Refrigerator having freezer compartment

Abstract

A refrigerator having a freezer compartment enabling a storage space of the freezer compartment to be efficiently utilized by improving the structure of an automatic ice-making system is disclosed. The freezer compartment is divided into a first section for an automatic ice-making system and a second section for storing foodstuffs. The ice-making system includes an automatic ice-maker set in the first section to form ice cubes, an ice cube container installed under the ice-maker to receive ice cubes from the automatic ice-maker and having a width larger than that of the ice-maker but smaller than that of the freezer compartment, and a hose for supplying water to the ice-maker. The hose penetrates the top wall of the freezer compartment to preferably reduce the height of the ice-maker. A length of the ice cube container is larger than its width. Due to the reduced width of the ice cube container, a quick cooling chamber, in addition to an automatic ice-making chamber for the ice-making system, is defined in the first section. The quick cooling chamber contains a vertical partition wall for separating the ice-making chamber from the quick cooling chamber, and an openable cover plate for closing or opening the front opening of the quick cooling chamber.

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