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US 2016/0238306 A1Published application
Refrigerator
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Koog AN, Jong Ho Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which includes a carbonated water production assembly, wherein the carbonated water production assembly includes a nozzle module provided such that carbon dioxide is sprayed in an inner portion of the carbonated water container to produce carbonated water in the carbonated water container. Through this, the carbonated water is easily produced, production components are simplified, and thus utilization of a space may be improved.
Claims18
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator main body including a cooling space;
- and
- a carbonated water production assembly provided in the refrigerator main body,
- wherein the carbonated water production assembly includes:
- a production module;
- a carbon dioxide supply module connected to the production module to supply carbon dioxide;
- a carbonated water container which is provided to be separable from the production module and in which carbonated water is produced;
- and
- a nozzle module which is provided to spray carbon dioxide into the carbonated water container and to be operated due to carbon dioxide which is supplied from the carbon dioxide supply module and flows into the production module.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator main body including a cooling space;
- a door provided to open/close the cooling space;
- and
- a carbonated water production assembly provided in the refrigerator main body,
- wherein the carbonated water production assembly includes:
- a water-dispensing space provided in the door to be exposed to the outside;
- a production module which has one side exposed in the water-dispensing space;
- a carbonated water container which is detachably provided at one side of the exposed production module, and provided to be capable of storing a liquid;
- a carbon dioxide supply module which supplies carbon dioxide to the production module;
- and
- a nozzle module having a carbon dioxide supply nozzle which discharges carbon dioxide to the carbonated water container, and provided to be movable in the production module, and
- the nozzle module is provided to move between:
- a stand-by position at which the carbon dioxide supply nozzle is positioned above a surface of a liquid stored in the carbonated water container when a pressure of carbon dioxide in the production module is less than a first pressure;
- and
- a supply enabled position at which the carbon dioxide supply nozzle is moved from the stand-by position and positioned below the surface of the liquid stored in the carbonated water container when the pressure of the carbon dioxide in the production module is equal to or greater than the first pressure or more.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.