Dispenser of refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJeong-Youl Lee
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Abstract
A dispenser of a refrigerator comprises a dispensing chamber recessed in one of doors for opening and closing freezing and refrigerating compartments, a chute member pivotally mounted in the dispensing chamber and connected with a water supply pipe for supplying water toward the dispensing chamber, and an operating means for rotating the chute member about a pivot axis of the chute member. Accordingly, water can be easily stored in a vessel regardless of the size of the vessel, utilization effect of an internal space of the refrigerator can be improved, and insulation effect of the refrigerator can be also improved because of an increase in a thickness for insulation of the refrigerator.
Claims18
A dispenser of a refrigerator, comprising:
- a dispensing chamber recessed in one of doors for opening and closing freezing and refrigerating compartments;
- a chute member pivotally mounted in the dispensing chamber and connected with a water supply pipe for supplying water toward the dispensing chamber;
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- an operating means for rotating the chute member about a pivot axis of the chute member.
A dispenser of a refrigerator, comprising:
- a dispensing chamber recessed in one of doors for opening and closing freezing and refrigerating compartments;
- a chute member pivotally suspended in the dispensing chamber and communicated with a water supply pipe for supplying water toward the dispensing chamber and a ice guiding pipe for guiding ice from a ice maker in the freezing compartment toward the dispensing chamber;
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- an operating means for rotating the chute member about a pivot axis of the chute member.
A dispenser of a refrigerator, comprising:
- a dispensing chamber recessed in one of doors for opening and closing freezing and refrigerating compartments;
- a chute member pivotally installed in the dispensing chamber and communicated with a ice guiding pipe for guiding ice from a ice maker in the freezing compartment toward the dispensing chamber;
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- an operating means for rotating the chute member about a pivot axis of the chute member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.