Refrigerator with icemaker
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMyung Ryul Lee, Wook Yong Lee, Eui Yeop Chung
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Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigerator with an improved structure for supplying ices at an outside of a dispenser provided at a door. The refrigerator includes a supplementary freezer, a cavity, an icemaker and a dispenser. The supplementary freezer is provided in a cooling chamber of the refrigerator. The cavity is provided in the door and is connected with the supplementary freezer when the door is closed. The icemaker produces ices using cool air in the cooling chamber. The dispenser is connected with the cavity provided at the door. In this case, the icemaker is provided in the supplementary freezer or in the cavity.
Claims21
A refrigerator with an icemaker, comprising:
- a supplementary freezer provided in a cooling chamber of the refrigerator, the supplementary freezer including an evaporator and a fan for providing cool air;
- an icemaker for producing ices by using the cool air provided by the supplementary freezer;
- a cavity being within a door of the refrigerator for storing the ices, the cavity being communicated with the supplementary freezer when the door is closed, the cool air being transmitted to the cavity by the fan when the door is closed;
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- a dispenser provided to be communicated with the cavity at the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.