output is provided in the space of the hinge housing, and wherein a sound output hole, through which the sound output from the sound output passes, is formed at a front surface of the hinge housing wherein the hinge includes an upper surface that extends from the front surface and is spaced apart from the upper side of the case, and wherein the sound output is suspended from the upper surface.

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