Ice discharger and refrigerator comprising the same

An ice discharging system, comprising:

• an ice storage box;
• an ice stirring unit located within the ice storage box;
• and
• an ice pushing unit located within the ice storage box;
• wherein the ice storage box includes an ice outlet disposed at a position on a bottom wall of the ice storage box near a side wall thereof, and an ice inlet disposed at a top of the ice storage box;
• wherein the ice stirring unit includes an ice stirring section disposed in a central area at a lower portion of the ice storage box, a stirrer disposed rotatably within the ice stirring section, an ice cube inlet disposed at the top of the ice stirring section and configured to allow ice cubes to be stirred to fall through, and an ice cube outlet disposed on a side wall of the ice stirring section;
• and
• wherein the ice pushing unit includes a circular ice discharging passage and an ice pushing assembly, the circular ice discharging passage being a space between the ice stirring section and an inner wall of the ice storage box, and communicating with the ice outlet and the ice cube outlet of the ice stirring section, respectively, the ice pushing assembly being disposed rotatably within the circular ice discharging passage and configured to push an ice cube coming out of the ice cube outlet of the ice stirring section to the ice outlet of the ice storage box.