Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYong Park
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Abstract
A refrigerator having a shaved ice discharger to discharge shaved ice produced within the refrigerator to an outside of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body having a freezing compartment defined therein, a freezing compartment door to open and close the freezing compartment, a shaved-ice maker positioned in the freezing compartment to produce shaved ice, a shaved ice discharge port to discharge the shaved ice produced by the shaved-ice maker to the outside of the refrigerator, and a shaved ice discharger to open the shaved ice discharge port for a predetermined time. The shaved ice discharger maintains an open state of the shaved ice discharge port for the predetermined time therefore, it is not necessary to continuously apply external force to the lever, and convenience in use of the shaved-ice maker is improved.
Claims11
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body having a freezing compartment defined therein;
- a freezing compartment door to open and close the freezing compartment;
- an ice tray to freeze water therein, thus forming ice cubes;
- an ice cube container disposed below the ice tray to contain the ice cubes;
- a shaved-ice maker positioned in the freezing compartment to produce shaved ice using the ice cubes supplied from the ice cube container;
- a shaved ice discharge port to discharge the shaved ice produced by the shaved-ice maker to an outside of the refrigerator through the freezing compartment door;
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- a shaved ice discharger to open the shaved ice discharge port for a predetermined time,
- wherein the shaved ice discharger comprises a damper hinged to one side of the shaved ice discharge port to open and close the shaved ice discharge port while hinging, and an opening/closing cam to transmit a rotational force to the damper according to a rotational angle of the opening/closing cam, thereby operating the damper to open the shaved ice discharge port.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body having a freezing compartment defined therein;
- a freezing compartment door to open and close the freezing compartment;
- a shaved-ice maker positioned in the freezing compartment to produce shaved ice;
- a shaved ice discharge port to discharge the shaved ice produced by the shaved-ice maker to an outside of the refrigerator through the freezing compartment door;
- a damper hinged to one side of the shaved ice discharge port to open and close the shaved ice discharge port;
- a discharge lever hinged to a lower end of the shaved ice discharge port such that a lower end of the discharge lever is pressed backward to operate the damper to open the shaved ice discharge port;
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- an opening/closing cam to operate the damper to open the shaved ice discharge port while allowing the discharge lever to be pressed backward.
A refrigerator having a shaved-ice maker, the refrigerator comprising:
- a shaved-iced discharge port to discharge shaved ice produced by the shaved-ice maker to an outside of the refrigerator;
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- a shaved-ice discharger to open the shaved ice discharge port for a predetermine period of time corresponding to an amount of shaved ice selected by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.