US 11,079,164 B2Granted

Refrigerator

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsJin Jeong, Bong Su Son, Do Yun Jang, Yeon Woo Cho, Yong Jong Park, Kook Jeong Seo

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Abstract

A refrigerator includes a body configured to include a storage compartment, a door portion configured to include an inner door pivotably coupled to the body to open/close the storage compartment and an outer door pivotably provided in front of the inner door, an ice making chamber formed at the door portion to be divided from the storage compartment by the inner door and to be opened or closed by the outer door, an ice making system accommodated in the ice making chamber, a dispenser provided at the door portion to provide water and ice, and a water filter mountable at the door portion to purify water supplied from an external water supply source. The ice making chamber is easily accessible by opening only the outer door while the inner door is closed and prevent cold air in the storage compartment from flowing out.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A refrigerator comprising:

a body including a storage compartment;
an inner door pivotably coupled to the body to open or close the storage compartment;
an outer door pivotably provided in front of the inner door;
a water filter accommodated in a water filter accommodation portion which is horizontally elongated between the inner door and the outer door;
an ice making chamber in the inner door so as to be divided from the storage compartment by the inner door;
an ice making system accommodated in the ice making chamber to make ice with water filtered by the water filter;
a water tank in the inner door to store water filtered by the water filter;
a dispenser including a dispensing space in the inner door through which to provide filtered water stored by the water tank and ice made by the ice making system, and a switch in the inner door to operate the dispenser;
and
a water supply pipe within the inner door and configured to supply water filtered by the water filter from the water filter to the water tank and from the water filter to the ice making system, wherein
the dispenser is accessible through an opening of the outer door while the inner door and the outer door are closed,
the ice making chamber and the water filter are accessible while the inner door is closed and the outer door is opened, and
the outer door covers the ice making chamber and the water filter accommodation portion while the outer door is closed, such that the ice making system and the water filter are inaccessible.

10 more elements

A refrigerator comprising:

a body including a storage compartment;
an inner door pivotably coupled to the body to open or close the storage compartment;
an outer door having an opening and being pivotably provided in front of the inner door:
a water filter accommodation portion horizontally elongated between the inner door and the outer door, in which a water filter is accommodatable to filter water supplied from an external water supply source;
an ice making chamber in a front side of the inner door so as to be divided from the storage compartment by the inner door;
an ice making system accommodated in the ice making chamber to make ice with water filtered by the water filter when the water filter is accommodated in the water filter accommodation portion;
a water tank in the inner door to store water filtered by the water filter when the water filter is accommodated in the water filter accommodation portion;
a dispenser including a dispensing space in the front side of the inner door through which to provide filtered water stored by the water tank and ice made by the ice making system, and a switch in the front side of the inner door to operate the dispenser;
a water supply pipe within the inner door and configured to, with the water filter accommodated in the water filter accommodation portion, supply water filtered by the water filter from the water filter to the water tank and from the water filter to the ice making system,
wherein the outer door is pivotable to
a closed position in which the outer door covers the ice making chamber and the water filter accommodation portion, so that the ice making chamber and the water filter, when the water filter is accommodated in the water filter accommodation portion, are inaccessible from in front of the outer door, and the dispenser is accessible from in front of the outer door through the opening, and
an opened position in which the ice making chamber and the water filter, when the water filter is accommodated in the water filter accommodation portion, are accessible from in front of the inner door.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/982,273Filed 17 May 2018
Priority: KR 10-2017-006175418 May 2017
Published: US 2018/0335246 A122 Nov 2018
Granted: 3 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F25D 23/025
Doors; Covers: secondary closures
F25C 5/185
Ice bins therefor: with freezing trays
F25C 5/22
Distributing ice: particularly adapted for household refrigerators
F25D 23/028
Doors; Covers: details

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US 2018/0335246 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Nov 2018
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