Additive-storing tank assembly and refrigerator having the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYong Kwon
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Abstract
An additive-storing tank assembly includes: a tank body having an additive-storing space defined in the tank body, in which an additive is stored; a plunger-holding tube provided at one side of the tank body in order to connect the additive-storing space with a water supply pipe for supplying water to a dispenser of a refrigerator; and an opening/closing means for selectively connecting the additive-storing space with the water supply pipe so that the additive stored in the additive-storing space is dissolved in the water flowing through the water supply pipe.
Claims27
An additive-storing tank assembly comprising:
- a tank body having an additive-storing space defined in the tank body, in which an additive is stored;
- a plunger-holding tube provided at one side of the tank body in order to connect the additive-storing space with a water supply pipe for supplying water to a dispenser of a refrigerator;
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- an opening/closing means for selectively connecting the additive-storing space with the water supply pipe so that the additive stored in the additive-storing space is dissolved in the water flowing through the water supply pipe.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a filter for filtering water supplied through a first water supply pipe from an external water source;
- a water tank for storing and cooling the water supplied through a second water supply pipe after being filtered by the filter;
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- an additive-storing tank assembly assembled with a third water supply pipe for supplying the water from the water tank to a dispenser so that additive stored in the additive-storing tank assembly is dissolved in the water flowing through the third water supply pipe.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a first water supply pipe through which water supplied from an external water source flows;
- a filter for filtering the water supplied through the first water supply pipe;
- a second water supply pipe through which the water filtered by the filter flows;
- a water tank for storing and cooling the water supplied through second water supply pipe after being filtered by the filter;
- a third water supply pipe through which the water from the water tank flows;
- an additive-storing tank assembly for storing additive which will be dissolved in the water flowing through the third water supply pipe from the water tank;
- a dispenser for storing and dispensing the additive-containing water supplied through the third water supply pipe;
- a fourth water supply pipe through which the water flows after being filtered by the filter, the fourth water supply pipe being branched off from the second water supply pipe;
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- an ice maker from supplying ice to the dispenser after producing the ice by using water supplied through the fourth water supply pipe, which a part of the water filtered by the filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.