Ice making apparatus with water spillage preventer and refrigerator having the same

A refrigerator comprising:

• a storage chamber;
• a door to open and close the storage chamber;
• and
• an ice making apparatus disposed at an inner surface of the door,
• wherein the ice making apparatus includes an ice making tray mounted to the door to extend in a longitudinal direction, an ejector to separate, from the ice making tray, ice produced in the ice making tray, and a tray cover to downwardly guide the ice separated from the ice making tray in accordance with an operation of the ejector,
• wherein the ice making tray includes a plurality of ice making cells defined in the ice making tray by a plurality of partition walls,
• wherein each of the ice making cells includes a freezing portion in which water supplied to the freezing portion is frozen to produce ice, and a buffering portion extending radially outwardly from the freezing portion to provide a buffering space to temporarily receive an amount of water flowing in accordance with opening and closing of the door,
• wherein the tray cover includes an ice guiding portion formed with an ejector groove so as not to interfere with rotation of the ejector, and a buffering cover portion extending from the ice guiding portion to cover an upper part of the buffering portion,
• wherein the ice guiding portion is disposed over the freezing portion, and the buffering cover portion is disposed over the buffering portion.