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US 12,760,961 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYeongjun Lee, Kyoungsun Park, Huido Park, Minseob Yook, Jisick Hwang
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes: an outer case forming an exterior of the refrigerator; an inner case provided in the outer case and including a first inner wall and a second inner wall opposite to the first inner wall; and an ice maker mounted on the inner case and configured to produce ice, the ice maker including an ice making case and an ice making cover covering an upper side of the ice making case, wherein the ice making case is supported by the first inner wall and the second inner wall, and the ice making cover is detachably coupled to the ice making case and configured to support an item on an upper side of the ice making cover.
Claims18
A refrigerator comprising:
- an outer case forming an exterior of the refrigerator;
- an inner case comprising a first inner wall and a second inner wall opposite to the first inner wall;
- and
- an ice maker mounted on the inner case and configured to produce ice, the ice maker comprising an ice making case and an ice making cover covering an upper side of the ice making case,
- wherein the ice making case is supported by the first inner wall and the second inner wall,
- wherein the ice making cover is detachably coupled to the ice making case and configured to support an item on an upper side of the ice making cover,
- wherein the ice making cover comprises:
- a shelf member, covering the ice making case, and
- a first fixing protrusion protruding from the shelf member toward the ice making case,
- wherein the ice making case comprises a first insertion hole into which the first fixing protrusion is inserted,
- wherein the inner case further comprises a rear wall,
- wherein the ice making cover further comprises a second fixing protrusion parallel to the first fixing protrusion and spaced apart in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the ice making cover is inserted toward the rear wall, and
- wherein the ice making case further comprises a second insertion hole disposed parallel to the first insertion hole, spaced apart in the second direction, and configured to receive the second fixing protrusion inserted thereinto.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- an outer case forming an exterior of the refrigerator;
- an inner case comprising a first side wall and a second side wall facing to the first side wall;
- and
- an ice maker mounted on the inner case, configured to produce ice, and comprising an ice making case and an ice making cover covering an upper side of the ice making case,
- wherein the ice making case comprises a first insertion hole configured to couple to the ice making cover, and
- wherein the ice making cover is configured to support an item in the inner case and comprises a first fixing protrusion inserted into the first insertion hole,
- wherein the ice making cover comprises a shelf member, covering the ice making case, and the first fixing protrusion protrudes from the shelf member toward the ice making case,
- wherein the inner case further comprises a rear wall,
- wherein the ice making cover further comprises a second fixing protrusion parallel to the first fixing protrusion and spaced apart in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the ice making cover is inserted toward the rear wall,
- wherein the ice making case further comprises a second insertion hole disposed parallel to the first insertion hole, spaced apart in the second direction, and configured to receive the second fixing protrusion inserted thereinto.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- an outer case at an exterior of the refrigerator;
- an inner case and comprising a first side wall and a second side wall facing to the first side wall;
- an ice making case mounted on the inner case, configured to produce ice, and supported by the first side wall and the second side wall, the ice making case comprising a first fixing protrusion protruding upward;
- and
- an ice making cover configured to support an item placed on an upper side of the ice making cover, and covering an upper side of the ice making case, the ice making cover comprising a first insertion hole into which the first fixing protrusion is inserted,
- wherein the ice making cover comprises a shelf member, covering the ice making case, and the first fixing protrusion is protruding from the ice making case toward the shelf member,
- wherein the inner case further comprises a rear wall,
- wherein the ice making case further comprises a second fixing protrusion parallel to the first fixing protrusion and spaced apart in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the first fixing protrusion is protruding from the ice making case toward the shelf member,
- wherein the ice making cover further comprises a second insertion hole disposed parallel to the first insertion hole, spaced apart in the second direction, and configured to receive the second fixing protrusion inserted thereinto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.