Dispenser assembly for refrigerator
AssigneeDongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
InventorDong Sun Kim
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Abstract
A dispenser assembly for a refrigerator including a removable discharge nozzle. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser body, a water supply flow path and a removable discharge nozzle removably supported by a storage part formed in the dispenser body. The removable discharge nozzle is coupled to an extension hose can be pulled out of the dispenser body by a user for dispensing water. The removable discharge nozzle includes a discharge flow path, a rotating shaft installed in the discharge flow path, an opening/closing member, and a discharge button for user manipulation.
Claims12
A dispenser assembly for a refrigerator, the dispenser assembly comprising:
- a dispenser body comprising an accommodation portion;
- a fixed discharge unit fixedly installed in the dispenser body and configured to selectively discharge water supplied from a water supply flow path;
- a removable discharge nozzle removably installed in the accommodation portion and configured to selectively discharge water supplied from the water supply flow path;
- an extension hose configured to interconnect the water supply flow path and the removable discharge nozzle,
- wherein the removable discharge nozzle comprises:
- a discharge flow path operable to communicate with the extension hose;
- a rotating shaft installed in the discharge flow path;
- an opening/closing member fixed to the rotating shaft and operable to control an opening of the discharge flow path;
- a discharge button configured to rotate the opening/closing member to open the discharge flow path;
- an elastic member configured to maintain the opening/closing member in a closed state;
- an opening/closing bar protruding from the opening/closing member, wherein the opening/closing member is operable to open the discharge flow path responsive to the opening/closing bar being pushed by the discharge button;
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- a sealing member disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the opening/closing member.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a door operable to seal a storage space;
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- a dispenser assembly coupled to the door and comprising:
- a dispenser body comprising an accommodation portion;
- a fixed discharge unit fixedly installed in the dispenser body and configured to selectively discharge water supplied from a water supply flow path;
- a removable discharge nozzle removably installed in the accommodation portion and configured to discharge water supplied from the water supply flow path;
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- an extension hose configured to interconnect the water supply flow path and the removable discharge nozzle,
- wherein the removable discharge nozzle comprises:
- a discharge flow path that communicates with the extension hose;
- a rotating shaft installed in the discharge flow path;
- an opening/closing member fixed to the rotating shaft and operable to control an opening of the discharge flow path;
- a discharge button configured to rotate the opening/closing member to open the discharge flow path;
- an elastic member configured to maintain the opening/closing member in a closed state;
- an opening/closing bar protruding from the opening/closing member, wherein the opening/closing member is operable to open the discharge flow path responsive to the opening/closing bar being pushed by the discharge button;
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- a sealing member disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the opening/closing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.