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US 11,079,169 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeong Hyun Lee, Yang-Yeol Gu, Hyung Bum Lee, Nam Gu Choi
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door to open or close the storage compartment, and a dispenser provided on the door and configured to supply water to the outside of the main body, wherein the door includes, a door plate, and a door cap coupled to a lower end portion of the door plate and having a water collecting part to collect residual water of the dispenser.
Claims10
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a main body having a storage compartment;
- a door to open or close the storage compartment;
- and
- a dispenser provided at a lower end portion of the door to supply water to an outside of the main body, and including a dispensing space,
- wherein the door includes:
- a door plate forming a front surface of the door and side surfaces of the door, and including:
- a front cover portion recessed from the outer surface of the door plate to cover a front surface of the dispenser,
- an opening extending through the front cover portion from a bottom end of the door plate to expose at least a portion of the dispenser through the opening in the front cover portion;
- and
- a support member provided at a rear portion of the bottom end portion of the door plate;
- a handle mounted on the door plate;
- and
- a door cap coupled to the bottom end of the door plate to form the dispensing space, coupled to the support member to support the door plate, and including a water collecting part recessed from an upper surface of the door cap to collect residual water of the dispenser, and
- wherein the dispenser includes a dispenser cover coupled to a rear of the front cover portion to cover a rear of the dispenser.
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