A refrigerator is improved in storage environment by suppressing drying and
oxidation and enhanced in volume efficiency and cooling efficiency. The
refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber, a vegetable chamber, and a
freezing chamber in order from its top to its bottom. Cool air is
introduced into the freezing chamber by a first cooler and a first fan,
and is introduced into the refrigerating chamber by a second cooler and a
second fan. These chambers function as a direct cooling chamber. The
vegetable chamber functions as an indirect cooling chamber cooled by a
cooling plate which is disposed at the top of the chamber and has a large
thermal conductivity, which is cooled by forced convection by the second
cooler and the second fan, producing the effects of low temperature
radiation and natural convection in the chamber. This arrangement provides
the refrigerator with quality maintaining effects in accordance with the
suitability for storage of foods, and allows the refrigerator to assure
high storing performance.
