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US 8,806,884 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang-Ho Park, Dong-Jin Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerator is provided. Usability and efficiency of a storage space are improved in the refrigerator.
Claims15
A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator compartment;
- a freezer compartment;
- a plurality of refrigerator compartment doors opening and closing the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator compartment doors comprising a pivotable door and a slidable door;
- a freezer compartment door opening and closing the freezer compartment;
- a dispenser disposed on the slidable door to dispense water and/or ice;
- an ice making compartment fixed to a back surface of the slidable door;
- and
- one or more water supply passages extending toward one or all of the dispenser and the ice making compartment,
- wherein the one or more water supply passages are divided at predetermined positions, respectively, and are selectively coupled at the divided positions according to forward and backward movement of the slidable door.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator compartment;
- a freezer compartment;
- a plurality of refrigerator compartment doors opening and closing the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator compartment doors comprising a pivotable door and a slidable door;
- a freezer compartment door opening and closing the freezer compartment;
- a dispenser disposed on the slidable door and configured to dispense water and ice;
- an ice making compartment provided to make ice and supply the ice to the dispenser, the ice making compartment configured to be received in the refrigerator compartment when the slidable door is in a closed position, and at least a part of the ice making compartment being fixed to a rear surface of the slidable door;
- a first water supply passage for ice making which extends toward the ice making compartment;
- and
- a second water supply passage for supplying water which extends towards the dispenser,
- wherein, when the slidable door is drawn out forward, at least one of the first water supply passage or the second water supply passage is disconnected at a predetermined position and is connected at the predetermined position when the slidable door is drawn in backward.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerator compartment;
- a storage room defined next to the refrigerator compartment;
- a freezer compartment below the refrigerator compartment and the storage room;
- a refrigerator compartment door configured to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerator compartment;
- a slidable door configured to open and close the storage room;
- a freezer compartment door configured to open and close the freezer compartment;
- an ice making compartment received in the storage room, the ice making compartment including:
- an ice making compartment upper part disposed in an inside of the storage room, and in which an ice maker is received, and
- an ice making compartment lower part fixed to a rear surface of the slidable door to integrally move with the slidable door, and in which an ice bank is received;
- an ice making water supply passage extending towards the ice maker;
- and
- a dispenser disposed on the slidable door to dispense water and ice, the dispenser including:
- a drinking water supply passage extending towards the dispenser, and
- an ice chute configured to discharge ice stored in the ice bank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.