Refrigerator and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Min PARK, Jun O KWON, Jae Koog AN
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Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body which includes a storage compartment, a door which opens and closes the storage compartment and includes a dispenser, a water tank case disposed in the door, a water tank separably mounted in the water tank case, a water level sensor configured to sense a water level inside the water tank when the water tank is mounted in the water tank case, and a water tank valve configured to guide water supplied from a water supply source to the dispenser or the water tank and to prevent water from being supplied to the water tank when the water level sensor senses that a certain amount of water is stored in the water tank.
Claims1
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body including a storage compartment;
- a door that opens or closes the storage compartment and comprises a dispenser;
- a water tank case disposed in the door;
- a water tank separably mounted in the water tank case;
- a water level sensor configured to sense a water level inside the water tank when the water tank is mounted in the water tank case;
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- a water tank valve configured to guide water supplied from a water supply source to the dispenser or the water tank and to prevent water from being supplied to the water tank when the water level sensor senses that a certain amount of water is stored in the water tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.